Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-11
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By the Ex-Committeeman

Governor Martin G.. Brumbaugh
not only intends to make his voice
heard in the nomination of candi-
date to run on the Republican
ticket for Governor, but he intends
to have some say in the selection of
Congressional, Senatorial and As
sembly candidates at the May spri-
mary. The Governor started to
show an interest in the legislative
nominations as soon as the dry"
amendment was passed and a num-
Der of men connected with the state
government and some aligned with
the Governors faction were re-
quested by Private Secretary Will
| liam H. Ball to send at their earliest
convenience names and opinions on
the various aspirants or men talked
of. Some of the men promptly
hunted up candidates and started
| them toward Harrisburg. Others
are still seeking information.
When it became apparent that
there were some Republican leaders
| for Senator William G. Sproul for
Governor the Executive Department
| enlarged its activities and sent let
ters asking about the men under
| discussion as timber for Congress
| sional and Senatorial nominations.
The interest of the Governor in the
Senatorial nominations was natural
as he will have quite a number of
appointments to send to the next
Senate for confirmation and if the
| Senate is friendly to him the ap-
pointees may not be held over until
the incoming Governor takes his
seat, as was done in the case of men
| by Governor Tener.
The Congressional selections will
be watched closely because of effect
on legislative contests and also with
an eye to the control of the Key
stone State delegation at Washing
ton.
| Northern tier congressional mat
ters are commencing to heat up, al
| though the winter is one of the cold
est. Congressman Clark, Kiess and
! McFadden will all be candidates for
reelection. District Attorney Farr,
of Wyoming, is one of the men who
would like to succeed to the seat of
Mr.. McFadden in the Fourteenth
| district, while Col. II. M. Foote and
Walter Merrick are thinking about
contesting in the fifteenth. There
have been reports that A. H. Gaffney
of Kane, would enter the contest for
the seat which will be vacated be-
cause Congressman c. H. Rowland
will not run again. Center may have
a candidate, too. Congressman l..
II. Beshlin, of Warren, will have to
fight again for the seat which he
won in the special election in No
Vember and he may have opposition
| in his own party. The Republicans
will have several candidates. In the
| Erie district it is expected that Mr.
Clark will not have much trouble.
Lebanon county's Democratic
committee has elected NJ. B. Maurer
a halter of Lebanon city as chair
! man to succeed A. /. Hartman,
whose service as chairman was re-
warded with the Lebanon post
office. There will also be a division
chairman to elect, but that will be
put off until the time comes to
gather in the shekels.
1t is expected that before Janu-
ary ends there will be something
like one hundred deserving Demo-
Gratis named to positions in the in
come tax service. They pay no tax
themselves and are selected as will
ed by local bosses. 1t is said that
some have been we'll qualified to
serve through the barbering and
other businesses.
ALI doubts about Senator Will
liam C. Sproul becoming a candidate
for Governor were dispelled by his
statements at Pittsburgh last night
and people are now looking toward
Harrisburg for some statement by
| Highway Commissioner ]. Denny
O'Neil. Whether Governor Brum-
baugh will reply to Senator Sproul
seemed to interest many people to-
day. The Governor is distinctly fav-
orable to Mr.. O'Neil and if the man
II H..
his candidacy, the Governor would
likely be prompt to endorse him.
The Philadelphia Ledger in a
Pittsburgh dispatch says that the
Armstrong dinner was arranged for
a smoothing out of differences on a
state ticket and adds: And it was
all done under the assumption, rath-
er we'll founded, that the Wares
would endorse a ticket headed by
Sproul."
Senator Penrose made tart re-
joinder to Governor Brumbaugh's s
statement of Tuesday night. He de-
clared that the Governors endorse
ment of any candidate would be "a
heavy burden" The Senator also
said that the Governor was thor
oughly discredited and other things
which sound like the interchange of
statements in Harrisburg on the eve
last House of Representatives. The
Senator rather surprised many peo-
pie by saying that he had not found
much sentiment in favor of the dry"
amendment and that both the pro-
hibition and suffrage amendments
were state questions.
On the subject of the Governor
Senator Penrose said: There is a
general demand that the next Gov
ernor be a competent man who un-
derstands the needs of the state and
will introduce that economy and eff
ficiency in administering the affairs
of the state which has been entirely
absent under the administration of
I Brumbaugh."
-Commissioner Daniel +. Dafean
saws that there is nothing doing in
the way of congressional nomina-
tions for him.
4 Announcement that the Anti
4 Saloon League would open its cam
paign in Central Pennsylvania in
behalf of the prohibition amend
lment at a meeting here on January
1872 was made to-day by DR.. e. ".
Claypool, the superintendent. The
speakers will include Governor Brum-
baugh. Wayne b. Wheeler, Wash
! ington, and ex-Representative c. F..
Swift, of Beaver. A series of other
meetings will be held in central
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