Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-07-11
DEFENDING DELANEY.
JOHN STEWART JOIns HIS rOxCEs.
The Governor Criticasod BY Regulars and
Independents For Cutting on the
Sinecnres-Sonat0rW Wallace Closes
tho Discussloa


Independents For Quitting or the
Sinecnres-SonatOr Wallace Closes
tho Discussioa.
In the state Senate last night Mr..
Watres rising to question of privilege,
made statement of the duties imposed
by law upon Senate Librarian Delaney,
and said that it was unjust, unfair and un'
true, to say that he had no labor to per-
form during the recess between the
adjournment of one Legislature and the
meeting of o succeeding one. The cover.
nor who had vetoed an appropriation of
81, 800 to Delaney, ought to state to the
Senate the sources of information which
led him to say that Delaney had no duties
or labors during the recess. Mr.. Watres,
in connection with the subject, offered the
following resolution
Resolued, That the governor be re-
quested to furnish to the Senate the rea-
sons leading him to the conclusion as
stated in his veto message, filed in the
Office of the secretary of the common.
wealth, for the statement that the Senate
librarian had no labor to perform during
the recess of the Legislature.
Mr.. Gordon denied the right of the Sen
ate to consider this resolution. Should it
pass it would be an insult to the governor
to compel him to render an account of his
reasons for any action he might have
taken. The resolution was insolent.
Messrs. Hughes and Cooper defended
the Senate librarian, and maintained that
it was entirely within the power of the
Senate of Pennsylvania to ask ths execu-
tive for the source from which he derived
the untruthful and false information
which led to veto of this special item of
tho appropriation.
Mr.. Stewart said that he was under the
impression that all the misinformation
was furnished by the senator from Phila-
delphia. Mr. Gordon.
The debate continued at length. Dur
ing its continuance Mr.. Gordon charged
that "there was no law empowering the
librarian to become the pander to the
personal convenience of the senators, ="
while Mr.. Cooper believed that the Cover
nor had never read the act of 1879, which
imposed certain specified duties upon the
official in consideration of the 81 800 he
was to receive. The result of the COVER
nor's action was simply to deprive the
librarian of single penny for services
rendered this year, and the injustice was
SO glaring that the custodian of the COVER
nor ought to have made him acquainted
with it. [Laughter.l
Mr.Stewart thought the purpose of tho
introduction of tho resolution had been
answered, and that Mr.. Gordon's position
executive has derived his information or
misinformation from that senator, who,
for aught he (Stewart) knew, may himself
have written the message.
Mr.. Gordon insisted that the governor
had been right, and that the bill not only
gave the librarian $500 for services during
the session, but 81, 600 in addition for the
| rest of the year, and 81, 800 for the coming
year, in which there would be no session
This last item had very properly boon
vetoed.
Mr.. Wallace interposed in the personal
contest which sprung up between Messrs.
Gordon and Stewart, by calling the atten
| tion OF tho Senate to the fact that tho
whole subject was grossly out of order,
because the constitution required the gov
ernor to return vetoed bills to the House
and tho Senate had nothing to do with it.
The precedent which the Senate was set
ting in discussing matters not legitimately
before it might return to plague the in
ventor. He appealed to senators OF both
political parties not to establish this pre-
cedent, and moved to indefinitely postpone
| the resolution.
Mr.. Watres then asked permission Gas
he said the resolution had accomplished
the purpose for which it was introduced)
to withdraw it. This was agreed to.
NJ. r. Gillian was nominated as publish
or of state reports. This Office was created
under bill introduced by Mr.. Grier in
the Senate at the regular session, prOvid-
ing for the republication of all supreme
court reports, from first Dallas to first
| Outerbridge.
Adjourned until "Wednesday morning at
| II O'Clock.