Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-08
EVENING CHAT

Governor Martin G.. Brumbaugh's =
! first official dinner since he became
governor OF Pennsylvania is likely 10
he a dry affair. The dinner is to be
gwen TINS evening in the historic Exc
cutiNe Mansion in honor of the Judges
OF the Superior Court and while moth
| ing has been given out about the feast.
| IT is understood that it is to be spIen-
did dinner, but that wines or cocktails
VIII not figure. The Governor has pro-
nounced deas on temperance quite
apart from local option and he is prac-
ticlng what he breaches without re-
gard to precedent i'll the official home
OF the governors of the keystone
State.
Introduction of the child labor bill
in the State House of Representatives
and the publication of the provisions
OF The proposed workmen's compen-
sation act have caused all records for
the receipts of mail at the Capitol to
be broken. 1t was bad enough last
week when the shower of letters and
cards on the proposed full crew law re-
peal began and legislators received
hundreds a day, but the new subjects
nave caused fresh lot of mail matter
Whlle that relating to the full crew act
SHOWS signs of increasing instead of
diminishing. The mail matter is now
taken to the Capitol in wagons
wagons have been used for years for
collecuons, but now the mail is so
heavy that it is no longer possible for
legislative attaches to carry it to the
Hill in couple of bags The let
ter boxes in the lobbies of the two
chambers are choked with mail and
some of the legislators are just dis
covering what it is to be in the line
OF nre Tor letter writer's. Quite a num-
Der of members have frankly declar-
ed that 1t is physically impossible for
them TO even acknowledge the letters
sent TO them, to say nothing of the
circulars post cards and form letters
coming to them, asking support for
or opposition to some measure. Sew
efal OF the older members who have
made 1T point to answer all letters
nave been furnishing stenographers
with lists of names and sending form
letters and say that even this plan is
serious tax on their time to say moth
ing of the hundred dollars worth Of
stamps which the State provides. 9th
erS VINO came here with the idea of
spending all their time in Harrisburg
ana letting constituents know they
were on the job assert that they are
getting writer's cramp replying to the
home folks.
The sudden deep snow caused doz-
ems OF crows to fly into the OUTLYING
districts of the city for Sunday dinner
Yesterday and some were seen in
chicken yards disputinG with the fowls
over scraps of food. The crows have
had an easy time of it this winter as
the weather has been open and they
have been able to exist without much
trouble in the fields The snow of Fri
day night and Saturday upset all their
calculations and numerous crows were
to be seen in vicinity of Reservoir Park
and along the riverside road with their
eyes on the houses nearby.
The orders issued by the Adiutant
Generals Department each month
show that service in the National
Guard is being considered as highly
meritorious by many of the men who
formerly held commissions. They are
applying for positions on the retired
list which carries with it permanent
rank and also establishes for all time
the fact that the officer was in the
service of the State. Some of the best
known former guardsmen are now on
the retired list.
Governor limbaugh has been in
Vited to speak in old Paxton Church
next Friday night when the James
Boyd Bible class will have it's annual
supper and meeting. IT will be the
Governors first visit TO the Oldest
church in this part of the country and
a stalwart outpost of Presbyterianism
before the French and Indian war.
Between the Legislature. the Super
Tor Court, numerous hearings and
meetings at the Capitol and the State
Editorial Association and similar
bodies there will he plenty doing In
Harrisburg this week. Probably more
visitors will be here than since inaugu-
ration week.
John c. Motter, of the Mechanics
Trust Company, and Robert NJ. Ruth
erford, the Steelton banker. attended
the bankers banquet in Philadelphia
on Saturday night.