Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06
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The second really active week OF
the primary campaign will open to-
day with Senator william @. Sproul
In the midst of tour of western
Pennsylvania which will close at AL
toona on Saturday and Highway
Commissioner ]. Denny O'Neil, fresh
from tour of the anthracite re,
gion. working in Philadelphia and
vicinity. The other Republican can
didates are sitting on the bleachers.
On the Democratic side, State Chair
man Joseph F. !Guffey, having helped
put Pittsburgh "over the top" for
the Liberty Loan, will come here to
start machinery moving for the
Democratic honors and then start
out to overcome the activities of his
rival, Eugene C.. BonAiwell. Both
O'Neil and Sproul have been getting
some results, but find It hard to get
people Interested In politics fn a year
of war. Not even presence of high
state officials has served to arouse
voters to what happened last year in
the Legislature.
1t Is becoming more and more ap-
parent that the candidates and the
politicians are the ones chiefly in
terested in the campaign this year
and that people are keeping eyes
and thoughts on ways to win the
war and more concerned in Liberty
Bonds and the draft than the pri-
mary.
Detail arrangements were COM
pleted during the past few days by
members of the Sproul Republican
Club of Blair county to join with
Altoona voters in presenting to SEN
ator William c. Sproul. of Chester,
their favorite candidate for Gov
ernor, rousing reception upon his
visit Wednesday. According to plans
made, he will arrive at Tyrone that
morning and after being given an
opportunity of meeting the voters
Will be taken in an automobile to
Bellwood and Williamsburg during
the forenoon. The afternoon will be
spent in a tour to Martinsburg,
Roaring Springs and Hollidaysburg.
A number of prominent local Re-
publicans will accompany Senator
Sproul. He is already personally ac-
quainted with many Blair county
Republicans and it promises to be
a continual ovation over the whole
route. The entire evening will be
spent in a great rally at the Logan
House here. In the contest for Lieu
tenant Governor the candidacy of
Senator Beid1eman has taken on
impetus. Edwin M. Amies, who sue
C1RgfnllV "a n a ~ ioyv, 70
Congressman Rose and changed this
district from Democratic to Repub-
hcan representation, has also con-
sented to look after the interests of
the Dauphin county candidate. 1t is
believed that he will, along with
Senator Sproul, carry Blair county.
The Philadelphia Press, which
yesterday declared editorially for
Sproul in no uncertain terms, con-
tains an extremely interesting four
column interview with the Senator
in which he sets forth many of his
ideas and is about as emphatic as he
could well be in declaring that he
would abide by the decision of the
Republican primary, come what
may. The Senator, writes j. o.
Hauser, who got the interview, said
he was distinctly progressive" IA
vored old-age pensions and various
other things which have been more
or less pre-empted by the Senator's
opponents.
Attention is given in newspapers
of Sunday to the light registration.
1t seems to be generally agreed that
people are not much interested this
year and that O'Neil and Sproul will
divide the church vote.
Aanor1ipo fn DhiladaInhtn
ger dispatches, wet Democrats in
Chester and Allentown are making
drives in behalf of Judge Bonniwell.
The Judge is highly pleased at the
result of his visit to Lackawanna
county.
The Watson campaign commit
tee is out with the charge in Mont
gomery county that Representative
F. W. Hites is Ware man. Hites
voted with the Ware men. 'I
Reviewing the weeks develop
ments in state politics, THE In
sider," writing in the Philadelphia
to the belief that the Wares will take
the middle course of having the city
divide it's support be-
tween Sproul and O'Neil is that there
is distinct Sproul sentiment on the
part of half a dozen of the most
powerful ward leaders who make up
the Ware forces. 1t is reported that
one of these men had a careful can
vass made of his ward and found
that the Sproul sentiment was over
among the voters. With
this feeling in mind, coupled with
the fact that the record primary
may mean they have a
hard fight on their hands to elect
their legislative and congressional
candidates, the Ware men may we'll
pause before they go into a fight
against Sprouts candidacy"
Charges that the State High
way department has $19,136,292.71
to its credit and has not engaged in
any extensive road building are con-
tained in a statement issued by
the Sproul campaign Committee
in this city. The committee recent
ly issued statement showing
that contracts for over a million and
half dollars had been let this year
and over a million dollars in the lat
ter part of 1917 for sections of high
way that were more or less isolat-
ed. Charges of patchwork" con-
struction were made and to-day at
tention is called to advertising for
bids and rejection without many
awards being made.
Trimmed to Suit BelgidnS
German wounded are being sent
to Belgium, so that the people at
home won't know how many of
them there are. Also. it ought to