Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-23
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Ps*'sstesasia
BY the Ex-Committccman

, those who wanted to be jobholderS
for donations" for the operation of
the machine had an easy time of it.
All they had to do was to send u
note around telling placefiller
! that the Democratic State commit
tee needed cash and it came.
( This year most of the Democratic
Jobholders realize that there is not
! much ahead for them and they are
! very weary of giving The letters
sent out by the Democratic State
! committee to people in the postal
service, who had hitherto been eX-
empt from such assessments for the
/ benefit of the machine. and which
| were published extensively in the
! Philadelphia Public Ledger, are
said to not have been very produc-
! tive of cash. Some of the men ap-
! preached are reported to have re-
| fused to contribute and some to
have dared one boss to test the
| power of public sentiment and the
| civil service laws. The Democratic
| invasion of federal service on the
hunt for cash to run the Pennsyl-
Vania machine has aroused all
kinds of feeling. People who did
not pity postmasters, got mad
! Another source of revenue in off
years when the Democratic State
windmill grows cobwebs and the
/ post office box is not taxed to hold
even the free copies of newspapers,
/ has also been cut off. 1t used to be
/ the men who aspired to be leaders
or leaderletS in their districts. Most
/ of them have been affronted by
the ways of the bosses, the appoint
| ment of men they did not want to
| fat jobs and the general disregard
of party traditions, while there are
I some others who had been promi-
| nent and consequently liberal and
\ who are in the way of the am
| bilious men now in the saddle.
/ Statewide attention has been
: attracted by criticisms of new ball
| lot laws ip the anthracite re-
| gions. In Wilkes Barre, in a set
speech. Attorney W. A. Valentine
asSailed the recent election law.
which permits the placing of cross
in the party square and an (Z)
! mark after the name of any candi-
date or candidates on the other |
ticket. Such n vote. he said. was
Illegal under the old law. and the |
new law thus aids in ballot fraud |
To prevent "doctoring" of the bal !
lots. Attorney Valentine urged the |
voters to put an y opposite the |
name Of each individual candidate !
also urged the loyal cit zens to get !
Hn overseer for every SUSPECTED dis !
trict, who is to be on the job he |
fore a. m. to see that the ballot |
box is empty, to see that the Judge |
hands out one ballot to each voter !
and that the latter only deposits |
one ballot in box, to stay and |
watch the box so that there will be |
no substitution and to remain until |
the count is completed and signed. |
The Philadelphia Press evident |
~ thinks there is danger of some |
jockeying in courcilmanic cleo
tions. 1t says: THE fact that |
some of the Ware candidates for the |
new Council, who were defeated for |
nomination at the primary, have |
been put on the so-called Charter /
party ticket is notice that an at !
tempt may be made to secure a |
majority of the Council adverse to |
the new Mayor. No one believes |
for an instant that there are |
enough votes in the Charter party |
to elect one of these candidates in |
any district. Their only hope OF !
success is in Ware organization |
votes. This creates situation of |
concern to citizens who have uniteu |
to secure better municipal govern |
ment."
Politics is assuming IL real live /
ly condition in Lackawanna county |
and the Scranton Republican is |
charging the Scranton Times with |
doing some ''romancing" and |
journalistic somersaulting" The |
Republican is out with an editorial |
backing District Attorney General |
W. Maxey for judge and the Times |
| is ardently backing Judge j. j. |
O'Neil. While the Republicans are |
holding regular meetings the Re-
publican says that the Democrats |
have been forced to abandon some |
of them. incidentally, attacks have |
been made before the Scranton reg
istration commissioners against 400 |
democrats who are alleged to have
been illegally registered.
This good old-time political
fight between Republican and
Democratic newspapers on party
issues is being duplicated i'm Lu-
zerne county where the Wilkes
Barre Record is going after its
| Democratic rivals way of doing
| things. In Lehigh and Cambria
counties there are also real nice
political fights being waged in the
newspapers and a revival of the old
party spirit appears to be general.
John C. Innes. of Pittsburgh, |
was appointed n special agent of the
census bureau for Allegheny county |
He will be attached to the Pitts
burgh office as assistant to Super
visor Louis w. Liebert Innes was
named on the recommendation of
Joseph +. Guffey and David L.
Lawrence of the Democratic state
and county committees. following a
conference with officials of the CEN
sus bureau at Washington The ap-
pointment is effective immediately.
w. w. Campbell. of Pittsburgh. also
has been appointed special agent
in the Pittsburgh office.
-LuZerne Democrats are making
I n desperate effort to keep Ambrose
! West John MacLuskie and Frank
| d. Thomas, Republican candidates
, for county commissioner. sheriff
| and coroner, from being substituted
as the Prohibition candidates for
| these offices in place of George
Renard, George III. Ross and Chas.
/. Ashley. who withdrew, and
County Solicitor C. b. Lenahan
went so far as to state before Judge
| Woodward in court that he believed
| there is no Prohibition party in
Luzerne county.
Erie county has let contracts
| for $1,000 ballots for the election.
I-Thara will ha xoto a., U.s-