Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-12
DRUMBAUCH.S WISHES
To HAVE RIGHT OF WAY
Governor-elect and Speaker Am.
bier Working Out Harmonious
Program
SESSION IS TO BE SHORT
Important Bills to Come Up First
Message to Be Strong
Document

The Brumbaugh message to Legis-
lature and people as well-not a mere
perfunctory inaugural address, is to
have the right of way in his considera-
ton to the exclusion of the many ap-
pointments he shortly will have to
make.
The Brumbaugh campaign pledges
are to have the right of way on the
lie sislative calendar; few other mat
ters are to be taken up and the session
is to be brief and decisive.
These were the developments which
come from the headquarters of the
! Governor-elect and of the Speaker of
the House in Philadelphia. Both men
had many callers, but both applied
| themselves to their common purpose
of having enacted into law the many
matters which were pledged to the
| people in the November campaign.
From the headquarters of Gov
ernor-elect Brumbaugh came this an
nouncement
Il am confining my attention
wholly to my message. L shall
make it look two ways-to people
and to legislators. shall give no
consideration to appointments un-
til the message is disposed of and
l hope so to frame 1t that there
Will not be a man or woman or
child in the Commonwealth who
cannot understand exactly what 1
am anxious to bring about"
Though the Governor-elect asked
/ to be excused from any further dis
cussion of pubic affairs at this time,
| 1t is known that although thousands
of suggestions have come to him as to
the personnel of members of his Cab
met, he has held all in allegiance and
will not make any decision until to-
wards the end of the week, and even
then may not announce any appoint
he af.I,o 1P lie
private secretary and Attorney Gen
eral, both being known as personal ap-
pointmentS.
1t is his purpose to write as an in
simple, direct words that one reading
augural address a message in such
is sufficient to make every detail clear
The Governor realizes that during the
campaign he came into perhaps closer
touch with the people than any candi-
date before had done, and he desires
in the message to place the legislation
which he then declared himself in ia
vor of in such plain language that all
can determine whether he aims to
have campaign promises realized as
legislative enactmentS.
Until the message has been COM
pleted-and he has decided that it
rather than appointments is of first
nportance-he will not take up for
final determination the fitness of pres
ent incumbents to be retained, the
suggestion that he go to the United
States Army for an engineering ex-
| pert to take care of the State high
ways, or any other of the myriad of
matters which have been urged on
him.
Governor elect Brum baugh pro-
poses to come quietly to Harrisburg on
Monday afternoon next for the inaug-
uration on the day following. While
he purposes to remain at the Capitol
constantly while the Legislature is in
session, he will probably make many
weekend trips to Philadelphia after
| the lawmakers have adjourned.
From the Speaker of the House
| of Representative Charles A. Amber,
of Montgomery county, comes the an
nouncement that the "Brumbaugh
| bills will have the right of way on the
House calendar"
Speaker Amber is now engaged on
the work of appointing committees,
the most important Of course being
the Appropriation Committee. On it
will be placed only members who are
in accord with the Governors leg
islative program.
In the past important measures
have been held back from considera
ton until the closing hours of the
Legislature. 1t is Speaker Ambler's
purpose to have these measures given
first consideration, so that they may
be passed without haste and after due
consideration.
These matters disposed of, the
Speaker proposes that such other sub
iects as are brought up by members
shall be considered and disposed of
and then that the appropriation bills
be passed with their aggregate of ap-
propriations not greater than the
sum total actually available, so that
there shall not be imposed on the
Governor the necessity for using the
pruning knife after the Legislature
has adjourned.
Speaker Amber believes that the
session of 1915 should be busy one,
but not a hasty one, and that its
deliberations should not be long drawn
out. He will confer with the Gov
ernor on committee appointments to-
ward the close of the week.