Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-15
WINDMILL WILL
Be OPENED ANEW
VIII Be Rest House For the Dem
oeratic Legislators During the
Coming Session
BOSSES HEAR FROM RANKS
Democratic Workers Decline to
Have Philadelphia For Their
Political Mecca

Dissatisfaction with the removal OF
the Democratic headquarters to Phil
adelphia in order TO accommodate
State Chairman Roland S. Morris has
been so great that the bosses OF the
machine have arranged to reopen the
Market Square windmill during the
legislative session. 1t is said that this
reopening of the rooms here will be
to enable members TO have a place to
meet and to gather to talk over things.
Enough funds are said to be in sight
TO pay the rent until the session ends.
AS matter of fact, headquarters
or rooms run by the machine would
be about the last place that some OF
the Democratic members of the legis-
lature would want to visit, as they
were elected by elements antagonistic
10 the present bosses. 1t is said that
one of the impelling causes was that
Morris and others were hearing from
men who reminded them that one Of
the trump cards of the reorganizers
was the contention that if they won
the headquarters would be here in
Harrisburg and not in Philadelphia,
where wicked influences might be felt
The scheme is TO have the head
quarters in charge of Resident Sec
retary Van Dyke until he is named as
revenue collector and then to bring
some one of the staff here. Whether
the rooms will be open to the frag-
ments OF the Washington party re-
mains to be seen.
The lists of committees and place
holders for the two houses of the leg
islature are not likely to be named
until Wednesday. The committees in
charge of patronage have been unable
to make much headway and 1t is like
ly that it will be Monday night before
work can be finished. \ lot of pulling
and hauling is under way with more
applicants than ever known. Sena-
tor Salus is to be chairman of the
Senate law and order committee and
Representative Williams of the House
committee. Three Ware men, Wilson,
McNichol and Cox, are to head the
House committees on judiciary gen.
eral, special and manufactures, ac-
cording to rumor. AS Cans is slated
for health and sanitation, 1t looks as
though Philadelphia was faring we'll.
Democratic Legislators are said to
have been assured that they will be
given proportional representation on
all committees.
Philadelphia dispatches say that
Representative y. c. Stein has been
asked to take charge of the workmen's
compensation act in the House.
Congressman W. d. B. Ainey,
who has just returned from Japan.
pTeulClS ITOuDle pelNS6h bh0 CAlbSu
States and the empire.
Dirt Road Jones is to be chair
man of the House roads committee in
the coming session. He has held the
place for several years.
Reading people are apparently as
much opposed to the commission form
| of government as they were in favor
of it two years ago. Erie is not alto
gether pleased with 1t either. At the
time of the hearings Harrisburg off,
cials opposed the change, but have
apparently done better than any one
else.
Montgomery county manufactur-
! ers say they welcome the probe into
their industries and decline to be
bluffed by the Democratic scheme to
iu!lict punishment because of criti-
{ cism of the president.
-Huntingdon county is said to have
applicants for many of the places on
the Hill"