Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-16
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BY tho Ex-Committeeman

Keen disappointment was felt by
certain upstate leaders who are
backing the Wares in support of
Congressman John r. *. Scott's can
didacy for Lieutenant Governor over
the failure of the City Committee to
indorse a state ticket when it met
yesterday. Instead of taking up so
dellcate subject as a state ticket,
the committee refrained from trans
acting any business and adjourned
out OF respect to the memory of
former Mayor Rudolph Blanken-
purS' Leaders who are helping the
wares In their effort to put over"
Scott confidently expected that the
committee would indorse a ticket
and clarity the situation, which has
become much muddled through the
circulation of rumors. The reluct.
ance OF the Ware organization to act
on the state situation has added to
the complications, and there is
growing suspicion that the commit
tee, in spite of the declaration that
II would pick the ticket to be sup
ported by the local organiza ton, will
dodge the issue altogether. One of
the most disappointed upstate lead
ers when the announcement was
made that the committee had ad-
Journed without taking action is said
TO have been William S. Leib, of
Schuylkill, who counted on the in
dorsement of the candidacy of Paul
w. Houck for Secretary of Internal
Analrs to give some impetus to the
Houck boom.
n1 1Di
before in its history has the City
Committee indorsed candidates for
state office prior to the primary, and
10 DO so now would establish a
precedent.
The Philadelphia Record says:
Senator William C. Sproul, it was
announced yesterday at his campaign
headquarters, will not take the
stump on scheduled speaking tour.
The candidate for the gubernatorial
nomination will make a trip over the
state to meet the voters individually
and may fill some speaking engage
ments. Those in charge of the Sproul
campaign believe that scheduled
campaign tour would be greeted with
apathy because of the all-absorbing
interest in the war at this time.
Senator f. E. Beidleman, who
will oppose Congressman Scott for
second place on the Republican
ticket, was here yesterday and visit
ed the Sproul headquarters. The
Dauphin county Senator expects to
get active in his own behalf within
the next few days. He also plans to
make tour of the state to meet the
voters. Beidleman is confident that
he will have a substantial majority
over Scott. w. Harry Baker, secre-
tary of the Republican State Com
mittee, also was visitor at the
Sproul headquarters"
The candidacy of Judge Eugene
c. Bonniwell for the Democratic
gubernatorial nomination received
the endorsement yesterday of Henry
G. Niles, of York, who for many years
has been actively identified with in
dependent movements in the state.
He is an eX-president of the State
Bar Association and led some of the
greatest reform fights ever staged in
Pennsylvania.
The Philadelphia Press says: "a
curious and interesting phase of
practical politics is revealed in the
consideration of the so-called Gov
Congressmen-at-Lar When it be-
came known from Harrisburg that
the Administration would work for a
ticket of Congressme en- -at-Large, to
be held aloof from the O'Neil cam
paign for the present at least, it was
learned that at least three of the
men apparently had been chosen be-
cause their surnames began with the
first letters of the alphabet. On the
ballot the candidates for each office
are printed in alphabetical order. 1t
is recognized among political work.
ers that the men who stand at the
head of the column receive a certain
number of votes on account of that
fact alone, the theory being that a
certain type of voter is most inter-
ested in the candidates for higher
office, whose names he remembers.
but when he approaches the others
his mental inertia leads him to mark
the required number of candidates
from the top of the list down without
much regard as to who they are. One
experienced observer says their po-
sition on the ballot will be worth
100000 votes to the Governors
slate"
Philadelphia newspaper political
reviews call attention to the Demo-
cratic fight in Berks and LuZerne
and predict bitter quarres. There
are now five candidates for the DEM
ocratc nomination for Senator in
the Fourteenth District, comprising
the counties of Carbon, Monroe,
Wayne and Pike. They are Senator
Warner of Weatherly, who is seek
ink reelection; ]. Purdy Cope. of
Delaware Water GAP: Miles Row.
land. of Milford, Pike County, who
filled that office several years ago;
E. r. Tiffany, of Honesdale, Wayne
County and e. A. Price, of Strouds-
burg. Mr.. Cope is attacking Mr.I
Warner for voting to give up the
Democrats right to the first col
umn on the official ballot, and also
for voting for the repeal of the full
crew law" Mr.. Warner explains
his action by saying he voted to have
the matter placed before the Public
Service Commission, which body,
he says, ought to have the power to
decide whether full-crew law was