Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-09
TWO Courses
Are Open
to Body
MAJ Y ENDORSE
4 NEW DRAFT
Propos ed Amend
ments May Take
Place of Entire
Nev Pact

In less than fifty minute;
| from the time OF assembling tht
! State Commission to study The
| Constitution of Pennsylvahi;
and recommend such changes Of
revision as deemed advisable
! was divided into committees anc
at work. Attorney General Viii
liam |. Schaffer, the chairman
| addressed the commission upor
its work and Immediately after
DR.. William Draper Lewis, o
Philadelphia, was elected secre
! tary and the organization OF the
body outlined.
The opening session was a bril-.
| liant scene. People from many
| sections of the State were here fol
| the meeting. Beside Chairman
| Schaffer sat eX-Judge Harry White
| of Indiana, and on the floor were
| heads of departments of the State
! government and legislators, as wei
as men of prominence from many
counties in the State. The galleries
were filled with people from this
| city and vicinity.
Schaffer Sounds keynote
Mr.. Schaffer's speech in which he
urged that the Commission ap-
proach it's work not in any icono-
elastic spirit, but determined to give
mature consideration and to weigh
experience of this and other States
was the keynote of the occasion. AS
| to the extent of the revision, he
I said, that was a matter to be de.
| termined.
| Attorney General William I
| Schaffer called the meeting to or
! der and prayer was offered by the
Rev. DR.. l.. S. Nudge, pastor of Pin,
| Street Presbyterian Church, Harris
| burg. Secretary of the Common
wealth Cyrus e. Woods administered
| the oath of office and the proceed
! ings began. Seven members wer,
unable to be present at the opening
! They were A. Mitchell Palmer anC
| William b. Wilson, engaged on Fed
eral business; Edgar +. Smith, T
! Dewitt Cuyler, Isaac Sharpless anC
! James Gay Gordon.
| Lewis Made Secretary
| DR.. William Draper Lewis. O
| Philadelphia, was elected secretar,
at a salary of $500 per NORTH, "witl
! the consent of the Governor" OIL
! motion of George Wharton Pepper
of Philadelphid, and William Wyan
| and Edward L. Jauss, of Harris
burg, stenographers in the las
| House of Representatives, were ap
pointed as the official stenographers
Chairman Schaffer named John S
| Fisher of Indiana, ard Edward ]
| Fox. of Northampton, as members
| of the committee on organization
the chairman being designated as {
member.
| Hampton l.. Carson, of Philadel
| phia, then moved for the appoint
! ment of five committees to considel
| related subjects, and Mrs. John o
Miller, of Allegheny, that all ses
| sions of the Comm !ssior be held il
| Harrisburg.
! Chairman Schaffer, after namini
( the committees, suggested that they
I meet at once, and an adjournment
was taken until = o'clock, when tn,
| organization, will be reported anc
| the committees will report on thu
! outlines of their work.
The Committees
Chairman Schaffer appointed tn,
committees, as follows:
No. 1-B:ll of rights, Legislator,
ard legislation and the Executive
A. Mitchell Palmer. chairman
| George f. Alter, John S. Fisher
| Chester j. Tyson and w. /. Schaffer
No. Judiciary, impeachment
! oaths of office, etc. Hampton l..
! Carson, chairman; Mayor Sulzberg
| er, John p. Kelley, E. j. Fox an(
| James Gay Gordon.
No. 3-Suffragc and elections
| public officers, county officers ant
new counties: Francis Newtor
Thorpe, chairmaE: Isaac Sharpless
William b. Wilson. Mrs. John o
! Miller and r. l.. Munce.
No. 4-TaNation, corporations
railroads and canals: George Whar.
ton Pepper, chairman; Clifford
Pinchot, T. Dewitt Cuyler, James II
Reed and e. ]. Stackpole.
No. 5-Education, militia, cite.
and amendments: Edgar f. Smith
chairman; John p. ConFelly, Charles
II. English, Mrs. Barclay II. War.
burton and William Perrine.
Veterans in Attendance
In the preliminaries of the gath.
ering Mr.. Schaffer had the assistance
of w. Harry Baker. secretary of the
Senate and one of the best parlia-
| mentarians in the State. Guy II
Davies acted as the clerk and Col
M. II. Taggart, of Sunbury, and p
T. Meredith, of this city, will likely
be chosen as officials
Judge White gave some interest
ing "reminiscences of the gathering
of 1873 TO the men who congratulate
ed him upon being present to-day
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