Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-07
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stitution, the effects of which will be to
reduce the membership of the House to
$50, were reported favGbly. The salary
bill and the bill giving priority to
mechanics liens was passed finally and
sent to the House. The bills to prevent
forfeiture of life insurance policies for nom
payment Of premiums and to punish adul-
teration of drugs and beverages were also
passed.
In the House, bill giving s10,O to
the "York Hospital aud Dispensary asso-
citation being objected to because it ap-
propriated money to private corporation,
the speaker said that, as there were many
bills of that class, he would reserve his
decision on the point until they came up
on the General Appropriation calendar"
A resolution was then agreed to fixing
each Thursday for the consideration Of
such calendar. The bill to exempt hall
associations from taxation where the halls
are used for lodges, and the bill to enable
manufacturing and mining corporations to
wind up their affairs, were reported favor
ably. The bill grading the liquor licenses
throughout the state was considered, and
a substitute, simply re -enacting the gener-
al license law of 1875, was agreed to and
passed third reading. The bill, imposing
a four mills tax on mortgages, loans,
shares Of stock. etc., passed second read
ing.
Indorslng Malone.
Senator McNeill, of Allegheny, yester-
day morning issred call for the assem-
bling of the Republican members of both
houses to meet in caucus in the state IL
brary at o'clock p. IN. A large number
of the Republican members of the Legis-
lature, in pursuance of that call, met in
the afternoon. Senator McNeill called the
meeting to order. Mr.. McCreery moved
that the reporters be requested to retire,
but Mr.. Wolfe moved TO lay his motion Oh
the table. which was carried, and they
| were allowed to remain. Senator Cooper
offered the following resolution
''Resol5ed, That tho Legislature of Penn
sylvania regards with approval the atti-
tude taken by the Republican members Of
| the United States Senate in insisting upon
the right Of the majority to control the
organization of that body, and hopes that
the unanimity which has thus far charac-
terized their proceedings will be maintain
ed"
| Representative Wolfe spoke in opposi-
ton to the entertainment aud passage of
| the resolution. He said he indorsed the
wording of the resolution, but thought it
unwisc and impolitic for the Legislature
! to place itself, by its passage, in position
that might hereafter be found to have been
UNIV lsely taken in its indOrsemeAt of the
! conduct Of the Republican members of
| the United States Senate. He,could not
indorse a man who was repudiator. lie
could not admire the man who in the late
campaign pledged fealty to the national
| Democratic party and supported General
| Hancock for the presidency, and now
turned his back upon his party. II he did
SO from honorable motives he would
admire him. But ifhe did not do so from
such motives he dcspised him. A house
that is not built upon the rock, but the
sand, cannot stand, and the great Repub-
lican party cannot afford to build their
house upon the little sand bar of repudia-
ton. 1t is not a matter of good policy,
therefore, to take any action in the matter
but allow our senators, who should know
the situation, being upon the ground, to
act as they should sec fit. He gave notice
that he would not remain if the action of
the caucus was to be considered as
more than advisory, and that if
this resolution were presented be-
| fore the House he would move,
as an amendment, a resolution which he
had in his pocket, and which he read to
the caucus, stating that fair play and har
mony il. the Republican party demanded
that our senators should vote for con-
firmation of all of the nominations of
President Garfield whether they were &C
ceptably to individual senators or not.
Senator Cooper replied at considerable
length saying he had prepared the resolu-
ton with great care, SO as to avoid any per-
sonal Endorsement of Senator Malone.
The purpose of the resolution was to indOrse
the unanimous action of the Republican
senators. He, for one, was not willing to
withhold his encouragement from the man
who was assailed by Senators Lamar,
| Brown and Hampton, and who has been
ostracised both politically and socially by
the Bourbon Democracy of the South be
cause he had had the courage to break away
from Bourbonism. He expressed his sur
dependent among the Republicans, should
Southern Democracy. He asserted that
the regeneration Of Virginia was at stake
and the welfare of the co!orcd race there
in, as well as 4 free ballot and a fair count
Representative S. B. Myers said that
| if the resolution would have indorsed Sen
| ator MahOne's political views and standing
he would have had to oppose it along with
| Mr.. Wolfe; but rs he considers it did not,
he would vote for it.. Senator Newmyer
also expressed similar views.
Senator Davies made lengthy speech,
presenting the affirmative side of the
question, saying that he hoped that tho
Republicans Of Pennsylvania would not
turn cold shoulder to the one ray of hope
that had arisen in the Southern sky of the
breaking up of the solid South. Shall we
say to the Lamars, the Hills, the Hamp-
tons and their Southern colleagues, you
can crush General Malone politically, and
ostracise him socially, and we will look
idly on and render him no encouragement
CT assistance thus saying to all others
who may in the future desire to assist in
the regeneration of the South, we will
turn the cold shoulder to you and leave
you to the tender mercies of your former
friends, and to struggle, unaided by us.
He asked all the Republican members to
Come together and vote unitedly in sup
port of the resolution.
Representative Law gave notice chat he
concided with Mr.. Wolfe, and would not
be bound to support the resolution on the
floor of the House. The vote was then
taken aud it was adopted, with few dis.
senting votes. There were a number of
Republican absentces from the caucus
and it isl known there will be opposition
to the passage OF tho resolution in both
houses by the several Repubublican
members.
Palmer's Fuss.
Ruddiman's committee Of investigation
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