Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-05
PetHc4 ;s
Pea~e4tsosia
BY the Ex-Committeeman


will make their final effort to pre-
vent passage of the Philadelphia
charter bill in the House of Repre-
sentatives Monday night. 1t is the
plan of the Penrose forces to have
the House pass the bill and to have
| it sent Immediately to the Senate
for concurrence in the House
| amendments, so that it is possible
that the bill may be passed by both
houses Monday night.
The Ware men plan a battle Mon
day night and will attack the pro-
gress of the bill in the House stage
by stage and endeavor to line up
enough upstate members to block
it. although they have little hope
of defeating 1t in the end.
Philadelphia newspapers to-day
play up the rout of the Ware forces
yesterday morning in the House and
the comeback" of Speaker Robert
ruling. The Speaker is given the
highest praise for the vigorous man.
ner in which he defended his ruling
and the big vote to sustain him, and
the applause he received are COM
mented upon.
1t was in 1918 that the question
of a referendum, which was the
point of the Ware attack yesterday,
came up in the House and as the
Speaker was then in charge OF third
class city legislation. he was primed
on the very thing on which the Ware
men made their drive.
Senator Penrose kept in touch
House
day by telephone on his way to
Washington and sent word that he
would be back here Sunday. The
Senator predicted ~ Sunday that
the bill would be disposed of finally
during the coming week.
State administration f&~es
showed no signs of going to the Rs
lief of the Ware forces yesterday and
ideas of any alliance" were exploded
when the developments began in the
House. The fact that Representa-
tive w. T. Ramsey challenged the
first Ware move was also much COM
mented upon at the Capitol yester-
day.
With the Philadelphia charter
bill on the final ways and the appro-
priation bills started out the end of
the session is in sight and it is not
likely that municipal legislation
which has taken up so much time
will get great attention. Second and
third class city bills will be on calen-
dars next week. but unless disposed
of speedily will not stand much
chance as the temper of the House
is to get through with its work.
Woman suffragists are endeav-
oring to line up votes in the two
houses to put through the Federal
amendment as soon as possible as 1t
is their aim to have Pennsylvania act
early. There will be some fight
against the Federal amendment,
however.
Liquor legislation will take up
some time next week. The prohi-
bition enforcement bills are on the
House calendar for special orders
Monday and it is possible that the
Ramsey alcoholic content" bill will
be called up. There were a lot of
moves made this week with that end
in view, but the time was not suit
able ito the liquor people.
County Chairman ]. e. Burnett,
of Lackawanna county, Democrat,
will not be a candidate for re-elec-
ton when the committee meets late
this month.
The Philadelphia registration
bills were. made a special order for
second reading in the House next
Monday night at 9:45 and for third
reading Tuesday morning at 11:15l
o'clock, on motion of Mr.. Heffer-
man. Philadelphia. There were a
few objections.
Six members voted against the
bill increasing salaries of county
commissioners to 5000 in counties
having over 10000 population. ex-
cept Philadelphia and Allegheny.
Dauphin and Delaware counties will
come under this bill after the next
census.
objection to postponement of
bills when their sponsors are abb
sent. was made in the House by Mr..
Dunn. Philadelphia. He said men
went away and had their bills laid
over at expense of time of members
who attended to business, resulting
in "piling up of a big postponed bill
calendar" The Speaker commended
the remarks of Mr.. Dunn.
News of the death of Ex-Judge
w. d. Wallace, of Lawrence county.
came as a shock to many members
of the Legislature, as he was we'll
known to people here and was only
named Monday as a trustee of one
of the State institutions. The Judge,
who served one term on the COM
mon pleas bench, was a candidate
for Superior Court a couple times
and widely known. He was an au-
thority on third-class city law.
District Attorney Rotan does
not propose to lose much time in
naming his detectives. There were
reports that James T. Cortelyou
might be named as chief. but this
is now denied.
Governor Sproul will have to
name a successor to Judge James
w. Over, president judge of Allie
gheny County Orphans Court, who
died Tuesday at the age of rs. He
was one of the best known Orphans
Court judges in the State.
With one month still to go be-
fore things grow dry" there seems
to be considerable going on about
licenses in various counties. The
Westm oreland county court has
handed down a ruling on some of
the held up cases.
-Ex-Judge Robert G. Bushong.
of Reading. is being strongly urged
to be a candidate for the bench In