Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-02-05
Notes From Harrisburg.

On January 28th, in the Supreme Court
OF the State, Judge Sharswood delivered the
unanimous opinion of the court on the Con-
nelsvllle Railroad case. The opinion de-
clares the act repeating the charter of the
company unconstitutional and declares the
charter, with all rights and privileges, re-
stored
The bill relative to the Pittsburg and
Conuellsville Railroad Company its
charter was taken up in the Senate on the
Both of January, and passed without sim
gle dissenting voice. The House took up
the Senate's bill the same day, land passed it
without a call of the Yeas and Nays. The
law was signed by the Governor on the 3lst.
Thus at length Justice has been done to
a prosecuted and much injured people. The
road is TO be completed to the State line
within five years.
Messrs. Deise and Linton each reported
from the Committee on Judiciary, (gener
al, as committed, acts repeating the act of
last session compelling the admission OF ne
groes into railway cars. 1t seems the De-
mocracy in the Legislature have ''nigger on
the BRAIN prodigiously. Their song by day
and by night is ''nigger. y
1t is generally conceded this session of
the Legislature will be a short one-the
IN embers seemingly being determined to do
great work in few days. The people
will not object to that.
/ The Railroad bill introduced some days
since has passed the House in Committee
OF the whole without any material change,
and will pass that body at aa early day. 1t
SENS now pretty evident that fair and rath-
er liberal free railroad law will be passed by
the present Legislature. The people of the
State are indebted for this result to the Re
publican State Convention held at Williams
port last year-that body having passed
strong resolutions favoring such law.
The Committee of Ways and Means are
now hard at work on the appropriation bill.
They have agreed to cut down the salaries
| of some of the heads Of departments and
raise others. There are departments here
that during the war required more labor and
attention than they now do, and it is moth
ing but right that the salaries should be reg
ulated by the labors and responsibilities of
! the Office In some of the departments
there are more clerks than are necessary
and the Committee are determined that If
such is found to be the fact they will not
provide for their payment Retrenchment
was begun at Washington by the Republi-
can party, aul the sans party will prune
every expensive excrescence about the State
Capitol, so that the taxes of the people will
be reduced, and economy characterize eve
ry department of the State government
Governor Geary dersevcs the thanks Of eve
ry friend Of retrenchment and reform for
the bold and unequivocal stand he took in
favor of economy in his annual message He
is man who has come up from the people
and knows how to sympathize with those
who earn their bread by the sweat of their
brow He, like General Grant, has been
one of the ''toiling million, and therefore
knows and feels the necessity of outstanding
the resources of the people,
Some days since Hon. John Hickman in
troduced an amendment to the Constitution,
which proposes to strike the word ,chtte
! from that instrument, anl substitute the
word male" " Whethe, the people of Penn
sylyania are ready to approve of such an "a
mendment remains to be seen-but we pre-
sumo not. The question will, however, ELI
cit lively debate in the Senate, whether
the proposition pass that body or not.