Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23
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BY the Ex-Conanitteeman

| OPOh tilc IldHI1GF III Whlti IhS
Philadelphia people who are to, dis
cuss with Attorney General William
/ /. Schaffer the proposed amendments
to the Philadelphia charter bills
handle the proposition will depend
the serenity of the remainder of this
legislative session. The committee
is to meet in the next few days and
will have the amendments ready for
the municipal corporations commit
tee of the House next Tuesday.
Members of the House are not
any too well pleased that the Legis-
lature was not represented on the
committee and If the amendments
brought here do not compose the
differences, there will be some plain
speaking by upstate legislators who
are inclined to be very restive over
the continued loss of time. Gov
ernor William C. Sprouts remark
yesterday before leaving for Phila-
delphia that he was sick and tired
of the protracted controversy has
| found an echo among members re-
naming here and any more delays
will bring resentment to a head.
| The members of the House, at
least, look for the Philadelphia diff
ferences to be composed next week,
! for revenue program to be worked
appropriation bills.
Even newspapers are COM
mencing to declare that too much
time has been wasted on the Phila-
delphia bills and to protest against
holding up everything until they are
out of the way. The Pittsburgh Post
has been calling upon the Legisla-
ture to do something else and the
Altoona Tribune has been crltclslng
the inaction. Even the Philadelphla
Bulletin objects to the continued
loss of time, saying: "A lot OF time
has been wasted in understanding
over non-essential notifications ana
amendments. and the public is be-
coming tired of it. More charter
action and less charter talk is now
in order. The members OF the
LEGISLATURE may be assured that,
outside of factional lines, the pre-
ponderant opinion in Philadelphia Is
decidedly in favor of most of the
proposed legislation. It has come TO
be pretty we'll threshed out, ana
with such change as the friends OF
the Woodward bills have endorsed
these measures should be promptly
put on the way to passage. III they
are not all that the city should nave |
they are at least an lIHpOi tah' S'Sf
in the right direction"
Governor William C. Sproul
NAV take the whole period allowed
him to consider the Wilson bill re-
pealing the nonpartisan electlon
feature of the third class city code
because of the numerous letters and |
telegrams being sent to him from
people in the municipalities inter-
ested regarding disposal or the Dill.
What seems like a concerted enort
on the part of men opposed TO the
measure to pour in protests became
apparent yesterday, demands TOT
vetoes coming from city othclals'
chambers of commerce and other OF
ganizations. Advocates or the Dill
on the other hand, are urging tnal
it be signed. When the Governor
left the city he gave no lntlmatloh
as 10 what he would do. but there
arc MANY people about the Capitol
who believe that he will approve the
hill If he does there will be cleo
tions on party lines this fall in over
thirty third class cities.
Members of the Legislative Com
mittee of the Third Class cry
League. headed by Chairman Ira w.
Stratton, of Reading, and r. Nelson
Bennett, of Wilkes Barre, the secre-
tary, discussed the bill with the
Governor. The Governor was also
visited by Mayor Miles B. Kits or
Erie, vice chairman of the commit
tee. All asked him to veto the DILL
Governor Sproul said that 1t was a
pleasant meeting and Mayor Stratton
said that the committee had big |
hopes of success. Advocates of the
bill feel the same way and remark
upon the fact that the Governor
has never spoken against the re-
pealer. Mr.. Stratton said that be- |
cause of the rush of business at the
Governors Office no hearing was
asked. He said that protests have
been filed from score of cities that
would be affected and that civic or
ganizations had been adopting reso- i
lutions against a change.