Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-05
PLAN TO REVIVE
THE POLICE BILL
Effort May Be Made in the
House to Reconsider
Reorganizer


ganizing the State Police Department
and adding one troop may be under
taken in the House tonight by State
Administration forces. Ever since
the bill was defeated last Monday the
administration officials have been
busy in an effort to assemble
enough strength to have the bill
put back on the calendar and passed
by the House, feeling sure of the
Senate. The members from third
class cities who voted against the
bill and some of the men from rural
battles in the House last Monday
have heard from home and have
sent word that they now favor pass
ing the bill.
This will be most important
week for the Legislature and it may
sec a date for final adjournment
agreed upon if not actually fixed
by the two Houses. Revenue leg
isiation and the appropriations to
be made by the Legislature will di-
Nide attention with the Philadelphia
charter revision bills, and confer
cnces Will be held by legislative
leaders with Governor Sproul ana
tie fiscal officers regarding the estl-
mates of the income of the State for
the two-vcar period for which Tie
Legislature will appropriate anG II
is likely that an agreement as to
the amount will be reached and the
general appropriation, college, edu-
cational and charitable bills Will be
trimmed accordingly. Some of the
appropriation bills may be reported
out in the next ten days
Important action in regard to
bills which have been holding much
interest will he taken during the
week. The quest on OF amendments
to the compensation code will be
discussed by legislators with State
officials and labor leaders Will urge
an increase in rates. Attorney Cen
eral SchafIer will complete the
amendments proposed to the anti
sedition bill which will be considered
by the House Judiciary Special Com
mittee and likely be reported out
again TO the House for action.
Amendments will also be made IN
committee to the bill to create the
Department Cf Conservation wHich
is in the hands of the Senate Com
mittee.
Among hearings scheduled for the
week will be on the mine cave and
English advertisement bills in Sen
ate committees and on the House
side on the bills to tax capital invest
ed in manufactS Sring which is now
exempt. The grade crossings and
minor labor bills by the Committee
on Manufactures and on the Dith-
rich Liability bill.
Chairmen of House Committee
Tlnl ming
the time for presenting new bills
expires on Wednesday. There are
over 1000 bills before the Legisla-
ture.
Plans for the House this week
call for sessions to begin Monday
night and for two to be held on
Tuesday and Wednesday with pos
sibly one TO advance bills on Thurs
day morning. Committee meetings
will be held in the afternoons.
the bulk of the bills on the Senate
calendar are on third reading.
Among them are the bills requiring
lights on all vehicles at night, estab-
fishing military training, the Phila-
delphia election bills, creating the
state township highway bureau, re-
organizing the Department of PUBIC
Grounds and Buildings and est1o-
fishing children's homes in each
county.
In the House an attempt will be
made to reconsider the defeat or
the Powell bill reorganiZing the
State Police Department and to have
the House act again on the Dill to
repeal the partisan clause of the
third class city code. The House
has twenty bills on first reading
ffty-six on second reading and more
than forty on the third reading
stage. There are also u number OF
bills on the postponed calendar.
United States Senator Boies Pen
rose will spend his third week in
Harrisburg in the interest of the
Philadel Charter Revision bills.