Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-12
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

been the subject of so much dis
cussion the last few years and which
have resulted in contest after con-
test In the courts is attracting atten-
ton. The Luzerne movement, which
was forecast when John II. pando
became the Republican county chair
man, will go right to the root of the
trouble. 1t is said that long be-
fore the primary the Republicans
or LuZerne prepared for a clean up.
Chairman Dando, whom the
Wiikes-Barre Record called the
hghting chairman" declared dur
ing the campaign that he proposed
to end the talk about frauds. In
Scranton and Pottsville similar
moves are under way on the part
of men tired of seeing charges of
crookedness brought up continual
ly.
David B. Oliver who served as a
member of the School Code Com
mission and as a member of the
State Board of Education. has been
elected president of the Pittsburgh
Board OF Education for the ninth
Tune. Taylor Allerdice. prominent
| businessman, was elected vice-pres-
ident. Mr.. Oliver and Mr.. Allerdice
serve as unsalaried officers. The
salaries of Secretary Gerwig and So
llcitor McCreery were continued at
so,OOO year each. The board re-
celved from Common Pleas Court
notice of reappointment. for the usual
terms of six years each, of all five
members of the board of 5 members
whose terms expired. These are c.
c. Connelley, Mrs. Mary ]. Cowley,
Frank E. Frees. John H. McIlroy
and Philip Murray.
-Mayor-elect Dan L. Hart, of
Wilkes-Barr who is we'll known to
men in politics throughout the State,
was guest of honor at dinner of
the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs, which
pledged him their support in every
thing he might want for the better
ment OF the Luzerne city
Congressman Edgar r. Kiess,
of the Williamsport district, who
was here yesterday for a time, was
Just as keen about the availability
of Governor William c. Sproul for
the presidential nomination as he
was when he gave his interview to
the Williamsport Gazette and Bulle-
tin which was widely printed in the
State and outside. The Congress-
man is very strong for the Governor
and says he has been telling his
friends at Washington that he is the
very man that the Republican party
needs. incidentally. folks here are
OF the opinion that Congressman
kiess is in good shape for a return
battle in his district.
Auditor General Charles A.
Snyder is being complimented at
the Capitol upon the splendid show
ing of the Republicans of Schuyl-
kill. This county, like Dauphin.
Cumberland, Lackawanna and some
others, just rose up and put the
Democrats where they belonged. The
Republicans of Schuylkill polled
nearly 10000 votes. Representative
"Cy'' Palmer got 19,503 votes for
district attorney and F. c. Ball 49,
931 for register of wills. Schuylkill
has become one of the towers of the
Pennsylvania Republican organiza-
tion and the way its vote came out
shows that it's electors are tired of
Democratic thunder.
John Lupport. former member
of the House from Lycoming county,
has been elected head of the Lycom-
ing county Manufacturers Associa-
ton.
The rout of Bruce Sterling's
army in the Twenty-third congress
sional district at the election last
week continues to furnish the Re-
publican newspapers of Fayette
county with much material for COM
ment. Sterling was aided by every
thing that the Federal government
and the Palmer machine could give
him and made a desperate effort to
retrieve his fortunes in his congress
sional district, as did a certain other
Democrat now in political shadow
in district salong the Susque-
hanna. He used all the old cam
paign schemes, just as was done
here, and he got out big vote. And
Sterling not only lost his own coun-
ty but suffered losses in other coun-
ties of the district. This is what
the Connellsville Courier has to say
about it, The loss of its entire
county ticket and the wrecking of
its carefully repaired machine in Fa-
yette is not the only distress New
Freedom Democracy of the Twenty
third Congressional district suffer
ed at the recent election. Heart
breaking as was the tragedy of
crushed hopes in failing to divide
the Republicans of Fayette into two
hostile factions and the failure to
capture enough of the offices to give
the Barefoot organization some SEM
blance of standing with the Palmer
State outfit, the blow dealt over in
! the State of Greene was the one that
almost killed father"
Somerset county's official re-
turns present an interesting study
The statement as made by the court
says: Nonpartisan election: Judge
| of the Superior Court, William II.
Keller, 1851; Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas, John A. Berkey, A.
| 5S2; high sheriff. Republican and
Democrat. John w. Griffith, 6,O43;
Ben Marks. Socialist, 347.
Republicans of Reading are
planning for a parade and various
other celebrations next month when
Mayor John Keim Stouffer is inaug-
urated. 1t will mean the clearing
out of Democratic administration
| in the Berks county capital for the
first time in years.
The Altoona Tribune saws that
Dan Brumbaugh appears to have
| hopes" in starting his contest of
the election of mayor in Altoona.
| The Shuman-Gennaria contest
in Columbia county is attracting the
whole State. Charges that the Re-
| publican candidate was counted out
/ by desperate Democrats are being
made very freely. The fight will go
| into court.
| The Johnstown Tribune in a
lengthy editorial urges the people of
! that community to give their bast