Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-13
Psstsca s~
Ps~aesesa"ia
BY the Ex-Committeeman


grown up in a number of counties
of the State will be presented short
J ly. State Chairman William L.
Crow, who remained here tonight
to see his law partner, E. Ray Shell
by, take the oath of office as public
service commissioner tomorrow,
said tonight that the demand for a
law. which would stop party raid
ing" had become very strong.
! From what l have heard from
persons who have discussed changes
in the election law 1 am satisfied
that there is strong sentiment
! throughout the State in favor of the
enactment of such Legislation as
would prevent party raiding' said
| the State Chairman. If the inte-
| gritty of the primary is to be main
tanned and one party stopped from
raiding another, this State should
prohibit candidate from receiving
more than one party nomination.
| Some States, including West Nlr-
ginia, have such law and am
hopeful that this Legislature Will
| decide that every man seeking an
office, whether it be high or low
must be content to go before the
people as the nominee of one party.
People who have been here have
been anxious to prevent party ralu-
ing at the primary, which mas peen
productive of the same canaluate
on three and some times four tlckets
in the big cities and in some oi
the hard coal counties especially:
There is. however. no intention OF
irving to prevent fusion after pEi-
mary. ,. so,,,
days have indicated that some peo-
pie have been seeking feeling IN re-
gard TO move to repeal all the non
partisan laws. The stand Dy gov
ernor William c. Sproul In 1aNor ot
repeal of the judicial non partisan
law has not been even crltlclseu
among the Legislators ana parry
judicial nominations Will be autnol
lied as soon as the non partisan act
is repealed. The idea would pc 10
have the party nomination ssSeeil ssl
return this fall. Whether the whoie
NON partisan system goes depends
on the third class city people.
There has been sharp division OF
oDinion among third class city oln-
Gals and Legislators on the retenlioh
of the non partisan system tor erect
mayors and councilmen ana many
criticisns of results have been heard.
last session the advocates OF tne
non nartisan system succeeded IN
preventing any change aIteE
strenuous contest. The attltuoe ot
the third class city represehtatlNes
in the general assembly Woulu pe
watched with interest in the TWO
sonord class cities where moves have
been heard of from time to time to'
return to the partisan system OF
electing city officers,
The Philadelphia Inquirer says
regarding appointments me
iecfion of Mr.. Clement IS a purely
nersonal one. He and the Governor
have been intimate friends Tor
wears. While the Governor was Was
president of the Union League MT.
clements served with him on the
board of directors, OF whlch ne Is
sill n. member. He cannot be class
"a as identified with either of the
Republican factions in Philadelpma
noiitfcs. He was treasurer OF the
ri+izans, Committee which directed
theI campaign for Mr.. Sprouts NOM
ination for Governor. Mr.. Clem-
80 term will expire during the
Snroul, administration, which may
n1ear that he will be reappointed
for a term of ten years when ms
present term runs out. Judge NC,
Clure, who is named to succeed
himself, is a stalwart Republican OF
the old school"
The Philadelphia Record takes
a whack at Philadelphia charter re-
vision plans this way: The sug-
pestion of the charter reVislonlsts
Of twenty-one councilmen to be
elected by Senatorial. districts, rep
resentation to be based upon the
number of assessed voters in each
district. is an improvement on the
| original suggestion to elect five OF
the councilmen at large But IL is
not the right suggestion. II we are
sure to have a paid council or twen-
| ty-one members, each Oh the tWent,
| ty-one members should be elected
! by the voters of the section of the
city in which he resides. This plan
would offer greater possibilities of
nonular representation in councils
than the one now suggested"
When Judge Thomas ]. Baldrige
| granted AZ liquor licenses in Blair
| county he refused three. reducing
! the total by one as compared with
| last year. Regarding rules, the
court merely warned landlords not
to relax any old rules. including
| sale by the bottle, IL o'clock clos
| ing. observance of Memorial Day
| and Christmas, no music in bar
rooms and no free lunches. No ref
! erence was made to reducing the Ii
cense fee at license court. He re-
| ferred hotelkeepers to the Legisla-
ture for relief. ..
| The Granger interests are lining
up to hight the bills to reduce or
| abolish the licenses for the sale of
| oleomargarine in Pennsylvania and
/ there will be an interesting time
here next Tuesday when the Nc
! Curdy bill to cut down licenses will
! be given hearing by House COM
mittee. The Pennsylvania Farmer
opens the fight this way: "As was
to be expected, the oleo interests
are seeking to destroy the bars to
further substitution of their goods
in this state. Among the first bills
introduced in the Pennsylvania Leg
islature is House Bill No. % which
proposes to reduce the retail license
for sale of oleo from 800. as al
present to $40. 1t would also re-
/ duce the restaurant and hotel Ii.
cense for use of oleo from $50 tC
ls5. The bill was referred to the
i judiciary committee rather than tC
the agricultural committee, and it i:
likely to receive favorable action In