Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-04
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Pe~aA4eso~io
BY the Ex-Committeeman

w nile tne democrats or PennSyl-
vania hold the center of the stage
because of the meeting of their state
committee to frame a platform and
decide about the chairmanship there
is considerable doing in other parties
to-day and the activity will not all
be confined TO the warning represou-
tatiVes of The party advertised as
united and effective in the keystone
state because of the application OF
reorganization methods. At Phila-
delphia Senator William c. Sproul
and Senator Edward f. Bejdicman,
the Republican state candidates. aro
addressing the Independent Amer
leans and E. j. Fithian, the Prohibi-
ton nominee is making speeches up
the state. The campaign may not
have opened officially, but 1t seems
10 have opened.
The Democratic meeting has a.
tracted much attention because of
the efforts being made by the reor-
sanlzation leaders to effect a show
ing. All of the heavy artillery is
here and ii is the idea to make every.
thing impressive and to take advan.
tage as much as possible of the ah-
sence of Judge Eugene c. Bonniwell,
the Democratic candidate for COVER
nor. and his managers. The third
party movement will probably be Gs-
nounced and the judge made to ap-
pear outside the pale without re.
hectinS upon those who went outside
IN 1910.
Plans to make the registration
heavy are heing made in every conn
ty by the Republicans. All voters
ct 20
and Congressman in November. All
previous esistrations are void. Elec-
tors in cities in the state must reg
lster on Thursday. September );
Tuesday. September Il, or Saturday,
october 3. Polls on each registration
day will be open from a. IN. to 20
a. m, and from p. m. to 10 p. m.
None can register who has not paid
a state or county tax within two
years. Poll tax receipts may he pro-
cured at polling places. Leaders of
independents hope to induce thou.
sands OF the stay-at-home element to
qualify to do their duty. Registra-
ton drives" are expected to Offset
in large part the decrease arising
from men serving the nation in camp
and overseas.
Action on the final draft of the
platform of the Democratic State
Committee was delayed to-day by
the tardineaS of some of the men,
bers IN reaching the city. Instead
of coming in last night. as expected,
they could not leave their homes un-
til the morning. Lawrence II. Rupp,
OF Lehigh. the chairman, was de-
tanned in Allentown by engagements
In court, and Charles P. Donnnlly
laaNa al A1
day.
Arrival of the Democratic state
candidates at the headquarters was
interesting as most of'the nominees
for Congress-at-Larg showed up, al
though three of them are favored
by the Bonniwell contingent. There
was considerable speculation among
the people gathered here as to how
far congressional and legislative
candidates would go with the Fair
Play party.
The name of the Fair Play
party was pr empted at the Dau-
phin courty CO -rthouse to-day for
the Eighth Philadelphia. First ana
Second Cambria and Beaver county
legislative districts.
The Philadelphia Inquirer to-
day says: Mayor Smith has again
been defeated in his efforts to turn
over The care of the schoolchildren
of philadelphia to the control of
ward politicians. y through the ap-
pointment of Senator Edwin H.
Wares clerk as supervisor of play
grounds for the Board of Recrea-
ton. The most recent obstacle to the
appointment of the Ware agent came
yesterday when E. ]. Lafferty, a
member of the Board of Recreation.
hitherto regarded as a safe" Ware
man, resigned from the board. The
resignation of Mr.. Lafferty. which
has been accepted by Mayor Smith,
again leaves the Board of Recreation
without n legal quorum, as was the
case before the Mayor appointed
Judge Raymond MacNeille. of the
Municipal Court, to make UP a
quorum"