Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-21
Ehrntng Gl1at

Governor Brumbaugh, who has es-
tablished somewhat of a reputation
as maker of surprises even in that
haunt of the real surprise, Capitol
Hill, added more to his list in an
nouncing his action on legislative
bills. Instead of giving out his action
on all bills at the close of the period
given him in which to act the Gov
ernor passed out the appropriations,
which are ordinarily the final bundle,
on Saturday night and gave out the
general legislation yesterday. The ap-
preparations were not sent out until
about 11.30 o'clock SATURDAY. night.
while the action on the full crew re-
pealer was officially held up until
o'clock last night, although for hours
the result of his deliberations was
known all over the city and wires
were humming with it. At any rate
the Governor kept everyone guessing
on the important bills and nothing
like 1t has ever been known in all the
history of action on legislation, 1t re-
called the days of the Stuart admins
tration when no one could find anv ac-
ton recorded on the Quay statue bill.
Then 1t got out that he had allowed it
to become law without his signature.
DR.. Brumbaugh's final action on the
last bill did not become officially
known until twenty-four hours or
more after he had left the city and
eighteen hours after the time limit for
action had expired.
The medieval ceremony of making
public proclamation of vetoes of the
Governor whereby they become bind
ing was carried out at the Capitol late
last night. James c.. Deininger. the
executive clerk, was the official her
aid, with Executive Controller Samuel
G. Todd as auditor. Mr.. Deininger
q ho ht1f !,
long list of vetoes and went out into
the corridor of the floor on which the
executive offices are located and read
the list of vetoes to an audience con-
slstlng of Mr.. Todd. This action made
the vetoes irrevocable. But no one
seemed to know much about it.
1t is now DR.. Cyrus f. Woods. The
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
former senator and former minister to
Portugal, is a doctor by virtue of the
honorary degree conferred upon him
by his alma mater, Lafayette College
The Secretary of the Commonwealth
was honored at Lafayette last week
when he delivered the annual Phi Beta
Kappa Grafton, one of the notable col
| legiate distinctions and only given
to men who have attained eminence
in the public service, in letters or in
| important fields of human endeavor.
|
These are days when you can hear
the corn growing said q farmer from
| Middle Paxton who was in the city
to-day on some court business THE
| corn has been shooting up at a rapid
rate the last week. The wet weather
came in very handy soon after plant
ing, but then the cool spell made us a
little anxious The last week with its
hot weather was the very thing and
the corn has been jumping. If the
weather man is well behaved we ought
TO have bang-up crop in Dauphin
Icounty. The acreage is larger than
it was last year to my calculation, and
think we can chase last years yield.
The weather will also help the wheat
but there may not be as much cutting
around the Fourth of July as usual"
Jitneys are commencing to worry
the motormen and drivers of teams
when passing through the Market
Istreet subway. The light free lance
cars are sent through the subway at
rather high speed and endeavor to cut
around the cars and other vehicles.
This used to be the trouble with some
Itaxicab drivers few years ago, bsL
they got over it. Now the titneys are
making other operators nervous and
they are afraid of an accident which
In the jams that frequently occur in
the place are apt to have serious con-
sequences.
Sooner or later Harrisburg is going
to be forced to some traffic regula-
tions that will restrict Third and Fourth
streets to "one way" thoroughfares.
The congestion is growing to be
matter of much concern to police.
They have Chestnut street on market
morning on their hands, too.
w. B. Bausman, the new vice
president of the Pennsylvania State
Bankers association, is a Lancaster
banker and well-known to people in
this city. He has been a frequent
visitor here. In all probability he will
be the next president.