Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-12
LEGISLATIVE MILL
TO Be KEPT BUSY
BY BIG PROGRAM
Plans for Coming Session In
clude Introduction Of Many
Measures of Wide-Reach-
ing Importance.

comprehensive program OF legislation
will be introduced in the next Legislature,
according 10 general plans that have boen
made by Republican leaders and by
various organizations interested in So
ciai legislation.
Most Of the bills are now being drawn
70 Among them are measures favoring:
Local oDtion
Child labor regulation.
Workmen's compensation and employ
err liability with State insurance fea-
ture.
Statewide civil service. TO include the
Department OF Highways and the muncl-
Pal employees OF third-class cities.
now method Of making charitable
approprlations and supervision OF their
expenditure.
Vocational education in the state
schools.
Woman suffrage
Increasing the borrowing capacity OF
philadelphia for transit improvements.
The abolition OF Plttsburghs single
Council Of nine members.
The abolition OF the bieamcral system
Of Councils In Philadelphia and the estab-
iishment of n small paid Council OF one
chamber.
The repeal of the non-partisan judiciary
act
The amendment OF the act creating the
Division OF Housing and Sanitation I'm
Philadelphia! to draw It's teeth"
Amendment OF the act creating the
Public Service Commission to give the
commission fpower to suspend increases |
In tariffs prior to hearing
constitutional amendment consolidat-
ing the Common Pleas Courts OF Philadel- I
phip.
Changing the time for holding muniei-
ri frop
making II uniform with the dates of other
primary elections
congressional redistricting, to provide
districts for Pennsylvania's four Con-
sressn1eR-at-Large.
FAVORED BY ORGANIZATION.
The Republican leaders. according to
have virtually decided to put
through bills providing for n new method
" making charitable appropriations. vo.
'auonal educationi constitutional amend
nents = I for woman suffrage and increase
u Phhadelphia's borrowing capacity for
ransit improvements: amendment of the
lousing Dill; an amendment OF the Public
ervice that viii empower the commission
suspend increases in rates prior to n
caring, and a Congressional redistrictine
I'LL
These bills. politicians said today, prob
|
III also the sectional legislation for
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. provided the {
epublican leaders In these cities desire
have It passed
Political interest centres around tb.
cal option child labor and worlmen's
mpensation bills, as politicians see the "
'ssioility of a break between the Gov +
nor ,l ana tne Legislature and a strict Il
isnment Of the Republican factions. S
-ocAL. OPTION AND CHILD LABOR. Il
Doctor Brumbaugh during his campaign t,
edged himself 10 work for the pas
lge of these bills Other Republican p
aders have been silent regarding them cl
any politicians, however. have said that N
2 local option bill viii be passed bv -ss
e House and killed In the Senate. II Iii
is Is done, it is believed. the Governor W
~ gather around him his personal fo1 di
wers and the Ware faction In the senate
"a carry the fight 10 the Penrose- Nc G.
ehol organization 81
The Republican leaders will also st II
inpt 10 compromise" the child labor a
"a worlmenls compensation bills. ac W
riding to politicians, and i'm that event in
ere issa possibility OF a clash Vir.
ally the same child labor bin that failed
pass, the last Legislature will be in
Odnced at the coming session The D.,
9rMnens compensation bill expected to F.
We the support of the Republican lead
VIII be based on the Ohio act. and
Il have State insurance as a feature
Veral politicians said the manufacturers ov
this section favor the insurance fen an
re, since 1t would lower the cost to 10
EN- and be equabe. and would not ham -
zap the small firms with few employees. II
z IS only probable that a repeal OF the e''
bipartisan judiciary act will come be-
re the Legislature. as the Republican ~
.ders have expressed themselves as well az iI
tished With the present act Represeu- ~
lives and State Senators from the coun- an
7 districts viii be behind the move TO Az a.,
ange the date Of the municipal pri- az is
lries and will be opposed BY the Repub. N,
an leaders, y,
iovernoT-elect Brumbaugh Is pledged to tr,
civil service law, particularly in refer m
20 70 the Department of Highways. and *
expected 20 urge its passage reor- OF
nizafioR Of the Highways Department
on the Republican leaders program,
q Il - probable a measure providing
~ service regulations for at least some
the State employees will be passed -,
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