Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
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BY the Ex-Oommitseeznan

| The coming week will probably see
a number of announcements of candi-
dacies for national delegate and for
legislative seats. Men active in poll
! tics and harhoring ambitions are
only waiting until changes of adminis-
! tration are worked out next week to
start things moving in advance of the
spring campaign and il is likely that
by the first of February there will be
a pretty definite lineup of candi-
dates.
Friends of Senator Boies Penrose
say that the next Republican State
committee, which will name the ma
tlonai committeeman, will be strongly
for the Senator for that place.
governor Brumbaugh who Is ex-
pected to be at Scranton this week to
address the teachers, may be unable
10 attend because of a severe cold. He
is in Philadelphia to-day.
A fight has broken out in Luzerne
county over the proposition to merge
dazleton and West Hazleton. LIQUOR
men do not want in the city class.
Mayor William Ward, Jr., a for
mer LEGISLATOR, yesterday performed
ms last official act as mayor of
Chester. He has been a strenuous
mayor.
James A. Linen. prominent resi-
uehC Oh scranton and one of the new
council, has created some stir in that
CITY by announcing that he is a candi-
GATE Tor president of the council.
Inomas Fl. Savile is also a candidate,
john T. Lotus will become the
new mayor of Carbondale on Mon
DAY. He will succeed James, Murrin.
who is well known here.
Allegheny county's Democratic or
ganlzation does not seem to have re-
covered from the shock of having its
sioner set aside by the board of Judges.
Ihe reorganization element had figured
that everything was all right for its
man, but woke up.
Mayor elect Thomas B. Smith, of
Philadelphia, yesterday talked over
matters with Mayor Blankenburg.
familiarizing himself with the work of
the city hall. The new mayor will
then go away for few days rest.
= The Ware brothers gave Philadel-
phia children 10000 boxes of candy for
Christmas.
-Lieutenant-G Governor Frank b.
McClaln played Santa Claus at the
orphans institution at Lancaster.
Members of the Reading police
department named for dismissal by
Mayor-elect Filbert to make way for
MS new appointees recently announced
DO not propose giving up their jobs
without contest, and there will likely
be a legal battle to test the new chief
magistrates wholesale use of the po-
litical AK. 1t is said that the hundred
or more men listed to go have had a
committee obtain legal advice, which.
they say, is very encouraging, and
Mayor-elect Filbert announces that he
is ready to meet the issue.
"A Mauch Chunk dispatch says:
Two Well-known Republicans of this
county are proposed for delegate to
the Republican national convention
from this congressional district, which
also includes Monroe, Northampton
and Pike counties. The Carbon county
men suggested for this honor are Nor
gan o. Morgan and Thomas NJ. Will
din. both of Lansford.
The Philadelphia Press to-day saws:
while it is believed that he (the
mayor will be rendered the resig-
nations of the present members of the
civil service commission, Frank M. Rit-
er, president; Peter Bolger, secretary,
and Lewis H. Van Dusen. as their
predecessors in office resigned to
that Mr.. Bolger. who is the Demo-
cratic and minority member of the
board. may be reappointed is being
City Solicitor elect Connolly, of
Philadelphia, will have the appoint
ment of thirty or more assistants out
of perhaps 500 applications which he
has received. He may make an
nouncement at the close of the week
All of the clerical force is now under
civil service and many are Republicans
retained by City Solicitor Ryan. What
changes are to be made has not been
intimated.