Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-05

notwithstanding the assertions of
members from smaller counties that
they are not going to get excited over
the Philadelphia charter revision
and police out of politics legislation
there are signs that combinations are
being made on the measures and
that the second and third class city
oills and maybe many others will get
tangled up in them. The third class
city people are determined to keep
out of any alliances and to get
through their bills If they can do
SO without being committed.
The Scott bills to take the police
and tremen out of politics are being
much discussed because they give
the State the first measure of au-
thority it has ever had in such a
local matter as policemen and fire.
men through the right of the Gov
ernor to name one of the three COM
missioners. The bills are in the
hands of the municipal affairs COM
mittee.
Speedy action on the Philadel-
phio charter bills has been pledged
by Senator Edwin Fl. Ware, chairman
OF the Municipal Affairs Committee.
to which the charter bills have been
referred. Senator Augustus +. DaiX,
Jr., who will pilot the charter bills
in the Senate, conferred yesterday
afternoon with Senator Ware on the
measures. Senator Daix, acting for
the charter revision advocates,
asked Senator Ware for an early
hearing on the bills and Senator
ware promised to arrange for the
hearing, as quickly as possible. 1t
will be held in the Capitol before
the Senate committee. A delega-
ton from the charter revision COM
mittee Is expected to appear before
the committee and urge favorable
action on the bills. There is a gen.
eral feeling in both the House and
"nate that amendments will be
made to the charter bills which will
alter them considerably. Much op-
position has developed toward GER
tain sections of the bill. Some of
the leaders of the Penrose faction
in Philadelphia are said to be op-
posing some of the provisions of the
bill because it puts too much ad-
ditional power in the hands of the
mayor. The original purpose of the
charter revisionists, they contend,
was to shear the mayor of some of
the present power of his office.
Governor Sproul, who returned
last night from the governors con-
ference at Washington. is being con-
graduated upon the part he took in
the meeting. Washington reports
are that the Pennsylvania Governor
loomed up in the discussions.
Mayor f. V. Babcock, of Pitts
burgh, was here last evening to meet
the Governor for a talk. It is be-
lieved Allegheny judgeships and
second class city legislation were dis
cussed.
: The Valley Forge park bill was
the subject of a hot hearing late
Yesterday by a Senate committee.
The bill provides a quarter of a
million for additional land, but was
opposed.
William Walsh, reappointed
Philadelphia registr alton commits
sioner, is one of the Brumbaugh ap-
pointees.
Chaplain Feldman, of the House.
is not here this week owing to the
death of his father.
The third class city leaguers
and the legislative leaguers seem
to have a community of interest re-
garding legislation and they are
watching the so called big town
stuff very carefully. Thus far the
third class city legislation has gone
along with minimum of objections
and tribulations which used to beset
it in years gone by have been avoid
ed.
james II. Lambert, Jr., secre-
tary to the Philadelphia director of
public safety and formerly a legis-
lative correspondent, looked in on
the Legislature yesterday.
--Girard writing in the Phila-
delphia Press, has this to say about
Clifford Pinchot: "a few years ago
when Clifford Pinchot aspired to
yank the senatorial toga from the
stalwart shoulders of Boies Penrose,
somebody counted the number of
times Mr.. Pinchot had been in Penn
sylvania. 1t was said that he was
not really a resident of the State
and that he only occasionally cross
ed the border when he gave a house
party at his home in Pike county
or when he hurried through on an
express train. But that time is past
and l assure you that Mr.. Pinchot
is now really, truly Pennsylvanian
yea, a bona fide Philadelphian
House here, office here, business
here! So that is one possible sena-
torial issue next year settled in ad-
vance"
The Philadelphia Press says in
story on the Palmer appointments:
pennsylvania has furnished more
men for Attorney General of the
United States than for any other
ca abinet position. We have had eight
Attorney Generals out of thirty-three
cabinet places filed by men from the
Keystone State. And some of the
thirty-three were duplicates. Timo-
thy Pickering had the distinction of
being Postmaster General, Secretary
of War and Secretary of State. Judge
Jerry Black and Senator Philander
IC. Knox were both Secretary of State.
and Attorney General Stanton was
Attorney General as well as Secre-
tary of War"
The Philadelphia Inquirer has
kind things to say of General Will
liam G. Price. Jr.. now in France.
II rises to remark: General Price
has been mentioned for various Off
ces upon his return home, but his
intimate friends say that he is not
seeking a place and that he ex-
poets to devote his attention to his
private business interests. It is not
improbable, however that he will be
called to some important position of