Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-01
By tho Ex-Committeemau

/ eS'N'NN HNtlSNOiS SOt liCIhp0Io VI
the House of Representatives
There is much talk of candida cies
for the State offices and Auditor Gen
eral Charles A. Snyder is widely
mentioned for treasurer with the au-
ditor generalship talk divided
among half a dozen men, some of
them a4e and well qualified
Chief Justice ]. Hay Browns term
expires in January, 1921, and his
successor will be elected next year.
A Supreme Court Justice cannot sue
ceed himself. Justice John Stewart,
Of Franklin, will succeed to the
chief justiceship when the Lancas-
ter jurist retires.
The Brown succession is caus-
ing much discussion. There will
be numerous candidates but public
sentiment is getting toward the point
where scrambles for the appellate
court places, such as have occurred
IN recent years when obscure men
attained Rominence because of the
t1rst letter of their names, are being
! frowned upon.
Writing in the Philadelphia
Inquirer's Who's Who" column
George j. Brennan says:
| Judge Kunkel, of Dauphin county,
stands out conspicuously as one who
has been in the minds of many mem
bers of the bar for some time as an
ideal candidate for the Supreme
bench. The people have not forgot
ten the mastery manner in which he
handled himself in the great State
capital graft cases and the judicial
bearing which he maintained
| throughout those sensational prose-
cutions. When Justice Robert S.
Frazier, of Allegheny county, was
nominated for the Supreme bench,
his next competitor was Judge Kun
kel, who, without the backing of the
powerful political organizations of
Philadelphia and Allegheny coun-
ties, polled over $4,000 votes at the
| popular primaries.
Judge Sadler, along with his local
personal strength and the record on
the bench of his distinguished father
and with the prestige which his
brother, the State Highway Commits
sioner, is making in the vigorous
prosecution of the good roads cam
paign of the State administration, is
much talked about as n possible WIN
ner for the Supreme Court nomina-
lon. Attorney General William l.
Schaffer, of Delaware county, is
without doubt the most talked about
man for, the Supreme Court of those
who are not now wearing the judi
ctal robes. Mr. Schaffer's experience
'as official reporter of the Supreme
and Superior Courts, his years of
active practice before the courts and
his work in the Office of ATTORNEY
General specially equip him for a
place on the highest tribunal of the
State. and unless he shall decide to
defer being candidate at this time
he will unquestionably make for
midable contender in the canvass for
the Supreme bench.
! Bucks county Democrats have
reelected County Chairman A. r,
Atkinson and Treasurer Warren S.
Long. When the county committee
met the Democratic nominee for
clerk of the Orphans Court, Irwin
NJ. James rendered his formal decli-
nation of the nomination, and the
committee by unanimous vote sub
stituted the name of Harrison b.
Thatcher, the Republican nominee,
and the only soldier in the world
war on the Republican ticket. This
nomination will give the Democrats
four soldier candidates.
f. S. Hugentugler's chances for
reelection as mayor of York will
be considerably frightened as a re-
suit of the withdrawal from the Pro
hibition party ballot of Alderman
Noah c. May as a candidate for the
Hugentugler were candidates for the
cent primary, and Hugentugler won
Republican nomination at the re-
cent primary, and Hugentugler won
with a majority of 145. May, how
ever, was nominated by the Prohibi-
tioniSts and had he remained in the
field would have made things inter-
esting for Hugentugler.
Regarding the charter party in
Philadelphia the Inquirer says: THE
aim of Mclaughlin and his co-work-
ers it would seem, does not go far
beyond an effort to elect the minor
ity member of the Board of County
Commissioners and the three minor.
ity magistrates. TO give appearance
of real contest they plan to put uI
a complete ticket" ...
Some interesting facts about the
life of q State official consider bly
in the lime light because of the fight
against the mounting cost of living
are contained in the bulletin of the
bureau of foods of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture. The secretary
is a new type on Capitol Hill. He
is an educator and not a politician
and many of the politicians need to
be educated to understand him This
bulletin says:
"The present Secretary of Agri.
culture, Hon. Fred Rasmussen
came to America in his young man
hood and was employed by the Chi.
cago & Northwestern railroad. A.
a growing boy and youth he had
been engaged in the business oi
farming, n wholly congenial occupa.
tion. His thoughts naturally
} turned toward the soil and after a
years experience on the railroad
he again turned his attention tc
farming, and for a year was EN-.
ploNed on a dairy farm, taking care
of twenty cows and directing a milk
route. For two winters he attended
a country school. In the winter OF
1902 Mr.. Rasm ussen entered lowe
: State College. After completint
the four years course in agricul
ture, he accepted a position at Pur.
due University, having charge o.
the university creamery during the
ensuing twelve months. He likewis,
acted as instructor in creamery
butter making. In the autumn o.
1906 he Joined the staff of Iowi
r State College, and for the next yea
was assistant professor of dairyinl
, at that institution. In the fall o