Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-12
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Pe't~eqesa~ia
By the Ex-CommitteemaA

Leaders of the Penrose forces in
the Legislature were predicting to-
day that there would be enough votes
to pass the Sproul resolution for an
investigation of State government in
the House this week. The resolution
will be on second reading in the
House tonight and fight is expected.
Tie Democrats are planning to offer
anew their amendments and to try
TO get in the high commission idea.
The State administration leaders are
hunting around for some support.
Detection from the Penrose forces
of three Schuylkill members on the
probe proposition was announced
from Pottsville last night and re-
ceived with such equanimity by the
Penrose leaders that many got the
idea that it Lad been anticipated and
that the Penrose people felt sure of
the Democrats.
The Governor and his friends have
maintained silence regarding their
plans for several days and there are
some who think that if the House
passes the probe by majority that
the Governor may sign it. However,
some of the Ware men lave been say
ing that it would be impossible to
pass the resolution over the Cover
nor's veto in the Senate.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says
with positiveness that the Sproul
resolution will be taken up and passed
tonight, while the Pittsburgh Gazette
Times says that 1t may be set aside
for some reason or other, but remarks
that the resolution is probably getting
used to postponements. The Phlla-
delphia Press rather looks for con-
tinuance tonight, while the North
American and Ledger play up the de-
lection of the Sckuylkill members. 1t
is significant that newspapers which
were using the probe as basis of
editorials week ago are not discuss
ing it now, only printing news de-
velopments.
The Ledger to-day gives much
prominence to a declaration by Vance
c. Mccormick, Democratic national
chairman and generally believed to be
the man who would like to run on
the Democratic ticket for Governor
next year, that cit is incomprehensible
that Democrats should hesitate to take
advantage of this opportunity point
| ing to larger results to follow the
proposed probe" Mccormick declares
| both wings of the Republican party
are bad and adjures Democratic legis-
lators to vote for the resolution. The
! fact that Mccormick was telephoning
to the White House yesterday gave
| force to the statement he made and
Democrats in the Legislature may be
| expected to be for the probe upon
the White House who is so much in
terested in having Pennsylvania go
Democratic, as often promised but
not fulfilled in the last four and half
years.
an article printed yesterday gave
some of the Ware plans to gobble the
Pittsburgh mayoralty as the Wares did
in Philadelphia. 1t remarks that
William Finn had better watch out
or something may happen to some of
his enterprises once the Wares land.
Democratic ringmasters are ex-
pected here tonight to help things
along The ringmasters have some
more bills which they will present.
Representative Joe Phillips is said
to have another anti-Penrose resolu-
ton in his desk. Joe ought to call
up one of his other infants and ascer-
tain. how the House feels on his per-
formance.
-E. ]. Hart, legislative correspond
ent of the Scranton Times, has just
been installed as exalted ruler of the
Pittston Lodge of Elks.
-Coatesville's interesting mayoralty
contest is to be decided tomorrow
when a special election will be held
at considerable cost. The candidates
are men who have figured in the fire.
quent fights in the borough and the
funny thing about 1t is that all of the
aspirants are claiming over fifty-one
per cent.
The bulletin of the Pennsylvania
Manufacturers Association announce:
that manufacturers and employers
have just as much right to let legis'
lators know whst they think of bill!
! as any one else.
z Several of the bills projected bl
the Prison Labor Commission of two
; years ago are about to reappear. Thel
include the prison farm proposition
| which was outlined in 1915 to d.
away with the county jails.
: -Luzerne county's license fight
, will start this week and 1t is expected
that there will be some rough goinl
t for some of the saloonkeepers wh'
: have failed to observe decency. Thi
Perry county license court will opeI
in three weeks and it is expected tina