Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-09
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.
The Course OF Dill and Fertis on the Free
Pipe and inti-D DISCRIMINATION HIU.-
The Legislative Proof


| From the Bradford Daily Fra.
TITUsvILLE, Oc,. Ito Gle Eut1r of the
Daily Era; In a recent letter published Iu the
! Pittsburg Post as coming from Bradford. auI
| republished In the Era by ..requlst, % appears
the following extract;
''On the other haui from The same cause.
| attention is drawn 90 the act that the Demo-
cratic candidates for Governor auI Lieutenant
| GOveruOF-Diu and Fer;i--devotcI themselves
in the Senate last winter 90 Tie passage o- -Ha
Free-PiTe and nti-B.scrImu1t1n bills. Both
I bills were championed by Mt. u.u with er.at
power, while Sfr. Fertig drew up and presented
4 the Antl-D Discrimination bin. aaI. iu ls.r.
: passed Il through The Senate The House killed
1t, for doing which The Cameron Republicans
must be held responsible
The frequent relteraton OF slcl Statements
by various Democratic papers. lu letters and
editorials, Eecessltalos q statement or tHe r.l.
facts.
About the time the Free P.pr bin was intro
duced, special care was taken 1y senator u.I-s
Democratic friends To- herald throughout fhH OBJ.
region The statement tha. Pc woull champion
the bin How dij he do ii' Waal 80 passed.
first reading neither Din nor F-r-- were .l -.a
Senate, nor in Harrisburg When 90 came upon
the calendar for second reading. and -- enemies
had their forces on hand determined t' L.. DO
then, DIn was stilI absent, AMI t.a l"I was
saved for The time being Only ty De -afluL
parliamentary tactics OF Senator stone. .-ae
legislative Record, pages -tI- q, O.. I. BY la-
dustriOUs telegraplIug the atteuItlcr and vr-s
Of Fertfs had been secured.
Tne bill went back into Che Keeping a. rr.
Committee on Judiciary General. u. sH.eh -.u-
a;or Stone is chairman, and Oh January -.
1S7s, he again reported the ON % ,Hs Sea5le.
and on the same day. on motion 90. Senator D0l-
bett, who had introduced the bin. 70 was u'a.'.
/ The special OrIer for January sd. In tlo debate
| on that day Senator Dir made % speech w.H.g
reads WELL but was delivered with So IlfIa .r.r-
| estness or show OF interest as t1 excite uo -ga-
| cial attention from Senators OF audience Tra
| brunt or the fight was borne by Senator stone.
| supported by Senators CorUe-t ana Greer. Mr..
/ Fertig contsutei himself with rre-eu,ir- the
/ producers memorial and voting.
| The bill was beaten iu ,I. Senate sut ua-
/ with the same general purpose was afterwards
passed by the House arJ sent 90 the Senate. Ir
was held back several days, .u part 20 secure
the attendance Of Mr.. Din, vino was absent,
and when it was presented o. The Senate point
of order was raised that 20 could aot be- coa-lI-
| cred, as a similar bin had already l.su dee
| feated in The Senate 40 that session. o. wss
| well known long beforehand that tlls u1Ilt
| would be raised, and on its decision depended
the fate oil the bill; yet on this vital question
the man who is Claimed 10 have .'cHamrouaI"
! the bill could only say, II have NOT examined
the question; have not examined the author
ities as TO tie ruling o: the Chair, ami 8m not
prepared To say what my Judgment would Hs iu
regard to that ruling ''-Se- Record page 3-I
CertainIya a grave position OF uucsTt8iur. ,or
the champion" Of bin
.f
the bill out Of orier, and The debate which fal-
lowed is said TO have been tho most exhaustive
discus sion Of n parliamentary question which
has occurred IN the senate for twenty years 40
least The two speeches In favor of consider
ing the bill and against the ruling OF The Chair
made by Senator Stone, are mo.l4l- oi clear ami
vigorous argument and exhaustive research
Senator Fertig took no part in tle debate, huf
eontented himself with signing the appe1. after
the Senate had Adjourned Ia the House aI' tHr
four members from Senator ItlIi -sCl~trief y1f.f
against the Free pipe bill. Had iEe 'tHlHs-
piOn'' no influence with them WI some ar"
point Us out in This record the .fsuca ai r.IuI
pionship or even jealous sarFor ry either
Democratic senators:
In this connection 10 might be instructive tp
recall the course OF Senator uHi Oh fle Free
Pipe bill OF 1s7I. as given in the Philadelphia
Press OF September %, Iss,. as follows
ION the sd Of February. 1--7. Senate bii. fi.
known as the Free Pipe biII. came up oH
second reading in the Senate. on O. diatnry
motion committing the Gill 90 tue Finance
Committee OF the Senate, senator Andrew 90.
Dill voted IN The affirmative, aud the n.Il NH-
so committed. On the "a OF March the Dol. was
reported from Finance ComTsIttss, ami au trs
following day, March q. 90 was defeated. tle
record showing that Senator Andrew ll. HHi
lodged. -
II wouid also be slti~.Jctory 20 many i0 know
/ with certainty where John Fer'.g stood ol Jlst
question ia ls15 Did he sign the rerluu-lrtuce
/ against the bill. Let him answer and, not gel.
One To answer for him.
| The eAnti-discrimiuatIOu bill passed. -ae senate
without word Of debate How, Them w1s 90
..championed by Mr.. DiIl with great poser
/ II was drawn Up by Tire attorney Df flH Pro-
ducers' Union printei by Them, AMI the copy
| introduced by Senator Fertig was fln printed
copy furnished him by them. When DO dua.ly
/ passed the Senate, IL was called up hy Stone.
and on his motion passei. Senate journal.
page Jis. Why, then, claim that Mr.. Ferris
s.drew up and ''in fact passed 10 trrousl the
I Senate. -
senator Fertig simply read IN place the
printed bill which had been prepared auI iTui-
Ell him. II was sent 70 the con rnittee Cr F1lel
I Senator stone was chairman; was by l.m Dee
I Por'ea' oy MN Sai'-'' "p '-- "'''
oy MIN hiaA'-eu on ni''i' i''s7'-'' an '...
| out us course III 'ne '9eH''''' 'I i.a l-i-
| age the vote IN the senate 7'o''- H7i
Ayes, 20 nays none bth'o'i't'--A' .'' ..r
nays, l. In tne House thr Intl N'.- 7-..''- -'
publicans-Ayes, 4ei nays 'H Le'nAl-'tt9-
| Ayes, Ia nays, j.
How mueh estndoT and irulA j. lH-r- iH lhe
| assertion: The House killed o. Tor doing
| which the Cameron Republicans must be held
/ responsible, - when the large majority pi lle
Republicans voted fOr the bill and The Drmp-
/ Si"'S w.. -
But the Democratic recorS Is even worse l-itii
this When GoveruOr Eartranft louuI That t1.
| - -, - 49,. -, b.. ., ,
Anll-GlseIti1ihitlou "iii va -'i'- '-'t-'- --
both Houses during the last days OF The session
n ,,ass,s.s ,a,.,,,r,e .lfn the r,4ssaes of "a ra-3
/ "a SsSN'7@
luton TO authorize lhe appointment OF q COM
mission In investigate this subject The sub
! .,..,, =. ...., t..
| stance OF his recommendation is euioi'iee' il
| the following extract from his message
80 a., ,,,,,.yzf f5Ira,t In meat chs,
] ~ NiS '07 'iNii = ei'
/ views or the different parties or reconcile the
Heieis '"'. vs. 't'9''
I your honorable bodies the prupfitly ni "1.Hoi-
/ izing a commission during the legislative in
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