Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-20
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The last Of the commissioners
appointed to take the votes of SOL
diers and sailors in camps and sta
tions IL expected to file his returns
within twenty-four hours, and the
State Department will then prepare
to certify any figures to county cleo
tion boards which may ask for them.
Under the law. the official count OF
fthe votes at the November election
VIII be undertaken on Friday. as q
tiIne allowance for commissioners to
return is made. The official results
WIN then be forwarded to the State
capitol and compiled by the hecre-
Iary OF the Commonwealth.
questions regarding payment of
the pllls for the expenses of the COM
missioners at ten cents q mile will
De taken up at once with the Attor-
ney General. as the aggregate thus
rar is more than the money In hand.
out there are certain wartime emer-
gency funds which 1t Is believed can
be drawn upon.
Capitol Hill isl smiling over the
way Snyder county put 1t over
FRANKLIN In the selection of the site
Tor the new state insane hospital.
President Aiken, OF Susquehanna
University. seems to have had the
inside track.
The Philadelphia Evening Bull
letin last night, printed a report cur
rent In that city to the effect that
william II. Keller. of Lancaster,
First Deputy Attorney General,
would likely be appointed to the su-
perior court as soon as Judge John
w. kephart resigned to take his seat
on the supreme bench. Mr.. Keller
has told friends that he knows moth
Ing about the report and the Gov
ernor's office maintains its usual ST.
lence about appointments. There
nave been reports, however, to the
effect that the Governor intends to
leave the filling of the vacancy on
the superior court bench to his sue
cessor unless certain contingencies
occurred.
There have also been reports
current that the Governor was mind
ed 10 leave all pending appointments
OF Importance, including tudgeships,
TO his successor.
The Philadelphia North Ar1eri-
can and Record are having fun with
the plans. of the Wares to bring 500
men, zoo bandsmen. an elephant and
various other things here for the
oproui Inauguration. The Record
says that the Wares aim to dazzle"
oproul. The North American also
cTlticises the Ware bids for street
cieanlng' which are away beyond all
previous figures.
The PhiIa aHo1nhfo
editorial on the Philadelphia pri-
mary election bill suit says that the
trouble was because the act provid-
ing Tor payment of such bills by the
state was not specific" enough in its
terms.
-Carbondale's vote may be the
cause OF contest of elections in
LackaWanna county, while attorneys
are gathering material in Luzerne
Tor battle over results.
There is trouble in Chester over
a demand by the mayor that the no
lice department cleans house. In
common with every other Industrial
city Chester is suffering from some
coqdiuons which have given trouble
TO governing powers fom the dawn
of history.
John C. Winston. head of the
Committee of Seventy, says that
Senator Ware is trying to fool the
people in regard to the new char
ter. .....
The election board of one of
the districts of, Forward township
IN Allegheny county has been cited
INTO court to show why 1t did not
hold an election.
N
publican leader of Beaver county
and former chief clerk of the State
Senate, died at his home after an
extended illness.
Senator Clarence ]. Buckman,
president pro. tenn of the Senate.
last night announced his ambition
to be reelected when the Senate
meets. The reelection of the sena-
tor and of Secretary w. Harry Baker
and Librarian Herman p. Miller are
all assured.
George ]. Brennan, writing in
the Philadelphia Inquirer about the
changes that the election will make
in. the next State Senate, mentions
the deaths of leaders and then says:
Records of achievement, backed by
popular Endorsement, send two in
fluential members of the Senate to
higher fields of activity. Senator
William c. Sproul. of Delaware
county, becomes Governor of Penn
sylvania, and Senator Edward E.
Beidleman, of Dauphin county, is
promoted to the office of Lieuten-
ant-Governor. William E. Crow, of
Fayette county, chairmansof the Re-
publican State Committee, is the
logical leader OF the Republicans in
the next Senate and he should also
be the spokesman of the Sproul ad-
ministration. A majority of the Re
publican members of the Senate are
in sympathy with the Penrose lead
ership in the Republican politics of
pennsylvania. Senator Ware, of
Philadelphia, it would appear, will
have the backing of Senators Salus.
Martin, Patton and Gray, of the
Quaker City, upon all political ques-
tions."
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