Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-25
the Monroe Doctrine. There is a vast
difference between them and the
league proposals, however viewed.
Pet;t;c4 l.
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Governors are always big figures
in the political talk when a legisla-
tive session is drawing to close,
but Governor william C. Sproul oc-
cupied larger place in the eyes OF
men who follow politics, and many
who do not, than ordinarily falls Ia
the lot of State executive at this
period of an administration. The
Governor is more potential now than
he has been at any time since he
has been Governor in spite of all
that was said during the considera-
ton of the Philadelphia charter bill
and in connection with various other
much discussed measures.
This condition is due to two
causes. The first is that he is the
man given credit by every one for
putting through ratification of the
woman suffrage amendment. TlNoi
Governor found big Republican
leaders opposed to it and made pos
sible ratification by insistence when
some people thought he would not
make much of an effort. The second
is that he has def1ed the liquor pow
ers and announced that he will not
| oitoh tbN INellllStf Dlll. Ills mas plaCeu
him four square on his primary
declaration for prohibition. He holds
that it is a matter for national reg
ulation, not for states.
Among the every day man and
woman who make up the bulk of
the population these are the two
| isubjects most talked of and they are
more far more important than char
ter bills, sedition bills. borough bills,
salary bills. even appropriation and
revenue bills.
An analysis of the vote in the
House on suffrage yesterday, the
vote that ratified the amendment, is
interesting. There are now owing to
three deaths. 254 members of the
General Assembly. OF the total num-
ber, 234 voted on the suffrage ques-
ton, 1874 for it and so against. This
is the largest opposition in any
State, which has ratified. OF the
Pennsylvania opponents. 80 are Re-
publicans and IA are Democrats. In
the House the Democrats cast 12
of the opposing votes, and the Re-
pubiicans 80. Allegheny contributed
10 of the negative Republican votes
and Philadelphia seven. while Alle-
gheny gave the resolution 13 votes
and Philadelphia "a.
Concerning the passage of the
Ramsey bill designating anything
containing over two and three fourths
per cent. of alcohol an intoxicant
the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, prob
ably the most consistent fighter
against liquor legislation in the
State. says: Liquor won an empty
victory in the Senate to-day when
the Ramsey 275 per cent. alcohol
content beer bill was passed by
vote of % to 10. Following it's pas
sage Governor William C. Sproul an
nounced: T will veto the bill
"The action of the Senate on this
legislation simply piles up trouble
for number of the Senator's who
voted to put 1t across in the face of
the protest Of the Governor read to
the Senate. When they come before
their constituents explanations will
be in order. The only excuse to be
made is that the liqour interests
forced the carrying out of promises
which were made in secret along
about the time some of these states
men were endeaVoring to get enough
votes to entitle them to sit in the
Senate. The liquor interests knew
the bill would be vetoed. but they
insisted upon the Republican organ
ization forces passing the measure"
1t is very evident that notwith-
standing the fact that nothing about
Attorney General A. Mitchell Pal
mer's presidential ambitions was
said at the Scranton dinner the Bon
niwell faction does not intend to
abate one particle in its effort to de-
stroy his influence in the next Demo-
1a1ocra finr
State. The start was made at the
time Bonniwell was being honored
and the sleuths of the national COM
mitteeman and Attorney General are
being followed about by Democrats
experienced in factional warfare
who are trying to upset everything
that has been set up. Indications
are that there will be a beautiful
Democratic row about the time the
time the Legislature breaks up and
that it will last one year from date.
Two members of the Senate,
Senator Heaton, of Schuylkill, and
Senator Beales, of Adams, were
happy last night when given the op-
portunity of voting for the confirma-
ton of Former Congressman Tenn
pleton as superintendent of grounds
ana DullulnSS. bOIn served WIN
Templeton at Washington and they
belonged to the same "set" at the
National Capitol.
Amid much~confusion caused by
members throwing paper and guy
ing" those who wished to speak, the
House passed finally the Senate bill
regulating marking of ballots when
there are more than one candidates
to be chosen such as Congress at
Large. The bill was amended by
providing that when a voter goes out
of the party square he must mark
each candidate in the group. Mr.
Glass, Philadelphia, objected to it,
but the House became so disorderly
that he had trouble being heard and
Speaker Pro Tenn Cox was forced to
appeal to members to be quiet. FL
nally the session was suspended un-
til the paper battles ended. Mr..
Glass gave it up and the roll was
called in the midst of much noise.
The bill passed 124 to AZ. 1t went
to the Senate for concurrence.
Two bills providing for changes
in the laws governing filing OF nomi-
nation papers were passed without
debate at the afternoon session of
the House and sent to the Governor.
One provides that nominating petit
tions must be fled with the Secre-
tary of the Commonwealth sixty
days before the primary and objec-
tions fifty days before and that those
filed with county commissioners
must be filed twenty-eight days be-
fnra tho urinary and nhiacfiops