Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-20
COMMITTEES NAMED
IN BOTH BRANCHES
OF LEGISLATURE
Local Option Has Majority
IN House Law and Order.
Liquor Men Retain Con-
troll in Senate.
rrom a star Correspondent.

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~ antion men serving on II. This should
,.surs that the local option bill which will
~ referred to II during the pi esent ses-
.,on will be reported out favorably The
sa,,o ,old stalwarts" are on the Senate
o,nmittees The House and Senate COM
ss,ttees we're announced by Speaker Am
a. and Senator Kline, President pro
.sr, Of the Senate Immediately after the
tagisla,rre convened this morning.
little other business is scheduled to be
sino today, Both branches met at II
s,cloclt 10 receive the committee appoint
..sntt Governor Brumbaugh is spending
-. aay In the executive offices, receiving
congratulations
rbe local option people are certain Of
majority OF at least one in the Law
and order Committee. Thirteen OF Its
rnsmbers have declared for local option,
A. against 12 who are openly liquor men,
AZ who are doubtful on the question.
rrE NEW "SANDBAG" COMMITTEE
Tho Senate Committee on Executive
Nominations, of which William e. Crow,
AZ Fayette, Is chairman, and which has
been called by politicians the "sandbag
Il, oomnittee," is composed OF Senators
ware, Snyder, McNichol. Sproul and
catlln. Senator Ware is openly unfriendly
10 Senator Catlin, and some interesting
situatons will probably occur II this
Governor Brumbaugh's head.
Another interesting feature OF the conf
mittees is that two men from Lancaster
County, where there are no mines, are
chairmen of the Mines and Mining Com
mittees of both the House and Senate
Senator John B. Homsher heads the Sem
ate committee and Representative Aaron
B. Hess is chairman of the committee in
the lower branch.
PHILADELPHLA'S SHARE.
Philadelphia members were we'll taken
eare of on the House committees. On
the important Appropriations Committee
are Edwin r. Cox, Richard Curry, Sig
rnund ]. Cans. Patrick Conner. Max Aron,
John McClintock, William Nieder and
Samuel ]. Perry.
-Four Philadelphians are on the Law
and Order Committee They are sigmund
J. Cans Harry l.. Hackett, John McClin-
tock and Samuel ]. Perry.
H. Atlee Brumbaugh, Of Blair County
cousin of Governor Brumbaugh is on
the Law and Order Committee. He is also
on Accounts, Education, Iron and Coal
and Labor and Industry.
The Law and Order Committee of the
Senate is dominated by liquor Senators.
Besides Senator Salus, who is chairman
Of this committee. Senators Ware and Nc
Nlchol are the only Philadelphia mem
bers
The Philadelphia Senators who are on
other important Senate Committees are
the following:
teRPoRETI6Ns@ @McNichoi, Ware Patton.
tJDiciARY, cfXL-McNichOl. Daix. Pat
,sni,[Syb ton VI ". Smith Smith w.. .,., ~,
OL SichOl salus, Sal 81 Patton ton W. w. Smith. Farley
In addition to this, Senator McNichol
d chairman Of Elections; Augustus f.
Daix, Exposltions Affairs; owen b. Jen-
klns. judicial Apportionment, and William
Wallace Smith, Printing.
SENATE COMMITTEE CTIAIRMEN.
The chairmen of the Senate Committees
are:
APPROPRIATIONS - Clarence ]. Buckmsn.
e6RPoRATIoNs-willi q. Crow. Fayotte.
JgbIcfARY sPECIAI-charIes A. Snyder.
rbiciARY GENERAL-Henry A. Clark.
AGRicULTuRB - Franklin Martin. cumbOr-
BANKS AND BUILDING AND LOAN AS
csSAfsnSSsSgIes csSAfsSSNSIE R e bsia,emalni hli.cbenTp RbsSphin
cry PAssFNGER i; if;t R1ifEwA FsSJossDh H.
REssIoN4L ArPoRToNNIDNT - W.
nLEcfToNs-JH p. McNichol, PhiladeI-
EssBBSSAAiTrI4o@MS- " Hoks; yfsnkIn .,,
EEpE;KXA.t Ri1L-ATIoNs-John Gyger, Chester.
hsqlhNaESTREIShsEles slhaESS s,G fSfs P SillS Bradford
JtDicfAL- PoRTfcNSiENT = owen B.
Law AND oRDEk~samuel W. salus. PhiIa-
LEGISLATIVE APPoRTIoNMENT - W. C.
i Mcconnell, Northumberland
NiLIfARY XFFI1RRsSW. 5. Hcksss, Allie
MNEs AND MININa-JOhn @. Homshsr.
NTNIcfSAL CORPORATIONS - Edwin H.
NEW c6uNTiEEs AND COUNTY snATs-s.
PENSIoNs AND GFATUITIEs-wIliiam J.
FRINTfNG-William Wallace Smith. Philadsi-
PlBLIc GROUNDS AND BUILDNGs-c. D.
PgghLio HEALTH AND sANIrATIoN-D. P.
PgBLic ROADS AND H1GHwAYs-T. NJ.
pIJiBiiT6 ,sESTIcP OF LIGHT. HEAT AND
AAIIRoADs-Jamss W. Endsiey. Somerset.
HOUSE COMMITTEE CHAIRMBN.
The following are the chairmen OF the
House committees:
4AcceeouNTs-Joseph Eysns, Jr,, IIuEsrns,
Aes1fsicuLruREN-Josiah NJ. Lands. Aontsom-
APpRoPRIATIoNs-Jamss F. woodward, Al
bANKs. Michael r. Hoffman. Lancaster.
e9hEAu OF sTATIsTTcs-Danie ], Snyder.
cENTENNiAL AFFAIRs-JOhn C. KaisSr.
ELEgTRTc RATLwAYs-R Richard Curry. Phil
adephia.
coMPARE BHLs-punisl B. Goodwin. We
coNdRBssIoNAL APPoRTIoNMENT-A C.
INSTITUTIONAL REFoRM-Mnss A. Mill
oRFoRHTioNs-RObsrt P. HabEoOd. No
kesn.
couNT1Es AND TOWNSHIPS = George
Hibshman, Lancaster,
ADUcAT1oN-Harry NJ. showalter Onion.
tLhcIloNS-Thomas r. McNiehol. Philadel-
yhpERAL RE1.ATIoNs-c B. MocOnnsi.
Mercer.
klsHERIEs-Jossph G. stssdis, Allegheny.
tOhESTRY-Henry 4. Albee, Potter
HAME-Hiram II. BrosiuB Jefferson.
ebpioaICAL suRYE1S-samuel Mecurdy.
iAsuRAHcE-Riehard j., Baldwin. Delaware.
tt9k AND CoAL-C. ]. Goodnough, Cameron.
sSppieiARY GENERAL-William H. Wilson.
1qqnidlARY LocAI-Ralph Gibson. LyeOm-
JUDICIARY sIEcIAI.-samusl A. Whitaker.
tgs,nicIAL ,APPoRTIoNMENr-JuasOn W.
t'ssbsoR AND INDUsrRY-Alfred B. Garner,
14g AND oRDER-asOrgs W williams,
lsSlsItATIyE APPoRTIoNAIENT- Robert 8.
RY-Ioseph e. Phillips clearhsld.
phislu ufAcTURERs-Edwin X. Cox. Philadel-
fiiilNlfARY Y-WilIiam L. Adams. Luzerne.