Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-07
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Presence here to-day of County
Commissioner j. Denny O'Neil. the
leader of the Bpumbaugh forces in
Western Pennsylvania in the local OPP
ton campaign. aroused general inter
est among people at the Capitol. He
was accompanied by Representative j..
w. Vickerman. of Bellevue, who re-
ported out the local option bill and
who was the first aid to Representative
George w. Williams on the floor. The
Rev. G.. w. Shelton. a prominent Pitts
burgher and local option crusader,
also came here to-day.
II is understood tina the three, to-
gether with others. will talk to the
Governor this week about h prelimi-
nary organization of the local option
campaign for next year, having been
busy since the Legislature adjourned
in getting a line on conditions. Mr..
Ntckerman. has made a number of
addresses in which he urged imme-
date organization.
Mr.. O'Neil is 9 candidate for re-
election as county commissioner of
Allegheny county and will make a
strenuous fight. The Governor, who is
a close personal friend of Mr.. O'Neil,
Is presumed to be naturally much in
terested in his success.
Congressman Ware and City Chair
man David H. Lane had q talk over
Philadelphia politics at Atlantic City
yesterday and set the whole political
circle in Philadelphia talking. One
of the latest stories is that William
Findlay Brown. brother of the Attor-
ney General, may be a candidate for
the Republican nomination for mayor
of Philadelphia. He is now an assist
ant district attorney and is much ad-
mired by the Ware brothers.
I. A. Evans. we'll known here as the
burgess of Phoenixville, is q candidate
for recorder of deeds of Chester
county.
Ex-Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer
passed out as an official of the ma
tional democratic committee on Satur-
day. Thomas Lynch. of Minnesota,
succeeded him as member of the
nance committee and other men will
be chosen to take the places he held.
Palmer will be a full-f1edged judge in
a day or so with no official political
ties.
One story is hat James I. Blakslee,
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General,
may be national committeeman from
this State.
The final number of the Legisla-
tive Journal, containing the proceed
ings of the last dav of the recent ses-
sion, which a just been issued,
shows that the detailed report of the
business of the two houses is 295 pages
less than the Journal of the proceed
ings of the session of 1918. The pro-
ceedings OF the session of 1913 re-
quired 5493 pages and for 1915, 4198
pages. The figures are exclusive of
the appendix which was the largest or
record last session because of the
numerous reports, and also of the in
deX. The legislature of 1918 remained
in session until June 81 and that of
1915 adjourned on May 90.
Outside of selection of members
of the State Agricultural Commission
n some major appointments it is
improbable that many appointments
will be made in departments of the
State government until the latter part
of the month. Hundreds of applica-
tons are being received for positions
which AVE not yet been created be-
cause the Governor has not acted upon
bills and for those already established
there are many more. The additional
factory inspectors will not be an
nounced for some time.
-Ellwood Newhard, clerk Of Lee
high quarter sessions for years, is out
for the Republican nomination for
sheriff in Lehigh. He is planning to
make a lively canvass.
Democrats in Philadelphia and
vicinity 1 lOOhilS " mdtu ~ li1t
conference on Thursday evening in
the Democratic club of Philadelphia
when policies will be discussed. 1t is
expected that the reorganization chiefs
will assemble and that State Chairman
Morris. George w. Norris, Postmaster
Thornton. Robert S. Bright and others
will give their ideas on how the party
should figure in Philadelphia cleo
tons.
According to the Philadelphia
Press James E. German is likely to be
the Democratic candidates for mayor
Of Philadelphia.
The Greene county commissioners
who were arrested a week ago have
been discharged by the justice before
whom the suit was brought.
Three candidates are out for the
Republican nomination for district
attorney in Montgomery county. They
include ]. A. Anderson, j. A. Williams
and ]. H. Hendricks, all of whom
have been connected with the official
life of the county.
Nomination of Hyatt NJ. Cribs,
the new Allegheny county controller,
on the Republican ticket, appears to
be assured. He was appointed by the
Allegheny judges to succeed Robert ].
Cunningham. now highway commits
sioner.