Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-19

nounced dry" candidate be backed.
Then A. Mitchell Palmer began talk
ing about the prime qualities of ex-
State Treasurer William H. Berry as
a gubernatorial candidate. And then
Mr.. Berry wrote to Mr.. Mccormick,
saying that if the national chair
man felt that the call was loud
enough for him to be a candidate he
would be for Mccormick to the fin
ish. Otherwise Berry wanted to try
again. As it stands now, Mccormick
has chased all of the other possible
candidates to the high branches and
is at the foot of the tree waiting to
see whether the chances are good
enough for him to be a candidate
himself. If he does not consider
them bright enough he will announce
that his duties in Washington have
first consideration. But at the same
time Democrats aligned with the ma
uonal chairman say that with Re-
publican split there are chances for
a Democrat to be elected governor of
Pennsylvania and that from the gu
| bernatorial chair the road is glitter
ing with the White House at the
other end.
AS to the Republican situation
the Wares are insisting on Congress-
man John r. K. Scott for the Re-
publican nomination for Lieutenant
Governor and there are all sorts of
threats about what they will do if
he is not taken. Congressman w. w.
Griest, of Lancaster, is reported be-
hind Scott The talk in Philadelphia
is that when the Republican city
committee of Philadelphia meets it
will declare for Sproul. but insist on
Scott and Secretary of Internal At
fairs Paul w. Houck for the rest of
the ticket. The Penrose people will
back James +. Woodward for Secre-
tary of Internal Affairs, but have
made no announcement on second
place. The Public Ledger says to-day
that the Penrose people are showing
"unalterable opposition to Scott
and favor William A. Magee, former
Mayor of Pittsburgh, for Lieutenant
Governor.
The Philadelphia Press says that
Penrose may be found making dry
speeches before the campaign ends
because of the spread of sentiment
and that Brumbaugh men who cir
culate O'Neil petitions may have to
explain to Auditor General Snyder
If they work in office hours.
The North American gives prom
inence to-day to the declarations of
Ex-Governor Edwin S. Stuart and
Benjamin f. Dimmick, the anti
Penrose candidate for Senator in
! 1914, for Sproul as the best fitted
man for Governor.
| -Brumbaugh and ONeil men
were very cocky to-day over what
they declared would be some Inter
eSting news" and inclined to resent
/ any suggestion that the Wares would
be for Sproul. Mr.. O'Neil is in Pitts
burgh where he will attend big re-
ligious meeting and meet some of
his friends, while the men who have
been active in the administration S
political work were intimating that
more heads would fall soon.
Pittsburgh and Scranton news
papers are not saying much editor
tally, but are very much inclined to
print all of the news no matter which
side is hit or favored. The Altoona
Tribune is calling on men to enroll
to fight for dry legislative candi-
dates, but has not come out for any
candidate for Governor.
No one about Capitol Hill was
very much surprised yesterday when
the news came out from Philadelphia
that a couple of factory inspectors
had been fired" as such matters are
known in Philadelphia hotels before
officials of departments in which
they work admit that it is true The
Capitol has been prepared for q
long time for dismissal of men or
"disloyalty" charges and the specu-
lation is as to who it is going to be
next
Friends of II. NJ. Sutton, who hYs
been talked of as likely to run for
the Legislature in the Second York
district, say he will not run. w. s.
Hammond, the old war horse of that
district is being talked of.
Congressman Il. X. Focht is hav-
ing a very entertaining time in his
Lewisburg paper these days, COM
menting upon what is said by big
and little politicians" He is very
ardently for Sproul and says that the
Delaware senator has been ordered
from what Commissioner ONeil con.
ceived to be ''his own particular po-
litical clover patch. Between whack-
! ing the Governor and the Commits
sioner the congressman is a busy
man.
State Chairman Crow and Con-
gresham Crago are to be speakers
at the Americus Club dinner in
Pittsburgh on March %.
I'm Pittsburgh another educator
has been named to public office
Mayor Babcock has appointed DIR
William Grant Chambers, dean OF the
school of education at the Universits
of Pittsburgh, to head the municipal
bureau of recreation, at the Same
time displacing Fred l.. Roberts, who
had been private secretary to for
mer Mayor Armstrong, and was ap-
pointed head of the recreation bu-
reau just before E. V. Babcock took
his place as mayor. AS the former
mayor supported Babcock it wasn't
supposed that Armstrong; late ap-
pointeeS would be disturbed, and the
leaders were upset over the change.
The position pays $4,000 a year.
| John A. Fitzgibbon, of Brad.
ford county, is a candidate for Re-
publican denomination to the House.
So is Representative Conrad G.. Mil
ler. of the Hazleton district.
The praise bestowed by the
mourning Democratic organ of this
city upon Floor Leader w. G.. Sarig,
of Berks county, is interesting when
one considers various things which
happened in the Legislature.
Judge Eugene c. Bonniwell. OF
Philadelphia, is figuring considerab b.
ly in the news and is making so many
speeches that there are suspicious
that he is thinking about being q
candidate for governor.
j. w. Crozier has been appointed
sealer of weights and measures for
Johnstown.