The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-10
legislative committees
Busiest Day Ever Known at the
Harrisburg Capitol.
LACKAWANNA WELL PLACED
The Hustling Young Members from This
Vicinity Arc Chosen for Important
Work-Rcpresentative Farr, Con.
nell and OMalley Recognized.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

nouncement of the committees, a whole
raft of bills, accumulated during re-
cess, was started on its voyage through
the legislative breakers and shoals.
Northeastern Pennsylvania fared only
moderately well in the matter of chair
manships. John r. Farr, of Lacka-
wanna as was generally expected, was
re-appointed chairman of the educa-
tion committee; and will have with him
Harvey, of LuZerne, and Schwarz, of
Monroe. Frank n Moore, of Bradford,
gets the agricultural chairmanship,
and will have as companions Curtis, or
Wayne Harvey, of Luzerne, Millard,
of Susquehanna, and Schwarz, of Mon
roe. Newman also of Bradford, Is
chairman of the committee to compare
bills. Jeffrey, of Luzerne, is chairman
of the bureau of statistics committee;
and Curtis, of Wayne, chairman of the
committee on pensions and gratuities,
upon which committee Tiffany, of Wy
oming, and Rutledge, of Luzerne, also
serve.
The Lackawanna members were
placed as follows: Farr, chairman of
education, and member of each of the
following committees: City passenger
railways, labor and industry, legisla-
tive apportionment and printing; Con-
nell, constitutional reform, federal re-
lations, public buildings and ways and
means; Grover, banks, iron and coal,
legislati i've apportionment and military;
and O'Malley. geological surveys, judi
ciary general, mines and mining and
printing.
Other Committee Assignments.
Tiffany of Wyoming goes on the leg
islative apportionment, pensions, pub
lie health and retrenchment and reform
committees; Wilson of Carbon on
banks, library, manufactures and
mines and mining; Schwartz Of Monroe
on agriculture, banks, education. fish
and game and geological survey, and
Kipp of Pike on centennial affairs, ju-
dietary general, Legislative apportion-
ment municipal corporations, public
buildings and retrenchment and re-
form.
Curtis of Wayne, in addition to his
chairmanship, goes on the agriculture.
counties and townships, insurance and
public health committees, while Under
wood serves on fish and game, geolo-
gical survey, labor and industry, and
military. Both the Susquehanna MEM
bers go on the committee on accounts
and on the geological survey commit
tee, but Mlllard serves on the agri-
culture and vice and immortality COM
mittees, while his colleague, Lynus w.
Moore, goes on the legislative appor-
tionment and library committees.
Luzernc and Bradford Places.
Grener of Luzerne will initiate his
legislative career az member of the
fpll itt
tions, iron and coal. labor and industry
and mines and mining Rutledge of
the Fifth district, also "a new member,
will serve on city passenger railways,
legislative apportionment, pensions,
and vice and immortality. Staples, from
the Sixth, will go on the congressional
apportionment, corporations, insurance,
iron and coal, and railroads commit
tees. Harvey, of the Second, goes on
the agriculture, corporations. educa-
lion, library, and municipal corpora
tions committees. Reese, of the Third,
Is member Of these committees: Elec-
ton. geological surveys. l. r and in
dustry, legislative apporu. MT, and
mines and mining; and Jeffrey in addi-
tion to his craftsmanship, on these COM
mittees: Appropriations, iron and coal,
judicial apportionment and vice and
immortality
The Bradford members Jared as fol-
lows kinner on appropriations, city
passenger railways, geological survey,
labor and industry and vice and i'm
morality; Newman, in addition to his
Craftsmanship, on fish and game, ju-
dietary local, library, manufactures,
and public buildings, and Frank N.
Moore, on the committee to compare
bills, retrenchment and reform, vice
and immortality, and ways and means.
The appointments are generally COM
mended as strong, although 1t Is
pointed out that on mines and mining a
stronger representation could have
been secured. The commission of Lack
awanna representation from the appro-
priations, corporations and railroads
committees was also noticed by the
Lackawanna delegation. A coincidence
which causes merriment among the
Scranton members Is the presence of
two Luzerne members on the vice and
immortality committee, which has no
Lackawanna representative. The APP
pontment of Representative OMalley
to the judiciary general committee Is
regarded by his friends as high COM
pliment, inasmuch as only the bes,
lawyers, as rule. are admitted to this
committee, assignments to which are
much sought after.
"Slde" McGinnis, the ex-base bal
umpire. through the influence of Sena.
tor Vaughan has just been notified OF
his appointment to place in the past.
ing and folding department of the
senate.
House Gets Down TO Business.
Things went with a rush I'm the house
at tonight's session, as soon as the com
mittee appointments were out of tn,
way. Nearly hundred bills were in
troduced In as many seconds. John r
Farr came to the front smilingly will
his compulsory education bill; Mr.
Underwood, of Wayne, introduced bill
to pay for the printing and distribution
OF the forestry commissions report
and Mr.. Moore, of Bradford three bills
one to provide for the erection of lin
fences one to prevent the spread o
tuberculosis among domestic animal
and one to prohibit buying, selling o
exporting certain kinds of game an
fish. The senate was in session onl
forty-five minutes and did nothing ex
cept to receive bills. Among the NOR
important house bills introduced wer
these by:
Mr.. Mcdonald, Allegheny-Making a
appropriation Of 100000 to the Wester