Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

1t is possible that the Senate may
not act on the House resolution To
adjourn on June IA for q week or
even more. Several of the Senators
have expressed doubts as to whether
the Legislature could complete its
work in the time allowed and there
are suggestions of June 81 or even
the following Thursday. The action
of the House on the resolution seems
to have been hailed throughout the
state with a sense of relief. editorials
Noicing the opinion that the Legisla-
ture could have quit long ago.
The action of the appropriations
committee In starting out the hos
pital bills and in working on, the gem
eral appropriation bill in conjunction
with the proposed salary adtuster Is
regarded as significant and 1t was
predicted to-day that the charitable
bills might be in the Governor s
hands two weeks before the date for
adjournment which would have the
effect of forcing the executive to act
on them before the Legislature adj
journed.
1t Is said that Governor Brum-
baugh will allow the appointments
of several men named to office lately
to go to the end of the session be-
fore deciding whether to send them
to the Senate or to allow them to
lapse and then shift around places.
The statement was made at the
Capitol to-day that some of the ap-
pointees would have no trouble in
getting confirmed IL the Governor
would send in their names.
Reports of shakeups in some
departments after the Legislature
are current. They were heard two
years ago, but this year there may be
more doing.
The suggestion of a state mill
tary representative at Washington
seems not TO have taken very well
among the Legislators, some of whom
contend that the State has men in
the Adjutant Generals office not only
in touch with the military situation
and familiar with Washington ways
of doing things and that to add any
one else would be a useless expense.
The advocates of the plan, say that
man on the job would save much
time. The rumors are that a Wash
ington newspaperman is being urged
for the place and that powerful
political influences would like 10
have him made colonel so that he
would have standing.
According to morning newspa-
pers there are some lively times in
prospect over the scope of the work
of the Public Safety Committee. The
Philadelphia Record says that three
members of the commission have
said that placing the 100000 at
disposal of the Public Safety Com
mittee never was contemplated"
-Ex-Democratic State Chairman
Roland S. Morris, who was here yes
terday to urge the Legislature to
enact some of the Democratic meas
ures which have been on the shelf
since 1918, said that he did not know
much about the report that he had
been selected to be ambassador TO
Japan TO succeed the late George w.
Guthrie. Mr.. Morris said that he
had heard the reports, but knew of
no ground for the positive statements
made yesterday at Washington.
The fact that Democratic State
Mclean and Acting State
Chairman Guffey did not appear at
the hearings on the Democratic bills
upon. The elections committee heard
the arguments on the voters assist
ance measure in which Roland 5.
Morris and 7. Henry Walnut, the
latter an independent Republican,
took part, while the judiciary spe-
cial committee heard e. Lowry
Humes, United States District At
torney from Western Pennsylvania,
and II. X. Siebenack, a Progressive,
discuss the corrupt practices act
which was framed by the Progress
sives four years ago and adopted by
the Democrats as their own.
x-Representative Claude Reno,
who took a prominent part in the
passage of the Lehigh additional
judge bill, is being mentioned for
that office.