Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-27
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Third-class city legislation went to
the front in the Legislature last
night about the time the PhilaGel-
phia people began TO get agreed on
a plan of allowing the House munic-
ipal corporations committee look
over some of the proposed changes
to the charter bill. The interest
was aroused because of the recall
from the Governor of the Wilson
bill repeating the nonpartisan cleo
tive feature of the Clark, which, it
has been generally expected. the
Governor would approve.
! The time for the Governor to act
would have expired Tomorrow and
the opponents OF the bill were busy
declaring the Governor pledged to
veto 1t, with the advocates just as
insistent the other way. It is said
some of the arguments nsed as to
effect in industrial cities, appealed
TO the Governor and 1t came about
that the Wilson bill provision for
election of the city treasurer by the
people was found in conflict with
the Wallace bill amending the Clark
act. now before the Governor.
Therefore, a plan to recall for
amendment was evolved and Mr..
| Wilson secured consent of the House
to recall for amendment, the Sem
ate promptly concurring. The bill
will be held in the House a while.
The recall made oponents of the
bill jubilant and they claimed the
bill would not pass.
| Shortly after the Wilson re-
pealer was recalled from the Gov
ernor, the House defeated by a
heavy vote the bill extending terms
1881. The effect of this bill would
be to have no elections this year
in third class cities. Men from the
smaller municipalities generally
voted against it. Mr.. Wallace. Law
renee, spoke against the bill, declar :
ing it unconstitutional.
| Soon after this action. the
House passed without chirp on
opposition the Dawson bill repeating
the nonpartisan law for second class
ciues.
The Senate action on woman
suffrage attracted many visitors, in
cluding House members.
The Philadelphia charter peo-
pie agreed on a council of twenty
one. That is about as far as they
have gone except to decide to have
certain amendments printed. Then
the Ware men will put in amend
LEGISLATION which has held up the
session will not be completed until
well in June.
The Senate bill providing for
commission of twenty-five to be
named by the Governor to make a
study of the constitution and report
on revision to the Legislature of
1921 was passed in the House by
1913 to and now goes to the Gov
ernor. This is the administration
plan in regard to constitutional
questions.
Governor Sproul last night sent
to the Senate for confirmation the
names of ex-Mayor Edmund B.
Jermyn. of Scranton; Charles Kline,
of Allentown, and Charles H. Dor
county, as members of the board
of trustees of the State Hospital
for the Criminal Insane at Farview.
Thomas E. Price. Scranton; Fred T.
Gelder, Forest City, and J. H.
Graves. Stroudsburg, holdover ap-
pointees of Governor Brumbaugh,
are permitted to serve out their
terms. Mayor Jermyn succeeds ex-
Senator Walter McNichols, of
Scranton, trustee at Farview for a
number of years; Mr.. Kline fills the
vacancy created by Governor
Sprouts retirement from the board
and Mr.. Dorfiinger takes the place
vacant since the death of Senator
Sterling r. Catlin, of Luezrne. Mr..
Dorf1inger, one of the original trus-
tees at Farview, was dropped from
the board by Governor Brumbaugh.
Hon. Henry F. Walton, Philadel-
phia; Senator Wallace Barnes,
Wayne, and ex-Judge H. A. Denny,
of Montrose, are other members of
the board.
The Senate has arranged to hold
special session tonight to hear
Col. Joseph H. Thompson, of the
10th Infantry, a former Senator, tell
of the army IN France.
Col. Cleon Bemtheizel, judge
advocate of the keystone Division,
a former member of the House, WIS.,
tied the Legislature last night.
Commissioners of Banking John
8. Fisher is the eighth man to hold
that post in the State Government.
The Office was created in 1891 as
superintendent of banking, but four
years later was changed to commits
sioner of banking and B. f. Gilke-
son was named as commissioner.
Charles Fl. Krumbar was the first
superintendent. Robert McAfee,
who succeeded Frank Reeder be-
came secretary of the Common
wealth. a post which General Reeder
had held once before.
1t is not generally known that
DIR. Thomas f. Finegan. the new
superintendent of Public Instruction.
was a warm personal friend of the
late DR.. Nathan G. Schaeffer, who
died this year and who held the Of
flee longer than any one in the State
Government. DR.. Finegan got to
know Mr.. Schaeffer during meetings
of National educational organiza-
tions and had much correspondence