Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-08
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By the Ex-Committeeman

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BY the committeeman
Although reports indicate that the
registration of voters in the cities
of Pennsylvania will run only about
eighty per cent. of the normal there
have been some places, like Harris
burg, for. instance. wherein the
showing is better than expected. In
Philadelphia the total registration
of the three days is being counted
up and quite few men who are
in federal service of various kinds
mail, which they may do under a
state law of recent enactment.
While city registrations are down
because of the lack of interest and
the absence of soldiers there will
be some figures made up by men
who will present petitions for list
ing and quite a few soldiers will
vote under the plan being worked
out at the Capitol to send commits
sioners to the camps in this country.
State Chairman William E. Crow,
of the Republican State Committee,
is not allowing anyone around him
to be fooled by the strong senti-
ment for Sproul and is calling upon
Republicans TO see that the vote is
gotten out and not to take 1t for
granted because Sproul is so popu-
lar that everyone will vote for him.
The Bonniwell people, on the other
hand, are engaging in "gumshoe"
campaign, which aims at putting
over just such a surprise as they ran
in on National Committeeman A.
Mitchell Palmer and Democratic
National Chairman Vance c.. Nc
Cormick when they defeated Joseph
F. Guffey for the gubernatorial nom
ination.
Members of the Democratic state
executive committee will be called
for a special meeting in this city
during the next week to fill all va
cancies and outline the campaign
which it is proposed to make on the
part of the Democratic official or
ganization. The influenza and the
Liberty Loan campaign which ad-
journed politics in this state came
in very handily for the Democratic
state organization which does not
want to support Judge Eugene c.
Bonniwell, but wants to boom j.
Washington Logue for second place
,and to speed up the Democratic Con-
gressional campaign. The situation
will permit of about fifteen days of
intense activity late this month.
AS yet no Democratic aspirants
for the 18th Congressional and 41st
Senatorial district nominations have
come over the horizon. Democratic
National Chairman Vance c. Nc
Cormick, who lives in the 18th dis
trict, is said to be much exercised
over the failure to get candidate to
succeed H. H. Mercer who quit last
week.
The Philadelphia Inquirer to-
day says: Senator Sproul is per-
sonally following every move in his
campaign and is in constant touch
with Senator William E. Crow and
w. Harry Baker, chairman and sec
retary, respectively, of the Repub-
lican State Committee, upon whose
shoulders rest the responsibility of
mobilizing and directing the great
army of Republican committeeman
covering every section of the state
and with whom he is working in abb
solute harmony. Chairman Crow
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the committeeman to insure the
polling of every Republican vote and
has directed attention to the activ-
ity of certain liquor men who are
back of Bonniwell and to their eff
forts to divert Republican votes to
their favorite. Although conceding
his defeat, they are asking that Bon
niwell be given complimentary votes
''just to keep our boys togetaer."
Herman Dilsheimer, Sr., a Phil
adelphia publisher, was yesterday
nominated for State Representative
on the Republican ticket from the
Ninth district of Philadelphia to sue
ceed the late Henry Gransback, Sr.,
who was the Father of the House
of representatives" The nomina-
ton followed a conference between
City Solicitor John P. Connolly and
Register of Wills James B. Sheehan,
Republican leaders of the Eleventh
and Twelfth wards, respectively.
William Nichols, of the Eleventh
ward, and Mr.. Sheehan represent
ing the Twelfth ward members of
the Republican City Committee,
named Mr.. Dilsheimer, and this Sc
lection was ratified by the Executive
Committee of the Republican City
| Committee and attested by Chair
man Henry c. Ransiey and Secre-
| taries e. w. Patton and James B.
| Sheehan. The nomination papers
were sent here late last night by
a special messenger. Mr.. Dilsheimer
has been a proofreader for the Leg
islative Record and is we'll known
here.
There are now reports that the
! tax rate is to be raised in Philadel-
phia instead of being lowered and
at Pittsburgh they say they do not
know how an advance in taxes can
be avoided. There are rumors to
the same effect in Scranton.
City officials of Allentown came
pretty close to getting into pack
J of trouble over their own construc-
ton of the Clark act. When Com
missioner Roger ordered saloons
and amusement places closed the
Allentown officials took the position
that under the Clark act they have
4 certain health powers and proceeded
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