The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-21
VOORHEES, and MACEE OUT
The Former Warm Political Friends
Are Strangers Nov.
THE CAUSE OF THE RUPTURE
Voorhees, Claims That Mascc's Ally, Sen.
ator Finn. Threw Him Down in the
Organization of the Present House.
Other Capital Notes.
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mercantile tax which they now pay,
and not thebrokers' tax.
The building and loan associations of
the state will make a vigorous resist
ance against the passage of the new
revenue bill formulated by the state
tax conference, which levies a. tax of
one mill on the capital stock of such
corporations. The local associations all
over the state are organizing to op-
pose this feature of the proposed act
and the indications are that they will
succeed. The BUILDING and loan asso-
citation league of Pennsylvania, OF
which Michael J. Brown, of Philalel-
pbia is the leading spirit and secretary,
has issued circular to the members
af the legislature urging them to vote
against the bill unless this provision is
stricken out. The league was success
full in securing an amendment to the
present income tax when it was pend
dng in congress generating building
and loan associations from the pay
ment of tax. The state associations
are also urging the passage of the
Goblin banking bill, which regulates
foreign building and loan associations.
Colonel A. X. Mcclure, of the Phila-
delphia Times. will deliver am address
in the hall of the house on Tuesday
evening of next week on the life and
death of the late Governor Curtin.
Bill TO Tax Aliens.
Repeated efforts have been made in
this state by representatives in the leg
islature of the patriotic societies and
labor organizations to- secure the enact
ment of a law taxing aliens, but the
opposition to such measures has always
been successful in preventing their pas
sage After bitter fight such a bill
was put through the house at the last
session and then defeated in the senate.
These futile efforts have not discour-
aged the advocates of such legislation,
and taxion foreigners has been intro
duced in the present legislature by
Representative Biddle, of Bedford, and
will be considered by the general judi
ciary committee when that body re-
Convenes.
The bill provides that every male
alien who has resided in the state three
months shall pay a tax of SO year.
not taken out naturalization papers.
the tax is to be increased to S.. The
tax is to be kept by the county treas
urer separate and distinct from other
county taxes. 1t is made the duty of
the county treasurer and the county
commissioners tC distribute this fund
once year to the townships, boroughs
and cities for the purpose of improving
and maintaining the public highways.
such division to be made according to
the number of miles of public roads or
streets embraced within theirrespective
limits.
The proposed act requires street COM
missioners, supervisors or other Of
ficers having charge of roads to make
a statement annually, before the first
Monday of May, the number of miles
of road in their respective districts,
and furnish the county treasurer with
copy from which to make a distribu-
tion of the tax. Employers of aliens
who have resided in the state three
months and who change their resi-
dence are required by the bill to re-
tain from their wages the amount Of
the tax, provided the alien has not a
receipt of having paid such tax, and
pay to the collector.
Employers neglecting to collect the
tax are made individually liable for
its payment. 1t is also made obliga-
tory on the part of such employers to
furnish a list of their alien worlimen
who have not paid tax, or do not have
receipt, quarterly on the first Mon
days of April, July, October and Janu-
airy with an affidavit as to its correct
ness. The assessors are required to
place these lists upon the assessment
list.
Those who have examined the bill
claim it is superior to any of the kind
ever presented to the Legislature, and
1t is thought it will become law with
out serous objection from any source.
Compulsory Education Prospects.
The house committee on education
will take up consideration at its meet
ing on Tuesday, the two compulsory
education bills. The general impress
sion is that both will be brought out
of committee in order that they may
be printed for the information of the
members and then re-committed. If
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be consolidated and measure agreed
upon by the committee that will be
satisfactory to the friends of Repre-
sentatives Farr, of Lackawanna, and
Seyfert, of Lancaster, the champions OF
compulsory education.
Mr.. Seyfert has perfect confidence in
has scheme, which, he says. is prefer
able to that of the member from Lack
awanna. II am not posing as the man
who is to be made famous because he
got compulsory education bill
through the legislature" said Mr.. Sey-
fert, but l am working for it on prln-
ciple. There was no prospect of getting
such a law during the Pattison admin
istration, because the governor Is op-
posed to compulsory education and
would not sign such a measure. Things
are different now. Both bills will be
brought out of committee. / hope the
house will accept mine. If it passes, l
am sure Governor Hastings will op-
prove IT.
Mr.. Fairs bill Is almost identical