Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-03-21
legislative Work.

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ed in the Senate last week, q bill to
prohibit persons from treating other
persons to intoxicating drinks. The
bill makes treating criminal offense
and provides for fine of s25 for vio-
lation of the act
Mr.. Donly's bill in the House, to
suppress the growth and going to seed
of the weed known as the wild daisy,
was defeated + y a vote of 73 yeas to
81 nays.
Mr.. Stubbs, Chester, read an act
making it misdemeanor for a minor
to declare himself of age for the pur-
pose of obtaining liquor.
An act to increase the length of the
school term. Not passed-1eas 60,
nays 81.
An act to repeal an act authorizing
clerks of markets to weigh butter
Yeas 1876, nays 3S.
An act to prevent delay and discrim-
nations by railroad, railway or trans
portation companies-Yeas 126, nays
"a
An act to amend an act entitled q
supplement to an act to provide the
manner in which courts may divide
borougbs into wards-Yeas so, nays
so. less than constitutional majority
in the affirmative, the bill was not car
ried
An act providing for a license for
tie sale of firearms, bowie knives, etc,
was indefinitely postponed.
BILL TO PREVENT CREMATION.
HARRISBURG, March l4-Senator
Nelson, who, in the occasional absence
of the chaplain, leads in the prayer
by which the sessions are opened, in
troduced bill to-day to prevent the
cremation of human bodies. The
"whereas" makes special reference to
the LIE Moyne crematory furnace in
Washington county. The bill would
impose upon any person taking hand
in the cremation fine of not less than
$500 nor more than $1,000, or all i'm
prisonment of not less than one year
nor more than three years, or both, at
the Courts discretion. Officers of the
law neglecting to arrest an offender
would be subject to penalty of $500.
THE BILL TO REDUCE REPRESENTATION
DEFEATED.
Senator Meningitis bill to decrease
the number of Senators to thirty
three and of Representatives to one
hundred and to increase their salaries
was defeated in the Senate by vote
of % yeas and s nays
DIsGRACEFUL SCENE.
HARRISBURG, March 15.-At the
close of the afternoon session of the
Senate, Senator Lee accused Senator
Mcknight of working against the in
terest of his constituents and lodging
the free pipe bill, to which Mcknight
anprily retorted Senator Emery,
standing by, also accused Mcknight of
purposely avoiding the matter. Angry
words followed, and Emery slapped
Mcknight in the face. Mcknight
then struck at Emery, but other Sena-
tors interfered and order was restored.
There was a reconciliation before the
Senators left the chamber.
A bill for the better protection of
persons living in hotels and tenement
houses by compelling the proprietors
thereof to furnish alarms, lights and
additional stairways was reported fa-
yorably.
Representative Lands, of Lancas-
ter county, has succeeded in getting
his bill prohibiting the wholesale pay
ment of taxes by political committees
placed upon the calendar, notwithstand-
ing the adverse report of the commit
tee. His earnest appeal to both sides
to support his resolution for the sake
of good government was responded to
bv the handsome vote of 12S to %.
There is no more useless waste OF
money by campaign committees than
this of paying taxes. A voter who
cannot or will not pay his own taxes
ought not to be permitted to vote.
His vote has no opinion behind it
which is worth considering. A man
who will use the ballot properly, and
for the accomplishment of certain ends
will not let slight tax deprive him of
his vote.