Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-11
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BY the Ex- Committeeman

Following a slim meeting of the
Democratic County Committee OH
Saturday afternoon, at which not
even Chairman Sucker was present,
some of the Democrats who had
! been talked of for county office got
, up courage enough to announce
their candidacies formally. Among
them were James G. Miles, deputy
| register of wills, who earlier in the
week said he was thinking of ruiz
ming for city treasurer, and who
| confirmed the rumor; ]. Clyde My
ton, head of the Harrisburg Motor
/ Club and well known throughout
| the county, who wants to be sheriff {;
John ]. Mates, williamsburg: S. L.
klinger, Steelton, and n. Y. Parthe-
| more, Harrisburg, for poor director.
DIR. G. Willis Hartman, perennialiy
on the Democratic ticket, is talked
| of for mayor, and ]. Dress Pannell
is being put forward as n possible
candidate for district attorney. The
overwhelmingly large Republican
| returns in the registration reports
from the county have discouraged
| the Democrats and it is not expect
ed that more than a formal show
OF opposition will be made to the
Republican ticket following the
primaries.
The Philadelphia Record, DEM
ocrat, thinks Congressman Moore
would make a good mayor for Phil
adelphia. 1t says: With charac-
teristic promptness Congressman ].
Hampton Moore will to-day set IN
motion the machinery for a vigor-
. Gus fight against contractor rule as
candidate of the independent forces
for the Republican mayoralty nom-
ination. To-day he will organize his
own committees to take charge OF
the details and the dust will begin
to fly in the most determined prl-
mary battle that has been staged
III Philadelphia for many years.
If elected mayor, Mr.. Moore
|, pldeges himself to rigidly enforce
the provisions of the new charter
bill, especially those which provide
that the city shall do its own street
cleaning and garbage collecting.
The Congressman, who arrived III
this city from Atlantic City last
night, in an interview to newspaper
men said: Again 1 say that the
charter is law. If it provides that
the city shall do its own street
cleaning and garbage collecting, I
would certainly as an administrative
officer live up to the law. What ca1-
dldate Will dare say that he will not
comply with the law? AS a CAM
paign issue l would like nothing
more than that my adversary
would make that statement
demands for national owner
ship of the mines, as we'll as the
railroads, is contained in the plat
form of the Union Labor party of
Schuylkill county, which is connected
with the Changers. The following
ticket has been placed in the field:
Orphans Court judge, James ].
Bell, of Shenandoah; district at
torney, Cyrus Palmer, of Pottsville; /;
treasurer, M. ]. Donahue, of Potts
vile; controller, Cornelius Boner,
OF Tamaqua; prothonotary, ]. Shol-
lenberger, of Schuylkill Haven;
recorder, James DIETRICH, of Tower
city; register, John Strembo, of
Mahanoy City; county commits
sioners, Neil Ferry, of McAdoo, and
w. H. Stout, of Pinegrove; poor
directors, Charles Fenstermacher. of
Ashland, and John Dando, of Min
ersville. Representative Palmer,
nominated for district attorney, also
will be the Republican nominee. He
has been indorsed by the labor
party.
Startled by the fact that they
have been surcharged $5,29S.24 "for
gross negligence" the Board of
School Directors of Monroe town
ship, Snyder county, have come for
ward with an announcement through
their attorneys, Ulrich and Coryell,
that they will appeal in a few DAYS
from the surcharge of the investi-
eating auditors. That means the al
legged shortage in the accounts will
be aired in all its details in the
Snyder County Courts, and promises
to establish q new standard for SEN
sations in the handling of public
moneys. The Monroe township
school scandal has been before the
public for the past year. The first
step was the attempt to prove that
1:AL Heiser the secretary of the
board, was over $4,000 short in his
accounts. Note forgeries, check
forgeries, strange bookkeeping and
Il host of other Irregularities with
q questionable $4,000 bond issue to
cap the climax are Just q few of
the perplexing problems which have
developed.
Congressman John w. Baer, OF
North Dakota, spent Saturday at
Reading as a guest of members OF
the family of that name, after hav-
ing been present yesterday at the
annual Baer family reunion at Kutz-
town Park at which he made the
principal address.
Mayor Hoagland, of Williams
port, received from the executive
committee of the City Planning
Committee a request for the city
| administration to appoint a city
planning commission.
Where the Blue Phlor GroU
[From the Toronto Mail and EN-.
pire.1
| Ere the day meets the night in the
cleaning,
There's a spot where l love to go
And 1 never have tired of roaming