Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-26
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BY the Ex-COmmitteeman

Presiding officers of the two
= branches OF the Legislature have
, completed appointment of men to
represent the General Assembly on
, the commissions to study the subject
. of health insurance and to make a
report to the next Legislature and to
, eodify the insurance laws. The
health insurance commission will
meet in Philadelphia December IS
and the insurance codification body
Will meet in January.
Senators e. e. Beidleman, Dau-
phin; James 3. Weaver, westmore-
land, and Charles w. Sones, Lycom-
ing, and Representatives John NJ.
Flynn, Elk; William T. Ramsey,
Delaware, and Isadore Stern, Phila-
aeiphia, We're named on the health
insurance commission on which Gov
ernor Brumbaugh named William
Finn, Pittsburgh; William Draper
Lewis, Philadelphia, and DR.. ]. B.
McAlister, Harrisburg.
The legislative members of the in
surance codification commission are
Senators A. +. Daix, Philadelphia,
ana Frank h. Baldwin. Potter, and
Representatives w. NJ. Mearkle, Allie
gheny, and John Siggins, Jr., War
rem. The men appointed by the Gov
ernor were A. j. Maloney and Rob-
ert NJ. Coyle, Philadelphia, and l.. A.
| Woods, Allegheny.
The old age pension commission is
to meet in Philadelphia in January.
This is headed by Representative
James H. Maurer.
Tho Sfnfn Tho re
has issued circular calling atten-
ton to the importance of these stud
les which are to be made for the next
Legislature.
The name of the Town Meeting
party has been pre-empted for the
Flfteenth Congressional district,
comprising Tioga, Lycoming, Potter
and Clinton counties and for the
Ttoga county legislative district. II
has also been taken for the Clear
field-Center senatorial and Clearfield
county legislative districts.
| A number of justices of the
peace who failed to file acceptances
of their elections within thirty days
after the November election are
making some vain appeals to the
Governor and other state officers.
The state authorities, however, can
not do anything for them and they
Will not get their commissions. In a
few cases men who failed to file ac-
ceptances have started out petitions
for their appointment to the vacan-
cies created by their own acts.
Arrangements are being made
for the midwinter conference of the
AntiSaloon league to start the move
ment for election of legislators pledg-
ed to ratify the "dry" amendment in
Central Pennsylvania. This meet
ing is to be held here and a num-
ber of speakers of national and state
importance will be here to talk on
the subject. Plans for similar meet
ings in other sections are being
made.
Governor Brumbaugh announced
late Monday the appointment of Ed
mund K. Trent of Pittsburgh, to be
deputy attorney general in the Of
flee of Attorney General Francis
: Skunk Brown. Mr.. Trent succeeds
Emerson Collins, of Williamsport,
promoted. Like Judge Wasson, he
was an active figure in the recent
, Magee mayoralty campaign and his
appointment is generally attributed
to Mr.. Magee and his friends. Says
the Pittsburgh Dispatch: Singular
ly enough it is reported that at the
, same time Mr.. Trent's law partner,
c. B. Prichard, will be named as
first assistant district attorney OF
| Allegheny county by District Attor-
ney-elect Harry II. Rowland. Mr.,
Prichard occupied the same relative
position in the Babcock mayoralty
camp during the recent municipal
, election that Mr.. Trent occupied with
the Magee forces. Mr.. Trent has
held no political office. He was once
n candidate for the Assembly in the
Fourth Legislative district"
The Philadelphia Record to-day
says: Councils will meet in special
| session tomorrow to pass the annual
| appropriation bills for the municipal
departments for next year, and If the
: plan succeeds to have the 1918 APP
! preparations for the Supply Depart
: ment carry the unpaid bills for the
. present year, then the administration
financiers foresee a chance to grant
t a part of the increased pay schedule
: for the police and firemen. They
, believe that there will be sufficient
funds remaining from the unappro-
priated balances for 1917 to be used
: toward these pay increases that have
, been put off until after the first OF
next year. But there is grave doubt
that this scheme will work. In the
first place to include deficiencies fol
1917 in the annual appropriations
for 1918 might raise the question OF
the requirement of a two-thirds vote
in Select Council, instead of the
usual majority in the affirmative
The administration has come to rea.
lie by the defeat of the bill to re.
imburse the American Bridge Com
pany for $22,290.47 for delays fol
4 which the city was responsible in the
D construction of the Frankford "L'
that it does not possess a third:
control in the upper branch"
| Friends of Ex-speaker George
=, f. Alter, of Allegheny, say that hi
will not think of becoming a candi
J date for Congress The EX-Speaker':
8 partisans in a number of countie!
declare that he has the qualities tC
make him an excellent harmony can
didate for Governor.
y 1t is understood that Senator w
tIC. Sproul will break his silence OF
the Governorship about January 1
His friends are sending out Sprou
Q buttons broadcast and insist that h
{ will run when the time comes.
=, Newspapers all over the stat
are commencing to discuss the i'm
e portance OF harmony in the cominl
! campaign and there is general com
ment that the attitude of watchini
maintained by the Democrats ough
to be enough warning. The Phila
It delphia Press and Scranton Republi
J. can editorials are commencing Z.
:. attract much attention.
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