Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-14
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

Adequate funds for State highway
improvements, provision to increase
salaries of teachers, local option and
the speakership are the subjects Gov
ernor Martin G.. Brumbaugh is TAX
ing up in the order named in his con-
versations" with legislators-elec in
vited by him to visit his offices to talk
over matters. The Governor has
found his visitors generally in favor
of the first two, but has had varying
success in getting them to his point
of view on the others.
1t is expected that between now
and Christmas most of the members
will be here for their conversations"
Very few have refused to respond to
the requests for visits to the Capitol
and naturally the names of those re-
jecting the invitations are not made
public. The Governor is hopeful of
being able to swing members around
TO local option and support of Rep
resentative Edwin r. Cox without
having TO resort to drastic measures,
such as removing high officials by way
of object lessons.
The Governor was informed by
three of his callers yesterday that
they were not for Mr.. Cox. These
callers were Representatives a. \.
! Weimer, Lebanon, who told the Gov
ernor he was for Baldwin; George w.
Williams, Tioga, who told the Cover
nor he was a candidate and who feels
that he should have been selected by
the Governor because of his local
option record, and Frank II. Marvin,
/ Williams colleague, who will naturally
back him. Representatives Walter and
Benchoft of Franklin, will be for Cox,
but abide by the caucus.
| , The Governor was generally
pleased at the outcome of his con-
versations" and expects to do consid-
erable work next week.
While some of the Governors
! friends are urging him to an extreme
course and to remove officials who
do not or will not help and who re-
! fuse to replace men by adherents of
bers favorable to Cox there are
others who counsel going slow for
/ fear of reprisals when the Legislature
meets. They fear that something may
come from the threat to cut out of
salary appropriations provision for
/ offices which may be filled by admins
/ tration men in replacement of men
fuEOppSu anu lildl the SAldIlSS VI SOllt
, of the men who have been very active
1 in the Cox cause may be reduced to
such an extent as not to make the
! places attractive. This has been done
J before and there are intimations that
! II is being considered and that some
| of the places which, according to
rumor have been offered to legisla-
tors-elect, may not be worth much
when the Legislature gets through
with them.
! ON the other hand the State ad-
ministration people say the Governor
has the whip hand in the veto power
and that while he cannot make ap-
preparations he can unmake some for
pet objects of recalcitrant members.
! The committee in charge of the
proposed changes TO the Philadelphia
city government is out with a report
! favoring radical moves. Mayor Smith
is vitality concerned and it may govern
his course. II is notable that the
Mayor has not come out for any one
and that the Philadelphia members
have not had a caucus.
Two big parlors and the three
rooms in the Commonwealth Hotel
/ ordinarily used by Senator Boies Pen
rose as his headquarters when in Har-
| risburg were to-day engaged by Rep
I resentative Richard ]. Baldwin as his
the speakership. They will be opened
after Christmas and a number of
. friends of the candidate from Della
ware and other counties will be in
charge of the place. Mr.. Baldwin will
come here several days before the
Legislature meets and will actively
direct his campaign. He is now tour
ing the State.
Friends of Representative Edwin
p. Cox have not yet engaged head
quarters but they will probably be in
the same hotel. However. it has been
announced that there will be head
quarters for him. 1t is understood
| that Congressman John r. K. Scott
will be active at his headquarters.
/ Representative George w. Williams.
the third candidate, will have rooms
at the Commonwealth, which is
dry" hotel.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says:
| After conferences between Mayor
| Smith and the presidents of the two
/ branches of councils, James L. Len
non. of select, and DR.. L. b. Gleason,
/ of Common Council, the committee
which is to represent Philadelphia at
the next session of the State Legisla-
ture at Harrisburg. for the purpose or
providing Philadelphia, by law, with
new expedients for taxation. was an
nounced yesterday. The committee
councils providing that it should be
composed of five members from each
chamber. in addition to the two presi-
dents, ex-officio."
Says the Philadelphia Record:
"Lauding United States Senator Pen
rose for his loyalty to his friends and
bitterly lashing Governor Brumbaugh
for his desertion of the friends who
made him. State Senator James p.
McNichol put some real warmth into
the house-warming last night of the
| Overlook Republican Associations
new clubhouse. No. 1541 North Six
tieth street. The club members, who,
under the leadership of ex-Recorder
Ernest l.. Tustin, are the active PEN
rose -McNichol workers in the Thirty
! fourth ward, enthusiastically cheered
| the Tenth ward Senator
Though We Have Rebelled
/ fba ord npF Cod haIa..-r .-,o.-ot1..