Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-14
PeestSscs . &.
Pss~aqesa"ia
BY the Ex- Committeeman

iloiueTS OF state JOBS VINO nave
not been reporting for work were
sending word today to the chiefs of
their branches of the State Govern
ment that they were coming in and
men who had been taking trips also
manifested an earnest desire to get
| back to the State Capitol to report
results of their journeys as a result
/ OF the order that went out from
| Governor Sprouts office last eve
ming to certain chiefs to either
make people on their pay rolls work
or quit.
The Governors order was only
made in few cases, but the ex-
ample seems to have been catching
Tor last night men who have been
| irregular were using telephones.
1t will put an end to the practice
of some attaches of the State Gov
erment who owed places to men of
wide influence in State politics com
| ing and going as they pleased with
out regard to department rules OBJ
served by others.
| Everyone is on the same basis
now. 1t is a case of work or quit"
was the comment heard.
! the Governors latest move to
put the business of the States Of
! fees on business basis started
when couple of chiefs dropped in
late in the day to sound out how
the Governor felt about increases in
their forces. Then it developed that
the study of the State Government
made with a view of eliminating lost
motion and injecting the serum of
efficiency into the system which has
prevailed in some departments for
years and reached its height in the
| last four years had also produced
| considerable information about men
who considered that their job con-
sisted of either calling up on the
telephone, coming around one day a
week or being present when some
| commission or board was in session
or a chief OF the department here
for his regular days.
In one case the Governor in
formed a departm head that he
ought to overhaul his department
force. No statements as to what
| departments would be affected was
made, but it is believed that some
of the Ornaments in the Public
Service, Public Grounds, Labor and
Industry and other departments will
| be brought to book and, probably
find the atmosphere of Harrisburg
more congenial than heretofore.
State time will no longer be con-
sidered as elastic when it comes
down to working.
In spite of a lot of political
talk about legislative talks an agree
ment will likely be reached on a
program of motor legislation. Gov
ernor Sproul and Senator Buckman,
nrnGiHnnf nf hn 10
have conferred on probable motor
legislation. The Governor is desir-
Gus of having a definite program
arranged so that he can use his
influence in behalf of the measure
Senator Buckman now has a. bill
in revising the motor laws and an
other measure has been introduced
by Representative Dithrich, Pitts
burgh. A compromise likely will be
reached by which the best features
in the two bills will be embodied
in one.
| Merchants from Pittsburgh and
western cities of the State will be
here in force next Wednesday to
tadd to what eastern PENNSYLVANIA
business men said in favor of the
repeal of the mercantile license tax
act at the hearing held here in the
middle of the week and it is poss-
bic that some suggestions of substi-
tute legislation will be made. One
of the ideas advanced is that the
State follow the lines of New York
bill which provides for a State in
come tax on certain lines of busi-
ness. The hearing held here We'd
nesday developed the fact that MANY
organizations of business men are
behind the repeater for the first time
instead of only one or two and that
a concerted movement to effect a
change will be made. However, the
plan of the State Government is to
make the mercantile tax a distinctly
State affair and have it collected
Just as are the inheritance taxes
the appraisers and men in charge
of collections to be named by the
Auditor General. The effect of this
system, it is claimed by advocates
of the change, would be to system
atize the tax, the lack of uniformi-
ty being one of the chief causes of
complaint
Pittsburgh people are looking
forward to rare time Monday
when the hearing on the Rorke bill
to permit Sunday concerts and
| movies" will have an airing. There
will be opposition to it, but the men
IN cnarge say That the scenes in
Philadelphia will not be repeated,
The hearing for Central PennsvI-
vania is to be held here Wednesday
when the Philadelphia orchestra
will give concert
Third class city legislators are
home sounding out sentiment in
regard to repeal of the non partisan
this week end. The repeater will go
in very soon and it is expected that
there will be some hearings.
/ AS matter of fact the whole
non partisan election plan is getting
more and more into deep water.
The repeal of the judicial act is GER
tain and the second class city act
will, come out of committee next
week.
THE DOUGHBOY'S LILT
I'm just s happy IS I kin be;
1 gotta Lieut-ee workin' fer me-
over in France in the Great Big
War
Up ther' in Front mid tn cannons'