Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-31
Peeitica L.
Pe'ssoqesa~io
By the Ex-Connnatteeman

1
for the biennial reorganization meet
ing, and State Chairman William E.
Crow will be reelected with w.
Harry Baker as secretary and
Charles Johnson as treasurer. The
state candidates will appear before
the committee. The Democratic
State Committee meeting will prob
ably be held in Harrisburg about
the same time. The Prohibition State
Committee will meet in the state
headquarters in this city on June 5.
The certificates of election of the
state committeeman will be issued
from the department of the Secre-
tary ofthe Commonwealth within the
next few days. AS fast as counties
file their returns the committeeman
are being certified.
Although Governor Brumbaugh
was not here to-day there was con-
siderable gossip about the Supreme
Court appointments and the name of
| Chairman w. D. B. Ainey, of the
Public Service Commission, was
mentioned, although with Judges
Gustave A. Endlich, Reading; S. J.
Straus, Wilkes-Barre. and John D.
Evans, of Pittsburgh. 1t is said that
the Governor has not decided to
name a Democrat
Mention of Mr.. Ainey's name
caused some surprise, but it is said
that William A. Magee. of Pitts
burgh, just reappointed to the COM
| mission, desires to become chairman
| of the commission. Mr.. Magee's NOM
nation will have to go before the
next Senate for confirmation.
The fact that the exclusive use
of the name National party in Penn
| sylvania belongs to men who are not
aligned with the Bomberger-C Coats
| element which has been having meet
ings to start third ticket came out
| to-day. The name was pre-empted
some months ago for 1918 in this
state by a number of Dauphin coun-
| tians who are emphatically not in
sympathy with third tickets.
-Considerab BILE speculation is be-
ing INDUCED in here as to what ].
Denny O'Neil may do in the event
that his name appears on many of
the returns of counties on the Wash
| ington party vote. In the returns
from Schuylkill and several other
counties the name of O'Neil appears
in the Washington party column for
Governor. Mr.. O'Neil has gone home
for the weekend and no one at his
| headquarters knew anything about
the matter. The headquarters are
being prepared for closing up.
Some of the returns filed at the
Capitol show that there was a gem
eral disposition to put Republican
| candidates into the Washington and
Prohibition columns and even into
the Socialist. In some instances Re-
publicans ran tie with Prohibition
lists for the Prohibition State Com
mittee.
! Senator William c. Sproul was
very heartily received in the Lehigh
kValley yesterday when he went to
Easton to deliver the Memorial Day
address. There was small doubt as to
the high regard felt generally for the
Republican candidate and his trip
was series of greetings The Senator
is seeking a few days of rest, but
his mail is filled with letters from
men all over the state urging him to
make visits.
Senator Beidleman yesterday re-
ceived another large number of let
terS and kilograms congratulating
him and urging that he make some
visits.
Neither of the candidates will
do much speaking until the cam
paign formally opens.
Friends of Judge John D. Evans,
of Pittsburgh, have been making a
drive in his behalf for Supreme Court
justice, but thus far seem to have
had very little announcement.
/ Speaking in Washington A.
Mitchell Palmer said that he had not
haan fandnrnd int
tice and did not look for it, either.
4 Senator Penrose indulged in
some discussion of the primary cleo
ton in Philadelphia yesterday which
fattracted much attention as the SEN
tator claimed that the alignment of
independents and good government
hmen with the Penrose wing of the
Republican party would continue
and that the battle to eliminate the
Wares as a factor would be made the
big issue in the coming mayoralty
} campaign in the Quaker City. The
Wares have not yet unblanketed their
candidate for mayor. 1t is said, how
ever, that they will select some one
who has not been an active partisan
i The chances are that there will
be no contest when the city commit
tee meets in Philadelphia for reor-
ganization as the Wares control it alb
solutely.
Activity of the liquor forces in the
Legislative nomination contests in
the primary election continues to be
the theme of much conversation. es-
, pecially at the State Capitol. 1t
happens that IN Philadelphia the
number of men pledged dry" has
increased, while the number who are
: frankly wet" has gained in Allie
, gheny county, compared to two
, years ago. 1t happens that in one
Allegheny district which is noted as
a church-going community and
where it was believed no one but an
I out and out dry could be nomin-
. ated for the Legislature the "wets"
won out. The church people did not
vote. Similarly in some up state
counties where 1t was thought that
the dry sentiment would result in
victory for the dry Legislative
candidates everyone took it for
granted and let the work to the other
E fellow. The liquor men did not take
t anything for granted. They worked.
p The stories told by men who We're
interested in Legislative contests this
) year form interesting alibis.
Appointment of DIR. Louis New.
ton Robinson. professor of econo
mics at Swarthmore College, to bt
the, chief probation officer of tn,
Municipal Court of Philadelphia wal
: announced yesterday by Presiden
d Judge Charles L. Brown. The ap
g pointment is effective June Is. Th,
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