Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-07
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BY the Ex- Committeeman

To-day marks the close of the
period for filing nominating petl-
/ tions for judicial primaries at the
office of the Secretary of the Com
monwealth and indications are that
there will be more filed this year
( than generally known. Few of the
judges seeking reelection Will be
unopposed.
This year Pennsylvania will elect
one superior court judge, eighteen
common pleas judges, Philadelphia
and Allegheny having the most; five
orphans court judges, one county
court judge in Allegheny, two mu-
nicipal court judges in Philadelphia
and fourteen associate judges. The
latter will be elected in thirteen
counties, Huntingdon having two to
elect.
When the judicial papers are all
| filed political interest will largely
center in the filing of papers for
county and municipal nominations
with County Commissioners which
must be filed under a recently ap-
proved act before nightfall of Au-
gust 19.
Superior Court Judge William L.
Keller, of Lancaster, appointed last
winter, has filed papers to be
! candidate for election to the full
| term of ten years.
Some very interesting situations
have been created by the judicial
contests. In Philadelphia and Allie
gheny all of the sitting judges, who
aspire to election and among whom
are almost ten appointees, are op-
posed. Patrick p. Conway, of Phil
adelphia, has established an unusual
record in filing petitions to run for
both orphans and common pleas
court places. This is probably the
first time such thing has occurred.
Some of the best known judges
of the State, men like Judge John
Garman, of Luzerne; MacHenry
Wilhelm, of Sehuylkill and j. N.
Keller, of Perry-Juniata, face fights,
while Judges G.. A. Endlich and G.
w. Wagner, of Berks, and c. /.
Lands, of Lancaster, will not be op-
posed, at least from indications.
Somerset county is to the front
again with a fight which must de-
light the shades of those old-time
political warriors, THE Frosty Sons
of Thunder" EX-Banking Commits |
sioner John A. Berkey, Norman 7.
Boose, Charles f. Uhl, Jr., Demo-
cratic leader, and T.. O. Kooser, son |
of Judge f. j. Kooser, named to fill
u vacancy, are candidates. The sit
ting judge, who was called from re-
tirement to fill the place last winter,
will not be a candidate
Representative c. NJ. Palmer, of
Schuylkill, has been picked by |
Schuylkill leaders to run for District |
Attorney on the Republican ticket, !
being preferred over four other
men.
The Connellsville Courier says
that William l.. Wood, member of |
the House in 1905 and 1907, will be
a candidate for the Republican |
nomination for county treasurer in
Fayette. He is one of the big stock |
raisers of the county of Grow, KEEP
hart and Coke.
Among petitions filed late yes
terday were three which mean bat
ties at the primary. They were for |
the following: John Rebman, Jr., |
Pittsburgh, for Allegheny county |
orphans court, and M. A. Kilker, |
Girardsville, for Schuylkill orphans
court. j. Frank Keller, Selinsgrove,
filed to be candidate for associate
judge in Snyder county.
The battle against Senator Max
Leslie and Mayor e. V. Babcock in
Allegheny county has been opened,
the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times print
ing list of men who will be sup
ported against the Leslie ticket. !
This battle will attract Statewide |
attention and if the Philadelphia |
mayoralty contest is averted it will
be the big contest of the State. On
the anti-Leslie slate are several men
who fought in France. That the
fight is going to be vigorous is indi- |
Gated by this statement in the Ga
To INiT1Nn
bring to an end the political domi- |
nation of Allegheny county by Max
Leslie is about to be opened and will
be vigorously waged in the Septem-
Der primaries. A complete anti !
Leslie Republican ticket of candi-
dates for the principal county offices
to be filled this fall is now in the
field. Behind these men are thou
sands of good citizens ready to bat
tie for the eradication of Leslie
ism. Joining in the movement for
the election of good men to fill the
county offices and the wiping out of
the Leslie machine are citizens from
all walks of life in Allegheny
county"
-Pottsville newspapers say. Cap
tain John e. Schlottman, who left
here as lieutenant of Company d,
1O3d Engineers, but was later made
captain of Company E, of Philadel-
phia, has been selected as the Re-
publican party nominee for county
controller. Major G. o. Santee, of
Cressona, who left here as a surgeon,
but returned as major attached to
the 317th Infantry of the S0th, or
Blue Ridge Division, is slated for
coroner. Joseph Davenport, of
Pottsville, has been listed to succeed
w. S. Leib as county commissioner,
the other Republican nominee to
be County Treasurer w. A. Adam
son.
According to reports from Phil
adelphia to-day the Ware faction
has virtually conceded the fact that
Congressman j. Hampton Moore
will be the Mayoralty candidate of
the Independents and Penrose
forces. This general attitude as ex-
pressed among the rank and file of
the men who flourish under the
banner of the Republican City Com
mittee is perhaps one of the strong
est indications that the stage is set
for the Committee of One Hundred
to declare for Congressman Moore