Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-10
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Ps~naaesa'ia
BY the Ex-Cornmittecman

the sudden awakening of people in
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and other
cities where there has been interest
centered in mayoralty or county
nomination contests to the impor-
tance of the cuncilmanic elections
In a number of newspapers there
have been calls made to the voters
not to forget to study the qualifica-
tions of the councilmen and a good
bit more attention will be given to
the personnel of primary tickets or
such nominations in the big cities
than expected. ...
Philadelphia is electing its first
council to serve under the new char
, ter. This will be small council
consisting of a single chamber of
twenty-one men, apportioned among
the senatorial districts. Pittsburgh
is electing a new council and so
arc most of the third class cities.
In Philadelphia the fight to prevent
the council getting into the hands
of the Wares is being freshened up
| by the Moore Town Meeting coterie.
one of the most interesting con-
tests in the State is that in Scran-
ton where there are three women
| running for school board. If they
win the Lackawanna capital will
| other place in the State.
in Philadelphia the Evening
Bulletin is calling attention to coun-
Gil elections and also handing Judge
John NJ. Patterson some pretty stiff
jabs for remaining on the bench
when he is engaged in a strenuous
campaign for voting, circulating
about the city and addressing meet
ings. 1t holds that this is in con-
/ trast to the public sentiment that
has been built up in recent years.
The Inquirer, Press and Ledger
call upon voters to scrutiniZe the
names of the men who are candi-
dates for council. The Ledger says:
Good citizens will be forewarned
against yielding to specious appeals
to sectional prejudice or mere per-
sonal preference as between candi-
dates. In this crisis principle is
more important than persons, and a
council loyal to Philadelphia and
honest in its endeavor to secure the
advantage of a clean, Embossed ad-
ministration of its affairs. is some
thing worth fighting for"
The Philadelphia Record con-
tinues to have fun with the mayor
atty campaign and refuses to take
seriously Thomas Robins, chairman
of the committee of 1000 The Rec
ord remarks: Further injection of
humor into the mayoralty campaign
was attempted yesterday when
Thomas Robins, chief apologist for
the Ware ticket issued statement
expressing his delight at the heavy
registration of voters and claiming
that 1t gives absolute assurance of
the nomination of Judge Patterson
by substantial majority His
statement also said the Patterson
managers were disappointed that the
registration had not reached a total
of 100000, which had been their
calculation The registration seems
to have been merely normal said
Mr.. Robins, and that seems to have
started it,"
Things are getting strenuous in
Pittsburgh. Here is one instance
from the Pittsburgh Chronicle -Tele-
graph: when Mayor Babcock at
tempts to defend the practices of
Max G. Leslie feel as though he is
more entitled to pity than to scorn,"
said John S. Heron, president of
city council, in an address at the
noon meeting of the anti-Leslie Re-
publican committee.
Men connected with the recent
Legislature will be interested in this
paragraph from the Scranton Re-
publican: Frank j. Toohey, for
the past five years a member of the
Republican news staff, was appoint
ed yesterday as manager of a newly
created publicity bureau with the In
ternational Correspondence Schools.
one of the most important under
takings of the new publicity bureau
hN-A Afr
be the handling of newspaper pub
licity on the educational feature film.
Mr.. Toohey was educated in the pub
lie and high schools of Scranton and
Joined the Republican staff in 1914
Shortly after the United States en-
tered the war he went into the serv-
ice, being assigned to the medical
corps. on being discharged last De-
cember he rejoined the Republican
and was assigned to cover the 1919
session of the Legislature. He is a
brother of John p. Toohey, also a
former Scranton newspaper man,
who is general press representative
for George c. Tyler's theatrical en-
terprises and whose short stories are
now appearing in the Saturday Eve
ming Post"
At the next meeting of Potts
Vile city council the ordinance pro-
viding for submission to the people
of the proposition to loan half a
million dollars for street improve
ments will be unanimously adopted.
The loan campaign is now in full
swing and the only opposition it is
experiencing is upon the part of
citizens who believe road making
material will greatly drop in the
next two years and, therefore, the
Investment at the present high
prices would be inadvisable for the
city at present. One thing Is GER
tain, the time is near at hand when
Pottsville will present an entire
area of paved streets, as virtually
all citizens are agreed as to the
economy and general utility of a
paved road over the best macadam-
lied highway.
Samuel G. Jamison is about to
resign from the Office of coroner of
Allegheny county and accent a
business proposition, which will net
him more than his present large
salary. Mr.. Jamison is chairman of
the Republican Committee and is
one of the political friends of SEN
ator Penrose, cooperating as he
does, with Mayor Babcock. State
Senator Max G. Leslie and other
Penrose supporters. Edward Freib-
ertshauser, at present county treas
urer, is suggested as successor to Mr..
Jamison as coroner. Mr.. Jamison's s
resignation as coroner will not take
effect until October l. There is no
foundation for the report that he
will quit his activities in politics.