Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-14
NEWS OF THE LEGISLATURE E
BITTER DEBATE
ON RESOLUTION
Vote Taken in the House Late
Yesterday Afternoon Showed
New Lineup

The debate on the Senate probe
resolution before it passed on second
reading in the House yesterday after
noon will long be remembered about
the Legislature for the bitterness in
jected into the discussion of the meas
ure. Members broke lances over the
Governor and for time there was
doubt whether DR.. Brumbaugh or the
government of Pennsylvania was the
object of the resolution. Throughout
the State administration men warned
the House that enactment of the reso-
luton meant the disruption of the Re-
publican party.
The test vote came on the first sec
ton of the resolution and was 116 to
so. All but five of the Democrats
present voted for the resolution, to-
1t is said that Mr. Black, the Demo-
cratic member from Harrisburg, who
voted against the resolution, was
moved by consideration of the Gov
ernors attitude on the full crew re-
pealer last session and the desires OF
the railroad mems legislative commit
tee. There was no objection on second
reading.
The closing speeches were vigorous
indeed. Mr.. Milliron, Armstrong, de-
clared that the state was not con-
cerned in Philadelphia contract rows
and objected to having to wash dirty
linen again. He declared that some
people had to have the idea that Penn
sylvania ended with the western Phila-
delphia city line knocked out of their
heads. Mr.. Cox and Mr.. Glass warned
of Republican disaster If the resolution
went through and Mr.. Stern assailed
the Governor in vicious style, although
his remarks were not as hot as had
been announced. He said that he
would rather see "a decent Democrat
as Governor than u rotten Repub-
lican.' The champions of the Gov
ernor assailed his detractors, Mr..
McNichols speech being the strongest
in denunciation.
The detailed vote was as follows:
AID BITTER DEBATE ...,.......
The detailed vote was as follows:
Republicans for the resolution-A.
Albee, Baker, Baldridge, Bechtold,
Boyer, Boulton, Bouton, Bovee, Boyd,
Brady, Theodore Campbell, Clements,
Crosby, William Davis, Dawson, Dith-
rich, Ehrhardt, FitZgibbon, Fretz,
Cans, Goodnough, Goodwin, Graham,
Haldeman, Heffernan, Hepburn, Hol-
lingsworth, Horton, Hough, Jones,
McCaig, Mccullough, Mckinney, Nc
Peake, MearlSle, Michel Ananias D,
Miller, C. C. Miller, Milliron, Murdoch,
| Neary. Perry. Pickering, Powell, Rams
| ley, Reichenbacher, Richards, Rim
niger, Robertson, Rogers, Sampsel,
Scott. Shattuck, Skunk, Siggins, Simp-
son, Sinclair. e. r. Smith, j, w. Smith,
Lee Smith, Snowden, Somerman,
Sones, Spangler, Speicher, Sprowls,
Stadtlander, Stern, Sullivan, Swartz,
Thomas, Ulsh, Urich, Vodges, Weimer,
Whitaker, Wickman, j. p. Williams,
Wood, Woodward, Zanders and Speaker
Baldwin.
Democrats for resolution - Barner,
Bell, Benninger Burnett, Chestnut,
Christman, Donnelly, Drake, Erdman,
Flynn, Hollern, Lanius, Laucks, Leary,
Luppert, Mervine, Murphy, w. M.
Rhodes Ringler, Rim, Ruddy, Sarig,
| G. A. Shaffer, f. !. Smith, o. w.
Smith. Stofiet, Strauss, Sweitzer, West
and Wynne.
Republicans against resolution
Aron, Arthur, Aston, Benchon, Ben
nett, Bidelspacher, ]. q. Campbell,
Goldsmith, Connor, Cook, Corbin, Cox
Cummins, Curry, Dale, d. f. Davis
| Dean, Dell, Dewey, Drinkhouse, Dunn
Eby, Fackler, Fowler, Franklin, Geary
Glass, Colder. Gormley, Haight, Hecht
Helt, Hess, Hibschman, Horne, Jack
Jennings, Kennedy, Lohr, Male, Nc
| Curdy, Mckay, McNichol. McVicar
Mehring, Allan d. Miller, Miner
Mitchell, Theo. Morgan, r. j. Morgan
Odgen, Palmer, Patterson, Phillips
Reitzel, Reynolds, Rich, Ross, A. G.
Schaeffer, Showalter, Snyder, Steedle
Sterling, Sites, Vickerman, Walker
! Wallace. Walter, Wells, CT. w. VIII
! liams, Wobensmith, Wylie and Baldi.
! Democrats against the resolution
Black, Canon. sherwood, Rothen-
berger and Rudisil.
Socialist against resolution-Maurer