Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-17
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BY the Ex-Committecman

Not only will Governor Martin G.
Brumbaugh be called upon to send
to the next Senate the names of the
| state officials refused confirmation
last year and who won the Supreme
Court contest when the Auditor
General challenged the Governors
right to appoint as recess appoint
ments, but he will have an unusual
list of names to present to the upper
branch of the Legislature when his
term ends. This list will probably be
the greatest in years and the fate of
some of the men now holding official
places is frankly in doubt.
1t is customary for the retiring
Governor to submit all appointments
made in the recess to the Senate
when he delivers his suggestions in
the form of a message and this Gov
ernor Brumbaugh will be called upon
to do with Senate which will be
more or less hostile to some of his
appointees. Four years ago all ap-
pofntments of the retiring Governor
were withdrawn by Governor Brum-
baugh who held them until the very
last week of the session of 1915 and
then made up his own list, causing a
stir such as had not been known in
years in state politics.
Among the high state officials
whose names must go before the
Senate are Adjutant General Frank
d. Beary, Secretary of Agriculture
Charles E. Patton, Banking Commits
sioner Daniel +. Lafean, Insurance
Commissioner Charles A. Amber,
Highway Commissioner J. Denny
O'Neil, Commissioner of Fisheries
Nathan r. Butler, superintendent of
Public Printing D. E. Long, Public
Service Commissioners w. A. Magee.
NJ. ]. Ryan and H. NJ. Mcclure, Chief
of Mines Seward Button and James
w. Leech, of the State Compensation
Board
The historic August meeting of
| the Democrats of Lehigh county,
which has opened Democratic state
campaigns for more than a century,
will take place late to-day and Judge
Eugene c. Ronniwell, the nominee
for governor in spite of the bosses,
will be the star speaker. The judge
landed in Lehigh last night from
Pittsburgh where he had been in
conference and made a speech at the
noted that Congressman Arthur G..
DeWalt and other men who won at
the primary against the Palm mer-Mc
Cormick combine, will be prominent
with Bonniwell.
Judge Bonniwell is reported to
have completed arrangements for the
establishment of committees to han
die his campaign in western counties
where the official committees are
controlled by the machine. These
committees will be announced when
all efforts to get closer cooperation
fail. 1t is said that some prominent
Democrats disgusted with the place
grabbing of the Palmer Mccormick
element have lined up with Bonni-
we'll
In regard to the attitude of
Judge Bonniwell toward the official
machine of his party the Philadel-
phia Record, which speaks by the
book for the nominee, says: Judge
Bonniwell stands unalterably oppos-
ed to the ratification of the national
prohibition amendment and it Is
upon this issue he will carry his fight
into every section of the state. Sena-
tor William c. Sproul, the Republi-
anc nominee, has already gone on
record as favoring the passage Of
the amendment, so the issue between
the two candidates is clearly drawn.
1t is not considered likely that the
Democratic resolutions committee
will include in its platform any
plank calling for the defeat of :he
proposed amendm The mem
'bers of the committee, of course, will
be guided entirely by the wishes of
National Chairman Vance c. McCor-
mick and National Committeeman A.
Mitchell Palmer and they would not
dare to prepare platform in con-
formanC> with the wishes of the
majority of Pennsylvania Demo-
Gratis, as expressed at the polls at
the May primaries. Reports were
current here yesterday that the reso-
lutions committee would agree to
sidestep the liquor issue If Judge
Bonniwell would agree to attend the
conference"
The Philadelphia Public Ledger
attacked the plan for division of
Philadelphia wards. saying that there
are too many already"
The Fifth ward case is to be
taken to the highest courts according
to counsel for the convicted men.
SENATOR Sproul will make a
number of additional speeches next
week, but not start his campaign
until September. Senator Beidle-
man goes to Killinger to-day.