Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-15

tor Knox Tor the RepuDllcan PreSl-
dental nomination, and a week ago
there was a report of a movement to
have the delegation instructed for
Senator Penrose, merely for the pur-
pose of preventing it from being
committed to one of the early con-
tenders. But now comes word from
Harrisburg of q real crystalliZation
of sentiment in favor of presenting
the name of Governor Sproul to the
National convention and of making a
sincere effort to bring about his NOM
ination. Senator Penrose, it is init
mated, would be favorable to Sproul,
at least to the extent of having the
delegation instructed for him"
Several of the newspapers in
Philadelphia and elsewhere are de-
voting much attention to the dis
agreement between state Chairman
William l.. Crow and Joseph X.
Grundy The Public Ledger prints
on the first page certain prognostica-
tions, but thus far has not published
any statement from either of the
parties it mentions.
| Between jobs in the revenue and
prohibition enforcement services the
Democrats of Pennsylvania have no
time for such places as the census
| affords. incidentally, it is very in
teresting to note the careful manner
in which men are being selected for
the worthwhile places and it is not
| hard to foreshadow where work Will
be done for A. Mitchell Palmer be-
tween now and the May primary. So
many applicants turned up in Phila-
| delphia, say the newspapers, that
Robert f.. Hall was sent on from
| Washington to help out. The Phila-
delphia Press says: Mr.. Hall was
sent on TO the city from Washington
| by National Prohibition Commis-
sioner John r. Kramer to assist
Leo A. Crossen. supervising agent for
| the Eastern district, which includes
| PENNSYLVANIA, New Jersey and Della
ware, in selecting applicants for the
F.! various sections in the Eastern dis
trict Supervisor Crossen returned
| yesterday from four-day trip
! through the western part of the
| STATE. He was in Pittsburgh on
Thursday and Scranton, his home
town. on Friday, where he practically
settled upon the men who will watch
| these two important cities"
-Pennsylvanians as presidential
possibilities were considerably dis
cussed at the Coming of age din
ner of the Pennsylvania Society in
New York on Saturday night. AL
William c. Sproul came in for favor
! able mention. Col. George Harvey,
who made an analysis of Pennsyl
| Vania, induStrially, politically and
financially, said that he felt the i'm
pulse while sitting in the seat of the
| Governor, and also remarked that
the Pennsylvania Quaker who de-
clned the proffer of the portfolio of
| the Secretary of War when the Will
son cabinet was formed is now the
ost active candidate for the place
! of communicated chief of the Army
! and Navy, a reference to A. Mitchell
| Palmer that caused much laughter.
Senator Warren G. Harding, an out
| and out candidate for the presidency,
was also much in the mention,
especially by Job e. Hedges, the
closing speaker.
The New York World, which
printed yesterday composite pictures
of the possibilities for both the Re-
publican and Democratic nomina-
tions, does not include either Gov
crnor Sproul or Attorney General
Palmer among the possibilities in
either party. This. of course, is an
east of the Hudson view.
1t is believed probable that
some developments in regard to the
Republican nomination for Auditor
General will appear before very long.
Numerous names are being men
toned and in years gone by when
such a condition arose a crystalliZa-
tion of sentiment generally occurred
about Christmas time. 1t is not i'm
possible that two men on the State
ticket next year may reside on al
most the same degree of longitude.
Two appointments to vacancies
on the benches of western counties
are expected about Christmas week.
one will be for the Westmoreland
orphans court and the other TO the
Allegheny county court.
The Philadelphia Press. in the
course of a review of State Republi-
can politics, says that the next fight
will be over election of members of
the State committee. Just what is
going to happen in the Democratic
party in Pennsylvania in regard to
the same elections is not going to be
II strawberry shortcake festival
either.
"A battle against the attempt OF
the Wares to nominate Harry c.
Ransley to succeed Mayor-elect j.
Hampton Moore in Congress is pre-
dicted in Philadelphia. Senator
David Martin will he u factor in
determining who shall be named. E.
j. Cattell, the city statistician, is
being groomed but says he is not a
candidate. Ex-Representative Isa-
dore Stern, however, says that he
will be, whether Mr.. Cattell runs OF
; not.
Considerable attention is being
given by newspapers to the criticism
of the Comptroller of the Currency
in Commissioner of Banking John S.
Fishers report. The general opinion
is that the Commissioner was tenn
perate and even reserved in his COM
ments upon the conduct of the Fed
eral official considering the situation
as it developed. The report is the
first to be made by the Commissioner
and shows an exceedingly business
like tone, with broad grasp of the
! problems of to-day.
Some of the Penrose men do
not like the selection of Watson for
mercantile appraiser in Philadelphia,
but the philadelphia Inquirer re-
marks that men, active in Republi-
can affairs think it was the best
under the circumstances.
Il. II. Rupp, of Allentown, Dem
ocratic State chairman, according to
reports. is to become a candidate for
Democratic delegate-at- Mr..
. Rupp will be Palmer delegate and
may find some time to get to the
State headquarters occasionally.
Judge John p. Kelley, Scranton
member of the Constitutional Revis-
ion Commission, has caused rejoicing
in that city by saying that as result
of amendments proposed the chances
are bright far Scranton beina nlaced