Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-06
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By the Ex-oommitteernan

| Philadelphia, gave the State the big
gest political surprise of the year last
| night when he announced the bulk of
1.-THE members of the cabinet. The Phila-
delphia Inquirer says that of the six
appointments that can be regarded as
political five are of Ware men and
| declares editorlally that the new
mayor is entitled to have around him
Men of his own choice for it is to be
his administration and he will be re-
sponsible for it to the people" The
Philadelphia Record says almost
complete domination by the Wares over
the new administration is indicated
in the selections of the mayor-elect."
The Ledger, which represents the
Independent element says: "Severa!
surprises appeared. 1t was no great
surprise, however, that in each case
| where the appointee was a politician
the Ware faction in the Organization
was distinctly recognized. In that
respect, the Wares, in the language of
the rialto, made a cleanup" Ware
followers were jubilant. Penrose-Mc-
| Nichol leaders, receiving no purely
factional recognition, were dismayed
| and feared the effect of the cabinet
upon Vare-Brum alliance in
State politics against Senator Penrose
Politically, the selections were regard
ed as staggering blow to Penrose."
| The list given out was as follows:
| Director of Public Safety, William H.
| Wilson; Assistant, Captain Harry c..
| Davis; Director of Public Works,
George f. Datesman; Assistant. Joseph
! Il. Baldwin; Director of Supplies,
Joseph S. MacLaughlin; Assistant,
Peter ]. Hoban; Director of Health
and Charities, DIR. Wilmer Krusen; AS
sistant, Harry w. Mace; Director of
Wharves, Docks and Ferries, George
S. Webster and Assistant, Joseph f.
! Hasskarl..
of the appointees number are
we'll known here. Wilson was chair
man of the committee of rules of the
last House OF Representatives and
| chairman of judiciary general COM
mittee, spokesman for the governor
on the floor of the House and advocate
| of local option. Baldwin is the State
| fire marshal and formerly held an as
sistant dictatorship under the Rey-
\ burn administration, his principal
work being the Byberry farm. Hoban
| used to do legislative correspondence
for the Philadelphia Ledger here and
is one of the best known newspaper
| men in the State. Webster spoke at
the recent welfare conference and is
regarded as one of the best municipal
engineers in the United States, being
so good that he was retained by the
as CnleI
of surveys. The others have all been
in Harrisburg at one time or another.
| DIR. Krusen is the new mayors family
| doctor.
The appointments were a blow to
| Pehrose and McNichol men, all the
Philadelphia papers say. One story is
| that the new mayor had said that he
would not name any of his cabinet
until Tuesday and that Wilson would
not be named When he handed out
the appointments the mayor told the
Philadelphia Press: THE appoint
ments speak for themselves"
While the State was speculating
about the effect of the mayoralty ap-
pointments in Philadelphia on the
possibility of a clash between Penrose
and the governor and his friends over
State leadership the national capital
was having some display of Pennsyl-
vania factional politics. Congressman
r. Il. Kiess, of Lycoming, is reported
to be after the place on the congress
sional campaign committee left vacant
when Charles L. Patton left congress.
Mr.. Patton is now a secretary OF agri-
culture. No one else had been spoken
of for the place until Kiess turned up
on Saturday with boom. AS he has
been rated as an anti-Penrose man in
Washington the story has been sent
out that there is a contest for the
place with Congressman Ware and
Grlest boosting him as another move
in the state contest for control"
Joseph +. Grundy will likely be q
candidate for national delegate from
the Bucks-Montgomery district. Asa
Rute, former sergeant-at-ar of the
Senate, will be a candidate from
LuZerne.
Tho Central Democratic Club will
elect officers without much of a fight.
The vice-presidential nomination has
been left open.
Christian F. Homsher, OF Stras-
burg, is the new steward of the Lam
caster almshouse.
-Coatesville's mayoralty contest is
before tho courts at West Chester to-
day for hearing.
John Scheering is slated to be the
new chief of police of Pottsvllle.
Allegheny county's grand jury which
had been probing the election frauds
wanted to sit over its time to make a
cleanup, but Judge Haymaker said
that 1t was not possible under the law.
District Attorney Jackson, who has
been directing the work, is said to have
been threatened If he did not stop.
Friends of Congressman J. r. K.
Scott, former legislator now trans
lated to Washington, accompanied him
to the national capital in q special car
to see him sworn in. They had din
ner and speeches.
The Democratic national commit
tee will meet in Washington to-mor-
row to select a convention place, but
the Pennsylvania bosses do not seem
to be very busy trying to land q con-
vention for Pennsylvania cities. In
fact, Palmer has not been heard of
lately.
H. r. Ferber, the veteran fire
chief of Scranton, has determined to
retire. There are many applicants for
the place.
Congressman Ware praised the
Smith appointments last night, but
| Senator McNichol only praised some
| of them.
| Representative Fred W. Willard,
president Of the State League of Re-
| publican clubs, has asked National
Committeeman Wasson to secure the
national convention for Philadelphia
when the Republicans meet on De-
cember IA.
THE BACCHANTEs AT HARRISBURG
philadelphia Public Ledger1
With Harrisburg accepting from the
legal owner and generous donor. Mr..
| Hershey, Donato's celebrated fountain,
The Awakening Of Spring''-which,
| by the way, the same Mr.. Hershey
cannot get out of his system or out of
Hershey, Pa, fast enouSh--those who