Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-03
EVENING Chat

The strong endorsement of Senator
Il. g. Beidleman, of this city, for presi-
dent pro tenn of the State Senate calls
to mind the fact that Dauphin county
has figured several times in this hon
or, although 1t has been many, many
years since it has had the speaker of
the House of Representatives. Judge
McCarrell was twice elected to the
Office and in 1878 and 1879 the late
Senator A. j. Herr was president pro
TEN. Before the constitution of 1878
David Fleming, who was later the law
partner of Judge McCarrell, was pres
ldent pro TEN and before him Louis
w. Hall, one of the city's famous law
yers in after years, served two terms
MI Hail came from Union and was
the youngest man ever elected to pre-
side over the Senate. The office was
known as speaker in those days. 1t
so happens that a brother-in-law of
Judge McCarrell, the late Senator Will
nam n. Wallace, was also speaker of
the Senate, an interesting fact when 1t
is remembered that Senator Beidle-
man was a law student in the Judges
ofhce. Secretary of the Common
wealth Cyrus +. Woods filled the office
twice and William P Snyder, later
auditor general, was three times elect
ed to the office. Lebanon has had
two presidents pro tenn in the late
Lieutenant governor J. p. S. Goblin
and the present Senator D. p. Ger
berich, who was president pro TEN
last session. Senator Penrose and the
late Mayor Reyburn also filled the
office, which is now filled by Charles
II. Kline, of Pittsburgh.
Francis II. Bohlen, who was here
yesterday discussing the workm en- S
compensation act with the Attorney
General, is secretary of the Industrial
Accidents Commission and one of the
professors of the University of Penn
sylvania law school. He is one of the
recognized authorities of the State on
damage suits.
Auditor General Powell said yester-
day that the report of his death was
the third exaggeration of the kind he
had been called upon to combat "The
first was when | almost drowned when
was i've and when / was rescued /
had hard time convincing my mother
that | was alive. The second was when
was first wounded in the Philippines
and some correspondent sent me out
as dead" said he. "On that occasion
it was published as fact that / had
died while fighting with the Tenth
Pennsylvania. / had to cable home
at some expense, too, that / was alive
Now here man dies near my home
ana 1t is reported that / am dead. 1t
is an eXaggeration."
Among visitors to the city yesterday
was DR.. James T. Rothrock of West
Chester, the father of forestry in
pennsylvania and former commission
er. He was among the callers at the
office of the Governor. DIR. Rothrocll
is still maintaining his interest in the
forestry of the State and is anxious
for the legislature to boost it all the
revenues will permit.
Congressman d. f. Lafean. of York.
was among the visitors to the Capitol
yesterday. He called on friends in
the departments
To-morrow's meeting of the State
school directors will bring to Harris
burg the largest gathering of the kind
since 1911 when the school code was
be,ore the legislature and men came
from all sections of the State to dis
cuss its provisions. That session was
most valuable in giving legislators n
line on what people thought. The
present weeks session will doubtless
be good to show what people think
now about the code.
Here is a good one from the Pitts
burgh Telegraph about u
man who has many admirers here:
ANY woman who can hook her
htVSS III iiio bdth 10 W NoIe.
That is what Irwin s. Cobb, reporter,
lecturer and war correspondent, told
Miss Helen A. Allen, secretary of the
Equal Franchise Federation of Allie
gheny county, when the latter called
on him at the Hotel Schenley this
morning and asked him for his views
on woman's suffrage.
What do YOU think of the mill
tant suffragist?' he was asked.
Well, | am not in favor of the
militant suffragist as Il member of my
own household, and then the man
who is just from the war scenes abroad
and whom many persons are talking
about, admitted that he was married
He assured Miss Allen that he was
unqualifiedly in favor of votes for
women. Miss Allen was delighted
She took his views down in copious
notes to be used for future reference.
Whats your opinion of the war;
was another question.
"'Well, the present one is going to
breed a whole flock of them. This
war will spread like a shad spawns
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