Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-05
Both Branches of the Legis-
lature Will Meet Tonight
at 9 O'clock

Senator Edwin H. Vares an
, nouncement that there will be no
more hearings on the Philadelphia
, charter bills means that the much
5 discussed measures, which have de-
5 layed the session of the Legislature
of 1913 more than anything else,
WAS the most important weekend
development in Pennsylvania poll
tics. 1t was recognition of the Gov
) ernor as the arbiter of legislation
2 this year, and probably in 1921, and
as the course of the Governor has
been to reach agreements on legls-
lation rather than involve everything
: in a fight, the confidence of the
South Philadelphia Senator is well
placed. The charter revisionists,
unSer the leadership of Senator
Boies Penrose, get everything in
principle which they set out to
achieve, except the scalps of the
present city officials whose tenure of
office, while short-lived, extends over
! the next city election. The Governor
is declared by both sides to be the
man whose decisions will be accept
able and action that will lead to the
lSpeedy passage of the bills without
the fight for which everyone in the
lower House of the Legislature has
been awaiting, will probably be the
order of this week.
Once the Philadelphia bills are
out of the way and the revenue pro-
gram outlined, there will be speedy
action on the various administration
measures, the appropriations and
teachers salary increase bills. Liq-
quor bills may prove a bit disturb
h,,f ;lyA S,1,
have kept some legislative gladia-
tors all pruned for months, they will
pass from the calendars with min
Enum of trouble. The Governor
does not intend to have any reactions
if he can help it.
There has been a revival of the
talk of Governor Sprouts availabil-
ity as a Republican candidate for
President and the various items on
the subject, which have been appear
ing from time to time in upstate
newspapers, are being much COM
mented upon by the larger city
Journals. Appearance of some ref
ersnce to Sproul in Chicago and
New York newspapers has also
served to start the discussion anew.
The Philadelphia Press says that
|
than ever convinced of the Cover
nor's qualifications and that while
the Governor has never said any
thing, he is 'in the hands of his
friends" The Governor made a re-
mark once that he did not intend to
allow any bees to distract him from
his gubernatorial job. The Pittsburgh
IGazette-Times says that the Cover
nor and Senator p. c. Knox have
both been mentioned. Most of the
newspapers expect the Republican
leaders of the State to declare soon
for uninstructed delegation from
Pennsylvania, so as to be able to
take advantage of any situation fa-
Norable to n Keystone State man
which may arise.
| Meanwhile the adherents of At
torney General A. Mitchell Palmer
are endeavoring to sew up" the
, rents in the Pennsylvania Democ-
racy's crazy quilt and are suggesting
what nice thing it would be to
have delegates elected in the interest
of Palmer for President. They even
go so far as to say he would make
a good looking candidate. The op-
ponents of Palmer will urge an un-
instructed delegation from Pennsyl-
{ vania to the next Democratic con-
, rention and make a fight for the
, national committee seat and control
of the State committee.
The greatest boaster Governor
Sproul is WILLIAM Jennings Bryan,
/ who used to be SO much lauded by
the Palmer Democrats.
Major William c.. Murdock. who
has rendered the United States dis
: tinguished service and made Penn
/ sylvania's administra ton of the draft
, such a conspicuous success, will re-
; tire from office shortly, as the State
headquarters will be closed up be-
fore July /. Major Murdoch will
. return to Milton to reconstruct the
5 law practice he abandoned when
called into the States draft head
quarters at critical time. Major
Murdock has been commended ma
tionally for his handling of the COM
pick Pennsylvania draft section and
worked an average of fourteen hours
a day. There has been no disposi-
ton to recognize his services as far
as the State is concerned.
2 Clifford Pin&hot, who has be-
D come one of the States most fluent
, takers on any subject, has returned
for a time to forestry as a theme.
Mr.. Pinchots appearance here last
: week in opposition to the Governor
anti-sedition bill caused much politi-
, cal talk. Pinchot is already a can
didate for Republican candidate at
1 large.
+ Considerable space is given in
q the Philadelphia Press to the bill
advocated by Representative John
r. X. Scott for shoulder or earth
roads for horses. The Press quotes
4 Mr.. Scott as saying: 1T is scanda-
lous that we have scarcely any CO.
operation from the State highway
engineers in securing such improve
ments for our roads. Unless we have
n a different road legislation, stock
breeders will within ten years be-
: come a negligible quantity in the
State"
:. Judge Eustave A. Endlich, of
Berks, is i'll and some Democrats in
that section have been urging that
he should not be a candidate again
Senator James E. Watson, OF
s Indiana, has given Democrats some
p jolt by his Scranton speech that he
:. has found President Wilson losing
his grip in notably Democratic
n communities.
e Pittsburgh proposed loan will be
f S23,700, and cover most of the
objects which municipality ingenuity
can conceive.
-Scrantons school board has
I taken a practical step as far as