Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-16
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By the Ex-Committecman

Just what is possible under Penn
sylvania's nonpartisan judicial law
and how a man may become a can
waited to the bench without even be-
ing on the ballot, is we'll illustrated
In return from Huntingdon county
received at the department of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth. 1t
Is unusually interesting because OF
the remark in a recent decision that
should the fortunes of a primary so
operate as to prevent a man being
named on the ballot for the general
election he could still be voted for
by any of the electorate by means
of stickers or the writing in OF a
name.
Instances have been known in re-
cent years in Montour and Monroe
counties where legislative candi-
dates who were candidates on party
ballots were defeated by 'sticker"
candidates, but such instances have
not been known at general or pri-
mary judicial election. This makes
the Huntingdon county situation all
the more interesting.
Huntingdon started out with some
thing like II candidates for the two
associate judgeships it is to fill this
year. 1t is the only county electing
two such judges, IL other counties
elect one each. And as Huntingdon
probably will be separate judicial
district before long. it may be the
last associate judge election The
names of j. Wesley Rice and w. D.
Mccarthy were the only two names
to be on the nonpartisan judicial
primary ballot. Z. NJ. Beers had
been Il candidate in a way, but his
name was not on the ballot because
he filed no petition. But his friends
got busy and wrote in or pasted in
his name, with the result that he was
high man and became Il candidate
when one of the men who had fled
a petition was defeated. Beers got
1852 votes; Rice, 2,S3S, and Nc
Carthy, 1886.
Officials of the State Department
declared to-day that every county eX-
cept Allegheny had started on the
makeup of its official ballots and
that the Allegheny nominations for
judge would be certified just as soon
as the Supreme Court acted upon
the Wasson appeal. There were no
questions raised over the certifca-
tions in other counties.
The State conference of inspec-
tors OF weights and measures has
determined to get on the job at the
next session of the Legislature.
These inspectors have been named
on a legislative committee: Charles
P. Glover Union; p ]. Casey, JET
ferson; X. II. Clark, Clinton; II. ].
Walker. Lebanon; r. IS. Keck. Clar-
ion; Charles {. Townsend, Chester,
and l.. q. Schoening. Elk.
-EN-( on WpNia
of Uniontown, and Representative
J. H. w. Simpson, of Allegheny
county, look a good bit alike and
talk somewhat alike. Yesterday they
were at meeting of the State Board
of Pardons together. Mr.. Carr had
a case, and when he appeared to
argue some one asked how Simpson
got into it. "Oh, that's Simpsons
double" remarked Chief Clerk S. c.
Todd
philadelphia newspapers appear
to hold different opinions as to
Mayoralty Nominee Moore and the
Philadelphia city committee. The
Public Ledger says that Mr.. Moore
"defied" the Wares, while the Eve
ming Ledger says he told them
where to get off" The Democratic
Record says that Mr.. Moore told tho
committee he is going to be boss"
while the Inquirer says that he in
formed the committee that he did
not intend to stand for any nonsense.
The Evening Bulletin says that Sen
ator K. Y. Ware gave defiance" and
that 1t means battle" The Press
says that Moore and the ticket have
been given the committee o. r."
and that while Mr.. Moore has said
that Murdoch Kendrick would run
his campaign, Senator Ware insists
that the city committee is the only
Republican body that can legally
do so.
The Evening Bulletin. in an edl-
torial. summing up, remarks: The
complete triumph of Moore at the
polls is now altogether beyond the
range of doubt. 1t is out of the
question to organize hardly more
than a shadow of a real combina-
ton against him, and Senator Varc's
disclaimer of any purpose to oppose
him, at least as concerns November.
may be accepted as final But the
candidate is not willing to put him
self in any position whereby he may
even seem to compromise or weaken
the principles which he avowed in
seeking and securing his nomination
Mr. Moore is going to conduct his
own campaign through his own COM
mittee, and in that respect he is not
only certain to be in accord with the
majority of his party, but before
election day n majority of Eleventh
and Chestnut" itself will probably
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