Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-22

h"hte VI NIlttFIeS y. snyder is gon-
era,l mentioned and approved for
state treasurer honors among many
influential men in party affairs.
While names of some Philadelphians
ana Pittsburghers have been mcn-
toned, there are grounds for belief
that the candidate for Auditor Gen
eral VIII not come from either of
those cities. Neither will any one
connected with the Sproul admin
stfatlon enter the race unless some
radical changes occur in present
prospects. Potential leaders in the
TWO Dig cities want to keep the nomi-
natlon away because of aspirations
held in those places for 1920 and
lS22. An upstate candidate seems
to be Favored as far as geography is
concerned.
Congressman j. Hampton Moore
opened his real campaign for Mayor
or Philadelphia with Il solid and sub
stantal meeting last night, his meth
ods being decidedly different from
the flng-around- rosy performances
of Joseph MacLaughlin. The Demo-
cratic candidate for Mayor is giving
evidences of determined state Of
'mind in regard TO his party affairs.
Mr.. Moore will have meetings from
now until election, and Congressman
Ware wi preside at one of the gath
erlngS and Ex-Governor Edwin S.
Stuart at another.
The philadelphia campaign is
being enlivened by some ward scraps.
Harry a. Mackey, chairman of the
compensation board, being one of
the latest to get into a controversy
There are also reports of some deals
between Ware candidates and Mac
Laughltn men, and the councilmanic
battles are interesting from n stand
point of speculation or betting.
William II. FELTON,, the veteran
councilmanic clerk, is said to have
opposition looming up for election
as clerk of the new council.
George ]. Brennan, writing III
the Philadelphia Inquirer, has this
to say on Philadelphia and State
politics: Congressman J. Hampton
Moore's announcement that by rea-
son of the fact of his being the party
nominee for Mayor he is the titular
leader of the Republican party in
Philadelphia, is being commented
upon by upstate Republicans who
are already speculating as to the
possibilities of the future should lie
extend his activities beyond tie
Philadelphia county line. Out in
Pittsburgh. Mayor f.. V. Babcock
has had the title of leader thrust
upon him by Senator Max G.. Leslie,
Leslie, modestly claiming to be only
n follower of Mayor Babcock. when
his factional enemies trained their
guns upon him and made him their
special target in the recent cam
paign primary election contest. Bab-
cock, while insisting that he is not
the leader, is performing all the
| functions of leadership"
1t may be added that the Mayor
of Pittsburgh is thought to have Il
weli-developed boom for. Governor
in 1922 somewhere about his house.
The Philadelphia Evening Bui-
letin says: Friends of George s.
Graham, Congressman from the Sec
ond district, have been working in
his behalf since he wrote them that
he will be a candidate for re-elec-
ton. Isadore Stern, formerly mem
ber of the State Legislature. has an
nounced he will run against Graham
at the next primaries
Lebanon city and county arc
just now affording some entertaining
fights, as the Democratic cliques
have an idea that they can take ad-
vantage of the primary election
laftermath and fish up something
worth white. 1t would seem, how
ever, that the Republicans of the
county have gotten next to the
scheme and that the usual comfort
able Republican majority may be
rolled up.
Stuart partisans in Cumberland
county say that there is little doubt
of his victory over Rippey T. Sheare,
Inf he alanfinr fAY al ~
the courts. The old Shearer organi.
zation is attempting to stage n come.
back, but the weather conditions are
unfavorable.
Lieutenant Governor Edward +
Beidleman is to make the address a
the opening of the Chambersburf
Republican house on October %.
They are canny in Swarthmor,
, town. When the Philadelphia count!
authorities sought to make Chief o
Police E. j. Sweeney a county detcc
tive the folks Just went together ant
beat the raise in salary. Ant
Sweeney stays.
There is plenty of life to tn,
Luzerne county campaign even if th
judicial contest was decided at TIL
primaries when Judge John NJ Gar
imam received more than rs per cent
of the total vote cast His is tn
only name on the ballot. The bi
prize now in Luzerne is the contro
of the county commissioners office
) The two present Democratic conrlis
siorers. M. ]. McLalghlin and G, j
Gallagher-no relative Of the Sen
ates chief c'erk, w. p. Galla CHER
S are opposed by Ambrose Wost. !
+. manufactures. and Peter A. Meixel
9 lawyer and rood roads aGvocate
The issue seems to be rood roads
{ tho Republicans charging the 70
e with gross cXtravagance and we nst
4 lin the expenditure % the public
n, onev on . poor hrand of highways
On the other hand. tho Democrat
are "nointinc with r-ide" Mt the con
e struction work on the highways. nv
S why's and bridges of old Lrzernf
lThe Republicans have the Democrat
on the defensive and the new chair
= man. John Fl. Dando. is making well
substantiated predictions of victor,