Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-02


tive relief so widely prayed for
on WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Tho reference to woman suffrage is b'iei,
although clear and to the point
Two years ago" the message reads y
asked YOU to submit the question OF an
amendment to the Constitution permitting
,,.o,,en TO vote You did So The am .nd-
-, was defeated since then a great
national election has been held and women
have more largely than ever exercised the
franchise They should be allowed another
opportunitY to lay their claims freely anu
ftllv before the people, and request that
your action may be favorable in this mat
ter"
Tho closest approach to mention OF
,,cIitire In the entire message is In single
arapraph on civil service. Too mucl tl,l'e
Of the Governor Is taken up with 'he u'-
nands of olIiceseekers, accordllE !" lliG
Goyernors own admission, and state clNll
service reform is. therefore urged, as ioI-
lows:
"rbere Is need for an efficient and eco
nouic state civil service enactment lu,ll
we have this means Of securing depenaap'e
and continuous public service we SnaI not
ba able TO conduct the public business as
uisciv as its Importance requires Too
much of the time of the executive Is taken
I'm with the claims and demands OF office
seekers II were better to nave tniS l'Iue
for constructive service, leaving 10 sun Sos
The hest agents for the public service
HOME RULE FOR CITIES
In urging legislative consideration to the
rrohIens concerning the cities Of the state
snd advocating that the largest possible de-
yrnc of home rule be given the cities the
message continues:
"The Commonwealth can well aHord TO
grant larger local initiative to mutlclpaI
tiles There can be no effective cphtroI oI
,eonIe NAV be intrusted with the duty anu
,ecessity of working out in each city SNS-
ton, of government hest calculated TO pro.
mote its welfare There are problems o,
local taxation that concern these mumGlpal
units I'm n vital way. II does not appear
tbat the state should limit the Will OF the
neonIe in deciding how these problems
should be met
"In some cases II has become manifest
that the boundaries of cities are not CO.
t.rminous with territory having many mat
t,rs i'm common In the matters OF wafer
SUNNY sewage disposal, transportation
agencies lighting facilities. food control
and related interests groups or mlnlcipaI-
tiles have but one common concern IL may
well be that the provision Tor metropohl''il
districts each district being unit lor
action in specified cases, would greatly pro-
mote the welfare Of the people
"SuCgestions Of Importance affecting tho
government OF our largest cities nave come
IN nv attention, ana | tO!nineUu 10 N'hI
consideration the wisdom of granting to
these great cities the largest degree of home
rule consistent with the common rights
tf all the people OF Pennsylvania, y smaller
body of Councils uncameral Legislative
agency, the trend to some form OF man
agerial or other business form OF govern
ment ana wider responsibility upon the
individual citizen for the quality OF gov
ernment are all Instances OF movements OF
moment. 1t may he that a competent COM
mission created by you could pest aIItE" E"e
this situation and suggest such legislation
rs will prove most helpful 70 our ETe"I
urban Centers.'
IL,cIcT ATINE PROGRAM
.I.,.,,..- ,,.,,,,..,,,, r,,.
Inc Governor ,tbiS'"'',e LIE, n."G ','' a.
the present Legislature - ''''''''' 80
lows: .,.
shouId IKE l" soc 'hlS ~ $50, SIC, ,.,'
take the lhll'al steps II, " h''"' ~
tive service 10 our people
Ca) BY providing for a topographl-
cal and geological survey of our state.
b) Nv taking the initiative in inn
no,,n,Iirp food waters and securing
stcadv Fow tbrotipbout thc season for
,bo Lanc0t of our people and of our
induetries
,.. . 81. -. 20 ,,,,.
NJ 10y sevu,ihS . ~ we SUI go sc "s '" s
streams larseiE increase" "IT"s
watersheds from wnlcn 10 obtain Obtain, POI
Roie water TOT our '"c'e"S'"s "'''''o''''
id) by lnquiflnB INTO thc 'lelSip ItNE
of irrigation and the supplying at min
imum cost of water power at it's source
to the great utility and Industrial
agencies that would welcome this
power and that would distribute it for
the welfare of our people.
(e) BY beginning now the cOustruc-
ton of some of these great reservoirs,
such as the Pymatuming Dam and
others i'm the Allegheny range.
90 Ry considering freely and fairly
the utilization of our waterways as the
basis OF great systems OF water trans
portatlon such as prevail in many of
the most advanced Industrial communi-
ties of the world
teD Bv planting on our forest re-
serves seedlings that will in time give
our people the protection ard the reye-
nue a forest via a4s.~cdIv give
Cb) Nv organising upon n scale com
roersura T., ,,,5tb it,, ;,,nnrtanca the forco
that has IN d0 vim the nreyentior Of
forest dres the nrotectIon of game and
fish and the announcement Of our nen-
nIe 40 ~ no,t ~ a,cL ,,ea. ont
under the slxv ncar to nature ,,Don
lands made risb in u,eIcor,e nrL -baneG