Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-03
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Pe~~oqesonia
BY the Ex-Committeeman

Mingled with the Democratic re-
joicings over four years more at
Washington there are heard some
rumbles of trouble in the Democratic
State machine over post offices and
other jobs which do not 'portend we'll
for the campaign of 1918 and which
are said to be disturbing some of the
Democratic bosses. The difficulty
seems to be that State Chairman
Guffey sort of established precedent
by getting the scalp of the Pittsburgh
postmaster and then putting in his
own brother. There are other broth
erS.
This proposition was read with the
deepest interest throughout the State
and Immediately Democrats who had
failed to get appointments to post
offices during the years of the Wilson
first term began to lay plans to get
something when the second began.
They held that the Democrats had
been out long time and that the
jobs should be passed around, there
being no reason why a man appointed
to post office during the Wilson first
term should hold it through the Sec
ond term. The same is true of some
other offices in the State now held by
deserving Democrats. The outcome
of the effort to throw out Postmaster
Seitzinger, of Reading, and let John +.
Ancona have the second four years
is being awaited with interest, trepi-
dation and amusement, according TO
the viewpoint of the spectator
a. Mitchell Palmer, Democratic nl-
tional committeeman, who bewailed
the failure of the probe" resolution
while at Washington yesterday, did
not refer to the party boils which pre-
vail on the hide of the Pennsylvania
Democracy over the handling of pat
ronage and the holding up of post
masters and others for campaign
funds.
Herr Wilson G.. Sarig, floor leader
of the House Democrats when John
| M. Flynn is not around and Charles
| A. Shaffer does not feel like getting
! into the game, made q desperate Of
| fort to get some attention for the
I Democrats last night. The Temple
schoolteacher. who was one of the
advocates of the recess of the Legisla-
ture which will cost the State about
the onus of that move by asserting
that the way was still open for a probe
of the State government. Herr Sarig' S
line of reasoning is always interest
ling and in his statement of last night
he says that if the Governor still
wants an investigation he can have
it and so can the <Penrose people. He
says further that the Sproul state
ment rather sounds as though the
thirst for blood had been allayed and
in true Democratic style he asks thai
! it be revived. The point is that the
Berks man is now for an investisa-
ton along the lines desired by the
Democratic bosses. who by the way
did not hold all of the Democrats in
line when the time came to vote.
! The Democrats are hearing from
their people back home about the
recess and the talk that 1t was done
to enable people to attend the in
auguration is not taking well. The
project was proposed by a Democrat
and its staunchest advocates wore
Democrats from Berks, the citadel of
Democracy
Governor Brumbaugh made a
Welsh society dinner in Philadelphia
Thursday night and was heartily
cheered. He urged everyone living
in Pennsylvania to line up behind the
President no matter whence he came.
Public Service Commissioner
Ryan and Mayor Smith differed very
sharply on the Philadelphia transit
problem in Philadelphia in speeches
the other night. Mr.. Ryan took ZIP
the mayors remarks and said that he
had issued a challenge, that made his
blood ltingle. The Public Service
Commission and the city administra-
ton do not appear to be thinking
alike as much as they did.
The Dillinger crusade against
+, conditions in Pittsburgh appears TO
have ended. There were some raids
made by the police and the talk of
impeachment which the councilmanic
doctor started appears to have died
out. However DR.. Dillinger will prob
ably be heard from again before
long.
Insurance Commissioner j. Denny
| O'Neil. who has been ill, Is improving
and may be able to come here next
week He is hoping to be around for
the local option hearing on March 21.
| Mayor A. II. Swing took charge Of
] the city government of Coatesvil1e
Yesterday and promised efficiency in
government.
Fountain Hill borough has voted