The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-03-31
THE STATE CAPITOL.


As the Legislative work of last week was
divestcd of considerable of its interest by
the assembling of the democratic clans at
Lancaster. so this week has been bisected by
an adjournment on Wednesday Tomorrow
on account of the gathering of republicans
in Convention to o-morrow.
On Thursday after the return of the DEM
ocrats, the famous "boom bill" was taken up
in the House and forced through second
reading, which action was defeat of the
ringsters and decidedly one of the best pieces
of work accomplished by the House during
the present session. Philadelphia's states
men are very sore at the result they vow
vengeance and retaliation may be looked for
In some quarter or other.
Quite a stir was occasioned last night
the intelligence transmitted from the Senate,
that the bill appropriating $40 900 to erect
a State Centennial building had been de-
feated in that body. The bill was called up
prematurely by Senator Anderson of Craw-
ford and considerably more opposition to it
than was expected being developed it fell,
to the chagrin of its friends and we might
add somewhat to the astonishment of its
enemies who scarcely expected such a re-
sult,-their object being not to play the un-
patriotic part Of opposing the hill in toto, but
to modify its provisions as to the amount to be
appropriated and the manner of expendi-
| ture. This morning in full senate the vote
negativing the bill was reconsidered and it
passed third reading with an amendment at.
tached providing that joint committee OF
the two houses of the Legislature should act
with the State board of Cente nnal commits.
sionels in the expenditure of the amount
appropriated by the bill. The House today
concurred in this amendment and the bill
has become a law unless the Gubernatorial
signature is withheld, which action, it is not
| likely an asprant for Presidential honors in
the centennial year will beguilty of. Another
Centennial bill has also passed into the hands
of the Governor namely, the one appropria-
ting 10, 900 for proper educational display
at the Centennial. No better appropriation
than the aforementioned could have been
| made.
AS the session wakes long, the croakers on
either ha nd are heard anon, and more than
croakers are now beginning to inquire why
| it is that the session is so prolonged. This is
a question which the ''gabbers" might with
greatest propriety answer but 10, they are
the most anxious inquirers as to the cause OF
the prolonged session. Action upon the
gener al appropriation is generally supposed
to be indicative Of the approach of the close,
and the final passage of that bill is sure
forerunner of final adjournment. AS ray
Of hope to your readers that the present ses-
sion will close sometime before the summer $
over l will mention the fact that the gener-
al appropriation bill was called up in the
House to-day, but alas, after the reading of
its first section, it was laid over to be con-
sidered at future date.
A bill introduced some time ago in the
II ouse at the instance of the medical frater-
nifty of the state, after surviving many stur.
dy blows, to-day succumbed to the pressure
of opposition and has gone to find a resting
place with many another ill-fated compan-
ion. This bill had it become law would
have allowed the surgical fraternity to take
posse ssion of the bodies of deceased con-
victs and others, when unclaimed, and chop
the same up, in the interests of science.
Delegates to the Republican Convention
are arriving from every direction tonight, in
the midst of terrific rain-storm. AS your
readers will be fully cognizant of all the
| work of to-morrow's convention, before this
co mmuncation is placed before them, will
abstain from representations or comments.