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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1917
Page
3
Two major Pennsylvania legislative actions occurred on one day here. The Whitaker resolution to submit woman suffrage to voters in 1920 failed by a small margin, while the Tompkins bill to abolish capital punishment fell short by twenty votes.
Harrisburg April 24 1917 lawmakers in Pennsylvania pause on broad reforms due to World War I. They plan to aid the national government and pass only necessary state laws while focusing on improving road networks to support troop movements and food transport. A drive to repair county and state roads is expected as the war intensifies.
The Beyer bill granting full pay to state employees who enlist passed the house. Governor Brumbaugh vetoed the bill compelling state printing to carry the union label. A cigarette manufacturing ban bill died in committee. Railroad workers oppose the Miller bill to repeal the full crew law. The Eddystone disaster influences the defeat of the capital punishment measure and shifts Speaker Baldwin’s stance. Representative Murphy backs a bill allowing teachers to serve on election boards. A standardization bill targets anthracite coal size through mesh grades. Harrisburg Mayor Mears, a former two-term representative, died last Tuesday and the house adjourned in his memory. Suffrage leaders blame liquor forces for Whitaker resolution defeat as adjournment nears, with a wartime recess planned into June.
A department bulletin notes nearly two percent drop in farmers employing female help this year due to labor shortages. The Snyder cold storage bill to amend the 1913 act to aid Pennsylvania dairy men and commission merchants passed the senate, backed by top state grange officers.
Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Scranton election officers would be paid 810 a day instead of 5 if the KTine bill passes. The measure which originally covered the whole state was narrowed by the house to apply only to these three cities.
Harrisburg April 24 reports the legislature will likely pass the Ramsey house bill instead of the Scarlet mine cave bill. The Scranton board of trade prepared measure calls for a special mine inspector to supervise mining under public thoroughfares and places, with duties to inspect and prevent unsafe surface conditions while not halting mining entirely.
Harrisburg officials say pupils over twelve who perform well may quit school to work on farms. Directors would be advised to exclude such children from truancy provisions. A Senate bill aims to keep state appropriations by allowing districts to close schools and waive rights by May first.
Governor Brumbaugh must approve to place third class city firemen under civil service. The Catlin bill extending civil service protections passed the House 161 to 4, marking the first civil service measure in years and the only one affecting third class cities.
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