Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-21
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BY the Ex-Committccman

II by tne Ex-COmmittccman II
II
Commissions for Alexander Simp-
SON, Jr., and John w. Kephart, elect
ed justices of the Supreme Court
fog period of twenty-one years and
for Judge William d. Porter of the
superior court, for ten years, have
been signed by the Governor and
sent by the department of the Sec
retary of the Commonwealth to the
men chosen last month. They Will
take office next month.
The certiflcation of election OF the
new Governor and Lieutenant Gov
ernor are being prepared at the
State Department and they Will re-
ceive commissions on parchment
while the official returns of election
Of the Senators and Representatives
who wih sit in the next general as
sembly are being made ready for
presentation. on the day of organ
ization.
The four Congressmen-at-Lar
and the thirty-two district Congress
men will be sent certificates shortly
At the State Department the final
tabulations of the official votes are
the statement of the vote by dis
tricts and counties which is to be
carried out within a few weeks.
When these acts are performed the
election of 1918 will be fully re-
corded.
Officials of the State Department
of Labor and Industry refuse to
make any statements about the
sharp criticism of the employment
service made by the president of
the Sun Shipbuilding Company in
which Governor elect William c.
Sproul is interested. 1t has been held
here right along that the federal
government had put the state into
the background in the matter of en-
ployment agencies and that If there
was anything to say Washington
could probably say it.
The only thing that seems to
have been agreed upon by the Phil
adelphia charter revisers is that
there should be one council. The
Quaker City is the last to cling to the
two chamber system, which will
probably be returned to thirty-tive
years from now.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch insists
thatthea relations of Mayor Babcock
and the Pittsburgh councilmen have
become strained over the budget,
while the Post says they have taken
to comforting over something in
secret"
-Lackawanna county people are
insisting that the investigation into
the alleged ballot frauds Lc sweep
ing and that an example be made so
that there will be nothing OF the
kind again for q while
Lebanon county fathers will
probably have struggle over water
service in some sections of the
town.
Taking the first step toward OBJ
tanning power at the hands of the
next Legislature to increase taxa
ton for public school purposes in
Pittsburgh, the board of public edu-
cation yesterday, on motion of Mar
Gus Aaron, directed it's finance COM
mittee to consider the question and
report back to the board, with rec
concentrations, says the Pittsburgh
Post.
A minimum tax of seven and a
maximum of eight. mills is favored
by board members who have express
ed themselves, instead of the 6-S
mills limit proposed by the Philadel-
phia board.
Congressman j. Hampton Moore,
of Philadelphia, is demanding that
the muddle in the War Department
over soldiers be explained. The Phil
adelphia congressman has been en-
deavoring to straighten out some
things about constituents and is
somewhat inclined to be disgusted
with what he struck.
The mention of Secretary of
War Newton d. Baker as a possible
Democratic candidate for president
does not seem to arouse any more
enthusiasm than the talk of Ma
tional Chairman Vance c. McCor-
mick for the same place--now that
the war is over.
District Attorney Hannum, of
Delaware county, and Representa-
tive-elect William Cloud Alexander,
of Media, had tilt in the Delaware
courts yesterday and the district at
torney got fined for contempt of
court.
Philadelphia labor is now de-
manding a share in the drafting of
the new charter for that city.
An investigation has been or
dered into the conduct of the North.
ampton county almshouse. There
have been some charges floating
around which will be probed.
-Lieutenant-G t-Governor-elect Ed
ward f. Beidleman was speaker at
an Allentown Masonic dinner last
evening. The new Lieutenant-G Gov
ernor is kept pretty busy trying to
fill requests for him to speak.
III. T. Madsen, of the Westing-
house plants at Chester, is the latest
to attack the employment service.
He does not seem to think much of
the system followed in this state or
the Federal bossing of it, either.
The manner in which the Phil
adelphia Public Ledger is CRITICS.
! ing the Railroad Administration for
the way it is running passenger
! trains in Eastern Pennsylvania is at
tracing attention. The Ledger is
| hardly what could be called a cor
poration newspaper and 1t is pre-
senting some matters which have
long been in the public mind, but
which many have hesitated to ex-
press because of the noisy group OF
Federal administration shouters and
the cry of win the war;" The Leg
gers remarks will be followed with
Interest at Washington. but regarded
ms rank treason in Market Square
Harrisburg. Pa.