Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-09
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BY the Ex-Committee.nan

the Philadelphia charter bill are not
going to interfere with the close of
the legislative session according to
influential members of the General
Assembly who realize that there will
be enough to answer for without pro-
longing the biennial meeting. The
disposition at the Capitol to-day is
! this week and give attention to the
, greater problems of compensation
code amendment, woman suffrage
amendment ratification, revenue
raising bills, appropriations, prohi-
bition enforcement act, departmental
reorganization ard similar bills, cold
storage and other legislative matters
, affecting the whole sixty-seven coun-
ties.
Ways will be formed to cut short
any attempts to monopolize the
House by the Philadelphia bills. The
general impression is that the bills,
especially the charter bill is in dan
ger. If passed without amendment
1T faces executive displeasure. If
amended it meaE;s a conference COM
mittee with all the perils of such
course in closing days of a session,
especially session already unduly
prolonged. No matter what is done
this week interesting fights are
ahead.
For a rather minor matter, COM
pensation has assumed proportions
that are attracting atteEtion every
where except in Philadelphia and
which may have wide political ef-
fects. The administration and some
of the men closest to the Governor
and Attorney General in daily life
occupy diametrically opposing posi-
tions on the form of amendments
and neither shows any sign of giving
way. The fight will be in the Senate
just as it was six years ago.
Questions involved in the pro-
posed study of the Constitution are
mencir,g to receive serious atten-
ton from editors now that Governor
Sproul has signed the bill for ap-
pointment of the commission of
twenty-five to revise the organic law
of the State. The Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin says: The Gov
ernor has no simple task in the Sc
lection of twenty tive commission ers
who shall be representative of the
various sections and interests of the
State and competent for the work of
shaping the fundamental law of the
State, but the appointments which
he has made to the principal offices
of his administration, with few ex-
ceptions, indicate standard of pub
lie service, and a capacity for apply
ing it as test in selection, which
augurs well for a commission that
will deserve and receive public con-
fideEce and cooperation
The Philadelphia Press says re-
garding the charter muddle: The
charter revisers, having revised the
charter, naturally object to having
their revision revised-that is they
dislike to have a revision more than
once a day. And they are just the
kind of people to know about what
they want, as well as what they don't
want, and stick to it,"
Mayor e. H. Febert, of Reading,
will not be candidate for re-elec-.
ton.
Senator Penrose and Captain
Victor Heintz, of Cincinnati, vet
eran of the American EXpeditionary
Force and a former United States
Congressman from Ohio, will speak
in Williamsport oE Flag Day, June
IA, in connection with the public
ceremony of Williamsport Lodge of
Elks.
Delaware county Republican
and Democratic leaders were given
a jolt when Jesse ID. Pierson, William
A. Powell and Thomas F. Feeley,
County Commissioners, announced
their intention of trying to smash old
traditions at the coming primary
and seek reelection for a third term.
Pierson and Powell are Republicans.
Feeley represents the minority party.
Powell ard Feeley are residents of
this city, while Pierson comes from
tn county districts.
Heretofore, since Little Della
ware" was acclaimed a county in
Pennsylvania, there has been an "un-
written law against County Com
missioners holding a third term.
Plans to give Attorney General
A. Mitchell Palmer a big dinner at
Scranton on June 23 are not arousing
much Statewide enthusiasm. 1t is
generally recognized that Mr.. Pal
mer is a sure-enough presidential
candidate with no earthly chance of
carrying his own State but very def
mite ideas of controlling the delegate
from his home Commonwealth.
Scranton, which is near his home
district, is as good a place as any
to launch ambitions. A Reading
dispatch hits a jarring note on the
Democratic situation, saying: "Berks
County Democrats do not look with
favor on the movement to boom At
torney General Palmer as a candi-
date for the Democratic nomina-
ton for President. This is the sub
stance of interviews with many of
the leaders. The local Democrats
resent Palmers action in the Cover
norship fight of Judge Eugene Bon
niwell, of Philadelphia, last year.
The Berks Democrats also oppose
Palmer because of his prohibition
leanings They say that any strong
man could defeat him for National
Committee from Pennsylvania"
Col. George Mex Mccain, the noted
newspaper correspondent and lee
turer, will write a series of special
articles on the close of the Legisla-
ture for the Philadelphia Evening
Ledger ard is back in Harrisburg
for the work The Colonel retired
some years ago, but like the old war
rior that he is, could not resist the
chance to do a little more work.
Col. Mccain came to Harrisburg for
the first time in 1873 when he was
a boy and paid his own fare. In
1886 he came to report the LegiSla-
ture for the Philadelphia Press and
remained in active service on legis-
lative and political writing for twen-
ty years when, he retired and began
the series of lectures which made