Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-19
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BY the Ex-Committccman

| Announcement of the appointment
of A. Mitchell Palmer, of Strouds-
burg. Attorney General OF the United
states and Democratic national COM
mltteeman from Pennsylvania as a
member of the Democratic national
/ executive committee. as the inside
| council of the party machine is
offfcial styled. is taken by Demo-
| Gratis in the Keystone State to mean
that he does not intend to resign
as national committeeman. The
| democracy of Pennsylvania will
therefore be spared the scenic con-
test that would result If the Demo-
cratic state committee would be
called to fill the place of the national
! committeeman.
The fact that Carter Glass, the
| secretary of the treasury, is also
named as member of the commit
tee is taken to mean that cabinet
! once is no bar to service on the De-
mocracys highest council. Member
snip on the committee is probably
qualification for cabinet place. The
Palmer appointment will end, for
time, the ambitions of Joseph T.
| Guffey, some time Democratic State
| chairman, to be national committee
/ Eugene c. BonniweH, candidate of
the Democratic voters, but not of
! the Democratic bosses for Governor
of Pennsylvania last fall, to get even
with Palmer for the reading out of
the party which he staged here last
summer.
1t spoils nice chance for DEM
! ocradc reorganization because Pal
mer and his pals will never consent
70 the State haiNp
Senator Edwin H. Ware yester-'
day presented to the Senate the new
! budget bill for the Quaker City. This
measure. which is a comprehensive
bill of over 400 words, is regarded
as detractor from the charter re-
vision bill. 1t is claimed to be pat
| termed on the financial features of
| the Bullitt law. In any event. it is
going to be new factor in State
politics because the measure will
surely hold much attention for a
| while. The Woodward charter bill
will have its inning next Tuesday in
the Senate committee presided over
by Senator Ware and in the House
the Ware men will make an effort to
send the Brady bills back to COM
mittee until the Scott bills can be
gotten started.
Things are being lined up for
reconsideration of the defeat of
the Bolard bill requiring all legal
advertisements to be printed in plain
United States newspapers, Members
who voted against the bill are hav-
ing some troubles of their own to
explain why they did so and men
who were absent will be in their
seats when the move to reconsider is
made.
1t is generally admitted that the
Sterling bill to rip out the present
school boards in Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh and to provide elective
boards in their places is in bad
shape as the result of the hearing
held yesterday afternoon in the
House. The speeches of \. Leo We'll, !
who spoke of corruption in Pitts !
burgh under the old system: Mar |
Gus Rauh and John r. X. Scott are
conceded to have made the ways diff |
ticult for the measure.
Senator L. +. Jones is taking a !
hand in amSndments to the borough |
and township codes as he presented |!
bills late yesterday providing for |
fees of only two per cent. for treas |
urers of smaller school districts and !
boroughs and relative to appoint |
ment of borough auditors.
Robert c. Miller, Republican |
county chairman of Adams and |
mentioned for the next superintend- /
ent of public printing. was here yes
terday with an Adams county dele |
CATION and met a number OF his |
friends
The resolutions adopted by Lo- |
cal Union No. 1856. United Mine |
Workers of America, thanking the |
State Highway Department for the |
promise of construction OF the road |
between Gallitzin and South Fork, |
Cambria county. have been received |
by the department. Whereas, Bids |
have been asked for the work on the |
west end of the road, and a number |
of our people are without employ |
ment at this time. be it resolved |
that a vote of thanks be rendered |
the State Highway Commissioner |
and the Commissioners of Cambria |
county for their efforts in our be- |!
half. and we pray them to take steps |
to start the work at once" said the !
resolutions. This local has head |
quarters at Gallitz!n.