Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-18
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By the Ex-Committeeman
The question whether Governor
Martin G. Brumbaugh would call an
extra session of the Legislature to
act upon the dry" amendment to
the federal constitution passed yes
terday by Congress or allow it to
come up in regular order at the ses-
sion of 1919, was the big thing on
Capitol Hill to-day. Under the con-
stitution of Pennsylvania the Gov
ernor many include in a call for a
special session any objects he sees
fit
Advisers of the Governor have
urged him against reassembling the
Legislature on the ground that the
amendment would come up in the
natural course of events within
sion would cost almost half a mil
lion dollars and that the majority is
more or less hostile to the Govern
or, to anti-liquor legislation and
eager to take advantage of anything
for the sake of political capital
against the state administration.
The matter has been seriously
considered by the Governor and
friends and some administration
oSOuAo nave pttH out dEOunu LIG
state sounding sentiment.
Auditor General Snyders in
clusion of Hampton l.. Carson among
his counsel in the appointments test
suit means a battle royal in the Su-
preme Court next month. The form
er Attorney General will cross
swords with Attorney General Brown
while Mr.. Snyders deputies and Mr..
Browns deputies will be in the
tourney as assistants. The Auditor
General is confident that the Su-
preme Court will overturn the Dau-
phin county court in the final de-
termination.
Highway Commissioner O'Neil
has number of speaking dates for
the next month, but it is said that
the administration leaders are not
yet convinced that he has developed
enough strength to turn in for him.
1t is said that the personal feelings
of the Wares and Magee toward the
commissioner have not softened
with the approach of the holiday
season although he is stoutly cham
pioned about the Governors office.
In an unprecedented ruling yes
terday the Pennsylvania Supreme
Court ordered Judge William Will
kins Carr, of Common Pleas Court
No. 4, who has been sitting in Quar-
ter Sessions Court, to show cause
why he should not accept from the
Town Meeting party the $4,000
bond, which he had previously fixed
as the amount of the security for
the proposed contest of the election
of November 6. says the Inquirer.
Judge Carr on Saturday refused to |
accept the bond, claiming that the
proceedings had been removed from
his jurisdiction after the petitions
for the contest had been filed. The
fact that the highest state tribunal
should make a ruling in connection
with the decision of the Board of
Judges of a lower court, in trans
ferring case from one court to an
other, was pointed out by independ-
ent leaders as the best evidence of
the Supreme Courts desire to show
that it is determined to see that the
ballotboXes' are opened for an i'm
partial count.
Thomas w. Cunningham. presi-
dent of Philadelphia Republican
Alliance, the city committee of the
Penrose ward leaders, has sent out
a call to all OF the division workers
affiliated with that organization to
have every Republican whose name
is not upon the assessors list en-
rolled when the assessors sit o-day
and tomorrow to revise their lists.
The law requires the assessors to sit
at their respective polling places
upon these extra assessment days
between the hours of 10 a. m. and
p. m. and from 6 p. m. to 8. p. m.
Pittsburgh is having an inter
eSting time over the selection of Of
fcers under the new Mayor. Mayor
elect Babcock is keeping his own
counsel pretty we'll
Congressman John M Rose is
building fences for denomination
campaign. Warren Worth Bailey
thinks that the Democrats of the
Cambria Blair Bedford district would
like him to run again.
Reports that eX-Speaker George
e. Alter may run for Congress are
said to be entirely unauthorized.
Philadelphia City Councils FL
nance Committee yesterday turned
down the increases asked for police
men and firemen and there will be
more excitement.
DIR. William Draper Lewis is
protesting against the Philadelphia
transit lease being made the football
of politics.
DIR. Silas c. Swallow is having a
very enjoyable time these days.
Looking back over a career of fifty
years in behalf of prohibition it is
the turn of the doctor to smile.
---Altoona's start under the city
managership plan is exciting the in
terest of men in every third-class
city of the state. and there will be
many pilgrimages to the mountain
city in the next few years.
Montgomery county Democrats
are making strenuous efforts to re-
vivc the Norristown Register, only
Democratic daily in that county.
Running Democratic organs is an ex-
pensive business.
STEEL FOR GERMANY
A visiting French representative
declares that Germany went to war
largely to get French iron. Well, she
has had lot of French iron and steel
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