Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14
Harrisburg Notes.

is getting down to business ana 1t VIII
engaged day and night for the next siA
weeks giving hearing to those who desire
to press their claims for a share OIL Tue
States beneficience. Two years ago tne
estimated revenues were S22, 600, OOo ior
two wears, but there has been shrlhhase
in valnes and in volume of business since
tbat time. so that the committee enters up
-, ;,s work this session with an estimate
of s1o 600 900 for the next two years;
Tbav are confronted with the big goo Ol
snneezinr about 100000 into $i9'VoO
060 The general appropriation Dill 10,
the necessary expenses OF the e.aIe we 900 aHS
nublic schools will carry about slo' oVo,ooo,
leaving about So 100000 to ne uiViueu
among all sorts ofinstitutions calllhg lIi
State aid, whose aggregate "a oeiiaiu' "'
ready approximate $l3, ,OOo oVo: U
On Thursday the bill of State water
Comnanies' Association, requiring munlc-
ipalities to tlrst purchase the plants Oh eA
isting corportalons either by agreement OF
condemnation proceedings before con-
strncting works Of their own, passed tne
Senate with only three dissenting VOTES.
These were Senators Coyle, Hardenoerg
and White D;.,otot,
The staff correspondent of the Dlspatch
savs that any sort of grab game Is ike
Iv to be indorsed by the Senate oenator
White tried to have the bill posponeG,
tben amended so that it would not apply
70 towns where municipal water works are
under construction, as in Beaver fa-Is,
Init the Senate was against hlm. ne hau 'i
read the resolution of the Beaver rains
Council in opposition to the measure, ons
II was brushed aside. The Senator statsu
&C. tba Raavpr EAllS COM
nanv was Inadequate aud that recently,
hv a vote of ], 400 to 40, the people had de
20 establish a water works under munlclpal
control. u;.to,
Senator Meredith, who owns the kittan-
ming water plant and is interested IN otner
water companies, was rampant IN MS sup
mort Of the bill. He objected te all OF MT.
Whites motions, so did Woods, OF Mllnih,
who is a water company man. Inc loooy
oF the water companies was strong enough
70 thwart the wishes of the people. Tnls
LEGISLATION is also wanted by the water
companies at Freeport, Latrobe. Mlllvale
and other towns in Western Pennsy lvanla'
The Marshall bill to repeal the act pro-
hibiting the consolidation OF compeun
pipe lines was favorably reported 10 tne
House Thursday. :,
On Friday there was hardly a quorum
present IN tn6 nOuSoJ ohu AosAA-
done. A Harrisburg correspondent OF
P;ttshnry paper saws; "The house is prac-
ticallv without Republican leader. Rep-
resentative Fow acts as sponsor Tor the
Democrats. with Mr.. Fritz, of ColumDla,
pushing him for the crumbs that fall from
The table. Messrs. Niles and Lytle are
supposed to devide the leadership on the
Rspublcan side, but the younger members
decline to follow either. They OBJECT to
Mr. Niles because he is too much OF gran
Ger. and Mr.. Lytle because he has had the
honor for some time. The biting sarcasm,
also for which the latter is noted mas no'
added to his popularity. -, 49,
In casting around tor man to hold tne
reins, the younger Republicans limit then
chuice to three members. Messrs kunkie
Merrick and Mattox, all spry and abiei
with a majority preference Tor hunkie;
The latter seems to strike the nappy1 meu
diam between granger and the city law
makers.
Among the bills introduced was one by
Mr.. Deuthett providing for the conviction
and punishment of any person or persons
who shall receive goods to sell or dispose
of on commission, and who shall refuse 10
account for said goods, or the proceeds
thereof to their principal.
Some of the Philadelphia papers are ad-
vocating the passage of the bill introduced
by Mr.. Pennewell, the purpose OF which
is to make it mandatory upon the courts
to refuse license to sell liquors II districts
in which majority of the residents OF law,
full age, or Of the property owners, or Oh
the holders of properties OF largest aggre-
gate value have united in remembrance
against the same. The Dill Is meant 10
apply to any city, borough, ward, town.
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have received the hearty Endorsement ol
1t is probable that the Legislature will
cut down the appropriations to the State
Normal Schools. They are asking about
$500, 900 for repairs and improvements be-
sides $500, 900 for maintenance the next
two years.
On Monday Senator Kennedy practically
won his point for separate vote for AL
legheny on the subject of consolidation.
The young legislator put up such stiff
fight that Senator Finn and the other
Pittsburg leaders virtally consented to
gam the concession he asks for his city.
The main proposition of a separate vote
for Allegheny has been discussed pro and
con since the Greater Pittsburg bill was
introduced. The program as now arrang-
ed is TO grant separate vote to the North
side, but the Finn bill as it stands will
apply to the balance of the district to be
annexed, including McKeesport, Braddock,
Homestead, and other large boroughs, and
townships.
On Tuesday the Marshall Pipe Line bill
was passed in the House by vote of lis
to 81. The Butler county delegation work
ed hard to stem the tide, but they could
not. After North, of McKean, made his
speech for the bill, they realized the jig
was up. Mr.. North declared that a ma
jority of the people OF his county favored
the bill. He had received only one pro-
test.
Mr.. Moore, of Butler, opened the debate
in opposition. He said the passage of the
bill would drive the Producers Pipe Line
out of existence.
Mr.. Compton, of Crawford, favored the
bill, claiming it would help the develop
ment of the oil regions. and gave figures
to show that the production of oil was
greatly increased under consolidation.
Mr.. Martin, of Clarion; Mr. Millard, Sus-
quehenna, opposed the bill, because of its
tendency to create a monopoly.
Mr.. Douthett, Butler, said if the act of
1888 was repealed the independent pipe
lines could not live. He claimed that
the constitution prohibited the consolida-
ton of railroad and canal companies and
it is the spirit of the constitution that com
peting pipe lines should not be permitted
to pool issues.
The Western members who voted against
the bill were, Anderson and Bolard, Craw-
ford; Biddle, Bedford Most, Armstrong;
Moore and Douthett, Butler; Patterson, Of
Cambria; Martin, Clarion; Dixon, of Elk;
Wenk. of Forrest; Maple, of Greene; Mil
iken, of Huntingdon; McGaughey and
Seanor, Indiana; Miller, of Somerset; Mur-
ply, of Westmoreland.
Representative Douthett's bill providing
for the purchase of school books at the
publishers wholesale price was reported
favorably by the House Committee on Edu-
cation. Mr.. Seyfert, who hasn't lost his
love for the school book men, fought against
the measure to the last. The bill makes
the school book trust very weary Chair
man Farr denies emphatically that any at
tempt was made to kill the measure in
committee.
Mr.. Harvey's bill providing for the pay
ment of three-fouTths of the school APP
propriations at the end of the minimum
school term and the other fourth later was
also indorsed
Affairs in Hawaii.
Admiral Beardsee of the U. s. cruiser
Philadelphia has taken possession of Pearl
harbor.