Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-14
PoeIsca &.
sPs~~asesa~ia
BY the Committeeman

1
The manner in which Governor
elect William C. Sproul Is keeping
his own counsel regarding his in
augural address which will be de-
iiVered here just one week from
to-day has heightened interest In
MS plans and there is consjdera BILE
activity at Philadelphia and Wash
ington to find out what he is going
TO recommend. One of the big fea-
lures. 1t Is said by close friends OF
the senator. will be the placing OF
the business of the state government
upon a modern basis. 1t is under
stood that number of the recon-
mendations made after the study OF
the methods by the Economy and
Etflciency Commission which were
passed up" last session and the
session before, will be urged.
one of the significant things about
the new governor is the attention
given to him at Washington. Phila-
delphia and Pittsburgh are natur-
ally interested in what he will rec
ommend and his policy, but at the
national capitol the new governor
the big topic among men who fol-
low political matters. The melan-
choly showing made by the reorgan-
lied Democracy and the rout of the
lmer-McCormick group of bosses
the last year together with their
reputation of their partys nominee
Is taken at Washington to mean the
end or the national chairman and
his coterie politically and Sproul
with his quarter million majority is
regarded as the most interesting fig
ure in Pennsylvania. The peculiar
position held by the senator who
possesses the confidence of men of
every fhn N
and the impressive size of his vote
are causing every move he makes
to be watched closely.
Pennsylvania Republicans will
nave a more commanding position
in national affairs the next few
years than in other years.
While Governor elect William
c. Sproul plans to spend a great deal
of his time here during the winter
in furtherance of his idea to change
business methods in the state gov
ernment 1t is probable that he will
not reside much in the Executive
Mansion. During the inaugural
ceremonies he will be the guest of
Lewis S. Sadler, the new highway
commissioner, at his residence near
Carlisle and probably spend time
with other friends in the vicinity
Of Harrisburg.
Notwithstanding the fact that
the executive mansion was consid-
erably changed as far as the inter-
ior goes and refurnished at, an ex-
pense of over $4,000 three years
ago 1T Is said not to appeal to the
new governor. The mansion has
never been regarded as a honey"
place and enough has been spent
on alterations in the last twenty
five years to erect modern home.
Capitol Hill is looking for leg
islation which will abolish the State
Water Supply Commission, placing
much of it's work under the Public
Service Commission, which must
pass upon all new corporations to
supply water, mergers and contracts
under the present law. The elabo-
rate engineering studies and inves-
legations which have been in prog
ress for some time and which are
proposed will either be put under
tho commission or else in the pro-
posed Department of Conservation
which is being much discussed as a
possibility. The. Public Service Com
mission has been giving study to the
relation, of the streams of the state
to water power of the future, a sub
ject upon which the Water Supply
Commission has assembled impor-
tant data.
Another chapter in the Phila-
dephia Fifth ward political scandal
was written yesterday when Judge
Hause, in the West Chester court,
imposed sentence on the seven men
convicted of conspiracy. Terms of
from six months to two years were
imposed, with fines ranging from
$500 to $1,000. Those sentences
were: Isaac Deutsch. South street
butcher and Ware leader of the ward,
two years in Jail and $1,000 fine;
Lieutenant David Bennett. of the
Third and DaLancey Streets police
station, eighteen months and $500
| fine; John Wirtschafter, Michael
Murphy. Emanuel Uram and Louis
Feldman, patrolmen, one. year and
$500 fine each; Clarence Hayden,
negro policeman, six months and
5000 fine. AS soon as sentence had
been imposed, William A. GRAY
counsel for the defendants, filed no.
tice of appeal to the Superior court
| Politicians in Philadelphia inclined
yesterday to the view that Governor
Brumbaugh would make no appoint.
ment of municipal court Judge in
Philadelphia, but would hand over
the tangle he has got into on the
matter to his successor, Governor.
elect Sproul. 1t became rumored
about that Governor Brum baugh had
decided to take this course and many
of the men close to the situation
were inclined to believe it. 1t is
thought the contention has been mar
rowed down to Thomas f. McNichol
and John e. Walsh. Deputy Attor.
ney General Joseph L. Kun is re.
garded only as possibility in cas-,
Governor Brumbaugh declines IL
choose between the two other candi.
dates and still wants to make the
appointment.
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