Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-24
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BY the Ex-Committeemaa


state, which have caused much COM
ment And as time goes on they will
be more talked about.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch. which in
clined toward O'Neil, declares edi-
| torially that results in the state will
not be obtained until people realize
the importance of the primary. 1t
! comments upon the fact that the pri-
| mary is more important in the long
run than the general election and
yet it is a struggle to get men to vote
even in ordinary times, to say moth
ing of war time.
The Philadelphia Press laments
the lack of attention paid to the nom
| partisan ticket especially in a year
when there will be Supreme Court
vacancies to fill under unusual condi-
! tiops. 1t says: "Anothe~ feature that
! deserves attention is the light vote
cast for the nonpartisan judicial can
didates. By being taken off the party
tickets there is danger that the judi
| cial candidates will be overlooked
and forgotten. It has been proved
| that there is danger of obscure aud
unfit candidates being placed on the
| Supreme bench oy sheer mistake and
| oversight of the voters and the re-
| turns of yesterday show that man
who is not a candidate for judicial
position and has tried to put his
name off the ballot received never
| theless a considerable vote and
might have received the nomination
if vigorous steps had not been taken
to correct it."
The Philadelphia Public Ledger
| in editorially commenting on the
election calls it "a deserved defeat
for the Vare-I3-umbaugh faction"
and that the nomination of Sproul
is equivalent to his election. The
Pittsburgh Post remarks that some
of the men counted upon to sweep
the state for O'Ncil must have been
doing war garden work" at the time
for voting. The Philadelphia IN
quirer says editorially: Some day
the war will end, and probably with
in the four years of the Sproul adj
ministration. Then will come upon
us rush of serious problems affect
ing the welfare and the prosperity
of the state and of it's people. Com
mon prudence, # nothing else, should
determine us to put these problems
into the hands Of a thorough bust
nessman of wide experience.
The Pittsburgh Gazette-Timcs,
taking up the Sproul declaration for
party harmony says: THE words
give the measure of the man. They
are n satisfying pledge of the quality
of service he will give the Com
monwealth in the next four years.
They are irresistible. There can be
no disgruntlement with the result of
the polling on Tuesday. Citizens, of
whatever party affiliation. must share
in the pride of Republicans that
Pennsylvania is TO have for governor
one so worthy IS Senator Sproul is
known 20 be. The very large ma
jority given him, in an apparently
light total vote. is an augury of party
harmony IN the election campaign
that may confidently be expected to
have its reflection in the business
like administration of Governor
Sproul, untainted by the demoral-
izing factionalism that has been too
much in evidence of late. Not only
Republicans but all citizens of Penn
sylvania are to be congratulated on
the nomination of Senator Sproul"
1t will be interesting when all
counties are heard from and the
conflicting figures are Strengthened
out to see just how claims and re-
suits, compared. 1t looks as though
instead of O'NeIl carrying fifty-two
counties that he will have about fif-
teen anu lIldI JONI II. n. CCOlI VIII
not get over half dozen.
Notwithstanding denials at the
office of Governor Brumbaugh yes
terday that any judicial appoint
ments had been made it was an
nounced last night in Philadelphia
that George Henderson, a personal
friend of the Governor had been
appointed orphans court judge in
that city to fill the vacancy caused
by death of Judge Morris Dallett
months ago. The Philadelphia Rec
ord says: THE action of the Cover
nor in appointing Mr.. Henderson is
believed to be the opening gun in the
war of reprisals to be waged by the
state administration against the
Wares in this city. Highly incensed
over the indifference of the eontrac-
tor bosses to the O'Neil candidacy
and angered because of the small
vote received in this city by his pet
candidate, the Governor is said to
be determined 20 sever all connec-
tions with the former political allies.
A "bob-tail" ticket, headed by
Eugene c. Bonniwell for governor, is
to he launched by opponents of the
ratification of the prohibition amend
ment with the primary purpose of
electing members of the Pennsyiva-
MIA Legislature who will vote against
the proposed amendment, says the
Philadelphia Inquirer. A bob
tail" ticket, IN the language of the
professional politician, is a ticket
placed in the field by nomination pa
pers after the primaries have been
held with a view of making a fusion
combination in a nonpartisan cam
paign against regular party nomi-
nees.
The Republican nomination for
! Congress in the Schuylkill district,
which has been claimed by G.. +.
| Brumm, son of the late Judge
Brumm,. who was backed by Progress
sive Republicans, and John Reber,
who was backed by the Leib-Snyder-
Houck organization, was still in
doubt to-day. County Chairman Leib
claims Reber's nomination by a
small majority, but Brumm and his
| friends say they cannot see how this
| is possible on the face of the returns.
Brumm's supporters declare some of
the returns which figure in making
up Reber's majority are clearly
| fraudulent. Brumm being given cred
it for less votes than it was known
were cast for him.
William H. Berry says that he
will not ask for a new trial in the
| Eyre case and that if Eyre is salts
fed with the one-cent verdict he
is too.
III. J. Mahon, defeated candidate
for Republican congressional honors
in LuZerne, has turned in for E. N.
| Carpenter, the winner.