Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-21
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BY the Ex-Commlttecman

Members of the Pennsylvania Leg
| islature may take a recess over next
week because of Memorial Day and
then come back and work until the
last Thursday in June, when they
may either adjourn or take a fur
| ther recess. The latter plan seems
to be the most likely.
For several days there has been
gossip among the legislators here
about a proposition to take a recess
over Memorial Day and to-day 1T
took form when several members de-
cided to suggest to the rules COM
mittee of the House that the lower
branch work until Friday noon of
this week and then adjourn until
Monday evening, June 4. 1t was
pointed out by some of these men
that the appropriation bills and 9TH
er important House bills will be out
of the way by Friday and that If
they went home over the weekend
and came back it would be for prob
ably only two days sessions.
Members of the Senate are said
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BY the end of the week, il the House
keeps the Friday program the Senate
will have all of the important bills
and the framing of a program for
the last lap of the Legislature, as
far as business goes, can then be
taken up.
The recess proposition is regarded
as ending all hopes of the Legisla-
ture winding up before the end of
June and makes it reasonably GER
tain that the appropriation bills will
go to the Governor for action while
the Legislature is in session.
-Conservationists in various parts
of the State have been writing here
for information as to the occasion
for the Salus bill to provide for sale
or lease of natural resources of the
State and inquiring whether it would
not interfere with the general plan
of conservation of forests, water and
other natural advantages of Penn
sylvania, as well as the state forest
reserves, to which the state adminis-
trations for the last decade have
been committed. The bill sponsored
by the Philadelphia senator would
give the State Board of Property
wide powers over coal under
streams and timber on top of forest
reserves.
Philadelphia bids fair to pre-
sent some new cases of entertain
ment to the House this week as the
Penrose people will make an effort
to get the single barrelled Philadel-
phia council bill before the lower
branch. This is one of the reform
measures to which the Ware people
are violently opposed. The opposi-
ton to the bill TO keep policemen
and firemen out of politics appears
to have been appeased by some
amendments.
After a lot of fuss the Phila-
delphia transit hearing set for to-
morrow and called off has been ar
ranged again. Senator Kline, chair
man of the committee in charge,
wants to postpone the hearing be-
cause of some engagements, but pro-
tests were made in Philadelphia and
checked 1t.
-Hazleton is threatening to start
enforcement of the old blue laws.
Altoona has been enforcing them
and creating more or less stir every
Sunday.
The bill to repeal the. second
class city nonpartisan act Will be in
the Legislature tonight and the re-
suit is being awaited with interest
because it will indicate statewide
feeling.
Governor Brumbaugh spoke in
church in Philadelphia last night
on the war and it's problems for
citizens. The Governor again re-
ferred to his intention to call upon
members of the public safety units
to act as watchers during the regis
tration on June 8.
Judge Charles D. Copeland, of
the Westmoreland county court, is
in battle already. The Judge raised
his stenographer's salary to $4,000
and when it was made an issue de-
clared that he not only stood for
it but that he would be a candidate
in 1919 whether his enemies liked
it or not.
Democratic bosses are having
trouble with York county postmast-
ers. They insist on more pay and
the congressman has a large mail
these days.
Joseph r. Grundy has given
some very practical aid to his home
borough of Bristol. There was senti-
ment in the town in favor of a bor-
ough manager to get things into
new business system and Mr.. Grundy
who had already been a substantial
benefactor of the town, offered to
pay the salary for three years.
amounting to $4,000. The council
accepted the offer with a suitable
expression of thanks for the gift.
&C. p. Greenwood, former Ches-
ter county legislator, died suddenly
in Philadelphia last night. He was
well known here