Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-09
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

Members of the Legislature who
have evidently been hearing from
home were to-day demanding that
some action be taken within the
next week to inform the State when
the Legislature would close its ses-
sions. The suggestion of June Ia
and the agreement of the House
leaders to recommend a date on
Monday night were the big topics
of discussion in newspapers through
out the State as well as in Legislative
halls to-day and the general senti-
ment appears to be for an adjouTn-
ment and not recess.
Senatorial leaders to-day intimated
that they would join in the selection
of June date and there were signs
that every legislator was going to get
things into shape for the home
stretch. The Legislative records are
being scanned because 1t is recog-
nized that there may be some tights
in various counties based upon what
has been done or left undone here
the last three or four months.
Chairman of committees of both
branches of the Legislature were
hustling to-day to get reports on all
bills in their hands and there will
be plenty of action by committees in
the next ten days.
Friends of Colonel Harry C.
TreXler, of Allentown, quartermaster
general of the National Guard, have
revived the boom for him for Gov
ernor, holding that the Republican
nominee should not only be a busi-
nessman, but a man from the coun-
try. The colonel is said to be not
adverse to running.
People throughout the State are
showing a big interest in the Capitol
salary changing bills which are
pending in the Legislature and some
of the newspapers suggest that the
pay be equalized by eliminating some
jobs. Senatorial leaders are said to
have this in mind.
1t commences to look as though
the State Treasury organization
would be retained for the present by
State Treasurer Kephart and that
Auditor General Snyder would be
rather conservative about his appoint
ments. The men in service will be
kept going until a general program
of changes is determined upon as the
new Auditor General is not disposed
to have efficiency interfered with for
a minute, but speeded up instead. He
has been looking into the way things
have been conducted with a view 20
making haste slowly and records of
the last two years are being studied.
Representative Jim" Boyd, of
Norristown. is developing into a
humorist. Yesterday after Represen-
tative Isadore Stern, of Philadelphia,
was expatiating at length on the
value of liquor licenses, he said "A
liquor license is the most valuable
license there is Mr.. Boyd, who is
built on athletic lines, rose and ask
ed solemnly How about a marriage
license?"
\ Representative It. ]. Graeff, of
Tamaqua, enlightened the House
yesterday on bills and salaries. He
declared that a bill to raise salaries
of judges was IAN adjuster, not
salary raiser. because it makes the
salary what il should be-" In another
instance he told a Westmoreland
questioner that there was not one
man who was on the Schuylkill
bench who could not earn more than
the salary fixed in the bill.
The nominations of Major John
c. Groome, of Philadelphia, to be
superintendent of the State Police,
and Edward Bailey, of this city,to
be forestry commissioner, were not
political in the opinion of Senators.
because they were confirmed the
night they were sent to the Senate.
Representative ID. c. Rudisill, of
Adams, is crusading for payment to
townships of the dirt road allow
ance He says the State owes the
townships S3,00O,000 and that it
dates back for years.