Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22
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BY the Ex-CommitteeInan

appearing in various newspapers
which indicate that more are likely
to be named This rather signifi-
cant series of appointments will
probably be much heard of in the
next few months and when women
get the vote lit will be interesting to
see how many obtain places which
have hitherto been politically sacred
to men.
Women began to appear in county
! and municipal offices throughout
the State during the war, when they
We're named to clerkships and even
more important places instead of be-
ing merely stenographers. Since
the return of the soldiers it is notice.
| able that women have continued to
hold the places and announcements
IN various counties have indicated
! that they are permanent appointees.
announcement of the candi-
dacy of A. S. McDade, former dis
trict attorney of Delaware county,
Tor Republican National delegate in
the Delaware Chester district re-
calls the effort he made to defeat
Judge Isaac Johnson as judge Il
Few years ago and is believed to be
the signal of new fight. The Nc
Z
candidate in the field against Nc
Dade. Two other announcements
OF candidacy for Republican dele
gate have been made, G. NJ. Davies,
OF Mauch Chunk, who says he is for
Sproul for President without any
reservations whatsoever, and A. T..
Jones. of Coudersport. The latter
Will be the running mate of A. p.
Perley, of Williamsport, Philadel-
phla newspapers say that Senator C.
w. Sones, of Lycoming, and Sede-
WICK kistler of Clinton, the latter
keeper of wampum for the Demo-
cratic State Committee, will be cam
didates for Democratic National del
egate in the 18th district
Reading dispatches confirm
some thoughts expressed few
days ago that Congressman Ar
thur G. Dewalt can be presumed to
have something for his own advan-
tase lurking about in his course in
the 18th Congressional District.
Berks County Democratic leaders
say they are waiting to hear wheth-
er Dewalt intends to run for Ma
tional Committeeman or to make
another try for Congress. Five can
dldates are now in the field from
Berks County. They are: Attorney
Harry j. Dunn, Attorney Ira G.. KutZ
and Harry G. Seltzer, all of Reading:
Cnarles Il. Spatz, publisher, of Bow
ertown, and Howard b. Thomson.
Wyomissing business man. with q
1Ve-cornered fight in Berks County
politics Will be interesting in the
Democratic ranks during the COM
ing primary.
The Philadelphia Press deyotes
Two columns to discussion of the
state constitutional Revision Com
mission and it's work, by Odell Hau-
ser IN the course of which the body
Is praised for its attention to busi-
ness. The article says in part: .Tt
should be kept in mind that the
commission has not vet committed
itself to revision of the Con-
stltutlon. The present tendency is
against any unnecessary change in
the present Constitution, for each
chanSe means an amendments TO he
submitted separately to the voters.
when the commission makes up it's
mind that il will have to revise the
entire Constitution and get down to
the work of drafting a new one n
good deal of this tendency to hold
| down Will be swept away. We shall
then find all the members in q more
ilDefal frame of mind. That q clash
between the liberal and the conserv-
| atlVe viewpoint will come sooner or
later on the commission, is newt
able. 1t will probably occur when
! the body gets down to considering
what new material not contained in
the present Constitution should he
| included in it's Recommendations
There is no use attempting to spec-
ulate now how the line-up in tho
commission will be when that oues-
tlon arises. i am inclined to think
lhat there are, in spite of the criti-
clSmS, very few members of the COM
mission who will object to a change
I Just because it is change. though
! there are many who will decidedly
object to making changes merely
for the sake of making changes. AS
q matter of fact, to see this commits
sion at work is to respect it, especi-
ally to one who has seen other
commissions and other agencies of
inquiry marking time on their Jobs.
Everyone at Harrisburg has been i'm
pressed by the way the commission
has buckled down to the task"
The Philadelphia inquirer saws
Mayor-elect j. Hampton Moore has
served notice on Senator Martin and
David H. Lane that he expects them
10 help him and that opposition, bv
thelr councilmen will mean reprisaIs
Editorial comment is generally ia
Nofaple TO appointment of John g
winston as director of public work.
Senator Edwin II. Ware was first IN
tender him congratulations.
appointment of the mercantile
appraisers for the various counties
OF the State will be announced before
Christmas by Auditor General Chos
a. Snyder. who has been at work
upon the list for weeks. The Apdi-
tor General has had a cloud of an
plicants who have kept him busy by
!, mail and wire and when he left this
city to 20 to New York to sign the
States road bonds, he had the list nj.
most completed. "The mercantile
} appraisers will be named in good
time to prepare for the work which
the State will expect them to do nm.
der the new act" said he. ''I reaI.
ize that this is most importan nj
work and am confident that the
men name will cooperate with nne
to the fullest extent and meet tbf
hopes expressed"
Mr.. Snyder is preparing some
data on taxation which he will sub.
, NIT to the Constitutional Revision
Commissions committee on taxatior
when it reassembles after the hoIi.
day recess. He will submit the OK.
perience of his term and outline the
changes in the taxation laws which
bring Under the Auditor General,
! Department variouS lines which Ia,.1