Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-06
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BY the Ex-Conmitteeman

Ex-Congressman Bruce F. Sterling,
of Uniontown, who is to be one OF
the pathfinders for the boom for
for the Democratic nomination for
President until it is advisable to
switch to some one else, will start
out within a short time to line up
the Democrats for the Monroe coun-
tian. The partisans of Judge Eugene
c. Bonniwell, of Philadelphia, VIII
start out scouts to scout on Palmer's
scout so that when the issue joins
next May there will be a repetition
of Democratic history.
Mr.. Sterling, who is regarded as
one of the ablest of Democrats
aligned with the Attorney General,
will have Parke H. Davis, of Easton,
as his coadjutor, and the two are
expected to be able to report at an
early day that things are in good
shape for the boom. The Bonniwell
people are just as sanguine that
these two scouts will find things in
a tangle and that they will be able
to prevent the election of Sterling
or anyone else that Palmer and his
pals may put up for Democratic
national committeeman. They also
hope to be able to have number
of national delegates elected on an
anti-Palmer basis so that the Attor-
ney General will not have solid
delegation from his native State.
Friends of Governor William c.
Sproul were declaring to-day that
they had not started the boom for
the Governor for the Republican
nomination for President and recall
ing that it was not so long ago that
the Governor was insisting that he
was too busy with his job to listen
to the buZzing of any Presidential
bee. They declare that the launch
of a boom for the Governor was a
volunteer movement. Republican
State leaders have been insisting
right along on the delegation being
uninstructed and when the boom was
sprung by persons known to be
friendly with the Governor and his
encourage and often speaking for
them, there was considerable sur
prise on the Hill.
Politics and lawmaking is to be
passed up tomorrow on Capitol
Hill. People may demand hearings
on bills and the roll call may be
sounded, but there will be nothing
doing. The greatest biennial base
ball game known in years on the
Hill is to be played at the Island
for the benefit of the Sylvan Heights,
Nursery Home and Childrens' Indus
trial Home institutions. The teams
will be selected from the House and
will be made up of former college
and league players. Representative
Harold c. Pike, of Montgomery, is
boss of one, and Representative
Robert MacCallum, of Luzerne, of
the other. The MacCallum team is
known as the ayes" and includes;
Dawson. shortstop; Balbridge, third;
James A. Walker, right field; Alex
ander, center; Patterson, second;
Toohey, representing the newspaper
correspondents, catchers; Brislin,
first; Edgar Smith, left, and Brady,
late of Penn, pitcher. The Pike team
is to be known as the Noes" and
will include: Glass, center field; Nc
Intyre, catcher; Pike, second; Will
son, of third class city repeater fame,
first: Neary, right; Benny Colder,
aviator, third; Baldi, left; Harar,
short, and Quigley, pitcher. The
managers have arranged to have
Governor Sproul throw the first ball
and have secured Lieutenant Cover
nor Edward E. Beidleman and Rep
resentative w. T. Ramsey, House
floor leader, for umpires with power
of the initiative, referundum and
recall.
-Govenor Sprouts veto of the bill
forbidding the teaching of German
in the public schools has brought
some editorial criticism. In the main
the views expressed by the Governor
are regarded as sound. The Pitts
burgh Post, the Democratic beacon
of Western Pennsylvania, however,
flashes forth a warning that there
is politics somewhere in the Cover
nor's action and proceeds to say
things. The Philadelphia Public
Ledger commends the courage of
the Governor in his veto, but plain
ly does not like it. The Ledger
makes the suggestion that the situa-
ton complained of may be met by
providing that only English may be
taught in the schools of the State
and foreign languages made elective
in the higher grades. Other news
papers think that some legislation
on the subject should be enacted.
The Philadelphia Inquirer cleverly
sums up it's view with these words:
Governor Sproul to the contrary
notwithstanding, if the Hun wants
to do business with us in some fu-
ture time, let him learn English. !"
-Reapportionmen of the State fol-
lowing the next census is regarded
now as a foregone conclusion and
already some of the map strategists
are getting busy. The Philadelphia
Press remarks in this connection:
Governor Sproul regards it as a
scandal, and says so. that reappor-
tionment of the State Senatorial dis
tricts was not made long ago. He
| is right, but that is a kind of scan
da1 we are accustomed to. When
the present apportionment was made
at the extra session of the Legisla-
ture in 1906, it was the first in the
thirty-four years, and the second
| since the existing Constitution was
adopted, which commands the Leg
islature to reapportion the State
| Immediately after each decennial
census here also had been no re-
apportionment of Representative dis
tricts for nearly twenty years. There
! is no probability that the present
! Legislature, with all the other things
| it has on hand, will find time to give
any attention to this matter, and il
will now naturally go over until the
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