Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-01
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in the Legislature in regard to the
remainder of the session will prob
ably be settled within the next few
days because some of them will gath
! er at Philadelphia at the weekend
and talk over the whole proposition.
1t is generally recognized that there
will not be much legislation passed
and the chief matters are the date of
| closing the session, whether 1t shall
! be adjournment or recess and
when to send the appropriation bills
to the Governor.
Sentiment is strong among legisla-
tors for adjournment and there are
some who would like to see the ap-
propriaton bills disposed of before
! the session ends. The State admins
! tration leaders are urging an ad-
| journment and do not like the prop
osition to have the bills acted upon
| before the windup, holding that II
would impose a great burden on the
governor especially in view of the
fact that the fate of revenue bills has
not been determined. Some of the
legislators, however, are inclined to
| be resentful to the governors re-
marks to the firemen yesterday in
which he said that the lawmakers
| did not seem to be very busy increas-
| ing revenues.
Now since the governor has ap-
proved the bill increasing salaries
of Philadelphia magistrates there are
questions whether they are State off,
GERS and can accept the increase.
The compensation referees lost under
that construction and the chances
are that the sitting magistrates will
not be able to take the additional
$1,000.
There are prospects of merry
row, at least in the House, over the
Graeff bill providing for increase OF
judicial salaries. This is the bill
which was designed to raise the sal
aries of Schuylkill county and the
Tamaqua legislator had to include
Westmoreland because of population.
The Senate added a number of other
counties including Berks, Lancaster,
Dauphin and Montgomery. The
matter went to a conference commit
tee, where, in spite of Mr.. Graeff, the
Senate amendments were agreed to.
He then refused to sign the report
and threatens to go on the warpath.
The way the matter stands the judges
OF his county will not be taken care
of unless others get the same atten-
! ton.
Governor Brumbaugh's plans for
next week include number of visits
to stimulate interest in registration.
! He may spend the big day in Phila-
| delphia.
-EX-State Treasurer Young re-
! ceived hearty greeting while here
yesterday. He is still considerably
mentioned as a possible appointee to
| State office. The presence of Major
General Clement here revived the
interest in him as possible public
service commissioner.
The transit fuss in Philadelphia
! is on a fair way to be settled. Mayor
/ Smith has named a committee to
confer with the Philadelphia Rapid
! Transit Company and the newspa-
pers say that the action was based
on the suggestion of Senator James
! p. McNichol. The conferences will
! be held promptly so that the legisla-
ton which is pending and has been
! the cause of a number of hearings
can be taken up and pushed along.
| Unless an agreement is reached the
bills will not have much show, say
! legislators.
Major Q. o. Reitzel, member
| from Lancaster county. may be out
of the remainder of the session as
he has been detailed to act for the
Fourth infantry in the instruction
school at Fort Sill. He will have
charge of the machine guns and
| grenades.
Chester had large time yester-
day when ground was broken for it's
new city hall.
-Luzerne county judges have an
nounced that they will not sit on
registration day and in other coun-
ties of the anthracite field saloon
keepers, in whose properties there
are polling places, have asked that
the registration be held somewhere
else so that there will be nothing to
arouse criticism. Sheriffs in a num-
Der of counties have already moved
the polling places.
The Prohibition state committee
at it's annual meeting here yesterday
afternoon declared against the re-
peal of the nonpartisan clause in the
second and third-class city laws; en-
dorsed the course of Chairman
Prugh in legislative matters; well
coined to the party former Wash
iington party men; reiterated adher-
ence to prohibition and urged Con-
gress to prohibit use of grains, etc,
for liquors. Elisha Kent Kane was
chairman OF the meeting and f. E.
Whittlesay was secretary. The Of
ficers elected were: Chairman, DIR.
B. e. p. Prugh; secretary, Charles
L. Rummel; treasurer, Thomas H.
Hamilton. The following executive
committee was also chosen: j. G.
Hosick, of Allegheny county; John
c.. Dixon, of Cambria county; Harry
w. Brown, of Clearfield county; Isaac
Mondereau, of Crawford county;
George L. Pennock. of Delaware
county; F.. E. Whittlesay, of Erie
county; Albert Gaddis, of Fayette
county; o. d. Brubaker. of Lancas-
ter county; T. S. Grumbine, of Leba-
: non county; Elisha Kent Kane. OF
Mexican county; DIR. f. ]. Ffthian
of Mercer county, and James Arnold
of Philadelphia.
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