Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-15
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By the Ex-Committeeman

| WIN q iOSoi Ctihiu6 tS6iott a
ton in almost every city in Penn
sylvania the primary campaign
which for local contests has not
been equalled in many parts of the
State in a decade will come to an
end tomorrow. Most of the reports
received at the Capitol, where are
to be found men from every county
In the Commonwealth, indicate that
not only In the personal registra-
ton in the cities, but in the enroll
ment in the boroughs and town
! ships the Republicans have ma
terially increased their normal
lead. The contests are very vigor-
Gus in most of the cities and in
some counties have attained an un-
usual degree of bitterness, but these
conditions are by no means confined
to the Republican party. The
Democratic party in Pennsylvania
although hopelessly in the minority
IN most communities, is furnishing
plenty of entertainment.
The primary which ends tomor-
row Will have vast effect upon the
elections of next year. The cleo
| ton in November will scarcely be
over before things will start for the
presidential, state, congressional
| and legislative primary of next
| May. The Democratic State organi-
zatlon has already started because
1t has to fight for it's very existence
and there have been launched the
customary number of attempts to
down Penrose" which will from
every present sign meet the usual
tate. The nationally famous "bom-
Dardment of Penrose" which was
/ such a vocal feature of 1914 gave
the Senator plurality of some
thing like 253,000 votes over A.
Mitchell Palmer, now Attorney
General of the United States and
candidate for the presidential nom
ination in event that President Will
son does not take it into his head
TO try for third term. 1t may be
ality of 250,545 over Clifford Pin
chot on the same historic occasion.
The Statewide campaign does
not amount to anything because
Judge William Fl. Keller has no op-
position and there is no reason why
ne should not get every vote. There
are a dozen or so judicial cam
paigns which have been reviewed
in this column and there are red
not county campaigns in both part
les in Lackawanna, Luzerne and
other politically strenuous counties.
1t is political axiom, almost, that
an organization is hard to beat in
primary: 1t Will be interesting to
see how this works out
1t is to be noticed that the
Philadelphia Press, which is for
Congressman ]. Hampton Moore.
editorially and otherwise, does not
make any predictions in it's review
or the situation in the Quaker CITY
by Odell Hauser. On the other
hand the Philadelphia Inquirer pre-
diets Moore will win. The Public
Ledger notes the interest for Moore
generally, while the Record and
North American say that Senator
Edwin H. Ware is up against the
crucial fight of his career and that
| Moore is likely to win.
-The contest in the western end
| OF the State has been as sharp as
that in the metropolis and second
only TO 1T in state importance. The
final registration in Pittsburgh was
enormous and the enrollm ent in
Allegheny county is huge. The Ca
zette-Times says that this means
the downfall of Senator Max G.
Leslie and the defeat of the ticket
sponsored by the senator and Mayor
E. V. Babcock. The Pittsburgh Dis
patch is not so sure, while the
Pittsburgh Post helps on the fight.
In two counties, Delaware and
Luzerne. county office housecIean-
Ing is occupying Republicans. Gov
ernor Sproul has gone into the
Delaware county fight in earnest.
fighting the McClures in city and
! county and has been adding to his
attack of few days ago. In Luz
erne drive against the Heffernan
| candidates is attracting statewide
attention. The registration has
broken records.
The Governor has been drawn
into the Philadelphia fight against
his wishes by the alleged Ware at
tempt to down his judicial ap-
pointee and by an effort to make
him the man who induced the
Wares to back Judge John M. Pat
terson. The Governor has denied
the latter and said plainly that If
his judicial sappointee Is defeated
that men who slap the admins
tration can not expect any favors.
"A few days ago he said here that
he would regard a drive against
sitting judges who have proved
| capable as an unfriendly act" Sat
urday he said that people who did
1t could not expect favors. The pro-
gress of the Governors irritation at
the Ware course is plain.
Some people in Philadelphia
see in the Ware reference to the
Governor a last card. The Moore
men are said to be ready to bet on
the congressman. The Ware men
have not been indulging in that dis
play of confidence, but are insist
ing that their organization will win.
Most observers look for it to be a
close primary election.
In Allegheny's battles, Senator
Max Leslie is being called fire boss
of the strip" in reference to a To-
cality in Pittsburgh and Mayor E.
V. Babcock has been styled by Col.
]. p. Kerr, the fool" of Leslie's
organization. The mayor hit back
at the elements against him, which
include some of Pittsburgh's big
gest business men by saying Will
liam Finn is using their aid to re-
turn to power. The mayoralty con-
tests of former years are outclassed
by this battles series in Pittsburgh.
1T is interesting to note that
in Philadelphia, Allegheny and 9th
er counties where there are con-
tests attention is being called to
| legal provisions governing primaries
and ample warnings given against
fraud. District Attorney Samuel p.
Rotan is out with q very clear no.
| tice and so is the Allegheny county
| lawyers committee.