Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-01-29
HARRISBURG.

appointments and they were bunche'
with lot of Notary appointments ant
, all confirmed, unanimously, by tn
, forty-five Senators present. No nomi
r nations were presented for the position
of insurance or banking commissioner
Gov. Pennypacker said there are nj
vacancies in the offices, he not havin:
} received the designations of either In
surance Commissioner Durham or Bank
ing Commissioner Reeder. Gen. Reed
er is ready to resign at the ccnvenienc'
r of the governor and Mr.. Durham wa
slated to succeed himself, provided h
will accept reappointment.
AS constructed, the cabinet personne
} is: Attorney general, Hampton L. Car
son of Philadelphia secretary of th'
commonwealth, Frank NJ. Fuller o.
} Fayette: adjutant general, Thomas j
Stewart of Montgomery; superintendent
of public grounds and buildings, james
; NJ, Shumaker of Cambria.
T. Larry Eyre, superintendent oi
public grounds and buildings under
Gov Stone, did not resign. Gov
Pennypacker's message announcing the
appointment of Mr.. Shumaker named
him as the successor of T. l.. Eyre, 're-
moved" The word removed" caused
some stir in the senate for the reason
that it was not necessary that it be in
corporated, the naming of Mr.. Shumak-
er creating and filling the vacancy,
Mr.. Eyre was present in the Senate at
the time He smiled pleasantly as he
was officially deposed, remarking that
it was one of those exigencies which
must be looked for by those in political
life.
Frank NJ. Fuller, the new secretary of
the commonwealth, assumed Office at
once He reappointed Lewis e. Beitler
his deputy secretary and informed
Chief Clerk Thorn that there would be
no changes for the present, if at all, in
the clerical force Mr. Fuller was suf-
fering from bad cold and as soon as
he had given the necessary instructions
| to bis force had brief conference with
the governor, and then left for his home
! where he was taken down by pneumonia.
Hampton L. Carson, the new attorney
general, did not come up from Philadel-
phia that day bnt appeared next. Sup
erintendent of Public Grounds and
Buildings Shumaker assumed his new
duties at once. Adjt. Gen. Stewart,
who succeeds himself, will continue to
preserve the peace of the common
wealth without personal inconvenience.
He will make some changes in his staff,
it is said, the most important, from a
Pittsburg standpoint, being the promo
ton of Col Samuel Moody as quarter
master general, Vice William Potter.
President pro tenn Scott of the Senate
announced his appointments, about
| fiftv in all.
The Slate Committee of the House re-
ported its selections, about one hundred
in all and they were elected, among
them being Jas. N Moore of Butler for
Journal Clerk, position said to be
worth 81 ,800 for the term.
The Committees of the Senate were
announced by the President; and SEN
ator williams is Chairman of the
Committee on Military Affairs, and his
name also appears on the Appropria-
tions, Public Grounds and Buildings
and Railroad committees.
The Committees of the House were
also announced and we notice the name
of Mr.. Douthett on the Agricultural,
Educational and other Committees; and
that of Mr.. Hays on the Judiciary,
Local, Manufacturers, Military and
other committees
According to the correspondent of the
Pittsburg Gazette the session began
with deadlock on between the Execu-
tive and legislative branches of the
state government; and the naming of
the Committees developed a strong
| combine for legislative control ''Those
behind it, according to reliable author
ity, were Senator Boise Penrose, Israel
W. Durham, ex-Attorney Elkin and
! ex-Secretary of the Comm
| Griest
These men made up the committees
| and named the chairmen for both
branches, in making their selections
some of them at least-they acted
against the direct wishes Of Sena tor
Quay. The issue now is one between
Senator Quay and Gov Pennypacker
on the one hand. and Penrose, Durham,
Elkin and Griest on the other
No bill can receive favorable consider
alton by this legislature unless it has
the approval of the four leaders named.
The other view is that no bill enacted
by this legislature can become law
unless Quay and Pennypacker believe
it to be ''meritorious legislation" This
is the status of affairs, plainly stated,
at the close of Gov. Pennypacker's first
day in the executive chair Friends of
both Quay and Penrose admit this to be
the real situation Conservative leaders
mindful of the kaleidoscope changes Incl
dent to Pennsylvania politics, are hopeful
of such mutual concessions as will bring
about peace, but the optimistic har-
| mony prophets are not in the majority.
Two of the most important features
of the casus belli were the failure of
Gov. Pennypacker 70 reappoint Secre-
tary Griest and Supt. Eyre, and the re-
taliatory action of the "big tour in
insisting upon the reappointment as
chairman of the appropriations com
mittee OF Representative Ward Bliss Of
Delaware. Another appointment OBJ
jectionable to Senator Quay was that
of Representative Frank McClain of
Lancaster. who was given his former
place on the appropriations committee,
being also named for the city passenger
railways, and and the library com
mittee."
Gov. Pennypacker held up some APP
plications for charters on account of
| their containing the general term "and
other legitimate business, which he
thought too vague
Governor Pennypacker received a
| special delivery letter Monday contain
| ing the resignation of Judge w. w.
Porter, of Philadelphia, from the Su
perior Court bench. This is the culmi-
nation of what has long been intended
by Judge Porter The resignation will
take effect on February 1st, and in the
meantime Judge Porters successor will
be appointed. Judge Porter succeeded
Judge Edw ard N. Willard, who resign
ed on September 1, 1897 His reasons
for resigning are that his duties on the
bench require him to be away from
home three months in the year.
| Monday night, the Governor sent q
message to the Senate recalling the ap-
pointments of Paul w Houck. of Shen-
andoah; q. w. Davis. of Scranton, and
w. G.. Minnick, of Allegheny, as mem
bers of the State Pharmaceutical Board.
They were appointments that had been
made by Governor Stone Senator
Grady raised the point that the appoint-
ment of Houck and Davis had already
been confirmed and that a recall at this
late date could not be made There
was no further discussion on the sub
ject.
The bill appropriating $50. 900 to the
State Board of Health for the suppress
sion OF smallpox in various parts of
| pennsylvania was reported to the
Ho use by Mr.. Anderson, of