Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-27
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Philadelphia the other day that he
'housht the time had arrived to
pace the granting of appropriations
oy the State OF Pennsylvania to hos.
pitais and similar institution not
whoiiy under state control on a
uennite Service rendered. basis is
'iie biggest thing in Pennsylvania
pO,,oics pOno today. 1t is greater than the
o,uonment of places in the
Legislature which will he done TO
.sht and which seems to be dis.
plng many people and 1t is more
Inportant than appointments which
are agltating others. 1t NAV AFFECT
al legislation before this session
Certainly, 1t will afforde an oppor-
tunity Tor the experienced man in
sne Governor's chair to demonstrate
asaln mis- capacity for getting men
10 see his viewpoint.
I me Philadelphia Public Ledger.
which has crusaded every now and
then on the appropriation svsten,
unlike certain Democratic news
papers which raise a howl and then
uult when Democratic LEGISLATORS
arise with appropriation bills In
tnelr nsts, says that IL the new Gov
ernor can reform this system che
WIN nave performed q service to the
state of incalculable Importance
noraily, financially and politically.
Other newspapers are more or less
suaded in their comments. But il
seems TO be generally agreed that
ene restoration to the State Board
OF PUBLIC Charities of the powers
which it was intended TO have and
which 1t was thought in 1918 and
1917 1t was going 10 get again would
be a satisfactory start.
Death OF Congressman E. e.
Robbins. of the Westmoreland- :
Butler district. means that a special
election will have to be held this
spring because every congressman
Is needed to represent Pennsylvania
at washington now. The Governor
VIII issue the writ for this election
unlike the senatorial elections,
winch Will be announced by, the
purg congressman, who was a colo
mel In the Spanish war, served as
state Senator and was well known
here.
The Philadelphia Press in dis
cusslng the events of the week here
remarks upon the harmony in poll
teal and meteorological matters and
expresses qualification at the prog
ress in regard to the prohibition
amendment and the discussion of
election reforms, notably the nom
partisan judicial election. In the
course of an article by Odell Hauser
on the direct primary law he says:
There are several faults. One of
the most conspicuous is the alpha
betical' candidate evil. 1t is well
known that voters will not go over
their whole list of candidates care
fully, but tend to put a cross
thoughtlessly opposite the top names
of column when they are unfamil-
lar with the candidates Since the
names on our ballot are arranged
alphabetically, it is evident/t that the
men whose names begin with A or
or one of the first letters of the
alphabet have a great advantage.
We have fellow over in Chester
said Governor Sproul once when he
was discussing this subject, who
ought to be q world-beater IL he ever
gets started running for office. His
name is Aaron Aab.'"
Judge John NJ. Garman, once
Democratic state chairman, one OF
the picturesque figures in Pennsyl-
vania politics, especially Democratic
until he became a judge, is to run
again. The Luzerne judge, whose
flaying of the Democratic reorgan-
ization bosses has been a treat to
people in Dauphin and sixty-siX
other counties every now and then,
is declared by the Philadelphia In
quirer to be preparing to battle
with all comers. He made his peace
with the Lenahans by endorsing
Charles B. Lenahan for Supreme
Court, but the Inquirer says the
Palmer crowd headed by the Nc
Leans and Kirkendall will fight him.
The Republicans will naturally have
a candidate in the field.
Judge Gustave A. Endlich, of
Berks, whose term, by the way, ex-
pires this year and who will run for
fourth term, has handed down an
opinion in which he gives judgment
to the plaintiff in the suit of a form
Shirk, against the poor directors
and County Controller Rhodes and
upholds the act of May, 1917, in
creasing the salaries of the poor
directors from $1,000 to S1,500
year. The suit is of interest to many
counties.
1t is not often that a Governors
inaugural address is taken as adver-
tising matter. Yet the reference in
Governor Sprouts speech to auto
mobiles and the needs of the high
ways is being run almost entirely by
one of the big motor vehicle COM
panies as something that the people
should know about.
The Pittsburgh Gazette Times
remarks, Hurry, Pennsylvania, or
New York will beat you to ratiflca-
tion."
According to Philadelphia
newspapers there is little doubt of
ex-Speaker Richard J. Baldwin sue
ceeding Governor Sproul in the Sem
ate. And neither is there much
about Frank A. Smith in Dauphin.
From all accounts Governor
Sproul got a great reception from
the Pennsylvania Society at its din
ner in New York ON Saturday night.
He was greeted with heartiness by
men from every part. of Pennsyl-
vania.
i'm discussing the Sproul mes
sage, which seems to grow in favor
the more people read it, the Phila-
deiphia Bulletin says: THE message
is long, but the major and essential
portion of 1t will repay the reading.
It seems to sound the keynote of an
administration which will be run
along the lines of both political and
official common sense"
d. A. Moore, the new burgess
of Beaver, holds the offices of chief
of the fire department of the bor-
ough and is also county auditor.
|, First operation of the prohib-
itorxy ieefslation will be to material