Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-29
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Ps~'seyssossia
BY the Ex-Cornmittceman

State officials do not expect the
sole nominee" question to be settled
this fall without going to the court.
AT the Capitol it is held that the
act of 1913 and the amendments
mean that where there are two
candidates for one seat on the bench
/ that the one receiving the smallest
number of votes is eliminated and
that where there are three the two
receiving the highest votes are to go
on the ballot.
Numerous inquiries have been
made here as to what should be done
| in regard to Allegheny and Phila-
defphia judicial nominations, but the
State authorities intend to certify
from the returns those. whom they
consider to come within the law
and to be prepared for any contest
in the courts.
In spite of the ruling that judicial
nominations can not be made except
at the primary, there have been
number of nomination petitions
taken out by friends of judicial can
didates Some of these will pre-
, sumably be made ready in event of.
any test of the law - court, so
that if decision should create va
cancies, means to put names on ball
/ lots would be at hand.
Whether the proposed abolition
| OF the 10 per cent differential in
! favor Of the State Insurance Fund
is to be made effective on January
| l next, as outlined by Insurance
Commissioner Thomas b. Donaldson
in his recent letter to the State
, Fund Board, or on the first day of
1921, will be decided this week.
Governor William c. Sproul plans a
further conference with members
of the board, which includes the
Insurance Commissioner, ut which
the Attorney General will be present
and questions of construction of the
act of 1919 relative to State control
of rates and rating bureaus will be
submitted to him. Not only are
there questions of eXpediency re-
garding abolition of the differential,
but also of authority under the act
of 1919. Insurance Commissioner
Donaldson, who fears multiplicity
of rates and confusion, is inclined
to put all on the same basis on the
ground that the State Fund is now
Self-supporting, able to pay back
half a million the State advanced it |
and also to compete with any inSur- |
ance concern. Others want the |
fund made little stronger.
Writing of the great Republican |
vote in the Philadelphia moyoralty, |
Congressman j. Hampton Moore |
says that in Washington 'it is the |
feeling among Republicans that the |
result will be a good thing for the |
Republican party throughout the |
country. In the Senate and House |
the impression prevails that care |
must be exercised to set the Re-
publican party straight and avoid i
discord wherever possible prior to-
the presidential campaign of next |
year. 1t is still doubtful whether |
President Wilson will run for third |
term, and it is quite certain that no |
Republican candidate upon whom all |
elements can agree is yet in sight. |
The spirit of unrest is abroad, but |
Republican leaders are hopeful that |
in due course the elements will get |
together for winning campaign in |
1920"
The Philadelphia Bulletin makes |
this interesting comment upon a |
jurist who was we'll known to many |
living in this city: 1.-The late d. !,
Newlin Fell, formerly Chief Justice |
of the Supreme Court of this State, /;
sat on the bench qf one of the Com |
mon Pleas Courts of this county for j
many years before he went to the |
higher tribunal. More than thirty |
years ago he was one of the men, !
bers of the famous first Liquor, Lii |
cense Court and it is to be noted |
that at this late day all its other |
three members-Wiison, Bregy and |
rti Roll !
was a careful, conservative man who |
came of Quaker stock and whose |
career as jurist was successful |
and respected He originally made |
his appearance in local public life |
as a member of Common Council |
from the Twentieth ward. More |
judges of our courts have come out |
of councils than we usually realize" |
Governor Sprouts Chester Times |
rises to remark: Some one wants |
to know what has become of the |
political candidate who used to give |
OK roasts and invite the whole |
county? Well, last heard from, with |
present cost of meat, he was ac-
cepting with great alacrity and
promptness, all invitations to at |
tend basket picnics."
Tho Philadelphia Inquirer says
Ware men have given up any chance
OF moore nomination DelnB upset
by the official count, and the Press
says the chief interest is in the
Mclaughlin Independent moves.
The Public Ledger says much the
same thing. 1t was announced at
the MacLaughlin headquarters that
it's invitations to the successful Re-
publican county nominees to have
their names placed on the Mac
Laughlin. ticket in addition to the
Republican had been accepted by
Coroner William r. knight, Jr., and
Recorder of Deeds James M. Haz-
lett Controller Walton said he had
not had time to consider the matter,
while Clerk of Quarter Sessions Cum
ningham and Robert E. Lamberton,
Republican candidate for sheriff, de-
clined to go on the ticket. The two
men who have accepted the Mac
Laughlin invitations are the two
successful Ware candidates. The two
who have declined are of the PEN
rose and Independent factions. Con-
troller Walton, who has not given
positive answer, was endorsed by
factions in the recent primary.