Telegram-herald., 1889-06-10
BEAVER TAKES HOLD
The Governor Criticised for With
holding Funds
one aILIOy DOLLARS PLEDGED
The Legislature Wii aot be conssa~d
bot Nsatth, Ntuse VIII Become
Responsible Etn toc Iestsistare
Mcets in Lee gei@F sesssSE-

JoHNsIowS, Pa, June 9.-GoyeTnor
Beaver came here today With William
Finn, James Is. Scott, M4lliam Nc
Creey, Cen Hastings and Others aud
pledged a million dollars from the
state treasury on conditions which were
satisfied az once. There vii be
no extra session Of the Legislature.
A state commission, with the Governor
al Is head, Will take control oi tie ie-
lief work OH Wednesday. II Was pro
posed that the State furnish million
dollars to General Beaver for mmedi-
ate use IA clearing mp and restoring
Johnst0Wn. Ia order u make the
State whole. tNo hundred citizens OF
Pttsburg. Philadelphia and other Dor
tons OF 1t, viii become individually
responsible until the Legislature
meets and makes appro-
priations that VIII relieve them.
Tins plan WAS unanimously agreed 90.
Ii was also arranged that on Ncdnes-
day morning Gen. Hastings, acting for
Governor Beaver, should take charge
0f the work of policing the valley and
cleaning II up, including Johnstown
end the surrounding borOughs.
Before leaving the city the Governor
said: The funds which have come
INTO my hands IN such large amounts
and from 80 many quarters outside OF
the State, and which have been imposed
upon me "a a sacred trust, will be ex-
pended wholly and absolutely for the
benefit of individual sufferers. No
part of II VIII be expended in work
which is legilimately the domain of
the State under It's police powers. This
! wish To emphasize, 80 that all con-
tribuiors to the fund NAV feel assured
that their money will be judicIously
and economically expended for the
to the work which should and Will be
undertaken by the State or municipal
authorities"
PIrrsBURG, Pa, June 9.-The uncer-
tain relations OF Governor Beaver and
the Pittsburg committee for the relief
of the JohnstOwn sufferers, has given
rise To Il great deal of discussion and
10 little Expression of feeling within
the past few days. The Leadcr insti-
tuted an investigation, and published
this morning long article condemning
the Governors seeming neglect IN with
holding large sums of mopey now in
his possession, and his tardiness in
needing the popular call for a special
session OF the State Legislature for the
purpose OF appropriating funds sutti-
cicnt TO meet the cost of the public
work. But $1,000 of the $780,
600 subscribed IN this city has
50 far been used a. the
d0ners intended for relief of the per-
sOnal necessities of the victims. The
balance is held as n reserve fund for
the payment of the wages of Booth ~
FlInn's laborers. This part of the work
the contributors very freely confessed
was, in their opinion, the province of
the state that has health bureau.
They blamed the Governor, not the
Relief Committee, for the division of
the fund to the laboring gangs from
the sufferers, and were practically
unanimous in demanding that special
session OF the Legislature, 10 appropri-
ate money for the removal of refuse
and ruin, and the consequent protec-
ton of public health, be convened
without further parlcy.