Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-05

sand of the complete registration of
the last Mayoralty campaign Of
1919. 1t was high enough to maxi
IL inevitable that when the third
Gays hgures are added next Satur-
seSi trc H., we VIII nave complete regis
tr"tioh' ~. tar IN advance of anything
years. 1t might be inter-
Here they are:- ~ Co
1915 (Mayoralty) $50 700
1916 (PresidentiaD 3055SI
1871 Crown Meeting) 275,159
1918 (GubernatoriaD 241075
1918 (to days only) :, 2S6555
II might be added that these two
gay hgures come within about 135
VVo OF eXhausting the list of as-
sessed voters. There is still next
saturdays registration and then the
TWO days the Registration Commits
sioners S sit to dispose of special
Next in interest to the Philadel-
Riiia pm reglstratlon is the first day of
tration which fell yesterday In
Pittsburgh it has been claimed hv
the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times and
other newspapers that the Leslie
Babcock people were not making an
eIlort TO get people registered and
that the general policy of that com
plhation was much like that of tba
wares. The newspaper campafgn in
Allegheny county is as full of gin.
ger as that in PHILADELPHIA and IL
Is very plain that Senator Max q
Leslie has ahead one of the biggest
ilShts OF his strenuous career.
Some of the third class cities
nave had hipr pgric
instance Reading already renorts
lS,5OO or more than 5000 on tbe
second day. York has had n large
registration and as for JohnstoWn
the humming politics of Cambrio
county has been reflected in tbe
registration. Chester CITY. where
Governor Sproul and his friends ara
packing Mayor w. S. Mcdowell
against the McClures has a regis
tratlon of 1900 with another dav
TO 60 The Philadelphia North
American considers this Chester
contest one of the most interestinp
IN the state and says that Governor
SHpLoul mas entered it to down the
McCIufes for good and all.
Here is some good news for Tn
zerne Democrats from the Wilkes
Barre Record. Attorney James p
dorman of Hazelton, recently an
pointed as census supervisor of LII
zefne county, gives notice that tba
work VIII be started on January .
1871. Three hundred enumeratcr re
are to be appointed for Various COO.
tlons, all of whom must undergo n
civil service test before they are ac~
cepted. 1t is estimated that each
enumerator e VIII be able to earn
from $50 to 500 for work per
| formed. In cities of over 10000
popuiatlon the enumeration must be
tlnlshed IN two weeks, and in
smaller districts one month is al
| lowed" 'i
| The Altoona Tribune wants mora
interest in registration in that CITY.
1t says According to the most
recent statement only about one
half of the assessed citizens of AL
toona have registered thus far. A
single registration day remains, II
there is to be anything like a rem
resentative vote at the primaries
and, later on, at the election in No
Vember, the registrars will be kept
pretty busy on the next and final
registration day"
Commenting upon the Philadel-
phia councilmanic contest OdeIl
| Hauser says in the Philadelnbia
Press: There are several members
| of the Legislature from Philadelnhia
who have suddenly become much
warmer eXponents of the small
Council than they were at HARRIS
burg when it was being enacted into
law. They now see the light. Rep
resentative James A. Dunn who is
putting up an argument to get Sen
ator Ware to see things as he does
about his going into the new Council
summed up the viewpoint of these
State legislators when he advanced
as his claim to a seat in the new
Council the following: 4 have been
working for the organization for
thirty years and the only thing Pve
gotten was to be sent to Harrisburg
where the expense is more than the
salary"
Numerous complaints coming
from business men in the city and
county interested in good govern.
ment and clean politics, regarding
the violation of a city ordinance
passed in 1914 prohibiting the use
of political advertisements in police
stations, resulted yesterday in ar
investigation by the Pittsburgh
Gazette Times. which showed post.
ers in court and police rooms