The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-02-22
HARRISBURG.


Defeat of the Pittsburg and CouDesisriiIe
| Railroad Bill; Running of street Cars
on Sunday The Legislature on a JtiH-
| let. DC. dc.
/ Correspondence of the Bedford Gazette.
HARRISBURG, Feb. Is
Mr.. EDITOR:-Since my last the
! Legislature has acted upon some i'm
portant subjects. The bill to restore to
/ the Pittsburg and COnnellSville Rail
road Company, the franchises taken
from it by the act of 1864, was voted
upon in the Senate and lost by vote
of i3 yeas to II nays. Those voting in
! favor of the bill, were Senators Bing
ham, Billingfelt, Brown, of Lawrence,
| Brown, of Mercer, Coleman, Davis,
Graham, Lowry, Stutzman, Taylor,
Wallace and White. Those voting a
gainst it, were Senators Burnett, Con-
nell, Donovan, Glatz, Haines, Jackson,
| James, Landon, McCandless, Randall,
Ridgeway, R0yer, Schall, Shoemaker,
Walls, Worthington and Hall, Speak
er. The people Of your county were
interested in the fate of this bill, as it
affects the railroad interests of the
Southwestern portion of the county.
The courts, however, have decided that
the Act Of 1864 is unconstitutional, and
hence | cannot see why the Pittsburg
and ConnellsviIle Railroad Company
cannot, at any rate, proceed with the
making of the road.
On Tuesday last the special order in
the House, was the bill to permit the
people of Philadelphia to vote upon
the question of running cars or passen-
ger railways in the city on Sunday.
Mr.. Quigley, DEM of Philadelphia,
moved to amend by authorizing the
running Immediately after the an
nOuncement of the result of the vote,
shouldse majority of the people of the
city v&ein favor of such running. Mr..
Wilson, (Radical) Of Pittsburg, offered
as an additional amendment, the fol-
lowing: "Prorided, That no decision
by ballot made by the citizens of Phil
adelphia, under the provisions Of this
act, shall take effect unless all persons
be permitted to ride in said passenger
cars, without regard to color, sex or ma
tionality." Mr.. Meyers, (Dem.) of
Northampton, raised the point Of or
der that Wilson's amendment was out
of order, inasmuch as it involved a
proposition entirely distinct from that
of the original bill. The point OF or
der was submitted to the House and
was decided to have been well taken,
by vote of 81 to IL, a number of Re
publicans voting with the Democrats.
The question was then taken on Mr..
Quigley's amendment which was "a
dopted, yeas 54, nays 10. l refer to
this matter to show that the "everiast-
ing negro" is beginning to get little
heavy on the hands of the Radicals.
The members have been off on a
junketing excursion to Pittsburg, and
l learn from the '.jottings" Of the Pa
hiOt & Union that some of them had
some strange adventures whilst in the
smoky city. One of them was taken
for the hero of Snickersville and an
other for brother of Jeff. Davis. The
Pittsburgers must have poor opinion
of our legislators.
There is some talk OF passing a bill
to make the Jury Commissioner sys-
tenn which now applies to some Of the
Democratic districts, general law.
"What is sauce for the goose is sauce
for the gander," and 10 not see why
Republican counties should be oXempt
from a rule which is enforced in DEM
ocratic counties. Whether, or not, the
majority will permit this to be done, |
am unable tosay, but the system should
be either general, or should be abolish
ed altogether.
The opinion is freely expressed here,
by men Of all parties, that the next
Legislature will be Democratic. The
Radical strOngholds in the Western
part of the State, will break down be-
fore the force of the fact that the rail
road interests of that section cannot be
accommodated by the Legislature as at
present constituted. Besides this, the
charges of corruption brought by the
Curtin men against the present legis
lature, will go far toward bringing a
bout reaction. If the Democrats act
wisely, nominate some man Of ac-
knowledged superiority as a jurist
Judge Sharswood, for instancel and
put forward their best men for the Leg
islaturS the prospects are that we shall
have a good oId-fashiOned Democratic
victory. LEN.
WASHINGTON.