Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-27
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Pe~~a4eso~ia
BY the Ex-Committeeman


are, however, numerous counties
and cities where the local interest,
which seemed to sag after the
hard-fought primary, has been re-
Vived and things will be worth
watching next week.
Republican leaders, in statements
made to men at the State Capitol,
are generally sangu ne of victories
and Democrats appear to be more
interested in watching how things
will shape up for the delegate and
State committee struggle of 1920,
and in collecting their campaign
fun than in almost anything else.
In some counties Democrats COM
plain that the bosses of the State
machine are not giving them any
help and that everything is being
subordinated to clinching sole con-
troll for Attorney General A.
Mitchell Palmer, already recognized
as the unchallenged head of the or
ganization. Palmer is to-day more
influential than Harrity and GuffcY
in their heyday in his party's af-
fairs and has reached that stage
where he can pick his own ad-
v'sors and not be bothered with n
partner.
In the Philadelphia contest
there has been a cross fire Of
statements and remarks between
Congressman j. Hampton Moore
and the Charter party leaders, in
which the Congressman is being as
sailed as being Il politician. Mr..
Moore has answered this exceed
ingly serious assertion by issu ng Il
call for independents to get out on
the firing line and not listen so
much to jazz music. City Chairman
f. w. Lank, of the Democratic or
ganiZation, has attacked MacLaugh-
lin as running an enterprise de-
signed to gather in magistrates and
minority places. The inside of the
Philadelphia fight is that there is n
red hot fight for control of council
between the Wares and their op-
ponents and so much jockeying
around that the Democrats, already
split up the back, are afraid they
may lose the minor ty places. The
Wares are making drives FOR coun-
cilmen so hard that the charge is
made that they are trading Repub-
1ican nominees on the county ticket,
notably r. E. Lamberton, candidate
for sheriff.
the Republican county ticket is as
sured and the Pittsburgh Gazette
Times is calling attention to the
importance of the councilmanic
elections. The city fight has sim
mered down to one of those con-
tests in which the popularity OF the
candidate has much to do with the
result. w. A. Magee and number
of his friends have organized in
behalf of Counc Imam p. ]. McArdle
while the Pittsburgh Dispatch
seems to be playing other candi-
dates. Harry l. Hutchison, one Of
the clerks of the last House, has
been elected secretary of the Re-
publican county committee and
Mayor e. V. Babcock made chair
man of the finance committee, with
Senator Max G. Leslie as chairman
of the campaign committee.
-Johnstown is contributing it's
share to the Cambria county politi-
cal fuss where the Democrats have
been in a fight over their county
The Conemaugh
metropolis has an Independent can
didate for mayor in Joseph Cauffiel,
former mayor, who was beaten
when he was not looking, at the
primary. 1t has n school bond issue
of big size and councilmanic con-
tests worth while. In the county
there are all sorts Of candidates and
the withdrawal of James w. Leech
as candidate for judge has start
ed speculation as to wha. he IS going
to get. 1t is not believed that
he will be named to. any place in
the State Compensat on system
Altoona and Erie are indulging
in municipal battles that are find
ing expression in large advertise
ments in newspapers, but where the
are blossoming is in
Luzerne county where there is an
old-faSh. oned party battle over
county offices and the Importance
of good roads is being emphasized.
But the place where the real
old time ding dong fighting is be-
ing done is in Lackawauna. THE
candidates are carrying Zig adVer-
tsements' and certa My saying
things about each other, while the
Republican and the Times are
breaking lances every day. This is
II sample of the way the Republi-
can is going after the Democratic
ticket: The minority commits
s.oner Mr.. Boland, VINO has devoted
so much time to laying wires for u
recollection that he has had little
leisure to look after the county's
business in recent months, has left
n malodorous trail of falsehood be-
hind him which has been reproduce
ed in the columns of the party
organ"
Election of Republican county
officials in York county, which has
been occurring pretty regularly OF
late years, bids fair to be repeated
this year, thaEks to the excellent
organization work that has been
carried out under direction of S. S.
Lewis. The York Republicans are
making very plain that they have
good business ideas and as York has
recently authorized $2,500,00O
loan for good roads construction
they are basing their claims to cleo
tion on business administration
York papers carry page advertise
ments promising IAN economical
and business-like expenditure" of
this money by DR.. Charles A. Keagy
and d. Eugene Fry, candidates for
county commissioner, and George
4. Eckert, candidate for county
treasurer. 1t is a pretty effective
argument.
-"Httting straight from the
shoulder and not ifiincing words
County Commissioner John Won
Bergen. before n crowd that jam
med Smiths hall, Peckville, to it's
capacity last night. charged that re-
leases signed by residents in Lacka-
wanna county. living along the
county road. arc not in the COUNT
commissioners office to-day and
were not there after the Democrats