Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04

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referendum.
The legislature sustained our posi- :
tion.
II am not here to take one side or
the other, but / am here to uphold the
constitution"
Great applause greeted the remarks
Of the speaker.
Ware Man Ignored
Representative John 7. Davis, Indi e
ana county, called for the House to
sustain the speaker, declaring rural
members were "disgusted with the fight
on Philadelphia legislation"
Representative Julius J. Lewis, Ware
member from the Fifth ward, was ig-
nored by the chair, when he attempted
to raise point of order on Davis.
After the speaker had been sustained,
the charter bill was taken up for second
reading.
The. clerk started to read the title OF
each section.
Representative Glass demanded that
each section be read complete.
Amendments offered by Attorney Gen =
eral Schaffer and others offered by the
Ware forces have been sidetracked by
the House municipal corporations com
mittee with its overwhelming Penrose
majority.
The amendments added by the friends
of the bill provide:
A Council of twenty seven instead OF
twenty one members, based on one for
each $4,000 voters.
Restriction of the present Council
from making any contract for street
cleaning or garbage collection extending
beyond July I, 1920.
Requirement that the board of regis
tration commissioners revise the asses
sors' lists and purge them Of any fraud
ulent voters before the new Council
shall be elected.
Penrose Jubilant
Senator Penrose is jubilant over the
progress made so far. and is so conf
dent that the situation is in such shape
as to insure final victory for the re-
visionists that he plans to leave Harris
burg today for Washington.
A succession of sensational develop
ments brought about the sudden turn
in affairs by which the apparently sue
cessful blocking tactics of the Ware
forces were halted.
After the Penrose forces had decided
to call a meeting of the House commit
tee in spite of the nonappearance OF
Chairman w. w. Stadtlander, it was
found necessary to break open Mr.
Standtlander's desk in the House to gel
the charter bill.
Mr.. Stadtlander late in the after
noon called up Representative Richard
V. Powell, of Luzerne, secretary OF the
committee, from his home in Pitts
burgh and told Mr.. Powell to call 6
meeting of the committee and to get the
Woodward bill from his desk.
The desk was found locked. After
II had been forced open the committed
meeting was called.
Meanwhile there was series of con
ferences by the leaders of the opposing
factions and their respective followers
The committee finally was called to
petber. Then Representative John r
K Scott, Ware floor leader, raised al
ohiection, Mr.. Scott said an amend
ment which he was preparing was no
I ready and asked an extension of time.
The committee reconvened an hou
and a half later. 1t got down to bust
ness and promptly swatted the amend
ments offered by the attorney genera
and those offered by the Ware forces.
Proposed by Schaffer
Representative w. T. Ramsey, ad
ministration floor leader, offered tn
attorney generals amendments. Th
amendments offered by Mr.. Ramse.
were:
Making the contract section Of the
charter bill effective January !, 1921.