Evening star., 1923-04-22
Snecial nisna tch To The Star.

! Special Dispat tch to The Star
! HARRISBURG, Pa, April 21.-The
/ spirit of Boies Penrose, last great boss
! of the Pennsylvania c. o. p, has rear
! ed it's head here in defiance Of the
| economy program demanded by the
| progressive governor Of the state.
Clifford Pinchot. Since the Pinchot
! landslide the children of the organiza-
| tion-the machine, it's enemies call it
have been in captivity. They have
not even had willow trees on which
to hang their harps.
| When the new leader. long prayed
for. failed to materialize to set his
J people free" they turned with longing
. thoughts of Penrose days TO Washing
ton and began plans for another SEN
atorial dynasty. They resented the
attitude of Mr. Pinchot and his de-
mandS for StricteSt economy, efh-
cheney, purity and bone-dry prohibi-
ton. They argued that he was acting
with the White House always before
, him as a mirage.
L. :. Senators Called to Conference.
SO the house ways and means COM
, mi.tee sent a buried call for Senators
George Wharton Pepper and David A.
Reed to come with advice. The com
, mittee insisted the governor had not
! bcen lTdnk Win tflen- he StIld loIS
came. They conferred with the legis-
= lators. But they did not go near the
executive mansion And the governor.
| who went to Philadelphia for the
, week end" said he had no appoint
ment with Senator Pepper. who also
I returned thsre to his home.
simultaneously with the arrival
here of the senators joint resolution
ordering memorial service on May
! day for the late Senator PenroSe was
I n "a
J the majority members of the leglSla
= ture that rtaIs OF the Pinchot follow
erS 20 demand that the ways and
, "a - c, .fI zee be discussed from
: further consideration of tax legisia-
! ION should be resisted. AS result
! the committee has another week in
/ which to decide what bills are to be
, reported out. The senators are as
: sisting the committee. something
: which the governor has refused TO do.
! In addition to the taxation problem
| the legislature is perpleXed how to
| sidetrack the reorganization code
which the governor has demanded. 1t
| would concentrate all authority in the
executive and his appointees The
/ measure, a radical and most volumi-
nous one, was not submitted until late
j in the session because the lawmakers
We're busy considering the bone-dry
! enforcement law which the governor
| TANNED through after Il very bitter
/ fight. Now they want TO quit with
/ out passing this reorganization plan
! because they claim they have not had
| sufficient time in which to study 1t.
/ But they have been quietly Informed
! that unless the code measure goes
| through their tax bills will be the
target of the big stick Justify swung
! by the governor.
Invited by Committee Secretary.
j The invitation to Senators Reed and
! Pepper to come here was given by
I w. Harry Baker, secretary of the re-
! publican state committee. whose office
! has been sheared of much of its for
| mer powers by Gov Pinrhot. In this
! connection it has developed that the
recent conference at Atlantic City.
participated in by the republican rep
/ resentatives and the two senators
| from this state. was designed not so
much to repudiate the Harding admin
| iStration as the Pinchot adminiStra-
j tion. There has been much talk in
the state of Gov. Pinchot as the logical
J bone-dry progressive candidate for