The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-06-13
Legislators Must Pay Their Expenses

A rude blow has been struck by Governor
Pattison, of Pennsylvania, at the practice on
the part of Legislators of voting money to pay
the expenses of committees on junketing
trips. This abuse has become grave one in
many states, and is not unknown to the fed
eral congress- On the slightest provoeation
or excuse a committee is authorized to visit
some distant point at public expense, osten-
sibIy on public business, but in reality for the
personal delectation of the members. Many
thousands of dollars have been wasted in this
way with no appreciable gain to the people.
Gov. Pattison, having unearthed provision
of the state constitution which restricts pay
ments to members to their salary and mileage,
has vetoed appropriations amounting to 1884,
$50 for Expenses of various committees.
The members, who doubtless enjoyed them
selves all the more because their excursions
cost them nothing, will now have to bear their
share of the burden they purposed saddling
upon the state treasury. 1t is rough exper-
fence for them, but it may have n salutary
effect upon future Legislatures.
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The rise in the Red river, according to a
despatch from Gainesville, Texas, exceeds
even the great food of 1867, and l0, 00n acres
of cotton and grain at Warren's aud Sivirs
Bends have been destroyed. A man named
Berdone was drowned at Yellow Banks.
Near Leon, in the Indian Territory, the
/ drowned bodies OF a man, n woman and an
infant have been found on a raft. A farmer
named Lynn was drowned on Wednesday
while trying to ford swollen creek The
Santa Fe Railroad bridge, miles north of
Gainesville, Texas, has been repaired, and
trains passed over it Thursday, for the first
time since Saturday.
A terrible hurricane, causing much damage,
swept over Eastern Galicia, on Thursday.
| During the storm an entire forest was partly
uprooted, and the towns of Podkamin and
| Prnikwa suffered considerably. Several
churches were unroofed, and number of
houses were RACED TO the ground. Several
people were killed outright, and numbers were
injured by falling debris.
The six Young ministers of the Reformed
Presbyterian Church charged with heresy
were expelled from the church by the Synod
of Pittsburg, Pa, on Wednesday. The vote
was 95 to 81. Rev. +. NJ. Smith, of Balti-
more, declined to vote on the ground that he
could no longer believe in the principles OF
the Cnvenanter Church, and intended to re
sign.
Owing to the unreliabiity of coored walters
many of the Virginia Springs are employing
white girls to serve as walters. Wherever they
have been tried they have given great salts
lachon. The cOlored men were becoming SO
indeDendent that proper service was almost
impossible.
Pomp Poindexter, his sister and a young
man named Albright, were drowned at Fra
zier, Texas, on Tuesday night Rain haC
been falling for several days, and on Teesday
night water spout burst, flooding the streets
and buildings and causing great damage.
An organization known as the Evil Life
Society has been discovered in the Adriatic
provinces of Southern Italy, whose objects
are to rob and murder. At Bari 179 members
have been brought to trial.
James Wood, carpenter of Springfield,
Ohio, has fallen heir to a fortune of 5000, 900,
left by relatives in England whom he never
knew.
1t has been decided to retain the Theolo.
gical Seminary at Gettysburg.
The Lake View House at Au Sable Chasn,
N. Y, has been burned.