The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1855-05-11
C0nS,lmmate E0lEE.

1t will surprise no ore who has watched the
course OF the present Legislature, to learn that
the house OF Representatives has passed resou-
tions for the removal Of seat of Government Of
Pennsylvania from Harrisburg TO Philadelphia,
The resolutions Passed,-IEA- 49-NAYs 81.
Some of the members who made speeches in
advocacy of the removal, aledged that they
severe not accommodated Comfortably" at Haf-
riSbnrg, We would ike to know what sort Of ac-
comnodailons are required for their comfort
Must they be lodged IN palace, feastpd off siI-
yer plate and waited upon by troops Of Iiveried
lacqueyss Do they want ssshow heef'' for din
ntr eUry dayl Or are the accommodations
they require Of the sort tia, Mr.. Joseph Hiss.
Of the Massachusetts, Legislature, had provided
for himself at the expense of the State? If
'Alrs. Patterson is essential 10 thu comfort of
the members, Philadelphia is just the place
where they can he accommodated comforta-
bly," We shall object, however, to saddIing
the cost OF such extra accommodations on the
STATE.
Many Of the members Of the present LegSla-
ture got their places by hawIing reform at the
top of their voice. Their first rpformatory act
was to Increase the number of Legislative en-
ployess. They have gone on increasing salar-
les and Squandering the public monry in various
ways, and they seem determined TO wind up the
serlons farce they have heen PLAYING these hrpt
or four months, by making the treasury Bleed to
the tune Of million or two of dollars, that they
may hr "more comfortably accommodated
Some OF these men have their homes in one
horse towns, where the s'best hotel" is but
story and halt high, with parlor and bar room
sail in one" and vet they canrot be accommo-
dated comfortably in town of $4,000 nhabi-
tantS, where there are numerous excellent no.
tells and many respectable private boarding hou-
ses. They must 90 TO Philadelphia, and 10 pro-
vide them with comfortable accommodations
there We must erect a magnificent marble Capt.
tol and Governors House TO match, at a cost
OF a million or two, and increase their daily pay
10 about ten dollars. The salaries of all the
State officers would need 10 be increased too
Il is no wonder the spendthlins who control the
legislation Of Penusy vania at this time are anX-
lous to sell the Public Works at any price. Give
them loosr rein year or two longer, and the
public works will have to be sold, not 10 paw
The funded debt of the Commonwealth. but to
liquidatp the expense Of accommodating a set Of
The most desperate political gamesterS that ever
held hand in public affairs, in any country or
age of the world.-P0liey Spirit.
STEINGENT.-C of the amendments of the
liquor law in Maine reads thus:
'sIt an expresSman, cartman, porter, or any
other person shall carry bottle, or cask, or
demijohn Of wine Or other liquors 10 gentle
mans residence, he is subject TO fine of TWEEN
iy dollars and costs for the first offence. For the
second offence fine and costs and thirty DAYS
imprisonment Is the penalty. If any man car
ries in his own baggage or about his person a
flask or any other vessel containing liquor of
any sort 10 be used by him, the party doing so is
made liable 10 fine ofthiriy dollars and thirty
days Imprisonment"