Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-20
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By the Ex-Committccman


that Sunday concerts and entertain
ments can be given bids fair to be
one of the big issues of the present
legislative session. 1t was not in
| tended to be. Originally the plan
was to permit orchestrah concerts,
! a result of the agitation on the sub
| Ject in Philadelphia, but the moving
picture people got in and must bear
the brunt of the fighting.
The. sub committee in charge of
| the bill will have Il meeting on
Tuesday when it is expected that the
| bill will be recommended to the
Judiciary special committee, which
| in all probability. will report it out
to the House. This will mean
fight on the floor of the House with
the church people and religious or
ganiZations solidly arrayed against
1t. The bill will have rough sled
ding.
The hearing yesterday was mark
ed by some interesting speeches.
Several of the opponents of the bIl
strongly attacked ii as an opening
wedge, while the Rev. DIR. j. l..
Markward and Dr.. Arthur f. Brown,
headmaster of the Harrisburg Acad-
emy, made impressions by their
earnest remarks. Judge Eugene t.
BonniweN, who attempted Il defence
of the bill, was fortunate in that
no remarks We're allowed in.rebuttal
as some people thought that his
statements that divine and civil law
would not be interfered with were
not well founded. William A. Brady
the best showing in the closing
series by his suggestion that the
Massachusetts, plan for a commission
to pass upon what films are proper
to show on Sunday be adopted.
The prohibition enforcement
code is going TO have a strenuous
hearing, probably next Tuesday or
"Wednesday as some opponents of
the measure have been tuning up
and have intimated to Chairman Is.
+. Bungard, of the House law and
order committee that they want to
be heard. 1t is probable that other
legislation on the subject will ap-
pear. The liquor people have some
bills in storage, it is said.
Tuesday will be big day for
Philadelphia bills in the political
slantS as the charter revision will
be given an airing by the Senate
municipal committee and the House
will act on the Brady bills which
are being fought by the Ware Gle
ment. The Ware people have been
industriously cultivating rural mem
sent back TO committee and hope to
have them taken up with the Scott
bills to take policemen and firemen
out of politics. The Tuesday morn
ing meeting of the Legislative Leag-
ue will have considerable bearing on
what may happen.
-Suffra gists and anti-suffra gists
will avail themselves of the oppor-
tunity extended by Chairman w. II.
DithriCh'S arrangement for hear
ing on the suffrage resolution to
amend the constitution on April !.
The suffrage people are coming here
in force and the antis will have con-
siderable to say.
Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell,
while here yesterday, did not seem
to have abated any of his inten-
ton to make a clean up of the DEM
ocratic bosses who tried to read him
out Of the party at the meeting of
the Democratic State committee af-
ter he had been nominated for Gov
ernor by the voters of the party.
The Judge announced recently in
Philadelphia that his task was now
to get after A. Mitchell Palmer and
his pals. The fact that Palmer is
now Attorney General of the United
States seems only to have whetted
the appetite of Bonniwell for the
game. The Vigor with which the
Judge is pursuing his course may
account for Palmer's retention of
the Democratic national committee
seat from this state and the conse-
quent lack of necessity for the DEM
ocratic State committee to meet.
p. +. joyce, of Pittston. owner
of some of the fastest horses in the
country. including the champion FL
ly "Penrose," Judge Wingfield,"
"Subandar," "GeX." Senator Crow"
and many steeplechase runners
known TO turf followers, is here for
a few days. To Mr.. Joyce "hoss
racin" is merely a hobby, as he is
a florist ice cream maker, raiser
of prize stock and brewer. He is
turning his brewery into an ice
cream factory. He never took a
drink in his life
Action on the Woodruff bill to
provide a general increase in teach
ers' salaries in Pennsylvania is ex-
pected in the Legislature next week.
This is one of the big subjects OF
the session. Representatives of
school teachers and school officials
from all over the State approved
the bill at a conference here Mon
day night. According to the pro-
gram agreed upon by legislative
leaders the bill will be reported out
by the House Education committee
Monday night and will be given first
reading Tuesday. Then it will be
recommitted to the House appro-
priations committee.
The only obstacle in the way
~ hin l. In
priation which will be required to
put in effect the increased salaries.
State financiers say they will be
forced to do some tall rustling to
provide the additional funds that
must be appropriated to meet the
proposed increases. 1t was at first
estimated that the States share of
the proposed increases would be
about $4,000,000 annually Now it
is thought the amount may reach
s7,000,000 or more. Sentiment
among the legislators is almost un-
animous in favor of the measure and
If way can be found to provide
the money it will be put through the
Legislature as quickly as possible.
Many of the school teachers who
came here to discuss the bill re-
manned over in Harrisburg and con-
ferred with legislative leaders on the
bill.
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