Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-27
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BY the Ex-Committeernan

Conferences held the last few days
and to be continued tomorrow be-
tween Senator Penrose and men
prominent in the Republican state
organization and between state ad-
| ministration leaders will have con-
siderable importance to this fall S
political situation. The leaders have
been waiting until Governor Brum-
baugh finishes work on the legisla-
ton, which is expected to have con-
siderable weight in determining how
things shall be done.
Auditor General Snyder saw Sena-
tor Penrose this week and it is eX-
pected that a line of procedure was
agreed upon. Administration men
have been anxious to save some of
their people who are in the fiscal de-
partments and the agreement on the
method of bringing the mandamus
suit may bring about some tanning
down in other lines.
Tho windup of action on legisla-
ton has been so dwarfed in the
newspapers and in political comment
by the war, the draft and great ma
tional matters that comparatively
few people have been following the
fate of bills and their possible af-
feet on state politics.
Things are steaming in Philadel-
phia and Pittsburgh. In Philadel-
phia Mayor Smith has put a Ware
police lieutenant of much influence
on a siding for failing to obey or
ders and is engaged in a controversy
with Secretary Daniels over vice in
which the mayor charges that the
secretary is peeved because Phila-
delphia demanded removal of intern
ed sailors.
Governor Brumbaugh will leave
either tonight or tomorrow for a
vacation trip, but the place and time
of departure is withheld at his Office.
&c. S. DeWes may succeed Coun-
~ Controller Isaac Y. Ash, of Ches-
ter who died yesterday. An appoint
ment may not be- made.
-Considerab BILE speculation is be-
ing INDUCED in as to a number of
appointments which Governor
Brumbaugh is due to make. They
will about clean up the list and it
is said to be the plan of the Gov
ernor to finish them within a few
weeks. When the Governor returns
from his vacation he will not have
many such matters to bother about.
Considerable interest has been
aroused by the restoration to the
State force of factory inspectors of
Albert Karhan, of Sabinsville, Tioga
county, who was dismissed last year
because of the strenuous nature of
the legislative contests in the Tioga-
Potter Mexican district. Karhan
was an experienced man, but got
in bad" and was let go. Recently he
appeared before the State Industrial
Board and took an examination for
inspector, which resulted in his re-
appointment.
Commissioner of Banking Dan
iel F. Lafean, who is the man who
will probably figure as the complain
ant in the mandamus proceeding to
compel Auditor General Snyder to
recognize the Governors appoint
ments, was ready for whatever might
turn up early this week. He was
not sure what would be done about
the payrolls and when he went home
to York Tuesday he arranged for
S22 900 to be loaned him to pay the
salaries of everyone in the depart
ment in the event that the contest
resulted in a holdup of pay. Mr..
Lafean said that he did not propose
TO have any one inconvenienced. For
tunately the acceptance of Auditor
General Snyder's suggestion that
deputies sign pay rolls pending the
decision avoided any trouble. Mr..
Lafean was ready, however.
Wires coming into Harrisburg
have been pretty hot the last twenty
four hours to ascertain something
about the appropriation bills. The
legislators have been turning toward
Harrisburg more now than at any
time since the General Assembly
went honna