Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
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By the Ex.Comzuittecman

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While no formal announcement
has been made. Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh newspapers yesterday de-
clared that Lewis s. Sadler, of Car
Isle, we'll known throughout the
state for his services on the Penn
sylvania Council OF National De-
fense. had been selected to be state
Highway Commissioner in the
Sproul administration. The selec-
ton generally met with approval,
as Mr.. Sadler's talents are every
where recognized. The Philadel-
phia Ledger says he is a personal
friend and business associate of the
new governor, while other newspa-
pers speak of him in high terms.
The Philadelphia Press says re-
garding the appointments: GOV
ernor-elect William c. Sproul will
shortly announce the appointment
OF Lewis c. Sadler. of Carlisle, as
Highways Commissioner. Senator
Sproul has not yet authorized the
announcement, but it was learned
In authoritative quarters that the
post has been offered to Mr.. Sadler,
who will accept 1t is also known
now that the Governor-elect has
asked DIR. Edward Martin to be his
Health Commissioner and that DR..
only on his release from the army,
which 1t Is believed there will be
little difficulty in securing.
Another important appointment
that is likely to come is that of
Judge John A. Evans. of the Com
mon Pleas Court of Allegheny Coun-
ty, to fill the vacancy in the Super
ior Court created by the election Of
Judge Kephart to the Supreme
Court"
I'm Philadelphia the re-appoint-
ment of Chairman Harry A. Mack
ey. Compensation Board; Nathan r.
Butler, Commissioner of Fisheries;
and one or two others are expected
soon.
Late figures show that Justice
elect John w. Kephart carried six
ty-three of the sixty-seven counties
over all of his opponents and
scored a majority of 64,150, over
his nearest competitor, Justice Alex
snder Simpson, Jr.,of Philadelphia,
who was also elected Justice and
1S6,463 majority over Charles b.
Lenahan, of Luzerne, and 2,S06
majority over Justice Edward j.
Fox, OF Northampton. Justice
Simpson received 72,313 more votes
than Mr.. Lenahan and 1861 more
than Justice Fox. Lenahan and
Fox are Democrats.
1t is estimated that Delaware
county will send close to 5000 men
to Harrisburg to help inaugurate
William c. Sproul Governor of
Pennsylvania, say Chester papers.
Many will go as representatives of
clubs throughout the city of Ches-
ter and Delaware county. while
there will be several thousand go
as individual friends of Governor
Sproul. Probably no county ~ the
state, outside of Philadelphia, has
been represented at the inaugura-
ton OF a Governor by nearly as
many people who will go from Del
aware county to the State Capitol to
give Sproul the sort of 'send-off"
that he, himself, never dreamed of.
There will probably be a contest
in the Lackawanna district as we'll
as in Luzerne. These two districts
went to Democrats by narrow mar
gins and in Lackawanna Congress-
man John r. Farr says that there
were frauds of fragrant character,
while 1t is also charged openly that
the liquor people spent money to
beat Farr. The Luzerne contest is
over the soldier vote and will have
a far-reaching effect.
The Philadelphia Inquirer re-
marks that all of the counties of
the 18th and 18th congressional dis
arin laf
in the lower house of the Legisla-
ture for the first time in years and
that Adams is Republican with all
but one of York's four members
also Republican. .' ..-'...
Squire Lewis F. Hoffman, q
figure in Allegheny county politics
for years and Justice of the peace
at Braddock, has been selected as
mercantile appraiser of Allegheny
to succeed S. ]. Grenet. He has
been in politics for thirty-five years.
Harry A. Meiser, Lebanons new
appraiser, is cigar manufacturer
at Millbach.
Daniel Connell. one of the Pitts
ton councilmen, has just returned
to his home after serving in the
student army training corps at State
College.
The final papers in the suit of
Philadelphia against the state over
four years primary expense bills
have been placed in the hands of
the courts. Over 100000 is in
volved. The state refused to pay
because of charges of extravaganza.
philadelphia newspapers say
that Ex-Speaker Richard j. Bald
win is commencing to loom up as a
formidable senatorial candidate to
take the seat of the Governor-elect
in the upper house after his inaugu-
ration.
The, Philadelphia Public Ledger
says that the suggestion that Sena-
tor Ware now wants to take the po-
lice out of politics is much too seri-
Gus" 20 be joked about.
The Pittsburgh Gazette Times
says editorially: THE Director of
Public Safety argues for more police
men because he sees trouble when
the saloons close. That is a superflu-
Gus contention: we need moro
policemen right now, while the sa-
looms are open"