Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-05
DEADLOCK IS SEEN
IN ASSEMBLY FIGHT
Sproul Friends Claim Strength
viii Be Increased by Cover
nor's Personal Message
FOES AGAINST TAX MEASURE


Harrisburg. Pa. Jan. 5.-Confrontct
with the prospect of real battle in tho
General Assembly between the Sproul
Grow and Pcnrose- -Grundy forces. a
prospect heightened by the Governor I,
determination to deliver his message In
person, leaders today were Canvassing
the field with Il view Of discovering tn,
voting strength of each side to the com q
bat.
Governor Sproul is confident he has
more than tn" required majoriticS in
the House and in the Senate.
Friends of Joseph Il. Grundy. prcsi
dent of the Pennsylvania Manufacture
ers' Association. who is expected to
lead fight against much of the admin
lstratlon program. appeared willing to
concede that the Governors allies
would more than control the Senate.
They contend the House. however, will
be ro-Grundy. In figuring on the
support of the fourteen Democrats
headed by John NJ. Flynn, Of Ek
county.
IL the statements Of the So.calcd
Grundy men be correct. then a dead.
lock will exist between the House and
Senate which will block all legislation
except what is agreed upon rs Il com.
promise.
However. the Governor feels. it is
said, that nothing like . deadlock will
develop.
SprOulites Claim Majority
In the House. friends Of the Gov
ernor Concede only twenty two votes to
the opposition ont of total of 3O7.
In the Senate the Governor, they say.
will have at least forty out of the
6fty votes.
Apparently the Governor counts on
the full support of the Philadelphia
delegation of eight senator's As sup
piled by a close friend of the Governor.
there are eight senator's understood to
favor Grundy These are Senator
Buckman Bucks; Senator James S
Boyd. Montgomery Senator John G.
w. Schantz. Lehigh Senator Albert
Davis. Lackawanna; Senator Charles
W. Sones, Democrat. LyComing: Sen
ator Charles +. DonohuC. Clinton
county, and Senator George MARROW. of
York
For some reason friends of tho Gov
ernor think that on some matters Son
ator Daiy, OF PhiIadelphi may stand
with the Grundy forces.
In concedng the Senate to tho Gov
ernor, it was said by those in SYM
pathy with Grundy that the Governor
would have at least thirty out of the
ffty votes in the Senate.
Intensive Lobbying Seen
Both sides realize. however. that
nothing is certain until the votes are
counted. Hence the lobbying will be
intense.
Efforts will be madc to color the
complexion of the committees. The
Grundy men have better chance for
favors in the House commttecs than
they have in the Senate. The Cover
nor. however. is relying on Speaker
SpanSler to be fair in the allotment
Of members to the committee chairman
ships and memberships.
The so-callcd interests are expected
to contest among other things the Gov
ernor's reported plan 70 lay n small
tax on manufacturing corporations and
coal and oil resources.
1t is said that tGe Governors pro-
gram will call for the raising Of r"ve.
nue. TO meet an increase of tho hi.
eunial appropriations Nf about $IO,-
600 .OON The Increase i due it il
explained. to the administration plans
for larger provision for schools and the
care Of wards Of the state.