The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-03-27
THE LEGISLATURE,
Special Correspondent OF THE COLUMBIAN.
HARRIsBUsG, March as, 1901

lilSLt Dlii vi tic ScSSlOn WAS presented
simultaneously yesterday in both
house in the Senate by Mr.. Meek, OF
Centre, and the House by Mr.. Ritter,
of Lycoming. 1t is a Democratic
measure, and provides for ten certain
Democratic districts, sixteen certain
Republican districts, and four doubt
full. Under this bill Philadelphia will
be given six districts-Ist, end, ,rd,
4th, 5th and 9th, and Allegheny three
the 2and 23rd and a4th. The rest
of the State is apportioned as follows
Montgomery and Lehigh are included
in the Sth district, Berks and Lebanon
the 9th, Lancaster the 10th, North
ampton and Bucks the nth, Lacka-
wanna, Pike and Monroe the 12th,
Luzerne the 18th, Schuylkill and Car
bon the I4th, Bradford, Susquehanna,
Wyoming and Wayne the 18th, Clin-
ton, Lycoming, Sullivan and Column
bia the 10Th, Northumberland, Mon
tour, Snyder, Juniata and Mif1lin the
18th, Dauphin and York the 18th,
Perry, Cumberland, Adams, Frank
lin and Fulton the 10Th, Huntingdon,
Blair, Bedford and Somerset the 2oth,
Westmoreland and Fayette the 7Ist,
Cambria, Indiana. Armstrong and
Clarion the 25th, Jefferson, Clearheld,
Centre and Elk the a6th, Tioga, Pot
ter, Mexican, Forest and Cameron
the 27th, Erie and Crawford the 2Sth,
Mercer, Venango, Lawrence and But
Ter the 2oth, and Beaver. Washington
and Greene the goth. The bill ap-
pears to be fair, but it will meet with
the same fate as did the Nicholson
bill in the session of 1883. The Re-
publicans will want "the whole hog"
and do their best to give the Demo
Gratis as little show as possible.
THE CHANGERS TAX BILL.
The Grangers' Tax bill passed the
House finally yesterday by vote Of
1913 to Al. 1t will hardly pass the
Senate in its present shape. Those
who pretend to know say it is crude and
full of oddities and will not be able to
stand the ordeal OF the Constitution or
the Supreme Court.
The act to provide for the semi
monthly payment Of wage-workers
was postponed. The laboring classes
will receive but little favor at the
hands Of the present Legislature.
THE DIRECT TAX RESOLUTION.
The resolution authorizing the Gov
ernor to receipt for the refunded di-
rect tax Of $I,6s4ooo due from the
National Government to Pennsylva-
mia is yet in the Senate Committee, to
which it was referred. 1t is to be
hoped that it will speedily pass, for the
money will be needed by the State for
purposes Of appropriation by the pres
ent legislature to some of the large
objects before it, including the erec-
ton Of a new State Library, the i'm
provement Of the Capitol, increased
accommodations for the insane, prop
er display Of Pennsylvania products at
the Columbia Exposition at Chicago,
and Ballot Reform. The effort to
have the money devoted to the pay
ment Of the Border Raid claims will
not receive much consideration, as
there has been claim made on the
National Government by the friends
OF this measure, who sought and OBJ
tanned the States approval of those
claims, and had the endorsement con-
hrmed by the appointment two years
ago OF commission to urge them up
on Congress
A NEW STATE LIBRARY.
The Legislative Commission have
determi led to ask for the erection of
a new building for the State Library,
and also the improvement of the old
Capitol, and for this purpose bill ap-
proprlating $500, 900 for the erection
OF the former and $Ias,ooo for the
Improvement of the latter has been
introduced in both houses. The
Executive Department will have spa
clous apartments in the new building.
1t will be erected just south of the
Department of Internal Affairs. This
dlsposes, for the present at least, of
new Capitol building. The fact is
none is needed, and the hue and cry
for it is to help spoilsmen, placemen
and the camp followers generally of
the Republican party. With the i'm
provements suggested to the building,
1t will do for all practical purposes for
years to come.
BILLS FOR WORKING PEOPLE.
Mr.. Raphser, the Democ; attic Sena-
tor from Carbon, has presented a bill
to prevent young or inexperienced per-
sons from being employed by railroad
or transportation companies in hauling
or delivering train orders, and provid-
ing a penalty for its violation; also, to
provide for the refunding of all moneys
to employees by persons or corpora
tions who have deducted any part or