Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-01-13
FROM HARRISBURG.
Correspondence of the Bradford Reporter.l

HARRlsBURG, Jan. 6, 1859.
f. O. GooDRIcH The Pennsylvania Leg
slature organized on Tuesday, the Sd inst, by
electing Mr. CRESswELr, of Blair, Speaker of
the Senate, and w. c. A. LAWRENCE of Dau-
phn, Speaker of the House" SAN. j. RAE, Of
Philadelphia, was elected Clerk of the House,
and Mr.. HoLcoMB, of your county, received
the appointment of Assistant Clerk.
Mr.. LAWRENCE is qnite young, gentleman
of fine abilities, and, for few years, has been
connected with Hon. JOIN C. KUNKLE, of this
place, in the practice of law. He is affable
and courteous and starts off with fair promise
as Speaker.
In the choice Of Clerks, it is quite evident
the cart has been placed before the horse
True, Mr.. RAE has, for some years, held seat
here as reporter for the city papers, yet it is
feared he has not paid such attention to the
rules, and complicated machinery of legislation,
as will render him as competent as Mr. HoL-
COMB. And then, to find Mr.. HoLcoNB's equal
in point of hnnesty, integrity and affability is
ackuow lodged to be quite difficult.
Yesterday the Legislature commenced work
In the House a number of resolutions, usual at
the beginning of the Session, were introduced
and passed Among them fad one appoint
ing committee TO contract for the publication
Of a reliable Legislative Record" Mr.. VII
LIsroN, of Tioga, pitched into last years Gpol
ogy quite cooIIy and effcctually. He thought
if We could have nothing better in that line
than heretofore, we had better throw our mon
ey to the dogs RAMsDELL concurred.
Seven thousand copies in English and three
thousand in German of ;he Governors message
were ordered to be printed
A resolution was passed fixing Thursday
next for contesting the seat of ID. r. McCLAIX,
Dem, of Philadelphia. A little fun ahead.
Mr. SMEAD, of your county, introduced the
following resolution which was finally passed ::
Resolped That there be added to the Standing Com.
mitteeS of this House Committee on Mines and Miner
ais, to consist OF thirteen members.
Mr. KINNEY, of your county, presented
petition from the citizens of Orwell township,
for fixing the place of holding elections in said
township, and thereupon read a bill in place
in accordance with such petition.
On motion of Mr.. KINNEY the rules were
suspended. the bill taken mp and finally passed
The bill fixes the Orwell Hill public school
house." as the place for holding such elections
A BILL "short and sweet" was read in place
by Mr. Mcclure, of Franklin and under q
suspension of rules was taken up and passed
as follows
BE it enacted &c. That the Office OF Canal Commission
er is hereby abolished.
Upon the third reading the yeas and nays
were ordered, which resulted as follows Yeas
"a Nays, 6. The nays were of the rery bill
ouS democracy.
Mr.. WILLIAMS, of Bucks, read in place
bill to repeal SO much of an act passed last
winter as increased the salary of members of
the Legislature
The Governors message was read at noon.
As you undoubtedly have it, and will publish
it, | will forego any comments The reading
Of portion of it, however, had very acidu-
lating effect upon the countenances of some of
the democracy.
The question of publishing a reliable Leg
islative Record" was up again to-day, Mr..
GRlTMAN, dem, of Luzerne showed some grit.
He sustained the character of the Record"
against the aSpersionS of the city members.
saying that the reports in the city papers were
garbled and many times false.
The Governor sent to the House to-day
twelve veto messages. He "lays out" the
Democratic Legislature of last winter without
mercy. None of the vetoes affect your dis
trict
The House adjourned to day at l2, to meet
on Monday next. Yours,
PETER KLAUS