Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-18
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'Ps~'sA>seSossSe
BY the Ex-Committccman

iclpal eiectlonS campaign which
was launched after some of the hot.
test primary contests known in
years, marked by return to the
partisan system of election in third.
Grass cities, the preliminaries for
eIectlon under the new charter fol
Phlladelphia and by numerous Judi.
c1al situations, will enter upon its
hnal fortnight next Tuesday and in
dlcations are that it will be speeded
up. For the last ten days or SC
tnlngs have been dragging, and al
though there was much talk of in
dependent movements, very few OF
them materialized.
Leaders of both the Republican and
democratic parties, after observing
the primary contests and their ef-
tects, are now getting ready to begin
the advance movements of the
| presidential candidates and for
an unusual amount of discussion of
| state, congressional and legislative
candidates is being heard, while men
are already being talked of for
presidential candidates and for
state committee seats, especially in
| the Democratic party.
indications are that the Repub-
lican party, which has gone through
|
| tests, will have Il presidential year
more nearly approaching the nor
NAL in Pennsylvania than for some
tlne but the Democratic party, true
| to tradition, will furnish plenty of
| factionalism. A struggle for control
OF the State organization with At
torney General A. Mitchell Palmer
as the central figure and n presiden-
tial nomination aspirtant is assured.
In all probability Governor
Sproul will name the commission of
twenty-five to study and recommend
revision of the Constitution of Penn
sylvaniG within a week The Gov
ernor has been giving more atten-
ton to the makeup of this body than
any since he has been Governor and
plans to address it when it meets
at the Capitol. He will also name
| the new Health Insurance NComnlis-
sion shortly. Both of these com
missions will be called to meet very
promptly.
| The resolutions adopted by the
Allegheny County Republican Com
mlttee at the resent meeting read:
The members of the Allegheny
County Republican Committee, in
session assent bled, sincerely indorse
=
ernor William c. Sproul; that we
record ourselves as Unanimously in
| favor of the nominations and re-
election of Boise Penrose to the
United States Senate; that we hereby
pledge ourselves to grid on our
armor; to unite as never before
to seriously and patriotically 20
about the work of helping to place
a Republican President in the White
House in 1921; and to install once
again the policies and principles OF
Lincoln. Mckinley and Roosevelt in
our National Government"
Men who have been following the
course of the judicial contests in
various counties of the State looked
for marked speeding up of the
| campaigns in dozen counties in the
| next two weeks, now that the Secrc-
| tary of the Commonwealth has GER
titled the names of the candidates
and the questions raised by Judge
Henry G. WATSON, of Pittsburgh, in
| the sole nominee" determination
amendment of 1919 to the act of
| 1913, is in the supreme court.
One of the features of this years
election has been the quietness of
the campaigns for associate Judge in
various counties which in former
years were stirred for weeks because
of the wet" and dry" issue. Sny-
der, Fulton, Miff1in, Wyoming, Sui
Ivan and other counties in which
! the liquor question was the big
| theme for discussion have had ex-
tremely quiet primary elections.
Perhaps, the only instance out of
the ordinary was in Huntingdon
county, where z. NJ. Beers, who had
not filed a petition to run for asso-
ciate judge, led the candidates when
the vote was counted and became
u certified candidate along with j.
Weskey Rice. w. ID. Mccarthy, who
had filed a petition, ran third and
does not go on the ballot Messrs
Beers and Mccarthy are the present
| associate judges. In Cambria county
the declaration of James w. -Leech
that he would not be Il candidate
and the refusal of the Secretary OF
the Commonwealth to accept with
drawal, created u peculiar situation
Mr.. Leech's intention Is to leave the
field clear for Judge S. Lemon Reed
the Governors appointee to the first
orphans court judgeship. In Le-
high and Washington counties
where new judgeships were created
but no appointments made, contests
which are being closely watched ai
the Capitol, are under way. The
common pleas contests in Somerset
and Lackawanna are also attract
ing attention here.
Campaign expense accounts OF th'
recent Allegheny Republican pri
mary election were filed by +. ii
SwindeU, treasurer of the Lesli'
ticket. and w. c. McEldowney
treasurer of the Anti-Leslie ticke
at Philadelphia. The accounting o
MIR. Swindell showed contribution
of 72.720,S0 and expenditures o
s72,712.66. The contributions in
clude an unpaid note for $20,os
and there are unpaid bills o
s4,00S.97. making a total deficit o
ls24,00S.97. The Anti-Leslie accoun
showed contributions of S120,72I
with s12O.295 expended and unpal,
bills of $2S,996.
The new State Art Commission
and the State Board of Examin
ers of Architects and other new com
missions will come to HARRISBURG
for their initial meetinga end Wi
) likely be addressed by Governor viii
liam C. Sproul to outline his polio
for them. The Art Commission wi
/ find plenty to do, as there has beel
? numerous correspondence accunu
> lating upon the subject of memorial
, to Pennsylvanians in the war an
, Il its members will likely have som
) hearings beforA they get very ia
, on with the duties of their offic,
The State Wnr History and Stat
Historical Commissions will hav