Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-31
PeGEco IL
Pe~~a4esaia
BY the Ex-Committeeman

III BY the Ex-COmnftteeman
From all indications the Pennsyl-
,, Vania Democrats are going to make
, some demonstration in behalf of At
torney General A. Mitchell Palmer
at Washington when the Jackson
oay dinner is held. In fact, the
present plans are for the Democrats
OF pennsylvania to go in lunches
Ihey are going to be massed and
, presumably the bellows will be
working so that the man from
stroudsburg will be given what may
be termed IAN ovation" and the
country notified all about it.
Latest information is that William
q. McAdoo will not be able to at
tend and that is taken to. mean that
ne VIII not figure in the prelimi-
nary running. but William Jennings
Bryan is going to be there. That is
PROBABLY one reason why the Palmer
vania man.
The Bryan boom, which is taken
so seriously at Washington and in
the southern and western states. is
very disturbing to some of the Penn
sylNan1a Democratic leaders. They
nave Deen banking on being able to
awe the opposition by presidential
countenance of the Palmer boom and
the activity of Joseph Tumulty. And
now here comes the man from Ne
Draska with pronounced disinclina-
ton to scare a bit.
--Aulitpr. Cano.,,
oer, who finished up his appoint
ments of the first mercantile apprais-
eTs TO be named under the act of
ISI9' which took the appointments
from county commissioners and gave
| then 10 the Auditor General admits
that he accumulated q rare lot of eX
Perlence' even for him, in the com
pllation of the list. He found a
number of county leaders who were
at odds and some leaders who did not
asree with senators and various
other conditions calculated to cause
more or less annoyance even to such
we'll versed official as the man from,
Schuylkill. The appraisers will be
summoned to go to work at once.
NOW that these appointments
are out of the way and most of
county appointments made there are
ihqlcatlons that the campaigns for
delegate and various nominations
VIII start without delay. Early Jan
uary VIII see many booms launched.
-Ihe Pittsburgh Dispatch saws
that there will be no contest against
state Chairman William f. Grow for
man in June.
"A taxpayers suit is being threat
ened at Chester as a resuIt of sonoo
or the municipal financing. The ONT
gong and incoming administrations
pa 1alr to make it interesting for
each other. Ao'
-PaImer Democrats will run e. ]
Lynett and Joseph O'Brien as the
I'ackawanna Democratic National
delegates.
-Ex-Governor Edwin s. Stuart
mas added his commentator and en-
dorsement of j. Hampton Moore to
"hat Governor Sproul has said.
-Gettysburg's special bond is
sue election on February 3 is attract
ing much attention, as taXpayers ana
counclImen do not agree on some
details of benefits of former ex-
.penditures. The ward issue is for
SSo'oVO for highway improvements
IN conjunction with the State and
s2V,O0O for an electric plant.
owing to disagreements in the
chester city council the 1920 budget
is not ready. Council has a week
before the new administrator |
comes in.
Col George Roth, who is n ITni-
Versity of Pennsylvania professor
ana saw service in France. has been
appointed assistant to Welfare Di-
rector r. l.. Tustin in PhiIadelphia.
Allentown is facing a 500, 600 |
budget and a tax increase.
scranton people see a drive at
EN-Congressman John r. Farr in |
the dropping of Ellsworth Kelly |
from the city-clerkship. Kelly is a |
hrother-in-law of County Commits |
man.
One of the interesting facts about
the preparations of the Democrats
Tor the 1920 delegate campaign is the
effort to get dyed-in-the-woolW Wilson
men to run for delegate. Some be-
leVe this is either as n third term
precaution or, what is more likely.
TO make sure of support for Palmer,
who is said to have the Presidents
secretary right with him.
In the midst of the trumneting
from Washington as to the mannar
in which the Federal crusades on
living and other costs are being CON
Quoted, the Pittsburgh Dispatch in
dulges in this jab at the way Demo
Gratis are running things: "The most
effective aid the Government couId
give would be to reduce the cost of
Government and cut taxes. The Ma
ton cannot pay five or six billions of
dollars in National taxation where II
used to pay but one billion without
that Increase being reflected in the
cost of every item we eat, drink. wear
or use. There is something practi-
cal to aim at, but it will require
more than promises and prophecy to
bring it down."
The Lincoln Association of
Bethlehem, of which Harry Mevers
is president, and which is noted
throughout the State for its dinners
on Lincoln Day, has invited Mayor
j. Hampton Moore, of Philadelphia.
to be one of it's speakers.
General George C. Richards of
Oil City, will resign in a few days
as member of the State Armorv
Board and then be named Water
Supply Commissioner.
1t is said that Walter T. Mo