Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-03-05
LETTER FROM HARRISBURG.

The Local Option Question Law Re
gulating Interest on MOney-The Appro
priatiOn and Congressional AppOrtiOn
ment Bills not Reached = The Senate
! Members Steadier than the House Mem
! hers The Insurance Department Til
state Mechanical School Notary Public'
/ The State Treasurer = The Snpren
Judgship General Allen again in Goot
Health ana in his Place.
HARRISBURG, March. I, 1878
E,i;tor Sentinel On Monday tht
friends Of temperance, after n hard fight
succeeded in getting the supplement t.
the Local Option bill leforc the HOUSE
and passed it to a third reading. Th'
liquor men from Philadelphia had thei
friends to oppose it, All kinds Of dilia
tory motions were made to prevent i
reaching even it's present position 1
lies over in that shape till next week
when it will pass finally. | requires al
election districts to vote upon the ques
ton on the third Friday of March. excep
those counties and cities or towns whicl
have already voted upon it. 1t was moi
made Il party vote. Liquor has aud is
now killing its thousands. This bill viii
be The death of quite number of legis
lators. politically.
thursday was spent in repeating the
usury laws, or the laws relative to the
rate of interest on money loaned Or bor-
rowed. No conclusion was reached be-
fore adjournment.
The appropriation and Congressional
apportionment bills have not been re
ported by the respective committees.
A bill providing for the election OF
State Treasurer by the people was repor-
ted with negative, recommendation.
The House adjourned from Thursday
noon until Monday evening The Sen
ate adjourned from Friday noon to Tues
day morning. The latter body is much
the more industrious of the two The
country members are by far the more
steady in department and business A
number Of the Philadelphia and Pitts
burg delegation are wild and a little loose
in business.
The bill which passed the Senate pro
viding for al insurance department with
a commissioner at salary of So 600 per
year, and as many clerks as may be ne
cessary. has been referred to special
committee in the House, and has not been
heard of since. There is talk of big
snakes about. but more OF these reptiles
by and by.
The bill providing for the establish
ment of State Mechanical School has
been reported from committee, but there
appears to be dispositiousse connect it
with the State Agricultural College,
which, if done, will effectually kill the
bill. Such an act would be good deal
like tying live man to dead corpse.
A bill has become a law authorizing
the Governor TO appoint as many notary
publics as he may think proper. provi
ling the appointees pay $500 into the
State Treasury.
The election of State Treasurer by
he people at the next general election is
some attention. Mackey, the
present incumbent, is talked of Russell
srrett is looming up, and Sturgeon, cash
er of the State Bank of this city, has
numerous friends, for the place.
The Supreme Judgeship, is also awak-
ming some attention. The prominent
igures in the foreground are Judge Cor
lon, of Jefferson county, and Col. Fran
lis Jordan, late Secretary of the Com
General Harrison Allen, Auditor Gen
raj, who has been confined to his home
m account of sickness, l am glad to in-
orm you, has fully recovered, and is now
ttending to the duties of his office. The
ieneral has many warm friends, as hss.
een fully proven by the numerous in
uiries that were daily made concerning
is health, during his absence, and the
many calls he has received since his
etIrn.
1t is said the Constitutional Convcn.
ion is heartily tired of Philadelphia, and
ill return to Harrisburg as soon as the
legislature adjourns
C'rD ANCED