Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-22
Legislature Has
Dry Resolution

first reading. AS soon as II mas Deen
given two readings the dry forces will
ask to have it made a special order for
third reading and final action.
Mr.. Vickerman said today he believed
the final vote could be taken Monday
evening. February 3.
Because of the lack Of committees
bills introduced In the House were filed
with the clerks and will not be made
public until the Legislature reconrenes
next Monday evening. In the Senate a
flood OF bills were introduced. Senator
T. Larry Eyre, of West Chester, sub
mitted number Of measures.
'Dry" members of the House won
their first real victory in the fight to
have the Federal prohibition amendment
ratified by having the Rev rlr. Bum
gard named chairman Of thc Law
and Order Committee.
The hes, the wet" forces could do In
the fight over the committee chairman
shin was to win compromise.
They succeeded in blocking the ap-
pointment of Representative Nickerman.
who was opposed by Senator Max Les
lie, Republican leader of Allegheny
County, because the dry" leader has
never been aligned with the Leslie
forces.
Leslie backed Representative William
C Wagner, OF Allegheny, wet" and
the chairman of the committee last ses-
sion. who was scho dulcd for reappoint-
ment. The elimination of both Wicker
man and Wagner and the selection OF
Bungard resulted.
Next in Importance to the fight over
, the Law and order charmanship was
the successful coup engineered by Sem
ator Edwin II. Ware to gain substantial
recognition for former Congressman
John r. Is. Scott
Varc Wins for Scott
| Vare opposed Representative Hugh
| Dawson. of Lackawanna, for chairman
of the Ways and Means Committee
which deals with legislation affecting
manufacturers.
The report became current that ware
| backed Scott for the place. Manufactur-
ers hurried here to oppose Scott and the
| Republican leaders attempted to COM
promise by naming Edwin r. Cox. OF
! Philadelphia.
Later CoX's selection was withdrawn
in favor of Dawson and Scott and the
Ware forces werc appeased by the ap-
pointment of Scott as chairman OF the
| important judiciary Special Committee
| of the House. Representative william
| J. Brady, Penrose follower from
Philadelphia, had been slated for the
place.
The committee assignments were an
nounced when the Legislature resumed
sessions by Senator Clarence j. Buck
man, president pro TEN. of the Senate
and Speaker Robert S. Spangler, OF the
House.
| In the Senate, Senator A. +. Daix, Jr.
of PHILADELPHIA heads the important
iAppropriations Committee This selec'
ton is considered a big honor for Daix
who is rapidly becoming one OF the
important figures In the upper chamber
having succeeded the late Senator James
p, McNicho as the Penrose spokesman
from Philadelphia in the Senate.
Ware Holds Place
-Four Ware men head Senate Commit
tees. Senator Ware retains his post as
chairman of the Munic pal Affairs Com
mittee, which will have charge Of
charter legislation Six Senators from
philadelphia are on his committee. Salus
Patton Daix, Martin, McNichol ant
Doctor woodward. The latter will prob
ably introduce the charter measure.
In the House six Ware men from
Philadelphia and four Penrose men head
committees.
The house chairmanships carried of
by members of the Philadelphia delega
ton are: Walker, Banks and Banking
Conner, Centennial Affairs; Brady Con
uressional Apportionment Miner, Fed
ersl Relations Colder, Military: Heffer
nan, public Buildings; Cans. Public
Health and Sanitation; Cox, Corpora
tions.
Allegheny County received six chair
uanships. w. J. McCalg will sit at tn,
head of the Appropriations Committee
c. q Baldridge will head the Game Com
Imittee William II. Wagner Insurance
w Heber Dithricl,. judiciary General
william J. Mangan, Labor and Indus
try, and W. r. Stadtlander, Municipa
Corporations
The fight for chairman OF the Manu-
facturers Committee was won by A., p
Hess, of Lancaster. C. NJ. Palmer, o
Schuylkill County, gets Education II
place Of Hess. Richard Perry. of Phila
deIphia, will head the Corporations Com
mittee, instead of Duncan Sinclair. O
Fayette, !. T. Haldeman, of Montgomery
is TO head the Elections Committee il
place of Hugh Dawson.
other Chairmanships
The other committee chairmanship
Kean: Agriculture, Hollingsworth, O
Chester Compared Bills, Robertson, 0
Northumberland; Constitutional Reform
c. G.. Miller. of Luzerne; Counties an
Townships. William Davis, of Cambria
, Electric Railways. Powell. of Luzerne
= Fisheries, Hepburn. of Delaware Fol
, estry Goodnough, Of Cameron Geolog
e cal Survey, Benchoff, OF Franklin; Iro
Y and Coal, Fowler, OF Laclaw wanna Jud
cial Apportlonment, Skunk. of Erie
4 judiciary Local, Showalter. OF Union
! Legislative Apportionment, zanders, {
/ Carbon; Library, Smith, OF Bedford
Mines and Mining, Ramsey. of Della
ware Pensions and Gratuitles. Ehi
hardt, of Lackawanna Printing. Lai
fsrty, of Philadelphia Public Road
! williams, of TioEa; Railroads, Sprow
J of Warrington; Retrenchment and II,
, form, Hoffman. Of Lancasteri Rule
Ramsey. Of Delaware.