Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-16
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By the Ex-Committeeman

delphia Record to-day, is quoted as
saying that he is satisfied with his
administration; that he conferred
with politicians only when it was
necessary to get their support for
that he left a balance of
in the State Treasury |
with every State debt paid; that
'right-minded, level-headed citi-
zens, without political bias or any
partisanship, should take the lead
for civic reform; that he does not
favor a charter revision that is
just scramble of political factions
for partisan gain over the other
wing" that there should be a sur
vey of the school system, and that
the Republicans will elect a Presi-
dent next year if the proper man is
nominated
"Out West" he says, 1.-THE feeling
is that President Wilson didn't keep
faith with them. The West elected
him because of his campaign
slogan, He kept us out of war;
Now, the West has found out that
all the time this was being said Mr..
Wilson knew when he was a candi-
date that we would have to go to
war eventually.
II find that Mr.. Wilson is not the
popular idol in the South. He is
not supported by the real old-line
Democrats of the South. The rea-
son is easy. The Democrats, espe-
cially those of the old school of the
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States. In the war Mr.. Wilson gave
an autocratic government such as
no Republican administration dare
give. The Southern Democrats, who
based their Civil War fight on SOW
ereignty of the States, do not cher
ish centralized government.
MY conviction is that the Repub-
licans will win hands down at the
Presidential election if they put up
the proper man. The West thinks
the war costs too much money
that is, everybody but the farmer
thinks so. The farmer is being paid
a guaranteed price for his wheat,
and the buck on the Victory Loan
will be put upon the farmer out
West by the workingman and the
small manufacturers.
IF a referendum were taken on
the question of returning the publicI
utilities to their owners, the West
would vote three to one to end Gov
ernment ownership of railroads and
the wire lines, as well as the other
utilities"
Members of the Judiciary of
Pennsylvania, whose terms are about
to expire, and who have been urging
the repeal of the nonpartisan ballot
law, are, apparently, not going to
have their wish gratlfied," says the
Phila delphia Inquirer, and contin
ues: 1T would seem that the poten-
tial leaders of both the Republican
and Democratic parties are not in
clined to favor at this time a return
to the old convention system of nom-
nations for the Judiciary, or even
to have judges nominated and elect
ed on partisan ballots.
Republican State Chairman Will
lam T.. Crow has introduced in the
Senate, amendments to the present
ballot law, one of which does away
with the much abused alphabetical
arrangement of the Judiciary on the
nonpartisan ballot. He would have
the names of the candidates on the
ticket for the general election group
ed in the order in which they ran
at the primaries, the man receiving
the largest number of votes being
placed at the head of the ticket
the others following in descending
numerical order, according to the
votes cast for each. 1t is provided
that in case of a tie between any
two or more candidates, the old
alphabetical arrangement shall pre-
vail among the so tied. The scheme
of alphabetical grouping for the pri-
maries is continued"
The ambiguity of the present law
in regard to candidates receiving
fifty-one per cent of the total vote
at the primaries being virtually elect
ed by that vote, is eliminated by
another amendment presented by
Senator Crow, which provides that
If any one or more candidates shall
receive q number of votes greater
than one-half of the total number
Of votes cast for such official at tho
primary, such candidates shall be
the sole nominees for the respective
vacancies in such office.
The amendment provides as fol-
lows: "One-half of the total number
OF votes cast for such office at such
ing the total number of votes cast
and dividing such total of all such
candidates by this number of per-
sons each voter is entitled to vote
for at such primary for such office,
and this quotient shall be divided by
two, and any candidate who receives
greater number OF votes than the
result obtained by the above method
of ascertainment, shall have met the
requirement hereinbefore provided"
Among the judges whose terms
expire this year are John C. Hay
maker, John A. Evans and Harry G.
Wasson, and the two recently ap-
pointed judges, Stone and Kline, in
Allegheny county; Charles l. Landis.
Lancaster county, Westm moreland
county; John NJ. German, Luzerne,
Justice A. Endlich, and George
Washington Wagner, Berks; James
| I. Brownson, Washington; jeremiah
n. Keller, Juniata; Samuel f.
Schulz, Monroe, and James J..
| O'Neill, Lackawanna.
In Philadelphia there will be an
election next November for judge OF
ceed whoever Governor Sproul may
appoint in place of the late William
| wilkins Carr. If the Governor shall
name "a Democrat TO this position. it
would appear that Joseph P. Nc
Cullen stands a good chance of be-
| ing chosen, according to the Inquirer.
! Philadelphia will have to elect next
| fall a successor to Orphans Court