Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-31
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By the Ex-Committeeman

Time for closing up the work OF
the Legislature will probably not be
settled until the lawmakers return
to Harrisburg next "Wednesday.
Leaders of the Senate who were In
Philadelphia yesterday have deter
mined to talk over the general situa-
tiou with House leaders and(it is
possible that the recess idea may be
revived. Certain declarations about
an agreement on appointments and
combinations which were rife last
week have not been very we'll sub
stantiated and the wish seems father
to the thought in good many cases.
A week ago some of the legislative
leaders were making preparations to
resume their business at home about
June %, it being thought that the
Legislature would quit on June 81.
In the last day or so there has been
more talk of June 2S, and even men
ton of the first week in July. This
is taken to mean that the appropria-
ton bills will be rushed through TO
the Governors Office and that he VIII
have to act upon them before the
close of the session, which would re-
quire forcing into ten days what
Governor generally has twenty or
twenty-five days to handle.
An interesting sidelight on state
politics comes from Philadelphia,
where Senator j. p. McNichol has
made q tart reply to Mayor Smiths
telegram charging that the Senator
listened to men in corporations. The
Senator and the Mayor have been on
pretty fair terms. but there are signs
of a break, which is all the more in
teresting because McNichol and the
Wares seem to be busy emphasizing
their close personal relations. Sem
ator McNichol said that it was up
to the Mayor to get the transit lease
and that he was opposed to giving
the Public Service Commission any
more authority in the matter. The
chances are that there will be
row over the transit bills here next
week.
The Philadelphia North Ameri-
can to-day prints an interesting list
of possibilities for governor, viewed
from it's own angle. The Philade-
phia Ledger discovers that this year
the state will elect twenty-siX judges
and the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
says that Governor Brumbaugh
would be very glad to have the legis-
Iators go home.
The fight over the bill to take
the nonpartisan feature out or the
city law will be settled
next week when Senate reconvenes. |
rhe effort to drop the bill from the
calendar has aroused antagonlsm
among some of the senators and
when the bill gets to the House again
there will probably be battle.
The Luzerne county judgeship |
contest in which Judge Fuller Will
tight for honors with Thomas ID.
Shea. his old rival, promises TO pc
Of Statewide interest this year. Ine
ic eye and both have been, prepar-
ng for the fray.
All over the State men have been
watching what the Governor would
10 about the bill changing the meth
od of paying the salaries OF the leg
slators. 1t has been we'll known
that the Governor did not desire the
[ legislature to sit any longer than
necessary to clean up the bills ana
remarks that he would be glad 10
hasten adjournment have been made
very freely.
The third class city bills will be
taken up in Senate committees dur
ns the coming week and 1t Is said
hat the experts in such law VIII go
over the details of each bill. An
,Greement on reporting out Will pc
made and the measures take their
chances on the floor.
Dem ocratic legislators are plan !
ning q large talkfest when the two
platform bills get up on
.hird reading in the House next
week. The Democrats have missed
80 many chances this session that
5hey will try to make up for lost time
and devote valuable hours and much
expensive space in the Legislative
Journal to preparation of campaign
thunder.