Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-06
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By the Ex-Committeeman


dents of schools will be held in every
county of Pennsylvania, except
Philadelphia, next Tuesday and all
of the cities, except Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh will select city school
superintendents. These elections
win be held under the school code
} by accredited directors meeting
, either at the county seats. as in the
case of county elections, or at city
school offices. According to what
has been heard here. there are n
number of interesting contests for
the superintendents and in some of
the large counties big conventions
will be held.
; The superintendents elected will
, be commissioned by the State Su-
periDtendent of Public Instruction
for four year periods. The term
: adoption of the school code which
! added a year.
Over twenty per cent. of the
nominating petitions presented at
! the Department of the Secretary of
the Commonwealth, for filing this
week, were returned for corrections
not being in legal shape to file for
the May primary. Dozens of papers
have been rejected in the last month.
The time for filing petitions expires
April II and less than 80 were on
file at the Capitol when the depart
ment opened to-day. Saturday is a
holiday at the Capitol. but the de-
partment was kept open to receive
papers. 1t is believed that between
$500 and 5000 will be field, so that
a rush will take place next week.
! George D. Thorn, chief clerk of
| the department, says that If there is
a rush at the close, many papers may
go down as it will be impossible to
| go over all of the min time. The
greater part of defects are in lack of
affidavits, omissions of declarations
of Office or district, failure of signers
to give residence, occupation or date
of signing.
The development of the Demo-
cratic state machine slate is COM
ing rapidly now. After having been |
held off so long that it would pre-
vent the opponents of the steam
roller from perfecting an organi-
zation it is being put forth with the
sanction of all the bosses. Acting
State Chairman Joseph +. Guffey.
of Pittsburgh, utility and Oklahoma
oil field fame, the rubber-stamped
candidate for the gubernatorial
nomination is running the whole
show and has undertaken TO give out
the names. He announced Asher r.
Johnson's room for secretary of IN
ternal affairs and smiled over ].
| Washington Logue's announcement
for lieutenant governor. Johnson is
a Mexican county Democrat of the
machine type and Logue is one of
the Democratic congressman elected
, by accident in Philadelphia a few
9 -fr Infn nA
regularity. j. Calvin Strayer, of
York, and s. r. Tarner of Pitts
burgh, are two of the candidates
for congress- -at-large. The other
! two will be announced by Mr.. Cuff
fey with the sanction of a. Mitchell
| Palmer and his pals in twenty-four
| hours.
The Republican leaders are busy
tperfecting fences. There is talk of
n compromise in some newspapers
/ aligned with the state administra-
! tion, notably the Pittsburgh Dis
| patch, but the Philadelphia Inquir-
| er is belligerently the other way.
! 1t looks as though there would be
some stir over the vice revelations
| in Philadelphia and that the city
! administration would have its hands
| full.
! Regarding the Guffey announce
ment the Pittsburgh GaZette-Times
says: mo better indication of the
strong prohibition sentiment in the
state is needed than is found in the
| declaration of Mr.. Guffey. Highway
Commissioner ]. Denny O'Neil, Sem
ator William c. Sproul and Robert
/ P. Habgood, three of the Republi-
can candidates for the gubernatorial
nomination, have announced their
candidates., all standing on prohi-
bition planks. Mr.. Guffey's announ-
cement has been hanging fire for the
last six weeks, it being generally un-
derstood that the delay was occas-
ioned by failure to reach a decision
as to whether he would run as a
wet" or dry candidate. In some
quarters he was being urged to take
! the middle of the road course, in the
hope that in the fall the liquor vote
could be attracted to his candidacy.
Sounding the sentiment of the Dem
ocrats of the state it was found they
demanded a dry" gubernatorial
candidate"
John Bowen. West Scranton,
yesterday announced his withdrawal
as a candidate for the Republican
nomintion for state senator from
Lackawanna. Although Mr.. Bowen
did not say who he will support in
the coming primary. his friends say
that he has decided to stand back of
Prof. David w. Phillips.
At Williamsport. Byron C.
Houck, was reelected city clerk
without opposition and n. Boyd Will
son, George S. SimcoX and Robert
Z. Staver were elected members of
the poor board. The successful can
didates each received four votes and
John S. Leinbach, F. Y. Kane and
Rev. Theodore Beck, each received
one vote.
&C. Fred .Kreamer, manager of
the Lock Haven Fire Brick Company
has announced his candidacy as a
member of the Republican state
committee to represent Clinton coun-
ty. Mr.. Kreamer is one of the prom
inent business men of Clinton coun-
ty.
The Reading Eagle prints the
following: Coming out fatty and
unreservedly for State Senator Will
. liam c. Sproul, of Chester. for the
Republican nomination for COVER
nor. former Judge Robert Grey
Bushong, county chairman in Berks
r and party leader for several years
, dropped a veritable bomb into the
camp of the Brum baugh- -O'Neil
forces in this community
john b. Taylor, former head OF
Philadelphia police, may run against
: Senator =. w. Patton. Philip c.
Johnson, brother-in-law of the late
Israel w. Durham, will likely run
against Senator Sam" Salus.