Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27
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By the Ex-CommitteemAa

superior court nomination, Mr..
Huselton polled many votes,
which will require the Secre-
/ tary of the Commonwealth TO
make inquiry of the counties as to
| the total number of nonpartisan
| ballots handed out. 1t was expected
| in view of the situation, that Judge
| William d. Porter would be the sole
nominee for the court, of which he
has been a member, and that he
would be elected at the primary
| The very first county to file return
/ Bucks, showed a large poll for Mr.
! Huselton.
Under the circumstances letters
will be addressed TO each county
asking for information as to the 10.
! tai number of nonpartisan ballots
handed out and the vote for superior
court judge.
turns of last Tuesdays primary has
been started at the Capitol and will
probably take two weeks.
Candidates for statewide nomina-
tons must file their statements of
expenses at the Capitol and numer-
Gus blanks have already been asked.
Seward Z. Button, this years ap-
pointee as chief of the Department
of Mines to succeed the late James
Z. Roderick, is going TO have rough
shedding next winter, according to re-
ports which are being heard about
the State Capitol. Mr.. Button was
named Just before the primary fight
warmed up and his advent was made
the occasion for some administration
demonstrations, while charges were
made but denied that he had been
using influence with mine inspectors
for O'Neil. Buttons name will have
to go to the Senate for confirmation
and because OF his attitude he will
be opposed by number of senators
who hold over. In this connection
1t is interesting to note that all of
the men rejected last June, reap
pointed in July by the Governor and
declared legal appointees by the SUI
preme court, will have TO go before
the Senate for action. Some of them
will probably be rejected unless they
ask to have their names Withdrawn.
All of the Brumbaugh appointees
will be in the position of Tener ap-
pOintees in January, 1915. From all
accounts the Governor has had some
declinations of proffers of public
service commissionershlps as the
men invited refused to give up their
practices or business for an uncer-
tain half year or year as commits
sioners.
A Pottsville dispatch says: The
revelation that George +. Brumm
has been nominated by the Wash
ington party for Congress, along with
Samuel P. Wagner, of Tamaqua, for
the Senate, led friends of Brumm to
change their plans as the way is
open for another fight. All of the
Legislative candidates backed by
Houck, Leib and Snyder, won except
in this district where Horace Reber,
pledged to prohibition, defeated Jo-
seph Denning.
Results of the Montgomery county
battle are given this way at Norris
town: That Charles Johnson re-
mains the Republican leader after a
longer sway than any other man in
Montgomery county, for he sue
ceeded Judge ]. B. Holland nearly
twenty years ago; that Charles A.
Amber still has a $1,000 job as
State Insurance Commissioner, in
stead of a $3.50 job as State Senator;
that James S. Boyd will occupy a
seat in the Senate instead of the
House; that Montgomery county will
have one of its four assemblymen
pledged to vote for the Sheppard
prohibition amendment"
Asa A. Weimer, who announced
he would run on an Independent
ticket il denied the Republican
nomination for Governor at the pri-
maries, says he has abandoned the
idea, because there is a candidate
who can champion the cause of the
proponents of personal liberty.
Senator Asa K. Dewitt and Rep
resentative Conrad c. Miller, of the
Hazleton district, got on all tickets.
They may have independent rivals.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says
of the report that Bonniwell may
head a "bob-tail" ticket. "In COM
menting upon this report a close
friend OF Judge Bonniwell said last
night that the Judge expects to have
conference with President Wilson
as soon as the result of the official
count shall be announced and he is
proclaimed the nominee of the
party for Governor, with a view to
getting the support of the national
administration in his fight to win
the Governorship. Judge Bonni-
wells intimates insist that as the
result of the vote at the primary
election he is the logical head of the
Democratic party organization in
the state and that it will be a great
advantage to the Democratic ma
tional organization to have a Demo-
cratic Governor of Pennsylvania
while the next Presidential campaign
is on
According to Pittsburgh reports
Joseph F. Guffey is getting ready to
retire as state chairman of the Dem
ocrats as soon as possible. He may
not serve until the state committee
meets.
Among the humors of the after
math is the visit paid by Butch
McDevitt to Allentown to personally
thank 100 supporters.
Three bills to take Philadelphia
police out of politics are being pre-
pared and the Ware contracts may
be attacked. These are strenuous
! days.
1t cost Chester county $4,000 to
hold the primary.
William II. Berry is said to be
considerably concerned over the
costs imposed in the Eyre case. The
damages were little, but the costs
seem to have risen rapidly.
j. ]. Moran has been declared
the Democratic Congressional candi-
date in Schuylkill.
The Sunday seashoFe period OF
| politics Is on again. Senators Pen
rose and Ware and other leaders are
now receiving where the surf breaks
&C. II. Kramer has been appoint
ed plumbing inspector for Allen
| town.
-Pottstown's tax collector has duit
in a hun over remuneration.
The Fifth ward cases will be
tried in West Chester, July is.