Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-16
.CROWMAY YAGREE
T0PLAN OF. TRUCE
State Chairman Expected to
Give Up Fight Against Grundy'
and-Penrose
MEETS SPROUL TONIGHT

'~ Governor Sproul and Senator William
T.. Grow. chairman Of the Republican
state cornmitte. will confer tonight at
Harrisburg on the question whether or
not the state Legislature is to be or
gnnized harmonionsly next January.
1t Is believed by those most convcrsant
with the situation that the answer 70
the question of peace or war with SEN
ator penrosc and Joseph Il. Grundy,
president Of the Pennsylvania Manu-
facturers' Association. on the one side
and the Sproul Crow alliance on the
other. will be. peace.
Several times the state organization
has been threatened by sharp rpsump.
tion Of the Crow Grundy political feud,
Each time a sort of a truce has been
reached
Crow Mayr}ubmit
1t is expected tlss3snight Senator
Crow will agree with Governor Sproul
that this also is n time when truce
should be maintainctHs :.
State leaders. howtSdA', would not be
surprised to see the ftNid flare up some
time in the course Of, Tho Forthcoming
Legislative session. Mr.. Grundy will be
watching Senator Crow as the SN6ul
leader in the Senate t8iAh n careful eye.
| Politicians said thatL.R'iScnatOr Grow
1 should again "CroSs' the plnfis. of
! Grundy the latter would not hesitate
! to dcnouncc the truce.
| The harmony plan for the organiza O..
! ton of the Legislature ccntcrs about
, the election of the speaker of tha
! House. Senator Penr6Sc announced
when at the shore recently. that hc sa%
no reason why Representative Robert
:. Srangler. of York county. shouh
not be re- elected. \ few dnys age
Mr.. Spangler and thn Governor had q
! conference. At tontght's session it Is
believed tho state chairman and the
Governor will decide to support Spang.
Ter. The re- election of Spangler vii
carry with it control of the appoint
mrnt Of House committees and HOUSE
patronage.
Baldwin to Rule Senate
Senator Frank f.. Baldwin. of Pot,
ter county, will be- the president prC
tenn. of the Senate and have the ap
pOintment Of committees and of en-,
ployes for the upper house.
The aCrr0tanC" by other state lead
ers of the Pcnrosc declaration fo
ElhuEtPE ~ an UIt'INNltP Nl tNp l'pn
rose influence in national politics. II
. the first place. state leaders will hav,
to look to senator Penrosc for fedora
patronage. which is probably more i'm
portant. comparatively speaking, in tn
rural districts than it is in philadrl
phia.
: Another point which Senator Crov
will not overlook ia his chat with th
,, Governor tonight is that Mr.. SuHnglr
is an ally of Samuel s. Lewis. OF. EorI
county, who has just been elected audi
tor general. Mr.. Lewis was placed o,
the state ticket Ms recognition of Nj
Grundy. Governor %nrouI however. /
! counting on the fact that Speak"
t Spunglcr. in tho last session. was fni
in all RESPECTS to tho state admnistrn
5 tiOn.
"a Senatorial. Situation
Q But perhaps. said politicians. ono {
l.. the most competing points in the sTtua
= ton is the fact that Senator pcnrose ha
b it in his power. within limits. Of rourS,
G to give Governor Sproul n chance to ap
: point successor to United Statis Sen
Y ator Knox. Senator pcnroSc may hay
: no real intention of urging Senator knu
= upon the President elect as II rauddat
; for the cabinet, but until the question
settled. friends Of Governor Suroul an
Of Senator Grow will be hopeful. An,
being hopeful. said the leaders. moul
that the Gsorernor and the state chain
r man will be Willing tt defer moro thn
! ordinarily to the senior United Stat,
Senator.
n The appointment of Senator Knox
the cabinet would make n vacancy
). the office of senator. Governor Spro
Le could then appoint his ally. Scnat
= Grow, to tho vacancy for the uncxpr,
Is term, leaving until lat"r the question
Z a candidate for til" long term. In shor
s because Of Senator PrurOsr's come
ton with national politics. most thin
in state politics are in the balance, wi
'd the Balance at this time on pcnro>c
u side.