Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-12
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By the Ex-Committeeman

Democratic legislators who have
been studying their party's situation
in this state are commencing to talk
about available men for next years
gubernatorial campaign and the last
few days there has been considerable
mention of Senator Charles w. Sones.
of Williamsport, as one of the candi-
dates. The senator has never ex-
pressed himself on the subject, but 1t
is understood that the proposition
will be put up to him soon. His
friends are urging him because they
believe he could unite the factions
and at the same time give assurance
of purely business administration.
In view of the Republican strength
in the state. this is all very in
teresting.
Senator Sones is one of the promi-
nent men of the upper Susquehanna
valley and extensively identified with
numbering for years, having recently
retired from some large operations.
He comes from the. district repre-
sented for years by ]. Henry Cochran
and his friends dream that with him
as a candidate Lycoming, Columbia,
Montour and Sullivan could be con-
verted into another Berks-Lehigh
citadel of Democracy.
In the event that Senator Sones
gets into the contest it is certain that
with his genius for organization and
his resources he could give any other
aspirant for the Democratic nomi-
nation one of the grandest little exhi
bitions of fast trotting seen in the
state in many day.
I'm addition to the names of Sem
ator William c. Sproul, the Della
ware county publisher and business
man; Lieutenant t-Governor Frank B.
McClain, Auditor General Charles A.
Snyder, e. V. Babcock, Pittsburgh |
lumberman; Secretary of the Com |
monwealth Cyrus E. Woods; ex-Lieu-
tenant Governor L. A. Watres, Scran-
tons choice; eX-Auditor General A.
E. Sisson, Erie. and Colonel Harry G.
Trexler, the Allentown business
genius, as Republican possibilities,
there is persistent mention OF the
name of ex-senator John S. Fisher,
of Indiana county.
Charles P. O'Malley, former
member of the House ard one of the
big lawyers of Scranton, is being
urged to run for mayor of that city.
Mr.. O'Malley is we'll remembered by
many friends here.
According to the mournful or
gan of the Democratic state machine.
things are not going we'll for the j
much heralded Democratic legisla-
ton which was planned to save the
state. 1t seems that instead of the
legislators regarding the Sarig trust
buster" as the real thing they have
been looking over others. In view OF
the mastery inactivity of the Demo-
Gratis this session, this mornings
statement is of interest. After hard
work on the part of Assemblyman
sarig. of Berks, and other prominent
Democrats, the House committee on
corporations was induced in May TO
report the Sarig bill favorably. But
the committee at the same time took
good care to report another anu
trust" bill introduced by Assembly
man Fowler, of Lackawanna. The
Fowler bill is regarded as joke.
II was introduced a month later than
the Sarig bill. OF extreme breVlty,
the Fowler bill slams trusts and mo-
nonolies. but that's about all 1t does.
1T might be added that Mr. Fow-
ler Is a Republican, which is great
sin in the eyes of Market Square.
Representative c. c. A. Bald:
of Philadelphia, was given leave OF
a absence for two weeks last night by
the House. He is on his honeymoon
FIX x-Representative r Howard w.
Rodv. of Berks, county and division
chairman at various times of Demo-
cratic prosperity and adversely,
looked in on the House to-day
The decision of the senatorial
leaders to close UP the work OF tne
7 legislature on June 28 caused gen.
eral feeling of relief about the Capt.
toll and the members of both oranches
began to pile up pusl-
ness by hustling to get outUnelr oliis.
AS one man remarked, the way the
7 legislature works to close its busi-
ness is by getting more to do. Dur
ing the session men who very buslly
,,r9,np that the session be ended
eneedily were rather active in keep
ing it going. There are some VINO
fear that after all there may be
another change and that the session
may be prolonged into July,
decision to adjourn is very popular
in the departments of the state gov
ernnent. In some of them the delay
in passing legislation has forced
marking time and the preparation OF
plans for expansion and various work
had to be held up. -
In the next few days there VIII
he an industrious cleaning up of bills
in committee and the result will be
tremendous calendars with bills
which will never get through.
Members of the House of Rep
resentatives promptly began prepa-
rations to close up the session last |
night by passing a resolution for
three sittings a day on Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays and for |
a Friday morning session in addition |
to the usual Monday night meeting.
The hours of meeting will be: Mon
days, 9 p. M; Tuesdays, Wednesdays
and Thursdays, II a. m, p. m. and |
3 n. M. and Friday, 10 a. m. The |
resolution was adopted with some
noes"
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