Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-28
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WIN mldnlenL Tonight. Under the
constitution the Governor of Penn
sylvania has thirty calendar days in
which to act upon bills left with him
by the general assembly. which nd
journed on June 28. Governor Brum-
baugh will clear up all bills before
night and the final ceremony in con-
nection with the legislation of the
122nd session of the general as
sembly will be held late tonight in
the Capitol rotunda when attaches of
the departments of the Governor and
the Secretary of the Commonwealth
will read a proclamation announcing
the action of the Governor on all
bills This proclamation which Is
survival of early days attracts lit
tie attention and is filed in the State
archives. When the Legislature ad-
journed 1t left 696 bills on the desk
of the Governor out of a total of L.
O75 presented to him. OF this num-
Der some were recalled. 1t will take
days to enter UP all of the bills ap-
proved which officially become acts
and are each given number differ
ent from that on the bill and the
disapprovals which officially become
Vetoes and are also given a serial
1ONeTnOT re-
reiVed from one to $40 letters on bills
including many briefs, petitions and
memorials. The highest number of
letters received was on the bill to sus-
pend the operation of the full crew
law during the war and one month
thereafter. This bill caused much
correspondence both for and against
the measure and attracted wide at
tention. On number of appropria-
fi0n hills fhara also nnllHh
spondence. There were no hearings
granted on any bills this season. The
acts will be printed as rapidly as
possible, the appropriations and
vetoes being published separately by
the State. More elaborate data was
prepared for the Governor for study
in acting on appropriation bills than
over before, the fiscal departments
having furnished estimates which
were supplemented by various other
branches of the government.
For those who are considering
short motor trips during the sum-
nler months no route is more attrac-
tive than that to Gettysburg. 1t may
be interesting to know that the most
desirable route at the present time
from Harrisburg to the battlefield is
by way of Lemoyne, Dillsburg and
York Springs, returning over an ex-
cellent road, through Bendersville,
Mt. Holly and Carlisle. There is also
a fine highway between the battle
field and Chambersburg which gives
an alternative route for Harrisburg
tourists. Speaking of the battlefield.
there is strong public sentiment in
favor of a boulevard between Har-
risburg and Gettysburg and it is the
hope of all touring Southern Penn
sylvania that the Commonwealth
may provide such road in the near
future.
Harrisburg is not only having its
own soldiers from units of the
Eighth Infantry and the First Cav
airy about its streets but many of
the visitors here are men from the
camps at Gettysburg and Allentown.
The men at Gettysburg are from the
new infantry regiments and come
from all over the eastern part of the
country.
George W. Muse, New Castle law
yer and former attache of the State
Internal Affairs Department, is presi-.
dent of the New Castle Rotary Club,
which took a prominent part in Sc
curing a large number of men for
work on the farms of Lawrence
county. The chief need of the farm
ers appeared to be to get men to hoe
corn and the New Castle business
men set an example to the rest of
the state by securing volunteers and
sending squads to help out the farm
ers who had been thrown back by
weather or who were suffering from
a shortage of hands. Many of the
men are turning over the proceeds
of their labor to the Red Cross and
enjoying the farmhouse dinners.
The idea of community Sings" is
catching hold in Philadelphia. The
community dance, with asphalt
streets roped off, had its start in that
city and is feature of life in some
sections. Now number of public
spirited men are having people gather
in squares for what they call sings"
1t is a great idea and the SOL
diers have taken to it in style. The
American soldier is one of the great
est singers in the land and the camps
will resound with singing this year.
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Not only are there many people
engaged in drilling in this city and
vicinity just now, but there are quite
a few who are learning to handle
rifles as we'll as themselves. Rifles
are hard to get, but there are. few
Saturdays on which men are not out
at the range learning how to use the
guns.
II the portion of the Eighth ward
that was known for so many years
as de Ate" was not almost oblit-
Grated to make room for Capitol
Park, the denizens of that section
would have been having the time of
their lives watching the Governors
Troop drill. The troopers have been
busy from morning until night
marching and getting into shape to
go to camp and their bugles have
been sounding every now and then.
Ir would have been a situation to de-
light the people if there were only
any left about that part of the city.
The men of the troop have been
hard, and although there are
a number of new men, the COM