Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-08
THAT REVENUE AMENDMENT.

Governor Beaver Writes the Trades Coun-
ellis About It-He Must Consult the AT.
torney General First.
There was an unusually large attendance
last night at the meeting of the Central
Trades Council. Joseph L. Evans pre-
sided. Five new delegates were admitted.
They we're: John B. Larkin. L. A. No.
$780, Charles Huf, Brewers Union No. %;
Edward King, L. A. No. 96S1; f. d. Myers,
Tin and Sheet Iron Cornice Workers
Union No. u; John Loder, Iron Moulders
Union No. 46. j. W. McNaldy was named
as the alternate delegate from the Iron
Moulders Union No. 46.
The following letter was received from
Governor Beaver, relative to the commission
appointed to revise the revenue laws, in
answer to one sent him by the Secretary of
Trades Council asking as to the legality of
the act as it is now constituted:
Mr.. Charles #. warde, Pittsburg. Pa:
DEAR SIR-Your letter of the 18th instant
has been received. l have had my attention
indirectly and unoficially called TO the fact
that the bill providing for the appointment OF
a commission to revise the revenue had been
amended during its passage, and that the
amendment was not included when it was
finally transcribed. The resolution is printed
the Chief Clerk of the State Department from
the Legislature. 1t is clear that have no
authority to change it. 1t is difficult
to see how it can be changed now even if the
presiding officers of both houses were to sign
it after 1t should be retranscribed, for the rea-
son that the Constitution requires all bills and
resolutions equivalent to bills to be signed by
the presiding officers of both houses in the
presence of the houses respectively. Whether
or not the resolution in its present shape would
be considered imperative because the tran
l1irr rnlnr fod incl do
ment, is question which am not able to de-
eide without careful consideration. 1t is
legal question which / would prefer to have
passed upon by the Attorney General. When
he returns / will have your letter referred to
him with view of securing his professional
opinion upon the subject. -
1t may be true that under the resolution as it
is at present no one could be appointed as
special representative of the wage-earning
class. and yet it is true that the practical re-
suits of such representation might be secured
by the commission when organized inviting
some representative men to sit with them in
the discussion of the questions which will
naturally arise for their consideration. This is
a question which may be considered when the
appointments are made and the commission
organized, if it is considered prudent to have
it organized under the resolution as it is at
present H.
So far as 1 am personally concerned it will
give me pleasure to do anything in my
power consistent with duty which will enable
tho large constituency which you represent to
secure representation upon the commission.
Very cordially yours,
JAMES A. BEAVER.
The Secretary was instructed to acknowl-
edge the receipt of the letter and request
Governor Beaver to send to the Trades
Council the opinion OF the Attorney Gen
eral when rendered.
A committee composed of c. II. W.
Ruhe, Conrad Auth, Daniel MeWilliams,
james c. Young and Patrick Hovey sub
mitted the following:
Resolved, That the Central Trades Council
considers itself in duty bound to turn out and
take part in the ceremonies pertaining to the
unveiling of the monument to our late Ia
mented member of the Trades Assembly,
Brother Thomas A Armstrong.
Resolved, That committee of five be ap-
pointed to make all necessary arrangements.
In reply to a communication sent him. A.
Strasser, of Buffalo, President OF the Cigar
Makers International Union, wrote to the
Trades Council that the seal (blue labeD
offered for sale by Straus & Sons, Of |
Chicago, ILL.,, is fraud, and, of course, un-
authorized by the Cigar Makers Interna-
tional Union. The International Union, he |
stated, is making efforts to punish such
wrongdoers.
The letter uar -anaiva5 on5 ,otol