Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-06
EnFntttn Gl1at

To-day, when Harrisburg and the
rest of the state are studying election
returns and on another page will be
found a statement of the votes cast
in the states capital for governor
it is interesting to note what ouI
journalistic ~forefather, the Oracle OF
Dauphin. says about the result oil
the election for governor at which
the first state executive to officially
reside in Harrisburg was chosen by
a large majority. This election took 4
place in October, 1908, and Simon
Snyder, for whom Snyder county
was named and who was long a
storm center of politics, was elected
governor. Snyder was a Northum.
berland county merchant and a mar
of the plain people. He had been
defeated by Thomas Mexican In
1905. but three years later won7ovet
James Ross and was reelected In
1911 and 1914. In 1908 he got 6T,-
975 votes to 1855 for Ross. The
infant borough of Harrisburg seemed
to be one of Snyder's strongholds
because it gave him 534 votes and al
lowed Ross just ninety-two. 1t was
while MIR. Snyder was serving his
mot lNAiA allu ldlSClS lllOuEI lllt
influence of his friends hat the bill
was passed to make Harrisburg the
capital, and in 1912, while he was
serving his second term, the state
government moved in wagons from
Lancaster to Harrisburg, and Gov
ernor Snyder took up his residence
in Front street below Walnut. That
the Snyder victory created some
stir in Harrisburg in those old days
is evidenced from this extract from
the Oracle of November 12.
The friends of Mr.. Simon Sny-
der, in Harrisburg, commence
rated that gentleman's election
to the executive chair by a pub
lie dinner yesterday. over $50
persons sat down to the repast.
In the evening a number of the
houses were illuminated and a
huge lantern containing a num-
Der of lights, displaying sundry
emblematical words thereon,
vas paraded through the
streets.
Il have never known of an cleo
ton day marked by so little betting"
remarked a Harrisburg man familiar
with many local activities last eve
ming. Il heard of one or two bets
on the representation in the Con-
gressional contests. and that's about
all. 1t was unusual, but this is an
unusual year.. Men coming here
from Philadelphia say that there
has not been much betting in that
| city, either"
~, - ThA s-farnzt;An Nht,ng
talked about now when men who
travel a good deal meet is the way
they got in or out of Lancaster.
Most of them seemed to go by way
of Dillerville and the day the quar-
antine was at its height men drove
into Lancaster and got out again by
roads that were apparently not
known to the State Police or which,
owing to the number of highways,
could not be patrolled as efficiently
as the big m~ain-traveled roads.
which were roped off. This quaran-
tine, by the way, was a new work
for the State Policemen, who have
had to do all kinds of things and
who do not seem to have liked the
quarantine much, although like good
soldiers they do not say so.
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The Harrisburg Public Library
has provided probably the most eX-
tensive display of the United Wa
Work posters to be seen in any place
in the city. The library has spe-
cialized in the posters which have
been issued since the war began, and
French, British, Italian and Serbian
have been displayed, while during
the Liberty Loan and other drives
the posters attracted much atten-
ton. The library has a part in the
War Work drive, being one of the
seven, and Miss Alice r. Eaton Sc
cured a complete set of the spirited
posters of the United Wal Work and
it greeted people who entered the Ii
brary to-day when it opened after
being closd a month because of the
influenza epidemic.