The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-05
GOING TO HARRISBURG.
CoUNcILMANIC DELEGATION
LEAVES TODAY.
They Are to Present the Needs of
Scranton to the Senate NUM-
cipal Committee.

SurantOn's second-class city delega-
tion leaves this morning for Harris
burg to get in its fine work on the
municipal committee Of the state sem
ate, which now has the Muehlbronner
ripper biil' under consideration.
Those who will comprise the delega-
tion are Select Councilmen John Il.
Roche, +. III. Clemons and ID. W.
Vaughan. Common Councilmen NJ. j.
Norton and T.. j. Coleman, City Solic-
itor Nosburg, eN-City Solicitor James
III. Torrey ana Colonel f. l.. Hitchcock.
Councilmcn G. l.. Chittenden and
Luther Keller. the other two members
of the Councilmanic committee, said
yesterday that they were not going
down. but they may change their
minds before this morning.
The councilmanic committee. at the
invitation of Mayor Diehl, of Pitts
burg, will confer this afternoon with
the councilmanic committees from
Pittsburg and Allegheny. with the
idea of agreeing upon certain definite
| amendments to the bill. The hearing
| on the measure before the committee
will not be until tomorrow afternoon.
There are members on the committee
as a matter of principle but who be-
lieve that it would be unwise under ex-
isting conditions to oppose it. One Of
the members, who didn't want to be
quoted. said yesterday to Tribune
man:
ITS simply a question as to which
crowd is the best to train with, the
Quay faction or the Finn faction. This
city wants to train with the faction
that's going to have the most votes, IL
1t wants to get legislation favorable to
its needs passed. From all outside ap-
pearances and inside tips. the Quay
element, which now controls the senate
! and the house, is going to have the
most votes.''
Select Councilman John T.. Roche,
who is n member of the counclmanic
| committee, when asked for a state
| ment last night, as TO what the COM
! mittee would do about the ripper
clause OF the bill. said:
The committee goes down to Har-
risburg tomorrow morning practically
agreed TO say nothing about the rip
per" clause OF the new charter until
we get the lay of the land. If We ind
| when we reach there that the Quayites
are going to put the ripper clause
| through, why we will get in out of
the rain and not say word against
1t.
If, on the other hand, we discover
| that the ripper clause is going TO be
defeated We'll get in with the antis.
we want to get our amendments pass
cd and IL we have to take the ripper
clause for the good OF our health, in
order to get them passed. why Wen
, have TO swallow il, that's all. Ny per-
Sonal opinion Is that the ripper clause
is going tn be defeated. and that if we
want to get our amendments, wAll
have to get in with the antis,"
Attorney w. r. Rodgers. who drew
mp the Nuehlbronner bill and who
is combining with Attorney George w.
Guthrie. representing the Plttsburs
chamber of commerce, in the fornu-
lating OF certain amendments to the
hill is quoted in last nights Pitts
burg Commercial Gazette as stating
that the section providing for semi
| annual council meetings would not ne
| changed. II might De modified. he
! said, 10 permit of the holding of either
ten or thirty day sessions. according
10 the volume Of business to be tran
| SaCted