Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-24
BY the Ex-Committeeman


ernor 10 take part in the Philadel.
phia campaign have been made and
IL possible he will do so.
| While there has been n lot o
talk about the Republican nomina
tlon for Auditor General next year, /
mas been mainly from Democrat til
sources with a manifest desire tC
start something. Philadelphia Re
puollcan leaders say that they have
not even discussed any candidate
Tor the nomination in their vicinit,
anu Senator Max G. Leslie, OF
tlttsburgh. who was here yesterday
dld not register interest when told
that there was talk of some Ale.
gheny county people being candi.
dates. The State Administration has
Iet IT be known that it is not be.
nina anyone. but anxious to see as
many Republicans elected to coun-
| ~ and municipal offices as possible
| throughout the State next month.
| The general opinion is that both
/ candidates for State Treasurer and
Auditor General will be State
| men, with Charles A. Snyder away
IN the lead for State Treasurer.
discussing political candidates,
the scranton Republican SAYS, edi-
torlally: Hon. William II. Keller
Is the choice of the Republicans of
e me state for the office of Judge of
,he superior Court. He is brilliant
lawyer and well qualified for a place
in the higher courts. District Az
torney George w. Maxey was nomi
mated for judge because of his
record of service after being twice
elected to the office he now holds.
lie has shown himself able and en-
ergetlc, learned in the law, ana
faithful to the public interests. The
large majority he received at the
primaries is proof of the public
confidence which he enjoys"
Huntingdon Republicans say
there Is no doubt of election of their
whole ticket this fall. This means a
Republican legislator in 1920.
"A decrease of about $4,000 in
revenue from the police court. due
10 prohibition. has caused the Nc
heesport City Council to favor a tax
increase of 10 per cent. According
70 the increase in salaries granted
McKeesport city employees has
amounted to $4,000 and with the
increased cost of material. the ad-
ditional increase in taxataion is
necessary.
Caleb S. Brinton. who NAV be
the next Republican senatorial
nominee in the Thirty-first District
says Cumberland Is going to have n
Republican sweep this fall. The
Shearer "come-bac ok" jitney is said
to have tire trouble.
Clerks in the Auditor Generals
Department are becoming experts in
the geography and transportation
system of Pennsylvania because of
the vigorous manner in which the
auditing department is going over
travelling expense accounts of
everyone connected with the State
Government. The Auditor General
has placed mileage books on the
same basis as other supplies for the
conduct of the Government and
when a book is bought a statement
must be filed of how it was used,
just as all hotel bills must be
itemiZed. The cost of living and
other conditions incidental to travel
ling, however, are causing bills to
be passed now which a few years
ago would have brought a summons
for the head of a department to
appear before the Auditor General
and explain what seemed like ,ex-
orbitant charges.
Men who are members of State
Boards and commissions are not all
lowed to charge mileage from their
homes to Harrisburg and then to
another point where a meeting or
hearing is to be held. Their trips
start and end at Harrisburg.
More or less uncertainty and
numerous questions about the oper-
alton of the teachers salary increase
law mark the correspondence of
the State Department of Instruction
these days and it is believed about
| the Capitol that sooner or later the
several problems that have arisen
will be taken into court. The State
authorities have avoided any gem
eral ruling. recognizing that there
are so many different angles in the
affairs of over forty thousand
teachers that there must be special
problems. However, some of the
! school boards about the State indi-
cate that they wish court test of
some questions.
The Altoona Tribune is paying
| much attention to Republican meet
| ings these days. 1t says: General
! ly speaking, the Republicans of
! Blair county and the city of Altoona
have an admirable ticket. There
was no apprec'able improper voting
| at the primaries. The story that
| hundreds of Democrats participated
in the Republican primaries is not
susceptible of proof. No doubt some
| Democrats did register as Republi-
/ cans for the sake of helping a Re-
publican friend or two. But such
registration was infinitesimal and
had nothing to do with the result"
| The Philadelphia Press remarks
about this years election: "If any
citizen is preparing himself not TO
vote at the coming election he is
preparing to leave the municipal
government. including the disposi-
! ton of the money he pays in taxes,
who never fail to vote are the or
ganized politicians"
| -Murdock Kendrick, who man
aged, the Moore campaign. may be-
come city solicitor of philadelphia.
| County Commissioner p. ]. Bo-
| land, of Lackawanna. is having
some time because of the activity OF
| the Scranton Republican in going
after his record. Boland has been
doing some explaining and also at
lacking the Republican candidates
in which he has the hearty assist
apce of the Scranton Times.
[ THE Liebel-K Kits combination in
(, Erie county and city Democratic af-
| fairs is being watched with interest
at the Democratic windmill because
! of some possible effect It may have
upon the primary next Nav. The
| windmill has all sails up to catch
4ha vvord from va rioua counties a nd