Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-20
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Considering the Importance attach-i
ed to the votes cast by the soldiers of
the Pennsylvania National Guard in{
service along the Mexican border thei
number of votes will be surprisingly
few in the aggregate of the votes poll-i
ed by the Keystone States citizens. 1t.
is estimated that the total vote of the
State is going to run over the 1,217,000
total of the 1912 campaign and if the
soldiers give 5000 it will be surprise,
to many people at the Capitol. Most
of the returns from the soldiers camps
show a very small total can be looked
for and that in many organizations
the number of men voting was less
than estimated. Separate poll books
have been made out for each organi-
zation and each district and there are
several hundred piled up in the State
Department awaiting comparison.
owing to the work incidental to return
OF the official votes of counties which
did not count in the soldiers vote the
been examined. Quite few of them
contain only one voters name. The
bills for the commissioners will be
PAID this week, while those for print
ing Will also go through. 1t is eX-'
pected that first and last the soldiers
" expensive thing and yet in a num-
Der of congressional and legislative
districts quite decisive matter:
Charles J. Roney, the Philadelphia
legislator, who died SATURDAY. in phil
adelphia. was well known to many
iarrlsburgers as one of the brightest
or the young men sent from that city
TO the general assembly in years. Mr.
honey, who first sat in the session of
1911, attracted attention by speech
he made late one night. 1t was about
the middle of the session and Roney,
who sat in a rear seat and had been
little heard of. got up and started to-
talk. The bulk of the members were!
ready to adjourn as. it was close to.
midnight and most of the spectators
had gone home. The young Phila-
delphian had a fine voice and speedily
showed that he had brains and knew
how to talk. Members who were go
ing home to bed and to avoid new
members first effort, went back to
their seats and people in the corridors
came in to hear what it was all about.
When Roney got done it took George
II. Alter to straighten things out so
strong an impression did the young
lawyer make. Next session Roney was
away down front and when he started
to talk everyoneJsettled back in his
seat to listen. And Roney never dis
appointed. He knew when to talk and
how to talk and when he talked he
generally had the goods"
1t is worth while recalling that
when the bill to give Harrisburg the
| right to construct the sanitary dam
| came up it was almost lost because
of absence and indifference of mem
bers. Speaker Alter saved it by in
, sisting that members present stop
talking and pay attention to the roll
hnG
! discussing bill on the side lines was
Roney The Harrisburg bill was at
tackled by George w Allen, one of the
Allegheny members who had somes
doubts on almost everything that ses-
sion, and he started to make an argu-
ment. Roney, who knew the Harris
burg bill was all right, suddenly got
the drift of Aliens argument and
walking over near him, remarked quite
loudly: Forget it, In the laughter
who chronically voted in the mega
tive that session, changed their votes
to AYE" while a number of PhiladeI-
phians followed Roney's lead.
During the last few years the
traffic on the lines of the Valley Rail- 8
ways has increased about a hundred
per cent and on account of this in
crease the movement of the cars in
and out of the city has at times been
delayed considerably. In order to re-
lieve this congestion the company has
had experts trying to work out new
plan. Many ideas have been sug-
gested, And one of them will be put
in use some time within the next
month The company at present has
a force of trackmen and electricians
putting an additional track north of
| the borough of Wormleysburg. Last
week the first section on the new
kdouble track was placed in use. 1t
is the belief of many of the patrons
of thee company that if two additional
sections of double track could be laid,
one between New Cumberland and
Lemoyne and the other between Camp
Hill and Washington Heights, traffic
would be greatly relieved.
Preparation of the calendar for the
special term of criminal court which
will begin December is already under
way and within the next week or two
District Attorney M. f. Stroup .ex-
poets to have the list ready for pub
lication. A feature of the trial list
this term will be the unusual number
of defendants charged with murder.
at least eleven having already been
slated for trial on that charge. One
entire court it is expected will be
given over to the trial of the murder
one or two of them may have to go
over until January sessions.
DIR. William l.. Estes, who will take
part in the discussion on Workmen's
Compensation before the Industrial
Welfare conference tomorrow. is
chairman of the committee of the
State Medical Society on that subject.
He comes from South Bethlehem and
has made.a study of the subject