Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-10
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ing-Thomas F. MoNichoi to the
Phiiadeiphia Municipal bench. It
was currently reported he would do
this Tuesday and again yesterday.
Commenting on the report tho Phiia-
,deiphia North American to-day
says: Politicians yesterday awaited
IN vain for the appointment by Gov
ernor Brumbaugh of Thomas F. Nc
Nichoi, or the thirtieth ward, to the
municipal court bench. 1t was,sch ed
uied to, be announced in this city at
3 O'Clock. according to friends of
Senator Ware. who is backing Nc
Nicnol for the appointment. said at
O'Clock last night that the ex-
pccted visit to the governor to this
city had not materialized and he
SAID that as far as he knew the APP
pointment had not been made.
Attorney General Brown said
that he had been expecting .he gov
ernor all day and that he was due to
nave arrived In the forenoon. lie
SAID mat ne had not seen him.
according to men close to Gov
ernor Brumbaugh, he intended up-
pointing McNichol to the tudgeship
yesterday. McNichol himself ex-
pected the announcement to come
from the governor in the attorney
generals office at o'clock.
In political circles yesterday aft
ernoon there were rumors that the
governor was In the city and had been
closeted for several hours with the
attorney general. One report had
him at the Bellevue e-Strattord. He
was not to be found, however.
David II. Lane, leader of the
twentieth ward, is seeking the ap-
pointment for William Il. Walsh,
one OF hiss 'lieutenants McNichol was
slated for the place last fall, when
his name was taken from the ticket
as candidate for state representa-
tive In the thirtieth ward in order
that he might be eligible for the
appointment after December /. Nc
Nichol was the Ware leader in the
mousse In the 1917 session .of the
Legislature"
Judges Fuller Strauss, O'Boyle,
woodward and Garman, sitting at
wilkes Barre have forwarded to the
prothonotary OF the Supreme Court
their answer in the mandamus pro-
ceedings started by, 4. N. Carpenter,
Repubiican, who seeks to compel
them to throw out the soldier vote
cast In the last election and declare
MIN the duly elected CONGRESSMAN
from the Eleventh district. The
judges contend that the Supreme
Court has no Jurisdiction in the elec-
ton, claiming that the country
bench sits as a return board, and
that its decision Is final. 1t is the
claim OF the judges that the Su-
preme Court has jurisdiction only
in the event of contest and that,
inasmuch as, there is no contest in
the Carpenter Casey controversy, the
higher court lacks authority to force
the lower court to upset its findings.
The rule granted in the. mandamus
proceedings is returnable January
15, and argument Will. be made at
that time.
Deputy Attorney General Will
liam H. Keller, who was appointed
to the Superior Court by Governor
BrumbaughJ to succeed Judge KEEP
hart, was yesterday sworn in by
President Judge Orlady, in Philadel-
phia. Those present AT the cere-
rnony we're Mrs. Keller. the dudge's
wifes hiS daughter, Mrs. Miller, and
her husband, Lieutenant, Robert E.
Miller, u. S. A; his daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Keller, widow of the. judges
son.. Daniel S. Keller, who was killed
in France; Justices Simpson and
Kephart, of the Supreme Court;
Judge Head and. Judge Williams, of
the Superior Court, and Attorney
General Francis Skunk Brown. y.
"A. Lincoln Acker again has been
asked to run for mayor of Philadel-
phia next summer, this time by the
Harry Davis Republican Club OF the
Thirty eighth ward of Philadelphia.
The club reorganized for the year
with elections of officers and then
decided to start it's new business
with petition to Mr.. Acker to en-
ter the political arena. The 452
members of the club signed the petit
ton and 1t was taken. around to
Acker's house by a committee. Mr..
Acker replied with eloquent silence
on the subject, as he has done many
times before.
Commenting on the Philadel-
phia charter revision yesterday, SEN
ator Ware said the organization
members of the Legislature would
inquire among their constituents as
W what tney WdHtco III the WY OL
revision, and they reported the or
ganization would mako it's views
known. Mayor Smith and his direc-
tors, received eat a cabinet meeting
DIR. William Draper Lewis and the
members of the subcommittee on
contracts. The revisionists wanted
to consult the men experienced in
handling city contracts as to what
changes they would recommend,
particularly as to whether the city
should be empowered to do its own
contract work and whether agree
ments should run for more than a
year. Sentiment among the officials
seems to be that as a matter of home
rule the oity should receive. more
| liberty In these matters, though
some directors think that IL the city
obtained the right to operate its
ou,n coptracts n should he careful