Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-17
GOVERNOR HAS
CAPITOL GUESSING
Not in Years Has Any Executive
Been Able to Keep His Plans
From Becoming Known
EVERYBODY In THE DARK
Appointments He Will Make Under
Discussion. but Nobody Can
Pick the Winners

Governor elect Martin G. Brum-
baugh has the Capitol guessing. Not
in years has any incoming governor
managed to keep his counsel so well
about all of his appointments and not
only the folks who have Offices on
Capitol Hill, but the Iegisiators-elect,
the many people who came here to
attend hearings by the Public Service
Commission, the Board of Pardons, the
State Industrial Board and to attend
to State tax matters and other things
are all asking what he is going to do.
The new governor will take office
in month and not one single appoint
ment has been foreshadowed The
political guessers are all at sea and
the new governor smilingly passes off
inquiries. He is getting letters by the
hundred and his mail has reached
large proportions, but he is not say
ing anything. 1T is rather unusual
situation and somewhat embarrassing
for some of the people at the Capitol
who have always prided themselves on
being able to pick the winners. Even
the guessing is not good now.
III bplIc the luCL IHiC tie new
Governor will not take up his resi-
dence here for some time mail adj
dressed to him is already coming to
the city.
Richard J. Baldwin. the Delaware
county man who is leading in the fight
for speaker now, was here last night
to obtain some data from the State
Insurance Department for the report
n nFnhaFS which
is chairman. 81 am very we'll satisfied
with the way things are going" said
he. 81 have received many pledges OF
support and members all over the
State have written to me telling me
they will vote for me in caucus. l eX-
pect TO open headquarters here soon" ="
Governor Tener, Senator Penrose
and other prominent men gathered
last night at Lancaster to do honor to
Frank B, McClain, lieutenant-gover-
nor elect. The dinner took place in
the Hamilton Club.
Republican leaders will get to-
gether on the spealSership at the end
of the week and it is expected that all
of the cards will then be put on the
table.
Democratic legislators-elect are
commencing to come here to look
things over. They will have caucus
the night before the session begins.
The Altoona Tribune prints the
following: George Hutchinson, of
Warriorsmarlk, Pa, is an aspirant for
the position of State Secretary of Agri-
culture, to succeed n. L. Critchfield,
the present incumbent. For twenty
years Mr.. Hutchinson has faithfully
served as member of the State board
of agriculture, having had charge of
the Standardization of feeds and the
a4a &c
also a prominent farmer and is highly
respected in his own community as
well as throughout the State, lie is a
staunch Republican and has been an
ardent worker in the interests of that
party Mr.. Hutchinson is well qualified
for the position and his numerous
| friends in this vicinity hope that he
will be rewarded with the appoint
ment."
| At a caucus of the Allegheny
county delegation to the next Legisla-
ture, to be held Mt Pittsburgh ON Sat-
urday, a move will he made to pledge
the delegation to repeater of the act
creating the sht rtened second class
city council with its nine S., 500 a year
members and substituting for the
council elected at large one with ward
representation, or q return to the old
system of Common and Select Coun-
ellis That two and three members
propose to introduce such legislation
leaked out through activities of poll
ticians close to council to head off the
movement. Feeling, running high for
weeks, touched white heat, last night,
when the big five' in Council,
through President John M. Goehring,
admitted the tax rate next year will
be 11.9 mills against IA mills this
year. This makes certain that taxes
will be increased, as the result of the
81 ,30O. 900 deficit and the refusal, yes
terday, of Mayor Joseph Armstrong
and the city payroll to accept reduc-
tions in salaries.
Walter J. Christy, chairman of the
Republican county committee, has is
sued call for meeting of the Alle-
gheny county senators and representa-
| tives to be held at headquarters Sat
urday afternoon. The purpose OF the
meeting is to elect chairman and Sec
retary of the delegation and to con-
slider any other business the members
may have to bring before it.