Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-18
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While there was no connection be-
tween the decision given by Justice
Eikin in upholding the constitution
allty OF the nonpartisan judicial selec-
tlon act in the Supreme Court at Phil
adeiphfa on Monday and proceedings
! IN TINS county's courts last Fall, tho
highest tribunal in Pennsylvania sus-
tanned the action of the Dauphin
court 1t will be recalled that shortly
before the time for certifying the
nominations to the commissioners of
the various counties two actions in
test of the act were started in this
county by Philadelphia people, in
winch the whole act was overhauled
and severely criticised, its defense be-
ing undertaken by the Attorney Gen
erals Department, which brilliantly
conducted the fight. Judge S. j. NJ
McCarrell, who sat in the trial of the
case, had with him Judge w. Rush
Gillian, of the Franklin county courts,
PRESIDENT Judge George Kunkel NOT
sitting, as he was q candidate himself
for the selection which the people of
TINS county rendered to him without
opposition last year. The opinions of
tne TWO Judges were along the same
lines as that of Justice Elkin, although
they did not go as deeply into the con-
stltutional problems as did the Justice.
Inc action determined on Monday was
a purely Philadelphia proceedings, al
tnough the paper books in the Dau-
phln county case were very freely used
IN the preparations for the attack and
defense of the act. Thus the case in
reaEty had groundwork in this coun-
ty and the Dauphin opinion in effect
stands.
In view of DR.. Kalbfus' pronuncia-
mento to the effect that Uncle Sam
VIII not allow any shooting of wild
water fowl this Spring, it is just a
ltrlne,tantalizing to hear the wild geeze
honklng over the city and to notice the
ducks which used to furnish such ex-
cellent sport wheeling about the skies
over the Susquehanna. OF course, we
are glad to hear the peculiar cry of
the wild geese and to watch the skies
Tor the wedges fro mthe South and to
see the ducks dotting the river, be-
cause 1t is sign that Spring is here
after the cold, cold, snowy, stormy
winter, but 1t is a little tough to find
out that Uncle Sam has put an inter-
dict on Spring duck hunting. This is
all the more singular because under
pennsylvania laws duck hunting has
peen Spring sport worth while for
many years and is even now legal I'M
! der the statutes of this State, but the
strong hand of Uncle Sam has reached
out to protect the ducks and geese on
the ground that being migratory, they
are Interstate In nature, and that
therefore the Federal government can
protect them. 1t seems like stretch
ing 1t, but If the birds are to be pre-
served, perhaps it is we'll in the end.
Stlll, 1T is hard not to get up before
daylight and take gun to the Sus-
quehanna when the geese are honking
overhead.
Rlvermen say that the Susquehanna
river may yet kick up some didoes this
Spring, and that it has beer known to
do queer things about the time the
ice has moved out here. About fifteen
years ago the Ice went down on a rise
or seven feet. The SuSquehanna then
began to fall and all of the ice ap-
peared 10 have gone. One night 1t be-
gan TO rise again and In forty-eight
hours over ten feet of water was rush.
Ing down with a lot of ice from up the
stream.
The excellent address delivered last
November before the Methodist Min
KARLSRUHE
the Rev. DIR. II. G. Pardoe on reading
the stars has been published in pam
phlet form and is one of the most en-
| tertaining as well as instructive ad-
dresses delivered here on the fasci-
mating study of the heavens. DR.. Par
doe was formerly pastor of Ridge Ave-
nue. Church and is well remembered
py many. residents of Harrisburg as
one or the most active and progressive
| n 1iGs ft.lr H. -.
results of his own extensive studies
ana partial resume of the works of
modern astronomers whose publica-
lions have been followed for years by
the minister. The address gives a
boiled down account of the heavens,
which the average man could we'll af-
| ford to read.
1t Is interesting for Harrisburgers
to note that the orator of the centen :
NAL of the West Point Military Acad-
emy this year lis to be none other
than risburger-General Horace
Porter General Porter was a son of
the Governor and was in the class of
1850 at West Point He is very well
remembered by many of the older
Harrisburgers. although from the days
that he graduated he has been mostly
away from this city, serving in the
army and government service, which
ne crowned as Ambassador to France.
General Porter was the orator at Old
Home Week in this city in 1905, COM
ing here soon after his return from
France, where he earned the gratitude
OF the American people by his search
for the body of John Paul Jones.
The old Washington House at Mid
dletown, which was destroyed by fire
yesterday, is probably remembered by
many of the older people of this city
because 1t was one of chain of hotels
| dating from the rafting days. two of
which buildings still remain within a
short distance of the city. The Wash
ington was widely known throughout
the lower end of Dauphin and in the
upper end of York counties.
REPUBLICANS SHOULD UNITE
| LFrom the Philadelphia Public Ledger. !
| IT Herbert S. Hadley chief spokes-
man for and ablest champion of Pro-
! gressive Republicanism at Chicago in
| 1912 can fight his battles for q reha-
| bilitation of the organization without
| abandoning it, William Draper Lewis
| ought to be able to do so.
| If Robert NJ. La Toilette regards IL
| as neither patriotic nor expedient to
| encourage a Republican schism at this
time, Clifford Pinchot. who less than
three years ago was demanding La
| Follette's nomination and election To
| the Presidency runYId ha anttroi,r