Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-04
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By the Ex-COnnittocman

According to the financial state
ment for tho campaign of 1918 filed
at the ofilce OF the Secretary of the
Commonwealth by tho Democratic
state committee tho party's official
organization received $40 contribu-
tions aggregating S3s,120.0s, ,ex-
pended sS7,717.13 and has bal
ance of S402.95 with unpaid debts
and obligations of $s.02s.60, of
which $4,000 is styled temporary
loans" at the Dauphin Deposit Trust
Company, of which Democratic Ma
tional Chairman Vance C, McCor-
mick is q director.
Almost every federal off1ceholder
! of Importance in Pennsylvania and
many Democrats aligned with the
reorganization faction is listed as a
contributor, although Palmer. Nc
Cormick and other big bosses and
| holders of large-sized federal Jobs
are not conspicuous. Postmaster
Frank c. Sites, of this city, is cred
tied with $3.50. Lesser fry are in
lesser sums.
The largest item of disbursement
is S14,210 for transportation of
voters to and from the polls" Other
items are contribution to the na-
tional committee $500; travelling
expenses, S6,126.60; printing, ST.
9S6; stationery, S71.4S; advertising,
$3.50 postage, $1,61O.S0: kilograms,
telephones, etc., $701.49; dissemina-
tion of information, $4; rent, main
tenance and furniture, $1.519.7S;
payment of clerks, $6,364.55; and
special" $7.93.
Samuel r. Tarner, of Pitts
burgh, Democratic candidate for
Congress-at-Lar to-day filed an
expense account showing that he had
spent S37S.23. The State Department
has returned to a number of coun-
ties expense accounts of county COM
mittees which have been filed here
by mistake The statement is made
that they are to be filed in the
counties.
Tomorrow is the. last day for
filing expense accounts for the cam
paign.
Beaver county to-day filed its
official return. There are five coun-
ties to hear from.
-Penrose men throughout the
state were smiling to-day over the
manner in which Congressman ].
Hampton Moore, of Philadelphia,
had put one over" on Congressman
William S. Ware in inviting Cover
nor-elect William C. Sproul to a
dinner in Washington to meet the
Pennsylvania congressman next
week. 1t will be recalled that four
years ago Congressman Ware did
the same stunt with a dinner for
Governor Brumbaugh and gave
notice to the state that the Cover
nor was with his faction. This time
the Philadelphia editor-congress-
man has the honor and it is said
by newspapers that there were some
people chagrined when the an
nouncement was made.
The Philadelphia Record con-
tinues to have fun with the Wares.
To-day it announces that Delaware
county Republicans intend to make
display at the Sproul Inauguration
which will eclipse the Wares. SEN
ator Ware is said to have smiled at
his 600 will be worth watching. The
Record calls the Ware party to the
Inauguration ''mummers." The
Record says regarding the Della
ware plans "As far as numbers are
concerned, the Ware delegation to
the Inauguration of Governor elect
Sproul will be eclipsed by the
marchers from Delaware county. 1T
was announced yesterday that more
then 1000 of the new Governors
neighbors will go to Harrisburg for
the Inauguration and march in the
parade. The DelAware county
paraders will hold no special drills,
and no assessments will be made for
the privilege of appearing in the
procession"
-Chester'S police investigation
threatens to asEume a serious phase.
A number of policemen have bee1
drawn into the situation.
The Philadelphia North Amer
lean rakes Federal District Attorney
Francis Fisher Kane, the Palmer
Mccormick appointce, to-day. say
ing: After having fumed, fretted
and fused for weeks in various
stages of virtuous indignation and
protest about the falsehood of the
report that he would not prosecute
.the German propagandists whose
homes and offices he raided on
August Z, United States Attorney
Kane yesterday announced that as
a matter of fact those propagandists
will not be prosecuted.
The Altoona Tribune says:
"Governor-electS Sproul has made his
selection of Secretary of the Com
monwealth, Attorney General and
private secretary, as was announced
on Sunday. The latter is his per-
sonal agent, the others were ex-
pected."
-Greensburg and other West
moreland county newspapers, in
cluding Democratic and independent
papers, highly commend the reap
pointment of Secretary of the Com
monwealth Cyrus e. Woods. The
Greensburg Review and Record
both praise Mr.. Woods.
I'm discussing the speakership
situation the Pittsburgh Dispatch,
which is not favorable to George w.
Williams, of Tioga, says: 'As the
chances of Williams appear less fa-
vorable there have been apprecia-
BILE gains in favor of Duncan Sin
clair of Fayette county, and Rob-
ert S. Spangler, of York, both of
whom have many friends among
the older members of the House
who have been active in soliciting
support for them"
City Manager Hinkle, of AL
toona, is preparing to install a new
system of municipal bookkeeping