Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-28
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

III IL
-Certification of the nominations
for the November election will be
started at the Department of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth
within fortnight. George D. Thorn.
chief clerk. will begin to make up
the final lists now that the time for
filing Supreme Court nominations
has expired and the Withdrawals
which can be reasonably expected
are in hand. Practically all of the
inquiries relative to Withdrawals
have resulted in taking down of
names. The ballot will have the usual
party squares and the five parties
which established right to names in
previous elections will be added to by
three which are named this fall. in
Guiding the Fair Play. In addition to
these party squares and the tickets
which will appear there will be two
nonpartisan tickets entirely separate
and distinct from the party tickets
and which must be marked. They
will be for Supreme Court and Su-
perior Court. In the Supreme Court
list are nine names and in the Su
perior Court list two. Each voter
may vote for one. In the Superior
Court, Judge w. D. Porter is the only
candidate in fact, his opponent hav-
ing quit the race before the primary.
but as he could not withdraw his
name goes on the ballot. At the
bottom of the ballot are the two con-
stitutional amendments to be voted
upon finally, one being the s50,000,-
600 road bond proposition.
Commissioner to take the votes
of Pennsylvania soldiers in Novem-
ber will be named by the Governor
in a fortnight. according to people
about the Capitol who have been
getting ready for the election, and it
is understood that Governor Brum-
baush intends to confer authori on
some men to go abroad even If the
War Department rules that they cam
not go to France or other nations
where Pennsylvania soldiers are
fighting or are quartered. The de-
cision of the Governor to name
complete list of commissioners re-
gardless of eventualities is under
stood to have been reached after
consultation with the legal depart
ment. The scheme is to have men
commissioned and ready to go If
Washington -officials change their
minds and permit it. 1t is probable
that several hundred men will be
named to take the votes in this
country and there will be trips at
ten cents a mile to numerous camps
and stations. The question whether
the men commissioned to go abroad
will have the right to go as far as
New York and return to report that
they could not get across the Allan
tic and then render a bill is being
discussed here.
Auditor General Charles A. Sny-
der is confident that this fiscal year
is going to make a great showing in
the way of gathering in delinquent
taxes. 1--WE have been trying to clear
the books and to get the back taxes
into the treasury. The state needs
the money" said he. I'VE establish
ed a bureau for the purpose and it
has been active. We have gotten rid
of lot of deadwood and have the
money for some long overdue bills"
Governor Brumbaugh has de-
clined to indicate what he will do
about the Westmoreland judgeship
and the belief is commencing to
grow that having waited until within
five weeks of election he may wait
more and defer appointment until
Representative D. ]. Snyder can be
eligible to appointment. Under the
law Snyder cannot take the place un-
til after December begins. He is
anxious for the place. If he gets
appointed he will serve until Janu-
ary. 1920, as his successor would be
chosen next year.
Senator Sproul yesterday issued
this statement from his office in Phil
adelphia: Every patriotic energy
should be given toward making this
Liberty Loan drive a tremendous
success, and there will be no time
to talk politics during the next three
weeks. We are in critical place in
the world war right now and we
must not relax for a moment in the
big push. Those of us here at home
are enlisted, too, in a mighty offen-
siye, raising the means to attain our
national aims speedily and decisiveiy,
and we must not let any byplay di-
vert us for an instant from our main
objective. I am going to devote my
time to fulfilling my duties in thus
great undertaking until we have
gone over the top with all the
money the government needs. so Iii
not talk politics until the drive is
over. There will be plenty of time
left then to do our campaigning"
Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell last
night announced the personnel of
his state committee, which he claims
was named in pursuance of action
by the Democratic State Committee
and which the people at the state
windmill refuse to take seriously
The Judges partisans say that it
does not matter any more what the
people at the windmill think than
what the national chairman's news
papers say on party affairs On the
committee appear the names of Mil
ton H. Plank and Charles d. Sucker
for Harrisburg and r. f. Shearer,
for collector of internal revenue, for
Cumberland. The Philadelphia Rec
ord says that the Judges cause is
attracting many Democrats. Other
newspapers do not seem to think so.
Mrs Edward w. Biddle, recently
named as a member of the Phila-
delphia Board of Recreation by
Mayor Thomas Is. Smith, has re-
signed because of lack of Thar
mony." The Philadelphia Record.
regarding the Mayors latest expert
apce saws that IL is "unfOrtunate"