Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
GOVERNOR TENER
IS POPULAR HERE
Many Expressions Of Good Feeling
as He Bids the City
Farewell
VISITORS AT THE CAPITOL
Makeup of Law and Order
Committee Favors Local
Option Bill

inaugural stand yesterday afternoon
followed an expression of best wishes
from Governor Brumbaugh. When the
address was over the retiring Governor
said good-by to his successor and was
given warm handclasp and hopes for
his health and welfare. The eX-Gov-
ernor rode away from the Capitol in
the State automobile and at the station
Spencer c. Gilbert and number of
Harrisburg friends gathered to say
farewell.
The Ex-Governor was accompanied
to Pittsburgh by his brother, Wallis
Tener. Robert McAfee, the retiring
Secretary of the Commonwealth, eX-
Senator David Hunter, Jr., and L. b.
Foley. of Pittsburgh.
The citizens of Charleroi VIII well
come him home on Monday night with
fitting ceremonies.
Among the visitors to the Capitol
yesterday was William Lauder. of Rid
dlesburg, one of Governor Brum-
baugh's colleagues on the school code
commission and the board of edu-
cation and q man who was one of the
first to boom him for Governor.
The Senate confirmed the Brown
and Woods nominations very promptly
yesterday afternoon and did nothing
session to hear the inaugural of DR..
Brumbaugh read.
Representative William Haggerty,
of Scranton, who has been very i'll, was
able to attend the sessions this week.
He is gaining in strength.
Among former legislators here
were Messrs. Dale, York; Conner and
Lowers. Allegheny; Cochrane. Arm
strong; Keeport, Berks and Shannon,
Luzerne.
Lancaster got four chairmanships
out of five in the House and one in the
Senate. 1t also has the honor of a
Lieutenant-G Governor who was also a
Speaker. 1t also has the chairman
ships of both committees on mines and
mining. Lancaster always was lucky.
From all accounts the Democratic
legislators did not flock to the wind
mill yesterday or to-day. The wind
mill is not popular place.
The makeup of the law and order
committee of the House. which will
handle the local option bill, is believed
by many to indicate the influence of
Governor Brumbaugh, who has taken
a determined stand in favor of the
bill and whose remarks yesterday
demonstrated that he means business
this session. One story is that Speaker
Amber discussed some names with
the Governor. but the Governor did
not think they would do and they
were dropped. The committee is said
to stand 13 to IL in favor of reporting
the bill favorably to the House. The
local option bill has been reported out
the last two sessions with negative rec
concentrations and the action of the
committee sustained. Mr.. Williams,
the chairman, was an active candidate
for Speaker and is one of the most
prominent local optionists in the whole
State and man of high standing.
The House law and order commit
tee is composed of Messrs. Williams.
Tioga, chairman; Cans, Philadelphia;
Hackett, Philadelphia; Brownlee, Wash
ington; Vickerman. Allegheny; Arnold,
Clarion; Brumbaugh, Blair; Weaver,
Westmoreland McClintock, Philadel-
phia: Shaaber, Berks; Barnett, York;
Wagner. Allegheny; Staving, Allie
gheny; Evans, LuZerne; Cromer, Alle-
gheny; Greenwood. Chester; Rich,
Clinton; Eby, Perry; Ramsey, Della
ware: Urich, Lebanon: Jones, Lack
awanna.; Perry. Philadelphia; Kits
Erie; Shaffer. Columbia, and Flynn,
Elk.
Representative Dell, of Hunting
don, appears to have landed on some
good committees. He is from the Gov
ernor's home county and will be an
active member.
The Pennsylvania Legislative Cor
respondents Association held it's bien-
NAL meeting at the rooms of the news
paper correspondents at the Capitol
yesterday afternoon and reorganized
for the session. L. r. Goshorn, Pitts
burgh Dispatch, was elected president;
w. p. Gallagher, Wilkes-Barre Record,
vice-president; A. Boyd Hamilton,
Harrisburg Telegraph and the Asso-
ciated Press, secretary: John II. Reit-
niger. the Associated Press, Philadel-
phia. treasurer, and w. r. Douglas,
Tri-State News Bureau, Harrisburg,
serseant=at-arms. Mr.. Hamilton was
elected secretary for the fourth time
and Mr.. Reitinger reelected. Six cor
respondents sending daily telegraphic
reports were elected to active mem
bership and arrangements made for