Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-21
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being greeted by big audiences wher-
ever he goes. H. s. Wescott, the
Democratic candidate, is being sup
ported by Democrats anxious to get
on board the band wagon in ad-
vance of the presidential delegate
elections next year, while Joseph
MacLaughlin. the Charter party cam
didate, is running on local and
accommodation. schedule, speaking
at all points. While there is talk
about the Ware element being in
iclined TO gun for various capdidates.
there is no question about Its
strength being for Moore, and as
the Wares are after council seats
there will probably be some healthy
fights in the districts.
Mr. Moore is reiterating some of
his primary campaign statements in
his speeches, and there is general
support for his ideas of carrying out
the intent of the new charter. Mr..
Moore has also made a favorable
impression by his declaration that lie
intends to put an end to factionaliSIn
and there are some who think that
he is going to clear the way for
united party effort in the Quaker
City next spring and summer Which
Will have good effect up State.
The Connellsville Courier has
printed an interesting contribution 10
the primary history of Faygtte
county which is based on evidence
lin court. In one district known us
! George township, No. 4. the Courier
says that s persons who are non
residents and two who are dead
were voted at the primary. 1t calls
J IT the Democratic honor roll one
man who voted" died four yea"s
Iago, another died last fall. another
went to West Virginia wears ago.
another had gone to Akron. another
| was still in the Army, and so on
| Including ono man who was given as
| a member of the township board and
who lives in another district.
-Lehigh Republicans look for
good things from Orrin L. Boyle,
of Allentown. who was selected TO
succeed Senator Horace w. Schantz
as Republican county chairman. lie
has arranged for 80 Republican meet
ings and is organizing the county in
1.-THE good old way. Lehigh has been
going Republican through the eff
forts of just such active young Re
publicans. Mr.. Boyle. who is q
graduate of Muhlenberg College and
Penn Law School. was recently adj |
mitted to the bar. During the war
he Won fine reputation as secretary
Of the draft board.
The Philadelphia Press saws: |
Perhaps Congressman Moore's sup !
porters ought not to he too hard on
;ho alleged Republican City Conn |
mittee. 1t helped TO nominate Mr. |
| Moore by opposing him"
-L.2ckawanna county Republicans
have opened their campaign with a |
series Of big meetings, and the in,
terest being taken in the Scranton
district indicates that there will be
battle royal at the polls i'm No
Vember. There will be meetings
every night from now until election.
The same plan is being followed in
the LuZerne county contest. which
is duplicate of that in Allegheny
In Il small way. as the Nictors and
Vanquished have united and are
going right at it, The Scranton Re
nGDllcan S;lNs OF County Chairman
r. A. Zimnerman's opening address:
Mr.. Zimmerman's talk bristlc,!
with cold, hard facts and figures that
will confound the Democratic spell
binders who have charged the Re.
publican County Commissioners with
mismaragement of county affairs.1
BY presenting facts that cannot he
DISPUTED. he showed how. to-day. the
coal companies of Lackawanna
county are paying II per cent. more
in taxes than they paid under Demo-
cratic administration; how Rppubli-
can Commissioners have built ND 4
sinking fund OF $4,000 in seven
years, and recited numerous improve
ments made by Republican Comnns-
sioners."
With the nomination nv the
York city Republican committeeman
| OF w. Edward Koch as candidate for
school director succeeding Henry
Small, who withdrew from the party
| ticket another step was made to har-
moniZe local Republican factions.
Koch had the support of the La
| ieans for the nomination and was
also supported by the Lewisites, saws
| Il dispatch. The York County Re
! publican Club has adopted resolu-
TORS indorsing the city and county
| tiCHets Of the Republican party. The
| Ninth War Republican Club held it's
ratifit alton meC ling last night and
| indorJed the ticket
The Scranton Republican saws
of the campaign in that section: at
will be gratifying to all citizens of
| the county to note the announce
ment by Chairman Zimmerman that
! the Republican local campaign is to
! be conducted along clean and digni-
the party's standard bearers is to be
set before the voters in a strong and
! convincing manner. If they are
! elected, as they will be by large ma
, jorities, the people of Lackawanna
county are assured of an efficient.
busness-like administration of their
affairs"
| This interesting view about mu-
/ nicipal affairs comes from the Pitts
burgh Gazette-Times: Councilman
! w. Y. English favors appropriating
every year about one-quarter of
| mill on taxable values of city real
estate to maintain a fund for street
! repairing. instead of the present sys-'
tenn of appropriating only a small
sum. The latter policy. he thinks
| tends to allow the streets to get
into such bad conditio'l that repav-
ing is necessary oftener than should
be necessary. He will bring up the
subject when council meets to pre-
pare the 1920 budget"
| FIeW ODer Prairie Schooner