Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-28
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

With the bill appropriating $2,-
600, 900 for the State to eXpend in
cooperation with the national gov
ernment certain to pass and the attl-
tude of the Governor in regard to his
appointments we'll established, the
big thing of interest in State politics
just now is how the liquor interests
are going to meet the demand to
make the State dry for the dura-
ton of the war. Governor Brum-
baugh in Il telegram to the President
and in letters and statements has
come out flatfooted for making the
nation dry" for the war and it is
assumed that he is as keen for max
ing the State dry" too.
The liquor interests are understood
to have seen the trouble coming and
to have hurried up their meeting of
the law and order committee of the
House for a cleanup of bills last
Tuesday. They refused a hearing to
Representative Lex n. Mitchell on
his proposition to amend his bill so
as to make the State dry" for the
war and sent out the original meas
ure with negative recommendation
The Jefferson county member
promptly came back with a bill to
make the State dry while the war
lasted and gave notice that he pro-
posed to demand action if the COM
mittee did not meet within ten days.
He may also move to have the COM
mittee recommendation on his first
bill overturned. The liquor people
things to develop at Washington in
the hope that it will not be necessary
to force men to vote on the liquor
proposition again this session.
Candidates for judge through
out the State are commencing to be
heard of and their statement on the
liquor question are the chief things
in which people are taking an inter
est. One of the most unique comes
from Il candidate in Monroe county
who says that he is opposed to shut
ting off all licenses because that is
too much like local option.
A number of petitions have been
received in the House for the passage
of resolution petitioning Congress
to make the country "dry" during
the war and it. is understood that the
matter will come to a head during the
next week. One such resolution is in
hand and another is said to be pend
ing.
1t is now stated that there are
only five points of difference on the
transit bills in Philadelphia and they
will all be fought out here. Regard
delphia Bulletin asks why it can not
be held in Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia Press and the
Philadelphia Record are up on the
watch tower to-day declaring that
there shall be no "fat jobs created
out of the 100000 defense fund
The Press says: THE expenditure
of the 100000 defense fund appro-
priated by the Legislature to prepare
the defense of Pennsylvania and aid
the National Government will be so
carefully guarded that only actual
necessity will he considered as a rea-
son for expenditure. There will be
no new-fangled plans, no large pay
rolls or fat jobs and every item will
have to be so carefully worked out
before approval that there will be no
doubt left as to the wisdom of its eX-
penditure."
Representative James G.. Dell,
of Huntingdon county, the chairman
of the Rural Members League,
makes some interesting statements
regarding the league and himself
and his colleagues in the Huntingdon
Evening Journal. 1t appears that
the Journal criticised him. This is
the way Dell came back: eff to put
up 81 fight against consuming all sum-
mer in discussing city factional fights
! is rebellion, am proud of the name.
! When | went to a member of a third
class city to solicit his support on a
measure in favor OF the rural dis
trict, he said, mo country in mine"
/ made UP my mind that they should
feel the strength of the Country
members and they felt at once. In
less than pne-half hour one of the
Philadelphia members came to me
and said. NOW that you have organ
lied a stand, we want to help you"
l said, "Cut it out"
Governor Brumbaugh and his
friends and Senator Penrose and his
friends are meeting separately in
Philadelphia to-day to plan further
moves in this city and it is intimated
that things will go along about as
they have for the next fortnight al
least. BY that time the joint appro.
priation committee will he through
its hearings and bills will be ready
to report out.
Auditor General-elect Snyder Il
in Philadelphia and inclined to be-
belligerent. n little more so than or
Monday. He says that he will moi
only run his department efficiently
but see how efficiently it has beer
run in the past.
The delay in issuing the call fol