Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-23
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By the Ex-Committeenan

Governor William C. Sprouts very
evident intention to get down to bus
mess right away and to push along
his plans for reorganization of the
state government is winning favora-
BILE comment from legislators and
they have been calling at his Offices
to tender their support. The new
Governor made q most striking i'm
preston upon the lawmakers and
there have been few governors in
years who have been able to COM
mand SO much strength in the two
houses.
| Very general commentator has
followed his expression in favor of
every action on the prohibition
amendment and the Law and Order
Committee of the House will likely
meet Tuesday to dispose of the
measure. I will be given a promi-
nent place in the calendars.
| 1t was said to- day that Governor
Sproul would send q number of
names of appointees to the Senate
Monday and that by Tuesday he
would make up his mind regarding
most of the hold-over appointees of
the Brumbaugh administration. The
names of Fire Marshal Howard e.
Butz. Huntingdon, and Commissioner
of Fisheries Than r. Butler, Wayne,
VIII so to the Senate soon, 1t is said.
The men whose appointments were
Withdrawn will serve until the end
or the Senate unless their SUCCESSORS
are named in the meantime. This
means that the Public Service Com
mission will have three temporary
commissioners, only one of whom,
Judge II. b. Mcclure, of Lewisburg,
is any way sure of retention. Will
liam A. Magee and Michael J. Ryan
will go, it is said. The snarl over
the clerkships and attaches of the
House is easing up. William S. Leib,
of Pottsville. is not q candidate for
resident clerk of the House and some
shifts will be made between now and
Monday night, when the announce
ments will be made.
The Philadelphia Evening Bull
letin contains this interesting COM
ment upon the Sproul cabinet selec-
tions as announced and qualified
which. by the way, seems to reflect
the general view of the officials: ut
is pretty generally conceded that
those whom Sproul has called around
him as the heads of the executive
departments form an able and cred
table outfit. Their average of expe-
rience and capacity is high. Every
one of them has the reputation of
clean handedness and of having
made good in his previous profess
sional of official pursuits. In respect
to most of them, the new Governor
has had the benefit of knowing them
we'll either in long personal friend
ship or in the intimacies of official
contact on the HILL At least two,
If not three. of them are either of
gubernatorial timber or are not un-
likely to grow into samples of that
material before the end of the next
four years. The next Republican
nomination will probably be consid-
cred as due to the interior of the
state said veteran in public life as
we were scanning the names OF the
new appointees, and it is possible
that John S. Fisher or Lewis S. Sad
ler may eventually catch the public
eye in that direction
announced the appointment of the
following deputies attorney general:
Robert S. Gawthrop, West Chester.
first deputy attorney general, and ad-
ditional deputies: William M. Har-
gest, Harrisburg; Emerson Collins,
Williamsport; Bernard j. Myers,
Lancaster, and William I. Swope,
Clearfield.
The Pennsylvania State Legisla-
tive Correspondents Association, one
of the oldest organizations of the
kind in the country, held it's four
teenth biennial meeting to-day and
elected John r. Ball, of the Pitts
burgh Post and Sun, as president.
Newspaperme from half dozen
cities and representing the big press
associations and newspapers of the
state are members. Hiram G. An
drews, Harrisburg correspondent for
the North American, was elected
vice-president; A. Boyd Hamilton,
of the Harrisburg Telegraph and AS
sociated Press, secretary for the sixth
time; John H. Reitinger, of the Phil
adeIphia office of The Associated
Press. treasurer, and e. ]. Hart. of
the Scranton Times. sergeant-at-
arms. Appropriate action was taken
on the deaths of Thomas M. Jones,
Harrisburg. president of the associ-
alton, and Samuel e. Hudson, Phila-
delphia, both charter members, and
Senator George t. Oliver, as honor
ary member. Governor William C.
Sproul, who owns the Chester Times,
was elected to honorary member
ship. Harry S. McDevitt, his secre-
tary, is also a member, having earned
his spurs while with the Philadelphia
Press. Several correspondents who
have come here for the 1919 session
presented their credentials and were
accorded newspaper privileges.