Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-31

organization is a fair sample of what
may be heard when Republicans
grow normal. The harmony in Phil
adelphia's Republican ranks may
have been secured by the use of
more or less pressure but the avid
| ity with which Democratic organi-
cations have seized upon some iso-
lated ward control scraps is
! rather indicative of the real situa-
ton in that Pennsylvania Demo-
cracy whose leaders promised Will
son Pennsylvania, but while neglect
ing to deliver, collected all the OFF,
ces they could get.
Governor Brumbaugh's visit to
the parade in honor of the drafted
men is being awaited with much in
terest. There have been arrange
ments made by number of admin
istration followers to go to Phila-
delphia in the hopes of seeing him
for discussion of situations in their
districts and patronage. 1t is un-
derstood that the Governor will dis
cuss only judicial vacancies on this
visit and that he will refrain from
filling any other places or from max
ing any vacancies until we'll after the
primaries and perhaps until after the
November election.
The Governor and every one of
his chiefs has maintained silence
regarding favorites for gubernator-
ial honors next year in spite of the
freedom with which many names
have been mentioned. The general
impression is that the Governor
would like to see Attorney General
Francis Skunk Brown, the man who
engineered his own candidacy. as his
successor and next to him Chairman
w. D. B. Ainey, of the Public Serv-
ice Commission.
Senator William G. Sproul has
taken up the cudgels in behalf of
the record of the last Legislature in
a manner that not only recalls the
vigor with which the present wearer
of Delaware's toga used to write in
the days when he was a newspaper
reporter, but evinces a praiseworthy
desire to upset the popular notion
that because the General Assembly
of 1917 was long in session it did
nothing. The senator says in the
publication of the Corn Exchange
National Bank, while the 1917 Leg
islature did not accomplish anything
sensational, it did great deal OF
good solid work, which will go far
toward keeping Pennsylvania in the
forefront of sensible legislation"
The senator mentions the creation
of the State Bureau of Markets, the
State Emergency Public Works
Commission and some penal legisla-
ton, but does not list all the good
things in which he had hand him
self and he might have added the
very valuable decedents' estates code,
framed by cne of the best commits
sions the state has had in years;
the uniform statutes commissions
octs relative to business; the game,
dog and fish codes, the several high
way acts and the fine appropriations
for education and roads, as well as
the State Defense Commission. A
great deal of what did get by was
Sensible" as the Delaware states
man puts 1t.
Some interesting things are be-
ing said by the three leading candi-
dates for mayor of Pittsburgh. E. v.
Babcock says he aims to give the
city a good business management.
to apply his own successful business
principles for the benefit of the COM
munity; William A. Magee is quoted
| that he would like to again have the
duce "the principles of scientific
business management into the affairs
| of the city," and DIR. j. P. Kerr de-
clared he was for the good of the
city. The latter furnished the fire.
/ works of the opening night, as the
| Pittsburgh Gazette Times puts it, by
saying that Mr.. Magee and his
friends were for him until he re-
! fused to give a pledge that a certain
man would be appointed director of
the department of public safety"
Enoch Rauh, a candidate for return
to council in Pittsburgh, charged
that Governor Brumbaugh had only
given q leave of absence to Mr.. Ma
gee from the Public Service Com
mission and assailed the Wares for
! getting interested in Pittsburgh af-
| fairs. This has brought sharp de-
nial from Magee men who say that
! the state administration is not TAX
| ing a hand in the mayoralty fight.
The Philadelphia Nonpartisan
League. which is interested in the
reelection of judges and in which
men prominent in Philadelphia af-
fairs are taking an interest, will hold
mass meetings next week to boost
the judges. Chairman Gaffney, of
councils financial committee. is to
speak for tho judges reelection.
Tho Philadelphia transit situa-
ton has grown acute again. The
mayor wants the contractors to sign
for construction at figures of six
months ago. The contractors. includ-
ing McNichol and Ware, says it would
mean millions of loss.
The Philadelphia Press to-day
says: The city commissioners were
| advised by Alexander Simpson that
the nonpartisan ballot could be
printed with only the names of can
dldates for whom petitions were flled
with the Secretary of the Common
wealth and certified by him a few
days ago. Attorney General Brown
said yesterday that in a similar case
in an upstate county he had advised
the Governor OF his right to make an
appointment and that there existed
in his mind no question as to the
Governors right to appoint"