Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-25
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BY the Ex-Committeenan

DR.. B. E. P. Prugh, chairman OF
the Prohibition state committee, to-
day announced plans for a thirty-day
tour to open the States campaign.
The tour will be made in the State
committees own car and the chair
man will be accompanied by S, w.
Grathwell on visits to twelve counties
in Western Pennsylvania. One of the
features of the opening of the cam
paign will be afternoon conferences
open to the people of the community
visited at which everyone will be in
vited to give views. The county chair
men have written DR.. Prugh approx
ing his plan.
Later on in the fall a similar cam
paign in Eastern Pennsylvania with
Philadelphia as a center will be un-
dertaken.
The schedule for the first tour will
include, September to IL in Allie
ghenny county, centering in Pitts
burgh. and then the following places
on successive days, Butler, Zelinople,
Rochester and Beaver, Beaver Falls,
Ellwood City, New Castle, Grove City,
Mercer, Sharon, Greencastle, Mead
Vile, Edinboro, Union City, Cory,
Titusville, Oil City, the latter and
Franklin being included on Septem-
ber 80; Clarion, Brookville, Dubois,
Punxsutawney and Indiana. DR..
Prugh, who is a Presbyterian min
lister, will preach on Sundays during
the tour.
General relief has been express
ed not only on Capitol Hill but in
the State that the unpleasant fea-
lures of a court test of the Gov
ernor's right to reappoint officials
rejected by the Senate have been
eliminated by an agreement on Au-
ditor General Snyders suggestion
that deputies or chief clerks be en-
powered to sign payrolls until the
status of their chiefs is determined.
This agreement was not received
with pleasure by some of the Off
cials who wanted to stand on their
rights and Attorney General Brown
was slow to come around to it. How
ever, the letters exchanged late yes
terday show that a plan to submit
to the court a clear-cut question on
the right of the Governor to appoint
has been outlined. 1t is rather re-
markable that neither in federal or
Pennsylvania court records has
there ever been a decision on the
question as it now looms up here. In |
Ohio and other States the supreme |
courts have held that the Governor !
cannot reappoint men rejected by
the Senate.
There is possibility that in |
the event of prolonged litigation |
some of the men named by the Gov
ernor may decide to quit rather |
than face a long outlay of cash with
doubt as to recovery. In the case of |
Compensation Commissioner Leech |
he is called upon to pay out money |
for travelling and other expenses and |
his accounts are liable to be held up. |
Governor Brumbaugh paused |
last night in his work on bills to say
that the draft would be conducted |
as Washington wants it and that
Pennsylvania would do it's duty.
The Pittsburg Gazette-Times
prints some interesting news about
the Pittsburgh mayoralty, saying that
Public Service Commissioner Magee
is planning to become a candidate. |
The paper says that friends of the
commissioner are now trying to side
track DR.. ]. p. Kerr, president of
Pittsburgh council, who has been
considered as a candidate. The Ga
zette-Times adds there is a posi-
bility in the situation that a political
sandstorm is being staged to befog
the voter"
Mayor Smith has been getting
busy on the vice problem in Phila
delphia and has asked help from
some of the critics.
1t is to be noticed that New
York State Democrats are roaring |
about the draft appointments, but
that no complaint comes from Vir-
ginia or any southern states as to the |
selections.
State Treasurer Kephart is stay
ing in the middle of the road. He |
treasury transactions with Secretary |
Patton.
Congressman Ware has been
thanked by Frankford arsenal en-
ployes for getting them an increase
in salary.
The mayor of wilkes-Barre
seems to be a storm center. Yester-
day he was assailed in meeting by
counsel for a jitneyman and the law
yer had to be thrown out.
Bethlehem will buy the historic
zinzindorf property in that city for
a park.
The contest for the Republican
for sheriffs in Lacka-
mama is going to be worth watch
ing with three shrewd candidates in
the field, County Treasurer j. r.
Schlager, former Countroller E. A.
Jones and Frederick c. Ehrhardt,
who has represented the Third Leg
islative district for the past. twelve
years. Ehrhardt and Jones made
their entrance into the fight during
the week. Fred w. Frantz is out for
the Republican nomination for coun-
ty treasurer. Mr.. Frantz is a new
into the field and now makes
the fight a Ahree-cornered one with