Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18
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BY the Ex- x-Committeeman

already by Senator Edwin H. Ware
and the leaders of his faction in
Philadelphia politics against the va
riouS elements which antagonlze
him is anything to go by the pre-
dictions of a tremendous battle Tor
control of the Philadelphia city gov
ernment made during the session of
the Legislature are well founded.
The new registration commission
appointed Ly Governor Sproul and
generally accepted as a good body
was fairly swamped as soon as it
began to meet by the activities of
the Ware people who sent in thou
sands of names of men to be regis
tered. simultaneously the reform
and independent elements started
proceedings to strike off names. The
situation is that the row in Phila-
delphia has started earlier than usual
and that it is going to be worth
watching.
During the legislative session it
was generally recognized that the
registration commission was the key
to the whole problem and Senator
Boies Penrose paid particular atten-
ton to the bill. If the contentious
of some elements in Philadelphia
ar weel founded, there is a chance
that many voters names may be
stricken off and Ware control of some
wards endangered. says the Evening
Bulletin, which the Wares started
TO list names as indicating that they
realize they are up against n fight.
The ruction has detracted attention
from announcements of candidates.
Third class cities are also very
busy with the municipal contests
CtD D,-tn .Nf
the repeal of the nonpartisan law
and the general opinion is that the
repeater has had a wholesome effect
on both Republican and Democratic
parties because it stimulated in
terest just when the let down due
to biennial nonpartisan elections was
commencing to have an influence on
the party organizations that BODIED
i'll for them in State and National
election periods.
The York Dispatch says that
the repeater gave "a flying start" to
things in the city by the Codorus.
Discussing the effect of the repeater
it remarks on a condition singularly
like that in Harrisburg and other
cities saying: The passage and sign
ing of this bill has upset the plans
of a number of incumbents in city
offices as well as some other aspir-
ing ones on the outside, who, be- |
leving that the bill would not be- |
come a law, had already entered
into combinations with some lead |
erS and other politicians of both |
sides, in order to secure their own |
election and that of the others in
the com binations. The signing of
the bill completes the abandon
ment of all such deep-land plans. |
requiring new arrangements which
will quite possibly result in disap-
pointment of the ambitions of
some.'
-RepresentatiYe John r. X. Scott
one of the most active figures in
the Legislature, startled some people |
in Philadelphia few days ago by
saying that the council section of
the new charter was written by "a
cheat to keep Philadelphia people
out of true councilmanic represen-
tation." George w. Coles, of the
Town Meeting party, says that the
fight will be fought out at the pri-
mary and that who ever wins will
be entitled to the victory.
The town of Thornburg, Allie
gheny county, had a bond election
the other day and the Gazetts-T Times
says that nineteen of the thirty -one |
voters took part, authorizing a $780,
600 loan.
Harry Meyers, treasurer of
Northampton county, is a candidate
for treasurer of Easton.
-Prohibitionists in Philadelphia |
are commencing to sit up and take
notice as the Anti-Saloon League
has announced that it will hold 200
rallies in Philadelphia alone. The
Anti Saloon League proposes to take
the lead in the fight for election of
dry" legislators in 1920.
One of the reasons for condi-
tions in Philadelphia is the failure
of voters to register in opinion of
the Inquirer which says editorially:
Last spring only 241,090 voters
registered out of a total of 416,S60
assessed voters. Thus $4,000 citi-
zens did not register. Allowing for
possible padding of the lists, remov-
ais and all other disqualification
it is reasonable to say that there
were 100000 citizens in Philadelphia
who did not take sufficient interest
in the Government of their city to
qualify for the purpose of casting
their vote on election day. This is
really a scandalous state of affairs,
and in itself accounts in large degree
for the inferior kind of administra-
ton to which the city has been sub
jected in recent years"
Judge James b. Drew, of the
Allegheny county court, has taken
notion to run for common pleas
court and there will be a strenuous
fight for places on that bench to
which five men are to be elected.
The orphans and county courts will
have no contests.
w. r. Lewis. former district
attorney of Lackawanna county, is
candidate for judge to succeed
Judge O'Neil. Joseph Burke, of the
Scranton Times, is Democratic
candidate for county controller.
Colonel d. j. Davis, adjutant of
the Twenty eighth Division, will not
be candidate for judge in Lacka-
wanna.
The Rev. George Chalmers Rich
mond, of Philadelphia, has asked re-
moval of United States District At
torney Francis Fisher Kane.
Captain Stuart Lafeans boom
for treasurer of York county has
been countered by one for E. ]. Neff.
The captain is just home from
France.
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