Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-03-29


| frequeatly found upon the bench Some men
would rather surrender their right to vote, than
their right to speak. Doubtless the Senator
for Columbia, Mr. BucKALEw, is among them
| His right to speak was worth ten times asmneh
to himself and to his party, as his vote. This
was not aattery, but the truth. The Consti-
| tuition embraced all, even judges, within its
protecting arms, and it would require more
than simple enactment to dsfranchse them.
The Senator had better include it among his
constitutional amendments. s-e---s-1.rF I
Mr. PRIcE said his sympathics were with
the purposes of the bill, He thought the in
reference of Judges with the partizan politics
of the day great indecorum But he thought
they should pause before enactng measure
of so much Importance The bill ought to 60
through the usual order of legislation Though
he sympathized with the movement he was
opposed to too hasty action. He moved to
refer the bill to the committee on the judiciary.
Mr.. KIILLNGER opposed the bill. AT a
first guess he thought it was aimed at the
Judge referred to-Hou David Wilmot-but
as the Senator who introduced it disclaimed
this, he was bound to accept the explanation
He could see no necessity for the bill, 1t was
throwing stigma upon the judges, and he was
not prepared to vote for it,
Mr.. CRABB said when he made the motion
to proceed to the consideration Of the bill, he
! had no idea that it was aimed at any particu-
lar Judge. 1t appeared to him to be right in
principle. The judges certainly ought not
participate in political meetings. He was in
favor, and voted to increase the salaries of the
Judges, in order to make independent of the
Legislature, and he thought it proper to com
pei them to be Independent also of political
parties TIE had no feeling against any par
ticular Judge
Mr.. BUCKALEw was willing that the bill
should lay over for examination, but he thought
there was no necessity for referring it to a
committee. 1t was plain and simple propo-
sition, that the judges shall not minglc in po-
litical meetings and make stump speeches.
After some further discussion 10y Messrs.
BUcKALEw, Price and TAGGART,
Mr. BrcKALEw called division of the qucs-
tion on the motion to postpone and refer to
the Judiciary Committee.
The first diyison-to postpone, was agreed
| to.
The second division-to refer to the com
mttee, was then also agreed to-yeasl6, nays
II, as follows
YEAs-MesSrs. Browne, Crabb, Ferguson,
Finney, Flenniken, Frazer, Gregg, Jordan,
Knox Melinger, Pratt, Price, Tellcrs, Shu
man, Souther and Taggart-l6.
NAYs-Messrs Buckaew, Cresswel Ely,
Evans, Hoge, Ingram, KilIinger, Laubach
MClintock, Straub, Walton, Welsh Wilkins
and Piatt, Spc0kr-lt
SO the bill was referred
| In the House, the section of the appropria-
tion bill appropriating $4,000 TO the Towan-
ia Bridge being under consideration, an amend
mcnt was offered and agreed to, making the
amount 81 800. Soon after, Mr. MCALMoNT
informed the House that a proviso had been
handed him by the Canal Commissioners, which
/ he wished to add to the section The vote was
rcconsidered, and he offered the following pro-
| wise
That in case the Canal Commissioners deem
! the said bridge the best means of crossing the
| TOwanda dam, then 50 much of the said sum
only shall be drawn from the treasury as the
Canal Commissioners may decide as the proper
proportion which the State ought to pay to-
wards the rebuilding of said bridge but if
they, on examination should decide that the
river could be crossed by other means afford
ing equal facilities to transportation, with more
safety and at less cost to the Commonwealth
then the said sum of $500, or so much there
of as may be required is hereby appropriated
to the construction of such crossing as NAV be
decided upon by said Canal Commissioners.
This proviSo was agreed to and the section
as amended then agreed to-
The Committee of Conference on the license
bill, have agreed upon a bill, which will be re-
ported in day or two. 1t fixes S25 as the
minimum of hotel licenses in the country $50
in county towns and other boroughs with over
200 taxables S75 in Philadelphia and Pitts
burg, and one hotel to be licensed in the cities
for every 100 taxables, and one for every $50
taXables elsewhere. 1t also allows one restau-
rant or eating-house to be licensed for every
four hotels everywhere the license not to be
less than $50, and to be granted by the courts
| LQUOR Law SUSTAINED IN MICnIGAX.-The
Supreme Court Of Michigan has pronounced
its opinion on the liquor law, deciding that
the legislature has perfect right to pass
prohbitory law. Judge Pratt alone dissent
ed-the other seven judges affirming the de-
cision. The search and seizute clause was pro-