Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16
Pseit;co IL
Pe~~a4GSa~ia
BY the Ex-Committeeman

| Ol SOitlt VI lllt NlNltS VI
Pennsylvania in population in the
last few years. due to industrial de-
velopment, has brought about an en-
tirely new, proposition in regard to
classification of the cities and may
make easier the way of the proposed
new constitutional amendment estab
fishing a system of classification
more in accord with needs than the
/ three classes fixed by the Supreme
| Court. 1t is interesting to note that
the act on which the Supreme Court
! fixed its decision made seven classes
and the new amendment follows the
thought of the Wallace amendments
submitted TO the last Legislature at
request of the Third Glass City
League.
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh have
asked to be placed in different
classes and Scranton to be separated
from Pittsburgh. Scranton expects
to have around 100000 population
and its people would like to head the
third class. Reading will be over
100000 and Erie expects to be, while
Allentown, now moving to take in
littelsvllle and Fullerton as well as
territory up to Bethlehem city gates,
| is aiming in the same direction.
This would make it a simple mat
ter with Philadelphia for the first
class, Pittsburgh for the second and
100000 to 100000 made the third.
with from 100000 down to $4,000
| TOR the fourth and those below for
g., 4
what suits one large city shall not
be forced on others of lesser size
Will do much toward solving Home
rule"
The Pittsburgh GaZette-Times
and Philadelphia Press both predict
Judge Eugene G. Bonniwell will be
an active candidate for Democratic
National committeeman from Penn
sylvania, regardless of opposition, on
the ground that the party in the Key
stone State needs a change. The
Pittsburgh Dispatch says Bonniwell
believes Arthur G. DeWalt will with
draw. The Philadelphia Press in q
Washington dispatch says: "The
weakness of the Palmer McC Cormick
machine is that these leaders have
Kept all the honors and emoluments
for themselves and even their ad-
herents have obtained very little as
their reward for opposing the Old
Guard-Jim Guffey machine. Oil is
again gushing in PENNSYLVANIA
politics and it may again flow
through the State to the benefit of
the opponents of the Palmer faction.
This faction has nothing to offer. All
the postmasterships are filled and the
Democrats in Pennsylvania, as well as
the Nation, recognizes that there will
be no Federal Democratic admins
tratlon to dole out patronage after
March, 1921. Therefore. the oil bar
rel which kept up interest in minor
ity politics in PENNSYLVANIA for many
years looks interesting to Democrats
in the keystone State. which presents
the most debatable situation respect
ing control of the party machinery
since the days when. following the
Allentown convention, the present
leaders overthrew Guffey and his
satellites"
The Philadelphia North Ameri-
can has made it's first editorial COM
ment on the Republican National sit
uatlon and says: THE Washington
conference was of peculiar interest
TO Pennsylvania because the Cover
nor of the State was selected to make
the keynote address. This is admit
tedly difficult and dangerous task;
but Governor Sproul fully measured
up to the occasion, making a speech
which has been highly commended
on all sides. This is the first time
in a generation that a Pennsylvanian
has been asked to chart a course for
the party. Indeed, it is almost a
unique experience for the Common
wealth to have in the Governors
chair man whose record and whose
status before the Nation justify the
party in seeking counsel from him.
Governor Sprouts address
was courageous in tone, timely in
substance and genuinely constructive
in its suggestions. 1t made so pro-
nounced an impression that there
was quite q boom for the speaker
as an available man for the presi-
dental nomination. These favorable
expressions will please all Pennsyl-
vanians. Still more gratifying, how
ever, was the evidence that the fiat
tering testimonial did not turn the
Governors head; he is too well
versed in political affairs to put un-
due value upon the discussion of his
name in this connection"
The Philadelphia Evening Led
ger continues to criticise the State
Constitutional Revision Commission.
| It's latest is as follows: when the
Commission was appointed it was un-
derstood that it was to clear the
ground for u convention by doing
some of the preliminary work 1t
was expected to point out the in
consistencies in the present docu-
ment and to show how they could be
removed and how the Constitution
could be simplified by the omission
of all the present complicated restric-
| tions upon the Legislature and by
providing for a grant of power with
wide discretion in it's exercise"
In regard TO the value of un-
! pledged delegations to National con-
ventions, the Evening Ledger says:
The delegations from many states
will go to Chicago committed to GER
| tain candidates.. while every candi-
date will be anxious to get the sup
port of the large delegations from
! Pennsylvania and New York. AS
| these two states could combine and
| bring about the nomination of any
candidate on which they could agree,
the matter of instructions can be al
| lowed to take care of itself"
! The Clearfield Progress has this
to say about the candidates. for Ma
tional delegate of IL. b. Scott and A.
II. Gaffney in the Twenty-first dis
! trict: Both of these men have the
endorsement and full support of the
party leaders in Clearfield, Centre.
| Cameron and Mexican counties and
their candidates. should meet with
universal favor"
! -Mayor-elect j. HAMPTON Moore