Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21
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the Legislature of 1919, were agreed
upon as a result of yesterday after
moons prolonged hearing on the
measures to permit the bills to be
tnaliy disposed of in the House of
representatives by the end of the
nrst week in June. The effect of
this will probably be to cause the
date of adjournment to be set for
week later than June 10, unless
enuous efforts are made to clear
up the revenue and other problems
and advance the business of the ses-
sion. And even If the June &c date
Is hxed' it will mean the death of
many measures.
The hearing yesterday afternoon
VIII have big effect upon Penn
sylvania politics Governor Sproul
and Attorney General Schaffer at
tended it and at the conclusion it
was announced that a committee OF
the Attorney General. Thomas Rae
burn White, City Solicitor John P.
Connolly and Chairman Joseph
Gaffney. of Philadelphia city coun-
ellis. The amendments will be
made in the committee on munich
pal corporations next week and the
following week they will be acted
upon.
While Ware men were jubilant
to-day over the result of the hear
ing and pointed out that the reform
element was so hostile to the Wares
that some reformerS did not care
who cleaned streets as long as the
Wares did not, the charter revision
lists were saying that the Wares were
not going to get everything. The re-
visionists expect Senator Boies Pen
rose TO be here week after next to
prevent too many amendments from
being made.
Governor Sproul did not say
anything at the hearing yesterday.
He just listened. Attorney General
Schaffer took part and finally at the
close practically became the arbi-
traitor. Senator Ware said last night
that practical men" had shown
what he termed absurdities in the
ideas of the revisionists and that Mr..
White had failed to demonstrate
that the bill as he wanted it was a
practical measure.
The only differences to be ad-
1usted are control of contracts and
the size of council. The Wares want
big council. The Governor is said
TO be midway between what the
Wares want and what the revision
lists are demanding.
to repeal the nonpartisan elective
feature of the second class city law.
which involves Pittsburgh and
Scranton. started in the House last
night when Representatives Hugh
y. Dawson, of Scranton, reported
favorably from the House municipal
corporations committee his bill to
repeal the nonpartisan clause. The
bill would leave the city government
Just where it is as to system and
personnel but discard the nonparti-
san feature. The reporting out of
the bill was expected as soon as the
Wilson bill to repeal the third class
city nonpartisan law was sent to the
Governor and a battle royal inn
pends. 1t is believed the Governor
will sign the Wilson bill. but he is
regarded as against the Dawson bill.
Influential Pittsburgh people are
against the repeal of the second
class city bill and the fight will be-
gin without delay.
There is little doubt about the
Capitol that there will be a fight
against the administration bill to
change the compensation law. Big
employers want the basis and not
the percentages changed and have
started lining up their friends. This
means test of strength with the
administration forces. with which
the labor element has aligned itself.
From all accounts it will be two
weeks before the liquor bills are
taken up in the House. There will
not be anything doing Monday night
from all accounts.
The Senate agriculture commit
tee yesterday again decided not to
act on Speaker Robert s. Spangler's
dog bill. There have been no de-
velopments and the Speaker seems
to have been waiting.
Representative Robert L. Wal
lace, of New Castle, president of the
Legislative League. was boss of the
House last night having been called
to the chair He was given a gener-
Gus greeting.
Chairman William J. McCaig of
the House appropriation committee.
got two more bills through last
night. In four sessions he has lost
but one bill.
Should the Supreme Court up
hold the decision of the court of
common pleas of Lackawanna, sus-
tanning the custer of Louis Vesneski
as burgess of the borough of Dick
son City. by the Padden faction on
the town council. some say there
pS W prevent the
ousting of the chief executive of any
borough in the State if a majority
of council so willed it. The Supreme
Court heard arguments on Yes
neski's appeal ito be reinstated
d. J. Reedy. Harry Needle and
James Wilson. Dickson City, were
for the ex-burgess. Mr.. Reedy made
the chief argument. NJ. j. Martin
and Ralph w. Rymer pleaded that
Judge Edwards was correct when
he took the view that a majority of
council had power to remove Yes
neski from office after hearing
charges that the burgess was a
heavy drinker and that he had ac-
cepted bribes. Because the decision
is of such far reaching importance,
members of the bench expressed a
keen interest in the arguments. 1t
is the first time such a question has
been brought to the appellate court.
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