Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-08
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Ps~~etgea~ia
By the Ex-Committecman

Formal notice has been given by
! Secretary of the Commonwealth Cy-
rus z. Woods that drawings to de-
termine place on the ballot of all
judicial candidates will be held at
his Office next Wednesday at noon.
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candidates, in case there is more
than one candidate. must be de-
termined by drawings. The only
county judge who will be on the
/ ballot. alone is President Judge
Charles l. Lands, of Lancaster. Su-
j perior Court Judge William II. kel-
Ter is also unopposed.
| II is not probable that many of
the candidates will be here to draw.
as most of them will designate some
one TO act for them.
| The former system was to place
names in alphabetical order. but
! that led to some singular situations
| in which candidates with names
commencing with A or other letters
early in the alphabet secured posi-
tions more advanta geous than can
dldates widely known. Now the an
cient plan of drawing lots will be
! followed.
Plans 10 put into effect the new
laws or 1919 relative to State tax
alton of foreign corporations are
being worked out at the Auditor
Generals office and it is estimated
that there Will be many thousands
| OF dollars secured from companies
! chartered in other States and doing
business in PENNSYLVANIA. Some OF
the new laws increase State tax on
interest paid on bonds or scrip,
while others are designed to reach
! the stocks and bonds, for taxation
purposes, OF companies whose treas
| urers do not reside in PENNSYLVANIA
and have offices outside of the State.
This has been one OF the chief mat
! ters which has been concerning
state taxation officials for years.
Others will change systems of re-
ports and returns on payments TO
residents of this State. The new
laws are the result of the experience
OF years in State taxation. Some
changes in domestic taxation laws
which Will tighten up places COM
planned OF will also be made.
Auditor General Charles A.
SNYDER, in charge of the collection
OF the revenues, says that in his
opinion they will be ample to meet
the appropriations of $103, 900, 900
made for two years by the Legis-
lature which adjourned in June.
In a straight from -the-shouldev
statement, in which he served notice
that he will not be beholden to
either of the Republican factions,
Congressman j. Hampton Moore
yesterday announced himself as n
candidate for Mayor OF Philadelphia
on the Republican ticket.
In many respects his letter Of
acceptance is a unique document in
the political history of the city. Not
only does he make it clear that he
VII! be his own boss as chief eXecu-
tive, but declares that if contractor
government of the municipality ex-
lists ii will not be tolerated by him If
elected Mayor. He likewise affirms
that he will put into full force and
erect every provision of the new
city charter. A square deal to party
men and citizens generally is another
unqualified promise.
-Congressman Moore frankly ad-
mlts that announcement of his can
didacy might offend some Republi-
cans. and in the event of his defeat
he does not expect to be returned to
~OAS4 SSS ny lnOSe ne Will offend by
running for Mayor. This, he saws.
should not weigh against the greater
oollgation to city and party. Es-
pecially significant is his assertion:
nave not asked any leader of
faction or committee for his or its
support and seem already to have
incurred the opposition of some. I
would not care, therefore, to swear
IN to any specific declarations that
might please one element or another
and then arise to plague me in the
performance of my swor nduty."
MIR. Moore says that his candi-
dacy Is the result of solicitation upon
the part of many earnest Republi-
cans who desire TO vote for an un-
trammelled candidate at the prim-
aries and who believe he can be of
greater service in helping to Put
Philadelphia Straight" that he could
be by remaining as one of the city's
six representatives in Congress. Con-
cerning requested affirmation of
certain planks of a platform alleg-
ing contractor control of the city.
Congressman Moore says he will be
singularly free from those pledges
and influences which, when made in
advance of an election, are usually
the curse of a candidate"