8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Foundtd IS3I Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building;, Federal Square, E. J. STACK POLE, Pres't ana Editor-in-Chief s'. R. OYSTER. Business Manager. OVS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor, t Member American sylvanla Associat- Flnle'y, Fifth Ave nue Building, New Entered at the Post Office In Harrls t burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a <lU£rU®J2sJi> week; by mall, $3.00 a year in advance. TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2 NOW LET US HAVE PEACE /"TAHE speakership contest having 1 been very definitely settled it is the hope of the rank and file of the Republican party that peace will prevail during the session of the Legislature; or, If that is impossible, at least a truce be declared that will enable the lawmakers to perform their duties without thought of fac tional differences. Further displays of bitterness by Republicans would be applauded only by Democrats. This applies to one side quite as much as to the other. The Republicans of this State voted for senators and representatives with the very distinct understanding that they should devote themselves to legis lating in the interests of the people, and the voters will resent vehemently any attempt to divert their attention from their very plain duty in this respect by injecting into the proceed ings of the Legislature factional feel ing and differences. The rank and file of the party is not Interested nearly so much in the pet ty bickerings of Philadelphia politi cians as it is In the enactment of a legislative program that will fairly represent the wiy of the people. The speakership fight will have little weight in the next State elections if the Republicans In House and Senate now join hands to the end that the coming session of the Legislature shall be short, business-like and marked only by the passage of such bills as are worthy and the rejection of every thing that is not In the Interests of the people as a whole. Any other course will steer the party ship perilously near, if not directly upon, the shoals of defeat In 1918. It begins to look as though both sides regard the President's peace note as a "mere scrap of paper." THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH'S mes sage to the Legislature is a high minded and statesmanlike docu ment to which even his bitterest political opponents will be able to find very few reasonable objections. It is at once conservative and progressive. Regardless of personal differences, the Legislature could not go far wrong in baaing its entire program of legislation upon it. Of Intense local interest is the Gov ernor's hearty endorsement of the Capitol Park extension development plans; views which are held also by State Treasurer Young and Auditor General Powell, who are members with the Governor of the State Board of Public Grounds and Buildings. This is a matter of importance to the whole State and the Legislature will do no more than meet a popular demand in appropriating to the project the larg est sum available for the purpose. There never has been written a more comprehensive review of the needs of the State with respect to conservation and development of Its water supply and waterways than that to which the Governor devotes one of the most Im portant parts of his message. Too many sources of water supply and water power have fallen into the hands of private interests. To Its mag nificent streams Pennsylvania must look for its heat, light and power when the vast coal mines now in operation ■hall have been exhausted and our oil wells pumped dry. It Is vital that the State should take steps while yet there la time to insure the people that their Interests shall be safeguarded along this line. The Governor renews his plea for a county unit local option law and how ever a majority of the legislators may feel on this subject there Is a popular sentiment In favor of restrictive liquor laws in Pennsylvania that will gain rather than diminish by legislative repression. The likelihood is that, desirable though many believe a local option law ta be. the day of pro hibition In Pennsylvania would be ad vanced materially by a refusal of the Legislature to give the people the right to vote locally on the liquor question. This, however, will not serve aa an excuse for failure to support a local option measure at this time. There Is common sense in the sug gestion that the workmen's compen sation and other labor laws enacted In 1915 be left without radical change until their virtues and their faults can be fully demonstrated by practice, as there Is in the opinion expressed that industry should not be harassed or burdened beyond its capacity to bear. The recommendation for a housing code is in accord with the findings of experts and the belief of people In .ftneral that the slum and the unsanl . tary dwelling should have no place in modern life. There will be opposition to such a measure as the Governor TUESDAY EVENING. suggests, some of It honest, but in a very large measure dictated by the selfishness and greed of landlords bent upon the largest returns from the smallest Investment. ' The Governor's stand In behalf of more money for schools and good roads will be generally approved. Nine millions yearly is a large sum, but it is not more than the needs of the school system demand. As to the automobile license fund being given to the State Highway Department in addition to a specific appropriation for road purposes, that is beyond question the view of every good roads advocate. The Legislature of 1915 was guilty of sharp practice, not to be repeated, when it constituted the license fees a part of the appropriation it set aside for highway purposes. The several paragraphs relating to finances, charities and agriculture are timely and worth the attention of even legislator. Those who are interested in good government for cities will agree with the Governor that an exten sion of the home rule principle to municipalities would be a step in the right direction. Such a commission as Is suggested would doubtless find wide room for improvement in the laws regulating cities in this Common wealth and an urgent demand for change. The Governor sums up his message [in a paragraph the truth of which Is self evident and in which lies the opportunity for all Republicans to join in a service to the State in line with the best traditions of the party. He says: No other State has had to con sider such complex problems as confront us in this State. Here we have welcomed all the peoples of ' .2i nc . e the da >' s of the - great Penn this has been the home and haven of all who choose to come. These are now a part of us. Their weltare is the State's wel fare. Their education, their employ went, their health, their happiness, their economic and social well being are all subjects of the great est moment. If ever a government needs to demonstrate its wisdom and humanity that government is ours. * • • Their rights are sacred. Their destiny is ours. Every consideration makes their cause the cause of our people at larj?e. They and those of us who have long lived for Pennsylvania alike demand clean, capable and conscientious government. It is ours to provide it. Every enact ment of the Assembly should have its ultimate purpose equal jus tLce to .„ a11 and wlse provision for the welfare and advancement of all. Theodore Marburg, ex-Minister to Belgium, should attract a large number of Chamber of Commerce members to the luncheon to-morrow, when he will speak on the subject, "Toward a Better International Organization." TWO NEW YEAR PARADES HARRISBURG enjoyed the unpre cedented event of two New . Year parades yesterday, and both of them were worth while. That of organized labor in the interests of an eight-hour day was as large as many of the Labor Day demonstra tions of the past and the floats were interesting and were worked out In great detail. Unquestionably, the eight-hour day is the big considera tion in labor circles at this time, fol lowing tho lead of the printing trades and some others which have enjoyed it for many years, and yesterday's demonstration showed how much in- ' terest there is In the subject locally. The Mummers' parade attracted thousands to the heart of town and the spectacle was well worth witness ing. The mummers made good their promise to give the city the most elaborate display in their history. The big show they staged with all out doors as their theater, was a very bright spot in an otherwise drab day, the brilliant colors and the fanciful j costumes contrasting sharply with the | dull gray of the winter landscape. The Mummers' Association and! those who helped make the parade a j success deserve the thanks of the I community. They worked hard and! long under the handicap of lack of funds and carried their program to a I very successful conclusion. They! should have more help next year. England, first to use tank cars, ap pea'rs to be the last of the warring nations willing to accept the water wagon. USING CITY AS A HILLBO \RI> CHIEF WETZEL was justified in warning politicians thai he will stand for no more such con duct as the indiscriminate posting of the huge bills that marked the cul mination of the speakership contest. He would have done an even more commendable thing had he caused tho arrest of the guilty persons. It is to be hoped that some of the owners of property whose premises were used as billboards will take proper steps to protect their Interests against a repetition of the outrage. The people of Harrisburg will approve whatever drastic action may be taken looking toward the punishment of the guilty persons. At all events It can't be said that the police fell down on the number of ar rests made. UtURISBURU'S POPULATION THE Federal census estimate for the year ending July 1 last'slves Harrisburg a population of 72,015 and is doubtless as nearly accurate as it is possible for such figures to be. This In equivalent to an Increase of 7,829 in the six years between the date of last census and the time of esti mate, or an average yearly gain of a trifle more than 1,300, which Is a good, conservative growth for a city of this size. It is substantial and with no trace of the municipal mushroom about it. Growth of the kind Harrisburg has enjoyed since tho taking of the last census is the best kind. Cities, like business enterprises, can go too fast. Then one of two things happens— either there is a corresponding shrink age, with Its losses and discourage ments, or there arise the difficulties of financing an enterprise that has outgrown Its capital. In other words, It often happens that In a very rapidly growing city the demands for changes and enlargements and Improvements come too fast to be easily met. This has not happened in Harrisburg. We ONE GOLFER'S REVIEW OF 1916 : : : : By BRIGGS JAN. FEJII MARCH APRIL MAY JULY AUGUST | "PRETTY "BUSY I ANOTHER \ MAS " CAN'T <SOT AWAV) MONJTH JurJE / I M6NTH I'LL "BE | I*JOIEASE3> SO OM "iHti MOWTH -MV / 1 U/IL(_ HAVCIDEAL-/ 1 AUL.G. 7O GET I ACCOUMT OP THE "BUSINESS I.S J \GOIF I .f°* A , / WAR - I'LL HA.UE V IMCRBA3)W6 "R> o J j WjA,_r §L \AJORK HAR"D I 6ET T OUT \ 6o?f /^T-r X """"> s MONTH V DOOR A - TH,S I 2*° \ HMAV — re October OFP- X / have been able for the most part to fit | our revenues fairly well to our in creasing needs. However, it is scarcely fair to let the Impression go abroad that Harris burg has a population of only 72,000 when in all truth the figures ought to be nearly twice that number if all contiguous suburban territory were in side the city limits, as It should be. Steelton with Its 15,000, Hlghspire, which adjoins St,eelton to the south. Progress, Penbrook, Paxtang and Riverside at least ought to be included in Harrisburg proper, not to mention some of the 'cross-river towns. They are parts of Harrisburg In everything save name. Some time the people of both city and suburbs will awake to the mutual advantages of a Greater Harrisburg. The Mexican situation persists in re fusing to remain in status quo. uv By the Ex-Committeeman Honors in the most sensational con test for the speakership of the House of Representatives known for years rest with United States Senator Boies Penrose and his friends. Governor Brumbaugh and his political advisers made a vigorous campaign and took | away some of the men counted upon >to vote with the Penrose forces, but they started too late, und outbursts [ of various kinds lost effect by not being followed up and because of resent j ment aroused. The Penrose organ | ization, which started to name the 1 Speaker in the May primaries, tri- I umphed over the State administration, ! backed by the city administration in Philadelphia and powerful influences in Allegheny and other counties. Even all of the patronage at the Governor's disposal could not overcome the Pen rose lead. Tho contest which started over Ave years ago in a dispute over who should be mayor of Philadelphia has gone another round and once more the state has been harrowed up because of a factional quarrel which interests few west of the Philadelphia city line. It has broken out regularly and there were threats made to-day that it would crop out some more in spite of the fact that the people of the state voted on state leadership of the Republican party in advance of the Chicago con vention where the delegates elected Senator Penrose and in of the decisive nature of the vote on the speakership last night. —This contest, marked by so many charges of Inefficient leadership and by counter charges of treachery to Re publican candidates, will have a big effect on the gubernatorial election In 1918, toward which the Democrats are looking so eagerly. Penrose men say (hat Governor Rrumbaugh and his po litical advisers will not be able to dic tate the Brumbaugh successor and that the announcement of Congressman John R. K. Scott as a candidate for Governor has been indefinitely post poned. The administration men sav that the gubernatorial primaries of ISIB are a long way oft and that if the Penrose people are ruthless in re taliation on the Governor and his ad visers they will impair party success, already more or less jeopardized by the administration's own people. —General hopes that the Repub lican party could be vaccinated against a recurrence of Philadelphia factlon ltis were expressed throughout the state to-<lay. —The conclusion of the bitter con test for the speakership nomination was taken very quietly by the crowds The result was made known in the rotunda and the corridors of the Cap itol as soon as ascertained and there was cheering and considerable "rag ging" of the opponents of Baldwin. Somo celebrations occurred down town, but tis a rule things were quiet and everyone seemed glad that the strain was over. Senator Penrose re fused to make any comments and the State administration people had noth ing to say. —Mr. Cox was congratulated on be ing a game loser and his supporters escorted him to his headquarters where a council was held. A number of Baldwin men gave expression to their high personal regard for the Houth Phlladelphlan, who had refrain ed from making any personal assaults I HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH > such as marked the campaign waged by his managers against Baldwin. Mr. Baldwin was also given many kind words by Cox legislators for his stand. —Emphatic denunciation of the posters plastered over the city by the Cox managers was heard and the is suance of statements was generally 1 regretted. Incidentally, there was some criticism of the removal of Baldwin cards from Capitol trees and the replacement of theni by Cox cards. The whole placard campaign has left a bad memory and recalled the days of 1895 which most He publicans have been trying to forget. —The victory of Baldwin caused i some nervousness among people at the Capitol who feared that there would be something doing because members from their counties had re fused to vote with the State adminis tration and the big building was buzz ing with comments to-day. —Some of the biggest men in Penn sylvania politics were here last night and leaders of wide influence stood around in corridors waiting for re sults. Some prowled because they were bari'ed out of the caucus, but the plan of keeping it free was gen erally approved. The result was that it was the best conducted caucus in many years. —The Allegheny delegation voted 16 for Baldwin snd 8 for Cox which was about as predicted by the Penrose men, while Philadelphia voted Cox 23 and Baldwin IS, Cox voting for Bald win and the claims being all borne out. Luzerne broke even and Lacka wanna gave Cox ■ 3 and Baldwin 2. Chester, Dauphin and Fayette went solid for Baldwin and the Cox people got one in Northumberland. —The Eby speech naming Ehrhardt was one of the surprises of last eve ning. Five-Centers Bite Dust Cleveland, Ohio.—Diamond Dick is dead. And Fred Fearnaught, Buffalo Bill, the James boys and all the rest of that highly entertaining blood-and-thunder crew are singing their swan songs. Those red-blooded heroes of our own youth will be unknown figures to our j children. For the live-cent weeklies, with the flashy covers and exhilarating con tents, are doomed. Within a year, say publishers and magasine distributors, they shall have disappeared from the ] newsstands. No more will Fred Fearnaught make a flying catch of Nellie, the cloak model, as she goes hurtling over the edge of a 10,000-ft. precipice, pro pelled by Death-Dealing Archie, the ( villain. No more will the James boys dash into the western mining town, send everyone quickly to cover with a fusillade of shots and dash madly away again, their horses weighted down with the bags of gold that were to have been dealt out for the mine's monthly payroll. Ne'er again shall Buffalo Bill and his gallant band sur prise the Indian camp and compel the startled redskins to bite tho dust. Likewise, no more will startled par ents surprise Johnny out behind the barn (or the garage) immersed to the ears in the daring exploits of his heroes and allowing his youthful fancy to wander to other adventures even more thrilling. No longer will it be necessary for the said fond parent to effect a capture by a quick flank movement and participate in an en suing woodshed tragedy. The five-cent weeklies, like Custer, are making their last stand. To use one of their own famous expressions, their "doom is sealed." Eastern pub lishers have Just announced that they will discontinue shortly publications of this class, because of the increased cost of white paper. Clex-eland pub lishers, however, Insist paper has not yet gone so high as to seriously affect the profit if the circulation had re mained what it was a few years back. It's really a big falling off in the circulation that is sealing the doom of the weeklies, they clulin. In Cleve land and vicinity less than one-third the number of copies are being sold to-day as two years ago. This loss of circulation is attributed to two things—the movies and the fact that tho young idea is being taught along different literary lines. Newsdealers point out that their sales are no longer to small boys, but to "old-timers," who started reading them b<ick In tho 80s and 90s and have not outgrown the habit. Public libraries and Boy Scout organizations are given credit for diverting the small Doy's literary taste. The Dividing Line The dividing line between getting out another issue and closing shop Is perilously close for very, very many newspapers.—Newspaperdom. f URGES CITY MANAGER PLAN I To the Editor of the Telegraph: Sir: My attention has been called to a recent article which appeared in the Telegraph In reference, to the employ ment of experts in city government under the Clark act in the cities of the third class. Permit me to call attention to the provisions of the Clark act which ad mit of the employment of experts if and also for the proper adjust ment of the salaries of the mayor and councilmen. Article 5, Section 13. (Corporate Powers). "To create any office, public board, or department which they, the council, may deem necessary for the good government and Interest of the city; to prescribe the powers thereof, and to regulate and prescribe the terms, duties and compensation of all 'such officers and of all officers who are members of any public board of any department as created," etc. Article 7, Section 1. "The council shall determine the powers and du ties to be performed by and assign them to, the appropriate department; shall prescribe the powers and duties of officers and employes and may make such other rules and regulations as may be necessary or proper for the efficient and economical conduct of the business of the city." Regarding compensation to members of council Article 7, Section 15, pro vides as follows: "The first council elected under the provisions of this act, shall, by ordinance, fix the salary to be paid to the mayor in said cities for succeeding terms. Succeeding coun cils may change the amount of such compensation." Article 6, Section 9 provides as fol lows: "The first council elected un der the provisions of this act shall, by ordinance, determine the amount of Successful Married Men [American Magazine.] Show me one middle-aged bachelor who has made a success of his life, and I'll show you 26 married men who have. Probably the ratio Is even greater than this, but I prefer to base my contention on demonstrable fact. Of the 27 presidents of the United States only one lived and died a bachelor. Nineteen of them married, before they were 30, five before they were 40, and i two after 40. Yet, according to the cen sus returns, taking the entire popula tion of the country, the proportion of single men to those married, widowed or divorced, ip about 40 to 60. Meals, Famous and Infamous Dewey's breakfast in Manila Bay, Thomas Jefferson's saucer of tay, Winfield Scott's "hasty plate of soup," Burchard's rum, a mournful stoup Each doubtless has its advocates As the meal most famous in the States. I But you'll find agreement in New York On what the most infamous niche will fill. It's the stomach turning mess of pork In the current public buildings bill! —Maurice Morris in N. Y. Sun. The Sword the Arbiter [From the Washington Post. ] The Allies will fight on. They will listen to Germany when she is ready to yield, and not before. Rumania's downfall is a mere incident in this death struggle of Europe. The isaue Is not the gain or loss of pieces of ter ritory. It Is not the crushing of the German people. It is the annihilation of Germany's ambition to tyrannize over Europe and the world by sys tematized hrute force. In trying to achieve that ambition Germany has appealed to the sword. The decision will be made by the sword. Military Training There is just about as much danger of the United States becoming "mill bristle" by giving a few months' train ing to all its young men as there is for an office clerk to get the bug of being a prize fighter by taking fifteen min utes' systematic exercise every day.— Philadelphia Public Ledger. Birth Announcement Horn—To Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hought&ling, a child—Mercyviile, la., Banner. t JANUARY 2, 1917. salaries to be paid councilmen in said cities." Under the provisions of the Clark act above cited, it would seem possible not only to provide for expert service but to reduce the salaries of the mayor and councilmen to meet the additional expense. If council should be unfa vorable to a reduction of salaries, the citizens, by petition and the use of the initiative, could enact such an ordi nance as is necessary to accomplish it. It is urgently recommended that all of the cities of the third class, espe cially those having a population ex ceeding thirty thousand, rediuce the salaries provided in the Clark act for councilmen, the mayor's salary Is not In any case excessive, and adopt the city manager plan in administrating the executive duties of council. Over forty cities throughout the country have adopted it and fully one half of the cities now adopting com mission government provide in their charters for the city manager plan. We need it in every act of the third class to make the Clark act properly efficient. The adoption of the city manager plan will not only add greatly to the : efficiency of government, it will tend to secure the most capable citizens as i councilmen and is In keeping with the conduct of all successful business en terprises. The fact that I had much to do with the framing of the Clark act and my Interest In the subject of good city government must be my apology for commenting on your excelled sugges tion. Tours very truly, i A. W. FULLER, Pres. Allied Civic Bodies Organization. Meadvllle, Pa., Dec. 29, 1916. OUR DAILY LAUGH n , .. A pair of chick- Q? > Good land! he shrieked, a -j i , - sum like I 1"" * 1" Should pur- Jajt M chase Birds of Paradise. fA POPULAR MOVEMENT. In spirit crushed he turned 'fflbfTlhjfi Tolled o'er his cash with WjjßjßpS? worried lijKfi A.nd sighed, I've got enough For cheese // _ and crack- Mf •rs anyhow. tHe (tenderly Inquiring)— Did your lady friends adtnlre your engage ment ring. She—They did more than that. Three of them recognised il lEtientng (Ehal There in something to tlie conten tion of members of the legislative committee of the State Orange, as voiced here a few days ugo by Mastfcr John McSparran, that city people call help smash the high cost of living by thinking rather than boycotting. Tho Grangers' point is that people in tha cities could Just as well buy on a co operative plun as tho farmer can sell ing in large lots. The State is giving much time and spending money to encourage the formation of co-opera tive buying and selling associations among the farmers of Pennsylvania und there are probably 160 assocliWi tions which have arranged to sell in carload lots, after proper grading and routing of cars next summer. The railroads are helping because it means business and the practical experience is that the farmers instead or selling to buyers for commission men who do all the work of packing and ship ping are getting after some of the protit. Numerous instances are known of successful sales In large lots this year from Lancaster and York counties. The Grangers say that if people in cities will do as the specula tors do there will be little trouble. One prominent Granger said that thero was nothing to prevent fifty house holders in Harrisburg going together and sending a man out to buy up po tatoes, eggs, chickens or anything else from the farms and having it placed in cold storage in Harrisburg until needed, in other words the Grangers say that tho city people can buy on a co-operative plan us cheaply as the speculator, the commission merchant or the individual in the time of pro duction or the period of plenty and low prices and hold tho food until the winter. It simply means an out lay of capital and some exertion in summer. When one thinks of what various things brought In the Harris burg markets last summer and fall and what they are now the Grangers' idea does seem exceedingly practical. * * * George J. Brennan, writing in tho Philadelphia Inquirer, tells the fol lowing story about days when Senator J. P. McNlcliol and Max Leslie, tho Pittsburgh leader, were on opposite sides of the fence. He tells "How McNictaol walked into the Flinn- Wanamaker headquarters the night before the Speakership election, January 1, 1901, and planked down $5,000 in currency upon a table and said: 'l'll bet this that Marshall will be elected.' There was some scurry ing around among the Flinn men over this unexpected evidence of contidenco of victory from the Quay camp. But there was no backing of water by tho Wanamakerites. Leslie, with Fllnn's co-operation came up with another five thousand dollars and the wager wus soon covered. The late Frank Bell, one time City Treasurer, of Philadelphia, was stake holder. With caucus bolting on both sides the next day, the Quay men put Marshall over for Speaker by a majority of just one vote. That resulted, after a two-year deadlock. In the re-election of Quay to the United States Senate, from which ho had been rejected upon a certificate of appointment by Gover nor Stone, lacking exactly one vote to win, with the late M. A. Hanna lined up with his opponents. As tho result of the bet, McNichol entertained Les lie and some friends at a dinner at which the ten thousand dollars in volved in the wager was displayed in greenbacks in the center of the table in a basket of flowers." * • It was only an instance of the slip pery streets and the holiday crowds, yet it seemed worth recording al though there is little chance that tho angels "who watch ns through the 1 peep-holes in the sky" ever miss im act of kindness shown the children or the aged. A young man was swinging down Third street, evidently in a great hurry to "get somewhere." Across tho street, a woman, grayed with at least her three score years and ten hail stopped at the edge of an unusually slippery bit of pavement, evidently afraid to make another step. The young man glanced across the street and then at his watch. Without a moment's hesitation he crossed the street and proferred his arm to tho woman, obviously a stranger to him. The kind old eyes lighted up as she slipped her arm through his. Instead of the free and easy strides that a moment before had been carrying hint down the street he now matched his steps with the halting ones besldo him. Not until ho had reached Third and Walnut and his new friend was safely on the car, did he desert her. A few minutes afterward as the ob server was entering the Pennsy sta tion he saw the young man come out, and heard him remark ' to a friend, "Well, I guess its the eight for me this time." But then after all, there aro greater things than merely "making" the lirst train home in the evening. • ♦ • People at the Capitol are awaiting with considerable interest the out come of the contention of the Han over and Carlisle turnpike company that its affairs are not subject to tho | jurisdiction of the commission but to I the Cumberland county court. The I turnpike company has an old charter | and the chances are that there will be I plenty of action when tho case comes I before the commission for urgument |on tho point raised, which, by the I way, is tho lirst of the kind to come I up. I• • • ! John T. Brady's New Year's break | fast, which is one of the institutions of Harrisburg on the first day of the year, began some years ugo with seven persons. Yesterday 150 were his guests and the big potatoes were once more the big thing. In the break fasters were a number of men from other cities, including Senator W. C. Sproul. | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~ —Arch Mackrell, former legisla tor and now one of the city officials of Pittsburgh, was among those who came to attend the opening of the Legislature. —Congressman S. Taylor North, of the Jefferson district, looked about the headquarters yesterday and talked of the days when he used to "insurge." —Congressman Edgar R. Kiens, who got the Legislature of 1909 to fix the ' date of adjournment the day it met, was in the city for the doings at the Capitol. —Senator McNlchol said to-day that the speakership contest took him back to tho Marshall tight of sixteen years ago. —Ex-Senator E. F. James, of Hazle ton, was here looking over the Cap itol and recalling old days In the upper/ house. —Robert W. Herbert, the Greens burg editor, was here detng yeoman work as of yore at legislative corres pondent desks. | DO YOU KNOW That llarrlslnii'sr lias had the legislative sessions since 1814? HISTORIC HARRISBI'RG The first State Capitol in Harris burg was dedicated January S, 1822. The Unborn Truth [Maeterlinck.] In every obstinate error there lurks, usually, an excellent truth that awalta the hour of birth.
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