Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-03
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BY the Ex-Committecmnn

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State Capital OF the postmasters OF
Pennsylvania. In fact, what de-
velops here the next few days will
| divide interest with the registration
in various cities. The postmasters
assembled here are the most repre-
sentative gathering of Democrats OF
! the Keystone State to meet here
since the session of the Democratic
! State committee. Just as in 1915
their convention is regarded as the
| occasion for high party councils.
| This year the scouts of the Demo-
cratic State committee bosses have
I been out sounding the sentiment oil
the leaders of county and lesser size
to see whether the party machine
! in Pennsylvania was seriously dam
aged by the BonniweIl insurrection
| of last year. The truth is that il
was and it will now be ascertained
what the postmasters and the vari-
Gus leaders who will gather here
with them think about it.
Another important matter will be
what the Democrats at large think
of the possibility of the president
| running again as some folks appear
to believe he plans to do as a re,
| suit of his recent suggestions OH
! living, labor and laws. But still
more important will be to discover
whether the Democrats of the State
are for A. Mitchell Palmer, Attor-
ney General of the United States, in
sufficient number to warrant him
! making a fight for the delegation
from the Keystone State to tho
, next National Democratic Conven-
ton.
Some of the best known Demo
Gratis of the State are here to-day
and the gathering reminds one of O
Democratic State committee meet.
ing day.
Two weeks from to-day the pri-
mary election for the nomination oi
candidates for nine county Offices
and judgeship will take place. Fol-
| these designations there are nc
fewer than forty-five aSpirants, most
| of whose faces are now adorning
| telegraph telephone and all other
/ poles that mark the arteries of travel
throughout the county," says the
| Wilkes Barre Record.
The return of Paul J. Sherwood S
| name to the ballot after a brief alb
sence has renewed interest in the
! judicial situation.
The Altoona Tribune gives ex-
preston to this relief: Thus far
in the campaign for the Republican
nomination for city and county Of
fees there has been a decided alb
sence of bitterness. The mud-sling-
| ing tactics of the past have been
widely discarded and each aspirant is
running on his own merits. The ex-
ceptions to this rule have been COM
paratively trivial. We are pleased
to observe the situation and trust
the present amicable rivalry may
continue for all the future"
| Jesse w. Bower, Williamsport,
( assistant city assessor, has been ap-
| pointed an inspector of the State
Department of Inspection by Clifford
| B. Connelley, acting commissioner
of the department of labor and in
dustry. He reported for duty yes
! terday.
One Scranton Republican says:
| Referee George V. Beemer, of the
third State Workmen's Compensa-
! ton Board district has entered the
! field at the solicitation of his many
| friends for nomination as council
man of the borough of Clark's Sum.
NIT. There are five councilmen tc
be chosen by the people at the fall
! elections and with the entrance oi
Mr. Beemer in the race twelve candi-
I
| tentions to make a play for votes
at the primaries that will determine
whether or not their names will ap.
pear on the regular tickets in Nov.
ember. Mr.. Beemer has been &
resident of Clark's Summit for about
4, twenty-five years. He is one of the
heaviest property owners in the Dor.
ough, and previous to appointment
as referee for the compensation
board, becoming effective January 1
1916, he was for years superinten.
dent of the Hillside Home. In poll
tics Mr.. Beemer is a Republican.
Congressman B. K Focht. OF
the Seventeenth district, has at.
tracted much attention by sane re.
marks on the wood pulp situation
regarding newsprint and the likeli.
hood of greatly increased prices
with the curtailment of supply: 81
was a member of Congress" saiC
Mr.. Focht. when the reciprocity
treaty was up for consideration, anc
to which | observed a 'snaky' look.
ing rider respecting the tariff or
wood pulp and sulphide under &
cost price of four cents per pound
This repeater was evidently over.
looked by President Taft who urged
|
ure against the wish of a majority
of The Republicans then in thC
House. The treaty, it will be real.
lied, was rejected by Canada, but
the wood pulp repeater became oper,
ative. The market in this country
was supplied by an abundance o.
newsprint material from the Domin,
ion, but it was not long until tn,
newsprint plants of this country
moved to Canada and then the price.
of the article commenced to climb
We now have the same result will
news paper just as it will be with al
other commodities which are allow
ed to come into this country with,
out duty tariff standing agains
them"
The Pittsburgh Gazette Times
has coined a new name for the fol.
lowers of the Leslie -Babcock com.
bination calling them Maxmen. The
contest for the county nomination:
in Allegheny is waxing very stronl
and the registration next week will
be big one.
Some of the Democratic lead
ers throughout the State are saiC
to have told Palmer's pathfinder.
that it is not going to be an easy
thing to line up the Democrats fol
him and that the disaffection il
the rank and file is strong, while
there is little doubt of the strength
of the Bonniwell faction.
The Democratic State machin,
is now being overhauled in tn,
windmill preparatory to going ou
on a collection tour which will star
here during the coming week.
Several efforts to cut down tn,