Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-10
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By the Ex-CoEnmitteeman

Republican factiona1 politics which
has been rather quiet, to the great re-
lief of many people, since the Legis-
lature started its recess, was stirred
up again last night by a declaration
by Senator Edwin II. Ware, of Phila-
delphia, to the effect that he would
oppose the bills for single council
for Philadelphia and other measures
sponsored by the reform organizations
and hacked by Senator Penrose. The
senator said he and the Mayor are op-
posed to the bills and that he believes
the Governor will veto them.
This declaration by the senator
means a new injection of "Philadel-
phiaitis' into the Legislature, and it is
interesting to note that the North Am
erican, which is generally friendly to
the South Philadelphian, says to-day
that progressive legislation advo-
Gated by reform organizations and
promised the support of Senator Pen
rose is threatened with disaster by
Senator Ware" The Philadelphia Rec
ord says Vare's declaration means "a
bitter fight" while the Ledger asserts
that Ware says most of the reform
bills are needless and intimates that
Senator McNichol may also take q
hand.
This Ware statement, coming right
at the time when most people about
the Capitol believed it would be pos
sible to work out some sort of an
agreement on legislation and guberna-
torial appointments, will make trouble
in opinion of Harrisburg observers
and plans for Investigations by stand
ing committees, which have been pig
eonholed, will be taken out again.
There have been hopes generally ex-
pressed about the Capitol that Phila-
delphia factional politics could be kept
out of the balance of the session and
the State given a rest.
Death of Ambassador Guthrie,
generally believed to have been the
Democratic leaders choice for Gov
! ernor in 1918, has caused a revival of
talk of Colonial Richard Coulter, Jr..
of Greensburg.
I Charles Johnson, the Montgomery
county leader, is being much mention
| ed as the probable successor to Chief
Clerk Harmon M. Kephart, of the
Senate, when he becomes State Treas
I urer in May.
( The Philadelphia Record says to-
| day regarding the Legislature: "A de-
sire for short session of the Legisla-
ture is held by the Governor and his
| friends. who declare that nothing I'm q
| legislative way has been accomplished
so far this session. They are not
pleased with the character of the leg
| islation proposed up to this time. and
one leader close to the Governor inti-
mated yesterday that vetoes would be
numerous unless some sane and sem
sible" measures were put before the
! Legislature"
Altoona is threatened with a new
wave of reform on Sunday sales of
candy and soda.
Senator Charles ]. Magee, of
Pittsburgh, brother of the public SER
I vice commissioner, is seriously ILL.,
York council last night put Will
liam Axe, Democratic policeman,
back on the force in spite of the
Mayors protest.
The Philadelphia Inquirer to-day
calls for repeal of the full crew bill.
Senator McNichol will be home
! from the South to-day and so will
Mayor Armstrong and the Pittsburgh
leaders,
Drafts of bill which will give the
third class cities of Pennsylvania a
single chambered council consisting
of member from each ward elected
on party platforms have been pre-
pared by Senator Edward e, Beidle-
man, president pro tenn of the State
Senate, and the measure will probably
be introduced at an early day in the
upper house of the Legislature Un-
der the present system counciimen
are elected at large on nonpartisan
basis.
Senator Beidieman, whose views
against the nonpartisan election OF
judges are well known, holds that the
objections to such elections apply to
the third class cities and considers
that there should be a return to the
party platform election system,
In addition TO proposing that
counciimen should be elected on q
Iparty basis, Senator. Beidleman favors
the election by the voters of third
class cities OF city treasurers and
other officers formerly elected at
large but made elective by council
under the Clark third class city act.
Democrats are talking all over
the State about a very apparently m
spired statement in the Harrisburg
Patriot, owned by National Chairman
Vance C. Mccormick, to the effect
that no changes are contemplated in
President Wilson's Cabinet and that
the fact has been known 'in govern