Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-28
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

", munlclpal ana 1uulclal eieCliohs
held in decade and the echoes of
various contests are coming across
the counties to the State Capitol in
I q manner that indicates that the
men who play politics have an eye
on next years campaigns. The
Democrats are showing particular
interest in the way their vote comes
out because the fate of factions may
I depend upon some slants which
! may be given to the balloting in the
/ big counties.
/ In several counties the Palmer
wing of the Democracy has had an
idea that the Bonniwell people
3 might try TO do something and they
/ have been ready and waiting for
something which never happened,
{ while in other counties they have
tried TO demonstrate that they are
: on the job by taking various matters
into court and getting beaten most
? OF the time.
In add .tion to the judicial and
} mayoralty contests which have been
/ reviewed from time to time are
/ score or more of loan elections. In
/ Reading. mill on dollar improve
I ment loan is an issue and movies
4 and speeches are being used to
boost it. Johnstown has school
I loan which is being extensively ad-
Vertised in the newspapers. In
b Bradford county million dollar
road loan is being voted on this fall.
Just as an instance of the way
the Democracy of var Gus counties /
is all fused up. this statement about !
the battling factions of Cambria .
county may be printed. 1t is taken I
from the Johnstown Tribune: Real /,
war in the ranks of the Demo-
cratic party of Cambria county was
declared when the Mcguire faction
held n meeting Saturday and elect
ed Attorney ]. Wallace Paul Coun-
" Chairman. Mr.. Paul is the sec
ond man to be named chairman OF
the Cambria County Democratic /
Comm ttee within the nest two
weeks. the other being Philip P.
Sharkey. who was named chair
man of the 1919 committee in an
announcement by the Bailey -Cooney
Nemo ocrats several days ago. The
Mcguire men claim that Mr.. Paul is
now the only county chairman who
has been legally elected to office
They point out that the law has been
proceeding that resulted in the (
naming of Attorney Paul. No mem
ber Of the party has specific author
ity to call a meeting for the organia-
ing of Il committee. but il is argued
that Mr. Mcclure. through his Of
flee of State Committeeman, has
implied authority to call such a
meeting"
Democratic politicians have
also been making trouble for them
selves and their party by some
court actions in Scranton. The Re
publicans have them on the run in
the Lackawanna county ticket fight
and the Democrats are struggling
for an opening in Scranton. The
Scranton Republican says: In Il
statement issued Yesterday Registra-
ton Commiss oners b. T. Jayne. A.
p. O'Donnell and Alex 7. ConnelI
brand as without foundation and is /
in fact a deliberate untruth' the p~
tition presented to Judge Newcomb
saturday by the Democratic cundi-
dates for county office and several
regiStrantS and on which Judge
Newcomb issued temporary in
junction restraining the registra-
tion commissioners from taking any
action in the case in which 400
voters. registered as Democrats. are q,
charged with having registered lille !!
gally in that they failed 10 pay ;
State or county tax thin two
years preceding the coming election.
The injunction is returnable We'd /
resday morning"
When il was shown to the Lu-
ZUrne County Court that candidates
for office in Warrior Pun Borough .
on an independent ticket had filed
their papers only fifteen days before
election instead of twenty -eisat days
before. Judge Woodwork declared i
the nominations invalid and the
names will he stricken off the bal !
lot. Attorneys for the candidates /
! affected filed under the old law be- |
cause they used an old form of /
nomination papers specifying fifteen
/ days as the time for filing. Judge .
Woodward said, however, that he :
would have to sustain the excep-
I ons because the new law was not
complied with.
-Schuylkin Prohibitionists say
they will not take any court steps .
: 10 knock Lewis Helm off their /,
ticket. Helm is not Proh'bitionist
/ hut man more or less identified /
with the liuuor business.
I York county Republican candi- F,
/ dates are swinging through the .
| county This week and everywhere (
/ their platform of economy and /
| good business in county affairs. es-
| pecially the road construct on bond I
! Issue is meeting with favor.
The Wilkes-Barre Record is
/ saying some sharp things about the /
| Democrats in LuZerne county af-
/ fairs. especially in regard to roads. J
! IT holds that the county needs Re-
! publican commissioners for it's own
! good.
-Reading's campaign IS getting
I all reated up. The Reading Eagle
/ of Saturday devotes n page to ar
/ ticles about the campaign and the
paper is filled with candidates ad-
! vertisements. The Republican
I ~Om'nee for mavor. John Keim
| StaUffer and J. Henry Stump. tho
| Soc'alist nominee. are having a long
| range debate over the water loan
! stumn is against It. William Ab- /
bot witmnn the Dor7ocratic candi-
date saws his Renuhljcan onnonent
.is afraid OF criticism" Whitman
don't mind it. He's use to it.
| Stauffer is considered the likely
winner in the fight
! The Altnor" Tribune has This TO
I say n bout the speakers for tho big
/ neDublcan rally in the mountain
; citv on Thursday night: "The cam
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