Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-04-25
Harrisburg Notes.

On Thursday the Compulsory Education
bill passed third reading in the Senate
and in the House the bill to repeal the
Oleo law was defeated. Other bills
which passed second reading that day were
as follows: To punish false representa-
tions to assessors and collectors of taxes;
providing for the examination OF miners
in the bituminous regions and prevent the
employment of incompetent persons; to
empower cities and borOughs to appoint
inspectors of food, cattle and slaughter
houses; making 60 pounds bushel OF Glow
er seed On Friday, in the House, four
teen special orders were granted, lnelud-
ing one secured by Mr.. Douthett for his
school book bill.
Secretary Edge, of the Department Of
Agriculture, has formed an efficient corps
of crop and live stock reporters and the
old list has been remodeled and increased.
Each member of the Legislature has been
asked 10 furnish the department with the
names and post Office addresses of two
practical and wide awake farmers to whom
the regular crop blanks can be sent and by
whom they can be filled up in a practical
and satisfactory manner.
He has also obtained the address OF st least
one practical dairyman and one stock feed
or and breeder in each county, and as soon
as the Department has been fully organlz-
ed, will by the systematic use OF blanks
and the tabulsted reports, obtain a large
mass OF practical information from all por-
tions of the State In the earlier history
of the Board this plan was adopted and
was only abandoned on account of the
increased duties placed upon the secretary
by the Legislature and it will, now that
the Department is furnished with ample
clerical force be revived and extended IN
connection with similar reports by the
National Department at Washington.
Monday night the following bills passed
the House finally; To require judges in
counties having 50, 900 inhabitants and
over in appointing prison commissioners
to recognize both political parties; TO quiet
state CLAIMS of the commonwealth against
counties, cities and DorOughs and officers
and ex officers thereof, within whose term
of office the claim may bave accrued where
no fraud appears; for protection of nests
and eggs of game birds; for protection of
speckled trout; defining lawful seals on
deeds and other instruments Of writing.
A story was circulated about the capitol
that the real purpose of Senator Quay's
visit was to try to get an expression from
the legislature on the currency question.
Que of tho best informed Republic IN politi-
clans in the state said Senator Cameron
has won his colleague over for free coin-
age of silver and that Quay will endeavor
to get resolution through the legislature
indorsing Camer"n's views and speeches
on tie question. The same person said
Quay was not playing the free silver game
as strong as Cameron, but it would tend to
be question of time when he would come
out openly for free coinage of silver.
Judging from the frigid reception of
Charles Heber CLARK of Philadelphia when
in Harrisburg, two weeks ago, to advocate
Cameron's theory, it is thought the two
senators will not have an easy task be-
fore them to get through free silver reso~
luton.
On Tuesday DOuthett's bill to establish
a school book board and provide for the
sale of text books to school boards at the
lowest prices passed second reading by q
large maj ority.
0n Wednesday the three Greater Pitts
burg bills passed by vote of 144 to AZ.
The amendments will probably he con-
CARED in by the Senate, next Tuesday;
and then the bills will be ready for the
Governor The first bill gives the city
the right to vote in the boroughs; the sec
ond bill gives Alleg heny a chance to vote
herself in; and the third bill relates to the |
of the Indebtedness of the !
boroughs voted in. The voting is to take |
place il Nov. sc.