Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-14
GUARDIANSHIP
SCRAMBLE IS ON
Much Speculation About the Heads
of Committees in the Next
House Is Heard Now
WOODWARD IS CERTAIN
Cans May Be Head of Law and
Order; Williams Seems to Be
Booked For Big Place

According to reports which are in
circulation in Philadelphia the list of
chafrmen of committees of the Senate
and House will be communicated to
Governor-elect Martin G. Brumbaugh
at the end of the week. Speaker Am
bier plans to take up his whole list of
committees with him to-day. The Sem
ate list will be shown as well. The
men in charge of the two houses in
tend to take this means of showing
that they are in accord with the new
Governors ideas for progressive leg
islation and will pave the way for the
committee which is to work with him.
Not many changes are expected
to be made in the Senate chairman
ships of Importance. DIR. Gerberich
will likely head health and sanitation
again and Mr.. Sproul finance, with
Crow at the head of corporations. Mr..
McNichol VIII head elections and Mr..
Martin may head agriculture. 1t is
said that Mr.. Beidleman has declined
a couple of very good chairmanships,
preferring to serve as he did last ses-
sion.
In the House list it is said that
George w. Williams, of Tioga, will
head law and order and not A. G. Slime.
of Allegheny. Mr.. Williams is a strong
local optionist. S. ]. Cans, of Phila-
delphia, is slated to be head of health
and sanitation. while Charles j. Roney,
of Philadelphia, will be the head of
ways and means. Mr.. Swartz, of this
city, will be a member of judiciary
general.
The reappointment of Insurance
Commissioner Charles Johnson is said
to be among those assured at the Capt.
tol.
County Commissioner ]. Denny
O'Neil, of Allegheny county, was
among the callers on Governor-elect
Brumbaugh yesterday.
Among the places which the new
Governor will probably not fill until
the session is well on are the list OF
staff officers. He has a list of a
dozen or so aids de camp to name.
An industrial probe of Montgom-
cry county, is threatened by the fed
eral government. 1t will be recalled
that Montgomery manufacturers re-
Gently attacked the policy of the Presi-
dent.
According to some of the news
papers George E. Alter, eX-speaker OF
the House of Representatives and one
of the best known lawyers in the State
is being seriously considered for the
attorney generalship by Governor-elect
Martin G. Brumbaugh, although Meth
er the new Governor nor the eX-speak-
er have said a word. Mr.. Alter was
mentioned for a judgeship in Allie
gheny, but declined to allow his name
to be considered. The new Governor
has everyone guessing about his ap-
pointments.
In this connection it is of inter
est to note that the new Governor has
not even named his private secretary
so that the public could hear it, keep
ing as quiet about that post as he has
about the other places.
Alfred r. Houck, chief of the 5u.
- .t, -
Labor and Industry, who was men.
toned as a possible candidate for pri.
vate secretary, declared to-day: "I am
not candidate and never have beer
a candidate. I am satisfied with the
work l have on hand"
William Finn met A. Nevin Det,
rich and some of the other field mar.
shals of the disappearing Washingto.
nian field force at Philadelphia the 9th.
er day and postponed the adoption o1
a legislative program. AS the strength
of the party is reduced to one in each
, house it was found that even a pro-
/. gram could not be worth while. The
scheme is to sit back and take advan.
tage of any blunders which may be
made. DIETRICH will be kept on the
ground and when occasion offers hC
will have a couple Of statements ready
to launch.
M. j. Plckerlng once more heads
the Young Republicans of Philadel.
phia.
/, The Philadelphia Record to-day
says state Chairman Roland S. Nor.
ris placed himself once more in full
control of the Democratic Club las
, night and administered a humiliating
defeat to the Hoskins faction, which
for the past few months has been in.
solcntly defying his leadership. Chair.
man Morris made his grip secure
through the action of the board oI
directors, which, prior to the genera
meeting, admitted 113 new members
largely federal officeholders, aligned
with the reorganizers. With this biz
supplement to the former substantial
nucleus of placeholding members
Morris succeeding in electing jaime:
II. Howard, his lieutenant in the For.
ty-siXth ward, as director. Howard de.
feated ]. II. BeclIley, backed by the
Eloskins faction, by a vote of 103 to 81
The meeting was the quietest for tho
past three months and was devoid OF
the personalities of the bitter debates
which marked its immediate predeces.
sors. Chairman Morris was there IN
person for the first time in almost halt
a year, and saw that his political ma,
; continue the inspections.
MAY BOOM PALESTINE
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We who dwell In Palestine to-day