Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-27
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

rested by William jennings Bryan
. IN discussion of Democratic Ma
tional affairs. The appearance of
the Nebraskan in Washington the
other day and the cordial manner in
| which he was greeted have caused
much talk from one end of the
country to the other, and there are
some who say they would not be
surprised to see a Bryan boom
started one of these days as a try
out anyway, because they cannot
believe he has ever given up the
idea of being in the White House.
In this State, especially among the
Democratic machine men, the inter-
est is not so much whether Bryan
will be candidate. but whether he
will not try to dominate things as
he did in 1904 at st. Louis and as he
did more or less at Baltimore in 1912
and, If he finds no sentiment for him
self, to endeavor to put over some
favorite. The point is that Bryan
is not any too much in love with the
| President and has never been strong
! for Attorney General A. Mitchell
! Palmer. He still has lot of strength
in Pennsylvania and his appearance
In a primary campaign when dele
gates are elected in this State would
be absorbing in party interest.
District Attorney-elect Cyrus
Palmer. Of Schuylkill has an
nounced the names of his four dep
uties. The appointees are: Roy
! Hicks. of Frackville; Martin Duffy,
! of Pottsville; Edward Magennis, of
| Girardville. and Z. T. Rynkiewicz, of
| Shenandoah.
The new board of Lycoming
| county commissioners organized by
electing Joseph H. Nicely president,
! and appointing Lloyd o. Bower. in
cumbent, chief clerk; Lieutenant
Blanchard Antes, second clerk; Will
liam II. Spencer, solicitor. and Grant
Flicker. sealer of weights and meas
ures.
E, G.. NJ. Kuhns, former legisla-
tor and speechmaker extraordinary.
will be chief clerk to Lehigh county
commissioners.
In discussing the work of the
State Constitutional Revision Com
mission, the Philadelphia Inquirer
predicts that it will take some steps
in regard to the regular apportion-
ment of the State for election of
Congressman and legislators and re-
marks: Experience has shown that
members of the Senate who get to-
gether at Harrisburg follow n COM
munity of interest policy, each look
ing out for his individual future and
each with proVerbial Senatorial
courtesy respecting the desires of
his fellow Senators where they are
not conflicting. The result has been
that no attention is paid to the con-
stitutional requirement for n new ap-
portionment every ten years. The
apportionment of Congressional dis
trlctS and judicial districts is affected
by like influences. There has been
no apportionment of Pennsylvania
into Congressional districts since
1906. The apportionment of Con-
greSs approved August s, 1911, gave
Pennsylvania So members of the Ma
tional House, an increase of four.
These additional Congressman We're
elected at large in the following
year and the Legislature not having
made any apportionment since,
there will be four Congressman
elected at large next year. A new
pportionment would increase Phil
.adelphia's quota, which is now fixed
at six"
Among the legislative booms
heard of are Representative r.
S. Spangler. of York, speaker of
the last House; Hugh A Dawson, of
Scranton, chairman of the ways and
means committee; Richard Powell,
of Luzerne county; w. ]. McCaig,
of Allegheny. chairman of the
House appropriations committee. and
A. B. Hess, Lancaster. Representa-
tives Clark NJ. Bower, Perry; Albert
Millar and D. ]. Miller, first Dau-
phin; J. S. Shellenberger, Juniata;
Ross L. Beckley. Cumberland, and
G.. Is. Comerer, Fulton, will be candi-
dates for reelection. In the second
Dauphin district Lawrence HetriclS,
of Progress, will be a Republican
candidate, and George H. Stewart,
Jr., OF Shippensburg, will run in
Cumberland.
The Rev. T. ]. Ferguson, of
Cumberland county, will be a candi-
date for Senator, and d. E. Long.
former superintendent of public
printing, resident of Franklin, has
also senatorial aspirations.
Mercantile appraisers will be
appointed next Tuesday. Auditor
General Charles a. Snyder. who will
make the appointments, has insisted
in certain cases in selecting his own
men instead of some suggested. The
Auditor General expects the new
appraisers to start work early in the
new year and will call on them for
early reports. The annual winter
rumors of changes in departments at
the Capitol are being heard again.
They always commence to circulate
when the primary election is ahead
and because last year there We're not
many changes made it is believed
that the much discussed houseclean-
ing may be started on the Hill. In
any event. county leaders appear to
be visiting Harrisburg pretty reg
ularly.
Appointments which are inter
esting Capitol people are water sup
ply commissioner and assistant man
ager of the State Insurance Fund.
Judge Milton y. Henninger. the
new Lehigh judge, insists on making
his own appointments and will have
crier, stenographers and other Off
cials.
Fountain Hill has enlarged it's
limits and is lusty neighbor of the
city of Bethlehem.
-OVerbrook is a new borough in
Allegheny county which is getting
ready to hold it's first election.
Pittsburgh politics, which have
been rather quiet since the Novem-
Der election, are all stirred up again
over defiance of the City Council by
the Mayors secretary. The Pitts
burgh GaZette-Times says of the sit
uation: The insubordination of NJ.
II. Gottschall, the Mayors secretary,
who is declared to have flagrantly de-
fed the authority of Council by re-
fusing to appear before it. resulted
yesterday in the elimination of the
position from the 1920 budget by