Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-07
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By the Ex-Committeeman


in PENNSYLVANIA politics this week Is
the retirement of David H. Lane, the
veteran Philadelphia Republican city
chairman. Mr.. Lane has been seek
ing harmony and it Is feared that his
refusal to serve longer means a fac
tional fight in the big city this fall.
Concerning the retirement the
Philadelphia Press to-day says: "Da-
vid H. Lane, nestor OF the Repub.
lican organization in this city and
for forty-three of the seventy-eig1t
years of his life an ac..ve MEMBER OF
its city committee, declined the unanl-
nous election it rendered him yester-
day for his eighth consecutive term.
In a few minutes or Impressive
silence, during which factional dlHer-
ences arising over opposing clatmS
for recognition by Ware and McNichol
ward leaders were laid aside, Uncle
David said that he realized that the
last call to which he would be re-
quired to respond on earth would
soon sound for him and that while
he would be found wearing his full
armor, he realized that his strength
was declining and that he did not
feel that he should be asked longer
to serve as chairman. His words
produced a deep impression The
response of his fellow committeeman
was by unanimous vote TO create the
position of honorary chairman ana
with equal unanimity to elect Mr..
Lane to 1t. Sheriff Harry c. Ransley
was chosen TO be the successor or
Mr.. Lane as active chairman"
Because of the conflicting claims
for seats presented by Blakely ID.
McCaughn, McNichol leader, and
Michael I. Crane. Ware leader of the
Twenty-fourth ward, and William II.
Jones, Ware leader, and John Il. tla-
herty. McNichol leader of the Thir-
teenth ward, the meeting or the city
committee for organization yesterdav
excited unusual interest. But few 81
the large number who assembled
had any intimation that the veteran
chairman was to retire, and his an
nouncement therefore occasioned all
the deeper impression. The commit
tee decided to lay over the contests
for seats until June 10, when a
special meeting to consider them VIII
be held.
Congressman Ware called the COM
mittee to order and, nominations tor
a permanent organization We're at
once made, the old officers being
named:
Chairman, David H. Lane.
presidents. Senator William
Wallace Smith and Congressman
Peter E. Costello.
Secretaries, James B. Sheehan and
Senator Edward W. Patton.
Treasurer, Thomas F. Watson.
Executive director, William E.
Finley.
Auditors, Senator Samuel W. Sa-
lus. Kennedy K. Crossan and Alfred
NJ. Waldron.
The prospects for an early end
ing of the session do not, seem to
have been much improved in the last
few days. The general impression
among the legislators last night and
to-day was that there was little
chance of the Assembly going home
before the first of July. There was
some June 2S talk heard in the cor
riders. but senators declined to COM
NIT themselves.
To-day the appropriations COM
mittees were speeding up their work
so that the bills will be sent to the
Governor within the next ten days.
Governor Brumbaugh has refused to
discuss the legislative session, but is
making his preparations to meet any
emergencies which may arise. 1t
was said to-day that there was a
possibility that the Governor might
sign all of the bills, and the Legis-
lature being in session, call upon it
to vote the money needed to provide
the cash.
The gubernatorial appointments
will probably be held back until just
before adjournment.
Speaker Baldwin and the State
Suffrage Association are engaged in
another bout. The Speaker last week
addressed a letter to the association
asking If certain statements in a
circular letter were from the asso-
citation. In an extended reply issued
last night the association informed
the Speaker that the letter was Of
fetal and that the officers stood by
what was written. Incidentally, the
Speaker and the members who voted
against suffrage were raped in the
letter.
Chairman Woodward, of the
House appropriations committee, Is
the most popular man on Capitol
Hill. His bill to provide the salaries
for attaches in the period of waiting
until the general appropriation bill
is disposed of will be a blessing to
hundreds of persons who have bien-
nially been inconvenienced by the
delays in handling the measure.
Through no fault of their own these
people have had so many troubles
that approval of the bill by the Gov
ernor is assured.
Attorney General Brown has de-
INJURED to the suit to test the con-
stitutionality of the bill to make Clin-
ton county a separate judicial dis
trict.
President Judge Brown, of the
municipal court of Philadelphia, de-
! livered an interesting address to the
I National Conference of Probation Of
fcers at Pittsburgh in which he out
/ lined the relation which probation
officers bear to the court and the
clients of the court. the moral in
! fuence 1t is their duty to exert on
probationers and their families, and
the great help they are to the cour.
| in investigating the conditions, en-
vironments and past history in every
case, obtaining complete information
Mt first hand which. when submitted
I to the court. enables the judge to
deal intelligently and mercifully with
each case.
This Is Allegiance
From the speech of Bernard j.