The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-03-17

the reward to be paid the Murderer OF Gromer
james. lnOinss Hurley was present urping
his q IN as the murderer. He was .CCtmp pani
cd b. Frank M'Anduew, the body mastur and
John NORRIS both members OI the Shenandoah
division. N 'kenna. IN the presence Of these
men, took down the Statement IN writing which
lie then presented to the committee II was
read aloud BY Frark Keenan,, the cody master
of Forestvile. The statement was heard nv
Patrlck Butter the body master at Lost Creek
who was in an adjoining room. Butler appear
ed before the committee and asserted that
man named MClaln, belonging to his division
had committed the net and was entitled 10 the
IewarI. E'Kenna urged the claims OF Hurley.
kehoe stated that tor the commission Of the
act reward was justly due. but that II was i'm
portant that the reward should 20 TO the proper
party. In this ali present acquiesued "
q, MT, Orawiord-If lt is in order, would like
that book in the Record. That would be better
than his speech.
1he Speaker-1hat is out of order.
'rhe reign of the molly MaRuIrer In over
HIS record has been made, AID ms acts have
passed into history. His was n reign of blood.
In the day of his pride and power no monarch
was mo pOCent no eastern despot mole crdel
and merciless. He held communities terror
bound, and IN wantOn malice he detied law, de
stt0yed properly and spOrted with human life.
But retrlDutiOn, being long deferred, has
come at last. Arrests have been made aud be.
tore the bar of Outraged justice the accused
Lave been called upon TO answer charges of
teaIfjl crime Tine protection OF the law, witch
they desplse and tramped upon. has been ac-
corded them. They have hat the benefit of able
counsel, an IL was only af er lair ana i'm JartIal
tT1nl that the veruict of guilty" has been ren.
deled. The dread sentence that tie extreme
penalty OF the law shall be inflicted has been
pronounced but thepunishmeni is vet ~ come"
VI. Rapsher-I will not consume the time of
the House BY rta ing any lurtner extracts from
tie book, but viii refer the gentlempD from
Philadelphia Mr. CrawfOrdI to the work ITSELF
lie Will finl great many suggestive facts con-
tanned IN the work and whicn i have no doubt
would be appreciated BY hun. He could app
his constitutional principles to some OF the acts
which those parties performed, and he no doubt
could derive great satisfaction and sJudlous
Now. said before that we claim this appro-
priall0n bee iuse we have done what all the
troops IN the Commonwenlt lth of Pennsyiyanla
cOu not have done. Tae state has paid sever
al hundred thousand dollars before this for
sending troops up there in these coal Iegions to
Quetl disturbances, and all that money has been
paid apparently without any objection at ALL
Now. when we come for the small sun of
twenty thousand dollars. after having done an
eulclent and satisfactory pubic WORK something
winch every one endorses aud approves OF, /
think TINS appropriation should be granted
without an oOjeclOn. 1t is nov likely that there
will ever he Il case again In the Commonwealth
which is so meritOI1Ous and so proper for the
State TO recognizs es this II is on the behalf
OF good order, for the protection OF society the
peace anO prosperity and the we fare OF the peO.
pie; in behalf Of human lte ana property which
was ruthlessly aud wantonly destroyed IN this
region Dy this fearful and terrible organization
Another thing that desire to mention here
Is this The counties OF Carbon, Schuylkill and
Columbia who are most directly interested in
thls appropriation, have paid their taxes into
the State treasury, 1 do not know how many
years, aud am not awPre, SIR. that either one
OF the three counties ever received dollar Of
money ont of the state treasury, whine other
sections of the state come here to the Leglsa-
lufe and OBTAIN appropriations every year. 1
do not say that II Is improper that tney get
them but when we come now for the first time
and ask for small appropriation like tins L
think It is no more than justice and good equity,
regardless OF the real supreme merits OF the
case, that 1t should be allowed.
MT. speaker, this question has been 80 fully
discussed throughout the length and breadth of
the Commonwealth, and the newspapers have
been tlied with it,that perhaps ought to ap0l-
oglze TO the House Tor taking so much time up
Mr. speaker 1t Is tOund in the beautiful and
significant lines of shakespeare, where he says:
Truth can never be confirmed enough, though
doubts did ever sleep"