Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-14

tiolitS ana mat the act does not
infringe rights of either voters or
| candidates and does not change
election privileges. In the main the
questions involved are held to have
been determined in previous tests of
the basic act and that of 1915, and
as the law of 1919 prescribes a
method and is n proper legislative
procedure the act withstands the
attack.
thmpaiSning by airplane is the
latest in Montgomery county poll
ties. Things are always rather
speedy in the political line in that
section OF the State. but Roy 4.
Hatfield. candidate for county com
missioner, took an airplane to scat
ter leaflets and circulars announc-
ing his candidacy about the county.
FROM all accounts Fayette
county politics have quieted down
ana another of those independent
movements has been put or a sid
ing.
Withdrawal of James W. Leech
as candidate for orphans court
Judge in Cambria leaves the field
clear for Judge $. Lemon Reed. the
Governors appointee to the bench.
Mr.. l.eech says that although State
ofhcials will not receive his with
drawal claiming that they have no
authority, he is out of the race and
thanks his loving friends for their
support.
confidence of victory for the
Bucks County ticket at the next
election was strong among the Re-
publicans at their County Commit
tee meeting in Doylestown when
al
Hiram II. Keller. A. Harry CLAY.
ton was reelected secretary Coun-
ty Chairman Keller. in acknowl-
edsing reelection, asked for the
hearty cooperation of committee
men and candidates. lie pointed
out that organization was the key
TO success as had been shown bv
the growth of the Republican ma.
tority from 1000 to 1000 i'm the
county. With active committee CO.
operation ana fourteen candidates
working. he said. there would not
be much chance of failure.
Steps have been taken in Ale.
gheny county courts to prevent the
printing of the name of George W.
Mcneil, candidate for county COM
miss oner on the American party
ticket, on the official ballot at the
y
torneys william j. Brennen. Carl
u. Smith and -. Il. McGinness. rem
resenting the Democratic party. an
peared in Common Pleas Court.
asking that an order be made l;-
recting the county commissioners
not to print McNeil'S name on the
ballot. 1t is alleged the nomination.
papers are irregular in that the af-
ilants to the petitions did not SEQ
the Signcrs attiN their signatures to
them, that alterations were made
after they We're signed and that the
Sieners in some instances are Re-
publicanS.
The Wilkes Barre Record in
dulges in this ncighborly remark:
The new Scranton directory givea
the city n population of l5S.SS3.
The census enumeration to be TAX
on next year will probably take
down these figures few pegs.
Scranton has undoubtedly had u
good growth in the past ten years.
but there is nothing to Indicate that
growth has been phenomenal"
School statistics compiled by
i'en +. Graham, superintendent of
the New Castle schools, show a
startling condition in the matter Of
housing for pupils. Estimates based
on the statistics show that the
population OF the city has increased
approximately 1900 in the last 10
years. During the same period
seven permanent classrooms We're
added to the school system. There
are now 900 pupils who are cared
for in portable school houses. The
school population of the city has
doubled since 1910.
Statements were made at the
meeting of the Montgomery Re-
| publican county executive commit
tee to-day that the party candidates
| for county office will probably have
! ma iorities ranging from 5000 to
| 10000. The candidates will tour the
( upper Parkinson Valley. starting ut
! SchwenksNille. Other places to be
, visited from then until the close of
! the campaign include: Norristown
Royersford, North Wales. Consho-
! hocken. Jenkintown, Amber and
| Hatboro.
The Philadelphia Evening
| Ledger makes this comment on
, Philadelphia politics: Under the
reconstructed charter the town
needs a new deal i'm its criss-cross
and bargain counter politics: and n
! real Republican convention - II
would he wholesome idea to have
an orderly and respected Demo-
cratic party evolved from out of a
! Ike convention--would go far 10
turn the local political thought OF
! the whole community into cleaner
| and more up-to-date channels"
| MONTGOMERY County's Republi-