Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-19
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BY tho Ex-Committeennan

1t is becoming very apparent that
some of the occurrences of this Leg
islature are going to be used to the
limit as campaign thunder not only
| in county and city elections this
fall, but next year as we'll In fact
the campaign of 1920 may have
been said to have started this month.
United States Senator Boies Pen
rose has been here from week to
week displaying the greatest inter-
est in the reform legislation while
his opponents have been losing no
opportunity to say things about him.
1t is more than suspected that the
| oratorical fireworks in the House
yesterday was preliminary to the
Philadelphia mayoralty fight and the
second and third class city legisla-
ton has been used hard to get things
in shape for this fall.
One of the interesting sights of the
recent days has been the foregath-
ering of the old progressive element
with the Ware people and the comb
lining of the Granger group with the
labor forces. 1t all indicates inter
esting political times to comes
And as though to keep the Demo-
cratic party on the map, although
1t does not have thirty members in
the whole Legislature, Attorney
General A. Mitchell Palmer, as Dem
ocratic national committeeman from
Pennsylvania, sends words to the
Democrats to vote for woman suf-
frage and not let the Republicans
get all the credit.
The Philadelphia Inquirer in the
| course of some discussion of Larry
Eyre's Inflated bill to restore the
old state. conventions says the Ches-
ter county Senator: "Admiringly
displayed the result of his handiwork
to his colleagues, but he did not get
very far for the chloroform treat
ment of the big leaders soon gave it
its quietus. Penrose could not see
any popular demand for it. Sproul
did very well in running for Gov
ernor under the uniform primary
ana no one closely affiliated with his
administration gave the Eyre propo-
sltlon any encouragement. Penrose
is now running for reelection to the
United States Senate. To be sure, he
has not announced his candidacy, but
the mileage record of his automo bile
tires speaks louder than words to
the voters who see his big red tour
in car moving from county to
county day. after day The United
States Senatorial election takes place
next year, Presidential year, and,
up to date, Penrose is the only one
In the running. The perennial Pin
chot, If not otherwise engaged, may
confer another favor upon the Big
Grizzley,' as Penrose is styled, by
rnnninp @ hic
Republican nomination"
The Sproul veto of the second
class city police magistrate bill is
being generally commended editor
tally. The Pittsburgh Gazette Times
and Dispatch both praise the Gov
ernor and the Scranton Republican,
representing the other second class
city, comes in with an editorial of
like tenor, which says: Governor
Sproul has acted wisely in vetoing
the bill applying to cities of the sec
ond class, which would have meant
five police magistrates for Scranton
at a considerable increase in the ex-
penses of the city, more than it can
afford to assume at a time when
expenditures are high and money
is so badly needed for necessary i'm
provements. There is a law on the
statute books which empowers
Scranton to appoint more police
magistrates should they be needed
The city is doing very we'll with a
single magistrate. Mayor Connell
registered a strong protest against
the bill in the interests of the people
of this city"
Some of the Central Pennsyl-
Vania Democrats are going TO
Scranton next week to attend the
Palmer dinner, but there is a dis
position on the part of PHILADELPHIA
and Pittsburgh Democrats to hold
back and see who is going and what
turns up.
-Lackawanna county Prohibi-
tionists, who always start some
thing, are going to have an open air
rally on Saturday. 1t would be a
fitting preparation for the Palmer
dinner.
John C. Winston, chairman of
1.-THE Philadelphia charter committee,
says that it is now up to the people
of Philadelphia to work out their
destiny under the new charter.
Gilbert +. Myer, the Democratic
! end of the Allegheny County Com
missioners, is out as a candidate for
denomination and gets considerab BILE
space in Republican newspapers
about it.
| The city of Wilkes Barre has
terminated its contract with a New
York civil engineer employed to de-
sign a disposal contract on the
ground that it has not enough money
to do all the things required.
--Schuylkill county people are of
| the opinion that County Commits
sioner William S. Leib, acquitted on
the forgery charge in his county
will be a candidate for election as a
vindication.
Without debate or a record
vote, the Senate yesterday passed on
second reading the Phipps resolu-
ton to ratify the suffrage amend
ment to the Federal Constitution. II
is understood that enough Senators
friendly to suffrage will remain here
tomorrow to pass the resolution sc
it can go over to the House and pos
sibly be read first time in that
body. If the Senate does not dispose
of the question tomorrow, rapid
work will be necessary in the House
next week.
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