Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-11
EVENING CHAT

/ The appearance of the quadrennial
report that Adjutant General Thomas
j. Stewart will give UP his arduous
| duties as executive head of the Ma
tional Guard of Pennsylvania brings to
mind couple of interesting things
| about military men in the common
wealths service. The adjutant general
| has been the head and front of the
militia system of the State since the
| Hastings administration, which went
| into office in 1895. and is the man
| longest in continuous service in one
office on the 'Hill'' except State Super
[ intendent n. G. Schaeffer. He has
| been head of the state and national
1 organizations of national guardsmen
| and one of the War Departments
militia board. He has brought the
| Pennsylvania guard to its present
| state and is looked to for big things
| in event of trouble with Mexico. Hence
| the report may be laid away with its
| brothers and sisters. The picking of
Brigadier- General William G. Price, Jr.,
of the First Brigade, to succeed him is
| entirely gratuitous, just as some folks
| figured in the event of election of a
Democrat that Major-General c. Bow.
Dougherty. of Wilkes-Barre, would
succeed General Stewart. Dougherty
| is the youngest of majors-general and
ernor's administration. Colonel Chris
topher T. O'Neill, of Allentown, who
commands the Fourth Infantry, is the
senior colonel of the Guard. He was
formerly superintendent of the State
| arsenal and has been at the head of
| the Fourth for a long time. The next
in seniority is our own Colonel j. b.
Hutchison, commanding the Eighth.
Speaking of General Dougherty it
is believed that he will again head the
inaugural parade. The general was
grand marshal of the Tener inaugural
parade by virtue of his position and at
that time it was generally accepted
that a precedent had been established
and that he would be the commander
of the next similar parade The ar
rangements for the parade will be
made by the Legislative committee, but
before that committee is named the
details will be pretty well thought out
by the men who have run the pageants
for years.
A good bit of fuss is being made in
Philadelphia about the way rival po-
litical organizations are going to make
demonstrations at the inaugural pa
rade to impress people, but to folks
who have seen inaugural parades for
years this is nothing new. When Gov
ernor Tener was inaugurated the Ware
and McNichol people tried to outdo
each other with the number and music
of their delegations When Governor
Stuart took office 1t was the same
thing, and back in the time of the
Pennypacker Inauguration rivals from
Philadelphia paraded and had a gor-
geous time. The rivalry makes a pa
rade worth looking at.
Men connected with the track main
tenance of the Pennsylvania and Read
ing systems have given valuable as
sistance to the men who have been
fighting fires in the forests lately and
in some of the counties in this section
the trackmen have gone into the woods
and beat out fires that appeared to
be getting dangerous headway In
many of these cases the fire wardens
were not even aware of what was be-
ing done. The trackmen work in dis.
tricts where fires are apt to become
serious and quick action brings results
John Drew walked into a teachers
institute meeting in the hall of the
House of Representatives yesterday
afternoon. The actor was taking a
stroll through the Capitol, looking at
the pictures and the SHOW apart
ments' and suddenly walked into the
House, where a lecturer was telling
county teachers how to do things. He
uelrdcted from attention good bit,
but he got away pretty soon.
The day that Governor-elect Brum-
baugh preached his sermon at the
Fifth Street Methodist Episcopal
Church he was driven back to his
hotel along the River Front.
'It will be a real pleasure to get up
mornings and look out over thiA
beautiful water front" said the Doctor
when asked what he thought of the
city's river improvement scheme.
DO you think that's your fate?" the
Doctor was asked.
II don't believe in predestination,
smiled DR.. Brumbaugh, but shouldn't
be surprised, l shouldn't be surprised"
Among visitors to the Capitol yes
terdaY We're q congressman elect and
one who will retire. The man elected
was Daniel #. Lafean, of the York
Adams district. who was elected con-
gressman-at-large. The retiring man
was Congressman ]. n. Langham, of
the Indiana jefferson Clarion Arm.
strong district, who will be succeeded
by S. Taylor North. Mr.. Langham was
formerly corporation clerk in the
Auditor Generals Departm