Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-12
'Yssstsca &.
Psa~4sssaaia
BY the Ex-Committecnan

who was forced out by Governor
Brumbaugh early in 1917. Col Me-
| Cain recalls events in the political
history of that period familiar to
everybody who knows anything
about Capitol Hill and published in
/ part at the time. He recalls that
| when Smith got an inkling that
| Brumbaugh was considering his
] dismissal he conferred with a num-
, ber of influential men in Philadel-
! phia who told him to hold on at
all costs. Mean time the bankers
of the State, who had been treated
| fairly by Smith and who was held
! by them in high respect as an
! honest, efficient commissioner, got
into touch with the Governor and
| Mccain estimates the then Cover
nor must have received as many as
200 letters urging that Smith be
retained and predicting disaster if
| less efficient or less experinced
I man be put in his place. Finally
! Smith was forced out and it was
| then that LaFean came in.
| ALI over the State the returning
| soldiers are beginning to manifest
| interest in political developments.
| over in Cumberland county there
are at least two or three soldiers
in the spotlight, including John E.
! Myers of Lemoyne, who wants the
| Democratic nomination for district
| attorney and Captain Ralph c. Crow,
of the same town, who seeks the
. Democratic nomination for county
, treasurer. Another Keystone Divi-
sion man is Merle E. Coover of
Carlisle, who is being urged for the
Republican nomination for register
of wills. Rippey T. Shearer, also
a Carlisle soldier, is being favor
ably considered by the Democrats
as a candidate for clerk of the
courts and recorder of deeds. There
is no dearth of candidates in the
Cumberland Valley and the primary
election promises to be more than
usually interesting.
A fine shindy is staged in Le-
high county where three experience
ed politicians are seeking a position
on the bench. These are State
Snator Horace w. Schantz, State
Senator Milton c. Henninger and
Congressman Arthur G. Dewalt. All
are experienced campaigners,
Schantz being chairman of the Re-
publican county committee. Hen
niger was for some years Demo-
cratic chairman. The contest is
being watched with interest in other
parts of the State.
Governor Sproul is back from
his business trip to the northwest
and is being urged to iron out the
political difficulties at Chester.
Things are said to be greatly mud
died from the political standpoint
and the Governors good offices as
a peace-maker are being sought by
both sides. AS the head of the
State government, he expects to
1nn fn, n1 n1r
an important conference of Gov
ernors this week, and he will be
some busy threshing out the situa-
ton in his home town.
senators Penrose and Knox will
be the star guests at the big jubilee
for soldiers, sailors and marines on
the fairgrounds at Reading, next
Saturday. Congressional medals
and other decorations will be pre-
sented to several soldiers and the
distinguished representatives of
Pennsylvania in the United States
Senate will be escorted to the
grounds by three hundred in uni
form.
Congressman W. w. Greist is
choosing a ticket for Lancaster
county that will be a fine mixture of
the civilian and the soldier in its
personnel. Judge Lands will have
no opposition for the Republican
nomination for another term on the
bench. Colonel Edward c. Shan
non of Columbia, late commander
of the 111th regiment, is expected
to receive the nomination for pro-
thonotary on the Republican ticket
and Major B. o. ReitZel of Salunga,
who served with the Rainbow DiVi-
sion, is likely to be the nominee
N tCtA
ticket Captain William c. Rehm,
who has returned from overseas and
who has been acting as city solicit
or. is said to be booked for district
attorney.
Judge John NJ. Patterson has
the backing of David II. Lane and
State Senator Martin in the fight
for the Republican nomination for
mayor of Philadelphia. Congress-
man ]. Hampton Moore will be sup
ported by the Committee of One
Hundred in the primary fight. AS
Moore has stated in several inter-
views, 1t is now a square issue
whether it is to be Moore or Ware"
He dosent think the situation should
| be camoufiaged in any way as to
personalities.
j. A. Pryor, a former Prohibi-
zionist of Lemoyne, is reported to
have entered the Republican ranks
| q candidate for commissioner in
! Cumberland county. George w.
Musser, of Camp Hill. j. B. Ocker.
| of Mechanicsburg, and others are
in the running for the same office.
Judge John M. Garman has
been touring this part of the State
with friends from the anthracite
coal region and took occasion while
! there to look into the judicial pap
ers on file at the State Department.
| He has no doubt as to the re-elec-
! ton to the judgeship in Luzerne
! county. Judge Garman is we'll
known in Harrisburg. where he
! frequently visits. and his character
istic news on politics are always in
| teresting. He was for several years
chairman of the Democratic State
Committee and never avoided fight
with his factional opponents.
CONGRESSMAN ]. Hampton Moore
is the unanimously accepted Mayor
atty candidate of the Philadelphia
| Committee of One Hundred; Conf
I mon Pleas Court Judge John NJ.
Patterson will announce his accept
ance as the Ware candidate to-day,
and Director of Supplies Joseph s.
mclaughlin has reiterated his de-
termination to stick to the pri .
maries. Thus Philadelphia enters
upon triangular fight for the Re-
| publican Mayoralty nomination,
with the independents and followers
of Senator Penrose arrayed behind
| Congressman Moore, and the Re-
publican City Committee expected