Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-29
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

The House broke up in a wrangle.
1t got itself In tangle
Which nobody can deny.
So sang the members of the House
of Representative of the General
Assembly of Pennsylvania with as
sistance of some musical Senators
last night while waiting for the COM
mittee of conference on the general
appropriation bill to straighten out
the situation created by the drag
Ging of the second longest session in
fifty years to its close. The truth of
the song seemed to impress a good
many observers.
General opinion is that the Gov
ernor and his allies. who went into
the legislative session somewhat
dented because of the defeat of their
candidate for Speaker, are in better
shape to-day than ever and that the
Republican State organization was
only saved from needing repairs by
the wise head of Senator William E.
Crow. the State Chairman. Time and
again the State Chairman extricated
the majority from unpleasant situa-
tons, and when the real history of
the session comes to be written. If IL
ever is undertaken. the Fayette
countian will loom up as conspicu-
Gus as he did in the trying days of
1918 when the Legislature was filled
with men brought up by the Roose..
Welt wave and when leaders were al
most all at odds.
The manner in which the Sem
ate rejected Ex-State Treasurer Rob-
ert X. Young as a candidate for
Public Service Commissioner, yester-
day, attracted much attention. He
was attacked solely on party lines.
His abilities were recognized, but his
political course was assailed ana
that was what defeated him. Others
rejected were: Secretary of Agricul-
ture Charles E. Patton; D. Edward
Long, superintendent of Printing
and Binding; Banking Commission
or Daniel F. Lafean; James W.
Leech, Workmen's Compensation
Board, and William Young, State In
dustrial Board.
The officers confirmed unani-
mously on the rollcall were Insur-
SlisNS NOLA4AlllSSlOhGI DGillN ~ -N6lls
DR.. John Price Jackson, Commits
sioner of Labor and Industry; Pub
lie Service Commissioners William
y. b. Ainey, James Alcorn and Mich
ael ]. Ryan; Frank B. Black. High
way; Paul w. Houck, to fill the un-
expired term of his father. the late
DIR. Henry w. Houck, as Secretary
of Internal Affairs: Fire Marshall G.
Chal Port; James z. Roderick, Chief
of the Department of Mines; Nathan
c. Schaeffer, superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction; George A. Shreiner.
of Harrisburg, Superintendent of
Public Grounds and Buildings, and
Robert c. Conklin, Commissioner OF
Forestry.
William B. McCaleb, of Harris
burg, was confirmed a member of
the State Board of Fish and Game
Commissioners; Charles F. Kramer.
of Harrisburg, a member of the
EXaming Board for
tor, Hummelstown, and Cloyd B.
Ewing, of Mt. Union. members of
the State Board of Agriculture; F.
r. Kann. member of the Board of
osteopathic Examiners for three
years; Edward Bailey, Daniel c.
Herr and Captain Henry NJ. Slime,
trustees of the Pennsylvania State
Lunatic Hospital. for three years.
Back of the reflections of the
men who went down are some inter-
esting stories of political animosi-
ties, some dating back for years, and
there should be some equally inter
esting reasons for the approval of
other men who were booked for
slaughter. Fear of something worse
caused some combinations by the
Penrose people.
From all accounts the Govern
or told Paul W. Houck that he was
going to name him as Secretary Of
Internal Affairs about noon of the
day he sent in his name. Mr.. Houck
is getting ready to take office.
The promotion of Mr.. Houck will
mean a vacancy in the Office of ref
cree in compensation for the Schuyl-
kill Berks district. Ira w. Stratton,
former mayor of Reading, and some
Schuylkill countians, have up light
ming rods already. The place will
probably go to Schuylkill.
The members of the House pa
raded with national and State flags
last night, singing The Stars and
Stripes Will Soon Be in Germany"
and the parade went into the Gov
ernor's Office. According to custom
the Governor was in his office until
the Legislature quit and the parade
marched in, around his desk and out
again. The Governor Joined in the
singing.
Mrs. Brumbaugh and a number
of friends attended the closing
scenes in the Legislature.
The committee which waited on
the Senate on the part of the House
to close up business was composed of
Messrs. Scott, Center; Smith, Bed
ford, and Bechtold, Dauphin. The
last speech in the House. after men,
bers of the lower branch had jollied
the Rural League and Representa-
tive Max Aron, the transit bill eX-
pert, was by Representative Swartz,
Harrisburg, who extended the free
dom of the city.
Reports that Governor Brum-
baugh and his advisers were inclined
to make a test of the Governors au-
thority TO continue a man in office
after adverse action by the State
Senate agitated the Capitol to-day,
but the Governor would say nothing
II is said that the Governor who is
feeling somewhat elated over the
way he came through the Legisla-
ture, would like to have some tests
made on the much discussed ques-
ton of his authority on appoint
ments. One of the reports was that
D. Edward Long. State Superntend-
ent of Public Printing and Binding,
whose annOiUfn emf was not confirm