Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-23
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BY the Ex-Committecman

Coincidence of the presentation of
the bill to permit women to vote at
presidential elections by Senator Ed
win II. Ware in the Senate and the
vote of sixteen members of the Ju-
dietary Special Committee of the
House to report negatively SINH
! lar bill introduced in the lower
branch impressed many people yes
terday and to-day. The suffragists
evidently expected some action by
the House committee in charge be-
cause a short time after Senator
Ware had presented his bill their out
posts issued notice of what had hap
pened. making a sharp attack upon
the membership of the lower branch
and especially denouncing the COM
mittee in charge.
Chairman Isadore Stern of the Ju-l
dietary Special Committee, declared
that the action of the committee of
which he is the head was not in line
with his idea. Il preferred to have
the bill sent out on the floor of the
House and disposed of there as the
better proposition, but sixteen men,
bers of the committee signed up to
negatively report it, said he. II
think they made a mistake, but 1T
is up to~them.''
The general impression is that the
Ware bill will have rough shedding
If it gets very far.
The appearance of DIR. William
Draper Lewis as counsel for Mayor
Smith in the transit hearing yester-
day was one of the things talked
about. The Vare-Magee-B -Brumbaugh
alliance has been gradually getting
the former progressives into camp
and the former candidate for gov
ernor, who withdrew in favor of
Democrat, fighting side by side with
the Governors close friend in Phila-
delphia, was much commented upon.
THE hearing of the joint appro-
priation committee on the requests
for appropriations by the Public
Service Commission last night turned
out to be a plain business inquiry
without politics. Chairman w. d. B.
Ainey. Secretary A. b. Miller and
Chief Coleman j. Joyce, of the Bu-
reau of Accounts, explained why in
creases were asked and gave first
hand information about the scope
of the work of the commission.
There was nothing about the ques-
tions that approached those in the
Department of Labor and Industry
appropriation inquiry. After the
Public Service hearing was ended it
was intimated that all of the $780,
600 additional desired would not be
granted. but that the greater part of
it was favored. ]. Herman knisely,
chief of the municipal affairs bureau
of the Department of Labor and In
dustry, had a midnight hearing and
engaged in bout or two with Sem
ator T. L. Eyre, of Chester, over
some observations over bond issues in
Coatesville and Lebanon, wherein
the bureau had taken a hand.
The legislative and executive COM
mittees of the State Grange came to
town late yesterday and resoluted
against the constitutional amend
ment to issue $50,000,000 for high
ways which will be voted on finally
this session before being sent before
the people. The grangers suggested
manufacturing taxes and imposts on
coal, gas and other things.
Last nights parliamentary bat
tie over the coma Aensation amend
ments was one of the most interest
ing of the whole session and showed
that definite alignment of men OPP
posed to the election of Speaker
Baldwin still exists in the House.
This has developed several times, but
not in as much strength as last eve
ming.
Farmer" Greasy. who observed
the Legislature yesterday. said that
il did not show much fight. The
Farmer" evidently would like to be
back on the firing line to arouse the
Democratic minority.
Democratic Floorwalker Sarig
will make an effort to have the DEM
ocratic platform bills taken out of
the refrigerators next week. The
Democrats have done nothing since
the speeches by their ringmasters,
and it is very apparent that they do
not hope for any action except some
thing over which to wall.