The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-17

tors to appropriate funds for the pur-
pose of establishing and maintaining
public school libraries was defeated,
the yeas being 96 and nays 81, less than
constitutional majority.
The bill authorizing the incorpora-
tion of companies for constructing and
maintaining boulevards was also de-
feated.
The Ritter bill. providing a compensa-
tlon for judges who shall resign their
office after twenty years consecutive
service on the bench, at the age of 20
years, came up on final passage. 1t
was vigorously opposed by Messrs.
Martin. of Lawrence; Seanor, of Indi-
ana: Mattox, of Venango and others.
Mr.. Mattox called the attention of the
house to the fact that at every turn
members are met with the warning
that the revenues of the common
wealth w., not justify the appropria-
ton of q cent of money to the private
hospitals and charities of the state, yet
here is Il proposition to pension judges
at the expense of the people. I'm these
times 1t Is difficult for poor men to
make sufficient to keep their families.
and It is an insult to slap them in the
faces with such a bill as this"
He warned the Republican majority
that the passage of the measure would
react, because the people would hold
the majority responsible,
Speaker Walton called Mr.. Keyser to
the chair and took the floor, and in an
earnest and eloquent speech defended
the measure.
This great state. he declared. could
well afford 20 pension the few aged men
who might come under the provision Of
the bill and who have served the people
so long and so faithfully. In closing
he appealed to the house to consider
carefully the fact that two venerable
judges in Philadelphia are now past
the age of rs years and have sat over
forty years. Such a bill. in his judg-
ment would be in the interest of econ
omy. inasmuch as three of the judges
who could retire under the provisions
are not able to sit owing to old age,
thus retarding the work of the courts.
AS he concluded the speaker was loud
ly applauded.
The Vote in Detail.
Finally the vote was taken and the
bill passed-yeas, 107: nays, 77-as fol
lows:
Yeas-Messrs. Abrams. Ames, Anderson,
Clark r. Baldwin. Beam. Beyerlein Bliss,
Bolard. Buckwalter, Clarency, Collins,
Comfy, Connell. Conrade, Cotton, Croth-
ers. Cruise, Culbertson, Curtin, Curtis, De
Velin, Dunlap, Ennis, Farr. Fletcher, Foil
weller, Fow. Garvin, Gilmore, Goentne",
Gould. Grausback, Grifiiths, Grigsby,
Griner Grover, Harrison, Harshaw. Har-
vey. Hershey. Hicks, James, jeffrey, John
Kearns, Kephart. Kerkelager, A. j. Kern,
Kerr. Keyser, Kidd, Kipp, Kunkel, Lift
ley. Mackrell. Millard, Daniel +. Moore,
Linus w. Moore, Muehlbronner, Mullin,
McClain, Mcdonald, McFarlane, Nickel,
PARCELS, Pasco, ID. Hunter Patterson,
John X. Patterson, Peltz, Penniwell. Phil
lips. Prlchard, Raven, Reed, Reese,
Reeves, Reinoehl, Richey, Rebel, Ritter,
George W. Rhoades, Robb. Rutledge. Sal
niger. Salter, Saunders, Ccaife. Schrink,
Scott. Shuey Singer, Robert Smith,
Spangler Staples, Stewart. Talbot. Under
wood, Ware, Wallace, Weaver, Weiss,
Weyadn, Williams, John s. Wilson, Mat
thew NJ. Wilson, Zehnder, Zulick, Walton,
speaker.-107.
Nays-Messrs. Richard J. Baldwin. Bid
die, Brown, Burrell, Cochrane, Greasy,
Dambly, Douthett, Duttera, Eaton, Eby,
Ellis. Focht, Fredericks, French, Fritz,
Funk, Graham, Heagy, Heldelbaugh,
Hermon, Herzog, Hollenbach, Hopwood,
Hunter. Keen, King. Kratz, Lawrence,
Long, Luden, Lytle, Maple, Algernon l..
Martin, Jacob H. Martin, John NJ. Martin.
Mast, Mattox, Mauer. Merrick. Miller, Mil
liken, Frank N. Moore, James N. Moore,
Murphy, McAllister McGaughey. New
man, Niles, North Ormes, James Patter-
son, Samuel d. Patterson, Pomeroy, Por-
ter Rice, Cyrus J. Rhodes, Rutter,
Schwartz, Seanor, Seyfert, William c.
Smith, William o Smith, Snively. Slime
man, Stuck, Tiffany, Tilbrook. Weibel,
Welliver. Wenk, West, Hugh l.. Wilson,
Woodring, Womelsdorf, Wyatt, Young
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Absent or not voting-Andrews, Bolles,
Compton. Dixon, Hammond, Hawkins,
Jennings, Kinney, Lemon, Mansfield,
John H. Marshall, Newbury, O'Malley,
Page, Patchin, Raymond, Smiley, Wan
nemacher and Wilcox.-20.
Work in the Senate.
These bills passed finally In the sem
ate: Creating the office Of fire mar
shall in cities of the third class; organ
izing a department of education in
cities of the first class; for the appoint
ment of fish wardens by the Pennsyl-
vania commissioners of fisheries;
equallzing and fixing the compensation
and mileage of the members of the sew
eral boards to examine candidates for
appointment as inspectors, foremen and
fire bosses in the anthracite and BIZ
luminous coal mines, and providing for
the employment of clerk to each of
said boards; prohibiting prize fighting
and regulating boxing with gloves; to
carry into effect section s of article
VIII of the constitution to provide for
the punishment Of bribery at nominat-
ing, primary and general elections; au-
thorizing councils Of incorporated bor-
oughs to change the designation of
wards; creating the office Of county
controller in such counties containing
100000 inhabitants.
The bill providing for the examina-
tion and regulation of miners in the
anthracite coal regions and preventing
the employment of incompetent per-
sons therein, was defeated-yeas 13,
nays A. less than constitutional ma
jority voting for the measure.
Ex-senator Wilson H.