Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-19
Pee;t;ca II
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| judges of various classes at the No
vember election and petitions are
now being circulated in advance of
the September primary in a number
| of counties with prospects of inter-
| esting contests. In Lehigh and
| Washington counties judges will be
| elected to fill newly created posi-
| tions, the Governor not appointing,
while in Cambria an orphans court
judge will be elected for the full
term, an appointment having been
made.
There will be elected one superior
| court judge by the State at large
and eighteen common pleas judges,
| Allegheny having the most. Five
orphans court judges will be elect
| ed, one Allegheny county court judge
, and two Philadelphia municipal
| court judges.
Fourteen associate judges will be
| elected. Huntingdca county will
elect two and one each will be
| elected in other counties.
These elections will all be under
the nonpartisan act.
THUS far Governor William c.
Sproul has approved Alb bills of
general character and 43 appropria-
, ton bills passed by the last LegiSla-
ture with prospects that the number
will be increased in the next twenty
four hours. SiXty-two bills have
been vetoed. The Governor has
been at work for the last three days
or the 420 bills making appropria-
tons to charities and various other
objects. He has between sixty and
seventy bills of general character in
his hands to dispose of.
-The time for acting on bills ex-
pires next Saturday.
Harvey While, brother of L. H.
While, of the State Department of
Agriculture, is n candidate for Re
publican nomination for county
commissioner in Fulton county.
District Attorney John ]. Pat
terson, of Juniata, and George E.
Lloyd, of Cumberland. will be can
didates for denomination.
Entrance of James w. Leech
into the Cambria county orphans
court judgeship contest means
lively fight as Mr.. Leech is we'll
known all over the county. How
ever, Judge Reed, the Governors
appointee. is pretty strong.
Norman E. Clark, candidate for
| judge in Washington county a few
years ago, will likely run for the
new orphans court.
In an editorial commencing
Governor Sproul for commencing the
cutting of the general appropriation
! bill in his own department and on
the fund for his own personal use,
the Philadelphi. Bulletin says: HE
| imposes the same rule of economy
| on himself in the personal use of
| the public funds to- which he is
| privileged, that he would enforce on
departmental heads, and sets an
example that ought to be followed
even beyond the point of necessity
marked by the limitation of appro-
| priations. Some day the people,
burdened with the increasing cost OF
administrative government will ap-
| preciate in full the official who does
| not regard public office as a private
crib. or measure his power by the
| Appropriation he can pull through
the Legislature, but rather prides
himself in matching the maximum
| of efficiency with the minimum of
cost to the taxpayer"
Reading Socialists will hold a
caucus tonight to name full city
and county ticket. The party plat
form will also be prepared and
adopted at the meeting. Interest
centers in mayor, council, controller,
treasurer and school board. The
names of ]. Henry Stump. A. p.
! Bower and James H. Maurer loom
up prominently for the mayoralty.
Candidates are thick in Union
county this year and the primary
will be lively. Candidates for coun-
| ty commissioner on the Republican
ticket are Gettleb Sowe, who has
been prominent in politics for years:
j. f. Huber. ]. w. Ruhl, ]. w.
Zimmerman. Walter Lilley, Scott S.
Walter and A. A. Showers. Will
liam II. Groover and NJ. H. Lesher
are Democratic aspirants. District
Attorney C. c. Lesher may not have
any opposition. The county treas
urership is sought by John E.
Hackenburg, E. f. King, Wilbur E.
Bennage and James B. Chambers
with Charles S. zellers in the Demc =
cratic end of the field.
George w. Atherton, one of the
oldest attorneys of the Franklin bar,
| Is out lot ulSITlCI attorney.
Abolition of the historic Ninth
Internal district takes with it a
unique figure in Pennsylvania Demo-
I cratic politics, B. F. Davis. He has
been a storm center in Lancaster
for years and managed to boss the
| county committee. He was made
revenue collector after having been
a member of the Democratic reor-
ganization committee which be
headed" various party leaders and
gave Palmer, Mccormick ct al their
start. And now Davis gets the AK,
while Northeastern Pennsylvania
I Democrats, who recently gave Pal
mer a dinner, are not disturbed It
will be recalled that the Scranton
district was reconstructed to reward
deserving Democrats and flourished
much in the newspapers for a time
The Philadelphia reformers and
independents have adopted the his
toric designation of the Committee
of 100" for their official body to
buck the Wares.
The Pottsville Republican ad-
vances this thought: ut may be
possible some time to evolve a sys-
tenn of public office holding which
will require the incumbent to be
| thoroughly competent In every re-