Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-29
EVENING CHAT


State in style this week, although it
must be confessed that in the matter
of hotel accommodations it's short
comings need not be discussed at
length. Still, no one has wanted for
bed or board. This week in addition
to the Legislature there have been
fully a dozen meetings of bodies, or
ganizations or committees of State
wide importance and when that is said
of Pennsylvania diversified business
and life 1t means good deal. There
have been the State Board of Agricul-
ture, the Motion Picture League, the
Association of Pennsylvania Boroughs,
the committees of women'S clubs, the
organized labor committees, the men,
bers of the miners unions, the State
Dairy Union, the Associated Poultry
men and its constituent bodies, the
Stock Breeders, the Holstein- F'risian
cattle owners, the sheep raisers, the
Municipal Home Rule League, the or
ganized railroad men and then some
more all dealing with projects affect
ing thousands of people.
The postman has his troubles in the
Legislature. Similarity of names on
the roll call of the House of Represen-
confusion during the present session
If a letter is addressed merely to
Representative Smith," 1t is likely to
reach either Jacob w. Smith, of Car
bon county, Jefferson w. Smith, OF
Philadelphia, or Lee Smith, of Union
town. The Smiths are the only family
which has three representatives in the
Legislature. There are two Jones, Ed
ward e. Jones, of Susquehanna county
and William w. Jones, of Lackawanna
county. The Wilson family has tive
champions also, William H., of Phila-
delphia, and Henry l., of Jefferson
county. Likewise there are two Camp.
bells, Theodore Campbell, who lives
in Overlook, Philadelphia county
is in Butler county. The Smiths, the
Jones, the Wilson's and the Campbells
represent the only duplication o.
names in the House. Last session
there were two BaldwinS, two Blairs
two Campbells, two Dunns, two Grays
two Howards, two Irwins, two Jones
two Perrys, two Scots, two Skaters
two Smiths, two Wilson's and tive
Youngs. Among the names in thu
House this year likely to cause somt
confusion at the post office are thos'
of ]. Howard Beck, of Franklin coun
ty, and Christ Becker, of Alleghen!
county; J. M. Lands, of Montgomer!
and II. e. Lanius, of York, and A. d
Lauer, of Philadelphia, and John Lau
! Ter, of Pittsburgh. The Senate ha
only two Implications of last name
this session. They are William w
Smith, of Philadelphia, and Raymond
| E. Smith, of Crawford county, ant
Charles A. Snyder, of Schuylkill coun
| ty, and Plymouth w. Snyder, of Blai
county.
Governor Brumbaugh is hearinl
from the people. He is getting letters
| advice, suggestions, ideas. schemes
projects and whatnot from folks al
over the State in regard to workmen'
compensation and the State roaC
problem. A couple of people hav
made their ideas public on the latte
subject before sending them to hin
| but that does not matter. The Gov
| ernor is glad to get them. Seriousl.
| speaking, the Governors mail ha
been filled with letters about these tw,
great propositions and the Governo
says that some of them show the re
suits of study and thought and he ha
| expressed surprise at the promptnes
with which people have sent him let
| ters. They Indicate, to his mind, tha
a good many more people have beer
considering them than. is generall
| known. The impression is abroad il
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peoples ideas and it looks as though
he was going to get them in goo'
measure.
The adventures at the Capitol of tn
| pig presented to Representative Bill
! Adams recall the interesting thing
| happening to various walking, fiyint
and creeping things at the State Hous
in years gone by. There have beef
| hpDfs atlh &c anh 20 cnnf n tho
| Commission, which now has som
quail on hand for propagation pur
poses; live snakes mailed to Stat
iZoologist II. A. Surface; beetles ad
dressed to the secretary of agriculture
bacteria for the Department of Healtl
and miscellaneous collection of faun;
and reptilia sent to Curator Boyd p
Rothrock, of the State Museum. Ever
now and then some of Rothrock'
specimens StaSt out on tours and Great
excitement, but they are soon endet
and become fixed with the purpose o
instructing people in natural history
Among visitors to the city yesterda,
was Morgan e. Gable. one of the ga
laxy on the staff of the Pittsburgh Ga
| Zette-TimeS. He came to attend tn
meeting of the Panama Pacific EXposi
ton Commission of which he has beel
a member since it's organization.
Some of the Harrisburg industrie
are commencing to feel the impetu
of the orders for Europe, according t.
one of the city's we'll informed bust
nessmen. He named dozen or NOR
lines in which he said there was ac
tivity because of war orders. Thes
| orders have been sublet and for oh
vious reasons are not rvade public
They are shipped through large ex
porting and forwarding houses and i
would be odd if they could be trace,
to see in what places they turn up.
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