The New York herald., 1922-01-09
Executive, However, Disap-
pears From Home After
Making Decision.
SADLER ONE CANDIDATE
All Efforts to Change Plans
Fail and Lawyer Will Ac-
cept the Honor.

Special Dispatch TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. Sit was learned
tonight that Gov. Sproul tomorrow
will offer the appointment as sue
cessor TO Senator Penrose to George
Wharton Pepper of this city. and thai
the offer will bc accepted.
4 crumbing of the recently made
alliances OF politicians and the virtual
collapse OF the four day old candidacy
g. Representative William S. Ware for
machine politicians in the eastern
part Of the State to-day to a union
against the appointment of Pepper.
Machine politicians in Philadelphia
ano other eastern counties realizing
that the appointment OF o rian with
whom they would be unable TO deal
was about TO be made By the Governor,
Joined forces. and for the purpose of
ralting the naming OF Pepper efforts
were made to reach the Governor at
his home in Chester.
In this connection it is known that
State Highway Commissioner Lewis s.
Sadler OF Carlisle. a close persona
friend of the Governor, was agreed
upon both by the Wares and the Grundy
following i'm an effort to prevent Pep
per's appointment
1t is evident, however, that the Gov
ernor does not intend to be swerved
from his determine ton to appoint Pep
per, for he went away from his home
and refused to see callers OF talk or
the telephone. His son, Jack Sproul,
who alone knew the whereabouts of
the Governor kept away visitors and
callers on the telephone.
III any one insists upon seeing me or
talking to me on the telephone just tell
them / have gone to London" said the
Governor to his son as he disappeared
Jack had a busy day steering visitors
away and answering telephone calls.
The expected appointment of Pepper
was much discussed by politicians who
sat about the hotel lobbes and in back
~ oms. While all admitted that the
selection would place Pennsylvania in
the forefront OF the country in the
Senate, general dissatisfaction was ex-
pressed because the machine leaders
seemed to understand instinctively that
le is not a man to whom they could go
upon such matters as the distribution of
political pap.
Al the meeting of Gov. Sproul and
Joseph r. Grundy. president of the
pennsylvania ManufacturerS ASSOcla-
ton. few days ago men under con-
sideration for the appointment were
discussed. Grundy expressed a strong
preference for Highway Commissioner
Sadler to Pepper. When it was seen
that the appointment of Pepper was
imminent on Saturday a conference of
Ware with some of the eastern leaders
in the new combinatio of county
leaders was held and it was decided to
push Sadler for the place
The proposal Ware intended making
to the Governor. IL he should get to see
him before the announcement of the
appointment of Pepper. was that the
candidacy of Ware would be withdrawn
and that all elements in the party would
stand back of either Sadler or the Gov
e'nor himself for the nomination and
election.
Gov. Sprouts conferences in Pitts
burgh yesterday with Mayor AIagee and
John A. Bell had great deal to do
with the decision of the eastern county
bosses 20 attempt to prevent the ap-
Iointment of Pepper