Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-19
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By the Ex- Committeeman

While Philadelphia newspapers
| seem to agree thac the charter re-
vision bills, which are holding up the
progress of the Legislature session of
1919 and making conditions that
will be much heard of in Pennsyl-
vania politics the next few years, will
! be much amended no one seems to
know just how far the amendments
will go. The Philadelphia Press
says that Governor William c. Sproul
will assume the burden of "remould-
ing" the bills and that it will take
couple of weeks to put them into
shape. The Philadelphia Inquirer
| and North American look for action
soon after the hearing tomorrow
which is expected public appearance
of the measures before committee
etc. The Public Ledger says the
charters legal phases" will be aired
on Tuesday.
The Ledger also makes this inter
esting statement about a feature of
State wide importance: The chart
er-revision committee will not press
the proposed amendment to the
woodward bill providing for non
partisan elections of the Mayor
councilmen and the city treasurer.
1t is believed by leading members
of the committee that insistence up
on such an amendment would ham
per the bill and jeopardize it's
chances of passage in the House.
1t was said yesterday by members of
the committee that but few and
minor amendments to the charter
bill would be offered by the charter
revision committee. Except for the
information which Attorney General
Schaffer desires upon the legal
phases of the charter bill Republi-
can leaders of the House said yes
terday that they could see no reason
whatever for the hearing on the
Woodward bill"
According to the Philadelphia
Press the Senate Committee in
charge of the woman suffrage
amendment will report out the re-
solution very soon. Prominent Re-
publican leaders say that the resolu-
tion will pass the Senate, although
there is still considerable opposi-
ton to it. The resolution would
provide for vote in November,
1921.
Governor Sproul is expected to
act on the Wilson bill repeating the
non-partisan election feature of the
third class city code late this week
and predictions of approval are
freely made. The Philadelphia In
quirer plays up an Altoona dispatch
saying return to party election of
city officials will be hailed with joy
~ 1,n AHF AfsItT n Rif
will be appreciated by majority of
the people.
In this connection II is interesting
to note what was said at Easton on
Saturday by t,X-JustiCe Edward j.
Fox. of the Supreme Court. Speak
ing before the Rotary club the jus
tice said: that he hoped the Gov
ernor and the Legislature would see
that this was carried out. He eX-
pressed the opinion that q return
to the old method would be most
beneficial both to the county courts
and to the higher courts. President
Judge Stewart, of the Northampton
County Court, said he was in hearty
accord with this view, as under the
old system the political parties put
forward the best men as candidates,
with the result that efficiency on the
bench was maintained.
-Evoryone Of the six judges ap-
pointed by DR.. Martin G. Brumbaugh
in his last year as Governor will be
a candidate for reelection and at
least three of them will have to fight.
Governor Sproul has named three
| Judges of whom two. the Allegheny
opnointees, will be candidates for
| reelection.
Men who follow politics in
| PENNSYLVANIA are watching with in
| terest the effect of the first move
| TO boom a returned soldier for office.
! Lieutenant Colonel E. V. kestner, of
Reading is being doomed for mayor
bv soldiers and their friends. Mayor
! Filbert, Ex-Mayor Stratton and Rep
resentative James T. Morton are also
mentioned. 1t is possible that Read
| ing may see the first attempt OF
union labor to put its own municipal
| ticket into the field. There is con-
| siderable feeling there over strikes.
! Although Berks is Democratic
stronghold, Republican county chair
man Thomas ID. Seidel is steadily re-
organizing the party in every dis
| trict.
The employees of the Department
! of Public Works of Scranton struck
| Saturday. There were strikes by
other city employees earlier in the
year.
-Mayor Babcock of Pittsburgh. is
said to be apprehensive of trouble
| over the street car strike and to be
urging a settlement.