Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31
YaeStica n
'Psa~eagsamia
BY the Ex-Committceman

is not extensive and some of the
remarks indicate that the former
forester Will have considerable diff
Guilty getting out of the woods next
year.
Mr.. Pinchot is generally accepted
as candidate for Republican Nat
! ional delegate himself. He would
like to go at large. but he may run
as Il candidate for district dele
gate in the 26th district which
would bring him into collision with
a bunch of Republicans who would
like nothing better than a fight over
! the seats
From now on there will be con-
siderable heard from the Pinchot
headquarters in Philadelphia about
the cause and the Pike county man
and his staff will be swinging
around organizing local conferences
| on the plan outlined, awaiting, in
belief of many, an opportune time
| to announce himself as a candidate
| for Senator.
| REORGANIZATION of the State
| Bureau of Standards under one of
| the recently approved Woodward
| laws for the expansion of the De-
| partment of Internal Affairs will be
made effective early in the coming
month when four deputies will be
| named in addition to other attaches.
1t is generally believed that James
: Sweeney, the first chief of the bu-
, reau who organized it several years
! ago under DR. Henry Houck, will
| be reappointed. One of the most
| important features of the new law
| is that giving the State officials au-
| thority TO make inspections which
had hitherto been the province of
the local inspectors, the State Blu
reau being confined to verifying
| weights and measures. Secretary
James f. Woodward in speaking of
| the plan outlined by the new law
said that the State inspectors would
cooperate with local authorities
and would have power to make in
spections on highways as we'll as in
stores. Since 1912" said he, "the
local inspections have numbered p
543, 1856 weighing or measuring de-
vices and 2.6OS,165 packages not
stamped under the law. OF the de-
vices tested 263. 100 were confiscat-
ed and S7.12O adjusted. OF the
packages over 10000 We're con-
fiscated as short. The inspectors
secured S37 convictions. 1 think
that our men will aid local authori-
ties materially and be of consider
high cost of living"
Just to show how the Pinchot
movement is regarded up the State,
the Keystone Gazette of Bellcfonte
prints an editorial headed "a Wall
from the Wilderness" which is
written in the best Harter style. 1t
denies that Mr.. Pinchot is the only
living representative of the lament
ed Roosevelt and goes on to give a
long list of places where he falls
short The Gazette says: Few,
if any, true Republicans will heed
Mr.. Pinchot's wall from the poll
tical wilderness His effort is futile
and will go unrewarded. He has
gained some notoriety in his pursuit
of office, but he has delivered little
to existing humanity nor to post
Gritty in return therefor. Pinchot is
non-luminous. wandering political
planet; nut without a kernel, a
politician without job"
Some comment is heard that A.
Nevin DIETRICH, one of the galvaniz-
ing forces at the sparsely attended
Moosers, was the undertaken at
meeting held here some three years
ago. At that meeting, held in the
old Board of Trade lower hall one
hot, hot afternoon. Mr.. DIETRICH pre-
sided over a conference at which
it was formally resolved to disband
the Washington party. William
Finn and the big leaders, who did
not attend Tuesdays meeting, were
there and with evident relief saw
the organization laid away. Mr..
DIETRICH then established a record
in producing proxies to attend the
TNny 10
ings never presented anything like
it.
And now Mr.. DIETRICH is enter
tanning the State by stirring up the
organization he helped take out of
politics.
The Philadelphia Record gets
considerable fun out of the gather
ing of Pinchot's men, and the In
quirer intimates that some of the
people at the meeting We're more
spectators than participants. The
Evening Ledger says: THE Bull
Moose. roaming the green places
where great hopes go when they
die, is without doubt glad to be
dead and free from contact with the
naples wights in politics who do not
know how to lead or be led. Mr..
Pinchot's hysterical cries to the un-
answering ground show that the
Moose is indeed gone forever. Moth
ing remains to his survivors but the
first word of n composite designa-
ton that once was magic in mems
ears"
Clifford Pinchot. the new mem
Der of the State Forestry Commits
sion, paid his first visit to the Of
fees of the department to-day and
spent several hours going over the
system of forest control and man
agement He discussed the plans
for extension of reserves with Com
missioner Robert s. ConkIn and
plans to attend the meeting of the
Commission on Friday.