Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-30
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By the Ex. Committeeman

By the Ex.Committecman
! More commissions will be issued
by the Governor as the result of the
election to be held this year and
for which the September primary
is the preliminary, than known in
years. Under the laws of Pennsyl-
vania' judges and county officers of
certain grades have to be commits
stoned by the Governor. This year
| there will be $50 offices filed for
which the Governor must issue COM
missions.
In addition to the judges to be
elected who include one superior
court, II common pleas. orphans
court, one county court, two munich
pal court and fourteen associate
judges, the records of the Secre-
tary of the Commonwealth show
that there will be commissioned as
result of the November election:
45 prothonotaries, 81 registers of
-.
ncers known as dodimus postestat-
UNI; 51 clerks of quarter sessions,
oV clerks of oyer and terminer, Sc
clerks of orphans courts, A sher-
lHs, with the same number of writs
OF assistance commissions; 55 coro-
nors and one county treasurer, that
| OF Allegheny, who is the only
county treasurer to be commission
ed by the Commonwealth.
Secretary of the Commonv ealth
cyrus E. Woods has had pfInted
for general use, the opinion of the
Attorney Generals department in
regard to the act of 1910, relative
to qualifications of soldiers. This
decision is that returned soldiers,
sailors or marines must comply
with all requirements possible on
their return, the act being only to
waive these with which the return
ed man can not comply, because of
his absence in the National service.
Colonel John Price jackson,
commissioner of the Department of
Labor and Industry, who was CIV
en- leave of absence two years ago
when he went to France, has been
appointed a member of COM
mission that is to visit Armenia and
trans-Caucasia, under instructions
from President Wilson. Major
General James G. Harbord, chief of
staff of the A. E. F., is to head the
commission which is about to leave
Paris. The purpose of the mission
is to especially inquire into con-
ditions in the proposed new Ar
menia Republic and by personal in
Vestigation obtain complete inform
alton indicating w
would be involved were that country
to be taken over by the United
States and administered by this
Nation. Existing information re-
garding other governments of
trans is also to be veri-
fed.
-Philadelphia newspapers are
now devoting pages to the develop
ments in the campaign. featuring
the numerous statements made by
candidates and their friends and the
addresses to the voters. Speech
making is under way and it is very
evident that there will be a big
drive made next Tuesday to add to
the registration. Newspaper COM
ment Is that the big registration
amazed" the Ware leaders and
fhelped Moore. The North American
gets considerable fun out of the
numerous interviews and state
ments which are being put out say
ing that the publicity factories are
the only esta ablishments in the
world threatened with over pro-
duction." The Record says that il
is evident from the registration
that the people of Philadelphia are
aroused" while the Press saws
that Senator E. H. Ware should de-
clare where he really does live.
Tho Inquirer is protesting
against the activity of the Repub1
lican city committee in behalf of
Judge John NJ. Patterson, saying:
one or the scandals of the local
campaign is the open and undis-
guised manner in which the can
didacy of the Ware choice for mevor
is being managed by what is called
the Republican City Campaign Com
mittee. Under all of the rules of
decency and fair play an organiza-
tlon OF this kind is bound to keen
its hands off primary contests. It's
business is to use every honorah hIe
means to elect a candidate after he
has been nominated"
Third class city registration re-
ports indicate pretty conclusiveIy
that Republicans are in general
iNS' III Iork city, for in
stance, there were over 500 more
Republicans than Democrats reg
istered and Reading also had q
large Republican registration, The
Wllkes-Barre, Allentown, Altoona
Johnstown and McKeesport regis
trations ran heavily, just as in Har-
risburg.
-Ofcers of the third class cities
who left the Allentown conventions
Tor nome. are planning some yipor-
Gus propaganda in favor of new
municipal home rule" and revenue
raising laws. The leagues legisIa-
tive committee will be an active
body, the next year and a half
Democratic politicians are
wondering what has caused Con
gressman Guy E. Campbell, of
Allegheny county, to come out with
such a strong declaration in favor
of General ]. j. Pershing for Presi-
dent on the even of the appearances
of Attorney General A. Mitchell
Palmer, as speaker at various
meetings in Pennsylvania. Camn-
bell has been more or less aligned
with the reorganization crowd of
the Democrats and fully aware OF
the presidential aspirations of Pal
mer and Palmer's plans to capture
the Keystone State delegation.
Representative John w. Vick-
erman, of Allegheny county, was
here this week in connection with
the campaign of the Anti-Saloon
League The League is watcbino