Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-01
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BY the Ex-Committecman

Judging from signs about the Capt.
tol the harmony" is not much
moro than skin deep. Some of the
leading senator's and members are
talking harmony, but there are evil
dences that it may be shattered at any
tlme and the announcement of Sem
ator Penrose that when he gets
through at Washington he will devote
some attention TO Harrisburg matters
has caused administration men to as
sumo cautious attitude.
The failure of the Senate to agree
with the Governors request to return
the Long nomination appears to be the
handle of the hatchet sticking out of
the ground. Senators claim that they
returned Tener appointments at the
Governors request but that they have
not acted on the request this year on
Long,
Meanwhile the superintendent is 60
ing placidly along attending to the du-
ties of his department and apparently
much interested in the time some of
the attaches of the divisions of docu-
ments have to spend about the legis-
lative halls.
Newspaper comments continue to
be made on the Governors veto of the
probe" resolution, The Pittsburgh
Dispatch and a number of other news
papers support the veto as q proper
move, but the Pittsburgh Gazette
Times raps the Governor, saying:
AS plea of confession and avoid
ance, Gov, Brumbaugh's veto message
can but whet the public curiosity as
to what he is covering up and whom
he Is protecting that might have been
dragged into the light would his con-
science permit him to submit to inves-
tigation of his official conduct"
The Wilkes Barre Record also
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the smaller newspapers uphold him.
Everyone is now sitting back and
watching to see what the Governor
Will do with the deficiency bill which
is on his desk, This can generally be
taken as an indication of what the
| Governor may think of early legisla-
| ton. Last session he cut out consid-
| cradle money,
The Governors attitude In de-
manding to know why department
heads want so much money in the way
; of appropriation estimates is creating
comment as the Governor wishes it
known that he must be shown It is
an open secret that some of the in
| fiuential legislators are lying in wait
J for chances to get at some of the de-
! partmental requests.
! The sentiment manifested in sup
| port of the Walter resolution for ad-
! journment in May indicates pretty
conclusively that members want to
close up as soon as possible after the
recess, There is general relief that
the recess is coming because members
hope that the legislative program can
| be made up, revenue measures drawn
and appropriation policy prepared
which will enable work to be done.
There will be hard work holding back
the House from fixing date for ad-
journment once it returns from the
| recess.
| The Senate is likely to object to
! fixing any date for adjournment until
the Governor shows his hand in re-
gard to recess appointments and thus
far Governor and senators have not
gotten together, The Senate may re-
cess instead of quitting.
The belief that the Legislature
could stop in May is general.
If the Penrose people carry out
the announced plan of having some
| inquiries made by committees there
will be investigation Of the last year in
half a dozen departments. Some SEN
4 ators are said to he eager to do some
probing" of couple of departments
which have been much in the limelight
and if the United States senator insists
upon it there will be Investigations of
expenditures, political activity and
other things and Pennsylvania may
have leak" investigation of its own.
The Pittsburgh Post declares that
there is not much chance of the suf-
frage resolution getting by this ses-
sion, but the suffragists deny that
statement. They contend that the Leg
islature is in duty bound to give them
a show because of the comparatively
| close vote and that the position that
a re-submission would be untimely is
not fair.
Representative Cox received quite
an ovation when he presided yesterday
in the House during consideration oil
repealers. He was the second member
called to preside.
John Robert Jones. former
Schuyllill legislator, has been here
this week There is some talk of him
as a gubernatorial favorite for Judge.
i First Family Note
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