Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-05
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BY the Ex-Comrnitteeman

Exclusive of any action by the
Governor on bills which may be an
nounced to-day, Governor William
c. Sproul has approved forty bills
and vetoed eleven. This is an un-
usual small number for the COM
mencement OF the fourth month of
legislative session. During the alb
sence OF the Governor not many bills
will be passed finally in either
branch OF the Legislature, but they
will be held until his return. meas
ures being advanced to third reading.
About two dozen of the bills signed
are general acts. the remainder be-
ing appropriation measures, practic-
ally all of them being to meet de-
ticiencies caused by extraordinary
price conditions in the various State
institutions. the care of the insane
and to meet expenses of the State
Government.
Two of the bills vetoed related
to divorce laws.
In view of the movement to
place limit upon introduction OF
bills in the House it is expected that
many will be presented on Monday
and Tuesday.
Employment OF aliens in any pub
lie building in PENNSYLVANIA, will be
forbidden. if the Legislature enacts
bill drafted by the legislative COM
mittee of the Patriotic Order Of
Sons of America of which Gabriel
H. Meyer is chairman. This bill
has been drafted to require that only
citizens of the State shall he en-
ployes OF the Commonwealth or any
of its governmental divisions. The
bill forbids employment OF aliens
either in connection with the main
tenance and operation of such build
ing 1t provides as 4 penalty that
any authorities employing aliens
shall be surcharged the amount OF
money so expended. to be collected
as provided by law for the collection |
OF surcharges in such cases"
An alien bill already in, is that
OF Representative W. X. West, of |
Danville, which is in the hands of
the House Judiciary General Com !
mittee and places a tax of SIS on
every alien.
Two bills aimed at German in |
the educational institutions OF the |
State are on the Senate calendar. |
One is the Davis bill forbidding Ger |
man, and the other the Mallery bill |
requiring all teaching in schools to be !
in English.
OF all the hearings scheduled |
bill to establish the Department of |
Conservation is attracting the most |
attention and more men active in |
politics are taking an interest in !
the measure than imagined. AS a !
matter of fact sportsmen are not !
united on the bill and the hearing |
may develop into an interchange OF |
opinions that will rival the discus |
sion of the bill in 1915. From what |
has been heard here, there is a de- |
sire to know more about how the |
policies of the game. Fisheries, For
estry and Water Supply bureaus are
to be determined than anything else. |
The question of use of specified re-
venues has been settled and there is |
no objection to one head and co-ordi- |
nation of activities, but some men |
have been sending letters here which |
indicate that they want to know how |
lIlS pOllNlGS VI TIE buISduS Will JC I
outlined. Friends of the flshermen's !
license bill say that they look for the !
bill to pass Monday night IN the |
House. The Importance of obtain |
ing revenue for the department, just |
as the hunters license provides for |
the game activities. is being much |
emphasized in the informal sugges-
tions.
Capitol Hill is discussing the fact
that when the Sproul administration |
came in, there were numerous inti- |
nations that much was going to be |
doing in the way OF changes among |
the people who had been conspicu-
Gus Brumbaugh men. Now the pol |
icy is to keep business moving and
to have it handled a little better. |
After the session when plans can be !
carried out with the least Interrupt
tion of work, the reorganizations will |
begin in various departments. This |
is even better than many people |
hoped and they have started efforts |
to make their places permanent.
Clifford 3. Connolly, the man to |
be acting commissioned of Labor and |
industry. has been looking over the |
field and will work out plans. The |
same will be done by Thomas B. |
Donaldson, the insurance COM
missioner. The Banking and Adult
ant Generals offices will be reor-
ganized after pending bills go
through. Internal Affairs will be
materially changed as the result of
new legislation after secretary elect |
James F. Woodward goes iii.
The Philadelphia Press says
editorially: Speaker Spangler, of the |
House at Harrisburg, has found it |
necessary to read a lecture to mem
bers who are not present at sessions
to attend to business. 1t is not any
thing new, and if the bill to boost !
the pay of members to twenty-five |
hundred dollars goes through they
will get more for staying away than |
they now do. The rules OF the
House might be made to amend the |
difficulty, but so many perfectly |
useless members are elected to the |
Legislature that they may not be
far wrong in supposing that they
might just as we'll absent them
selves as not"