Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-20

member of the State Legislature and
Register and Recorder OF Blair coun-
ty, died at his Altoona home yester-
day afternoon after a prolonged ill
ness from complication of diseases.
he served as Register and Recorder
Tor slX years and later two terms in
the Legislature of 1905-1907 from
the Altoona district.
Leaders of the Pennsylvania de-
mocracy seem to be disposed to al
low a ripening of the plans of Judge
Eugene c. Bonniwell, the candidate
for governor. who is at odds with
the big bosses and not on speaking
terms with some of the little bosses
because of the recent meeting of the
state committee of his party, which
refused to allow him to run the
show. The gubernatorial candidate
has declined to pay any attention to
the state windmill here and is re-
ported as intending to challenge the
right of State Chairman George r.
Mclean to take q leave of absence
and designate an acting chairman
without consulting all factions. The
appointment of Mclean to an Army
position makes the belligerent Phil
adelphia judge ne e of a spotlighter
in state Democratic affairs than
ever.
Present indications are that it
will be fully six weeks before the
committeeS which will draft the
platforms for the Republican and
Democratic state campaigns will
meet, and this will probably throw
the meetings of the state committees
into September. The Republican
state committee will meet either
here or in Pittsburgh, while people
at the Democratic state headuuar-
ers say that the Democrats will con-
vene here. Just what effect the
leave of absence to be taken by
State Chairman George R. Mclean
is going to have at state headquar-
ters is not certain, but Secretary
Warren NanDyke expects to go right
ahead with the plans outlined by
Mr.. Mclean on his recent confer
ence with Mr.. VanDyke in Wilkes
Barre. Folks at Democratic state
headquarters hold that Mr.. Mclean
has a perfect right to designate an
acting chairman.
Senator William G. Sproul, the
Republican candidate for governor.
will make three speeches early next
month, but they will be more or less
personal engagements and not part
of his campaign. He will be ac-
companied each time by Senator
Edward E. Beidleman. August 3
he will speak at the big picnic at
Shade Gap, Huntingdon county; a
short time later the annual meeting
of the Lancaster County Republican
Committee, and then visit Mont
nn1Infv
is getting ready, for the fall cam
paign and is receiving half a dozen
requests to speak every week. A
number of men more or less promi-
nently connected with the state ad-
ministration have rendered their
services to the Republican state
leaders in campaign work.
Legislative officials are taking
chances on what may happen in re-
gard to prices or availability of sup
plies and are hustling to get the nu-
merous articles and supplies needed
into the Capitol. The paper con-
tracts have been let for a year so
that there will be no difficulty on
that score, although owing to the
state of paper stock it is probable
that there will be a cutting down on
the amount of printing. A number
of articles are now being bought and
orders given some time ago are
being followed up so that there'll
be no shortage of anything needed.
Prices, however, are considerably
higher all along the line. and be-
cause of the executive pruning when
appropriations bills were considered
about this time last year, it will take
careful housekeeping.