Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

tee named by Attorney General Will
liam l. Schaffer last Tuesday to get
together on amendments to the Phil
adelphia charter bills so that they
can be passed early, did not finish
It's work, and the scene of its ac-
tlvlties. will he shifted to Harrisburg
to-nlSht. The committee was to
dfatt amendments and send them
10 the House Municipal Committee
to be put into the bill. Not only
nave the drafters failed to agree on
all points. but some of the legisla-
tors are n bit resentful of the fail
ure to include any members of the
Municipal Committee on the Special
committee and are not backward
| about saying so, either. The plan
is to have the bills amended and
started through the House this week
as the Governor and almost every
one else is weary of the bills and
the longer they remain on the House
the more the session is drawn out,
and there is danger of a fiare-up
over the failure to fix a date for
adjournment and the delay in the
determination of n financial policy
and in acting on important bills.
The Philadelphia Press in discuss
ing the meeting of the Special COM
mittee in charge of the amendments
declares it "sidestepped" the import
ant features and the Public Ledger
intimates that all was not lovely.
The North American is far from
satisfied. The Inquirer quotes City
Solicitor John p. Connolly as follows:
Excellent progress was made on al
most all the provisions of the bills"
There are still some points on
which further discussion was deemed
necessary. and Mr.. Gaffney, Mr..
White and myself will go TO Har-
risburg Monday to go over the re-
naming differences with the At
torney General. One reason we de-
cided to hold another conference,
was that Mr.. White wanted to ask
his associates on the committee for
instruction as to how far he could
go on questions relating to the bud
get. other subjects discussed at the
conference included the methods of
choosing the City Solicitor. the Re-
ceiver of Taxes. and the proposed
welfare department"
The Public Ledger gives atten-
ton to the clause that will be in
serted in the bill providing that
candidates for Mayor must be resi-
dents of the city for three years at
least.
Prospects are that it will be we'll
on into next week before the Phila-
delphia bills are clear of the House.
The district attorney bills may be
disposed of this week, but there is
no time set on the registration and
other legislation which is full OF
legislative dynamite.
The old political game of bury
ing Penrose," of which so much has
been heard here lately from the lit
tie group which tried it in 1912 and
1918 and other years has been play
ed again, this time at Washington.
And with the same reuslt. The
senior Senator from Pennsylvania
emerges from the fight chairman of
the finance committee and dominant
political factor just as he has done
in Harrisburg in years gone by. The
State can look forward to a fresh
outburst of forestry and similar leg
islation to detract from what hap
pened at Washington.
According to Scranton dispatches
the returning soldiers are going to
figure extensively on the strenuous
politics of Lackawanna. The follow
ing is printed about men well known
and who only recently returned
here: Colonel David Davis, who was
chief of staff of the 2Sth Division,
home, will aspire for the Judgeship
nomination, opposing District At
torney George MaXey. Another can
didate will be James O'Neill, of
Carbondale. whose term expires next
January. Mr.. O'Neill will have the
solid backing of the Democrats,
hence is assured of being one OF the
nominees The real fight at the pri-
maries therefore will be between
Colonel Davis and Mr.. Maxey, each
of whom has large followings. Two
other war candidates will be Lieu
tenant Harry NJ. Edwards, son of
Judge H. NJ. Edwards, president of
the Lackawanna County Court and
Thomas Quinlan, baseball player,
who lost an eye and also an arm
in the battle of the Argonne Forest.
Lieutenant Edwards will be a can
didate for City Councilman, while
Mr.. Ouinlin is to seek the Demo-
cratic nomination for County Com
missioner. Edwards was a former
football and baseball star at Lafay-
ette College"
Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell. late
Democratic candidate for Governor
came out at Reading on Saturday
with a sharp attack on the admin
istration bill abolishing the State
Fire Marshars Department. He
called it vicious and various other
things not calculated to keep fire.
men quiet.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says
Schuylkill county lawyers are all be-
hind Orphans Court Judge Mac
Henry wilhelm for reelection.
-Pottstown has increased its po-
lice force owing TO rouple over
house breakers.