Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-12
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by the Ex-Committeernan

Reports that Governor .Brumbaugh
plans to send to the Senate a num-
Der of appointments made between
the adjournment of the 1915 Legis-
/ lature and the organization of that
of 1917. and would also send in the
name of Banking Commissioner Dan
lei +. Lafean for confirmation were
current about the Capitol to-day. The
Governor was away trout-tishing and
Secretary Ball was in Philadelphia. so
that no information on the subject
could be obtained.
Some of the senators who have been
favorable to fixing June II for ad-
journment expressed the belief this
week that the Governor would be like
ly to send, in some names and that
! there would he no wholesale retec-
tions. Men who are not in sympathy
with the Governor and his friends
have intimated that in case of de-
partments whose chiefs are not sent
in for confirmation there would be
big cuts in appropriations. Whether
these reductions would extend to the
Executive Department or not could
not be learned.
Auditor General Snyder has de-
cided to wait for several weeks be-
fore putting changes in his depart
ment into effect. The Auditor Gen
eral spent most of this week study
ing matters pertaining to the ad-
ministration of his department and
said that he did not have any "vio-
oh In, Via NNhaa aGISn
what would be done in the case of
state officials not confirmed the Au-
ditor General said that he would not
cross bridges until he arrived at
them.
The matters connected with the
adjournment of the Legislature will
be settled in Philadelphia within the
next three days and Monday night
the adjournment resolution Will go
in with June II as the date. The
Senate will not act hastily in the
matter
The actions to test the right of
Register of Wills Sheehan to certain
fees OF office in Philadelphia will be
threshed out in the courts. Thou
sands of dollars are involved.
Roland S. Morris. former Demo-
cratic state chairman. was named as
| the master IN the proceedings lOT safe
of big foundry at Bristol.
Senator +. II. Ware was yester-
day awarded contracts for s1S3,000 for
buildings and other work in the
southern part of Philadelphia. They
are part of the improvements near
League Island.
Governor Brumbaugh yesterday
| cleared up twenty-eight bills and
has about thirty remaining on his
desk. The 100000 defense fund
bill is among those not acted upon.
Candidates for judge in Allie
gheny county are increasing in num-
ber. 1t is expected that there Will
be close to twenty.
Governor Brumbaugh's vote on
the Woodward Allegheny county court
bill is apt to cause considerable COM
ment when the Legislature convenes
next week.
Members of tile House of Repre-
sentatives face the largest calendar
of third reading bills of any time
since the session of 1917 began for
the Monday night session and it is
doubtful if the lower branch will
get through the list by the end of
next week. The calendar of bills on
this stage will run over $50 and there
are about thirty bills on the postpon-
ed calendar. over sixty bills passed
second reading in the House on
Thursday and were added to the third
reading list.
Considerable comment has been
called by the reprinting of House bills
for trifing typographical errors while
they are still in the House, instead
of having the bills corrected when
they are reprinted for Senate use. The
other day the Wallace civil service
bill, now on third reading in the
| House, and one of the twenty-page
| bills, was reprinted because the name
| Pennsylvania was misspelled. The
bill has not yet been in the Senate
Another bill of ten pages was re-
| printed because the word eighteen
was not spelled correctly.