The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-17
fARR BILL Is NOW A Law
1t Has the Approval Of Governor
Hastings.
QUAY COUNTY BILL LlNGERS
Lively Debate In the House Over the
Apportionment Measures MIR. Fow,
Of Philadelphia. Makes
a Few Remarks.
QUAY COUNTY BILL LINGERS
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

will come up next Tuesday for third
reading and final passage, The house
congressional and senatorial appor-
t.onment Is different from the senate
bills and the result will be that all
the measures on this subject will 80 to
conference committee. assuming thai
they pass in both houses, The judicial
apportionment passed the house six
weeks aSo and Is now hung up in the
senate committee,
The only bill of the three passing the
house today ON which there was any
thing like fight was the legislative
apportionment. The members whose
counties lose in representation tried to
amend II 50 as to leave the present
district intact and failed. Representa-
tive Focht wanted to amend the sena-
torial measure and failed. Representa-
tive Fow. the leader OF the minority
tried his hand on the congressional APP
portionment with no better results.
The congressional apportionment was
taken up at the opening of the morning
session. Mr.. Fow moved to amend by
inserting the senate bill so far as 1t
relates TO Philadelphia. The measure
makes five districts in that city Repub-
ltcan and leaves undisturbed the old
Randall district. The house refused TO
make the change. Then the Philadel-
phian launched forth in a bitter at
tack on the bill.
II desire to call the attention of the
house TO the inequitable and unjust
features of the bill so far as 1t regards
the redistrictiug OF Philadelphia" said
Mr.. Fow. The party TO which l am
attached has been evidently and in
tenttonally ignored by the geographical
lines that the dominant party will
have six sure and safe districts. 1t also
books to me that certain gentlemen now
representing the Republican party in
congress are to be retired from poltti-
cal life by it's provisions. Congress
men Adams and Bingham are thrown
together in the Second district and
Congressman Reyburn and Halterman
in the Third, while three districts are
created in which no congressman at
present resides.
This stamps the bill, In my estima-
tion," Mr.. Fow added. "as a political
deal, rather than desire to perform a
constitutional duty upon honest lines.
There are at present $4,000 Democratic
voters in that city whose business in
terests at least demand a representa-
tive in the national legislature. Are you
going to be so unfair and unjust as to
gerrymander them out of that repre-
sentation? We pay taxes and support
the government as we'll as the major
ity upon the floor Of the house, and 1t is
not fair, honest or just to ignore us al
together"
Mr.. Harvey. of Luzerne. tried inef-
fectually to amend the bill by desig-
mating the districts outside Of Philadel-
phia and Allegheny county by the
names of the majority county in each
instead Of by numbers.
The Gains and Losses.
Under the house apportionment Allie
gheny and Philadelphia gain con-
gresham each; Allegheny also gains a
senator and four representatives. The
legislative apportionment bill gives
Allegheny county four additional rep
resentatlves. 1t makes no change in
the representation from Philadelphia,
although the geographical construction
Of nearly every district is changed.
The legislative ratio Is $4,000. Under
this ratio there will be only 202 men,
bers of the house, instead Of 2O4 az at
present. Blair, Cambria, Clearfeld
and Jefferson each gain a representa-
tive by this apportionment, and Bed
ford, Chester, Clarion, Columbia, Craw-
ford, Huntington, Lawrence, Mercer,
Somerset and Bradford each lose one.
Mr.. Muehlbronner's newspaper bill,
which was recalled yesterday from the
governor. was amended and then
passed finally. The bill as changed ex-
tends the provisions Of the act relating
In second class cities passed several
weeks ago so as to include one daily
newspaper printed In the German Ian
guage. The bill creating a commission
to ascertain the best methods of untiliz-
ing convict labor in the institutions OF
Pennsylvania 80 as not to interfere
with legislative Industries also passed
finally.
The senate resolution fixing the time
Of final adjournment for Thursday,
June 3, was referred TO the rules com
mittee when 1t reached the house. The
resolution will be hung up" in the com
mittee until the senate disposes Of the
205 house bills on It's calendar for final
passage. The leaders of the house will
now take their time In considering the
senate bills In order to force the sena-
tors to act on the house bills. The
chances are that the session will be
extended TO June 13. and maybe later,
If this feeling prevaiiA.
The apportionment Of bills out Of the
way the house proceeded to consldera-
tion on third reading and final passage
Of the forty-eight bills reported last
Thursday from the appropriations com
mittee. The bill appropriating 1888 to
Walter II. Lewis. of West Chester.
stenographer OF the election commit
tee In the session of 1893. was killed.
The bill appropriating $4,800 for two ad-
ditional clerks in the adjutant generals
department to copy the muster rolls
Of Pennsylvania soldiers In the late
war was also defeated. The item Of
81 1,17O In the bill appropr.ating s36, 700
to the State Insane hospital at Norris
town was stricken out. This money
was to have been used by the trustees
of the institution for the construction
Of water works.
Quay County Bill Liugcrs.
The Quay county movement is on a
standstill The bill creating the new
county 10 still lingering on the house
calendar for final passage, and It now
looks as II It Will stay there. The
friends of the measure intended calling
1t up yesterday. but canvass Of the
house showed they were not in as good