Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-07-07
tions which have not yet got share Of
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the states bounty. s
Moreover, the governor points out that
some of the very Institutions aided be.
fore, and for which he again approves
appropriations 'have notoriously refused
to obey the requirements of the laws of
the state from which they now seek aid.
They are in an attitude of cOntemptuous
disobedience to most wise and reason
able statute" Such an attitude We
might reasonably have expected from
the governors former messages would
have been sufficient justification for his
withholding of their appropriation. The
Harrisburg Patriot, in commencing his
veto falls into the error of suppOsing that
the governor I" has drawn the line at the
recommendation of the board of public
charities, or in other words he has with
held his approval from such appropria
tions as were not applied for in compli-
ance with law" But this is not the
general principle" upon which he has
acted. For he says
4" am advised that at least two state
institutions have used certain items Of ap'
preparations for other purposes than those
for which the money was set apart by the
bills as passed. This is legal misuse of
the money. 1t is notably true of one Or
ganizstion that diverted certain money
appropriated for furniture aud mainten-
ancc and used it for building purposes.
Such clear violation OF law is not to be
tolerated. and if continued, will adopt
such course as will punish it, and pre-
vent a repetition in the future"
Would it not have been better to have
made an example of these institutions
now?
Other appropriations, of doubtful
character, the governor has allowed to
escape his disapproval because they pro.
vided for the education of frieAdless and
destitute children, while some ~ the
bills vetoed provided for " IL Ii'ts IS
women - fallen wOmen,' aud = Old
ladies' 1t is superline distinction
that the executive makes between these
different forms of charity. Finally he
approves the appropriations for hospi-
tails in the coal and iron counties "where
large numbers of laboring people are en-
gagged in industries of a particularly haZ.
ardOus and dangerous nature where
accidents Of the most distressing char
acter are of frequent occurrence and
sometimes so extensive in their results
as to make ordinary appliances for the
care of the wounded inadequate, and
where provision for such sudden calam
tiles must constantly be maintained
that the most shocking and heartrend
ing misery may be alleviated - while
he disapproves the appropriations fol
hospitals in Meadville and Erie, though
he approves aid to the hospitals in Har
risburg, Reading, Pittsburgh, Williams.
port and Altoona-presumably because
they received it before.
The governors warning to future Leg
iSlatureS that his action on these bills is
not to establish precedent is timely
his general tone of disapproval of such
grants is commendable, and he seems t.
make start toward disapproval OF
them but we repeat that he fails to sci
forth the general principle" upol
which he vetOes six and approves SC
many more of a doubtful character
Having endorsed the latter he ought by
the s;,me reasoning have let them al
pass; or, having vetoed these half dozen
he should have gone further.
The governors pronounced determin
alton in the first instance was to vett
the appropriations for all the charitie:
which had not complied with the man
date of the law requiring them to frs
receive the approval of the beard OF
public charities. That would have beer
logical position upon which his vetOe'
would have stood as on rock. He
might have abandoned it upon the
ground that the legislative approval sup
piled the lack of the approval of the
board of charities, and that since two
thirds Of the Legislature had determined
to appropriate these moneys, nOtwith
standing the absence of the recOmmen
datiOn of the board of charities, it wa!
not incumbent Oh him to resis
the appropriation to worthy OBJ
jects. That position, too, would
have had 4 strong foundation. But
the governor in sitting down he
tween these two stools has inevitabl,
fallen to the ground. There is nothin,
to sustain the approval of some and the
disapprOyal of other unrecommendet
appropriations, unless the rejected chari
ties are unworthy; which they are not.
Evidently the governor has found anon,
the unrecommended charities, some whicl
the pressure upon him to grant was YER
great. His resistance was not stou
enough for the strain and the whole
crowd Of charities has passed in through
the gate, save some weak and modes
creatures that got crushed as it fell.
THE Society of Friends in England la
just repealed the prohibition of the mar
riage of first cousins, which has bcen il
th,t hodv for naarlv OOO vnars