Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-04-18

tnat separate JuuSe was neccssaIy
to attend to it economically. Sharpe
made strong speech against the
amendment. He said that the House
could accept no other standard of pop
ulation than the last census and argued
that the proposed change would make
the bill unconstitutional.
Brown, of Erie, insisted that the
Constitution leaves it discre tiolary
with the Legislature whether county
with less than the requisite population
should constitute separate district.
He thought that the business of the
county and the preferences of the peo-
pie ought to be taken into considera-
ton. Sterrett, Of Mexican, thought
that the only safe road to travel was
to obey the Constitution to the letter
and give no county judge without
the full requirement of population.
Hulings, Ziegler and McCabe took
the floor in succession to demonstrate
that there was nothing in the Consti-
tuition to prevent Lawrence from hav-
ing judge of her own, and Colborn
spoke for half an hour in q vain effort
to show that the amendment should
not be carried A vote was taken and
on call of the ayes and nays Law
renee was made the Thirty eighth dis
trict by q majority of 2 The ayes
were 80, the nays IS.
ANOTHER AMENDMENT
was made by Tubbs that Potter and
Cameron should be joined with Tioga,
as they are at present, and not with
Clinton, as the bill proposes. Mercy,
of Clinton, protested against this on
the ground that it would disarrange
the entire bill. A long discussion fol-
lowed which was cut short by the hour
of adjournment.
The only other subject considered at
the morning session was the prohibi-
torv amendment, which came up on
the question of the amendment propos-
ed by Hughes, of Bedford, Yesterday,
that the compensation clause" should
be stricken opt. Mcnamara finished
the speech which be began yesterday.
Ormsby, q Democratic veteran from
Mercer, who speaks rarely but always
well, took strong ground in favor OF the
amendment, arguing that prohibition
is morally right; that the best interests
Of the people demand it; that instead
of injlripg it you'd benefit the ln-
dustrial interests of the State and that
the people who have asked for it ought
not to be disregarded. He thought
that the Legislature @ould not be
doing its duty if it failed to give the
people an opportunity of expressing
their preferences. Brosius, of Lam
caster, spoke in somewhat the same
strain, and Green, Of Rerks, was in
the midst of speech against tha c9n.
stitutional amendment when be was
cut short by calls for the order OF the
day, which was the judicial apportion-
ment bill
HARRISBURG, April 13.-By a turn
of the tide HaWrence county lost all
that she gained yesterday IN the
House, and once more figures in toe
Judicial Apportionment bill as an adj
| iunct to Beaver. When Morrison sue
ceeded yesterday in making separate
district of his county by a majority OF
two, some of the old heads among the
Reform Democrats oscillated their
polls and sagely observed to one an
other that this would have to be re-
considered or it would "Open up the
whole Question lgSia" end Illustrate
all their well laid plans fof economy.
The motion to reconsider was made by
Major Walker, of Erie. Mr.. Morrison
made q strong protest against it, re-
peating his arguments of yesterday to
shov the COUNTY was entitled to a
separate Judge, OF afeooggnt Of its grow
ing population and the rapid ineresse
of its court business. Nobody TOOK
the trouble to reply. The Democrats
felt sure that they could carry their
paipt and the result showed that they
were right The vote stood: lob for
reconsideration and Gt against.
HUNTINGDON COUNTY.
Col. Burchieid, Of Blair, next made
an attempt to have a separate district
made of Huntingdon and Mffln, and
Mr.. Myton, of the former county,
wanted Huntingdon joined with Full
ton, but neither succeeded Mr. Col
lips, of Sullivan, then moved to make
separate Aistrict of Sullivan and Wy
oming, and after q twa fogrs' discus
sion the House agreed to it by 2
vote of "a to. 7G Pending further
discussion of the bill the hour of ad-
journment arrived.
The discussion was resumed in the
afternoon and numerous attempts were
made to sacsse other changes in the
districts every one OF vlieh encounter
ed the opposition of nearly all the i'em-
ocratic majority, and were defeated.
The bill passed, second reading principal
ly by Democratic votes. There is great
deal of dissatisfaction over the result,
and it is possible that the bill viii! fail
to secure the necessary majority unless
further changes are made.