Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-15
SUFFRAGE BILL
WILL CD RAPIDLY
Course to Be Pursued VIII Be
Determined by the Senators
During the Week
PROGRESSIVES ARE FUSSING
Plan to Reorganize Their League; /;
Governor Makes Notable Ad-
dress on Peace


the constitutional amendment to per-
init women to vote will be reported out
by the judiciary general committee of
the Senate before the recess planned
by the Legislature for the last fort
night of the month, will be determined
tonight or tomorrow. The resolu-
tton was sent to the committee Of
which Senator Henry a. Clark, of
Erie, is chairman. when ii was receiv-
ed from the House.
The disposition of senators is to
get the bill out of committee and Vot-
cd upon and the policy in regard to
handling it will he shaped within the
next twenty-four hours. Reports were
current to-day that hearings would
be asked by the antisuffra gists, but as
hearings were held last session and a
number of senators are favorable to
speedy action it is possible that but
little time Will be lost.
People at the Capitol are watch
ing with considerable amusement the
effort of the Bull Moosers to keep on
the map for next years presidential
campaign by reviving the Progressive
League. This league, which is said
to exist in more or less precarious
manner in forty-two counties, is to be
strengthened and made the vehicle of
settled what the colonel intends to do.
1t Is modestly stated that 1000 mem
bers will be sought and this illustrates
to what depths the league has sunk
AS a matter of fact, the recent meet
ing in Philadelphia showed that most
of the Bull Moosers were tired of
wondering and wanted to lie down in
peace undisturbed by the ambitions
of Finn and other bosses and the
schemes of DIETRICH, and othegs who
want to keep busy.
Democrats connected with the dis
credited State organization have start
a fault-fnding campaign which they
hope will make up for their utter lack
of organization in the Legislature and
failure to have any legislative pro-
gram in spite of the elaborate prom
ises made last Fall. This policy is to
criticise everything. For a while there
was talk that n Democratic campaign
publicity bureau would be maintain
ed, but this turned out to be baseless.
presumably because the people who
had been keeping the machine going
found that fuel was high this winter.
Now the policy of knocking" has
been inaugurated and everything that
the Governor and Republican leaders
do is made the subject of criticism.
1t is expected that some of the
election bills will show up this week.
According to rumors the Democrats
will not attempt to revise the election
laws this year. but will criticise every
thing that anyone else does. Some
of the antimachine Democrats are said
to hold the view that the people are
tired of experiments and want laws
that can be understood.
"A man in this country who clam
ors for war is no friend of the coun-
try" Governor Brumbaugh, in a peace
address in Holy Trinity Protestant
Episcopal Church yesterday afternoon
made this statement among many 9TH
ers regarding what should be the at
Ititude of this nation toward war Both
church and school," he said, should
install in the minds of our people that
a nation is honorable in peace and dis
honorable in war" He declared that
when this is accomplished we will have
true basis for our national ideal. The
occasion was the special services held
to commemorate the hundred years
of peace among English-speaking ma
tions. 1t was held under the auspices
of the Interchurch Federation of
Philadelphia. In referring to the hun
dred years of peace between this coun-
try and Great Britain since the sign
ing of the Treaty of Ghent, Governor
Brumbaugh said that in measuring it
with the experiences of a mans life
it is long time, but as compared with
the experiences of a nation it is a tre-
mendous time. To reserve this peace.
however. he declared that we must
foster ideals of peace. We must be
taught to think the right thing and
trained to do it, said he. "If we want
to maintain this nation in peace" he
continued, I'VE must behave ourselves
behave like Christians. In fact. a
revival of good behavior on the part
of all would make thoughts of arma
ment or treaties of peace unnecessary.
because we would then realize that
peace cannot be dictated by the right
arm