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LEGISLATURE IS CALLED
Probable That Members OF Last
Body Now Holding Public Offices
Will be Allowed Seats.

Governor Harrington yesterday is
sued the formal call for the extra
session of the Legislature, to meet
OR Tuesday, June II. His procla-
nation sets forth the necessity for
war measures, and mentions spe-
officially the need of acts providing
funds for emergencies, and creating
a State guard for the protection of
bridges, waterworks and the like, af-
ter the National Guard shall have
left the State in the Federal service:
The Governor announced inform
ally last week that the extra session
would meet on June II, and has
been giving some attention since
that time to preparing for it. He
held conference recently with Pres
ident Campbell, of the State Senate,
and other city members regarding
thk~hills which have been framed by
Acknowledgements Kfrcnre, TOT the
Preparedness and Survey Commits
sion, and which will be submitted to
the Legislature. He will talk with
other members from time to time
during the next two weeks. AT this
time there is no sign of factional or
partisan opposition to any of the
proposed measures, although it is
likely that there will be individual
opposition to a number of them.
There is much speculation as to
the course of the Legislature with
respect to those of its members in
the last session who hold other pub
lie places. Attorney-General Richie
holds that each branch is the abso-
lutte judge of the qualifications of it's
own members, so much so that the
Senate may permit, if it likes, Fred
erick n. Zihlman, who was the Sena-
tor from Allegany, but now Is the
Congressman from the Sixth district,
to sit and vote. In the cases Of Of
fees other than membership in the
Legislature, as to which there is
question of the eligibility of the
claimant, the courts decide; but Mr..
Richie says that the Legislature is
practically an untrammeled judge as
to its own members.
The following members of the last
Legislature, in addition to Mr.. Zihl-
man, now hold other public posi-
tons: Speaker Philip D. Laird, now
a member of the Public Service Com
mission; Delegate Frank F. Lu-
thardt, now assistant judge of the
Juvenile Court; Delegate Charles G.
Griebel, now a clerk in the State In
dustrial Accident Commission; Sen
ator James S. Shepherd, now Land
Commissioner; Senator John F.
Mudd, now a member of the Roads
Commission; Senator w. Oscar Col
lier, now connected with the Farm
Loan Bank, and Delegate R. Laurie
Mitchell, who is attorney for the
bank. and Senator William J. Og-
den, now secretary of the Board of
State Aid and Charities. There al
so are the members of the city dele
CATION, notably Senator Prick and
Delegate Lee, who hold positions I'M
der the city government, and there
may be other county members who
have landed.
Mr.. Laird has resigned from the
Legislature, and has MO intention of
recalling his action. Senator Ogden
sent the Governor his resignation,
but is disposed to take it back, it is
understood, and probably will be al
lowed to do so. What the others
have done is not known. The chan
ces are that nearly all of them will
resign temporarily from their other
jobs, and present themselves when
the Legislature meets, and they
probably will be accepted without
serious question.