Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-11
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BY the Ex-Committeenan

! expected that not many changes Will
be put into the registration meas
| ures.
When the bills left the House
there was q general sigh of relief
and members turned to postponed
calendars and began to call up
measures in a way that indicated
that they wished to be safe before
the closing fortnight opened. The
Philadelphia bills have been hold
| ing interest week in and week out
! to exclusion even of revenue and ap-
preparation problems.
Just as an indication of the way
the House felt about the Philadel-
phia bills it may be said that not
| withStanding a plea by John r.
/ Scott for upstate members to take
| hand in settlemen of Philadel-
phia registration problems the vote
was less than 81 in favor of Scott's
side. In other words, many of the
rural members did not care who ran
the politics of Philadelphia.
Senator Boies Penrose, who has
been here a couple of days this
week to help along legislation, ex-
pressed pleasure at the passage of
the Philadelphia bills, which, he
says, are now up to the people of
the city to use for their advan-
| tage. The Senator will remain here
a couple of days more and meet
with friends from up State.
With the charter and registra-
ton bills out of the way the diff
ferences in regard to workmen's
| compensation and the chances of
woman suffrage began to attract at
tention among legislators and the
many people here for the meetings
| this week. The compensation con-
/ troversy showed signs early to-day
| of getting to an acute stage with
the State administration standing
| pat and the coal operators calling
| for changes. The suffragists were
urging ratification this session and
| there was talk today that they
might win because of the attitude
of the Governor in favor of prompt
acceptance of the federal amend
ment.
| Defeat of the prohibition en-
forcement bills yesterday was the
cause of considerable talk among
dry" legislators to-day. Some were
of the opinion that if they had
gone to the mat" two weeks ago
and not been postponed they could
have been passed on to the Senate
for action.
The committee in charge of the
| Hess bills to establish the head
| quarters of the appellate courts in
this city did not act on the meas
ures yesterday. Numerous protests
have been received and people who
urged the bills have not bestirred
| themselves very much.
| According to what folks from
| the hard coal regions say the mine
cave bills are dead for this ses-
sion, but will be around next time.
The bill reorganizing the State
| Compensation Bureau is in the
hands of the House manufactures
committee.
Commissioners Lewis S. Sadler
will give dinner for the legisla-
tive correspondents at his country
| home near Carlisle tonight.
William Finn, former Senator
| and leader of the Bull Moose, was
a conspicuous figure about the Cap
| itol yesterday. He came here to
! look over the session and to urge
woman suffrage. Clifford Pinchot
and other Bull Moosers were also
here. An interesting thing about 1t
! the same hotel.
A second unsuccessful attempt
to present to the House resolution
ratifying the suffrage amendment
was made at the afternoon session
of the House by Mr.. Phillips, Clear
field. Mr.. Phillips asked for unan-
imous consent and when the title
of the resolution was read, several
members objected to its presenta-
ton. Mr.. Phillips said he thought
the House should receive it in view
of the Governors statement, which
had just been read. He predicted its
approval in the Senate saying, III
Ia hnrn anVhnW "
Delegations of suffragists were in
the House when Mr.. Phillips spoke
DIR. C. +. Swift, State superin-
tendent of the Anti-Saloon League
has issued a statement regarding
the defeat of the prohibition en-
forcement bill in which he says the
action was practically an annull-
ment of the eighteenth amendment
which was ratified by the Legisla-
ture earlier in the session" He says
the defeat places the matter of en-
forcement in the hands of the court
and charges that 1.-The State admin
istration in connection with the
LEGISLATURE has failed to provide the
needed measures to carry into effect
the amendment to the constitution
which they ratified" 1t is declared
Jn2T Ine IdlluTe W pass tllS bliiS ls
a failure to keep faith with the
temperance forces, which will carry
on the fight.
The Philadelphia Inquirer in the
course of a discussion of the Su-
preme Court, says There is con-
siderable speculation as to the pos
sible. successor to Chief Justice
Brown. Attorney General William
lI. Schaffer, who has been styled
1.-The Man of Wisdom" by that prac-
tical and far-seeking politician, SEN
ator Max G. Leslie, of Allegheny
county, is looked upon by many as
likely to be a serious contender for
this honor. If Philadelphia did not
have two members sitting on the
present court, Judges J. Willis Mar
tin and Charles Y. Audenried, of the
local Common Pleas Courts, would
be seriously considered for deserved
promotion In the notheren tier OF
counties. Judge Joseph w. Bouton
of Mexican, whose friends started
him in the race last year, but who
quit when sentiment crystalliZed up
on Judge Kephart, of Cambria. is
still a prime favorite and he may
be a factor in the coming contest
for the Supreme bench. Judge
George Kunkle, of Dauphin county
who presided with rare ability and
impartiality in the Capitol graf
cases, is generally regarded as pos