Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-01-27
FROM HARRLSBUR
Correspondence OF the Bradford ReporteF'l
U.RRrsDtsg. jan 2l, Is;


the sinking fund Of the State, to be hereafter
applied to the school fund of the respective
cities and counties wherein the taxes are col
lected.
How many schemes there are invented to
continue the enormty Of the present State
debt. Could all the schemes prevail, which
are now before the Legislature, the debt would
be positively increased instead Of diminished.
AS the distant and dim prospect of paying it
off begins to brighten, and the means come
within our reach, some one stands ready to
snatch them from us and leave the old incubus
bearing as heavily on US as before.
The Collateral Inheritance tax of those old
towns and counties is large, while in the new
counties it is comparatively small. No doubt
Lancaster would be glad to retain that fund
to relieve herself OF school taxes, and let the
State debt take care.of itself 1t is to be hoped
however, that none of the revenues heretofore
sacrcdIy applied to reduction OF the State
debt will be diverted into other channels. This
Lancaster scheme is evidently calculated to
operate iniuriously upon the newer and poorer
portions of the State.
A committee of five has been appointed by
the House to inquire into alleged abuses of
the franking privilege on the part of the clerks
during the recess Of the Legislature. The IN,
yestigation is proper, whether the allegation
be true or false, thes things cannot be too
closely watched.
Mr.. DoNIyAN, who committed the assault on
Mr.. Church, member from Philadelphia, has
been refused the floor of the Uoase. Served
him right, that code of "honor" belongs eX-
clusiyeIy to the chiyalry of the south.
| made slight mistake when | informed
You that the cost of supplying the Capitol with
window Gxiu's was about $4,000, the House
alone cost So. $50 %; the whole cost was not
less than $500.
A bill to exempt parsonages from taxes has
been reported by a committee with nHgatlre
recommendation. Proper.
MILLER, of Crawford, read bill in place to
in certain cases. The exact provisions Of the
bill have not yet transpired.
4 bill has been read in place making certi-
fed copies of the records of Insurance corpora
tons evidence to the same extent as the Off
cial records of our Courts. What next?
The tariff resolutions passed both Houses Of
a. in
but two voted against them in the House, viz,
GoEPP and LAIRD. sharp debate sprung up
in the House on its right to instruct. The
right, and even propriety, vas never doubted
when the democrats desired and had the po,cPr
to express their views on national questions,
but It is the bull that has gored the OK this
time
The subject of the Legislative Record has
been again before the House. The history Of
the matter is simply this the Legislature of
1853 made a contract with r. J. HALDEMAN
for the publication of daily Legislative Re
cord at 81 per page. At the close of the ses-
sion Mr.. BUcKALEw got into the appropriation
bill very snaky clause continuing the contract
until some future Legislature should revoke it.
At the opening of the present session the
House appointed a committee to act with a
similar committee from the Senate, should one
be appointed, to contract for the publication
of such Record. The Senate refused to ap-
point such committee. In the meantime Messrs.
Bergner & Co. made a proposition to publish
q Record, like the present one in all respects,
for 90 per cent less than is now paid The
House was determined to show to the world
that it repudated that kind of favortism which
would pay off partisan press at such enor-
nous rates, when gentleman equally RESPONSE
BILE proposed to do the same work at much
less cost Mr. WuIsroN, therefore, introdu-
ced a resolution declaring the contract of last
winter at an end. This was stove off in va
ricus ways for several days. Mr.. KINNEY,
thinking very properly that an Act of the
Legislature could not be repealed simply by
resolution, read in place bill repeating Mr.
BUcKALEw's sly section referred to, and upon
his motion the rules were suspended and the
House proceeded to the consideration Of the
bill. Mr. FosrER, Of Pittsburg who seems to
be acting with the democracy in this matter,
talked to the hour of adjournment so a vote
could not be had. On the next day the reso-
luton being reached, an effort was again made
to talk against time, but a vote was reached
and the resolution passed by yeas, 81 ; nays,
%; Foster, rep, voting in the negative
To-day, Mr.. KINNEY's bill was reached and
passed, by "a to %, FOSTER again voting in
the negative. Upon its passage sharp de-
bate sprung up between Foster and KINNEY,
which is reported at some length in the papers,