Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-16
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By the Ex-Committeeman

to-day announced the names of the
men who will draft the platform for
the Republican state campaign of
/ 1918 and the special committee on
to each of the men selected and the
chairmen will call the meetings.
The platform committee is
headed by John r. Halsey, of
! WilkeS-Barre and is composed of the
following: Charles H. Hetzel, Pitts
burgh: Elwood w. Minister. Bristol;
! r. Earl Penrod, Johnstown; Harry
B.. Scott. Phillipsburg; c. Victor
johnson, Meadville; John H. Myers,
Lancaster; Fred B. Gernerd, Allen
town; Harry G. Seip. Easton; Will
liam S. Rial. Greensburg; with
the state candidates: Senator
William c. Sproul. of Chester;
Senator E. Z. Beidleman. Harris
burg; Representative James F.
Woodward. McKeesport; Thomas S.
Crago, Waynesburg; NJ. NJ. Garland,
Edgewood; William J. Burke, Pitts
burgh, and Anderson H. Walters,
Johnstown.
The rules committee is composed
of B. Harry Warren, West Chester:
Representative William T. Ramsey,
Chester, and Henry T. Albee, Gale
ton, Potter county.
Officials at thee executive and
state departments at the State Capt.
tol declare that nothing has been
determined upon as yet as to the
measures for taking the votes of the
Pennsylvania soldiers in France.
Governor Brumbaugh, who will be
at the Reserve Militia encampment
at Mt. Gretna this week, will prob
a hl a i
Beary, who was at the War De-
partment in regard to the matter.
George J. Brennan, writing in
the Philadelphia Inquirer, says that
| congressman w. W. Griest is bent
on having the next State Treasurer
from Lancaster county. He says
that there arc signs that Represen-
tative Michael R. Hoffman, of May
town. is the man who is being much
| mentioned and prints an interesting
story of which this is part: "Ches-
ter W. Hill, former collector of Gus
toms at this port, who is secretary of
the Patriotic Union of Pennsylvania,
an organization formed by men of
affairs throughout the state, primar-
| lily to insure the nomination and
election of William Cameron Sproul
| to the governorship and which, when
it appeared that the Ware favorite,
John r. X Scott, was becoming a
! formidable candidate for lieutenant
governor, swung its influence to SEN
! ator Edward E. Beidleman for sec
ond place on the ticket, remarked to
a Oriend Just after the primaries, If
| the Penrose leaders had assured
Griest that they would support Mich
| ael Hoffman, of Lancaster, for State
! Treasurer, Beidleman would not
| have had to bother about Lancaster
county's vote Griest turned the
! full power of his organization to
| Scott in a combination with the
| Wares and the Brumbaugh admins
| tration, but Scott's friends were dis
| appointed upon his getting but a lit
| tie more than 5000 majority over
, Beidleman when they were counting
upon nearer 5000. Beidleman COM
( ing from the neighboring county of
Dauphin made a surprisingly good
| run in view of the opposition to his
candidacy by the leader of the or
| ganization."
The strenuous Chamber of Com
merce of Wilkes-Barre, which made
a report on police conditions in the
Luzerne capital that started a coun-
cilmanic investigation and a public
it has been looking into other mat
ters in the city. Yesterday Mayor
Kosek. was served with formal no.
tice that the Chamber and the Dis
trict Attorney are not in favor of his
presiding, but the mayor fatty an
swered that under the law he is COM
PEELED to sit and that he does not in
tend to violate his oath by neglect
ing the duties of his office. The
Chamber of Commerce officials and
the District Attorney allege that JUS
tice will be best served IL the mayor
has no official part in the investiga-
tion, but the mayor has fired back
that he is determined to sit to see
that justice is done.
| Joseph F. Guffey, late chairman
of the Democratic state committee
and candidate of the Palmer -McCor-
mick faction for Governor without
results of a satisfactory character,
seems to have been we'll taken care
of by the national administration.
He has been put in charge of vast
/ properties by Custodian Palmer.
/ -Westm oreland county people
have started to speculate about the
next judge for that county. Judge
Mcconnell will be commissioned as
| president judge and the Governor
will name an additional law judge
soon. Half a dozen men are being
mentioned, but it is believed that the
Governor will do as he did in the
Mcclure appointment-follow his
own inclinations.
The Philadelphia Ledger is not
inclined to sit quietly under the
criticism of the State Bar Associa-
ton for its action in favor of a
change in the judicial election. The
Ledger thinks that there should be a
change and that the present law is a
failure, which even critics of the
State Association must realize.
Chester city council took a short
way of dealing with housing prob
lem. The fleet corporation wanted
some housing arrangements made
and a land company did not. Council
enacted ordinances which the land
company did not want.
From all accounts Clinton Rog-
ers Woodruff, named as a member OF
a local draft board in Philadelphia.
was appointed by Washington. It is
said that Governor Brumbaugh op-
posed him.
The Altoona Tribune makes
these observations on politics in the
state: The Republican leaders must
present a constructive platform il
they wish to win the confidence of
the majority OF the voters. .
President Wilson - expected by
Judge Bonniwell to render valuable
aid during the coming campaign.
Perhaps the judge will not be disap-