Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-10

-Philadelphia newspapers gen.
erally regard the Governors state
ment as declaration of war against
Sproul, although he is not mention
ed by name. The Inquirer TODAY
prints a picture of Colonel Roose-
Nelt and Senator Sproul taken yes
teIday at the Sproul shipyard where
the colonel spent the day, the pic
turc giving the impression that the
Colonel and the Senator are very
chummy. They are good personal
friends and have been for a long
time. The Colonel visited pron1i-
nent Bull Boosers and asked about
the Pennsylvania situation. Incl
dentally he made a speech which is
not given much attention by Demo-
cratic organs.
Senator Penrose reached Pitts
nursR for the Armstrong dinner to-
night in company with Auditor Cen
eral Snyder and Representative Isa-
dore Stern, who will be run in op-
position to Congressman-at-la
John r. X. Scott.
The Inquirer to-day says that
sentiment among the men at Pitts
burgh is strongly for Sproul and also
hints that James +. Woodward,
chairman of the appropriations
committee of the last House, NAV
be run for acknowledgements and
another man named for secretary of
internal affairs. At this distance
it looks as though Secretary Paul
W. Houck might be a harmony man
for the secretaryship. The admin
lstration is for him and with Penrose
support he would just sail right
along.
The conference of labor leaders
and grangerS here this week devel-
oped the fact that the labor men
had urged Clifford Pinchot to be-
come a candidate and that, as indi-
Gated in this column nearly two
months ago, he was certain to have
the support of all those who were
not for DR.. John Price jackson.
Mr.. Ptnchot set out to get the Gran
gers with his ideas of rural uplift
and general welfare, but does not
seem to have been as successful as
he was with the labor men who re-
membered him as the friend of Roose-
velt. The Grangers, however, have
been sitting in with Farmer"
Greasy and other Democrats so long
that they were wary of any Repub-
licans and the horny-handed sons of
the farm refused to hurrah very
much. Hence Mr.. Pinchot went to
visit O'Neil and Greasy said to some
friends that there were some good
points to this fellow Mccormick. d"
The labor men still hope that
Pinchot will run and those who
boosted Jackson are willing to line
up behind the forester since DR..
Jackson is busy in France.
ngressman-at-large McLaugh-
lin does not seem to be losing any
time or sleep over the coal situation.
Instead of debating it he rushed to
the men in charge and demanded
thai Philadelphia and Eastern Penn
| sylvania be given some of the coal
| being shipped to other states. It
Is understood that the Congressman
| secured some agreements whereby
the difficulty will be remedied as a
result of his forceful presentation
OF the matter.
judgments aggregating S25, 200
have been piled up against County
Treasurer Anders at Norristown. An
ders tried to commit suicide.
Reading has saved $4,000 of its
annual payroll by cutting out some
offices. In Pittsburgh the Magee
councilmen cut out several city Of
fees. which the Gazette-Times says
were established under Magee, as
badly needed. 1t is intimated that