The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-12-14
OUR COUNTY
SEATLETTER.
A Regular Correspondent Gives In
tereSting Political Information.
RUMORS OF NEW COUNTIES.
Senator Keefer May Be Out Of a Job II
Cousin Don Cameron Fails to Aid
Him-Judge PerShing to Retire.
Special HrRAGD cor,esp0ndorca.

POrTsvIlLE Dec. 13-The coming ses-
sion of the Legislature VIII be fruitful |
of surprises and good legislation and the
Schuylkill delegation, which will be com.
posed of Senator Coyle aud Representa-.
tlves Wyatt, Shuey Schrnb, Stuck and
Orme will have an important part. The
most notable OF measures will be the |
new apportonment. The local Congress |
sioual district Will have another county |
added, as Schuylkiu falls short by sew
eral thousands in her population and her /
quota is threatened by still further re.
duction by the intended connection of |
part of her territory to the proposed new
county OF Quay. Tbis county is intended
to embrace parts of Luzerne Carbon and
Schuylkill counties.
If the new apportionmeut is made it
is quite likely that a pa,J of Schuylkil
and Lebanon counties will be embraced
in the new district.
Senator Coyle, of the Thirtieth district,
will be the cock Of the walk The
Twenty ninth district, now represented
| by Senator Keeiec, will be wiped out as
the county is not large enough for two
Senatorial districts. Unless Senator Don
Cameron's influence is strong enough
with the new Legislature to save Keefer's
district by attaching a part of another
county that gentleman will soon have no
Senate seat. Keefer is a first cousin of
Don Cameron and if he does not wish to
retire from the Senate some herculean
efforts to keep him there may be made.
There will be complete change of the
lines as to the Legislative districts. 1t is
too early to attempt to forecast the lines,
but it is certain the First district is too
large and will be cut up.
Little stock is taken in the story that
the Republican representatives, includ-
ing the Congressman and County Chair
man, have formed com mbination to con-
troll all the appointments and none of
them will sign petitions of applicants
for appointments unless they are first
agreed upon by the combination. II such
a scheme were put on foot it would not
take long to smash it. 1t smacks too
much of Tammany politics. Such a
thing would settle the fate Of the rep.
resentatives and they would be retired in
one, two, three order.
The almshouse developments have
caused decided sensation and nothing
short of a thorough investigation will
satisfy the people. The matter has gone
so far that none of the parties interested
can allow a guilty man to escape There
must be no shielding on account OF
prominence or respectabiity and all
should be obliged to stand trial. II found
guilty they should not only be ousted from
Office but should also be made ameuable
to the law. The Republican party can
afford 10 lose control of the Almshouse
and all that belongs to it in the shape OF
. appointments, if that should be necessary
in the interest of reformed government.
J There is a lull ia the factory inspector
ship fight. Col j. G. Frick has entered
the field for keeper of the State Arsenal.
/ Not much has leaked out as to the
changes to be made ia the Commissioners
Office upon the New Year. 1t is possible
that Allen will break fcom Martin and
, join hands with Rentz In that event
there will be clean sweep. Many re-
+ forms have been instituted in this depart
meut whereby the county has been saved
thousands of dollars and a continuance of
this policy will make the present board OF
Commissioners the most popular the
county has had for years. 1t requires men
= of business ability to conduct the office
+ with success aud the present incumbents
are men of that kind. Ii is believed the
, three Commissioners will look for re-elec.
a tion and on the theory that no employer
]
ance of good administration on their part
may be looked for.
10 is now positively asserted that judge
Pershing will never preside at court again.
1t is more than likely that if the Judges
e Retiring Act is passed next month it will
I have Judge Pershing as one of it's first
o beuefciaries and there will soon be a
e vacancy in the Schuyllill county beach
I Governor Hastings will have the ap
( polntment of the successor until the sue
3. ceeding general election, who will bt
{. either r. H. Koch, or William Wilhelm
S OF course the appointee will be looked
upon as one of the candidates for the seat
next fall. Hon. James b. Reilly will seel
the Democratic nomination. George II
l Gerber and Nicholas Heblich are ais,
I mentioned.
?. Even if Judge Pershing does not com
! under the Retiring Act it is likely that h
j will resign shortly after New Year. 1t il
{ hoped that If the venerable jurist will
Is not preside at the next license court hi
It colleagues will take up the course fore
shadowed by him few weeks ago
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