Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-24
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

| The wide difference between the
total in the official count of the vote
for superior court judge this month
ana that cast at the September pri-
| mary is being studied with interest
! Dy officials at the Capitol. There is
| difference of over 10000, which
is considered here to be due to the
1act that there was no opposition to
Judge William II. Keller, many
people not going to the trouble to
mark IN the nonpartisan column
because there was no opposi-
/ tlon ana also many who marked
straight tickets did not mark in
other columns. The official count
shows only 527,777 votes cast in the
{ whole State at the superior court
electon, which is Il quarter of mill
non less than at other judicial cleo
tions.
The scattering vote against Judge
Keller was one of the smallest
known in recent years. Generally
there are Il couple of hundreds of
such votes at Statewide elections.
This year there were only ia and
they were cast in sixteen counties.
JeHerson county had eight and four
counties. including Allegheny, had
seven each. Philadelphia did not
return any scattering votes. There
We're only 126 scattering votes at the
primary.
The time for filing election ex-
pense accounts at the State Capitol
VIII expire next week. There will
be few accounts to file here.
The forms for the 1920 primary
petitions have been sent to the State
printer by the elections bureau of
the State department They can
not be circulated before February.
put there are many inquiries being
made about them.
Chester people fully expect
Governor William G. Sproul to be a
receptive candidate for the presi-
dency The Governor has been like
clam on the subject, but his friends
nave been enthused by the splendid
Things being said about him in the
West as the result of the Governors
Conference at Salt Lake City and in
New England because of his
speeches for Coolidge. The return
OF the Governor to Chester ycster-
day was occasion of much attention
TO the presidential possibilities.
which was renewed when Attorney
General A. Mitchell Palmer ap-
visit of eX-President William How
ard Taft to the Governor here is be-
ing made much of in Philadelphia.
although it was said by both to be
purely social and not political.
Another interesting develop
ment in the Sunday newspapers is
the boom for Highway Commits
sioner Lewis S. Sadler for Governor.
Mr. Sadler, however, says he is con-
concerned with building roads and
nothing else just at present
-Schuylkill county Republicans,
IKE Luzerne men, have started to
clean house and the election fraud
charges have already resulted in ar
rests. One judge of election was
arrested on bench warrant.
"A Chester dispatch saws:
Governor Sproul is said to be look
ing for a man to represent Delaware
county in the State Senate. Two
men have been mentioned for the
office, Gen. William G.. Price, Jr..
and Mayor w. S. Mcdowell. 1t is
more than likely that Mayor Nc
Dowell will be the man chosen by
Mr.. Sproul to go before the voters
for the Senate seat.
Allentown newspapers are look
ing for a sane" administration, ac-
cording to what review SAYS. The
determination in caucus to elect
Claude T. Reno city solicitor TO sue
ceed Mr. Gross meets with universal
approval. Mr.. Reno, who several
years ago was the Allentown assem-
blyman, is now president of the
State =. O. S. Of A. A high elias
young lawyer Mr.. Reno has had
experience not only as a member of
the Pennsylvania Legislature. but he
has also TO his credit term as
county solicitor. The new admins
tration intends TO make the most of
the work of the City Planning Com
mission, of which Gen. Harry G.
TreXler is chairman. This commits
sion did excellent work for several
years, but for year or two has been
dormant
District Attorney Rotan. of
Philadelphia, says he will make
known his position concerning the
action of Magistrate Pennock in
granting bail TO DR.. Charles III.
Bricker, Jr., charged with perform
ing an Illegal operation, when the
physicians case comes up for a
hearing next Friday. THE facts in
this case speak for themselves" said
the district attorney yesterday. II
will not make any statement until
the case comes up for hearing, at
which time the position of this office
in regard to the magistrates action
will be clearly defined.
Philadelphia newspapers gen
| orally commend Mayor-elect Moore
| for his stand in insisting that the
problems of the city, transit includ
ed, be faced and his declaration that
he will not be hamstrung in finances
by the budget of an unfriendly
| council.
Pittsburgh people are com
mencing to figure upon a population
of 100000 in 1920, which will mean
that there will he n renewal of the
opposition to Pittsburgh and Scran-
| ton being in the same class. Read
ing is figuring on getting out of the
third class next year.
! An interesting comparison is
being formed between the new char
| ters of Philadelphia and Norfolk
| Norfolk is to have a council of five
and TO get a city manager. The
councilmen OF the big Virginia port
are TO receive $1,000 year The
| manager will get much more and
will be the mayor and pretty nearly
everything else.
Students at Swarthmore, where
Sproul and Palmer graduated have
| formed Palmer Club to boost the
Attorney General for President
Nathan G. Nutter, recently ap.
pointed select councilman il
Philadelphia. is the first coloret
man to be member of that body.