Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-13
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By the Ex-Committeeman

/ By the Ex-Committeeman
i Now that the official count of the
votes at the primary held in Penn
syiNanla almost month ago has
oeen completed and even Philadel-
Phla has sent in its certified totals
the campaign has been formally
opened for the county, municipal
and judicial elections of November,
winch will be the prelude to some
interesting politics in advance of
tne national and State elections of
isSV. Numerous meetings will be
heid and some Democratic maneu-
Nerlng to get into position for the
PRESIDENTIAL delegate election will
be worth watching
Ihe Philadelphia mayoralty con-
! test which will have a most inn
poftant bearing upon harmony in
,he state next year, seems to have
peen smoothed out, although there
! VIII be strenuous fight between
the Wares and the Independents and
tnelr allies to get control of coun-
! ell Congressman j. Hampton
! Moore the successful nominee, and
/ Congressman w. s. Ware. the chief
/ hacker of his rival ut the primary.
/ shook hands and went out for n sail
/ together Saturday. Philadelphia
: newspapers op'ue that it means
! that the congressman will have the
support of the Wares. whose men
/ VIII not repeat their performance
/ of the early campaign. Moore's
declaration of the other day that
! he regards himself as the titular
mead OF the Republican party in
! Philadelphia has been viewed with
/ mixed feelings. while his refusal to
! let the Republican city committee.
/ controlled by the Wares. run his
! campaign is commended by many
! observers as good politics.
In a review of the situation
written for the Philadelphia Press.
! odell Hauser says: Congressman
/ Moore has the whiphand of the
situation, of course. As prospective
Mayor he cam command support
J from ward leaders who worked
/ against him at the primaries. They
would not care to face POUR years
! of his incumhency of the Office OF
! Mayor while they languished in his
/ disfavor. Therefore. it is obviously
/ their interest to turn in for
: Moore. as most of them have done.
iN'H TIE OllltT HuIu, IL Is lule 10 jS-
, sert that the Ware leadership has
/ been completely destroyed, as some
! of the anti-Nare men say. In the
/ first place, they control three wards
! IN their own right. Then they have
: in present end in prospect all the
county offices but District Attorney
! Sheriff and Quarter Sessions Clerk
, In a general way, these offices are
[ outside the law as far as influence
/ from the Mayors office the charter
/ and Council is concerned. Most Of
them could he maintained as anti
"d1Tnistrat on outposts with inn
purity. II is obvious therefore th:
while the Wares have something to
gain by an arm'stice with the Moore
forces. tho latter have also some
thing to gain. That state of affairs
seems for the present at least TO
have cementcd bonds between the
d'scordant elements. They severallv
and jointly annouce that they intend
to support the whole Republican
ticket"
The campaign in Allegheny
county has quieted down, having
! been settled at the primaries and III
this county as in Luzerne. West
moreland, l.ackawanna and others
which used to he Democratic the
question of most interest is who
shall be the Democratic county
commissioner.
The Chester Times gives prom
. inence TO the recent meeting of the
Delaware county Republican COM
mittee at Media at which the cand:-
dates on the county ticket We're all
endorsed and Senator X. j. Baldwin.
II. j. MackliVer, Captain Isaac f..
johnson and others spoke Ii SAYS:
Harmony prevailed at last nights
meeting of the Delaware County
Republican Executive Committee
held in the Court House and at
tended by sixty county comm ttee-
men from the l31 voting districts
! in the county. County Chairman
William c. Alexander. presided.
Successful nominees, and those who
lost the nomination in the recent
primary election addressed the
meeting pledsing their support to
those nominated"
The Wilkes Barre Record rises
with this observation upon these
latter day developments: The first
women's Republican club in Penn
sylvania has asked for a charter. 1t
will be interesting 10 know what
the candidates will provide for the
meetings in place OF the customary
keg of beer and box of cigars. Prob
I ably a jug of tea and n box of
candy
Governor William c. Sproul,
who startled the State Department
! of Forestry about a week ago by
, standing behind movements for the
{ establishment of n budget system
| and various admin .strative changes
! has caused fresh perturbation by
urging that the work of some of the
I State bodies be speeded up. In
quiries have been made in the last
/ few weeks as to the number of
cases pending before the Public
3 Service Commission and as to why
! nothing had been done in some
I cases long pending. incidentally,
/ intmations have gone out that
more of the commissioners should
remain here and work. The State
. Compensation Board and the Board
/ of Pardons are further advanced
! with their cases than for many
months. but the Commissions rec
! ord is sa d not to satisfy the Gov
ernor. Practically all of the work
of the Comm ssion in deciding cases
has been done by two men lately
and they have not been much in the
/ newspapers.
/ -Berks county Republicans
opened their campaign Saturday at
a booster meeting in Reading at
which County Chairman Thomas G