Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-04
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BY the Ex-Committeeman


ton. which is going to have an ef-
feet on political matters this year
| and next that is hard to calculate
at this time, the event of most inter
est in state politics was the conven-
I ton of the states flremen at Butler,
| which is just about ending. 1t at
/ tracted unusual attention from men
/ in politics and the attendance was
larger than for u long time. Pres
ence of Senator w. c. Sproul, much
talked of as the next Republican can
didate for governor. and the battle
against President Eugene e. Bonni-
Well, who trimmed his opponents,
were two big features.
The convention of the firemen had
many events which could be traced
back to the recent Legislature, where
ollls sponsored by firemen were OBJ
JectS of interest Some of these bills
were in hands of Senator Sproul.
As to the Bonniwell fight the re-
suit is contained in this dispatch
from Butler: Judge Eugene Z.
Bonniwell was reelected president
of the Pennsylvania State Firemen's
Association here, 2,S12 to 1884. yes
terday, despite a bitter fight by the
insurgent element, who injected poll
number of candidates in the field,
but only one candidate was put up
to oppose the Judge - George :.
Weir, of Sharpsburg. In electing
Judge Bonniwell for the third time
a precedent was established, as it
is the first time in the history of
the association that a president has
been elected for three consecutive
terms. Lancaster was voted the 1918
convention. The principal reason ad-
Vanced by Judge Bonniwells oppon-
entS in opposing his reelection was
that he influenced Governor Brum-
baugh in vetoing +he bill passed by
the Legislature imposing a tax on the
foreign insurance companies doing
business in the state and turning over
the tax for the firemen's pension
fund"
An odd thing occurred in Scran-
ton yesterday when Mayor Jermyn
and the members of City Council
were indicted by the grand jury of
Lackawanna for failure to keep in
repair city streets damaged by mine
caves. The grand jury recommended
the indictment of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Company in the same connection, but
Judge Newcomb told the jurors Il
corporation could not be indicted,
but, he added, the SAME result could
be obtained by indicting city officials
as the coal company could be reach
ed through them.
Edward A. Falter, who was
named last night to a clerkship in
the inheritance tax division of the
county bureau of the Auditor Gen
erals Department, is we'll known
in downtown political circles. He
has long been member of the Har-
risburg Republican city committee
Auditor General Snyder has been
naming such officers as are requir-
ed to collect the inheritance tax for
various counties under the act of
1917
Selections of officers to have
charge OF the formation of units of
the new Reserve Militia will be made
with the greatest care. A large num-
Der of men have been suggested, but
the disposition is to go very slow.
Mayor FRANKIE, of Johnstown,
does not appear TO care very much
what the state lawmakers do about
a building code. He says that Johns
town needs one and that if the exist
ing laws permit, he will get one for
his city.
Thomas F. Armstrong, chairman
of Philadelphia town meeting to
protest against the political condi-
tions and to form the new party.
has named what the North Amer
lean terms IAN exceptionally strong
committee" to have charge of de-
tails. The notice issued was:
In pursuance of instructions given
me by the town meeting Thursday,
September 81, that ] appoint a COM
mittee to carry out the purpose of
the resolutions adopted, l hereby,
upon that authority make the fol-
lowing appointments: Thomas =.
Armstrong, Rudolph Blankenburg.
Robert s. Bright, Cyrus ID. Foss, Max
Herzberg, Arthur II. Lea, Theodore
]. Lewis, Hugh McCaffrey Charles
L. McKeehan, Francis B. Reeves.
Joseph NJ. Steele, John Walton, John
c. Winston"
The fact that Pittsburgh and
Scranton newspapers have their
trained political observers at Phila-
delphia watching the developments
in the hearings is rather significant.
In both of these cities there are men
running for mayor who were dis
tinctly backed by the State Admins
tration with which the Wares are very
friendly.
Indications are that there will
be nothing doing in the way of ap-
pointments or changes in the State
Capitol departments until after the
election. The disposition at the Capt.
tol is mark time for the present.
Probably the only appointment will
be of an Adiutant General.
ANOTHER BOOST