Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-03
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By tho Ex-Committeeman

perience in the May l registration as
Harrisburg. For weeks and weeks
the people of Pennsylvania have
been hearing about an army of un-'
registered men, sufficient in force of
numbers to decide the Governorship
and from what has been said about
some headquarters and by some can
didates these people were just burn |
ing to be registered. Harrisburg,
which was reported as having 5000
unregistered men eager to get on the !
rolls, registered about 1,425, and
went on with its business on regis |
tration day as though such an official
time had not been reached on the
calendar.
In various, other cities the regis
tration was even less and in some of
them no effort was made to register
men, 1t being assumed that If voters
are sufficiently interested in politics
this year of war they would go and
put down their names without being
urged. In Allentown, for instance, |
less than 400 registered. In Lancas- |
ter about 800 and in Erie about 500.
Senator Sproul left williamsport
yesterday afternoon following an
impromptu reception and arrived
last night at Pittsburgh where in
spite of the lateness of the hour, he
was given warm greeting by many
of his friends. The Senator will swing |
about the Pittsburgh district for the
next few days. He remarked on leaV-
ing Williamsport that he had enjoy |
ed his visit and felt much encourag-
ed. About the time the Senator was |
arriving in Pittsburgh ]. Denny |
O'Neil was leaving for the tour of the
anthracite region which he will |
make to-day and tomorrow and |
gave utterance to charges that his
opponents were endeavoring to de-
ceive the public in the makeup of
the Sproul committee for Allegheny
county. Said Mr.. O'Neil: More than
so per cent. of the names included in
the committee announced by Sprouts
are my friends and are
working in my interests. They did
not know that their names were to
be used in this connection, and it was
all a piece of trickery." Mr.. O'Neil
added "Since the Penrose leaders
held their meeting here and found
it necessary to deceive the voters by
my friends as members of
their committee, predict that L will
carry Allegheny county by at least
10000 votes, instead of my original
estimate of 10000"
-O'Neil partisans and state ad-
men attach much i'm
portance to the visit to be paid to
Wilkes-Barre, Scranton and other
coal region cities the next two days
by Mr.. O'Neil, Governor Brum-
baugh, Attorney General Brown and
Congressman John r. K. Scott. 1t is
that they will all fay
Senator Penrose and the Governor
and Mr.. Brown are expected to at
tack Senator Sproul. The style of
will be materially different
from that of Senator Sproul in that
section and there are some folks sit
ting back and waiting to see whether
the people are going to get stirred
up over political history in a year
ot war.
The Philadelphia Record ap-
pears to be getting considerable en-
tertainment out of the linking up of
the candidates. of John r. K. Scott
and ]. Denny O'Neil and does not
attach much importance to it as in
dicating what the Wares will do. The
Record says: Now that he has
linked his political fortunes with
Highway Commissioner j. Denny
O'Neil. candidate for Governor, who
is vigorous in his support for the
prohibition amendment. what will
be the stand of Congressman John
r. K. Scott, candidate for the Re-
publican nomination for Lieutenant
Governor, on the liquor issue?"
The Democratic organ also says:
while supporters of Scott are busy
claiming his nomination, Senator
Edward E. Beidleman is conducting
a still-hunt for votes through the
state. Independent Republicans are
xrr;1 he ,-1N,, |
ed the winner and that the Dau-
phin county Senator will poll a big
vote even in this city. Scott will
accompany the Governor, Attorney !
General Brown and O'Neil to Lu-
zerne county to-day, and the OPEN
ing gun of the unique political alli-
ance will be fired. Later the party
will split, but Scott and O'Neil will
pair together in the drive for votes.
Things are getting into a tur-
moil again in Philadelphia and Di-
rector Wilson and Superintendent
Mills are at odds over police ap-
pointments and transfers. 1t looks
as though the Federal government
would make another move because
of speakeasies.
Ferdinand Baumgartel, a Ware
leader, yesterday went over to the
anti-Vare forces, saying he could
no longer work with them.
Scranton is having quite a time
over the efforts of Mayor Connell to
clean up the city because Army Of
ficers want things bettered. Wilkes
Barre is looking on with interest as
it has been experiencing some clean
ups.
Democratic state headquarters
yesterday denounced the story from
Pittsburgh that Jim" Wakefield |
had charge of the Bonniwell head
quarters. 1t declared that he was
for Guffey.
Senator Sprouts visit to Pitts
burgh will likely be extended to Erie |
as there has been a request that he |
go to that city.
Mayor Connell will preside at |
the O'Neil meeting in Scranton to-
morrow. Next week Mr.. O'Neil will
tour Chester and Northumberland
county.
Reading registered only 625 vot-
ers, less than half the number in
Harrisburg. And yet there are men
who insist that the people are inter-
ested in what one candidate thinks
of another.
Senator Sproul yesterday told
Williamsport men that they would
have work to do after the war n
readjustment as well as in helping
to win the war.
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