Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-13
HOUSE MEMBERS
UNDER ARREST
HURRY TO CITY
Hilarious Welcome Given to
Men Who Return to Their
Neglected Work
'|WE'RE HERE" THEY SING
Vote Not to Punish Them
selves; Bills Are Taken
Up on Third Reading

Members of the House of Repre-
, sentatives, Fastening to Harrisburg
> from many counties of the State in
response to mandatory calls from
, Speaker Spangler, in exercise of
! high legislative authority, because
of lack of a quorum yesterday, made
a record of 141 men present when
/ the roll was read to-day Proceed
! ings against members absent with
out leave yesterday were postponed
Indefinitely Immediately after the
roll was called and the House with
the necessary two-thirds of the
members present at once began to
clear calendar of 252 appropria-
tion bills on third reading.
Great Fun For Members
Much hilarity marked the session.
Between midnight and daylight
dozens of men came to Harrisburg,
many of them unable to secure ho-
tel accommodations. During the
morning the representatives gath
cred at the Capitol and for an hour
before 10, the time set to call the
roll, the big hall resounded with
greetings for men caught in the call
of the House. At times members
sang, the favorite being Were
Here Because We're Here" w.
L iNiiiioSSs IllG llOOl lGdutlt was
a target for many inquiries as to
why he played hockey" yesterday.
Patriotic Prayer
Prayer for divine blessings on the
observance of Flag Day tomorrow
opened the first Friday session held
by the House in years. Chaplain
Feldman made it an occasion for
expression of patriotic sentiment
and reference to the victorious close
of the war. Before the roll could
be called Mr.. Sewers, Philadelphia,
asked that it be noted that he was
present yesterday. The Speaker re-
piled that he was so recorded.
The calling of the roll was fol-
lowed with close attention by peo-
pie from various offices in the Capt.
tol and considerable jibing of mem
bers who had come in late by their
colleagues. The Allegheny coun-
tians came in for much twitting.
141 Present
AS soon as the Speaker announced
141 of the 2O6 members constituting
the present House had answered,
Mr., Wallace, Lawrence, moved that
proceedings against members in con-
tempt for being absent without
leave and brought here on orders
be postponed for the present"
There were many noes, but
Speaker Spangler declared the mo-
ton carried, whereupon Mr.. Stadt-
lander, Allegheny, demanded di-
vision. The Chair refused.
Efforts to obtain leaves of absence
for d. l. Miller, Dauphin, and Hon-
man, Lancaster, were objected to,
but granted Mr.. Dilsheimer, Phila-
delphia, because of illness, and Mr..
Ruddy, Lackawanna, owing to SICK
ness in his family.
Attacks Newspapers
Mr.. Dunn, Philadelphia, then be-
gan an attack on a newspaper ar
ticle, but members began to jeer to
him and finally MIR. Flynn, Elk, de-
clared that Mr.. Dunn was not speak
ing on matter of privilege and
said: IF members pay attention
to everything printed in newspapers
we could not do anything elsewhere"
The House applauded him and
Mr.. Dunn sat down with the remark
that if members agreed with Mr..
Flynn he would submit
MIR. Ramsey then said that
large number of members had as
sumed it to be their privilege to
go home but that they We're back
again and he therefore moved
sitting until i p. m. 1t was agreed
to.
Lack of Interest
When the House had gotten under
way, Mr.. Palmer. SChuylkill, came
in having arrived from Pottsville by
automobile and was seized by Messrs
Minor and Wells, Philadelphia, and
taken before the sergeant-at-arms.
The passage of the appropriation
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