Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-01
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

| III L NIiils'S ~ anna lllC last NCGh lilui
known for three years because upor
the way things go in a number o
the counties will depend much 20
next years President delegate elec
tionS.a 1t is said that more scheme:
of political preferment will be baseC
upon this years campaign than II
half a dozen years because there has
been an unusually large number OF
younger politicians taking a hand in
the maneuvering and it will also be
| demonstrated what can be expected
when a state of unrest prevails.
! The Republicans appear to be gen.
orally satisfied with the outlook from
| party standpoint and in this sec
tion of the State, where there are
generally q good many men ready
to take the independent trail there
are few contests that may disturb. In
| couple of counties there are candi-
dates who are running on side
tracks to get even with men who de-
feated them at the primary, but they
are not going far AS a rule. the
Democratic candidates are afraid
that they are going to be toma-
hawked by men aligned with one or
the other of the factions into which
the Democracy has split. The Off
cial organization which owns Attor-
its sole leader has been pretty busy
trying to allay some some symptoms
of discomfort in this part of the
State, but it has trouble in the north
west, the northern tier and in the
central counties, too.
Democrats throughout the State
are watching the developments in
Cambria county where there are
some splits and the Republicans
have gone through some trials. The
| Democrats are cracked wide open
and the rival county leaders have
gone to court to enjoin the county
| commissioners from issuing watch
ers' certificates to men whom they
do not like. The State ringmasters
| have been trying to steer clear of
| the Cambria trouble because that
| county has started more than one
row of Statewide proportions in
years gone by.
The union of the Republicans
| in Philadelphia seems to have been
| the signal for more disunion among
| the Democratic factions whose chiefs
are saying more about each other
than about ]. Hampton Moore The
Democrats are particularly sore at
| the Charter party, which is alleged
to seize minority offices. Mr.. Moore's
| majority is put at from 100000 to
| 1875, 900.
/ Indications are that further
| changes in the State Departments of
Labor and Industry, Banking, Agri-
| culture, Printing and Public Service
will take place before the end of
the year. There have been reports
of such impending alterations in
| personnel for some time, but they
| have never come to much, a few
people being dropped here and there.
When the election is over, however,
and stock can be taken of what hap
pened. the chances are that there
! will be more activity.
! appointment of William J.
Tracy, former magistrate in Phila-
delphia, to the place of chief of the
Bureau of Mediation, is expected to
come along soon after election day
Some changes in the factory inspec-
tion division are also hinted at among
people on Capitol Hill. No exten-
sive changes in the other depart
ments are regarded as probable.
The controversy between Com
missioner of Forestry Robert s.
Conklin and Commission Members
Clifford Pinchot and Henry w. Shoe
maker over the policy of cutting
timber and forest management will
be given the Governors attention as
soon as the fair price" conference
is held here. The two members
have filed report with -the Gov
ernor giving the result of their OBJ
servations in Potter, Clinton and
other counties and Mr.. Conklin has
prepared a report of his own which
is said to contain some observations
by Commissioner J. T. Rothrock
The Governor will literally be ar
umpire.
Appointment of the members
of the State Commission of twenty.
five to study and revise the Constitu-
ton of Pennsylvania will be one oi
the first things to claim the atten.
ton of the Governor after the eIec.
ton. The Commission will be called
to meet here within a few week.
after it is named and start work
after an address by the Governor.
1t is not regarded as proba bic
that the four additional referees ir
compensation provided by the bill
recognizing the Bureau of Compen
sation will be made very soon by
Commissioner c. 3. Connelley, of Tho
Department of Labor and Industry
There are numerous applications, bu
some of the State officials are sale
) to be of the opinion that the fund!
in sight will not permit of appoint
ments for very long periods on,
of the new referees will be eventual!
located in Luzerne county because o
the importance of the coal mining
awards and another will be in Il sol
coal district.
Much gossip is attached to tn,
place of supervisor of referees fol
which there are q dozen or NOR,
applicants, but no one has yet beer
spoken of for chief of the Bureau
of Rehabilitation. Owing to the in
formation regarding accidents which
this official must have, State auth ori
ties have been looking over the field
. The bureau will be organized befor,
the end of the year. Some appoint
ments in the Department of Interna
Affairs especially in the Bureau o
Standards, are looked for befor,
long. Another appointment hang
ing fire is manager of the State In
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