Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-11
MORRIS RETURNS
WITHOUT RESULTS
Finds Democratic Members Ad-
verse to Taking Orders From
His Coterie Now
WILL VOTE AS THEY PLEASE
State Chairman's Efforts to Make
Capital For Himself Falls
Down Hard Here

S. Morris went back to Philadelphia
last evening without having done
much except accentuate the breach in
the party of whose organization he is
the titular head. AS far as local OPP
tion is concerned it is figured out that
he got the word of the Democratic
Legislators already pledged to local op-
/ ton, angered those who were doubtful
by attempting to give orders and was
bluntly told Dy wet" Democrats that
they were going to vote as they
pleased.
| Morris met most of the Democratic
members who answered the summons
| or invitations extended by Warren Van
/ Dyke, secretary of the State commit
tee. in the throne room of Vance c.
McCormick's offices. 1t was also an
| opportunity for the Democratic legis-
lators to look over the men who have
/ been rather scarce about party meet
! ings since the people were heard from
The reorganization men who were
Tor local option were given the glad
hand and passed kind words back, but
the anti-machine Democrats let Nor
ris know that they did not sympathize
with him. y couple of the "wets" are
said to have told him that his attempt
to make capital by hopping into the
local option fight would not change a
vote and that his plea that the Demo
cratic platform called for local option
was open to doubt because many DEM
ocrats held that the State committee
never adopted the platform but left it
to committee which Morris had
| loaned
one of the funniest stories is that
one Democrat asked Morris why he
/ did not call a caucus of the Demo-
cratic members so that they could vote
in a body, but that the chairman real
izing that the majority of the Demo-
Gratis are wet" Immediately back
| pedalled.
The Democratic members who will
vote with the governor will 90 so on
principle as they were elected on dry"
platforms or consider local option best
without regard to what Morris or Nc
Cormick or Palmer may say or do.
| Aboard a special Pullman at
tached TO the Buffalo Express. Chair
man James Woodward and the mem
! bers of the house appropriation COM
mittee are to leave here at $50 this
afternoon for Scranton. At Sunbury,
the car VIII be attached to the Wilkes
Barre train and on arrival in Wilkes
Barre, the car will be transferred to
| the Delaware and Hudson. Scranton
will be reached about o'clock to-
night. The committee is to make it's
headquarters at Hotel Jermyn. Hon.
Fred c. Ehrhardt, of Scranton, who
alton committee the past four ses-
sions, has mapped out busy two days
program for his colleagues Friday
will be spent in visiting Institutions in
Scranton and the Taylor hospital at
Taylor. Saturday, the committee will
be at WilkesBa The committee
! is to leave Wilkes-B Barre on the return
! trip to the capital at els Saturday
evening.
Members of the legislature who
are firemen at home take a big in
terest in fires in the city, especially
since the big fire the night before in
ansuration. Whenever there is an
alarm some of the members hustle out
to get the location and if it is near
they go around to help out.
Congressman Edgar r. kieSs, of
lLycoming, was among the visitors to
the Hill yesterday and was warmly
greeted by old friends.
EX-Congressman c. \. Matthews
! OF New Castle, was a House visitor.
Mayor Armstrong visited the Allie
| gheny county members headquarters
on Chestnut street while in the city
| Congressman Crago visited the
legislative halls yesterday and met a
number of the members.
The representatives of the moth
ers' pensions trustees were callers at
explained their ideas to him. He said
he favored liberal appropriation.
-To-day's was the first Thursday
| session of the House. The members
plan to keep Ike same schedule for
working next week although the
Speaker and committee will be away
two days because of the launch of the
Pennsylvania.
The Dauphin county third judge
ship bill is due to come up on third
reading in the Senate on Monday
night. There is practically no NOR,
opposition to it there than there was
in the House.
A delegation consisting of r. II.
! Thomas Jr., DR.. ]. Nelson Clark and
J. l.. Young yesterday presented to
| the Governor the resolutions of the
Mechanicsburg Bible class on local
option.
The military code will be taken up
in the House next week. The bill ap-
pears to be generally favored.