Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-04-25
KILLED..

The bill in the Legislature at Har-
risburg, providing for vote by the
people, whether the further sale and
manufacture of intoxicating drinks in
the State should be prohibited or not,
was virtually killed in the House for
this session last week. And it was
not killed by fair, square. vote upon
its merits, but just as it was two years
ago in the Senate Its opponents now
succeeded in breaking it down with
the same 'rider" they did then. This
rider was the compensation clause in
serted in the bill, which provided that
all persons dealing in liquors should be
paid for their property in case the peo-
ple ratified the bill. Such a clause
was fastened upon it by its foes, and
it's friends, rather than to submit it to
the people in that shape, joined in and
voted against it. The mere idea ol
paying for the property of all engaged
in that business is so absurd that 1t Is
no wonder the friends of the bill took
the course they did. That a gigantic
evil must be paid for before the people
can destroy it is new doctrine. BY
this kind of argument, the greater the
evil and wrong doing that may exist in
the land, the greater would be the
amount the people must pay to get
themselves rid of them We think the
question has merely been postponed
and that the people will yet be heard.
The judicial District Business.
According to the Beaver Falls 1rs-
bune the people of Beaver county are
very averse to being placed in judicial
district with Lawrence county. The
last census gave them 39,635 popula-
ton, and they propose taking the census
of Beaver Falls again to show that
they have over 10000 and are conse-
ouently entitled to separate district.
The Legislature, one day last week
agreed to erect Lawrence into a sepa-
rate district, but the next day backed
down. The alleged reason is that the
Governor would veto the bill. 1t
would seem that this county, though
most probably having population of
over 40, 1000, is to be still attached to
some other for judicial purposes. There
is no economy in it, for the salary OF
the Associate Judges necessitated oy
it, with adjuncts of travelling expenses,
etc. amounts to more than the salary
of a separate Judge for the county.
With Butler and Beaver both trying to
kick us off, that they may manage their
own judicial affairs in their own way.
it would seem that we should be allow
ed Judge, and that without any hesl-
tation. Representative Morrison is
active for it, but it is doubtful whether
he can carry Democratic House In the
face of threatened veto by Demo-
cratic Governor. The next best thing
is to be united with Beaver county.
The means of intercommunlcation show
that -NeaC Castle Courant, April 70.
THE above from the New Castle
Courant expresses truly we presume
the unpleasant situation our neighbor
Lawrence county is in respecting the
judicial redistricting. The relations OF
the people of our county, and OF our
Judges, with the people and the Bar of
Lawrence county, have always been
pleasant. But the reason why we now
insist upon being separate judicial
district is because we have the full and
clear Constitutional population required
for separate district. To this also
should be added the fact that the large
legal business of our county justify it
in being separate district. Neither
Lawrence or Beaver county has the
population required by Constitution,
according to the late census, the only
guide in the matter. They should be
put together for that reason if for no
other. If they are not, or if either OF
them are made separate district, the
Governor would be compelled to veto
such bill, for the same reason that
Gov. Hovt was compelled to veto the
bill of two years ago. We do not
know, and cannot understand, why
Beaver county is averse to being placed
in a judicial district with Lawrence.
The means of communication between
them, as the Courant says. is conve-
nient and short. While all outside
would like to see each or either of them
made separate judicial district yet the
fundamental law is clearly against SO
doing and there is no way left but to
join them in one district.
Pay Of County Officers.
There has been introduced in the
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