Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-27
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BY the Ex-Committeeman

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Close of the session of the General
I Assembly of 1919 has been marked
by so many incidents out of the ordi-
nary that 1t will take a long time
for the real story OF the Legislature
( to be told. The record of achieve
ments is in itself notable one, but
there was much outside of the
| routine OF passing laws and much
: that VIII have political effect. The
/ Republican majority, which was at
! times unwieldy because il was so
great, wins the credit for many
! things which owing to the fuss over
/ the Philadelphia charter, the Gov
ernor's brilliant campaign in behalf
I OF the woman suffrage amendment
the compensation battle. and the in
! tereStns close to the teachers sal
airy and other big bills, did not at
/ tract the attention from the people
, tnat they would have done in the
usual sessions.
Perhaps nothing more striking in
the varied occurrences of the sitting
took place than the appearance of the
Governor to make a farewell ad-
I dress to the lawmakers in joint ses-
sion. II was n shattering of prece-
dent Nothing like it was ever known
before in the State, but like most
everything else that Governor Sproul
seems to be undertaking he turned
IL INTO shining success and his
JudlciouSly bestowed praise for what
had been done served to remind
members of their excellent work and
sent everyone away from Harrisburg
in good humor.
One of the incidents out of all
recent recall was the passage OF the
general appropriation bill without a
Chrlp in opposition. Veterans like
James y. Moore. director of the leg
lSlatVe reference bureau, and the
Older newspaper men, sat up and
Sasped when they saw the bill carry
ing around sl4,0OO,OOO pass the
House at o'clock in the morning
without word of comment and the
Speaker actually shouting to the
members to remind them what they
were voting on.
Another interesting thing was
that the hot stuff" put into the
journal for campaign purposes was
eNpunged on the last day. The
thunder" factories were working
overtime and yards and yards that
were spoken to be used this fall in
Philadelphia and elsewhere were
wiped out of the printed record in
three minutes just before the final
fall of the gavel.
One of the humors of the close
Of the session was that the commit
tee of teachers which had been on
the job so faithfully all session in
behalf of the teachers salary in
crease bill and won so much praise.
was in bed when the conference
committee sreport making the final
draft of the bill was reached. 1T
was not expected that the report
would he printed until after day
light yesterday and about midnight
the teachers committee believing
that there would he nothing doing
about the bill went home. The bill
was printed and reached the House
at $50 in the morning and went
through with little discussion with
none of the teachers on the Job. al
though Joseph y. MaCkrell was on
the watchtower. Then Mr. Mackren
went out and telephoning TO the
Penn-Harris informed the teachers,
whom he had gotten out of bed TO
answer the telephone. that their bill
NaS pll iAS Way " Ahc governor.
1t is said that Representative
William Davis, Of Ebensburg, is
thinking about being a candidate for
orphans court judge in his county
Judge Lemon Reed will be a candi-
date for the full term.
Joseph p. McCullen. the Phil
adelphia lawyer named to be a judge
TO succeed the late Judge W. A. Carr.
of court No. yesterday Immediately
after the Legislature adjourned. is a
well-known Democrat He was one
of the famous five judges" of Phil
adelphia whose creation was declar-
ed unconstitutional and has figured
much in Democratic affairs. HeI
served as a member of Democratic
reorganization committees and also
as chairman of several State conven-
tions here.
The Philadelphia Inquirer in its
Who's Who" column saws: "a
movement is under way among the
active Democrats OF Pennsylvania to
block the plans of Attorney General
y. Mitchell Palmer to have a solid
PENNSYLVANIA delegation behind his
leadership in the next Democratic
National convention The opening
gun of the anti-Palmer campaign
has been fired in Berks county.
which with Lehigh. the other county
in this Congressional district. is al
most certain to send delegates that
viii not be dominated by the Palmer
Mccormick comhinatio Former
County Commissioner Nicholas Rapp.
Jr.. of Mt. Penn. p suburb of Read
ing. has proclaimed himself as a can
didate for national delegate at the
prima ries to he held next Sprjnr
He will mako his campaign upon a
platform Of hostility to Palmer and
prohibition.
Tar and Feathers