Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-26

With Sunday law legislation out of
the way, liquor bills will get TO the
front. The Fox prohibition enforcer
does not please every one and a new
Dill to arrange for enforcement, but
leaving matters like alcoholic con-
tent severely alone will be put in.
There will likely be a hearing on
the liquor bills, including the near
beer bill Tuesday. Woman suffra-
gists and borough people who back
the Skunk bill to authorize the Pub
lie Service Commission to suspend
increased rates when in litigation will
have hearings Tuesday, also. These
measures are likely to be disturbing
factors.
The hearing on the Philadelphia
charter revision bill yesterday which
developed into a cross fire between
Senator Edwin Fl. Ware and John
c. Winston, developed that the bill
as it stands now may have rough
Shedding. Senator Ware said that he
had heard no sentiment for the bill,
while Mr.. Winston said they people
all wanted it.
President pro tenn C. j. Buck |
-tteNAl 10 SWING llIc StHdlOTS some
short cuts these days. A bill with
title page and half long came
up yesterday. "All in favor of the
bill with long, long name say
aye was the way he put it. Nat |
urally the bill passed.
Members of the House paid a |
graceful tribute to Representative
samuel Hutchinson, of Northampton |
yesterday. 1t was his seventy fifth !
birthday and on motion of Mr.. Zan-
ders, of Carbon, a resolution of con-
graduation was adopted. The North
ampton man was called upon for a |
speech and after some hesitation |
said: Il am not a speech maker, |
but, boys. I appreciate this"
When the Aron bill requiring
newspapers and magazines to print |
the time of issue on the front games |
was reached in the committee on |
Judiciary special John r. X. Scott. |
the chairman, sent it to a sub COM |
mittee with a remark that sounded |
suspiciously like "entombment." =" |
Scott by the way. is one of the |
members who is attracting attention |
this session. He insists on open |
meetings, open discussions and |
everything being done so that every
one knows about it,
The Senate Mines and Mining
committee is going TO get started |
next week when it will WI estle with |
the mine cave" bill 1t is The plan |
TO take out reference to bituminous
E.lEes.
Erie county legislators and leg
islative attaches were guests of Com
missioner John S. Killing at the |
Penn-Harris last night. 1t is BIZ |
ennial custom of the Commissioner |
to entertain them and it was a de-
ightful affair.
Senator George Woodward, of |
Philadelphia, gave a dinner to the
Senators at the Harrisburg Club last
night. 1t was for an interchange of |
views on charter revision.
The Sterling bill to rip" out
the school boards in philadelphia i
and Pittsburgh is to be put into
storage a while and a new bill |
drafted to provide that while judges
may name they can not appoint any
one over sixty years of age.
-Ex-Judge W. E. Rice, of War
rem, mentioned for public service |
commissioner, is said to have told |
people that he would not accept. |
Max Mitchell, of Lycom-
ing, is being doomed now and SO is
James E. Barnett, of Pittsburgh.
The State service bill, which
appeared in the House yesterday,
has been a legislative visitor since
1889.
Thomas J. Lynch, secretary of
the Water Supply Commission, is
being doomed as an Official in the
new department of Conservation. 1t
is said that the present heads of
the departments to be embraced in
the new bill will be retained.