The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-06-07

How the Farmers, the Insurance Compa-
nies, the ONCE Seekers, the Schools, the
Soldiers, the sportsmen and all Other
Classes Fared at Harrisburg.
This paper herewith presents a classified
statement of bills made laws by the One Hun
dred and Eighth legislature of Pennsylvania,
together with the aggregate of the appropria-
tions passed;
Three hundred and seventy-seven bills were
messaged to the governor. This is twenty
nine more bills than were sent to the gov
ernor by the legislature of 1887, and seventy
three more than the legislature of 1886 mes
saged TO the chief executive.
Following is comparative statement OF
the work of the three last houses, prepared
by Chief Clerk John W. Morrison, which
speaks for itself:
Number of bills read in place. e..... 8s5 7p8 749
Number of house bills passed finally g71 e95 2Ss
Number of house bills messaged to
Number Of senate bills passed house
and sent to governor. .............. 100 105 lie
Number of bills negatiyed in com.
Number OF bills defeated and left on
calendar, ,........,...............,. g13 III 2Ol
Length of session, number of days 1853 1856 i29
1t will be observed that with one week less
time than the last legislature, and nearly
month less than the session of 1885, the
''model legislature" passed more bills to the
governor, negatived more bills in committee
and left a smaller number of bills on the cal
endar than either Of its predecessors.
The two joint resolutions TO submit to the
voters of the state amendments to the consti-
tuition prohibiting the manufacture and sale
Of Intoxicating liquors and abolishing the poll
nc Of tha qualifications of N
were signed early in the session.
There was no liquor license legislation
whatever The Quigley bill, regulating the
revocation of licenses, and the Fow bill, au-
thorizing the transfer of licenses, came very
near passing, failing on the last night Of the
session, and each by only few votes.
The grangers lost their anti-dressed beef
bill and local tax bill, which they wanted to
pass. Provision was made, however for n
revenue commission to revise the revenue
laws of the state, and report to the next ses-
sion of the legislature bill having for its OBJ
ject the regulation of taxation. There will
be three grsngers on this commission.
Among the other bills that were lost may
be mentioned the ballot reform bill, advo-
Gated SO zealously by the Philadelphia Civil
Service Reform association; the employers
liability bill, which failed in the house on
TUESDAY preceding the adjournment; the
several compulsory education bills, and the
act to repeal the ELECTROMAGNETIC bill,
which was fought by the Philadelphia Pro-
duce Exchange and the farmers.
The appropriation bills passed aggregate
for the two years sll, ,lS7, ,s6S. The executive,
legislative and judiciary receive So, 1856, ,596,
the institutions under state control are given
$2,s0l,9l0 and the charitable, correctional
institutions not under state control are given
$2,23O,362. 1t is fully expected that the gov
ernor will make n cut Of at least half a mill
ion in the appropriations. The increase of
s1,000,0O0 for the next two years in the ap-
preparation for the public schools, it is claimed,
makes it imperative for the governor to re-
duce the appropriations.