Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-10
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Chicago, June 10.-John S. Fisher,
the Pennsylvania who was chairman
of the committee on permanent organ
ization. lives in Indiana and served a
couple of terms as senator from the
Indiana-J district. He is we'll
known in Harrisburg because of fire.
quent visits to the Capitol on legal
business and is one of the best-liked
men in public affairs in the State. SEN
ator Fisher, by a curious freak of
chance, was defeated for national dele
gate in 1912. but elected hands down
in 1916. He has many friends in the
delegations of other states and they
have warmly congratulated him.
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Cyrus E. Woods, has been enjoying the
convention as well as the rain will let
him. He came here on Wednesday
with a party of Pittsburgh friends
and presented them to the governor.
Mr.. Woods, who is a former state sena-
tor and thoroughly experienced in state
affairs, is being mentioned by many
Pennsylvanians as available guberna-
torial timber. Senator w. c. Sproul.
toned, is just a bit coy about being
mentioned for honors He is a busy
man and in some big projects.
Delegate George L. Holmes, of the
ProgreSsives, turned up as one of the
radicals. Mr.. Holmes always was one
of the leaders when it came to buck
ing the announced order of things.
Delegate Cnger, of Shamokin, took
a large and cheerful part in the Pro-
gressive convention. He was one of the
Pennsylvanians who shouted long and
loud. Magistrate Carson, of Philadel-
phia, was not able to do more than
whisper after the cheering demonstra-
ton.
General Charles Miller. of SFranklin,
is one of the delegates who appeared
10 have many friends in the convention
He was for years a general officer in
the National Guard. He had quite a
number of friends in the delegations
neighbor to Pennsylvania in the Coils
cum.
Robert Grey Bushong, the Reading
delegate, was judge of orphans court
in Berks by appointment of Governor
Tener. He was elected by a very fiat
teIing vote and is regarded as one of
the coming men in Republican affairs,
being a close student of politics and
legislative affairs. He served in the
1909 House and has a notable grasp of
State matters.
Among Cumberland countians who
are here are Caleb Brinton, former
postmaster of Carlisle. and his broth
ers, NJ. a. Brinton and John Brinton.
They arrived Wednesday when the
rain was raining its hardest.
Congressman John NJ. NORM, of
Pittsburgh, one of the Roosevelt con-
gressmen-at-large in 1912, and now a
district congressman, was among the
crowds, talking adequate defense. He
is strong believer in a good big navy.
The Pennsylvania headquarters were
visited by II. f. Melnex, State Auditor
of Colorado and a former Pittsburgher.
He is member OF the national organi-
zation of state auditors of which Audi
tor General Powell is chairman.
The auditor generals department,
by the way, is we'll represented here.
II. P. Shomo is q Republican alternate
and Harry Hartzler. Carlisle, and II.
d. Lindemuth, Auburn. are Progress
sive delegates.
A. NeVin Detrich, OF Cham bersburg,
has been the whole thing at the Pro-
gressive platform center table. He is
chief assistant secretary and occasion
ally lets Oscar King Davis, the secre-
tary, have a hand. DIETRICH has devel-
| Ioped a good reading voice.
Samuel I. Spyker, of Huntingdon,
associate counsel of the Workmen' s
Compensation Board, who has found
time heavy on his hands because OF
the tardiness of the convention. has
been putting in time talking to the
lawyers here about compensation sys.
TENS and when he gets home will be
a compendium of compensation laws
in other commonwealths and a hand
book of experiences. Mr.. Spyker has
been looking into the Ohio and Other
systems and as such legislation is now
part of the platform of the party ir
every state he has found plenty of mer
ready to talk about it, Mr.. Spyker me
up with some Massachusetts, men who
had been working on the problems anC
they had a symposium. The compen
sation plans of the states are very diff
ferent, but they have been goinl
Through a variety of cases which arr