Milford chronicle., 1915-01-08

SLUR MESSAGE
Most Of It is skipped" in
Reading.
AMBLER ELECTED SPEAKER
Montgomery County Man Elected
Without contest-Kline Chosen as
President Pro Tenn. of Senate.

The general assembly of Pennsyl
vania started its both session, when
both branches Of what is commonly
called the legislature met in Harris
burg on Tuesday.
Difference TO the governOr-elect, DR.,
Martin Brumbaugh, and an open show
Of little consideration for the retiring
governor, John X. Tener, marked the
opening session.
In the house the new speaker
Charles A. Amber, of Montgomery
/ county, urged the members to sup
port Dr.. Brumbaugh in his policy OF
carrying out his pledges to the peo'
pie.
The senate adopted a resolution Of
fered by Senator McNichol, of Phila'
delphia, providing for a committee
composed of three senators, three
representatives, the speaker and the
president pro TEN. of the senate, to-
confer with the governor-elect as to|
the introduction Of bills advocated in
the Republican state platform and in
the platform of DR.. Brumbaugh.
Scant attention was paid to Cover
nor Tener's last message. This, how
ever, was interpreted not as any in
tended insult to the retiring execu
tive, but rather as careless indiffer
ence toward on official who could no
longer serve their interests.
The election of Mr.. Amber, the
choice of DR.. Brumbaugh as speaker !
was effected with a minimum of ora |
tory and on the first ballot. There was
not so much as a little puff of powder
of the speakership battle" which had
been eagerly anticipated by many OF
the few Independents who survived
the November election.
On the motion OF William L. VIII
son, of Philadelphia, the house elect
ed the following Republican caucus
selections: Thomas H. Garvin, Della
ware county, chief clerk; William S,
Leib, Schuylkill county, resident
clerk; Frank Morrison, Philadelphia,
assistant clerk Ira Dale Meals, OF
Harrisburg, was appointed assistant
resident clerk.
The following members were named
on the inaugural committee: Jones'
Susquehanna county; Cox, Philadel
phia; Steele. Allegheny; Wildman
Dauphin Hess, Lancaster; Whitaker
Chester; Flynn, Elk; Shaffer, Colum'
bia, and Body, Berks.
In the senate Charles H. Kline, OF
Allegheny, was reelected president
pro tenn, receiving all the Republican
votes. Charles w. Sones, of Lycom
ing county, received the compliment
tary vote of the Democrats. The one
Washington party senator, Raymond
E. Smith, of Crawford county, also
voted for Mr.. Sones.
Harmon w. Kephart, of Fayette,
chief clerk of the senate, and w. Har
ry Baker, secretary, were reelected
without opposition, as were Herman
P. Miller, librarian, and James R.
sergeant-at-arms.
The following were appointed as
the senate members of the inaugural
Beidleman, Dauphin;
Sproul, Delaware; Martin, Cumber.
land; Kurtz, Jefferson; Mills, Brad
ford; Washers, York, and Dewitt, Lu I
zerne.
That the message of an outgoing {
governor has but small interest for s
an incoming legislature was empha
sized when the governors message
was presented. The reading clerk had
barely declaimed a half-dozen para. 3
graphs of this last Tener message, r
before a motion to postpone further :
'eading of the paper until later in the :
lay was made. There were scattering r
protests against the motion, which, :
however, prevailed. r
About five minutes later Speaker :,
Ambler announced that the reading of r
he message would be resumed,
the clerk skipped bRthely .
rom page four to page thirty-five and =
cad Governor Tener's closing words. =
Members of the house laughed at .
his summary reading" of the out a
-oing governors review of what he
ad characterized in the preamble to O.
is message as a "trusteeship." =
)Ver Million Loss In Two Big Fires. d
Twenty-fi, e families were driven D
rom their homes by a ive-alarm fire a
,hich did extensive damage in Phila. +
elDhia.