Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-01
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

With Governor William C.
Sproul in sympathy with a consid-
cradle part of the Philadelphia char
ter revision program it commences
TO look as though the much-dis-
cussed bills would be through the
Legislature in a fortnight and that
the end of the session may come very
quickly. There is talk of the first
week in June, but good many men
would like to finish work by May
80.
Signs are not wanting that the
state administration will commence
TO push its program next week. 1t
is expected that Senator Edwin II.
ware VIII come back to Harrisburg
then, but predictions of a bitter
struggle over the charter revision
bills are no longer made The South
Philadelphia Senator's prestige has
been somewhat dimmed and the be-
lief is that he viii. go along with
the Governor and lend his aid to
completing the work of the Legis-
nature as soon as possible.
In any event the session should
end in time for the Democratic fight
TO control next years Presidential
delegation to start.
Senator Boies Penrose who has
gained much by coming here for
the Philadelphia bills, leaves to-day
for Philadelphia and will then go to
Pittsburgh for a dinner late in the
week to Senator Philander c. Knox.
The Senator is coming back here next
week to keep pushing the Philadel-
pHia bills. The most cordial rela-
tlons exist between the Senator and
the Governor and they were to-
getAer last night at a dinner at the
Cumberland county home of High
way Commissioner Lewis S. Sadler.
-Governor Sproul let it be known
in the course of discussion of pos
sible makeup of the new council for
Philadelphia last evening that he
favored reapportionment of the
state after the next census. When
asked if he favored the idea of
electing councilmen from Senatorial
districts in Philadelphia the Gov
ernor said that in another year
there would be a new census and
eapportionment.
Does that mean that you favor
apportionment after the next CEN
Sus?" was asked.
Il most assuredly do it's a scan
cal that we haven't done it before"
lie replied.
The Governor complained that a
We're being called administration
measures" of which he knew moth
ing. II have heard that some bills
are being labeled administration
bills that l never even heard of
and certainly have not seem" said
he.
Is the Wilson bill repeating the
third class city nonpartisan cleo
tive feature an administrator bill?"
was asked.
NO sir" said the Governor.
The Governor said that he had
told Philadelphia people interested
iE charter revision that he thought
that their program would go through
and remarked that he feared the
proposed Philadelphia police COM
missioner bill would interfere with
home rule and thought that ma
Jorities should rule in deciding
Councilmanic matters. The Governor
also said that which is sometimes
thought to be fine thing for mu-
nicipal legislation one year is apt
to be declared untitled the next leg
islatiVe session. Il suppose such
things will go on until we get a
constitution of rights and not of
said he. He favors the
proposed constitutional commission
bill now in the House appropriations
mittee.
The Governor said that an ar
rangement had been made whereby
the United States government would
take over the quarantine work at
Philadelphia commencing June /,
which will do away with duplicate
inspections. The United States will
provide all facilities. This will save
the State over $780, a year, he
estimated.
t-EX-Judge John Walker Reed.
of Cleartield, became a member of
the Public Service Commission of
Pennsylvania late yesterday when
the oath of office was administered
by Secretary of the Commonwealth
Cyrus +. Woods, a personal friend
Judge Reeds nomination was
promptly confirmed by the Senate
and he was commissioned at once,
: eceiving the term of the late Judge
Harold NJ. Mcclure. of Lewisburg,
which Will expire on July l, 1928.
Judge Reed met the members
and attaches of the commission who
are in the city and will take up
his duties without delay. The new
commissioner is a native of Clar-
ion county and practiced for a time
in North Dakota. He then came
back to Pennsylvania and was elect
ed judge of the jefferson county
district in 1895 and reelected in
1905, retiring in 1916, when he re-
T.,OVed TO Claarfield