Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19
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William C. Sproul will be the last
governor to be inaugurated from the
old entrance to the Capitol which
has done duty for ceremonies fO.'
more than thirty years and which Is
to give way in the next few years
to a handsome formal approach to
the State House more than 100 feet
wide and adapted to such events.
The announcement that Senator
william T.. Crow, the Republican
state chairman, would be chairman
of the inaugural committee, means
that immediate preparations will be
started and people here look for
notable demonstration. The gen.
eral plan is for the Inauguration to
take place from the big. steps at
Third and State streets, facing the
Susquehanna river and to have q big
parade follow. The invitations will
be issued some time in December
and there will be no difficulty about
caring for the crowds as the new
Penn Harris hotel is to be finished
by that time. Senator Crows as
sistant in the inaugural ceremonies
will be w. Harry Baker, secretary
OF the State Senate, who was the
youngest page boy in the Senate
when Senator Sproul took his seat as
the Youngest Senator in 1897 and
whose boyhood friend, Senator Ed
ward E. Beidleman, becomes lieute-
nant governor. Senator Sproul will
begin preparation of his address in
few weeks and 1t is being looked
forward to by people here as they
have not awaited the address of any
incoming governor in years. Gov
ernor Martin G. Brumbaugh is al
ready working out thoughts for his
farewell message to the Legislature
which will be delivered on the first
day of the session and two weeks be-
fore the inauguration
William I. Schaffer, who will
probably be the next attorney gen.
eral, was here yesterday as counsel
in an important argument before the
Public Service Commission. Mr..
Schaffer, who has been in charge of
the responsible work of preparing
the opinion of the states appellate
courts, is one of the authorities on
the history of law and one of the
most widely read of attorneys. He
is a noted orator and is no stranger
to Harrisburg as he has often APP
peared here in political campaigns,
generally as the speaker on the clos
ing night ir big contests, and as
counsel in cases at the Capitol and
in the Dauphin county courts.
Senator William e. Crow, who will
be the chairman of the committee in
charge of the Inauguration, will fill
that place because the Dauphin
Senator, who, according to prece-
dent would be in charge, happens to
be very much of participant in the
ceremonies of that day. Senator
Edward E. Beidleman, presiding OIL
Ger at the Brumbaugh inauguration,
will be inaugurated as lieutenant
governor
1t is possible that the two United
States Senators and Ex-Governor Ed
win S. Stuart may attend the Sproul
ceren1 onies. Governor Stuart is q
close friend of Senator Sproul and
one of the strongest advocates of
his selection for months before the
election. His speeches in his behalf
attracted as much attention as his
address at Girard College on the
Fourth Liberty Loan, which has al
ready been referred to in the Har-
risburg Telegraph. The two Sena-
tors have not been at any big cere.
mony here since the dedication of
the Capitol.
It is probable that very prompt
start will be made on the Capitol
Park Extension landscaping next
spring. The ground has been made
ready for the filling and as the plans
are in hand the idea is to get things
moving. Virtually nothing was done
this year except clear and fill In
owing to the war, but next year the
improvement of the old park the
tiondscaping of the new and the
creation of the formal entrance VIII
be under way.
"I don't think we are going to be
anv better off IN regard to horses
and mules now that peace is here.
In fact, we will be up against IL as
much as ever unless there is more
livestock raised for draft use," SAID
n man who follows farming condi-
tions this morning. There are
thousands of Pennsylvania horses
and the good old mule in Europe
and the demands of agriculture in
France will have to be met. Many
an army mule and many a horse Will
wind up his days on a French farm.
It is up to us to encourage preedlnS