Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-04
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

Governor Brumbaueh's sudden de-
parture from this city yesterday after
noon following n series of conferences
i with heads of departments about re-
7 placing men not in political favor with
others who are aligned with the Gov
ernor and his friends has not relieved
the tension which has prevailed at the
Capitol since Private Secretary Ball
began making up the "beheading list. -
The Governor had planned to remain
mere until Tomorrow. but decided to
spend to-day ii Philadelphia in con-
terence with friends. He denied re-
ports that his coming here was
prompted by fears of a railroad strike
| or difficulties over the National Guard.
1t was expected that the Governor
while here would name a successor
to Colonel John P. Wood, commander
as member of the State Industrial
Board. The colonel is not in favor
| because of opposition to child labor
and other policies of the admins
tration and as his term was up in June
he is "holdover." The Governor has
not reappointed Forestry Commissioner
Robert S. Conklin, whose term ended
some time ago. which is attributed to
his displeasure with Congressman
w. w. Griest.
One of the things which was ex-
pected was the appointment of some
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insurance Fund at $500 per year.
The impression has been that w. J..
Roney Jr., Of Philadelphia. had the
inside track, but Albert L. Allen, the
assistant manager, and Paul n. Fur
man, of the Bureau of Statistics, are
also in the race. with the always pres
| ent possibility Of a dark horse.
Taken altogether, the Governors
visit has stirred up no end of political
excitement at the Capitol, and as he
is believed to have approved some
removals, there are some gentlemen
looking for pink slips"
| While Secretary Patton was get
ting Governor Brumbaugh's sanction
of the invitation to Professor j. G..
Sanders, of Wisconsin, to become State
| zoologlst as successor to DR.. H. A.
Surface, the orchard growers asso-
citation of Lancaster county was yes
| terday passing resolutions of protest
against Surfaces removal. The Gov
ernor left the city without giving much
heed to the Surface protest or demand
Tor hearing and will not return from
Maine until long after August Is,
when the term of DR.. Surface will end.
The Philadelphia Inquirer to-day
makes editorial protest against the re-
moval Of DR.. Surface.
1t is understood that Professor
Sanders will be here about the end of
the month and will assume direction
of the work of the bureau. DIR. Sur
| face has not announced any further
plans, but members of the Commission
of Agriculture are wondering what he
will do next.
Mayor Armstrong, of Pittsburgh,
has approved the action of Director
! Swan in coping with the strike sit
uation among the city's street and park
workers. Swan fired" them when
they refused 10 work for what the
city offered.
Mayor Kits, of Erie, yesterday
broke ground for the flood prevention
work in that city. There was consid-
cradle ceremony and many prominent
| men attended.
The Philadelphia grand jury to-
| day started in to hear about the gam
bling. of which there must have been
considerable, judging from the reports
! which have been going around.
The Philadelphia Record to-day
| says: Frank j. German, for years
| secretary of the keystone and other
antimachine parties, and for two
terms county commissioner at IS, 900
year, has been appointed registrar
! of the Bureau of Water at $2,400 a
year. He succeeds Joseph A. Carlin,
who resigned to enter business in
Cleveland. German was selected as
Smith, who had previously considered
| his name for tho position of superin-
tendent of the Bureau of Charities and
chief of the Bureau of City Property
| The appointment at this time is re-
garded as a recognition of D. Clarence
/ Gibboney, who gathered the evidence
for the tenderloin raids at the instance
of the mayor. Gibboney and German
| remained in control of the old Key
stone party remnant until its death
| with the last municipal election, when
German was defeated for reelection
been pressing German for consid-
Grafton by the Smith-Vare organ
ization machine since the election.
German will have to observe the for
mality Of a civil service examination
to gain permanent appointment"
The action of the Progressive con-
ference at Indianapolis yesterday in
| deciding not to have ticket will prob
ably lead to numerous Withdrawals of
men now candidates on Washington
tickets throughout the State. The
Democratic machine men, who had
| counted upon keeping the third party
movement alive in order to complicate
district elections for their own ends,
were bitterly disappointed to-day and
lost no opportunity of saying so. The
withdrawal of Washington district
candidates which is being reported
from the Capitol is sad news for South
Broad street and Market Square.
| Democrats in this section are still
sore from the wallop handed to the
| Democratic national program by Sem
ator Penrose on Wednesday in the SEN
ate. The Senator pitilessly showed up
| the Democratic extravaganza and the
failure to provide adequate defense.
The fact that in spite of the snort
ing and carrying on here a few weeks
ago by the third party men who OBJ
| iected to the course of the Colonel
they did not send any spokesman to
the Indianapolis conference is regarded
as significant. John C. Parker, of
Louisiana, spoke for Pennsylvania. All
the ginger appeared to have been used
up at the conference held here. Not
even the new noisy Dauphin county
third party crew spent any money for
fare to Indiana.
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