The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-03-25


terly handling of his opponents gave evil
dence of the able manner in which he had
studied the bill in his charge.
On Tuesday night the House was filed to
its utmost capacity to hear Mrs. Mary H.
Hunt in her lecture on " Scientific Temper
ance Instruction. and her reply to the Ii
belous reports concerning her connection
with book relating to this subject. She
held her audience for over an hour and a
half as she ably and eloquently discussed
the entire subject, answering promptly and
clearly every interrogatory put to her, and
showing so plainly that vote for this
zation, vote against it was vote against
future generations, that she converted a
number of members 10 her way of thinking.
On Wednesday, before the bill came up for a
vote, the petitions praying for Its enactment
came pouring in so rapidly that Speaker
pro ten, Colborn Speaker Graham being sick,
and away, had to have them presented to
the Chair in sections the House seemed
flooded with them, while the lobby was
filled with women, true. noble-hearted wo-
men, whose most earnest desire seemed to
be to raise the world from all that is low and
groveling, and their touching appeals, tear
<ful eyes, and earnest pleadings, brought
around those members whom Mrs. Hunt
could not convert with her eloquence. The
bill passed, with only seven votes againstit,
and one OF those votes was that of an ex-
Methodist preacher, Horne, from Cambria
county.
On Thursday the Senate did nothing but
filibuster over the Built bill, and so pre-
vented any legislation whatever from being
done.
In the House the Rosine Home appropria.
ton bill came up, and received broadside
from Mr.. Colborn, of Somerset, and was
thereby prevented from passing, but another
effort will be made to pass it when every
Philadelphian is present. 1t is outrageous,
the way in winch the money of the State is
expended, and the apparent reckless man.
ner in which the revenues of the State have
been appropriated by the Appropriation
Committee. The bills already fayorably
acted upon by the Committee appropriate
almost four millions of dollars, and the end
has not yet been reached. If the gentlemen
who constitute that Committee have any
Judgment whatever, they must know that
the State Treasury can stand no such drain
as that. Why, one is led to think that over
half our populotion is lame. halt, blind,
crazy. deaf dumb or feeble-minded, and
that squads of this kind of people have been
gathered together in different parts of the
State under the name of Home, Hospital or
Asylum, and the people at large are asked
tutions, to enrich the officers of them. It |
is to be feared that this liberal Coms.ittee |
will do something desperate by appropri- |
ating the Susquehanna river, or the Cover
nor himself.
The following is the Congressional Ap-
portionment Bill adopted by the Republican
Senators, which will be somewhat mutila-
ted by the House and vetoed by his excel |
lency, the accidental reform executive
The first six districts-PhiladelphIa
The second, (Mr Randalrs district is un-
changed.
Sevanth-Bucks and Montgomery.
Eighth-Chester and Delaware.
Ninth-Lancaster.
Tenth-Carbon, Wayne, Pike, Monroe and
Eleventh-Berks and Lehigh.
Twelfth--Susquehanna and Lackawanna
Thirteenth-Luzerne.
Fourteenth-Lebanon Dauphin and Per-
ry.
Fifteenth-SchuylKill
Sixteenth-Tiogo, Bradford, Sullivan and /
Wyoming.
Seventeenth-Cumberl Adams and
York.
Eighteenth = Mifiiin, Juniata, Union,
snyder, Fulton, Franklin and Hunting
Ion.
Nineteenth-Cambria. Blair, Bedford and
Somerset.
Twentieth-Elk, Centre, Clearfeld, Forest
md Clarion.
wenty-irst-Fayette, Westmoreland and
Republican segment of Allegheny.
Twenty-second-Part of Allegheny.
Twenth-third-Part of Allegheny.
y-fourth-Armstrong, Butler, JEFF
erson and Indiana.
Twenty fifth Columbia. Clinton, Lycom-
ng, Montour and Northumberland.
Twenty.sixth -yenango. Warren, NJ
<ean, Mercer, Potter and Cameron.
Twenty y-seventh-Crawford and Erie
Twenty eighth = Beaver, Greene, Law
ence and Washington.
The bill would make nineteen Republican
c nine Democratic districts.
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