Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26
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OF men interested in reform and of
independent political tendencies in
the Quaker City Since the days of
the old Committees of Seventy and
One Hundred. last night unanimous
ly endorsed Senator William c..
Sproul for Governor, Edward 10.
Beidleman for Lieutenant Governor
and James f.. Woodward for Secre-
tary of Internal Affairs. The action
was taken while other candidates
were in various parts of the state
starting to perfect their lines for the
strenuous primary campaign which
Will start after the third-class city
registration on May 1.
The action of the Town Meeting
organization, which came into bloom
after the Fifth ward scandal in Phil
adelphia last year, was anticipated,
but the attendance was larger than
expected and the candidacy of Con-
gresham John r. X. Scott. for Lieu
tenant Governor, came in for ter
rifle scoring at the hands of City
Chairman George w. Coles. who said
it was moral question which had
to be faced by the people of Penn
sylvania.
John c. Winston, a war horse of
reform of the Blankenburg type, en-
dorsed Sproul in a ringing speech.
While the Philadelphia reform
ers were declaring for Sproul the
candidate was in Wilkes-Barre, while
j. Denny O'Neil was in the northern
tier after strenuous day spent in
Susquehanna and Wyoming. O'Neil
spoke at Montrose night before last
and last evening spoke in Sayre and
vicinity. Tonight he will speak in
Dubois at n meeting to be held un-
der the auspices of the Dubois
Chamber of Commerce. He will
make an appeal for the Liberty Loan.
Tomorrow he will be in Pittsburgh,
where 1t is probable that he will meet
John r. K. Scott, whom 1t is report
ed, will make speeches from the
same platform with him during the
latter part of the campaign. What
is interesting people is whether
O'Neil, in event that Scott joins
forces with him, will be able to con-
vert the Philadelphia Congressman
to prohibition. Up to date Scott has
been as wary of committing himself
on that issue as O'Neil has been
about saying what he would do if
defeated at the Republican primary
Scott was busy with the Magee
people in Pittsburgh yesterday and |
| the impression seems to be growing |
that the Wares will have some of |
their friends declare. for O'Neil in |
order to test the wind. While influ- |
entail Ware men are declaring for |
| Sproul there are some who are |
marking time and with the Governor |
and Attorney General insisting on |
ware support for O'Neil under pos |
! sible penalty of firing" people on |
the Hill, it may be likely that some |
ware ward leaders will shout for |
O'Neii as have others come out for
| Sproul.
One of the stories told about the |
visit of Congressman w. S. Ware here |
last night was that he had come here |
to see what the Governor had in |
mind. The Governor has been res
tive under the failure of the Wares |
to declare and as the CONGRESSMAN |
is interested in some coming ap- |
| pointments and. also in the draft |
headquarters inquiry he dropped in |
to talk it over. 1t should not be |
forgotten that a number of the Con- !
gressman's friends are members Of |
Philadelphia draft boards.
Senator Sproul left wilkes-Barrel
last night for Philadelphia with the
remark that he was we'll pleased |
with conditions and that "some live
| wires" were at work for him in Iu- |
Zerne. Senator Sproul visited Wilkes |
Barre and Wyoming Valley yesterday
and got fine reception wherever hei
went He spent the morning inI
visiting the courthouse, city officers, |
/ banks and office buildings and in af- |
| terpoon toured Pittsburgh, West |
| Pittston, Wyoming, Edwardsville, |
| Kingston, Dorrancetown, LuzerneI
| and Plymouth. He met scores of vot- |
! ers and many of them assured him |
! of their support. John r. Halsey, |
| former chairman in Luzerne, was
with him on the tour.
The Philadelphia Ledger says
| to-day that there is politics in the |
fuss at state draft headquarters.
! Judge Eugene c. Bonniwell was
busy in Pittsburgh yesterday further
ing his candidacy for the Republi- |
can nomination for governor, al |
though in the same city his rival,
Joseph F. Guffey, was stirring
around on Liberty Loan matters.
Reading city authorities will
give n reception in honor of Lord
! Reading, the British ambassador.
Joe Freyvogel, Pittsburgh's rel
cent nonpartisan candidate for
mayor, was arrested on a charge of
setting fire to a schoolhouse.
Registration figures for Scranton
show that Republicans outnumber
Democrats by more than 1000, this
comparison lOCluulnB the voters VINO
registered last Wednesday. There are
1857 Republicans registered and G.
435 Democrats. Only 244 voters
took advantage of last weeks regis
tration day. OF that number 204
were Republicans.
-Pittsburgh's registration cost al
most SIT, 900, says the GaZette-Times
| Discussing the Philadelphia reg
| istration, the Philadelphia Press
says: "It looks as though the reg
| istration in Philadelphia had reached
high mark perhaps new record.
on Wednesday. The claim of the
ant;-Vare forces of $4,000 seems in
fair way to be substantiated. In
the independent wards of West
l Phils delphia and Germantown the
registration was we'll above normal,
and even in the organization wards
E there were increases, which in some
instances We're surprising. Wednes-
i days registration was for those who
had not put their names on the
books at the last election, as we'll as
for those who had moved into a new
division i'm the meantime or wished
to change their party designation.
The first class was, of course. the
most numerous"
Montgomery county is COM
mencing to attract statewide atten-
ton because of the Senatorial contest
between Commissioner Charles A.
Amber and Representative James S.
Boyd. Each is confident of Winning.