Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-06-23
HAkRI8BUlea NEWS.


Gov. Pattison vetoes the bill for the
relief of Nancy McKillips, the mother OF
James McKillips, who died in the military
service of the state in 1868, because she
performed no military service.
Tho following reasons are given for the
veto of the bill to give the state treasury
a corporation clerk at 81, 800 year "The
general salary act of May 18th, 1874, fixed
the salaries Of all the officers of the state
government and the number and compen-
eation of the clerks. and all the employees
in all the departments. BY that act the
one chief clerk at s., 900 year, tho other
clerk at 81 400 year, and q nessen-
ger and watchman at 5000 each. Since
1874 the business of the state treas
urer's department has been conducted
with the clerical force appointed by that
act, and no complaint that / know OF has
been made until now of the insufficiency
of the number of assistants. Why should
the increase proposed by the bill be made :?
l have heard no reason for it, and cannot
imagine that any additional duties have
been imposed upon the state treasurer
since the passage of the act of 1874, nor
has the business of his department
changed in character of laboriousness.
My knowledge of tho departments leads
and fully equipped with employees, that
the act Of 1874 was liberal one, and that
if it erred at all it was not OH the side of
parsimony. The legislative mind must
have been impressed with this thought
early in the season. for it then appointed
a joint committee to inquire what reduc'
ksnrc 1>ov v,1olo in, thu 0lQriOlv fnron
of tho various state departments. There
is deep seated belief among the psople
that the cost of conducting tho govern
ment is too great, that the list OF names
upon the pay roll is unnecessarily large,
and that there exist many sinecuros that
could and ought to be dispensed with. 1t
is poor answer to this popular complaint
to add more names to the long list OF
officeholders drawing pay from tho public
purse.
cit is also worth mentioning in connec-
tion with this that tho pres ent Legislature
recently passed most wise and commend
able bill, which is now 4 law, requiring
tho money in the sinking fund no other
wise invested to be used in the purchase
of either U. s. bonds or those of tho state.
As the commissioners Of tho sinking fund
WILL VuOIClOlOS III oOCViOiACO W OA0O wv
invest a large balance of upwards OF
81, 600, 900 in one or the other of these
securities, the treasurer will be relieved
from keeping tho numerous accounts he
now has with various banks, where that
money is at present deposited without
interest. In addition to the other valuable
benefits conferred by that act, the saving
of labor that the treasurer will experience
:,, from, OnSiHor0 hIf
quantity of bookkeeping is worthy OF
remark. and is 4 reason for dispensing
with any necessity of this bill. No
knowing any good reason for the addi
tional clerkship created by this bill,
decline to assist in placing this buraeI
upon the people,"
The governor signed 10 bills yesterday,
among which were the following appro
priatiOn bills: Eastern penitentiary, $S1,
$50; Philadelphia house of refuge, $S4, 900
state board of agriculture, $3.50; West
ern penitentiary, 1000; state Insane
hospital at Danville, $34, 900; Pennsylva
mia institution for the deaf and dumb
$156, 900; Pennsylvania institution for tn
instruction of the blind, $43, 500; Dixmon
insane hospital, for the year beginning
June 1st, 1884, $3l, 900; for tho state nor
NAL schools, 500, 900; Western Pennsyl
vania institution for the deaf and dumb
$53, 500.
The governor also vetoed tho bill rela
tive to building road from Bedford t
Mineral Springs, giving tho followin
reasons Section of article > Of the cor
stitution provides that no local or spccia
law shall be passed "creating corporation
or amending, renewing or extending tn
charters thereof:
The Senate resolved "that any leave
of absence granted by the Senate for a
indefinite period shall be considered re
voked when any bills shall have reache'
third reading, and thereafter no leave 0
absence shall be granted except for sick
ness or other serious cause stated in ope
Senate.'