Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-11
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| Men were waiting outside the State
| Capitol to-day for the opening of
the Department of the Secretary of
the Commonwealth to file nominat-
| ing petitions for the May primary,
this being the last day upon which
such papers may be entered. over
675 petitions were filed yesterday,
| fifty being rejected because of lack
of atfidaVits or other defects, and it
| is expected that at least 1000 pc
| titions will be presented to-day. In
| the first hour of business over 100
were presented by candidates or
| messengers and registered letters
containing papers were in mounds on
! the desks. The rush in the last forty
eight hours of the period for filing
papers Is the worst ever known in
the opinion of men at the Capitol.
The Prohibitionists and Socialists
are the first to get their complete
state tickets on record, comparative
ly few Republicans and scarcely any
Democrats having entered their pa
pers for statewide nominations up
to noon to-day. The whole list of
Democratic candidates will be filed
by Democratic State headquarters,
according to word telephoned to the
Capitol, while the Sproul petitions
will be brought from Philadelphia
and the O'Neil petitions filed from
the headquarters here, The candi-
dates for statewide nominations will
Tile only small part of the peti-
tions circulated in their interest.
The filing of petitions late yes
terday developed some very interest
ing situations. In the Hazleton sepa-
torlal district Senator Dewitt filed
papers for about all the nominations
he could get and in the Luzerne Con-
gressional district John J, Casey is
on three tickets for the primary,
congressman Edgar r, Kiess, of the
Williamsport district, filed Republi-
can, Democratic and Prohibition pa
pers> Big fights were forecast in the
York-Adams, Berks-Lehigh, Iic-
keesport and "Shoestring" districts
py the Ming of Congressional papers.
-One of the interesting things
things which has turned up is the
resentment shown in Pittsburgh
against Acting State Chairman Jo-
seph +. Guffey, the slated Demo-
cratic candidate for governor, be-
cause he assailed the intention of
Max Leslie to run for senator on Re-
publican and Democratic tickets.
Guffey is one of the grand chief mo-
guls in the effort to have Congress
man Guy f. Campbell, an accidental
Democratic Congressman, get on all
tickets this year.
The filing of the Democratic
slate will be attempted by much
Tapping of the windmill to-day. The
papers are being run through the
rolls and the result will be presented
with the approval not only of Pol
mer and his pals, but of the Presi-
dent and the whole Democratic hier-
archy-
j. Denny O'Neil left Harrisburg
last night for McKeesport where he
will open his campaign for Govern
or, announce his platform and add
to his attacks upon Penrose and
Sproul. Governor Brumbaugh and
Clifford Pinchot are expected to
speak with him, but Attorney Gen
eral Brown, who was stated some
time ago to be one of the speakers,
will not be able to attend
Senator Sproul will start to
make some speeches next week as he
has been compelled to refuse requests
this week owing to an attack of grip.
The time for filing papers is
closing, but the row in Philadelphia
seems to be just reopening- 1t is
hinted that the federal authorities
and the District Attorney may have
some surprises in store on the vice
situation in Philadelphia The anti
Ware forces will put up opposition
to Congressman Ware and Ware
leaders, The reformers last night
continued their attacks on John r.
K Scott.
While the Republican Alliance
in Philadelphia, will have papers
arffaa1It- fcty nf
in Philadelphia the Town Meeting
party executive committee unani-
mously decided last night not to file
any papers for nominations on the
Town Meeting party ticket for the
spring primaries. Several nominating
papers which have already been filed
for members of the Legislature will
be withdrawn. This action was de-
cided upon as result of the decision
of the Dauphin county court restrict
ing Town Meeting party nominations
to Philadelphia county, thereby ex-
cluding the party from making nom-
nations for state offices. 1t was de-
cided to make the contest for Con-
gressional, Senatorial and legislative
nominees exclusively in the Repub-
lican primary. All independents are
urged by the committee to enroll on
April II and roll up an overwhelm-
ing majority at the primaries,
Senator Penrose has defied the
Ware effort to prevent him voting at
the Republican primary, according 10
the Philadelphia North American
and Bulletin. 'I fully expect to
vote" he said to the North American
representative, Incidentally, Sen-
ator Penrose pointed out that
during the Warwick administra-
tion in Philadelphia, the Wares
themselves Joined in smashing party
regularity and were prominent in the
movement that elected Alexander
Crow sheriff on an Independent
ticket. He referred to the support
given former Mayor Mitchell, run
| ming on fusion ticket.
1t seems to be regarded as GER
tain that neither Clifford Pinchot OIL
| William Finn will accept places or
the State Commission of Agricul-
| ture.
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