Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-04
LEGISLATIVE NEWS
GOVERNOR GIVEN
HEARTY SUPPORT
His Local Option Campaign Is
Being Backed Up All Over the
Keystone State

Governor Martin G.. Brumbaugh
does not intend to allow any grass to
grow under his feet in his campaign
i'm behalf of the local option bill while
| the Legislature is in recess and while
the men interested in his effort to pass
1.-THE Williams bill are working in home
1 communities and having legislators
! impressed with the way people feel
/ he will talk over matters with MEM
/ bers of the two houses who remain in
! the city over the week end. Half a
dozen members are understood to have
/ appointments to meet him to-day and
more will see him tomorrow.
| Next week the Governor will talk to
more legislators and the senatorial
! leaders will be asked to see him as
! soon as they return next week. The
Governors mail is filed with express
| sions of communication of his stand and
| kilograms are being received almost
hourly supporting his local option pro-
paganda. The Governor has hopes of
giving the liquor lobby even more
cause for worrying than he did this
week and when the prominent men who
have taken hold of the campaign
throughout the state get things work
ing there will be more action than
some of the older legislators have ever
seen.
The intimation that the Governor
tests against members who vote
against his bill is disturbing those who
have ambitions to continue as legis
lators and some of them will be picked
out for the heart-to-heart talks in the
Executive chamber
The Governor said last night that he
was satisfied that the people are be-
hind him in his campaign for local op-
ton and pointed to q pile of letters
and kilograms when he said it.
Among letters received at the Gov
ernOr's office have been:
Y. NJ. c. A, Pittston, Pa.
March /, 1915.
To the House of Representatives:
THE election by a very large ma
jority of DR.. Martin g. Brumbaugh to
the governorship on a personal pledge,
strongly committed to county local
option, would indicate that the people
of this state are overwhelmingly in
favor of such legislation. We, the citi-
zens of Pittston, LuZerne county, in
public meeting assembled (to the
number of over 10000. do, therefore,
respectfully and urgently petition your
honorable body to respond to the
wishes of the Governor and the people
by enacting at the earliest possible
moment an efficient county local OPP
ton law"
After unanimous adoption, by a ris-
ing vote, this resolution was placed
in my hands with direction that l de-
liver it personally to the Hon. Martin
G. Brumbaugh. Governor of the State
of Pennsylvania; Sterling r. Catlin
and Asa X. Dewitt. senators from Lu-
Zerne county; William l.. Adams, Peter
Murphy. Patrick Wynne. Joseph Ev-
ans, Richard Powell, Ray Huber, Da-
vid w. Thomas and Thomas Finnerty.
representatives from Luzerne county,
and to both branches of the Legis-
lature at Harrisburg assembled.
(SignedD c. c. BOWMAN.
The Governor received the follow
ing kilograms:
From the Rev. B. B. Wolf, of Home
stead: "A mass meeting of citizens in
the First Methodist Episcopal Church
pledge YOU their earnest support and
cooperation in your fight for county
local option in Pennsylvania"
From Ira S. Ebersole. of Chambers
burg: "One thousand men of the Bible
classes of Chambersburg wish to as
sure you that you have their hearty
support in the fight you are waging for
county local option. We have visited
our senator and representatives and
they assure us of their united support
of the bill. Wishing you the direction
OF the Spirit of God and His abundant
blessing, we remain, yours in Christ
name"
From Miss Rebecca n. Rhoads.
president of the Centre County Wom-
ems Christian Temperance Union:
Centre County Women's Christian
Temperance Union sends heartfelt
thanks for your noble, brave and
righteous labor for local option. May
God abundantly bless YOU"