Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-17
Peetscs &.
Ps~~asgsassio
By the Ex-Committeeman

| portant ways and means committee
IN the lower branch in this years
session, may be a candidate for
speaker of the House in 1921 are
likely to bring some statement from
| speaker Robert S. Spangler as to
ms aspirations. The speaker halls
from York city, where he has been
eIected four successive times to the
House and from all accounts he
wants to make it five and quit
In the event that Mr.. Spangler is
reelected to the House it is gen.
orally believed that he will be a can
didate for the gavei again. Rep
resentative w. +. Stadtlander, of
pittsburgh, if he runs again. will
! also be candidate for speaker, al
| though Representative c. ]. Jordan,
the farmer-preacher member from
Lawrence, has had some thoughts
IN that direction, according to
! friends here.
Philadelphia with some of its vet
eran members out will not have
much speakership material.
Democratic State Headquarters
men have been out getting into
| touch with chairmen of county COM
mittees and Democratic candidates
aligned with the Palmer faction the
last few days to see how the lines
are going to shape up in advance
OF the struggle for election of presi-
Dental delegates and State commit
teemen next spring. The whole
| Democratic State committee will be
elected anew in May and already ad-
| herents of the rival factions are
commencing to talk of men to run
for the seats. This is the earliest
| that such talk has been heard
around the State capital.
The campaign of Senator Boies
Penrose for reelection was formally
opened at a meeting of the Ale
sheny County Republican Commit
tee at Pittsburgh, Wednesday. His
candidacy was unanimously en-
dorsed. The record and attitude of
Senator Philander c. Knox was also
unanimously endorsed, as was the
state administration of Governor
William c. Sproul. The endorse
for another term in the United
States Senate was contained in
lengthy platform or declaration of
principles reported by a resolutions
committee of which State Senator
NJ. G. Leslie was chairman.
The action of the Allegheny
County Committee will probably be
followed by the county organizations
OF other counties throughout the
state, friendly to Penrose," says the
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Howard Dougless of McKeesport
was elected chairman of the Allie
gheny County Committee to succeed
George Well"
Declaring that he did not want
his name connected with anything
about which there was suggestion
of taint by fraud, DR.. George w. Nc
Neill, candidate on the American
party ticket for County Commits
missioner, withdrew in court at
Pittsburgh when suit was called.
II am not going to be county
chairman of the Republican party
only for this campaign and ! am
going to see in Jail any man who at
tempts such tactics as ballot box
stufhng during this campaign" de-
clared John H. Dando, Luzerne
chairman, at a Wilkes-Barre meet
| ing.
Developments in the Supreme
| Court in the Wasson appeal in the
sole nominee" case, which is being
argued at Pittsburgh to-day, will be
| followed with the closest interest by
everyone interested in politics in
the State, because not only Allie
gheny county but a dozen others
may be affected. 1t is expected
that the court will hand down a de-
cision very promptly. The question
at issue is whether the Legislature
| of 1913 in prescribing the method
of determining the sole nominee"
went beyond its powers.
The Philadelphia Press comment
ing upon this case says: The Dau-
phin County Court has decided
against the plea of Judge Wasson of
| Allegheny for an order to require
the Secretary of the Commonwealth
| to certify him as one of the judicial
nominees in Allegheny County. Judge
Wasson, who is now on the bench,
sought denomination, but was de-
| feated at the primaries. four other
candidates for four places to be
filled having received more than
fifty-one per cent. of the vote cast.
Judge Kunkel, in deciding the case
against Judge Wasson, points out
that the law giving a judicial candi-
date the exclusive right to have his
name printed on the official ballot,
was clarified at the last session of
the Legislature, and that as the act
is an election regulation it is consti-
tutional. Judge Wasson is appeal
ing the matter to the Superior Court,
and the election may take place be-
fore he gets a decision"
I'm most of the counties of the
State, especially where there were
several candidates for judicial nom
nations it is taken as a foregone
conclusion that the Dauphin county
court will be sustained and except
in Allegheny county the certification
of nominations for judge by the Sec
retary of the Commonwealth has
been followed in making up the ball
lot. The secretary followed the
Dauphin county decision.
Newspapers are remarking feel
ingly that there are almost three
weeks left of the campaign and
from all accounts everyone will be
pleased when the struggle is over.
The Philadelphia newspapers give
much attention to the plans of ].
Hampton Moore to make his own
campaign and much speculation on
the Ware attitude is being INDUCED
in. Luzerne newspapers tell of
) activity by the Republican candi-
dates and numerous meetings be-
ing held in various parts of the
county, with noon meetings al
wilkes-Barre. Pittsburgh papers
are almost devoid of politics. hav.
. ing apparently had enough during
'. the primary. Williamsport, Read.
ing and Altoona newspapers chron'
) icle only an ordinary campaign thu:
| far.
: The Philadelphia Inquirer givel
this as it's idea of what the cam
: | naieo ah a1tld he. "J Ham nt or