Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-26
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BY the Ex. Committeeman

If the plans of some of the legis-
iators for holding morning meetings
VI committees work out, the House
VI Representatives is likely to meet
oatener at 1890 and IL than 10. The
O'Clock session has never been
popular on Tuesdays and the sessions
On tnat morning have seldom started
Oh ume, not at least since 1918. ~
-Speaker Spangler has been talk
ing over matters with chairmen of
ooiliniittees and some of them have
otereu 10 nave meetings in the morn
mss whlch would certainly expediate
ous'hess and leave the afternoons
llee 10 dispose of bills on the cal
enGaTs. 1t is probable that the 1890
and IL o'clock sharp will be given
tryout next week.
newspapers generally give the
Sisuit Tor the passage of the pro-
tlipition amendment ratification TO
governor Sproul. The Philadelphia
itecord' Democratic organ. saws
.hat IL was the governor who put it
through and this view is also held
Dy the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times at
Ihe other end of the State. Although
senator William e. Crow, the state
CHAIRMAN, voted against the resolu-
tIoh. ne is blamed by some of the
vets for lining up men for it and
gwen a share of credit by unbiased
observers.
me next thing in order will be
the regulatory legislature which
may be expected to appear nrom ntIv
1t will be more or less based on
what is done by Congress and other
states.
"A HOWL is expected from LIQUOR
dealers who have paid the fun
amount of liquor licenses IL the
Schantz bills to provide for monthly
instaiment licenses are passed and
II would not be surprising to see a
Dill 10 make a refund appear.
James A. Gardner, the veteran
CITY sohcitor from New Castle, ap-
peareo petore the House committee
IN charge of the third class CITY bill
Yesterday and explained its proyi-
sions. No attempt to strike out the
the nonpartisan feature was made
Highway Commissioner Lewis S.
sadler is the most astonishing pro-
positlon about the Capitol and some
OF the legislators say frankly that
they DO not understand him. He
talks so directly and positively that
they can not get used TO him. This
man Sadler' said n man from one
OF the smaller counties who had
called at the Highway Department
showed us just what he intends TO
40 ana gave me a memorandum in
writing about it. I understand that
The commissioner has managed
70 get more promises in the millions
.iah any man ever connected with
tne state government and his
pledges of support for lateral road
construction are far and away above
anything ever known. Judging from
what the people who call upon him
say. he does it by stating the plans
and letting 1t be known, as he did
last evening, that when once a thing
is put down and agreed upon it goes
Just like contract for construction.
The Legislative League is COM
mencing to take a big interest in
legislation and it will be worth
watching to see how the so-called
rural legislators lined up when the
Philadelphia charter legislation
comes along. 1t is safe to saw that
the third class city bill sponsored by
Representative Wallace is going to
be treated with much respect and
the New Castle legislator is pretty
canny In getting it out of commit
tee and started on its way through
the, legislature so early in the ses-
sion.
Members of the League of Bor-
oughs got some rare entertainment
yesterday afternoon when Represen-
tative Jerry" Simpson made his
speech on the Skunk bill to authorize
the Public Service Commission to
suspend increased rates. Simpson g
speech was acclaimed as the best ef-
fort of the session, but his motion
to postpone after a plea for passage
caught some of the spectators
breath. :r
Means whereby the State chiefs
of standards, who fixes the stand
ard weights and measures will have
authority to enforce adherence to
the standards established by him
and displayed in the Capitol will
be provided in a bill being drawn
up. James Sweeney is chief of
standards, but the limitations of the
law do not allow the State to take
steps against any city or county
whose standards are not just what
the State has set up. Local authori-
ties have considerable latitude now
and it is held that it does not make
for Statewide uniformity.
FOCH'S CIGAR