Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-01
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Pea~oqlsonio
BY the Ex-Comrnitteeman

The upheaval in Philadelphia
politics may have the effect of post
poning action by Governor Martin G.
Hrumbaugh in regard to changes
and appointments on Capitol Hill
and it is not believed now that the
Governor will precipitate in bring
ing the matter of tenure of office of
Chief OF Mines James e. Roderick
TO crisis. However, it may be pos
sible that the Governor may per-
suade some of the members of the
State Commission of Agriculture to
give more attention to the work of
the commission or else decide to
make some changes. The Governor
is understood to be dissatisfied with
the way the commission idea has
been working out.
Chief Roderick has NOT baen id,a
since IL was communicated to him
that the Governor desired TO have
MIN give way to a younger man
and friends of the Governor and of
the chief have been impressing
upon DR.. Brumbaugh the situation
from the Roderick standpoint. Mr..
Roderick has been sitting tight and
awaiting the next move.
IL is regarded as improbable that
the Governor will fill any vacancies
In departments or commissions with
the possible exception of adiutant
general for some time. Col. Frank
u. Beary, deputy under the late
General Stewart, who has been en-
trusted with details of organization
OF the reserve Militia is the man
most talked of for the place.
The Philadelphia INQUIRER in IFS
CHESTER c0nnfV
terday said: Lew Miller. Register
OF Wills, is in no end of a stew over
the action of Auditor General Sny-
der IN appointing two collectors for
tne new inheritance tax passed by
the late Legislature. The Register
says they are entirely superfluous
ana their pay. $4,000, an unnecessary
burden on the taxpayers. The Audi
tor General has failed to be con-
Vlnced, however, and through the
of Senator t. Larry
Eyre has appointed to the posts
ffed y. Cope, of Lincoln University.
ana Harry Sloyer, of Phoenixville.
both nave reported for duty, but
nave been denied official recognition
py Register Miller. Mr.. Cope, who
is former member of the Legis-
iature' has powerful political fol-
lowing in the lower chain of town
shlps and is both shrewd and re-
sourceful. The outcome. of the
tempest will likely be the retention
of both officials"
The Philadelphia Ledger says edi- |
torially regarding the recent poIi- |
teal upheaval in the Quaker Citv. |
Ihe success of the endeavor to rally |
the good citizenship. of PhiladeIphia |
TO mass attack upon the Contrac- |
tors Plunderbund will depend in |
great measure upon two Important
FACTORS, namely, the character of the
leaders who shall be enlisted to lead
the movement and to carry the
standards, and the extent to which |
the substantial element of the COM |
nuhlty, as represented in organiza-
lohs ike the Union League, the
: bodies, large and small, |
In the banks and trust companies
etc., shall be willing to enroll them
serves openly against government bv
murder and in support of a program |
or nonpartisan efficiency"
Evidently the practical side of |
politics is uppermost in SchuvlkiII |
county, judging from a PottsvilIe
dlspatch, which says: "Since II is |
certain that Judges H. o. BechteI
ana Charles e. Berger have been
automatically elected by reason
that they have each received over
htty per cent. of the total vote
cast at the primaries on the 18th
INST, the candidates for Sheriff on /
the republican and the Democratic
tickets will be obliged to bear the |
eApehse enI OF the political campaign |
from now on to November 6. The
cost Oh the campaign, therefore, falls
upon Joseph Wyatt, Mahanoy City,
Republican, and Patrick ]. Murnhv
Shenandoah, Democrat. Each ~ |
them knows what q political cam
palgn means to the purse strings |
Each has been before the electors
before. Wyatt campaigned and won
as member of the Legislature upon |
the Republican ticket and Murphy
won out on the Democratic ticket |
TOT Sherln, from which office he re-
tlred after serving a term, to which
ne was elected eight years ago"
Arrest of Mercantile Appraiser
William n. Finley, a state officer
:, ,fhllauelphla councilman and first
lieutenant OF Senator Ware, In the |
Philadelphia scandal on SATURDAY
has caused much sensational rIIk |
throughout the state and Is bound |
to have much effect upon the No
vember elections. District Attornev
Rotan has declared that other mr..
rests Will be made as evidence war
rants. but asserted with emphasis
that he has nothing against Senator
Ware.
Meanwhile things are moving
toward an Independent political
movement in Philadelphia and Thos
+. Armstrong, chairman OF the
town meeting, will start to-day TO
enroll men for the new party at the
old !ilankenburg headquarters.
Senator Ware has declared that
Deutsch was mot on his slde' ana
Deutsch declares now he never cot
any money from Finley.
I'm Pittsburgh there have been
some moves against illegal voters
and in one case a man prosecuted
by Magee chieftain for alleged
illegal registration produced a tax
receipt issued from the office of
Delinquent Tax Collector Grenet
one of Magee's leaders.
The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
says that EX-Auditor General Powell