Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-09-05

ONE DAY IN THE HOUSE.
HARRISBURG, August %.

ministration Spokesman Amerman was
gladdened by the passage of his arbi-
tration apportionment resolution, which
provides for the appointment of ten
eminent men outside the Legislature to
frame apportionment legislation. Am
erG.an and Mcnamara were profuse in
their commentator of the proposed
plan TO end the legislative deadlock
Colborn saw no warrant for the transfer
of the duties of the Legislature to a
commission Parcels, Democrat, OF
Milflin, who believes the Democrats
have nothing to gain and much to lose
by continuing the session, opposed the
chimerical proposition. Ayres, of
Bradford, said it was child's play to
propose such a plan The resolution
received comparatively small vote, a
considerable number of Democrats de-
clining to place themselves on record
in favor of it. Parcels is the only
Democrat who voted in the negative.
Speaker Faunce was among those who
declined to vote On the passage of
the resolution the yeas were SO and the
nays GA.
The Jamison Legislative bill was
passed finally, after several protests
against the manner of its passage.
Schlicher, of Schuylkill, and Smith, OF
Reading, whose names were answered
affirmatively, were not present, and
Brown, of Erie, called the attention of
the Chair to the fact. Crawford, who
apprehended the failure of the bill to
pass, changed his vote to the negative
side. Brown kept his feet and demand
ed that the votes of the two persons
named be stricken from the roll. The
Chair said the roll would be corrected
accordingly. The clerks agreed in
their tally and reported l02 affirmative
votes. Crawford asked leave to change
back and it was granted him. This
gave 1O3 votes in favor of the bill and
Brown stood insisting the roll be cor
rected. A member moved to adjourn
and the chair was about to put the
question when Brown renewed his de-
mand for a correction of the roll and
asked for the yeas and nays on the mo-
ton to adjourn. The Clerks announc-
ed the correction and that the affirma-
votes were sufficient to pass the bill,
whereupon the call for the yeas and
NAYS was withdrawn and the House
adjourned.
The House to-day passed a resolu-
ton, offered by Representative Greer,
of Franklin, providing for memorial
addresses in the hall of the House on
Tuesday evening in connection with
the death of ]. Mcdowell Sharpe.
THE sENATE's ANSWER.
On the next day the Senate answer
ed the above as follows:
HARRISBURG, August 30.-In the
Senate to-day the Jamison Senatorial
and Legislative bill and the Amerman
Commission scheme were received.
The bill was referred to the committee
and the resolution tabled. Then
Cooper moved to take recess a fifteen
minutes, In order that the committee
might consider the bill. Gordon said
the time wos not sufficient to consider
so important a measure. Cooper's
blonde eyebrows contracted as he hiss
ed back that five minutes was long
enough to consider bill that came
over tainted with fraud. The motion
for a recess was then agreed to without
further discussion. At the expiration
of the time fixed, the Senate reassem-
bled, aud the bill was reported mega
lively.
Gordon proposed to submit minor
ity report, and Cooper objected, on the
ground that leave had not been obtain
ed in the committee Sutton asked if
the Republicans proposed to- introduce
gag law. Cooper said they would
resist any proposition that entailed de-
lay. Sutton said this discussion caus-
ed delay, because it provoked debate.
Cooper answered thai he would with
draw his objection if the subject would
be treated without discussion This
being assented to, Gordon submitted
his minority report. 1t recites that
ample time had not been given the
Democrats on the committee to present
their views on the bill, and further
charges that the hasty action of the
committee was reflection on the pur-
poses of the minority. He moved that
the bill be placed on the calendar, not
withstanding the adverse action of the
Committee, which was not agreed to,
the yeas being twelve and the nays
seventeen.
GORDON FAVORS ARBITRATION.
The Amerman resolution was then
taken up, and Gordon supported it in
speech of some length. He said:
| wish to say now that the stock in
trade of the Senator from Delaware
Cooper in all the arguments upon
this question is entirely disposed of by
this resolution, for, if it should pass,
an expensive session would not be pro-
tracted, because there would be no
compensation received by the members
pending the considering the subject by
this committee created by this resolu-
tion Therefore, when he or any other
Senator replies, trust he will abandon
that branch OF his argument, for it is
intended, and in terms stated in this
resolution, that no compensation shall
be received by the Legislature while
this arbitration committee is consider
ing the subject matter. Therefore it is
simply an effort without expense to the
State to have this debated subject con-
sidered and disposed of. The Senator
from Erie (SilD has said he is very
anxious to have an apportionment.
The Senator from Beaver (Agnew) the
other day in long argument asserted
the same thing. Almost every Sena-
tor upon the other side, while he has
been doing everything in his power to
avert an apportionment, has at the
same time protested most vehemently
that he desired one.
The purpose of this resolution is very
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