Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-20
INSURGENCY WILL
NOT BE POPULAR
Elect Falkenstein Over Davies as
Reading Clerk by Vote
of 135 to IS
MAKE MANY APPOINTMENTS
Senate and House Adjourn For
Week; Meet Next Monday
Night at 9
MAKE MANY APPOINTMENTS

The Senate and House adjourned for
the week before noon to-day and will
meet at p. IN. Monday night.
The committees were announced in
each chamber. the presiding officers
saying they hoped all would be at
least partially satisfied.
Then came the appointment of otfi-
GERS and employees which were recon-
mended by the slate committees ana
approved.
Election of a reading clerk of the
House was thrown into the House on
objections to the recommendation oy
G. j. F.Falkenstein, of Mckeesport'
by Mr. Adams, Luzerne. The House
patronage committee submitted its list
of officers and employees, all of whom
were approved without delay except
the recomm endation for reading clerk
Mr.. Adams named David j. Davies,
Allegheny, reading clerk last session,
with complimentary references.
Mr.. Woodward, Allegheny, re-
Joined that the Falkenstein recon-
mendaton was by 20 to 81 commit
teemen. Saying this was a Republican
house, he declared that Davies had
been connected with the Washington
party headquarters in Pittsburgh. Mr..
Geiser, Northampton, Democrat, sec
onded Davies. Falkenstein was elect
ed 1876 to 50. This was made unani-
NOUS by Adams, it being evident that
tee and that insurgency will not pc
popular.
Committee on Rules
Speaker Amber named the follow
ing as the committee on rules: w. FL.
Wilson. Philadelphia; Z. E. Jones,
Susquehanna: Whitaker, Chester;
Nickerman. Allegheny; Shaffer. Co
lumbia.
1t was announced that Mr.. Dodd.
hn the
committee on mines and Mr.. Dawson,
Lackawanna, on legislative apportion-
ment by exchange.
Mr.. Gransback, Philadelphia, and
Mr. McCaig, Allegheny, were appoint
4 trustees of the Soldiers Home at
MglNhen the employees of the House
were named Chief Clerk Garvin an
nounced that all would be required
to render full service and that the
speaker and chief clerk would enforce
compliance.
The House adjourned at ll.25 until
p. m. January 25.
Senate Attaches
The following is the list oof officers
and employees of the Senate: Journal
clerk Arthur j. Lyons. Cory, Erie,
county; reading clerk, William p.
Gallagher, Wilkes Barre, Luzerne
county; executive clerk. John NJ.
=
phia; desk clerk, John McKeown,
2227 cambridge street, Philadelphia;
Message Clerk. ]. Hauer Reinoehl,
Lebanon, Lebanon county; bill book
clerk, David E. Watson, 1O5 East
Eaines street, Germantown, Philadel-
phia; bills in place book clerk. John
J. O'Donnell, Allentown, Lehigh
county; petition book clerk, r. NJ.
sutton Indiana, Indiana county;
transcribing clerks, William G. Dick,
1Iites, Allegheny county; Harry Sisk,
Factoryville, Wyoming county.
Assistant Sergeant at-ATms-Oliver
S. Riblet Erie, Erie county: John j..
Keffer, 200 South Twelfth street.
Philadelphia; George f. Schlegel.
Reamtown, Lancaster county; Thomas
Casey, Pittsburgh, Allegheny county.
Postmaster - Warren McCreary,
Butler, county.
Messenger William II. Sheaffer,
Oriental, Juniata county.
Assistant Messenger-George Gel
ger, 2917 Cambridge street, Philadel-
phia.
Doorkeeper - John ]. McCloskey,
1S43 South Fifty-hfth street, Philadel-
phia.
Assistant Doorkeepers - George V.
Larrabee, North Jackson, Susquehan-
ma county; J. Frank Hoover, Shamo-
kin, northumberland county; George
Miller. Irwin, Westmoreland county;
Phillip w. RCn, Clarks Summit.
Iackawanna county; James ]. Sween-
ey, Chester. Delaware county; George
w. Dunn. 260 Chestnut street. Phila-
delphia; Walter S. Leard, Worthing-
ton, Armstrong county; Charles |. My
ers. Waynesboro, Franklin county.
superintendent of Folding Room
Henry A. Campfield, Meadville, Craw-
ford county.
Pastors and Folders-Arian r. Bah
ny, Wilkes Barre, Luzerne county;
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