Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12
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Pe"a4qeSo"i0
By the Ex-Committccman

l
ing in the hands of county COM
missioners. The appraisers will as
sumo their duties next month and
Auditor General Charles A Snyder
has served notice that he will close
Iy scrutinize their returns on busi-
ness during the coming year.
The Auditor General says he will
demand more than mere formal
statements by the heads of firms
as TO business done and that If the
reports do not show increases pro-
portlonate with the business believ-
ed to have been done this year in
many OF the counties of the state,
| especially where there were activ-
lties 'speeded up" because of the
war, he will have his own investiga-
tions made.
The mercantile licenses were a
olg snare of the license revenue of
the state last year.
Men, active in PENNSYLVANIA
politics say that some determination
IN regard to the speakership will be
reached between now and Christ
mas. While not much is being print
eu In the newspapers about the mat
ter 1t looks as though the tide was
turning in favor of Representative
Robert s. Spangler, of York. Rep
resentatives George w. williams, of
Ttoga, and John w. Vickerman, of
Allegheny, will not be candidates.
but probably support Spangler, who
is a dry" The men who fought
Spangler for denomination must feel
pretty cheap these days.
The speech of Governor-elect
Sproul in regard to the Philadelphia
city charter seems to have met with
much favorable comment. The met
ropolitan police idea has been gen.
orally commended.
From all accounts the dinner
given to Governor-elect Sproul at
Washington last night by Congress
man j. Hampton Moore was a gath
ering which may have some wide
effects. The new Governor intimat-
ed that he wanted an end of fac
tionalism and the belief is that he is
intending to prevent a row over the
Philadelphia mayoralty. Senator
Penrose was one of the chief speak
ers and the Wares and many of their
friends were on hand.
Harry 7. Wills, chief engineer
of the York fire department, has
been asked to resign. taking effect
January !. The principal complaint
Is claimed at York to have come
from the State Fire Marshais De-
partment, Wills being a deputy fire
marshal and his alleged failure to
make out reports of fires occurring
in his Jurisdiction is given as the
chief cause for his dismissal. His
successor will in all likelihood be
George s. Kroll, former president
of the State Firemen's Association.
who is president of the Laurel Fire
Company and deputy internal
revenue collector.
In his speech at the Five
O'clock Club in Philadelphia Gov
ernor-elect Sproul, says the Phila-
delphia Inquirer, took occasion to
smilingly comment upon the fact
that of all the positions which he will
be called upon to fill there is none
for which he has had mOreN names
submitted to him than that of Lieu
tenant Colonel upon his military
staff There are several close per-
sonal friends of the Governor now
serving in that capacity and their
reappointmentS are assured. There
are some who may be classed as
purely personal selections of DR..
Brumbaugh and who are not likely
to expect to be reappointed. There
are others who for one reason or
another may think they should be
permitted to continue to wear the
uniform which came to them large
ly through personal considerations
or the friendship of some one else
who is potential politically or 9TH
erwise. They may be kept guessing
for a while"
DIR. Edward Martin, much men,
toned for Commissioner of Health,
has been made emeritus professor
of surgical physiology at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania
John +. Short, United States
Marshal for Western Pennsylvania,
who has been ill, has returned to
his office.
In an editorial on Governor
elect William c. SprouI and chances
for social welfare legislation, the |
Philadelphia Public Ledger re-
marks: mo Governor in recent |
years has taken office possessing the |
widespread confidence of all classes |
in the same degree as the Governor |
elect. This confidence is based on a !
knowledge of his character and 4
ability and a realization of the ex- |
tent of his experience at Harris |
burg"
Scranton is now having its Sc
ries of raids by Federal agents to |
clean up places which city officials |
did not eradicate.
Norman NJ. Badorf has been |
made Burgess of Lititz to succeed |
G. G. Diehm, elected to the Legis-
lature.
The manner in which the teach |
ers and their friends are going after |
the salary increase as a war emer- |
gency measure is commencing to |
make legislators sit up and take no
tice. 1t will cause some figuring by |
the state fiscal officers.
Fred T. Macdonald, of the Au- |
ditor Generals department, chair |
man of the. Chester county Repub-
lican Committee, has taken the in |
itiative for the formation of a
club of Chester county for |
the Inauguration, and there has been |
a hearty response to his call for or |
The famous West Ches- |
ter Pioneer Corps, No. /, which has |
in many inaugural pa
rades and took part in historic pres |
idential campaign demonstrations |
has been invited to act as escort to |
the citizens delegation from the |
county. This is recognized as one
of the best equipped and best drill |
ed marching organizations in Penn |
sylvania. Their uniforms are re-
splendent with color and back in
the days of James q. Blaine, the |
Plumed Knight of Maine" the West |
Chester Pioneer Corps cut a big |
figure in all of the important politi- |