Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-19
SIIAKErU UP IN GOVERNORS
CABINET NEAR, IS REPORT
Banking Commissioner Smith
and Head of Mines Bureau,
Roderick, Due to Go

/ A shaks-up IN Governor Brumbaueh's
/ cabinet and the dismissal or At least two
| high state officials will follow Rhpresenta-
! tive CoXs campaign for the rpeatershtp
according TO statements made by The Gov
i ernors intimsteH and political adyiGcrG
| The most i.aportam changes predicted
| are the removal OF Wiliiom "A. Smith, Bank
] irg Commissioner. 10 make iOom for q
! younger ana uote active man janis ".
| Rodetick. chief OF the state Bureau or
| Mines, probably VIII be asked 10 resign
! j. Denny O'NeH STATE Insurance Com
! missioner. viii be transferred to tho post Of
| state Highway Commissioner; Frank n
! Black viii become Insurance Comml1sioner.
| Nothing further has bosn said about the
| runorcd resignation OF samuel u RamhJ.
| Superintendent Of Public Grounds and
| Buildings
Commissioner oxen said today In TIar-
rlBburg that ho know nothing OF the report
that he would resign and become Commits
stoner Of State Highways.
"It ls all news 10 me and can't discuss
something that know rothrg about" Baid
O'Ncii
That several heads are about to fall as
climax 10 the brisk spelker7hIp usht is In
dlcated by the tension in oniclal clrclcE in
Harrisburg
Governor Brumbaush virtually has an.
nounccd that there will be no halfway
mcaBures used In the Spcakership f,Kbt IIe
has made II clear II Ia said that State
employees cannot remain IN ofIice and q the
fane I me rive their support and influence
IN mid of tho enemies Of the administration.
Berresentntlve baldwin has opened head
quarters for tho SpDakerghlp campaign In
the Hotel Commonwealth n. IInrrisburG
lie haD announced that he bnH 10 members
pledged To hiH support and that he OK.
poets 10 obtain more
Baldwin did not comment on She action
taken by NrHcnhlvman james H. hIaurer
president NJ the Pennsylvania FcdsrRt on uI
Labor, who has issued m nnti-Bnidwu let
ter to labor unions all over the state aud
10 members OF the n.xt Legislature.
MauTcr said the Federation had no can
didGtG Tor SprHker, but that II is opposed
10 any candidate who ls against the fun
ruilrDnd CROW, child labor and wOrismens
compensation laws
Philadelphia bankers and nnapcicrs dis.
CuHsed with deep interest today the pro-
posed removal Of Commissioner Of Sank
Ing Smith Tho reports, II WAS said clearly
Indicated that tho object of the removal
was 10 MI the office with man who would
be IN Tympathy with tho Vare- Brun,baugh
coalition for the election OF Cox. The re-
ports Indicated TINT thcro were no chprRca
against smith who ia sINty-nvo years old.
lie has been commissioner RlnCo 1905.
Many banterg clearly Indicated that they
did not approve of the plan TO have politics
in tho Bureau ~ Banking
In Penruso headquarters IN this city the
transfer of O'Nell and Black was considered
M indicative Of their contention that many
officials under tha state administration ara |
rebelllng against orders TO line up their
friends for Cox and against political orders |
IN general. Pcnrose leaders declared II was |
llkcly that Black, while friend OF the |
Governor, refused TO throw his department |
into faCtionHl politics. and that therefore IA |
practical man" like OMEN was called in
to "gave the day"
These developments brought Joy to tho |
Ware camp. Senator Varo was In good |
humor and received Congressman John |
IT, X. Scott md Representative Cox for |
IA conference before they left the city for |
another trip through the State soliciting |
votes, II developed tho Cox managers are |
claiming n majority of the members> from |
Allegheny and Lackawanna counties and |
thRt Congressman Griesta friends from !
Lancaster County also will support them. |