Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-14
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BY tho Ex-Committeeman

| ested in politics from even the final
week of the strenuous campaign for
| the state nominations. There have
been few instances in the recent his
tory of the state when the relations
between the executive and judicial
branches of the government have
been so strained and 1t is said that
the condition now prevailing will be
reflected in the coming general
campaign.
The Supreme Court adjourned last
week until the Governor made ap-
| pointments to the two vacancies ex-
isting and newspapers have been
| filled with statements that the court
is behind with work and needs the
places filed at once. On the other
hand friends of the Governor say
that it was an attempt to force his
hand before the primary in which
he has espoused the cause of High
way Commissioner j. Denny O'Neil
and that only few cases are to be
cleared up.
What happened yesterday was
that the Supreme Court Cancelled
the sitting which was to have been
held here May 81, in accordance
with the custom Of a generation and
delphia on the morning of May %
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Governor had issued invitations to a
dinner in honor of the court at the
executive mansion on May 27. At
the same time a committee of emil
nent Philadelphia lawyers asked the
Governor to name Alexander Simp-
son as justice. Mr.. Simpson is law
partner of Attorney General Brown
and no one knows whether he would
accept If rendered the place or what
the Penrose people would do in the
general election if he should be ap-
pointed.
Last night Governor Brumbaugh
said there were no signs of an early
appointment and that he had called
off, the dinner.
The names of Judges H. OIL
Bechtel, Schuylkill; ex-Judge Voris |
Auten, who served on the Northum- |
berland bench for ten years and one |
Oh the well-known central lawyers;
I. LeRue Munson, of Williams port, |
and ]. ]. Kelly of Scranton, are be-
ing prominently mentioned for the
Democratic appointment to the Su-
preme Court. 1t should not be for
gotten that under the constitution
one of the justices to be named
must be a Democrat as the nonpar-
TIN idea was not highly thought of
when the constitution convention
provided for the judiciary. 1t is
doubtful whether either John S. Ril-
ing or M. j. Ryan will be named to
the Supreme Court. but it seems
probable that they will stay where
they are.
Both of the deceased justices
came from Western Pennsylvania,
which has men for both places. Phil
adelphia, however, is pulling hard
for one of them.
The will of Justice Mestrezat,
just probated, disposes of 100000.
The candidates began their final
week yesterday and until the primary
one week from to-day most of them
speak in some churches on Sunday.
Plans of the others have not been
announced. Senator Sproul started
from Philadelphia last night and is
in Berks and Lebanon counties to-
day. Tomorrow he goes to Adams
and adjoining counties. Mr.. O'Neil,
who was here last night for con-
sultation with people at his head
quarters, is in Fayette county to-
day and tomorrow will join Cover
nor Brumbaugh in Pittsburgh. They
will speak together in Reading and
Thursday.
There is lot of guessing about
what John r. K. Scott is going to
do and his plans are being as care
fully guarded as those of the Wares.
Senator Beidleman is in the an
thracite region where he is getting
ovations that are worth while. The
Guffey campaign party will be in the
same section tomorrow. Judge Bon
niwell has been visiting the vicinity
of Philadelphia and his friends say
he is getting many pledges. Judge
Bonniwell will leave Philadelphia to-
night for another week of campaign
ing. He will spend tomorrow in
Altoona and vicinity, Thursday at
Dubois. Brookville and Clarion, Fri
day in Oil City, Franklin and Mead
vile, and Saturday in Erie.
-"J. Denny O'Neil, on leaving
Philadelphia yesterday for Fayette
county, where he will spend to-day
gave out another anti
Penrose statement" says the Phil
liar style. with no new notes sounded.
He again repudiated Senator PEN
roses charge, made in an exclusive
interview for the Press on Sunday,
that he had derived profits from
brewery stock. He predicted that his
election as governor would put an
end to Senator Penrose as the party
leader"
Two election cases got into the
courts of Philadelphia yesterday in
the Ware faction, in one of
which they won and in the other
lost The Town Meeting men filed
a bill in equity to prevent the ap-
pearance of the names of the Ware
Republican legislative candidates,
James A. Walker and James Frank
lin, on the Democratic primary ball
lot. which they had sought. The
allegation was made tlISt their NOM
mating petitions did not contain
enough genuine signatures, and that
many of the names appearing on
them were forged. The bill was dis
missed on the ground that the ir-
If any, should have
been discovered earlier, for the bal
lots have been printed and it was
too late to keep the names off.
John r. K. Scott is maintaining
a very active press bureau in Phila-
delphia and it's output is interesting
He promises great reforms, some of
which would be difficult to work out
in the Senate indeed. He also an
that he is a farmer.
Mexican county granted licenses
yesterday. Some of it's neighbors
are very dry"
Pittsburgh is having a lively
windup to the campaign. Noon-day
and nightly meetings are being held
and the congressional and legislative
contests are attracting much atten-
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