Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-04


ments therefore are jumping into the
game with exceeding liveliness, and
I already big scramble is on for com
mittee appropriations, to say nothing
of landing the ''jobs" which the state
committee has to pass out.
Contrary to the usual custom, it has
! been decided to settle to a great extent,
She committee and patronage questions
in Harrisburg. II is possible, il was
! said, zhst the official announcements on
! the subject will be made next week
! from the state headquarters on South
Broad street. Philadelphia.
- In pursuance of this plan Governor
| Sproul arrived at the Capitol early to.
day. In reply to questions of friends
/ he said he thought the Legislature
| would be able to get away in Arril
even though no Adjournment date had
been adopted.
! The Governor plans to confer with
Senator Crow, state chairman Speaker
Spanglcr and others over the committee
allotments this afternoon and for the
! remainder of the week Both Speakp,
Spangler aud President Baldwin al
! ready are feeling the pulling and haul
ing OF rival groups for control of the
! seypr0t important committees.
The administration wants a fair deal
| on the committees the Gruudy men are
! busy seeing also that their interests
! are not overlooked.
/ Experienced members Of the Lcgisla
/ turc said today that they believed the
dramatic entrance of Senator Pcnrose
/ into the Senate chamber at WASHINGTON
! is having an effect on the legislative
! situation here.
They regard it as Just as much a
manifestation Of the PcnrOSc stage set g.
ting As was evidenced when Pcnrosp. ap-
pealing as Il sick man, won Sproul and
Crow away from their determined pur-
! pose to make a fight on Spanglcr for
speaker.
| In support Of this they point to the
conservative uttCranCcs of Speaker
| Spangler on the subject of legislation
! TO he enacted by this session. Gov.
crnor Sproul and his allies realize this
and intend To see that they are not
handicapped in the beginning by com
mttPcS and committee chairmCn who
will hamstring tho administration pro
gram.
II may be. therefore. that in the Sc.
Crct conferences TO be held on com.
mittecs that the Snroul Crow leader
ship will buck penrose'S pronunria
mouto to the effect that the old chair.
men who arc serving this session should
be roappOntCd.
In other words. the first real skir-
mlSh ot tho Legislative session i getting
under way. the fight for mastery Of the
committees.
With the setback to the pcnrosc plan
for an adjournment on April ~. the
opposition 10 the state administration
| is COnSOling itself with what il regarded
as significant statement made by
Speaker Spangler in accepting the nom
inatiOn in last nights caucus. The
! speaker said. among other things:
Our commonwealth and tho nation
at largo are suffering from economic
and financial depression. II must be
orr purpose to observe this condition
and refrain from the passage of legiS-
! lation that will agCravatp the distem-
per. Let us not burden our already
too heavy statute books with unnpres-
sary laws that veN the people and need
lessly increase their difficulties. Let
il be said nf this legislature that its
achievements have been as noteworthy
in knowing what not 10 do as in know
ing what to do. so that when we ad-
! iourn, after short. crisp session. the
people Of our commonwealth will have
reason TO applaud our legislative ac-
complishment.
! The so-Callpd Grundy and Pcnrosp
men considered this section of the
Snangler speech as indicative of the
speaker : sympathy with those who op-
pose the Governors plan for a tax on
manufacturing corporations. In short,
the tone Of the speakers address was
very pleasing TO what some refer to as
the rcartiouary element in the Lcgis-
latura. They rejoiced when they heard
the sentence:
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Let this Legislature be noteworthy
in knowing what not to do as in know
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rho pcpro,c. Grundy and SDroul Crow
forces.
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IN" House caucus was a JOYOUS event 4.
Before Tom rarv'n. rni't rIerk OF
in' Ii"uT'' '"'''' NV NV '"- ~ Nv
tho members >ang songs, III" burden Of
which appeared To DC WISH had IL.
Major Samuel y. Mhltakrr' OF 'heStCr
county. who was IN" SprouI crow can
didate for speaker until senator frnroS"