Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-26
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By tho Ex-Comrnitteeman

| IeTenI from Wnat was eApeCleu. liz
stead of fighting there has been
much hilarity in the last forty-eight
hours and parades, speeches, horse
play and general interchange OF
compliments have marked the wind
up, the contrast to the turbulent
closing days of the sessions of 1915
and 1917 and the tense situation
which forced prolongation of the
session of 1913 being very marked.
! Men active in political circles
| consider that the Legislature has
done pretty well and that acts which
it passed to enable Governor William
| c. Sproul TO carry into effect his
plans for reorganization of the
greater part of the State govern
ment will enable the record to be
made still better. The Governor
| comes through the session with
| added prestige, stronger with the
people than ever and much in the
eyes of the men of his party.
-Senatorf Frank E. Baldwin, of
Potter, one of the men made a tar
get during the last administration,
succeeds Senator Clarence ]. Buck
man. of Bucks, as president pro tenn
of the Senate. He was unanimously
nominated at the Republican eau
Gus of last night over which Senator
William E. Crow presided and
which was a fine family gathering.
The Democratic caucus, in which the
reorganization element played
very minor part, named Senator
w. Sassaman, of Berks, as its nom
inee.
Clifford Pinchot, former United
States Forester, tonight realized
one of his ambitions when he was
named as member of the State
Forestry Reserve Commission by
Governor William c. Sproul. He
takes the place of J. NJ. Hoffman, of
Johnstown, a Braumbaugh ap-
pointee, who had some adventures
of his own with the fomer Governor
in regard to the appointment. Col.
Henry W. Shoemaker, the Altoona
publisher and historian, was also
named for full term, as was Dr.
]. T. Rothrock, of West Chester, the
father of Pennsylvania forestry.
Governor Sproul also replaced a
Brumbaugh appointee on the State
Game Commission with man
whom Brumbaugh had taken off
during the days when he was essay
ing political control of the State.
John 5. Speer, manufacturer, of St.
Mary's, was appointed in place of
Wilson McGrew, Pittsfeld, named by
Brumbaugh. Mr.. Speer was a
Tener appointee originally. DR..
Charles B. Penrose, of Philadelphia,
chairman of the commission; John
M. Phillips, the Pittsburgh man who
has been so active in behalf of wild ,
life in the State, and Henry ]. Dom
aldson, Williamsport, were all reap
pointed.
The Governors appointments of
trustees contained few changes.
AT dinner given by Represen-
tative Carl c. Baldrige, of wilkins |
burg, Judge Charles H. Kline, of
Pittsburgh, launched a boom for the |
host for the Republican nomination
for Congressman in the Thriieth
district TO succeed Congressman NJ.
Clyde Kelly. Judge Kline said he |
would let the diners in on a little |
secret and announced that it was
Mr.. Baldrige would be a candidate |
for Congress. Judge Kline said a |
real Republican is wanted in Con-
gress from that industrial center. |
The dinner was held at the PENN
Harris hotel and Mr.. Baldrige had |
as his guests the Allegheny county |
delegation, the members of the |
House Game Committee, of which he |
is chairman and some others. For |
mer Lieutenant Governor Frank B. |
McClain was POSTMASTER.
Signing of the Philadelphia |
charter bill yesterday afternoon was
staged as one of the great events of |
the session and even a moving pic
ture operator was there to take the
scene, but there was so much doingl
in the two Houses that not many |
men outside of those directly inter-
ested were on hand. The Lieutenant |
Governors office was selected as the |
place to sign instead of the Cover
nor's office because of the better
lighting arrangements. The Phila-
delphla charter revisionists were
present and Senator George Wood
ward received the pen with which
the Governor signed the bill, turn
ing it over to John c. Winston,
And that ended the career of the
charter bill in the Legislature of
1919.
John r. K. Scott's skill in get
ting things down on the record was
never better shown than in yester-
days fuss over the compensation
bill. When boiled down there was
not much to the matter, but Mr..
Scott made it a great occasion and |
had the House stepping pretty fast.
Speaker Spangler at one time threat
ened to make him sit down and re-
peatedly called him to order for re-
marks, but the Philadelphia clever
ly got the thoughts in another form
down on the record.
The compensation outbreak oc-
rurred right after Representative
Bennett, of Philadelphia, had made
an extended speech on the good will
in the session and the excellent feel
ing with which everyone approach
ed the end of the long, long series
Of meetings and when the air was
surcharged with surcease from care
and animosities.
The House concurred without
any discussion at the late afternoon
session in the conference committee
report on the Daix-Brady bill rel
ative to registration matters in
philadelphia 1t was the last of the
election bills to go through, and had
been withdrawn from the Governor.
An unusual event in the House
late in the day was the reference to
the appropriations committee of the
Senate bill establishing civil war
pensions. The action was taken
with the end of the session less than
twenty hours away and no hope of
passage.
Members of the Leeislaturel
elected on dry" platforms at a
with people active in