Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-05
TENER IS NEITHER
GLAD NOR SORRY
Governor Chats About the End Of
His Administration and Smiles
Over Some Things
LIKES THE COMMISSIONERS
Will Leave Legislation to His Sue
cessOr; Gossip About His Flu
ture Place in State

81 am neither glad nor sorry that
I am about to leave Office" said Gov
ernor John X. Tener in commenting
upon his term. The Governor smil-
ingly declined to say whether his eX-
pectations on taking office had been
realized. but would leave that to the
people to decide. He has n little over
FIVE weeks to serve in his office and is
working out his farewell message to
the Legislature.
The message will not be long. 1t
will be a characteristic Tener docu-
ment. very much to the point on what
has been done and refer briefly to
couple of things which the Governor
regards as unfinished but which he
hopes to see enacted into law, the
workmen's compensation legislation
being the chief.
In the message the Governor will
refer with considerable pride to the
work of the State Assets Commission,
which has been at work for months
listing and appraising everything
owned by the state, from penholders
to a million acres of forest reserves,
the state hospitals and the State Capt.
toll. No one knows exactly what the
inventory will show. but it will be
around S60,000.000. The Governor
originated this idea. having tried to
find out when he took office what the
State owned, and he found property
and articles continually turning up.
So he just named a commission, which
has served without pay, and made a
list of rare interest and much value.
Likes the Commission
The Governor considers the creation
r. Ip..l- 49,
crowning achievement of his term He
said that the commission was filling
big place in the state and instanced
the offer of the Philadelphia Electric
Company to furnish an inventory for
use in rate fixing as way in which
the commission was serving as chan
mel to adjust disputes. When the Gov
ernor was asked whether he expected
to name a commissioner to fill the
vacancy he laughed and said there
were six good men at work. The be-
lief about the city is that Walter II.
Gather, private secretary to the Gov
ernor, stands an excellent show of be-
ing named for the place.
THE State has done more for the
cause of good roads in the last four
years than had been accomplished in
125 years." declared the Governor in
speaking about highways. -Four years
ago the people were passive. Now
they are taking a keen interest, and Il
puddle of water in the roadway is soon
brought to the attention of the authori-
ties. The Governor showed so much
knowledge of the details of the High
way Department and OF the state road
system that ii was remarked that he
would make a good highway commits
sioner.
I'm not an engineer" he replied,
but that job would suit me. l think
Il IN ha igIa
a while"
The Governor appeared to be very
much pleased over the praise given to
the State highways by Thomas A. Edi-
son at Bedford three weeks ago. re-
marking in passing that there was not
as much adverse criticism of the roads
as there had been some months ago.
Senators i'm Town
The presence of both Senators Boies
Penrose and George r. Oliver and
Mayor ]. c.. Armstrong, of Pittsburgh
at the Executive Mansion at dinner
last night set gossip flying. The Gov.
ernOr said that they had just come to
talk over Western Pennsylvania poll
tics.
mo, we did not discuss the Allie
gheny county judgeship or appoint.
ments to the Public Service Commits.
sion or any ideas to give to DR.. Brum-
baugh about his appointments. We
just talked Western Pennsylvania poll
tics and had nice sociable time"
said he.
When it was suggested that possibly
legislation caused the conference, the
Governor smiled and said that was a
subject for his successor.
1t is believed about the city that
the United States senatorship from
which Senator Oliver will retire at the
end of his term was discussed and not
wiehstanding no confirmation could be
had it is thought that the Governor
may become a candidate.
= The Governor was asked pointblanlS
last night whether he was a candidate
for anything.
I'm not a candidate for anything.
but don't intend to drop my interest
in politics. replied the Governor.