The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-03-15

inc senate. The measure provides tina
ulplomaS shall bo issued to graduates o.
hikh SCHOOLS, semnarics and academies
whlch puts these people on u better foot
ing than those who graduate from stah
normal schools. Superintendent of Pub
Tic instruction Schaeffer does not like tn,
Dill because 1t puts too much work on hi.
department, aside from Its other bad fen
lures. He will have to send out question.
Tor the examinations and then 90 over tn,
papers when they arc returned. Thi,
would noccssltate the handling OF 5000
manuscripts annually and would involy,
great expense. A system like this is IL
vogue In New York.
To Restrict Liquor Licenses.
| The people OF Jefferson county have DO
titioned the legislature for legislation pro
viding NIL applications for licenses to sci
liquor shall be refused in any city, ward
borough, township, county or park wrc1
majority of the residents of lawful ag,
or OF the property holders or the holders OF
property of the largest aggregate value
| unite In u remonstrance against them. The
house has been flooded with petitions H.
favor OF the Penniwcll local option bill.
The Farr compulsory education bill has
gone through the house. 1t passed tn.
final stage last Thursday after the most
exciting scenes In the house this session
The Republicans moved the previous ques
tion before the Democrats had spoken on
the bill This raised the iro of the minority
and they declined to vote on the final pas.
sage of the measure. Only thirteen votes
were recorded against 1t. The Smith re
ligious garb bill has passed second reading
In the house and will come up on third
reading next Tuesday The opposition tc
1t comes principally from the Democrats
and the representatives of the coal regions
Governor Hastings has affixed his sigma,
ture to the Marshall pipe line repeal bill.
In giving notice to the house of his ap
! proval of the measure the governor accom-.
panied his message with q statement Civ.
ing his reasons therefor. al am convinced
that the act of 1883, which the bill repeals."
says the governor, sis directly the reverse
of its ostensible object Instead of encour.
aging competition and fostering the build.
ing of pipe lines to compete with each
other, the fact that when the property be.
comes Improbable the owners arc prohib.
tied by law from selling it must neccs.
sarily discourage investors in such enter.
prise. All legislation, the tendency OF
which is to control, hamper or restrain in.
diyidual enterprise, should, in my opin.
ion, be closely scanned, and unless some
great public reason exists to the contrary
1t is much better that all commercial en-
terprises should remain unfcttered by
legislation"
The governor has vetoed the bill for an
other edition of the famous bird book"
His reasons are that while the publication
Is useful and popular the finances of the
state will not admit of another edition at
this time. Following out this line of veto
the governor will soon have the appropria-
tions within the limit.
Governor Hastings will send to the SEN
ate during the week, likely tomorrow, a
list of staff appointments. Among them
will be Colonel Ezra II. Ripple, of Scran.
ton, commander of the Thirteenth regi-
ment, as commissary general, to succeed
Colonel Richard S. Edwards, of Gwynedd,
and Major Everett Warren, Of Scranton
president of the State League of Republican
clubs, vice Colonel Dewitt Cuyler, Of
Philadelphia. Jacob Greene, of Philadel-
phia, will be appointed color sergeant in
place of Alex w. Bergstresser, of this city
Greene was color bearer on the staff OF
General Hartranft when he was governor
and afterward held the same rank on the
division staff under him.
The Coyle mining bill creating mine in.
spectors galore has been submitted to a
committee of eight miners, four inspectors
and four operators, one-half Of each num-
Der to come from the anthracite and bi
luminous regions respectively. The com
mittee will meet here next Wednesday.
The Department of Agriculture.
The governor has not yet acted upon the
bill creating department of agriculture.
The applicants for the places created by
the act are numerous. There seems to be
no doubt of the appointment of Secretary
Edge, of the state board of agriculture, as
chief of the department.
The board of public buildings and
grounds has engaged Captain Louis r.
Walters, of PhnniXville, to work out a
plan for the improvement of the acoustic
properties of the hall of the house of repre-
sentatives He has made careful measure
ments of the room and Is convinced that
the defects can be remedied. A similar
defect in the capitol at Des Moines was
corrected by changing the pitch of the
ceiling. Captain Walters says the prob
lem is a difficult one and will have to be
worked out scientifically. He believes the
most feasible plan for the permanent i'm
provement of this defect is to change the
ceiling. This would involve a greater ex-
penditure of money than the board would
care to authorize at this time. The heavy
lambrequins which have been placed in
the windows have made slight improve
ment in the acoustic properties of the
room
Senator Quay was n guest at the execu-
tive mansion last Thursday night This
is the first time he has seen the governor
since his election, and his visit was purely
social. During the evening the senator
had conference with Chairman Gilkeson,
of the Republican state committee, and
other politicians at the state capitol.
Mayor-elect Warwick, Of Philadelphia,
was guest of the governor at the mansion
ON Tuesday night.
A new senatorial bill, similar to that
vetoed by Governor Pattison four years
ago, has been read the first time In the
house. 1t makes radical change In the
districts In the western end Of the state.
Allegheny's representation Is increased
from four to five, by making new dis
trict out of the territory north of the Ohio