The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-05
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ALLENTOWN DEMOCRAT.
An appropriation 10 Allegheny
would be the worst kind of
Legislation. and there is no
why il should not be included
under he class prohibited in section
7 of article 3 The Stale is not
bound to pay Allegheny county any,
thing, on moral or legal principles.
To paw her for losses sustained by
the riotous conduct of her own citi
zens would be au act OF pure benevo-
lence. The Legislature is prohibited
from sppropriatiog money TO such a
purpose by section is of article 81:
mo appropriations. except for pen
sious or grsluities for military SER
vices, shall be made for charitable.
educational or benevolent purposes TO
sny person or community. nor TO any
denominalional or sectaIisn :Dstisu-
ton. corporation or association" No
line of argument eau be employed 10
behalf Allegheny county for tue con-
tributiou of money toward her losses
except t1at which proceeds from
charity or benevolence- The State
did not cause The riots, o were they
produced by any breach OF CONTRACT
on the part Of the State Ga the
o Der baud, they we're caused BY pure
hotbeadedness Of persons in the coun-
" of Allegheny. and in defiance oil
the laws of the State. Moreover, We
are informed by ample testimony that
prominent citizens OF Allegheny coun-
Nv aberted the mob 10 defying the
authority OF the Stale. Simple jus
tice demands that they shall pay for
their excitement
DANyILLE INTELLIGENcER.
Ii is perfectly natural that the coun-
" of Allegheny should want TO sbift
rhree-fourths of The riot bill upon the
people Of the State. but The people
have aD eve TO their representatives,
aud by n, uncertain token will ex-
press their hearty condemnation OF
any approval Of this scheme, invosy-
log, as il does, a heavy Tax upon
their constituency. In many places
throughout the State calls for meet
ings have been made to express the
dissatisfaction Of the people with the
bill now before the Legislature pro-
posing that the State shall assume
three fourihs of this expense. The
people are lot only sstonisbed, but
Justly indignant that il should have
been asked, and call upon their rep
resentatiyes to give it a hearty re-
lection.
LANCASTER INTELLIGENcER.
Allegheny County is liable Tor riot
damages by the express provision OF
law, and the only legal question is as
TO whether those who suffered from
the riots were O in fact the guilty
causes OF them. and therefore with
out claim for relief The knowledge
of their guilt and Of the weakness OF
their case against the county causes
the railroad officials to look to the
State as the only hopeful source o
relief. Allegheny county uniIes witt
them, as her easiest way out Of the
trouble. Aud down along the border
the people bo have had a lame claim
for damages ever since the war, now
see a chance TO make their game by
ringing in with the powerful iuhu
eBces that seek to bleed the Stale
and SO an uuboly combination IL
!, formed Of such power "a TO make II
very probable that the State will be
aeeced Of every dollar that the elias
TIC consciences Of the robber gang VII
let them take. 1t may be seven nil
lions or seventy. We are at thu
mercy Of the fowlers.
G%REENsBURG ARGUS.
Had il not been for the cowaFdic'
and ~imbecliity of the city and county
/ O%ficials, and the pusillanimous truck
log Of the better class Of people {,
he passions of the mob, and aidiDf
aud sbetting then in their deviltry
: here would have been 30 riot, n'
Z pillsge, no destruction Of property
4 The attempt 10 saddle there claims
upon the State is the logical outcome
Of Pittsburgh communism. The Stat
: has no right, 10 reason, to pay any
E such claims. The Courts have de
clsred that Allegheny comfy is re
, spOnslble for The losses sustained dur
ing the riots aud the allegation tba
she is unable to pay them is entitled
TO no consideration whatever. Ii sb'
e claims the right Of local self govern
+ ment she should not shrink from th'
o responsibilities of local government
PHILADELPHIA RECORD.
Toe prop ,sal at this time TO appro
I pirate $1,000. QUO for the pay Of
I riot losses, when sdditionsl taxation
3 viii be required to replenisb the de
a precisled Treasury. is preposterous
Besides what interest, what incen
: tive will there be TO protect life ano
! property in cities aud other populou-
districts, if those who are near al
hand and have the means refuse t,
do so, and their neglect o
duty.sor the losses which they have
! caused are imposed oil others who
! neither aided nor could have prevent
: ed the iujury done? Large sums
/ have been paid without a murmur fol
military assistance to protect proper
" in the county of Allegheny and
elsewhere, and why should the citi
zens of the rural districts be called
|. Oh, in defiance of right, Of law and o
moral obligation, 20 submissivels
yield to tie wrong now stismpted
Let those Senators and Repre,eata
uyes who advocate or vote for this
inroad on the Treasury remember
that by so doing they sign their po-
luical death warrant, ane gill retire
TO private life, followed by the just
exeerarions of their tsx-burdened
constituents.
/ PUBLIC LEDGE
Governor Hoyt wisely hesitated to
send troops TO Washington county to
suppress Q riot. Hereafter the hest
fancy is likely to be deliberate aud
long continued. since the sending OF
troops to Pittsburg to rescue that city