Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-25
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

| tndt the people OF the state ana the
legislators are sick and tired of hav-
ing Philadelphia factional rows ven
tilated in the halls of the General AS
sembly and that the members desire
| to work on bills and not to talk has
| found strong support among legisla-
| tors and among newspapers of the
| State. There was much talk to-day
about the Capitol over the possibili-
| ties of adjournment and while the
decision of the House not to receive
bills after May 1 was not regarded
as indicating adjournment would take
place very soon it was plain notice
that the members of the lower branch
desired to close up.
One prominent official said to-day
that the people were getting tired of
having legislators play checkers
while the fire. alarm was ringing, and
this brought out the retort from
prominent legislator that the fire
chief could bring about a better feel
ing If he complied with the terms
of the constitution and sent his nom
nations to the Senate.
Some of the country legislators
were threatening to-day to move to
drop Philadelphia bills from the cal
endar as there is not much chance
of getting them through and men
from Western Pennsylvania were re-
marking that in all the years that
Pittsburgh was accused of bringing
it's factlonal fights to the Legislature
for settlement it had not produced
such a crop as Philadelphia had
dumped on the present General As
sembly.
Nothing has come from the Cover
nor about when he will send in his
appointments and the lawmakers say
that If the session is strung out into
July the responsibility will be as
much on the Governor as on the law
makers.
commissioner of Labor Jackso9
has furnished not only the Capitol but
the State an interesting example of
what he considers loyalty. The Com
missioner yesterday told the joint
committee on appropriations that he
expected the men under him to be
as loyal to him as he was to the
Governor. The evidence given by
him showed that he dismissed people
without regard to experience or serv-
ice when directed to do so and named
in their places men who were given
to him to appoint. The Commission
er's view brought out some sarcastic
comments from Senators about
whether there should not be loyalty
to the public and the State as well
as to the Governor, and DR.. Jackson
said that IL he could not be loyal to
the Governor he would resign and
that was all there was to it.
Approval of the bill to make
Clinton county separate judicial dis
trict will mean that Judge Harry
I Alvan Hall will have Elk and Cam
eron as his district. Clinton will elect
its first judge this fall.
The story that Senator Charles A.
Snyder does not plan to take office
as Auditor General on May l, was
pronounced baseless to-day.
Auditor General Powell is at
work on the closing up of the work
in his department. He will be pre-
pared to turn over everything on
| Tuesday. 1t is said that a number
| of men in the department will tender
designations when Powells term
ends, but will serve until successors
are named.
l. Civil service had another inning
at the Capitol yesterday afternoon,
although in the House the bills plan
ned by the men active in such affairs
! in Philadelphia have been getting
short shrift. The Wallace bill was
| advocated before the judiciary local
committee and will be reported out
to-day. 1t would put civil service on
Capitol Hill.
Democratic state Chairman Nc
Lean was at the Democratic State
windmill yesterday for short time,
but did not make any public state
ment about what he thought of the
Democratic course in the Legisla-
ture. Mclean has only recently re-
turned from the border, where he
| has been getting ready for war. The
| windmill has cut such a sorry figure
this wear that he will probably well
! come the chance to get away from 1t
again.
| Suffrage headquarters last night
made public a letter from Senator
Boies Penrose, in which he stated that
he had received a letter from the
suffrage committee in regard to the
propositions before the Legislature
and that he would be glad to meet
the committee "at any time concern
ing the matters referred to-"
The House Elections Committee
| which is in charge of the second class
city nonpartisan repeater, will have
a vote on the measure next Tuesday
afternoon. There was only one ad-
vocate of the bill yesterday, but hall
a dozen from Pittsburgh fought 1t
| strenuously:
Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia, and
Auditor General Powell failed ia
agree yesterday afternoon on the
claim of the city of Philadelphia for
the bills for the primaries in the -four
years between 1908 and 1911, and the
| Mayor Indignantly refused to make
a cut of twenty five per cent. The
Mayor left threatening to have steps
taken to sue the state for the money
The claims have been standing a'long
time and there have been repeated
I efforts to get the money, but the Au-
ditor Generals Department has held
that the printing charges were toe
high. The Mayor also arranged to
have a hearing in May on the trans
| sit bills and, chatted with the Gov
ernor about prospective appointments