Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-17
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By the Ex-Committeeman
Senator William c. Sproul is GO
ing to make a swing around the
circle during the next few days and
his coming to Harrisburg is awaited
with much interest by his hosts OF
friends here and throughout Central
Pennsylvania. There is a personal
interest for many Harrisburgers in
the candidacy of Senator Sproul be-
cause he has been in Harrisburg SO
much during his public career that
this is regarded as almost a second
home. He is also interested in busi-
goes without saying that his vote will
be large in this part of the state.
Many of his warmest supporters are
Democrats, who regret that they can
not vote for him in the primary,
but they have no doubt that the
opportunity will be presented in
November. From the Harrisburg
standpoint Senator Sproul is person.
ally popular because he has always
taken an interest in the city and
it's progress. Mr.. O'Neil is not so
we'll known and the fact that he
comes from the western end of the
state gives Senator Sproul the ad-
vantage of a neighborhood senti-
ment, if it can be stated in that
way.
There is also rapidly increasing
ed favorably upon the editorial dec
laration of the Telegraph against
unreasonable partisanship and fac
tional bitterness in the midst of the
war. They agree that now is no
time for that sort of political activity.
1t doesn't follow, they say, that party
energy shall not be manifested in
the proper way, but almost univers-
ally there is a sentiment that this
is not the time for controversy and
splenetic outburstss
There is also rapidly increasing
feeling among all classes of voters
that the gubernatorial fight is elimi-
mated from the prohibition cam
paign. All the leading candidates
having declared in favor of the
amendment and all being men of
character, who will be taken at their
word, the efforts of the temperance
folk will now be directed to elect
ing members of the Senate and
House favorable to prohibition and
to all other measures having for
their purpose the elimination of the
liquor traffic.
The heaviest enrolment of vot-
ers in recent years on spring regis
tration day is expected in Philadel-
phia to-day when the voters who
failed to register for the election last
November will have their only op-
portunity for registering for the May
primary, at which candidates for
governor, lieutenant governor, secre-
tary of internal affairs, Congress and
the Legislature are to be nominated.
AS prohibition is going to figure as
one of the big issues of the coming
campaign, heavier registration than
Usual dIIlOUB lllI CIluTCn Us III
the big independent wards of that
city is counted upon. The two princi-
pal candidates for the Republican
gubernatorial nomination, Senator
William c. Sproul and State Highway
Commissioner j. Denny O'Neil, are
both pledged to prohibition. In the
Democratic ranks, however. Munich
pal Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell is
seeking the nomination on o liberal
platform which protects against the
domination of state affairs through
the passage of Federal amendments
Joseph T.. Guffey, of Pittsburgh, who
is opposing Judge Bonniwell for the
nomination, has declared for the rati-
fcation of the prohibition amend
ment. Political observers declare
that the injection of the wet" and
dry" issue into the fight for the
Dem ocratic gubernatoTial nomina-
ton will bring n substantial increase
to the Democratic enrolment in the
city. They contend that the absence
of a real wet" candidate on the Re-
| publican side will cause some voters
who are wet" to change their en-
1 rollment so that they may be en-
abled to register their choice for a
wet" candidate on the Democratic
ticket.
The battle for the political su-
premacy between the people of Della
ware county favoring national pro-
hibition and those who want rum
continued in the nation Is on in real
earnest. There can be no mistake as
to the stand taken by the Legislative
candidates on the question. Senator
! William c. Sproul, Republican gu
bernatorial candidate, who came out
| for national prohibition some weeks
ago, is looked upon as the leader of
the dry forces in the county. so far
as the Republican party is concern
ed. He also has the hearty support
of the Prohibition party. while the
! Democrats will follow the lead 20;
the "drv" candidates for the Legisla
ture. Naturally Senator Sproul has
caused the anger of the liquor inter
ests on the stand he has taken. but
he made it plain several weeks age
that he desired a "dry" Legislative
delegation to go to Harrisburg. Ever
since the Senator declared for ma.
/ tional prohibition. the "dry" forces
in the county have become stronger
I'm one of the really sensational
denouements of the Philadelphia
| day stripped the Ware influence OF
complete control of the police de-
partment and placed it's machinery
on a fifty-fifty basis This coup wa!
accomplished in two ways. The frs
was in the reorganization Of the po
lice trial board, the real great vita
cog in the police machine. when lien.
tenants who are admitted to bt
friends of the late Senator McNicho o