Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-25
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Ps~ssAtesamia
BY the Ex. Committeeman

| FianS 1orf reorganlZaIlon OF d
/ number of departments of the State
government which have been hang
ing fire for weeks owing to the close
of the legislative session and the
! desire of Governor William c.
+ Sproul to clear up the legislative
, bills before taking hold of such
matters will be made effective be-
| tween now and September 1. Dur
! ing the remainder of this month the
hnal touches will be put to plans
! for at least two departments-Ag-
riculture and Public Printing and
Binding, while the various Labor
and Industry changes will be de-
/ ferred until later in the fall Carry
ing out Governor Sprouts desire
| Commissioner of Banking, John S.
! Fisher. will push reorganizat ton of
his department as rapidly as he can
; get the kind of men experienced in
banking matters that he wants.
Before leaving Harrisburg last
night Governor Sproul consulted
with a number of heads of depart
ments on their plans and some of
them are said to be about to under
| go revision. The Governor is in
Washington to-day attending the
meeting of the Meade Memorial
/
one of the original members, and
will spend the weekend at home,
! going to the Pacific coast next week
| for brief vacation and business
| trip. He will be back in Harrisburg
the middle of August or earlier. Be-
| fore leaving, the Governor got the
! latest information on the North
! Penn bank affairs, but declined to
! express any opinions in the matter
, The most significant thing con-
nected with the Governors approval
/ of appropriations to the extent of
| S103, ,237, 456.S0 or more than $21,-
| 600, 600 more than the record figure
of 1917, is the warning to be given
! to heads of departments of the
State government and State institu-
| tions to be economical and that the
| large appropriations granted this
. year were to meet more than $2,-
SS6,OOO of deficiency appropriations
! caused by the war conditions and
emergencies. They are not going
to reoccur, says the Governor.
Auditor General Charles A. Snyd-
er, who is to raise the unprecedent-
ed revenue to meet the appropria-
tions says he is ready to undertake
1T. He has given the Governor that
assurance.
Between the row kicked up by
Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell and his
friends in Philadelphia, against the
Democratic State committees effort
to have the Office holders pay the
cost of running the reorganization
machine and the disturbance Great
ed over abolition of the Lancaster
revenue district while Scranton dis
trict remains, there are some lively
discussions among Democratic lead
ers. The Bonniwell factionists are
getting ready to make things in
teresting and are holding some long
distance conversations while the
reorganization bosses, most of
whom hold Federal jobs, are trying
to keep the home fires burning and
help out at Washington at the same
time.
Democratic State committee
officials are not disturbed over the
attacks made upon them by the
Philadelphia Public Ledger for ask
ing contributions or making assess
ments," as the matter may be called,
any more than they have been,
when caught doing other things
which various Democratic news
papers have denounced when car
, ried out by Republicans
The Ware organization in Phila-
delphia is going right to it in the
matter of getting names on the reg
istration lists in Philadelphia and
there is an interesting series of
hearing ahead for the Governors
new commissioners. incidentally
there is trouble over some of the
Stating for council. John H. Baizely,
picturesque figure in council for
years and the head and front of
the New Years pageants, is mad
because he is not to run. says the
Philadelphia Press.
The Inquirer says that Fox
Hunting BilP' Wilson, an assistant
city solicitor, is candidate for or
phans court judge, against George
c. Henderson. Brumbaugh ap-
pointee. 1t also says that Municipal
Court Judges Thomas F. McNichol
and Charles F. Bartlett are candi-
dates for nomination for the full
term.
Daniel Brumbaugh, city trea-
surer of Altoona, has decided to run
! for mayor of the Mountain CitY
on the Republican ticket.
The judgeship contests in var
ious sections of the State are COM
mencing to warm up and there will
be an avalanche of nominating pc
titions filed here in the next three
weeks, if the inquiries being made
are anything to go BY
Some interesting facts about
the way to run boroughs, comes
from Westm oreland county where
New Kensington, Arnold and Par
! nassus will not consolidate, for n
, time at least. This was the decision
of voters of Arnold and Parnassls
at a special election held this week.
! Although New Kensington favored
| consolidation by big majority. il
was necessary to have the question
| approved by each of the towns. An
exceptionally light vote was cast in
! both New Kensington and Arnold.
while citizens of Parnassus turned
| out strong. nearly two-thirds of the
voters exercising their citizenship
| rights. Concerning the election, the
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times SAYS:
Burgess Howard Rieder of Arnold
favored consolidation. Had the
proposition been approved Burgess
S. r. Mccormick of Parnassus,
which is the oldest of the three bor-
oughs, would have been the first
mayor of New Kensington, but he
opposed consolidation"
Scranton is all stirred up be-
cause Mayor Alex Connell has asked
| for the resignation of DR.. S. P.
Longstreet. Director of Public
Health, and a member of the Scran-
! ton School Board. The resignation
is to take effect August I. The
action of the Mayor is said to be the
result of several recent differences