Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-24
Polit;c4 IL
Ps~reqeSania
BY the Ex-Committeeman

fesses to be satisfied with the result
of the registration in Philadelphia,
which shows over $1,000 additional
names put on the lists and makes the
total number of persons qualified to
vote in that city more than 322, 900,
some political observers say that il
means the Ware organization is up
against the fight of its existence this
year. The Senator declares that the
big increase is due to the growth of
prohibition sentiment, but his oppon-
ents point to the fact that the great
est increases were in the so-called
reform or independent wards where
the Town Meeting party has its
strength.
The announcement of the Phila-
delphia registration has been await
ed with interest all over the state.
In the counties generally there has
been an increase in enrolment in
boroughs and townships, which al
though not very heavy: has been
significant and when added to the
registration which will be made in
the third class cities on May will
furnish interesting material for
study. Allegheny, which is second
only to Philadelphia in state inter-
est, furnished an increase of only
5000 in its enrolment, of which g.,
600 was in Pittsburgh. This increase
was promptly claimed by leaders
OF all factions, but the truth is that
the liquor people have been very
active in getting names on the lists.
The Philadelphia Ledger saysl
that the registration means "a rec
ord breaking vote, brought out by
the issue of Prohibition" and re-
marks that thn NarnC a fhaf = =
TO So per cent. of the qualified cleo
tors will vote their ticket while the
Town Meeting leaders say it means
the end of the Ware regime. The
North American says that Republt-
can Alliance men see the defeat of
the Wares and the Philadelphia Rec
ord gives prominence to claims by
anti-Nare men that John r. K. Scott
will be defeated for lieutenant gov
ernor.
The Inquirer in it's summary
says: The returns from the vari-
GUS wards show that a total of 81
264 registered on that date, which
with the total of 275,159 voters reg
istered last fall. brings the total
number of names on the registration
list up to 322,423. There will be the
usual percentage of names dropped
on account of deaths and removals
and to this list must be added many
of the men who have responded to
the call to the colors. The present
figures exceed by 2S,S39 the total
registration for the Presidential cleo
ton of 1916 in this city, which was
305,5S4, and which was the largest
registration up to that time"
Final figures on registration
April II in Pittsburgh were an
nounced yesterday by the Board of
Registration Commissioners as fol-
lows: Republican, 2,90S; Democrat,
344; Socialist. 22; Prohibition, 80;
not enrolled, 26; total, $3.50. Voters
registering last fall were entitled to
vote in the spring primaries without
registering again. The fall registra-
ton, totalipg S5.352. and the $3.50
registering last V ednesday, make the
total number entitled to vote May 81,
SS,691.
Mayor Connell's declaration for
O'Neil is regarded as the start of a
new fight for control of the Lack
awanna county Republican organiza-
ton.
Republican ward chairmen of
Pittsburgh on Monday launched the
work of organizing the Republicans
of the city for Senator William c.
,Sproul, of Delaware county, for the
Republican nomination for Govern
or. The meeting was called and was
presided over by Senator Charles H.
Kline, general chairman of the
Sproul campaign committee here,
who stated after the adjournment:
Every ward chairman in the city
was present in person, sent a repre-
sentative or notified us he could not
come"
Democratic candidates and
bosses here to-day were very much
interested in reports that Eugene c.
Bonniwell was to be in Pittsburgh
this week to have a meeting of his
friends. John r. K. Scott is also due
there the latter part of this week to
met with William A. Magee and his
friends.
The Philadelphia Press twits the
Wares about taking up the police
out of politics" movement.
One of the striking things about
politics this week is that except for
leaders no one seems to be thinking
much about who is running any
party.
Fred W. Scott. who is contesting
the claim of Guy E. Campbell, the
Democratic incumbent, for. the Re-
publican nomination for Campbell's
seat in Congress, was warmly in
dorsed at a well-attended Republican
mass meeting in Duquesne, the Allie
gheny county iron town.
One of the humors OF the Allie
gheny situation is the outbreak OF
the Democratic machine against Re-
publicans seeking Democratic Sena-
torial nominations and the industri-
Gus manner in which the Magee peo-
pie are backing Democratic Con-
gressmen for Republican nomina-
tions.
up in the Hazleton districts Asa
K. Dewitt, present Senator. can
scarcely miss being on a ticket. He
is running on four of them.