Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-25
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

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Governor of Pennsylvania in 1922,
but L am not candidate; and L am
sorry the suggestion was made"
said Highway Commissioner Lewis
). Sadler, when asked about the
boom to-day.
Il became State Highway Com
missioner at the personal request of
Governor Sproul," continued Mr.
Sadler. THE Governor has planned
a primary highway system to be
completed during his term of office
My job for the next three years and
two months is to put through that
construction program. That is my
! ambition. My plans for the future
do not include further political
position. The suggestion of my
friends in Scranton is n great COM
pliment but it contains an element
of harm, because indirectly it might
be assumed that the great activities
of the State Highway Department
are for a politically ambitious pur-
pose. The State Highway Depart
ment has been divorced from poll
tics. 1t is engaged in building
roads. No attache of this Depart
ment is a candidate for office. The
only reward we seek is the satisfac-
ton of knowing that our efforts
| have given Pennsylvania a real road
| system"
Mr.. Sadler's remarks end what
some people in the State thought was
the start of something for 1922.
Among visitors to the city yes
terday were three of the men who
helped put Mexican county very
much on the map as one of the ban
ner good roads districts of the State
and who were responsible for rails
ing the money in the city of Brad
| ford for the construction of n road
in New York state so that James
| town folks could come over and call
at Bradford. They were Col. A. d.
Burns, one of the chief road boost
ers in the northwestern section;
County Commissioner A. J.
Bond and A. B. Kerry. They visited
the State Highway Department and
called at the State Treasury to see
Assistant Cashier Joe" LeCompte.
! Appearance of Charles r. Con-
| nell, son of the late w. l.. Connell, as
candidate for the Republican NOM
ination for Congress in the Scranton
district means a fight for eX-Con-
gresham John r. Farr, who wants
vindication after his defeat last fall
by the wet forces. Mr.. ConneIl is
wealthy coal operator and one of
VIC A'OSl lllOil III SNIdH-
ton.
Scranton Democrats are con-
siderably perturbed over the action
of the city committee in recon-
mending two men for registration
| commissioners when the Governor
comes TO appoint them. 1t seems
that some other men who hoped to
land did not have notice of the in
tention to endorse. The Lackawanna
Democrats got bad trimming at
the recent election and like their
be as interested in factional fighting
as the men in the Balkans.
According to Uniontown news
papers, the Fayette county courts will
have an opportunity to decide an
| election under the new election law,
by which it is possible to mark
straight ticket and at the same time
vote for an individual candidate. A
contest has just been instituted by
Ray l.. Sparks, Democratic candi-
date for Justice of the Peace of
Redstone township, who declares
that George Santo, Jr., was elected
over him by the failure of the three
| election boards to count votes on
| ballots so marked. The final vote
as returned to the Court was: Santo,
| 557, and Sparks, 541.
Personnel of Governor Sprouts
! Constitutional Revision Commission
appears to have met with general
newspaper commendation as well
balanced and representative, and the
suggestion of Attorney General
| Shaffer that it proceed to work at
once and keep at it seems to have
also been generally acceptable. The
Attorney General is anxious for the
commission to get to work and keep
at work, holding that six months
should be time to finish the task.
The Governor expects to be
back in Harrisburg in time to greet
the Commission at it's start. The
Attorney General, as chairman, will
call the meeting to order and it will
proceed with organization of its staff
and the appointment of committees
Governor Sproul is off to Vir-
ginia for ten days of rest and has
declined to say anything about the
suggestions from various parts of
the country that he become a can
didate for presidential honors. His
friends, however, are becoming ac-
tive in other states and in Pennsyl-
Vania some are inclined to proceed
without consulting the Governor.
Mention of ex-senator Bayard
Henry and Clinton Rogers Woodruff
as possible directors of the new g.
partment of Public Welfare in Phila-
delphia is interesting the State.
Governor Sproul will have to
name an alderman for the city of
York, owing to the death of Magis-
trate c. f. Keech, who had held that
place in the city by the Codorus
since 1884.
Representative James Il. Nor
ton. one of the Republican legis-
lators from Berks, is being discussed
as a possible candidate for senator
in that county His ambition has
been to return to the House.
disappointment of Seward r.
Button. of Luzerne county, as chief
lof the State Department Of Mines
is expected to be announced within
n short time. Mr. Buttons term ex-
pired some time ago, but the Gov
ernor has been waiting for some
agreement among Luzerne coun
tians. 1t is now believed that he will
proceed with the reappointment and
that the chief will be commissioned
for the full term.
John A. Scott. one of the origi
nal members Of the State Compen-
sation Board, will retire at the end OF
this week after serving since 1915,
Mr.. Scott has sent number of
lr.Va av1saa L. l.