Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-13
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By tho Ex- Committeeman

including aldermen and Justices OF
the peace, ward and township and
precinct officers, will be nominated
IN Pennsylvania next Tuesday thar
in almost any year since the consti.
, tutional amendments of 1909 became
effective. In a number of cities and
counties there are contests of un.
usual character under way, some OF
them attracting State wide atten-
ton.
Judge William H. Keller. of the
superior court. is not opposed for
nomination for that tribunal.
| Candidates for common pleas
Judges will be nominated in Allie
gheny Philadelphia, Luzerne, Lam
caster, Berks, Lackawanna, Juniata-
Perry. Monroe-Pike, Somerset,
Washington, Westmoreland and Le-
high counties, the latter being q
newly created additional judgeship;
for orphans courts in Philadelphia
Allegheny, Schuylkill, Cambria and
| washington, the two latter counties
nominating candidates for such of
| flee for the first time; two for NUM-
| cipal court in Philadelphia and one
Tor county court in Allegheny, with
| associate judge candidates to be
nominated in Bedford, Cameron,
! Columbia, Elk, Fulton, Huntingdon,
MlHlin, Monroe, Pike, Snyder, SuIli-
van, Warren and Wyoming. Hunt
ingdon will nominate two. All of
| these nominations will be nonparti-
/ san.
County tickets will be nominated
in every county, most of them nomi-
mating county commissioners. All
| viii be on party tickets
Candidates for mayor will De
| nominated on party tickets in
, twenty-four cities, including Phila-
! delphia and these third class cities
which latter have just returned to
the partisan nominations: Allentown,
| Altoona. Bradford, Carbondale,
Chester, Coatesville, Dubois, Easton,
Erie, Harrisburg, Johnstown, Ian
caster. Lebanon, Lock Haven, Mon
ongahela, New Castle, Oil city,
Reading. Titusville, Uniontown,
Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport and
York. The second class cities and
eleven third class cities will elect
mayors two years hence.
The State Capitol shows that
a primary election is close at hand.
Most of the departments of the
State Government closed last even
ing until Wednesday morning and
only few will be open for business
on Monday owing to the fact that
many attaches of the Government
reside in distant counties and every
one seems to be anxious to take a
/ hand in local contests this year.
Ir some of the offices there was not
a corporaIs guard left to-day and
clerks who had been unable to get
away were working up their busi-
ness in advance.
1t has been seldom that as much
| interest has been taken in a primary
in a so-called "off year" as at pres
ent and the general impression
among the men who follow politics
is that there- will be heavy votes
polled in the cities. In a number
of the judicial contests it will take
some time to finish the votes. Pre-
parations are being made at the
Capitol to list the primary cleo
ton returns as soon as received.
Governor William c, Sproul will
return to Harrisburg on Tuesday
and will probably begin the work
of filling various commissions which
the Legislature authorized him to
name. The new Board of Architects
is also to be appointed shortly. 1t
! is believed that the Governor will
name the committee to study revi-
sion of the constitution before many
weeks go by. This committee will
be called to meet in Harrisburg dur
ing the fall and will be at work
throughout the winter as it has to
complete report for the General
Assembly of 1921. Owing to the
Governors great personal interest in
the question of constitutional revi-
| Cin hn i. ert1t inc 81 nf
ton to the personnel of the COM
mission.
Representative II. ]. Heffernan,
of Philadelphia, has decided not to
be a candidate for council in that
city. Representative Theodore
Campbell also withdrew.
Charges that Philadelphia liquor
dealers are being lined up for the
Bonniwell candidate for the Demo-
cratic mayoralty nomination in that
city have created some excitement,
enough at least to let people know
that the Democrats of that city have
a fight for the mayoralty nomina-
ton, although as in Harrisburg their
candidate has no earthly show of
being elected.
The Scranton Republican is TAX
ing q great interest in the civil SER
vice row in Washington. 1t says
editorially: "In the House Congress-
man Stevenson, chairman of the
Postoffice Committee, has introduced
resolution to prevent the Civil
Service from being made the football
of politics. He makes special refer
ence to the Galloway case. 1t has
become q matter of great aggrava-
ton to many Democrats that the
President backs Mr.. Burleson so
strongly despite the fact that the
latter is probably the most disliked
of all men in public life to-day"
The Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele-
graph says: II am glad to get out
to see the real folks" said Presi-
dent Wilson to citizens of Mandan,
n. D. Didn't he ever see any real
folks" back here in the eastern Com
monwealths?
IN urging the nomination OF
business men as the Republican
candidates for county commissioner
in Luzerne county the Wilkes-B Barre
Record says: During the past year
the present Democratic board OF
County Commissioners spent $685..
600 in road Improvement" but who
can find s325,000 worth OF improve
'menk? During the past four years
! q read job has been q notorious loaf