Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-10

sibn in your legislatlon,'' said Mr..
Scott.
I'VE have also helped you men from
Pittsburgh.' -
Mr.. Scott paid tribute to Governor
Sproul and asserted the bill was an at
tempt by faction to make it appear
;hat the Governor is their ally"
Representative Samuel j. Perry,
Twenty fifth Ward. said he was "a
victim Of the registration board"
Mr.. Perry said his name had been
stricken from the list. although he had
''livcd in the same house twenty five
years"
The House appluadcd vigorously the
speech of Mr.. Perry.
The roll was called on the bill.
I The Woodward bill. which comes up
this afternoon. contains the single
chamber Council provision, the appoinS
tive city solicitor and other features
insisted on by the charter rcvisionists.
While the Woodward measure as it
stands includes amendments insisted
upon by the Governor against the re-
visionists' wishes, the rcvisionists have
been successful in the main.
John &. Winston, chairman of the
revision committee. says the bill as
amended is satisfactory to the revision
lists.
, The rcvisionists at meeting last
. Tuesday rejected amendments offered
, by Attorney General Schaffer and added
some proposed by Mr.. Winston.
The Governor then announced that
unless the bill were changed according
; to his wishes it would not receive his
sanction.
Revisionists Satisfied
The rcvisionists met last night in the
attorney generals office just before tn,
House was convened. Mr.. Schaffer
opened the meeting by reading pre-
pared statement telling the revisionists
just what they would get
, A hush followed the attorney gen
, erals statement. Then Mr.. Winston
on behalf of the charter committee. re.
piled that the bill as amended was salts
factory to the revisionsts.
While the Council proposition wa,
amended to make the membership
twenty one. as originally agreed upon
instead of the twenty seven proposed
by revisionists. the latter are not dis
pleased. The authority of the Gov
ernor to decide this question has no
I for a moment been questioned
= The contract clause is amended sc
that it goes into effect January !
: 1921. instead of July l, next year.
The drastic provisions of the civi
service section now apply only to police
I men and fircmen instead of all Office.
holders
The tax receivers Office stays as it is
instead of being merged with that o.
the city treasurer.
The civil service commission remains
. !. as it is.
ScIaffer Makes Changes
, Mr.. Schaffcr himself prepared thu
amendments to the bill. as Thomas Rae
, burn White had to return to Philadel'
=, phia.
As soon as the amendments were com
> plcted they were sent to Representative
: w. T. Ramsey. Mr.. Ramsey and Rep
4. them together.
:. Then Mr.. Ramsey came before th
House and asked it to resolve itsel
into a committee of the whole to in
scrt the amendments. AS the Var
= forces agreed TO that procedure ther
e was no opposition.
c The House was so desirous Of gettin
the charter bill disposed of that whel
Mr.. Ramsey asked the unusual pro
Il ccdure of having the amendments rea
in bulk instead of separately, no one OBJ
Is jccted.
The next movesw was to dispense wit
the special order for the final passag
n of the bill which had been fixed TO
Is 10 80 o'clock last night.
The bill will come up for final pas
ID sage in the House today as soon as it
l. received from the printer. The Var
forces will oppose it as a matter O
= consistency.
e Mr.. WinstOn's Statement
In accepting the amendments to th
y charter bill, Mr.. Winston, chairma
of the charter revision committee, said
Is 81 said to the attorney general tn;
d our committee was entirely satisfied wit
j., n Council of twenty one. as provide
60 for in our original bill, and that, viii
I regretted he could not agree with l
as to the appointment of the receive
of taxes and the provision to enfor,
ID the present law forbidding the polite
to activity of officeholders, | recognize
TO there was an honest difference of opinic
ID on these matters. I further stated
him that we appreciated the great CT
l. couragemcnt the Governor had given
our movement. and desired as far as pos
sible to meet his wishes.
'e "With the one exception in regard I
i the civil service law, the present bi
covers all the vital provisions we ha,
1t labored to secure
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