Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

| lative session may run clear into July
without any recess were heard on
Capitol Hill and the Philadel-
phia Public Ledger to-day predicted
that the General Assembly would
drag along into midsummer. The
Ledger raps the Legislature for vast
ing time and says that it may sit in
the week of July 2. Other news
papers look for June % as the quit
| ting time either finally Or for a
recess.
The whole proposition will be
cleared up this week. Some of the
| leaders are opposed to prolonging
| the session beyond June and are in
| clined to be somewhat emphatic
| Gbout what may be the result next
year If the session is not closed up
soon.s The State administration is
naturally anxious to get rid of the
lawmakers as soon as possible.
Chances are that there will be
another fight in the House this week
over the bill to provide Philadelphia
with single chambered council This
is a reform measure and is hotly
opposed by the Ware element. the
Democrats being divided on the
proposition as badly as the Repub-
-licans, although they do not have a
member from Philadelphia. thanks
to the mastery manner in which the
state Democratic machine muddled
up things in that city.
David II. Lane. the retired city
chairman. came out yesterday with a
blast against the single chambered
bill and urged it's defeat, saying the
people do not want it.
Some of the newspapers of the
anthracite region are inclined to
think that there is more or less poli-
tics being played in connection with
the legislation for the mine caves.
They hint that there are not many
hopes of accomplishing anything and
that when the session ends there will
be blame distributed literally upon
Republicans.
Friends of Senator w. C. Sproul
in Chester county have started an
active movement in his behalf for
Governor. Delaware county started
some time ago and now Chester has
lined up 1t is said that the Della
ware man has considerable support
in Lancaster, too.
In this connection it is interest
ing to note that during the debate
on the third class city bill before the
Senate committee last week the ad-
vocates of retention of the \nonparti-
san clause in the law admitted that
representative w. T. Ramsey came
from a district which opposed the
new-fangled system. Chester city
has been against the Clark acts main
provisions from the very start and
Mr.. Ramsey was declared to be a
man who was speaking right from
the cards for his constituents.
The Philadelphia Inquirer in
Lock Haven dispatch says that Judge
Harry Alvan Hall is not concerned in
the attack on the law to make Clin-
ton county a separate district. The
judge is a candidate for reelection
and will probably have an easy time
of it. Concerning the suit pending
here on the Clinton county bill. the
Inquirer says: at is hoped to have
the question fully determined by
July l and prospective candidates
can make their arrangements ac-
cordingly. J. ]. Kintner has already
announced his candidacy for Judge
of the new Fifty-seventh district.
Other probable candidates are R. B.
Mccormick, Sidney d. Furst and T.
NJ. Stevenson, all of this city. Pros
pective associate judges are C. H.
Bressler and r. w. A. Jameson,
Allen Sterner. member of the city
commission, and eX-Sheriff j. Harris
Mussina."
A reunion of men mentioned for
Public Service Commissioner or as
piring to that job would be almost
as impressive as the North Ameri-
cans story of a few days ago giving
a list of prospective Governors who
happened to be in Harrisburg in one
week. For almost every place within
the gift of the Governor by death.
resignation or otherwise there is at
least a corporafs guard.
The one-mill manufacturing tax
will be given another airing this
week. 1t is becoming one of our
best known bills.
The Philadelphia Press says that
while reports are that the Legislature
is driving toward a close, no one
IS sure at just exactly what it is
driving.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says
to-day: Senator Penrose is still or
the opinion that the Legislature
should not adjourn sine die while
the war crisis prevails and holds that
a recess should be taken after all of
the present bills have been disposed
Of. either favorably or unfavorably.
The carrying out of this recess propo-
sition would, 1t Is pointed out, force
the Governor to show his hand upon
all appropriation measures before
the final adjournment, but friends of
the State administration declare that
it is extremely improbable that there
could be mustered enough votes to
pass appropriations over the Gov
ernor's veto or cutting of items under
existing circumstances"
Pittsburghs mayoralty cam
paign, which is going to be one OF
the shows of the states politics this
year. will probably open up before
the Legislature quits. Scrantons is
already under way.