Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-23
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Probably more people Vim be IN
Harrisburg this week to attend the
closing days of the legislative SEES
sion than during any other week
during the almost six months that
| the lawmakers have been here. 1t
so happens that almost everything
comes to a climax this week. The
Philadelphia legislation, which has
dragged out the session week after
week, will be finally disposed of by
the Governor and his signing will
be made an occasion for a demon
stration which will be attended by
many Philadelphians. The woman
sunragists, who are going to wit
ness the passage of the resolution
ratifying the suffrage amendment to
the United States constitution in the
Legislative hall where time and again
State suffrage amendments have been
defeated, are arranging for a nota-
Bile demonstration for the day when
the House of Representatives re-
cords its approval. The teachers
or the State are rallying for tho
final struggle in behalf of their in
crease of pay and there will be a
number here and the labor leaders
and employers will have delegations
on the ground to look after the
compensation amendment legislation.
All of these people have been here
on and off during the long, long ses-
sion and chances are that when
thlngs are all over that there will
pc very little but formalities on the
nnai night instead of the excitement
ana horse play which has marked
the last night" of many a House.
In years gone by such occasions have
been famous. There have been
vaudeville entertainments, parades,
songfests, moch houses by the pages
ana patriotic exhibitions to say
nothing of much throwing of bills
and newspapers made into tight
bales. Even the dignifed Senate
goes in for some fun on these occa-
slons and some times permits mem
bers to smoke.
Removal of the electric light poles
IN the Capitol park extension area
that will be covered by the new
State office building for which
ground will be broken this year
caused some of the older attaches
or the park to talk about the
changes. One light which has
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= Snort and South streets, a corner
l which in its day was constantly
| watched by policemen and which
= Iurnlshed all kinds of new stories.
g removal of the poles at that corner
was the occasion for a remark by
d one OF the Capitol policemen to the
eHect that there had been a light at
a 'hat corner for seventy-five years.
When the State builds the bar
racks for the new troop of the con-
g stabulary on the plot adjoining the
state arsenal it will provide one of
the prettiest locations possible
4 around here. The new barracks will
:, be along the run which threads its
way into the creek near the state
. . Insane Hospital and on one side will
= be passed by the city parkway. There
are woods and fields and hoIlows
all about the eight and a half acres
which will be the home of Troop
Il. Incidentally, there will be a.
force of men handy for emergency
: service at the State Arsenal where
1 there will be stored a big quantity
of material for the new National
! Guard and to add to the force at
the State Capitol.
!
A ceremony of interest here oc-
Cured in the Lancaster county
court house on Saturday when a
: portrait of Lieutenant Daniel Keller,
the soldier son of Superior Court
Judge William Fl. Keller, former
I deputy attorney general and we'll
y known to many people here, was
Y unveiled. Lieutenant Keller was
killed in the Argonne a short time
: after he had been admitted to the
e Lancaster bar in uniform. The por-
Y trait was presented on behalf of the
- bar by Collector B. F. Davis and
o Judge c. I. Landis received it. It
r was a fine tribute to both father
e and son.
n Helen Boyle, whose release from
e prison on parole after serving a de-
4 cade for completely in the Whitla
e kidnapping was ordered by the
g State Board of Pardons here last
week on recommendation of West
h ern penitentiary inspectors, will be
freed Wednesday or Thursday. The
v Pittsburgh Gazette-Times has this
\ interesting story about the woman
and her husband: "It is not often
that husband and wife are inmates
of the same penitentiary, nor are
there many cases in which as pris-
For years they have denied them
3 selves to visitors, except the rare
occasions when Helen's mother was
$ able to come to Pittsburgh to call
t on her daughter-and the visiting
: privileges which prisoners enjoy they
exchanged between them. Prisoners
: are allowed to have q visitor every
!, three months. Jimmie's regular
!. visitor was Helen, and Helen's visit
= or was Jimmie, therefore the couple
= were able to see each other every
I six weeks, and for all these years
8 they have looked forward to and
l enjoyed this meeting. OF course
there was considerable formality
Y about these social sessions. Boyle
/, was accompanied by an overseer and
1 his wife was escorted by a matron,
D so that always there were four
| persons in the room, in compliance
8 with the regulations of the institu-
t ton"
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