Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-26
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By the Ex-Committecman

The Senate resolution requesting
the Governor to make appointments
to fill long standing vacancies and to
send names to the Senate for confir-
ernor's hand. At the executive
/ offices to-day 1t was stated that no
appointments were likely seen and
that there was no intention of send
ing names to the Senate for the
present. The Governor has refused
to make any comments upon the ac-
tion of the Senate or the valedictory
of Senator Charles A. Snyder.
The explosion in the Senate has
not improved the general situation
at the Capitol and 1t was openly de-
clared to-day that it looked as
though the session would be pro-
longed and the inquiry of the appro-
priations committee into depart
mental appropriation requests would
go on down the line Thus far the
inquiry has not been productive of
important results.
Members of the rural legislators
organization who forced the fixing
of May l as the last day upon which
bills could be presented are planning
to make a determined fight to get
| May date set for final adjournment.
They may change their plan to call
for May "a and make it May 81.
They are opposed to u June date.
| Auditor General-elect Snyder is
| planning to take charge of the Audi
! tor Generals Department at noon
next Tuesday. State Treasurer-electI
/ Harmon NJ. Kephart will take his
Office the following Monday. Sena-
! tor Snyder has refused to make any
| statement regarding his probable APP
| pointments of what his policy will
| be.
| Ex-senator Ben Jarrett, of Shar
on, is declared by the Pittsburgh Ca
| zette-Times, to be leading in the race
for the Republican nomination for
! Congress in the Twenty-eighth dis
! trict, for which Governor Brum-
| baugh is expected to call special
election within few days. Jarrett
is former Bull Mooser and was one
of the leaders of the Independent ele-
ment in the Senate. Lately he has
| been hand in glove with the regulars.
The names of Representatives Dam
| iel B. Goodwin and II. w. Mckinney,
! of Nenango; Ex-senator j. NJ. Camp
! bell, of Mercer, and Representative
John Siggins, of Warren, have been
mentioned. The Governor will give
! thirty names notice of the election
and in the meantime conferrees will
meet and make the nominations.
This special election will be the
second the Governor has called. The
| first was called for the Twenty
| fourth district. where eX-Lieutenant
Governor William NJ. Brown died
! before he could assume office and
Congressman Henry W. Temple was
| reelected.
! Attorney General Brown holds
! have 10
accept the resignation of Congress
| man o. d. Bleakely, but that Mr.
! Bleakley ceased to be a congressman
when he filed his resignation.
! Mayor Smith. of Philadelphia, is
I still indignant over the refusal OF
Auditor General A. w. Powell to pay
the Philadelphia primary bills, but
( will hold back on the proposed court
action to recover the money until the
fate of the Patton bill to make the
appropriation is decided.
! Webster Grim. former State sem
ator and former Democratic candi-
date for Governor, was at the Capt.
tol yesterday to watch the Leglsla-
ture. The old leader and Judge Il.
/ c, Bonniwell, of Philadelphia, took
considerable interest in watching the
! Democrats perform yesterday.
| The rural legislators will have
| meeting next week to outline further
plans on legislation. They are max
ing up a list of bills to fight and 1t is
possible that they may declare war
! on all Philadelphia bills which have
| a political tinge. The Democrats are
/ taking advantage of the formation OF
the league to get in some whacks.
! The House has been making
quite a record for industry even II 1t
is not getting very far with the tre-
mendous mass of bills before it,
many of which go to the Senate and
are not heard of again. Yesterday
afternoon it cleared up over forty
bills.
-Rumors of retaliatory changes
to be made in various departments
on Capitol Hill in the event that Au-
ditor General-elect Snyder starts
violent housecleaning were heard
about the Capitol to-day.
Approach of the expiration of
the term of State Treasurer Young
has revived the report that he may
become public service commissioner.
Governor Brumbaugh is understood
to regard Mr.. Young very highly.
| Democratic State Chairman Nc
Lean is understood to have decided
to let Joe Guffey, the acting chair
man, run things a little longer as Mr..
Mclean expects to be called into the
federal service soon. Perhaps Nc
Lean thinks the task of handling the
Democratic legislators is hopeless
and that Guffey, who started lot
of things, may as well take the
blame for the failure to make a