Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-04-19


passed without dissenting vote. We stat
cd that both Mcssrs. Dewitt and Ammgr-
man, members from this District, had fa-
vorcd the bill, and propounded the qucs-
: ton why they did So This circumstance
produced letter, published in last weeks
/ Democrat, from Dr. Dewitt, in which he
denies that either he or Mr.. zimmerman
! voted in favor of the bill, and charges us
with having stated tie matter, which was
common rumor ut the time, for the pur-
pose of doing himself and his colleague
personal ard political injury We deny
the change. We asked for information as
to the correctness of the rumor. Having
denounced these "Salary Crabs in other
places, without regard to party, aud pro-
tested in plain terms our disSpprobation
of the whole matter, State and National,
we suppose we have the right MS public
journalist 10 ask our own representatives in
the State Legislature, why they did so.
DR.. Dewitt in his letter, tries to explain the
matter to his advantage and that ol ms
colleague by stating that "both DR.. AM
norman and myself voted against the bill
for various reasons. and called toudtB for
the yeas and nays, rs did many other mem
bers irrespective of partly" Mr.. Dewitt
is certainly entitled to his denial, and there
is no one who will more readily make repa-
ration than ourselves. But our great re-
rret is that, ,onr.9,c;,,is ~ 7obuu reiiulniy
have been the duty of the speaker to have
had the yeas and nays taken when called
r,,. and we could have the satisfaction Of
seeing the votes Of our members recorded.
we find neither Of the names of the two
Gentleman mentioned IN the proceedings in
: conncC", with the bii: nor is there
= any ani'"'e"t o.i1o"os haD they in any
, .'"y objected to ii at all. We pt.>,.-h ,hc
proceedings below, so that the public can
judge for themselves
In the legislative Record, of March 18Th.
page G3G, is confined the proceedings re-
lating to the passage of the bill referred to.
rs follows
SEC. -. For tlr payment of the expcn
ses OF the Legislature, inc!udiny the pay
ana mileage OF members. clerks aud officers
OF each House appointed for the session,
ana The amount authorized by law for sta
/ tohery and pOsta@, the sum of two hun
/ dred ana sevcntY-tve thousand dollars, or
! 50 much thereof asnay be necessary, to be
settled by the Auditor General and the !
payment out Of the said sum to each of the /
members of the Srmte and House of Rep /
fe'eii.n uyes, for saarY, shall be one Hou- |
|ol" IRE hHndrd dollars each, without |
iIteage, and that the salary OF members
@Nail hereafter be enc thousand five hum
dged dollars each without computing mile
age; and the clerks and officers of each
mousse shall be paid such amount as is au-
lhrrAed by law and mileage, the foregoing
SUN include the payment of all officers and
GiuPIoyttS; ior the pay Of the PAGES of the
il"use' TWO hundred and fifty dollars. and
lor inc senate, two hundred dollars each
10 the engineer, for each day not exceeding
ninety days employed during the recess,
three collars per day. The resident clerk
shall receive from the State Printer the
pound copies Of Daily jOuuul. and for
ward copy to each member of the House.
ana The sum Of two hundred and fifty dol
lars is hereby appropriated for paving lhe {
expenses OF forwarding the same t
Mr.. DARIT. | move to amend in the S
seventh line by striking out the words five
hundycd.'' a
The amendment was not agreed to-. c
Tho Section was agreed to. '
On page G47, Legislative He,0rI, No. 81.
March 18Th, the bill came up on second
reading The following are the full pro- a
'eedings, on the 32d section rs recorded y
Sections twenty-six, twcntv-sryon. twcn- =
weight twenty.nine, thirty, ,thirty-ouc and /,
hirty-two were read and agreed to.
Mr.. DARTT. | move to amend the o
hirty-second section by striking out the
words five hundred in the seventh and ninth
me, and ON that call the yeas and nays. !,
SIR regard this proposition to raise the u
a!ary OF the members to fifteen hundred !"
ioilars rs unjust and unwise--a thing this u,
legislature cannot afford to do--ueither do :,
believe that We have Il right to do it.
The SPEAKER pro tem. The section
lad already passed, and the clerk di- p
ected to proceed with the reading of the
eXt section. There Tas so much coufu- II
ion il the ha.i that the Chair did not hear u
he gentleman from Bradford Mr.. DARrT) 81
Sections thirty-threc, thirty-iuur, thirty
We, thirty-siN, thjgty-sgyJn, thirty-etgGt
Airty-nine, forty, torty-onr. togty-two, for I'll
y-thrce, iorty-iour, iorty-liyc, iortY-siX. re
)rty-seyen. iorty-eight, fogty-uiHr, dfly, 81
tty-one, titty-two, hiiy.thrce, litty.four ot
tiy-iyc, iitty-siX, htty.seyen, htty-eight G
lty-nine, sixty, siXly-one, siXuy-two. sixty SC
y-three, s!Xty-tour and siXly.iive, were 81
cad and agreed TO.
Mr.. BAlLI. move to reconsider the Al
otc on section thjrty.two.
The SPEAKER pro tan. The gentle di
lan had better wait until the J.Il is gone =
irouGh with.
sections siEy-siX, sixiy.scyen. sixty Of
.ght and siNig-ulue we've read and agreed m
,. di
Mr.. WOLFE. move to reconsider
ection thirly-two. tr
,
Il the clerk 10 read the next section.
Mr. WOLFE, l insist upon my mo Ia
on. M
Sections seventy, seventy-onc, seventy of
N", seventy-thrce and slyonty-fJur were hl
,ad and agreed to- aC
TIE PROPOSED LEASE or THE \. c. r. -
I, by THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
O.-The DGt'morc Im.nc1u ofSaturday
lst, contains the following paragraph:
The meeting otsomc of the stockholders =,
the Northern Central railway, Yesterday, NJ