Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-04-03
Letter from Harrisburg.


HAREIsDURG, Aprll 1, lof--
Investigating committees are costly
arrangements for the people. There are
twenty eight Senators on the various com
mittees, aud they claim 81 900 apiece
This make s2S.OO0 to start with. Then
comes the incidental expenses Of these
committees, which will lie at least as
much more. Then the House has had
several committees appointed. that will
help swell the bill If you arc mem
Der of the Legislature the right thug to
do is to get appointed member of some
special committee; you will then be pro-
vided for against want
As we psedicted last week, Mcclure
has been made Senator from the Fourth
district. On Wednesday evening Mr..
Buckalew made his report. The Demo
Gratis had dragged Mr.. Knight from a
sick bed, looking more like corpse than
anything else, to vote with them, and
carry the Congressional Apportioument
bill as amended by Wallace Mr.. Nc
Clure was sworn in, walked back to his
seat, and voted with the Republicans on
this bill. There were some wobegone
looking Democrats around after that
vote. ..-.
There have been some doubts express
ed here as to whether, under the existing
disagreement, it will be possible to pass
an apportionment bill If none should
be passed, we would elect under the old
one. which is very good one for the
Republicans. The two extra Congress
men would be elected at large. The
Republicans are not anxious to pass a
bill unless they can get fair one. as,
under the old bill, they have had as high
as Is out of "a Congressman, and if the
present bill should fail, no one but Dem
Ocrats Will be nurt.
The terms of the following Senators
expire with the end Of the present ses-
sion: Robert p Dechert, D.; II. Jones
Brooke, r.; Albert G. Broadhead, D;
John B. Warfel, r.; Esais Billlngsfelt,
R.; Hiram Findlay. d is. Rutan. R
An act was passed last week to re
quire the courts Of Juniata county to ap-
point Auditors to re-audit and settle the
accounts of the township officials of
Delaware township
A good deal Of excitement has been
created here during the last week or ten
days by resolution offered by Deacon
White, of Allegheny, to remove the
capital. The Philadelphia papers cried
at Harrisburg. The papers Of
the latter place yelleo backas Philadel-
phia small pox. The motion to appoint a
however failed to carry,
by a large and decided vote.
The bill to increa.e the supreme court
was sent to the House amended so as to
make the increase one, and elect two
the one to fill the expired term) one to
's-elected on the cumulative plan. This
would give the Democrats one of the
judges, for while two were to be elected
'ach voter could only vote for one. The
House has appointed conference CON-
nittee, and will insist on the original
House bill to increase the number of
Judges on the Benches two, and elect
hem the came as other candidates are
lected.
The appropriation bill has passed
10Th Houses, and now is in the hands of
conference commi.tees. The Constitu-
ional Convention bill hangs in the Sen
te and much doubt is expressed as to
,hether it will be reached in view of the
immense amount of private legislation.
Ioth branches held sessions on last
Good Friday" legal holiday, and ad-
burned over today in order to attend
ne annual ball of the Moyamensing
ire Company of Philadelphia, at the
of Alderman Bill McMulIen.
There are over sixteen hundred printed
ills on the file of the House, and over
feen hundred on the file of the Senate
great many will pass during the last
w days of the session that are never
rinted, sent to a committee for revision,
: ever read by any but the few persons
ltercsted. This is one of the main
rils arising from special legislation. l
ropose 10 give your readers after ad-
'urnment fair history of what has
zen done at this session in the way OF
assing public bills.
Last Friday the Republicans of Cum
erland and Franklin counties held their
enatorial Conference, aud elected E. G.
tier, Esq as Senatorial delegate to the
tate Convention. Mr.. Etter is for
-artranft for Governor. to-day ALE ,
heny will elect her ten delegates. They
ill will also be for Hartranf. To-mor-
w Philadelphia elects her twenty-five,
majority of which will also be for him
is nomination is now conceded by all =
But three more days remain of the
'esent session. On Thursday nothing
i'll be done but hold the usual mutual /,
lmiration society meetings and give J
way the usual presents. At twelve, t
Nm the Cnea era' uave1s in hofb