Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-06
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BY the Ex- Committeeman

Contests over nominations for
Judges are commencing to liven up
politics in many Il county where
things have been tagging the last
week or so and bid fair TO rival in
! interest the battles for mayoralty
and councilmanic nominations now
! that such elections are to be held
| once more along party lines in third
class cities. The State will elect
| eighteen common pleas, five orphans
court and fourteen associate judges,
| together with Philadelphia and
Allegheny county local courts
! places.
The indications are that hopes for
no contests in the two big counties
| have gone glimmering and that
there will be contests for almost
every one. In Philadelphia Judge
George Henderson will have to fight
, for his orphans court seat and so
i, may Judge Joseph Z. McCullen, re-
| Gently named for common pleas.
! Lackawanna, LuZerne, Somerset, Le-
high, Cambria and Washington have
I battles that will be of interest to
| the State while the ambition of
Judge James B. Drew, of the Allie
Sheny county court, to be a common
; pleas judge has upset some calcula-
.i0iS III tllc Western ehu Oh lne
The thirteeu counties which will
elect associate judges have some
lights that will be historic, although
the liquor issue has disappeared
from such campaigns. The old
fashioned local battles will be re-
hewed. Huntingdon, Fulton, Bed
ford, Snyder, Sullivan and Mifflin
are points of political attention on
this score.
The time for filing petitions will
end tomorrow at 4 p. m. Most of
the candidates have already filed
their papers.
District Attorney and County
Commissioner nomination contests
Will add to the interest and the fact
that the third class cities will have
a score of mayors to elect and cotln-
cllmen in the rest of them will add
TO the general political stir.
1t is estimated that something
like $50 boroughs in PENNSYLVANIA
and over 1900 townships will elect
officers this fall, so that it can be
seen that Pennsylvania is going to
furnish plenty to interest the stu
dent of things political.
People here have been much in
Congressman Arthur G.. Dewalt for
judge of Lehigh county. The Con-
gresham will oppose his successor
in the Senate, Horace w. Schantz,
the first Republican elected to the
Senate in century. This place is
a new one, created by the last Legis-
lature and no appointment was
made. Congressman Dewalt has
trounced the old reorganizatio
Democratic ring in that county and
there will be a beautiful contest
this year.
Appearance of Joseph G. Ma
gee in the Philadelphia orphans
court contest in Philadelphia means
Il battle on behalf of Judge George
Henderson, Brumbaugh appointee.
The Philadelphia Press in an
editorial says the mayoralty is not
the whole thing. The Press Saws:
without the aid of men of charac-
ter and ability in the responsible
positions of the municipal. govern
ment the new charter will fail to
accomplish all that is intended and
desired. This depends upon the
action of the people themselves. and
depends upon their wisdom and
Judgment in selecting councilmen no
less than upon their wisdom and
judgment in the selection of
mayor"
indications are that reorgani-
zation of some of the departments
or the State government may not
wait for the coming of September,
but If Governor William c. Sproul
approves when he returns from his
trip to the Northwest they may be
made effective without delay. One
of the reasons for this change of
plan which is to be put up to the
Governor is the desire of State of
ficials to launch new work and to
reorganiZe certain activities. 1t is
said that the Labor and Industry and
Agricultural Departments may be
the first to be changed around. Plans
have been worked out by their
chiefs which would make material
changes in personnel and if oppor-
tunity is offered while the Governor
is in this part of the State before
he leaves for the conference of the
governors at Salt Lake City he will
be asked to authorize the reorgani
cations.
The Governor intends not only
to present what Pennsylvania is
doing in the matter of highways and
National Guard reorganiZations at
the conference, but also to point out
its importance in agriculture and its
plans for introducing modern busi
ness methods into the State govern
ment.