Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-29
BY the Ex-Committeeman

gates and that the men who have
battled for party prestige in Erie
Fayette, Luzerne, Schuylkill and
other counties will agree upon dele.
gates who will be for Palmer. 1t il
even possible that a working agree.
ment may be reached in the turbu.
lent Berks-Lehigh district. There IL
only ~one thing that may disturb
Democratic machine route plans il
the State, and that may occur Il
Palmer insists upon playing up mer
who were with him in the reorgani.
zation days. mention of whose name:
is enough to make some of the Ole
Guard leaders swear
The Republican situation is less
interesting, and the only stir ID
|, brought about by mention of candl.
dates for Auditor General and won
der as to the identity of the Supreme
Court candidates.
There will be many nominations
and party selections to make in May
United States Senator Boies Penrose
will be renominated to succeed KIM
self.
In the same primaries in which the
Auditor General and the State Treas
urer are to be nominated. partisan
nominations must be made for the
| 90 IEeSlueUIldI pleCIOTS,
ICongressmen-a at-Large, 80 district
Congressman, one-half of the menu
bership of the State Senate and 2O7
State representatives. In the non
partisan primaries the successor of
Justice ]. Hay Brown, of the Su-
preme Court, will be nominated.
In the partisan primaries rs dele
gates and like number of alternates
to sit in the Republican and Demo-
cratic national conventions will be
elected. State, county, city and dis
| trict political committees will he
chosen. In the Democratic primaries
the successor of National Committee
man A. Mitchell Palmer will be
elected.
When Governor William C.
Sproul returns to Harrisburg next
month from his vacation in Virginia
he will have to sign scores of COM
missions for officers chosen at the
November election and which the
law requires that the Commonwealth
shall authorize to transact business
In the number will be Superior Court
Judge w. II. Keller for ten years, II
common pleas judges, five orphans
court, two municipal court and one
county court judge, as we'll as IA
associate judges. This is the largest
number to be commissioned in recent
years. The Governor will also have
to sign commissions for As prothono-
taries, A sheriffs, 81 registers of
wills, Sc recorders of deeds and So
coroners, one county treasurer and
these clerks of courts: Orphans
court, Sc; quarter sessions, 81, and
oyer and terminer, so.
James W. Holman the new
| aNNF kWA 1t.
named Paul Laross an Allentown
newspaperman, as his deputy.
oliver NJ. Wolf and Charles Will
liam Mattin have been named as
assistant district attorneys for Berks
county. Thomas e. Haak, well
known among Democrats in that sec
ton, will be his chief clerk.
Announcement of tie candidacy
of two wealthy Democrats for ma
tional delegate in the Berks-Lehigh
district has been received with much
pleasure in both counties.
The Philadelphia Press is prais-
ing Mayor-elect j. Hampton Moore
upon his stands in regard to his ad-
ministration. 1t says editorially:
"Mayor-elect Moore's talk about
what he expects of contractors on
city work is good sort of talk. There
is a prevalent notion that q good
many such contractors don't earn
the money they get, and q change is
expected. If contractors on public
work are required to do what con-
tractors on private work are, there
will be little to complain of. The
specifications will be complied with,
the inspection will be impartially
made and the city will get the worth
of its money. The Mayor-elect
seems properly determined to end
the scandal that has attached to the
contracting business and as no con-
tracing interest will boss the ad-
ministration he will doubtless be
able to succeed"
Elections for mayors were held
in "a of the "a third-class cities in
| Pennsylvania this month and coun-
{ cilmanic elections in all of them.
One borough, Sunbury, voted to be-
come a third-class city, but will not
be able to assume that form of gov
ernment until 1921, when ii is prob
able that several other large bor-
oughs will vote on the same propo-
sition. The reports coming here
/ indicate that Republicans were gem
orally successful in municipal cleo
/ tions, the first the third-class cities
have keld in years under the parti-
san system. Sharon held it's first
city election. OF the 25 mayors
elected, 16 are classed as Republi-
cans, five as Democrats, two as 1nde-
pendents and one as q Labor can
didate. The latter is in Altoona.
which election Is being contested.
Eight mayors were reelected The
mayors of the ten cities which will
have elections in 1921 and who arc
ciassed as holdovers are seven Re-
publicans-and three Democrats.
! Now that the members of the
| State Constit utional Revision Com
mission have been named, it is likely
| that they will be urged to go right to
work as soon as they meet. Attorney
General William /. Schaffer, who is
largely responsible for the original
plan for the changing of the Key
stone State Constitution without the
holding of II convention and on the
basis of a referendum, will call upon
the commission to organize without
delay and to set an example by
promptly disposing OF such portions
of the Constitution which will not
require amendment, such as the Bill
of Rights. The officers of the COM
mission will be chosen at the first
meeting on Tuesday, December g.
Preparations for the meetings have
been practically completed.
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