Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-04
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Pe~~a4Gasia
BY the Ex-Committeeman

| Notwithstanding the activity of
friends of General Leonard Wood
In several of the counties of Penn
sylVania, people at the Capitol be-
lleVe that the keystone State delega-
tlon to the next Republican National
convention will go unpledged. A
NUMBER OF the men spoken OF as
iIkely TO be candidates for delegate
IN districts will only run on that
basis and the political forecasters
mere say that they do not think any
tnlng viii cause that prospect TO
change.
Governor William c. Sproul will
not be u candidate for President be-
/ lore the Republican voters of the
SIate. Like many of the other men
mentioned for the honor, he will be
receptive and nothing else. The
Governor will be one of the delegates
at large himself, as will Senator
Boies Penrose.
The Wood boomers have been
working in the big central districts
where there was such "a strong
Roosevelt sentiment in 1912 and are
IN hopes that ii can be revived in
faVor of the general. Late reports
are that they have not made much
, headway. b. +. Ruth, a Reading
Roosevelt man who has been much
in politics in the Berks county capi-
tai, is the only Wood delegate to an
nounce. Some eorts to get the gen.
eral 10 make speeches in Pennsyl-
Vania may be made.
-Remarks of Judge S. b. Sadler
in the Cumberland county court yes
terday to the effect that il supervis-
ors did not have time TO attend to
the public business they should re-
sign, will have considerable effect
IN the State. Judge Sadler was told
by some supervisors that they found
they could make more money husk-
ing corn than working on highways,
ana received stinging retort from
the Judge, who held that at this
time when efforts were being made
to meet the demand for good roads
ofticlals elected for that purpose
should attend to business.
Election of Charles ID. Wolfe,
assistant State Fire Marshal, as
president of the Young Mems Re-
publican Club of Williamsport,
means that there will be ginger in
Jected into that noted organization.
The club will have a big Lincoln
Day dinner, its annual function, and
has invited Senator p. c. Knox, Gen
eral Leonard Wood, ex-President
William Howard Taft and Attorney
General w. l. Schaffer to be its
speakers. The clubs Lincoln Day
dinners have been occasions for
some speeches and some of the men
now prominent in State affairs made |
deouts on such occasions.
John G. Neithammer, reelected !
chleI or the Reading fire department, |
is one of the well known firemen of !
the State. He is one of the few to |
be reelected to that place and in |
cidentally Reading is one of the few |
cities which have fire chiefs selected !
by the fire companies.
Simon Gratz, the veteran Phila- |
delphia school director, shook up |
things yesterday when in a speech |
he denounced critics and said that |
some of the people throwing bricks |
ought TO go out and shake hands |
with themselves for the havoc they |
had wrought.
Sheriff III. 9. Ransley may be |
backed by the Wares to succeed Con-
gresham Moore in the lower house |
OF Congress after January 1. The |
mayor has not been heard from, but |
it is doubtful IL Martin and Lane |
would be for Ransley if Moore was |
dSdlHSl MIN.
The Sproul defeat of the Me-
Clures in the Chester school board |
election means a serious check for |
the old leaders of that city.
Mayor ]. Hampton Moore. |
Of Philadelphia, evidently does not |
intend to let gubernatoriaI and other |
bees bother him. Speaking of the !
new mayors speech at Atlantic City |
the Philadelphia Bulletin saws: !
Mayor-elect j. Hampton Moore |
will let the dim future take care of |
itself and pay attention to the busi- |
ness in hand-that OF being a good |
mayor. He will not be turned aside |
from that purpose by siren songs !
telling him of preferment awaiting |
him in the form OF higher offices. |
This was the burden of u short ad- |
dress he made last night at q dinner |
given in his honor at the New Will !
lard by Congressman Isaac Bacha- |
rach, of Atlantic City. Some have |
suggested said Mr.. Moore, that my |
election as mayor of Philadelphia is !
but stepping stone to higher hon !
ors. They begin too early. l will |
not be deviated from the big Job on
hand by any illusionment with re-
gard TO the future. No. | am not |
listening to the siren now, and am
not likely to-
The Evening Ledger has been |
studying the situation created by
women getting the vote. Taking the |
recent row in the Philadelphia Wo-
mems Republican Club as text, it
says: Politicians in this State have |
been dreaming Il sweet dream. ANY
student of political undercurrents !
knows that efforts began a year ago
to. mobilize feminine sentiment of
the State in behalf of the different
parties in order that when the fran
chise became universal large blocks
of votes would be ready for delivery
as necessity arose"
RpOrGaniziIlG National Guard