Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-31
|ROTANONE OF MANY
ION GOVERNOR LIST
oeoort Crundy Wants District
Attorney to Succeed sproul
No Surprise at Capital
NAY BE EAST VS.. WEST
nm a StaE Cortespondcm

Harrisburg. Jan. 3l.-Rep0rtS thui
,..snb Grundy. president of the Penn
..,vonia Manufacturers Association
ri,I support Samuel =. Rotan. district
.,,orney of Philadelphia, for Governor
% mccccd Governor Sproul. are not
,,,rnrising to state leaders.
II was asserted today, however. that
r,tbiue had been definitely settled Il"
), Tho make up Of the state ticket which
IN, he placed in the field next year.
Much of the work of erecting 'lightnine
ado " which is going on all the time,
,or that the Legislature is in session,
!. IN the nature of maneuvering for
| position.
,onsidered would be the geographical
ebase. As Governor SprOul comes from
the eastern part of the state, the west
.nd central sections will be vigorous
aar,enders for the premier place on the
.,ste The western leaders go so far rs
~ cav they have not been considered
tor The gubernatorial nomination for
Il, years, Governor Brumbaugh was
r.a,lv a Philadelphian. though he was
credited to Huntingdon county.
Other Sections Want Share
II nm casterner is selected for Gov
.rnor then the west and centrnl sec :
tions will claim the secretary Of internal
.ssirs and the lieutenant governor.
The special feature emphasized with
se.pect TO the Rotan gubernatorial
hoom is the fact that he is one of the
tsw intimate friends Of Senator Pen
rose. ,.,,. :.
chat for Robert s. Spangler. speaker
AZ the House. Mr.. Spangler comes
from York county, he is friend OF
Mr.. Grundy, and 1t was through the
intervention of Senator Pcnrose that he
uas 70 elected speaker and the 'candi-
Jacy Of Samuel 4. Whitaker. of Ches-
fer county. withdrawn by the Sproul-
Grow leadership. Mr.. Spangler' Wig
crous leadership in the House is being
no;nted to as an evidence of his avail
ability. ~
Wide factionnl fight may develop III the
rubernatorial primaries. This depends,
Il was said, upon the condition OF sen
ator PenrOse. IL he is working Ill ms
old time form next year 1t Is Thought
factional fight will he avoided and Il
harmony ticket made up.
Prospects Are Numerous
Meanwhile Governor Sproul is cred
tied with being in sympathy with the
pnbernatorial aspirations of several ot
His friends. These include State High
wav commissioner Sadler. Cumberland
county: State Banking Commissioners
Fisher, of Indiana. and Lieutenant
l,oyernor Beidelman. of Harrisburg.
Former State Senator Fisher ais" Is
believed to occupy at this time ono of
the most strategical positions in the
race. IIc comes from the West and Is
regarded highly by both Governor
Sproul and the PenroSe leaders. flar-
bisburg hears much real talk about
Mr.. Fisher.
For some months past n quiet cam
paign has been carried on for Congress
man Louis II. McFadden, of Canton.
Pa, and it was whispered that ne was
the real Grundy choice. Mr.. Mcfad-
den is banker and prominent on the
banking committee of the House AT
Washington.
Auditor General Snyder. who has
been elected state treasurer to succeed
Harmon Kcphart, and who VIII taEe
bis new office in May. also is n candi-
date for Governor. Snyder hopes he
may not have to take the post "t stat"
treasurer. He is eager to receive an