Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
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By the Ex-Committeema.

Il By the Ex-Committeeman
The Democratic effort to make poll
tical capital out of the factional row
among the Republicans went to smash
in the House last night about tie time
the Senate was receiving the Sproul
resolution for investigation and the
manner of it's wreck was a commen-
tary upon the Democratic advisory
committee which has assumed to
come here to show how to run the
Legislature.
When Herr Sarig, of Berks, a mem
Der of the ringmasters committee,
called up the document, which he ex-
tolled as an effort to obtain facts, it
was promptly torn to pieces by Rep
resentative Boyer of Philadelphia MIR.
Beyer called attention to the fact that
the Democratic resolution proposed to
investigate the State government but
aid not provide for any cooperation
on the part OF the Senate, it being
solely House affair. He asked Herr
Sarig il he had any remedial legisla-
ton in mind and was informed that
all the Democrats were seeking was
to show up something. Mr.. Boyer
then called it q "fisLing expedition"
and Herr Sarig attempted to defend it
as move to diagnose the disease
Affecting the political life of the Com
monwealth." Mr.. Chestnut, of Fulton,
hoped into the spotlight for a few
minutes and then on motion of Mr..
Milliron the House voted 116 to 80 to
postpone indefinitely. Mr.. Maurer,
the Berks socialist member, voted
with the Democrats.
The resolution was wrecked in the
presence of Roland s. Morris and
other Democratic bosses, who Lad
been here all day prescribing for the
ills of Pennsylvania, as they see them.
The committee drafted a lot of bills
which will be solemnly discussed by
the Democratic press and forgotten.
The Democrats expect to make much
capital out of their bills, but if they
are not more successful than they
were last night they had better quit.
Some of the Democrats could not un-
derstand why Ware men did not vote
with them and held q wake after the
House adjourned.
State Chairman Guffey did not get
here, being i'll. John G.. Harman, for
mer member from Columbia, however,
was here.
Representative Quinton o. Reit-
eel, Lancaster, and l. d. Musser, of
Juniata, who were absent when the
House organized, were sworn in i'm
mediately after the House was called
to order last night. Mr.. Reitzel was
in service with the Fourth Infantry
when the General Assembly met. The
oath was administered by Judge S. ].
M. McCarrell, of the Dauphin county
court.
Speaker Baldwin announced the
following as members of the Commit
tee on Rules: Messrs. Ramsay, Della
ware: Whitaker, Chester; Heffernan.
Philadelphia; McCaig. Allegheny, and
Flynn, Elk. All are legislators of ex-
perience.
The plan for the local option cam
paign to be waged by the Anti-Saloon |
League will be settled at a meeting to |
be held here by the executive COM
mittee of the league next Tuesday.
The meeting will be held at the head
quarters, by which time the reports
of the men who have canvassed the
situation will be taken up and con-
sidered.
1t will then be decided when the bill
will be presented and by whom. It is
regarded as pretty certain that the
county unit will be specified in the bill.
The league expects the bill to be
fought out on the floor of the House.
1t is now Good Roads" Spangler.
Representative Robert S. Spangler, of
York, has been named to the chair
of the House public roads
committee, the place held so long by
Senator E. L. Jones, of Susquehanna,
who was promoted to the Senate last
election. Mr.. Spangler is we'll quail
fled for the craftsmanship, as he has
studied the road situation and is wide
awake and progressive in his ideas.
Samuel A. Whitaker, who is to be
chairman of the House manufac-
lures committee, is the representative
of the National Guard on the floor. as
he is captain of the PhoeniXville bat
terry, historic Battery C of the First
Artillery. the oldest artillery organ
iZation in the State.
Robert w. Herbert, editor of the
Tribune, came here to at
tend the opening of the real work of
the session. He used to write pieces
about the Legislature for Pittsburgh
papers.
One of the newspapermen who
will be missed will be James II. Lam
bert, Jr.. who represented the Phila-
delphia Telegraph and who is now
secretary to the director of safety in
philadelphia. Lee Solomon, who was
ent last session, is now secretary of
the Compensation Board.
CONGRESSMAN l.. II. McFadden, of
the Bradford county district, was here
to see the lawmakers at work. The
congressman is considered as good
northern tier timber for the future.
The failure of the Democrats to
make q better showing when the time
came to start off the session was dis
to many of the minority
marty men and the spectators in the
House were somewhat amused at what |
occurred after all the advertising and |
the noisy announcements from Market
Square.
Mothers pension legislation is to
receive considerable attention this ses-
sion and there will be a couple of |
camps which will seek to make
changes in the laws. The fact that |
such a big balance remained while |
there was considerable suffering will |
be a fruitful source of inquiry.
Philadelphia newspapers take the !
proposed investigation variously. The |
Inquirer says that it is the first move |
in n fight to finish between the fac |
tions. while the North American does |
not seem to take it seriously. The |
Public Ledger devotes considerable
space to-day to presentation of the |
Governors personal expense accounts,
as shown by the vouchers on file, in
Guiding taxicab hire, expenses in |
Maine and other items. Tt is charged |
that most of the personal expenses of