Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-16
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

Nothing could be more indicative
of the political situation in Penn
sylvanfa than the fact that not
.withstanding Senator James p. Nc
Nichol has not been dead two days
there is already talk of his success
sor In politics and discussion of the
changes that are to follow, Phila-
delphia newspapers give prominence
to City Solicitor John p. Connolly
as the man who will succeed the
SENATOR who was his political spon-
sor but there Is a disposition among
upstate newspapers to point out
that Republican success depends on
getting the conditions which have
made the Quaker City anything but
peaceful in politics out of the public
mind fer while at least. Demo-
cratic organizations appear deter
mined to make what capital they
can out of the situation.
The funeral of the senator to-
morrow will attract to Philadelphia
men prominent in politics from all
parts of the state. The whole SEN
ate will attend the funeral as Will
many state officials, The death of
the senator means that five senators
VIII be elected in Philadelphia next
year, William Wallace Smith died
IN August Three are to be chosen
under term expiration.
An interesting sidelight on the
McNichol death is that he told one
OF his clerical friends a short time
ago that he was about ready to quit
the political game. "I have done
my Bit was the way he put it.
Senator Bois Penrose, who was
absent from Philadelphia on a gun
ming trip on Barnegat Bay when
Senator James p. McNichol died, in
statement yesterday said: THE
death of Senator McNichol is to me
a personal loss. For many years we
had been intimately associated in
public affairs, but it is his passing
as friend that is uppermost in my
mind. He brought to the service
or Philadelphia and of this Com
monwealth fine mind clear vision,
hrmness of will and the noblest
courage. His public conduct was
unmoved by consideration of selfish
motives. He was no time server and
he had consuming scorn for eva
sion and Hypocrisy man of the
highest purposes, of nobility of
character and a loyal friend"
The Press. on the other hand,
mentions Thomas w. Cunningham,
court clerk as the man who will sue
coed McNichol No one has taken
up Harry j.. Trainer since the day
after McNichol died The Press says:
From declarations made yesterday
by McNichol lieutenants in the city
and state, it is apparent that Thomas
w. Cunningham, clerk of the courts
Will be chosen to rally the McNichol
followers in Philadelphia, and that
Auditor General Charles A. Snyder,
of Pottsville, will he selected as the
leader of the Penrose forces in the
state. Immediate action is made
necessary in both city and state be-
cause of the activity of the Ware
forces yesterday. Reports poured in
upon the newly organized Republi-
can Alliance that councilmen elected
by the Town Meeting party and the
McNichol element We're deserving to
the Wares and that there was grave
danger that the Wares would have
the needed two-thirds vote in coun-
ellis for the passage of any legisla-
tion they might desire.
The North American says in its
review of McNichol to-day: Worry
over the treatment accorded his
friend and supporter, James A.
Carey, mercantile appraiser, was one
of the contributory causes to the
death of State Senator James p. Me
Nichol. Close friends of Senator
McNichol said yesterday that it was
the treachery of Mayor Smith, who
turned against the man who had
made him politically, that had
really caused the condition"
Additional interest in the prob
able appointment by Governor
Brumbaugh to place on the bench
of the Philadelphia Orphans Court,
rendered vacant by the death sew
eral months ago, through the death
of Judge Norris Dallett, was revived
yesterday, when it was found that
interests representing four possible
choices We're busily at work pulling
strings for their favorite candidates,
Assistant City Solicitor Joseph S.
Magee is said to have first call for
the place, but William c. Wilson,
also an assistant in the office of City
Solicitor Connolly, looms up as a
possible choice. Although he was
considered several weeks ago as
favorite in the race, the tide turned
anu II was IuIlOIGu he was elllnl-
mated. Joseph +. Cullen, prominent
attorney with powerful backing,
now has forged ahead in the situa-
ton.
City Solicitor John z. Connolly
has been suggested as a compromise
or harmony" candidate for the state
senatorship in the district which the
late Senator James p. McNichol rep
resented in Harrisburg since his cleo
ton to succeed the late John c.
Grady in November, 1904, says the
Inquirer. Mr.. Connolly yesterday
declared that he was not a candidate
for that or any other office. Con-
tinues the Inquirer: ''Nothwith-
standing this fact however, it is
known that steps are being taken by
admirers of Mr.. Connolly, both
among the close friends of the late
Senator McNichol and among others
who have recently, at least, been
allied with the Smith-Vare combina-
ton to bring about an agreement up
on Mr.. Connelly's nomination. MIR.
Connolly, in the appointments made
In the office OF city solicitor, recog-
nized both factions and did not in
any way, his friends declare, inter-
fere with any of his subordinates rs
to how they should vote at the re-
cent election"
The Ledger in discussing Con-
nelly and the situation says: Stat
ed conclsely, the situation, which has
developed as suddenly as the Nc
Nichol death, is that Senator Pen
rose now represents certain and
powerful political influence in the
state at large and the Wares repre-