Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-19

every move with the closest atten
ton, Ii Is intimated that expectation
of just such series of conference!
had something to do with the de
termination of the Governor not Il
mako important appointments for s
, time.
State administration leaders ar,
Keeping quiet about their favorite fol
Governor. Many of them favor At
torney General Francis Skunk Brown
while others are waiting to see wha
strength Highway Commissioner
Denny O'Neil develops. Colonel L
A. Watres, who supported the admin.
istration favorite for Mayor of Scran-
ton, is said to consider that the time
IS ripe for him to raise the flag OF
the anthracite region, and Lieuten-
ant Governor Frank B. McClain is
willing to carry the red rose Of Ian
caster into the list Congressman
John r. X. Scott and Edgar r. Kiess
are both prepared to accept admins
tratiop support, while on the shores
of Lake Erie eX-Auditor General A.
Z. Sisson is listening for the call.
| Among other names mentioned
In addition to Senator William c..
Sproul. who is understood to have
| told friends that he will make a
statement next month. are District
Attorney Samuel P. Rotan. of Phila-
delphia; Auditor General Charles A.
Snyder, Ex-Governor John K. Tener,
Judge John w. Kephart, Col. Harry
c. Trexler, ex-Speaker George +.
Alter, Cyrus E. Woods, Senator E. E.
Beidleman. ex-senator John S. Fish
| er. Representative A. A. Weimer.
John NJ. Reynolds and Judge Harry
c. Quigley.
! The conspicuous success won in
! Allegheny over the state administra-
ton forces has brought that county
very much to the front in the eyes
of Republican leaders and Alters
name has been considerably mention
ed, especially as he has many friends
among both factions and a record
of experience in legislative matters,
as well as decided firmness of char
acter.
| Democratic leaders are waiting
and watching for their chance. They
are hoping some one will be named
against whom they can raise the
labor and capital issue and as they
are now bent upon running Secre-
tarv of Labor Wilson they are hoping
| Repl blicans will select some one
whose stand on labor legislation may
be criticised. They do not want any
one who has appeared at any time
as advocate of the position of labor,
either before legislative committees
or state commissions.
National Chairman Mccormick
is said to be cunning for bigger
game than gubernatorial honors and
Col. Richard Coulter's martial ardor
may prevent him from entering the
race, while no one here takes the
aspirations of District Attorney E
Lowry Humes very seriously. A.
Mitchell Palmer, James l. Blakslee
! Bruce Sterling and others who have
been mentioned are now safe in pub
lie office, while Joseph O'Brien is
busy with law and Michael ]. Ryan
took himself out of it when he be-
came Public Service Commissioner
This leaves Judge Eugene c. Bonni-
well as the only other favorite fol
the Democratic prognosticators And
it may be added that Bonniwen i:
very busy.
| Some of the Philadelphia news
papers attack Frederick ]. Shoye
for joining in with the men who ar
seeking to prevent opening of ballo
: boxes and ask if he is just seekint
, office without regard to title.
Lancaster county Democrats ar
said to be in q more deplorable stat
than those in Dauphin county. Th'
organization did not cut any figur,
in the recent election.
William ]. Bryan's address oil
prohibition yesterday in Philadelphi;
seems to have attracted much atten
ton except among adherents of tn
Democratic machine. Republican
newspapers give considerable spac
: to the declarations of the Nebras
kan that the times demand a sobe
nation to back up sober army. /
will be observed that the publicit,
, that the man from Lincoln gets II
the mourning organ of the Demo
cratic national chairman is not start
ling even when he breaches temper
ance.
Woman suffragists are mobiliz
| ing at Pittsburgh in preparation TO
. their drive on the next Legislator
when they hope to get through tn
resolution providing for submission
= of n suffrage amendment to the con
= stitution. The women failed last win
ter in the House of Representatives
but expect to win in 1919. This woul'
bring the matter to vote, provided
the resolution passed twice, in 1921
The New York success has great,
, heartened the advocates of suffrag
.
in this state
; Some of the foremost advocate
: of suffrage will speak at the Pitts
burgh convention this week.
1t is now declared that $1,000
ballots were illegally thrown out il
Philadelphia.
The city manager plan is beini
, agitated in the new third class cit
of Bethlehem.
The Town Meeting name wa
: not pre-empted for any district in tn
r state to-day. Some one evidentl
> forgot to do it.
Mayor Swing. of Coatesville, say
he does not care for all the pro
4 German threats and pacifist growl
0 and throws threatening letters int
a the waste basket.
The new burgess of Pottstown,
> Republican for the first time i
: years, can't find any men to take job
n as policemen and has to keep tn
Democrats on for a while.
"A Media dispatch to the Philade
phla Inquirer says: 80 far as tn
O election of members to the Legisla
ture is concerned, Representativ
u Richard ]. Baldwin, who wa
8 Speaker of the House, at the la!
g session of the Legislature. and Rel
: resentative Harry Hepburn, will /
candidates for reelection to repre-
n sent the city of Chester, and Willial
a Chester district. Ramsay. it is salt
would like to fill Senator Sproul
: boots in the event of the Senator bC
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