Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-04-06


ryine companies to charge less per
mile for long than short distance.
The House on Thursday, after hear
ing a number of pititions regarding GER
tain bills, hearing reports of commit
tees, and the reading of several bills in
place. resumed on second reading the
act relating to license for the sale of in
toxicating liquors, introduced by Mr..
Film. The bill grades the fees for IL
censes as follows per year:
Sales amounting to $4,000, fee of
500.
Sales amounting to SO, 600, fee of
$400.
Sales amounting to $1,000, a fee Of
5000.
Sales amounting to $4,000, fee of
800.
Sales amounting to less than $4,000,
fee of $50.
This bill was discussed at length,
when the further consideration of it
w1s indefinitely postponed By vote
Of SO to 73.
In the Senate the bill providing for
the election Of two overseers Of the
poor in February next, the one receiv-
ing the highest number of votes to
hold Office two years and the other to
hold Office one year, and annually there
after o1e person shall be elected over
seer OF the poor for two years, provided
it does not apply to counties having
poor houses managed by directors elect
ed for that PURPOSE, was passed hnaliy
THURSDAY.
The House met at 1870 to consider
the bill proposing an amendment to the
Constitution prohibiting forever the
manufacture and sale Of intoxicating
liquors except for mechanical, mcdicin-
al and scientific purposes. Mr. Furth,
Philadelphia, made an argumentagainst
the bill. ard Messrs. Colborn, Somer-
set, and CLARK, Philadelp phia, in favor
of it.
Symington Phillips ogercd an amend
ment inserting the word sacramento.
Mr.. Bierly offered an amendment to
the amendment striking out the words
medicinal, mechanical and scientific
purposes If the bill passes in its
present shape, he said every drug store
will be tipping house. We have
enough of that already.
Mr. Furth made vigorous start in
opposition to the bill, and waslauDching
ont in highfalutin speech, when be was
Interrupted by Messers. Niles and Col
born. who gave notice that the temper
ance men did not propose to discuss
this question, and would not answer
the gentlemen. Mr. Furth proceeded
making very weak points. He said
over-eatng was intemperance, and yet
no one wanted a law against that.
This project, he said, savored Of the
actions Of the abolitionst5 who wanted
to manumit all Of the slaves at one
fell swoop, because it destroyed millions
Of dollars worth Of property invested
in The liquor trade There was such
thing as utemperance in temperance
views, and there were temperance fan
atics and zcalCts.
Mr. Clark spoke in favor Of the bill,
and related an incident connected with
recent visit to the. Eastern Penitcn-
tiarv. in which a man serving term
Of 2 years for manslaugbter, told him
that be had committed the deed for
which he suffered, while under the
influence Of liqLor. Mr. Clark said he
would vote TO suppress the evil, which
was the crying shame OF the age.
He hoped Pennsylvania would fol-
low Kansas in this matter, and was
glad he had an opportunity to vote for
it.
Mr.. Colborn spoke in favor Of the
bill.
Mr.. Mapcs hoped the amendments
woud be voted down, and the House
promptly voted down, Mr.. Bierly's
amendment.
Mr.. Phillips, amendment was also
defeated
Mr.. Bicrly offered another amend
ment providing for the payment Of any
damages any manufacturer may sustain
bv the adoption Of the amendment
This was voted down.
A member wanted to amcnd by
inserting Legislative alter the word
'scicntilic,' but he was sque!chcd.
The yeas and nays were taken on the
passage on the bill Oh second reading
and wcrc-ycas %, nays 3S.
FRIDAY.
/ In the Senate an act fixing the sala-
ries Of Senators and members OF the
House was reported ahirmatlyely This
bin provides that the salaries cf Scna-
tors and members of House of Repre-
sentativcs be hereby fixed at 5 900 for
each regular session Of the General