Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-02
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BY tho ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Health insurance. especially for
workers in industrial and manufac-
| turing plants, will be one of the chief
sociological problems to be consid-
cred by the next Legislature. and In
order that the matter may be forci-
bly, presented to the members of the
Senate and House Governor Elect
! William c. Sproul will be asked to
include q recommendation for such
legislation when he presents his pro-
gram to the General Assembly.
Ihe last session of the Legisla-
ture appointed commission to
study the question. The commits
sion Is composed of Senator L. E.
Beidleman, now Lieutenant Cover
norelect; Senator Charles w. Sones,
Senator John L. Weaver and Repre-
sentatives William r. Ramsey. of
Delaware county; John NJ. Flynn, of
Elk county, and Isadore Stern. of
Philadelphia.
Mr.. Stern expects to present the
matter to Mr.. Sproul at an early
date and will then place before the
Governor-elect a mass of data and
statistics bearing upon health in
surance as practiced abroad, which
the commission has gathered since
adjournment of the last Legisla-
ture.
The success OF the workmen' S
compensation act and other hu-
manitarian acts has convinced manu-
featuring interests that health in
surance has virtually become an eco
nomic necessity. 1t is known that
Governor-elect Sproul has a lively
interest in the subject, not alone
from the point of view of q public
official, but as n progressive busi-
nessman as well. Therefore, it is
felt he will give the question close
study, and advocates of the propos-
ed legislation feel assured he will
take affirmative action upon their
request that he recommend to the
Legislature its earnest considera-
tion.
The Philadelphia Record. DEM
ocratic, endorses Senator Penrose's
stand for election reforms in the
following editorial:
Senator Penrose was quoted the
other day as saying that the most
important duty of the Pennsylva-
MIA Legislature which meets next
week, is to reform the election laws
of this state.
There can be no question that
this is so. 1t will serve no good
purpose for our reformer friends to
revise the charter of Philadelphia
and permit the present election laws
to remain as they are. We have
had too many fool election laws i'm
posed upon us by fool reformers.
What is needed is radical revision
that will make it possible for every
person who ought to have the right
to vote to exercise that right as free-
ly as possible, and assurance that
his vote will be counted as he means
it to be counted.
There should at the same time
be such changes in the statutes as
will make it certain that any man
guilty of election fraud shall be sent
to iail for n term that fits the crime.
Judges should be given no right TO
impose q sentence that suits the
personal view of the judge. Any man
guilty of an offensive interfering
with the honest casting and count
ing of the ballot of q person who has
a right to vote should be sent to
Jail. with no prospects of pardon
until he has served a term that nts
the crime. The Legislature should.
not permit the trial judge any
discretion in the matter"
Saws the Philadelphia Record: "A
short but busy session of the Penn
sylyania Legislature which convenes
next Tuesday at Harrisburg is look
ed for by members and party lead
ers as we'll The volume of pro-
posed legislation is not so large as
usual. but the matters to be con-
sidered is regarded as of more than
ordinary interest to the people.
Attorneys Hugh B. Andrews,
William B. Landis and John r. Will
son are seeking the solicitorshlp Tor
the compensation reference in the
Scranton district. Attorney II. Z.
Huber held the position until he
entered the Y. NJ. c. A. service in
France. Mr.. Andrews took up the
work after Mr.. Huber left.
Arthur Davis, director of pub
lie safety, and Charles p. Savage will
likely contest for the Republican
nomination for county controller of
Lackawanna county next year. Mr..
Savage has been attached to the
county controllers office for twenty
wears. Arthur Davis is q son of the
late w. w. Davis, a member of the
first City Council of five. When
Mayor Alex. T. Connell assumed Of
flee, Mr.. Davis was made director of
public safety, but resigned to devote
b;s 3i,,,a tn his private business,