Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22
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Pe~~aqesosia
BY the Ex-Committeeman

elect Senator next year, but most
county will have the same elections.
and most of the Senators, it may be
said, are candidates for renomina-
ton. The year 1920 will have cleo
tions for Senator in odd-numbered
districts, and over half of the SEN
ate will be elected, as one or two
vacancies will have to be filled.
In this county Senator Frank \.
Smith is expected to be candidate
again on the Republican ticket and
will be reelected. He was chosen
last winter to fill the unexplred term
of Lieutenant Governor Edward +.
Beidleman.
In the Cumberland Perry -Juniata-
Mifiiin district names of eX-Repre-
sentatives Thomas J. J.Ferguson, James
II. Millkouse and Caleb b. Brinton,
of Cumberland; Harry Z. Ritter and
John S. Eby, of Perry, and Repre-
sentative c. G. Corbin, of MiiIlin, are
mentioned for Republican Senator
ial honors, with chances that 1t will
igo to Cumberland. Senator s. S.
Leiby will be a candidate to succeed
himself. In the lower Lancaster dis
trict, Senator John G.. Homsher will
run again and it is probable that
Col. Horace l.. Haldeman will again
be candidate in the upper Lancas-
ter and Lebanon district. In Schuyl-
kill county, Senator Robert d. Hea.
ton. elected to fill the vacancy when
Auditor General Charles A. Snyder
went into State office, will be a can
didate again.
Up the river Senator w. C. Nc
iConnell aSpircs to run again in the
Northumberland Union Snyder dis
trict and will likely have some oppo-
s;tion for the nomination.
Terms Of the York Adams and
Blair-funtingdon Senators will not
leXpire.
Illness of Attorney General \.
! Mitchell Palmer will probably not
interfere with the work of his parti-
sans among the Democrats in pre-
pairing for his campaign. The At
torncy General has been keeping his
weather eye on things in the home
State, and, being in sole control of
the organization he will be in a
position to take the center of the
State when the December Demo-
cratic conference is held.
/ Governor William C. Sp"oul goes
away with his appointments pretty
we'll made to fiji uo the vacancies
! in the State government and with
i the selections for the commission of
/ 20 to study and recommend revision
of the Constitution made up. The
commission will he announced within
! a few days and it will be left largely
! to the Attorney General, William ].
Schaffer. to call the meeting. Mr..
Schaffer's Illness has kept him away
! from Harrisburg the last ten days.
/ but it is expected t',at he will be
i able to resume his work by Thanks
giving Day.
-Reorganization of the Depart
ment of Labor and Industry has been
under way lately with vigor, and
while there has not been much said
about the changes they have been
coming pretty regularly and in i'm
portant places. Benjamin Jarrett,
Jr., the new member of the Com
pensation Board. will assume his
work next week. He is an attorney
and has been q student of compen-
sation laws and cases.
| 1t is possible that before long
some changes in Fe'eforces OF the
| Banking Commissioner will be made,
as well as that of the Commissioner
of Labor and Industry. The exam
in.ng force OF the Banking Depart
ment has been undergoing some
changes, and additions will be made.
Col Edward Martin, the State
| Commissioner of Health, is making
p'd progress with the organization
of his. health committees in various
countes and municipalities. In Il
/, numb Der of the districts some of the
most prominent men have agreed to
serve.
-AuditorNGeneral Charles \. Sny-
der who is charged with the ire
mendous task of organizing the mer-
camille and other tax collections
under the new acts, intends to name
his appraisers early in December.
The Auditor General has close to 100
such selectio to make and has been
surprised at the number of near and
dear friends that he has developed.
This organization is going to be a
4 special favorite OF the Auditor Cen
eral and he is giving close thought
to building il up.
People at the Capitol are dis
cussing with interest an address
made before this weeks State Edu-
cational Congress here by DR.. Edgar
Dawson, Hunter College. New YORK.
Machine men are bette citizens
tnan lEe average TelOTIner, Ut.
! Dawson said TO the civics group.
"He takes an interest in the affairs
of his community. while the average
reformer is content with sitting
round his club doing nothing but
criticise. Half the time the alleged
good citizen fails to cast his ballot,
There is no self-government in COM
munties where No ono can under
stand thn r0acEinery Of CONTROL" hn
said. States are TOO hurdered with
Icommi. sions and boards ard special
committees for ronl democracy tn
function, What's the Use OF TALKING
about deT o"raCy when we don't
Have ~" Pevisior Of Sta'e constitu-
lt'0nS &c q r"cans tn check the growth
of Bolshcvism wTs. asked by D.
Dawson. who is heading committee
TO draw mp model charters for cities
and states.
-Mayor-elect Moore, of Phila-
delphia. declared Yesterday that the
Department of Public Welfare pro-
vided for under the City Charter,
and through which he intended to
solve the greet problem of unrest, Is
in jeopardy. It cannot be organ 'zed
next year unless the present council
men busy themselves az once wit h
providing money for its creation, he
said. At the same time, Mr.. Moore
took a fling Mt the system of book
keeping which had seemed to per-
meate the now 1920 budget. and said
that he would not parmit hie a ndr,in