Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-15
'PeGtco H.
Pe~~aqeSa~io
BY the Ex-Committeeman

l
commencing to loom UP pretty
largely on the horizon Of many
county leaders, owing to the fact that
this winter for the first time ap-
pointment of these officers will be
in the hands of the Auditor General
instead of the commissioners of the
| various counties. This change was
brought about by the act of 1919,
which was planned to centralize the
collection of State taxes so that
there might be uniformity and ef-
hciency in collection of what is
Father Penn's share.
Numerous suggestions are COM
mencing to be made about the ap-
| pointees, but Auditor General
Charles A. Snyder appears to be
pretty successful about keeping his
own counsel. He says that no one
has been decided upon and that in
due season the men will be named.
One story is that some district ap-
| praisers may be named who are to
be in charge of groups of counties
| as supervisors. In some of the larger
counties 1T Is probable that men who
have been in charge of appraisal
work will be selected as the first
| men to be appointed by the Auditor
| General under the new act This
will be true in Philadelphia and
| l>ackawanna counties.
I'm Philadelphia newspapers
which were busy specializing about
the mayor-elect's cabinet have been
busy picking out the men to COM
prise the board OF mercantile ap-
praisers. Names of ]. l.. Baldwin,
"a Hrn nVC1,n ,n1 nd
Sheriff Harry c. Runsley are among
men mentioned for the Finley va
cancy.
At Scranton it is said that the
Auditor General will name George
Davis to be made chief of the bureau
in Lackawanna and that P. V.
Scanlon and Sanford Phillips, of the
Auditor Generals office, may be
transferred to Scranton from this |
city. Regarding these and other ap- |
pointments the Scranton Repub-
lican says:
These appointments, it is said, |
were decided upon following a con-
ference of the Republican leaders |
of the county and give added color |
to the story that all factions of the |
party, as far as Lackawanna county !
is concerned, are united. 1t was |
also announced from authoritative |
sources yesterday that Col. d. j. |
Davis, who saw service in France !
with the 2Sth Division and returned /
as it's chief of staff. is to be named |
us counsel to the Workmen's Com
pensation Board in this district to |
succeed Attorney II. c. Huber, the |
present incumbent. The appointment !
is to be made by Gov. William G. |
Sproul and will be announced within |
q short time. The office pays $4,000 |
a year. Mr.. Huber has held it for |
several years."
81 People connected with the
Capitol police force are still suffer- |
ing from the shock of n young man |
who got his ideas twisted in re- |
gard to employment. This young |
caller, who came from q central |
county, got an idea that the State |
employment agencies were to secure |
men for the State service. The Com |
monwealth of Pennsylvania, so far |
as recollection of the Oldest attache !
of the Capitol, has never been forced |
to go to employment agencies to get !
people for it's positions. Generally, |
1t has needed people to keep appli-
cants at safe distance. The man |
w
at the building and asked the first !
policeman on duty about the en- ,
ployment bureau. He was told where |
to find it, but he got into the office I,
of the guides instead and asked |
which Job was better-guide, police !
man or elevator man. He finally |
conf1ded that he had not made up
his mind and would let the man in |
charge know after tour of the
building. He was gently. but firmly |
wakened up and sent to the State !
Employment Agency, near the Cap
itol, where. they list men for iron
and steel mills and other estab-
lishments, but not for Father Pe1n's
pay roll. |
I'm all probability the Attorney
Generals Department will be asked
to decide the situation in regard to
the superintendency of State po-
lice. Col. John c. Groome, who re-
Gently returned to civil life, after
having been two years in the Army,
is said to hold that he is superin,
tendent and not to need q recon-
mission as he did not resign, but
went into the Army on leave from
the State. It is improbable that the
State Treasury will send him check
TOT lull pay uHlil IL selS SolHe IeBdl
light. The records show that the
colonel was re-appointed and re-
commissioned as superintendent of
police May 1, 1917. for a period of
four years. He did not resign and
was on leave. During his absence
Captain George C. Lumb, the deputy
superintendent, was named as act
ing superintendent and Is still filling
that place.
Col. John Price Jackson, who re-
signed as commissioner of Labor and
Industry, was reappointed and re-
commissioned for four years from
June 2. 1917.
In the cases of other State officials
and attaches in the Army under the
act of 1917. allowing leave with halt
pay up to certain amounts, they re-
turned to their positions some time
ago.