Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-13
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structed delegation from Pennsyl-
vania to the next Republican ma
tional convention is growing very
strong in the State, some of the
Western Pennsylvania people are
very much disposed not to allow
the name of Senator Philander G.
Knox to be overlooked when Presi-
Dental possibilities are mentioned.
Similarity, Philadelphia people are
inclined to boost the qualifications
of Governor William G. Sproul.
The Governor some time ago said
that he did not intend to allow the
buzzing of any Presidential bee to
distract his attention from his work
as the business head of a business
State and possibly he had the ex-
perience of some Governors in years
gone by in mind. To callers lately,
the Governor has expressed a very
set determination to make his ad-
ministration of State affairs notable
for efficiency of its methods and to
achieve legislative results that will
be constructive and lasting.
Members of the State Senate
are getting ready to give a great
greeting to Colonel Joseph H.
Thompson, of the One Hundred and
Tenth Regiment, at the review in
Philadelphia on Thursday. The
Colonel was Senator from the Lawr-
ence-Beaver district for a term and
is one of the best known men in
legislative circles. 1t would not be
surprising if he would return to
politics and, perhaps, figure in
State way.
Another man who was in the
war who will likely be heard of is
Colonel Asher Miner, of Wilkes
Barre, who commanded the artillery
regiment formed of the old Ninth
Pennsylvania, and who lost a foot
in action. Colonel Miner served in
the Legislature and is we'll known
to many men in public life.
From all accounts it is the ad-
ministration plan to pass the COM
pensation bills, although the reor-
ganiZation measure will be amended
so as to increase authority of the
commissioner of Labor and Industry.
There is no disposition to make a
separate department of the Com
pensation Bureau and as far as the
abridgment of the appointing power
of the commissioner of labor, there
will be nothing doing. Opposition
to the increase of rates in the COM
pensation act will be manifested
strongly in the next few weeks.
Much interest has been aroused
in the farmers Dinner to be held
tonight by the members of the Leg
islature who own or operate farms
The dinner will be attended by Gov
ernor Sproul and Secretary of Agri-
| culture Rasmussen. The Secretary
is expected to make some statement
of his aims. Representative c. G..
Jordan, of Lawrence county, will
preside.
Men active in the Philadelphia
charter revision announced early
this morning that this was going to
be quiet week. The Philadelphia
bills will rest in committee until
the Governor gets a chance to go
over them and meanwhile the vari-
GUS accompanying measures will be
permitted to rest. So will the Dis
trict Attorney bills.
The fact that Senator Wood
ward, one of the charter revisors,
voted to repeal the third-class city
nonpartisan election law last night
was much commented upon. The
neagtives were: Baldwin, F. q. and
r. j.; Barr. Craig, Dewitt, Heron,
| Leiby, Phipps, Sassaman, Snyder,
Tompkins and Turner.
| The Mcintyre bill passed last
night for equalization of teachers
salaries was the first put through by
the Teachers Union, new organi-
zation.
Many members of the State
Federation of Labor visited the leg
islative halls last night.
Representative e. r. Cox, of
Philadelphia, presided in the House
for a time last night.
| The legislative baseball game
for the benefit of Harrisburg char
tiles is to take place tomorrow af-
ternoon at $3.50 at the Island. The
battery for the Ayes will be Brady
and Wilson, the former an old
Penn player; and for the Noes,
Quigley, of Penn State. and McIn-
tyre. Some of the best known leg
islative batters and aviators will
play.
The Public Ledger in an edi-
torial accepts the anti-sedition bill
After reviewing the amendments it
says: mo one supposes that it was
the intention to stifle freedom OF
speech and writing, but that would
have been the effect of the bill as
originally drawn. But by omitting
two of the objectional definitions
that which would have penalized
the melting of discomfort with gov
ernment and that describing dis
turbance of peace and tranquility
as sedition,' and by the addition OF
a phrase making it clear that the
penalties for sedition are to be inn
posed only when seditious intent is
proved, the bills becomes no longer
open to the objections that have
been urged against it's Enactment
An interesting situation in in.
ternal revenue service is contained
in q dispatch from Reading, which
says Jerome J. Leahy, of Philadel;
phia, has been appointed deputy
collector of internall revenue, with
headquarters in Reading, to succeed
Jacob Scheifele, who resigned or
April 1. The appointment of Leahy
who is a former newspaper man
was recommended by Ephriam Led
erer. internal revenue collector a.