The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-05-02
have some faith that it will be done.


spent nearly the entire term up TO
date discussing this tax bill.
The Country Members routed 5y
the Members from Memore pop
ULous sections.
The country fellows suffered their
! first defeat when the Smith bill,
providing for a just and equitable
distribution of the money appro-
priated to the support of common
schools, went down last Tuesday.
The opposition succeeded in keep
| ing the vote down to 80, being 10
less than the required number to
that u compromise had been agreed
| upon by II Joint committee of the
Senate and the House. The result
of the compromise was reported to
be that one-third of the appropria-
tion should be divided according to
the school population i. e. between
tie ages of six and twenty-one, and
the other two-thirds on the present
basis of taxables. A proviso was
also agreed upon that all districts
should raise mt least 30 per cent. of
the amount received from the State
or forfeit such appropriation. The
last proposition is not fairto the poor
or districts because such districts
must levy a higher mill rate in order
to raise that amount than the rich
er districts. 1t il not likely that
we can pass anything that is fair to
the rural districts and the chances
grow less with each legislature be-
cause if legislative apportionment
bill passes it will increase the rep.
resentation of the cities and de-
Icrease that Of some country dis
tricts. The compromise was not
, very acceptable to most of the couu-
3 try members on account of the
principle that would compel every
4 district to raise certain amount
before it could get its share of the
appropriation.
The Philadelphians were solidly
arrayed against the Smith measure
as were also the members from
Allegheny, Chester, Delaware, Mont.
gomery, Luzerne, Lackawanna,
Northumberland, Dauphin and 9th
er counties.
! There is still another bill on the
calendar that proposes to distribute
the appropriation on the basis OF
II schools, average attendance, and
h school population. 1t is question
[ whether any fair and Just measure
can be passed this session.
d InOther Pension Bill.
Mr.. Burrell of Mercer county, in.
,l tro1uced bill that is going TO test
the application of the principle of a
h civil pension rs far as it relates to
old worn out school teachers. His
bill provides thai when teacher
has taught fifty years he shall be en-
titled to receive ten dollars n month
from the State. L shall be much
interested in noticing the positions
, of those who recently voted for the
Judges Pension Bill. Between the
two would much prefer to vote for
p the teacher of fifty years service,
;I but the principle is un-American
= and unwise and for that reason
Il will always vote against the enact
VI ment of such principle into a law.
el If we once get n start there may be
! q chance for the worn-out farmers
: "&borers after every body else
.Ehs been served. The bill is on
third reading and it would not sur
prise me if it would pass.
The Eel Bin.
The Eel Basket Bill went down
with crash and fell so hard that it
could not be revived. The Fish
Commissioners were extremely ac-
tive in securing its defeat. The city
dailies printed columns in denunci-
alton Of it. Every little fishing club
lpetitioned against it, and most of
the sports who carry silver mounted
fshing-rods held up their hands in
holy horror at the iniquity of such
legislation. DR.. Ford, the president
of the Fish Commission, spent a
great deal of his time at the Capital
log-rolling against the bill. Perhaps
he was afraid that the $4,000 ap-
propriated to them every two years
would not be needed il this bar.
barous device should be allowed in
the rivers. There is Senate bill
left that will answer the purpose il
we can pass it, and then there is
Focht's eel.pot too. Every honest
effort was used to pass the bill.
Road Legislation.
This legislature is not inclined to
interfere with the road legislation
Two bills were under consideration
one of which was defeated on sec
ond reading and the other postpon-
ed to escape the same doom. Meth
er of them provide for any appropri-
ations and the farmers are not in
clined to accept any proposition
that will increase their taxes to
favor the bicyclist and horsemen.
The bill that is still pending is Sen
ator Films bill which is intended
chiefly, 1 think, for the Greater
Pittsburg. As far as it relates to
our conditions. / take it to be i'm
practicable and burdensome. If
there is any demand for road legis-
lation on the part of any of the peo-
pie of the county / have failed to
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