Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-09-19

","'sohhg'o Aiu lmpciCu 10 thCSo !
observations, not only by the uuu0ual time |
At which IL has boen taken into c,nsihe,a. !
ton by the Legislature II has been |
customary heretofore Tor tho appru- |
rihtion bill To- be passed and sent |
T. tho governor at the close of tho |
session, whom most of the duties of |
tho Legislature wcro finally performed, |
aud the rest iu forward state of |
completion. Tuis resolution reached mo |
~ time many months aitcr tho day on
which tho Legislature was aS .Cmbed, aud |
when lis important aud mandatory cuusu |
tuuOual duties remain unoxeouted. Tho |
question ot the pay of members is tho |
Last important matter relating To this bCs
sion. The paramount sub ,CJ that should
engage the LcEiSlaturc's attention is tho
execution Of tho cbnstilutiul, under which
the two Houses CXis' aud the whole gov.
CInmeut Ot tho state COhcrCs, by according
10 the people IN all sections aud Or all in-
| tcrCHis, their important night to fair equal,
| just aud timely representation in the halls
of legislation. Il would he better 10 hold
/ m ahcyauC' any d,sCua>iuu OF tho question
! uI pay wh,io such duty, 50 sOlumnly
! crl 'mod rcmaius unpCriurmcd.
CONSIDERATIONS OF expense have no place
! IA the determination Of tho proposition
| whether Or not the mandate Of tho Cuusti.
! tuition shall DO obcycd by tho representa-
t:"cs chosen by the pCOplO iDr that pur.
! pose. II the fundamental law shall remain
uuubcycd by the Legislature, and it's
supremacy uuvudiCated, no partial re-.
! NuquShmcut of pay by lhUse rcspuusibIo
iur tho dciau,t will serve to sAlyo over tho
wound inflicted upon the sacred aud uu-
dCrlying law ui the state On tho other
hand, ChaliuCss Is uut OF place in tho
oAuUt 10 preserve tho integrity OF the
supreme Law. The people of this country
have never been disposed to haggiu about
tho cost ut conserving thnIg political rights
and maintaining Their constitutional iDIm
ut government in its priority and strength.
la cOuvculu- the general assembly for
| the important purposes named, exhausted
| all the power given To me by tho CDuStitu
ton IN this particular case for seeing that
the laws arc faithfully executed. The
length Oi the sCssiOu and its COnse qucut
expenses are not subject To my direction or
control, How long the Legislature will
take to perform its constitutional duties
aud Hb"u II VIII adjourn are matters ex O
Clusiyely within the regulation OF the two
| Houses. l. II my duty, however, to as
sumo, IN view Oi the imperative command
Oi tho organic law, that they will not ad.
] urn until their constitutional obligations
are iully discharged, and official prOprlety
requires me to believe that they will not
unnecessarily consume the mogey of the
the people by prutIaCtlng, - an uuwar-
rautcd length, the time Dt their sitting.
Those remaIks are suggested by certain
notorious facts ia connection with the
present session to wAluh | CauuOt close my
eyes. | cannot fan tn observe m my oil
clAl capacity that over Que hundred day,
have elapsed, and that the business Ton
which the legislature was convened is not
completed. Knowing 10 reason, in Law
. or Justice, for such delay, have sought t.
ascertain the cause by an inspection of tn,
! Journal and niles Of the two houses. Thes,
records disclose the fact that differences
exist between tho bod es upnl the suhjyC
, Of the appuitIunment bills which have no
as yet been reCOuCllcd. On tho part Of til,
House of Representatives, It appears tha
resolutions have been repeatedly sent L
| the Senate requesting the appOlutmeu
= OF committees ut conference to adjust tbt
: ditteroUCcS existing between the two
, ! Houses, which requests the Senate has re
u fused to graut. Moreover, tho House ap
" pcaIs to have pA,5ed y number of new
i bills, pending the uurCCOnCIlGd difference
upon tle old ones, all ul which new meas
} uTCs the Senate has roiusud 10 place upUl
q It's calendar. From this It would appsa
l. that one branch Of the legislature is uu
meet the other for the purpose OF recon-
I cIllug the differences existing betwee
c them aud passing the legislation require
n by the Constitution.
| Tho Constitution Drned.
Ii This determination, II continued, Is
, effect ClOsiny the door upon all pusSlblllt
. of enforcing the fundamental law. III
10 relative merits of tho points OF dIlierenC
. between the Houses do not mean to di,
20 cuss. | have 10 hesitation, however, i
ls distinctly saying that the paramount Ol
u legation for the Passage Of apPOruonmci
u laws makes IL an OyerpOweTIng duty TIL
t. those differences should be finally adj justC
y 50 that the constitution shall DC OOcyed.
y Upon one side OF this question there u
4e differences between tho Houses about u
< Numbers aud political complexion OF di
a tIic.s; upon tho other there Is tho Clea
c, uumlatakable and imperative command
o' the constitution that apporJiOnment la'
- shall be enacted. There thus appears
81 DO a conflict between the resolution Of u
D branch of tho Legislature not TO attem
III to reconcile IT'S differences with the otht
u aud the absolute mandate Of the Constit
,'S ton. In such IA couhict there ought TO
no no doubt about the side To which tho du
VI of the faithful Legislator is due.
=" M0ts Political ouosiIou.
- Luc llthJ.pu OF Lhc dppCTJlphHlehJ
ny the state ought not 10 DO made polite
~ contention te."een parties III which .
shall resolve that unless its claims a
m admitted no laws at all shall DO passo
10 The rules for tho guidance OF the Iegs
'hL tuTe are clearly laid down by th9 coHatig
IL tlOn aud are that tine Legislative distri,
shall bo OF compact and contiguous ter
IL tory, as nearly equal in population AZ N
no, De, and similar requisites obtain for Z
oE congressional apportiOument. Tho Ia
III recognizes no such principle as the CIail
Sal Of parties in the passage oi the logiSlati
for which the General Assembly is now CO
yencd. TO inject such issues into t
for deliberations Ot the Legislature and
ses insisting upon them to prevent tho exec
or. ton of the organic law Is unjustliiable a
lay iudUfensible. Every consideration of la
ot. duty, the rights of the people, and reSpC
iry for tho obligation of Oaths requires til
er, party spirit and party resolves should 4
nd be permitted to stand in the way OF prom
. is and faithful obedience to the constitute
for An Appeal for Justice ana Right
no If the Legislature, from any reasC
u should again fail to comply with the Co
tho maBd of the fundamental law, tho peol
10 cannot be fairly and justly represented
Nd the legislative councils of the state a
Gu. nation before the year 1887. Neither hot
on. | has the right to assume an attitude calC