Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-08
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By the Ex.Committeeznan

Governor uInDauSn is BettlnB
ready to fill the vacancies in the State
government in spite of frowns from
the State Senate. The Governor has
been busy working out plans for some
trenches in the event of hostilities
reaching a livelier stage. Just what
resolution is not announced, but
friends say he will veto it, and legis-
lator from the home district of Mayor
Smith, of Philadelphia, said yesterday
that "a taxpayers suit to test the
legality of the commission to investi-
gate government in Pennsylvania was
probable. -
The Governor has considerable pat
ronage at hand, but has never put his
hand to the AK in earnest. He has
places to fill which he will employ.
If the Senate refuses to confirm them
he will have some time in which to
give friends places and power. The
lawmakers will not stay here all sum-
mer, and If the Senate does knock out
the appointments the Governor can
still switch places in the government
and name new men to vacancies.
N 1t is understood that two men of
experience in the building and main
tenance of large buildings, as we'll as
in buying supplies, have been consid-
cred for the superintendency of public
grounds and buildings. One man is
said to live in the eastern part of the
state and to have declined because he
did not care to leave his present place.
Th other man has not been talked of
much. In this connection it is in
teresting to note that there has been
a recurrence of the talk of the quail
fications of William II. Ball, private
secretary to the Governor, for the
bureau of city property and ran the
Philadelphia city hall and some
$50,000,000 worth of city property,
having wide experience in building
mattegs and in the numerous things
coming under such work. Whether
he could be induced to make the
change, no one knows.
The Governor has in mind for the
place of chief of the censors of pic
lures a man highly versed in art and
of the type of Ellis Paxson Ober-
holtzer, secretary of the board.
In all probability there will be a
ruction over the action of the Senate
in passing a resolution to give the
chief clerk of the Department of Pub
lie Printing and Binding authority to
use the powers of the superintendent
in case a vacancy occurs such as is
now the case with A. Nevin Pomeroy
out and d. Edward Long suspended
in midair, the Senate having hung up
his nomination. The administration
men claim that the resolution was an
invasion of the executive branch of
the government on which they are
very sensitive at present and the point
was also made last night that laws
could not be changed by resolutions.
Representative Dunn, Ware man,
put in a bill to give the United States
government the right to buy land for
extension to the Frankford arsenal,
which is in his district, some time ago.
| The other day Representative Perry,
McNichol man. put in the same bill.
Perry's bill has been reported out and
| Is going through. Dunn'S is sleeping.
The House elections committee,
of which Mr.. Palmer is chairman. is
| arranging to hear people who desire
to advocate the change of the date of
the fall primary in odd-numbered
years so that it will avoid the Jewish
! New Year. There is no opposition to
it except that the selection of the first
Tuesday in September brings 1t right
after Labor Day, and further change
| has been suggested.
Representative Whitaker was the
| first member to be called to the chair
| by Speaker Baldwin. The Chester
county man is chairman of the COM
mittee on manufactures and the ex-
ponent of the military in the House.
Judge Eugene G. Bonniwell, of
Philadelphia, was here yesterday to
look after some of the legislation af-
fecting firemen, he being the president
of the State Association.
The Wild Life League is planning
to have another game law conference
here shortly. There are some bills it
wants to talk over with the Game
Commission.
! Harry Bovard and Captain John
B. keenan,, prominent Westmoreland
men, were here yesterday. So was
John Robert Jones. former legislator
| from Schuyllkill and mentioned for
| judge to succeed Charles n. Brumm.
| The town council of Tamaoua
which lost three members because
they were found identified with con-
Germs having borough contracts, has
named three men connected with the
liquor Interests of the place to succeed
them.
| --Ex-Mayor Jones, of CoatesviIie.
who was ousted, has declined TO be a