Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-28
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working ever since his return from
the Pacific Coast upon appointments
looming up in the State government
and it is expected that while COM
paratively few of Importance will be
made before November there will be
little delay in selecting Public Service
and Water Supply commissioners. The
Governor has given more attention to
the secretaryship of agriculture than
anything else and it is said that his
selections will be made from two or
three men to whom the list has mar
rowed dow. The reorganization of
the department will follow very soon
after the selection of a secretary. The
Governor plans to have much atten-
tion given by the commission to con-
servation. better barn buildings, use
of concrete and other practical mat
ters.
Several dig men are said to be in
the mind of the Governor for Public
Service and Water Supply commits
sioners, but it is said to be doubtful
whether the men he is considering
would accept Their names are nat
urally being withheld by the Governor.
Reports current at the Capitol
to-day were that Frederic A. God
charles, of Milton, would succeed Will
liam Hertzler, Port Royal. as deputy
secretary of the commonwealth Mr.
Godcharles is the personal choice of
Secretary of the Commonwealth Cyrus
+. Woods, with whom he served in the
Senate. Mr.. Godcharles was here to-
day and called upon the Governor. Mr..
Hertzler. it is said, will resign to-mor-
row. Mr.. Godcharles is a Lafayette
graduate. a member of Harrisburg
clubs and well known socially in this
city. He served in the House of Rep
resentatives in 1901 and was later
elected to the Senate. He is a MEM
Der of family prominent in manufac-
turing in Northumberland for years
MIR. Hertzler. who formerly served in
the Senate, was secretary to Congress
men Mahon and Focht.
Greene county. whose judge was
refused denomination, is in the throes
Of red-hot fight between ]. w. Ray
and c. w. Wayshoff. Both candidates
are well known in the county and are
making a strenuous canvass which is
attracting attention in other counties.
Controller F. r. Hendershot. of
Luzerne, says that his reelection is a
cinch.
effort to bring about harmony among
the Democratic voters of Schuylkill
county The slate was broken and
the men supposed to have been ennis
saries of the State machine managers
were told TO go back and sit down.
That county has no time for the Nor
lis management.
The election of ex-Congressman
Temple is said to be assured in the
Twenty-fourth district. The Repub-
licans have lined up with him in each
county.
Michael Lynch, chief of police of
South n nf ha
thcrities and was suspended for
couple of weeks.
The Philadelphia Ledger says to-
day: "A fusion county ticket was
placed in the field by the Democratic
and Washington parties of Bucks to-
cay. The Democratic county commit
tee met this afternoon and voted
unanimously in favor of the propo-
sition. Several of the lower end COM
mitteemen We're not enthusiastic over
the movement, but after party leaders
had addressed the committee they
voted for it. subcommittee was ap-
pointed to confer with a similar sub
committee of the Washington party
in session in Doylestown for the pur-
pose. The agreement for the fusion
ticket was speedily agreed upon"
Uncertainty marks the situation in
the Lawrence county judicial situation
over the selection of Judge w. E. Por-
ter's successor on the common pleas
bench. Attorney S. Plummer Emery
obtained more votes at the primary
than were cast for both his opponents,
Judge Porter and Attorney James A.
Chambers, but he did not get a ma
jority of all votes cast on the nonparti-
san ballot Many voters failed to regis
ter any choice for common pleas
judge, while many enormously marked
two names where only one could be
voted for.
Only a court decree can determine
whether the supervision of employ
ment agencies is vested Jointly in the
state Commissioner of Labor and the
Department of Public Safety of cities
of the first class. or in the former
alone, according to an opinion given to
Director Dripps yesterday by City So
licitor Ryan in Philadelphia IT was
the first request that Director Dripps
had transmitted to the city solicitor
and, incidentally, it raised the ques-
ton as to whether employment agen-
cies after October l shall pay sepa-
rate license fees of $50 each to the
State and TO the city
No action will be taken toward
placing the $3.50, 900 transit loan be-
fore Philadelphia people for their
sanction at the November election. ac-
'oTuiHB 10 'ndlcat1OnS In councilmanic
circles yesterday. 1t is said that there
is money available for transfer from
the Broad street subway work to the
northeast elevated work and that the
increasing of the city's borrowing ca
pacity at that early date will not then
be necessary. No action has been
taken by councils toward placing the
question before the people and unless
scme action is taken before next Mon
day 1t will be impossible to make a
move at this time.