Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-11

| SAID ne would not stand for a State
wide factional fight next year" and
ADDS: ''He holds that even if certain
| of his appointees are friends of the
| Wares, they also are his friends. And
| in that connection ne asserted that he
would not permit Ware men In the
cabinet to use their offices for the fur
therance of factional movements. In
a word. Mr.. Smith said he would be
mayor The Record says Tho
mayor elects statement, following
closely after his conference with Sem
| ator Penrose on Thursday, is taken
| as an indication in organization circles
that the further activities of the Wares
in the city and State have been effect
| lively checked as a result of the senior
! senator's hurried visit from Washing
| tom
What the mayOr-elect said was:
II was governed in the selection of the
heads and assistants of the different
departments by my knowledge of the
men designated and by my conviction
as to their fitness.
| II shall not permit factional politics
| to enter in any way into the admins
| tration of these departments. My pur-
pose is to have the departments con-
Quoted on n high standard of efficien-
cy, and il find that politics is per-
mltted in the Department of Safety or
in any other department I shall take
prompt and vigorous measures to stop
1t.
| 81 realize as q businessman and as
Mayor of the city the overwhelm-
ing importance of the approaching
| Presidential election, and I hope and
believe that in that election the Re-
publican party will be successful In
the nation, There is no reason or ex-
cuse for any faction in Philadelphia
or in the State trying to start politi-
cal fight. We have had enough fight
| ing in the past. with the resulting par
ity defeats, particularly in Philadel-
phie.
| II shall not stand for any factionai
warfare in the party by contractors or
anyone else, and l have the real set
tied conviction that in the greatest
Republican city in the country the
party should not be open TO the re-
lproach of contractor leadership.
II have known Senator Penrose well
for D score of years, and have steadily
supported him in his political efforts.
/ realize his great influence in the ma
tional councils of the Republican par
ty and how valuable arc his services
at this time on account of his long and
wide experience. Representative busi-
pessmen and political leaders of the
different Congressional districts will be
elected delegates to the national con-
lvention, and it is my desire that they
should be in harmony with Mr.. Pen
rose and sustain his leadership for the
iwelfarc of the State and nation
The Mayor r-elect yesterday after
moon announced the appointment of
Joseph c. Smith, his brother. TO the
iposition of private secretary under his
administration at City Hall. The
Philadelphia Inquirer says of it: THE
appointment was anticipated by those
who observed the intimate relations
between the two during the recent
campaign and who recognized the inn
Iportance OF the incoming executive,
owing to peculiar political conditions,
having some one at his right hand in
whom he could have implicit conf
i dence and who, with no personal or
political relationships with the poten-
tial men in either of the local Republi-
can factions would logically be loyal
to the Mayor himself and to no one
lelse."
| Next TO Philadelphia the city of
Pittsburgh presents one of the most
interesting political situations on the
map of the State and there is consid-
cradle speculation as to the way
things arc going to line up. 1t is said
that some mutual friends of the Oliver
and Finn people have been working
TO get combination started.
Protests against changing head
quarters cities in the workmen's COM
lpensation districts are being made.
The plan to have Referee Paul Houck
sit at Pottsville instead of Reading has
caused q howl.
Mayor elect Smith of Philadelphia
lis to be a Republican national dele
gate-at-large. Governor Brumbaugh,
Lieutenant Governor McClain, Sena-
tors Penrose and Oliver and either
Mayor Armstrong or Commissioners
Magee are some other names suggest
ed at this time. Louis A. Watres, of
Scranton, former lieutenant governor,
is also suggested.
There seems to be a lot of discus
sion whether Governor Brumbaugh
expressed any desire to be put on the
list of speakers at the Republican din
ner In Washington on Monday or
whether his friends put him on.
Whether the Governor will attend or
not is unknown here.
/ Rudolph NJ. Shick, veteran
member of the Philadelphia bar was
appointed by the Supreme Court to be
deputy prothonotary of the Supreme
Court for the Eastern District. He sue
ceeds Alfred r. Allen, who died re-
Gently.
The December Allegheny county
grand jury is pursuing the investiga-
ton into election scandals that was
begun by it's predecessor, and one of
the first things il did was to clear the
good name of County Commissioner ].
i Denny O'Neil. When Charles Me-
Chesney, who was sent to prison for
tampering with tho ballot box of q
Pittsburgh district was arrested, the