Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-04-18
Harrisburg Notes.

In the House Tnur5dhy tne rAS
amending the Constitution to ABOLISH
spring elections was defeated. The court
nv members were against il. The Dill 10
establish State school directors associa-
ton to meet once q year and allowing MIL
cage to the members was also killed
The bill providing for sealer of
Weights end Measures was passed on sec.
ond reading, with the understanding ina
Il would be amended on third reading TO
confine its operations 10 the cities.
Alta conference held by the Governor,
Ia. Governor. Atty General, State Treas
urer, the Speakers of the House and CHAIR
men Of the Appropriation Committees fri-
day night it was decided that there woula
be no National Guard Encampment, TINS
year.
On Monday it was discovered that the
law Of 1887 requires state encampmenl
each year, 90 that scheme for saving mon
ey to the state fell through
The possibility of saying money on the
guard having been knocked out the grang-
ers OF the house are moving against the
proposition to cut down the school appro-
priation 81 ,O0O,0 900. Monday night Mr..
Bliss. of Chester, introduced resolution
asking State Treasurer Jackson to answer
a few questions 1t reads as follows:
0First, the amount Of cash now in the
treasury, exclusive of tie sinking tnnd'
and how much has hcsn appropriately
Second, th amount subject to draft Oh
account Of appropriations made which VIII
probably be turned back because oil tne
failure to draw sppropnationsf
"Third, the estimated receipts for the
next two years from all present sources oil
revenuesf
"Fourth, the amount Of money that
could be raised By tar Of 16 cents per
barrel on beer brewed in the slater
Under the rules OF the house the reso-
luton will have to lie over for day.
The beer NJ measure spoken Of IL the Coch-
rane bill, which is now Ia the ways and
means committee. The graDgers think 1t
would produce an annual revenue Of u. OOo-
900. Many Of the members are desirous
of doing even better by raising the tax to
Is cents. The brewers shipping beer into
Pennsylvania from other states cannot be
gotten at by this bill, and the granger
now have lawyers trying TO figure out q
way 10 make the strangers pay the taz.
Mr.. Bliss IL aided by such strong men In
the house az Niles, Merrick and Moore.
The fight promises to be a bitter one.
These gentlemen contend the state has
plenty Of money. They say there is lots
OF coin laid up In banks, but for political
reasons the administration d1es not want
TO draw this out. If the beer bill passes
the farmers will agree to remove the one
mill tax on manufacturers and building
and loan associations provided for in the
revenue measure. This would have
brought In s400, 900 year. but hard ele-
ment TO battle with would be gotten out
Of the way. The grangers will also try to
pass the McQuown bill making it impos-
sible TO change the text books oftener than
five years.
Mr. Smith OF Bedford Ia greatly worked
up over the cut in the school appropria-
tion. He comes TO the front with a propo-
sition TO issue several million dollars
worth Of bonds II necessary 10 get the
money for educational purposes. The gem
tleman claims the bonded indebtedness of
Pennsylvania IL only 80. 000, 900 now aud 1t
has been up to $50. 900. .O0o when the state
was in poorer circumstances than at
present.
Speaker walton's bill TO retire judges on
full pay after serving two continuous terms,
or 30 years, and having attained the age
Of 10 years, passed the House finally by q
vote Of l07 or four more than was neces-
sary, Tuesday.