Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-01-31

HARRISBURG. Jan. 29.-The state 1u-
dietary will be materially enlarged if
the bills which have been introduced in
the legislature become laws. There
have been few sessions of the legisla.
ture since the passage of the present
judicial apportionment act, at which
additional law judges have not been
granted to one or more districts, and
now this session is not likely to be an
exception. Bills have already been put
through the house providing for addi-
tional law judges in Washington and
Westmoreland counties and have been
read the first time in the senate.
There are also on the calendar in the
house and senate bills providing for an
additional law judge in Delaware coun-
ty, erecting separate orphans courts in
Lancaster and Schuylkill counties, de-
taching Jefferson from Clarion county
and making it a separate district, and
providing for the retirement of judges
who have served certain length of
time and have reached the age of 70,
which will come up during the week III
the regular order. The only judges af
fected by the last bill are Judges Hare,
Finletter and Allison of Philadelphia.
All these bills are well under way and
are likely to go through without much
opposition.
There are now s5 common pleas and
8 orphans court judges i'll Pennsylva.
mia. There are also justices of the
supreme court and 55 associate judges,
total of 100 judges learned in the law
and 80 not learned in the law for 5,500,-
600 people. England, Ireland and Scot
land combined, with a population nearly
six times as large, have not nearly so
many. The state judiciary the past two
years cost 81 ,285, ,000,or almost as much as
the combined cost of running all the
other branches Of the state government,
executive, departmental, legislative and
county superintendents of public schools
included.
The chief justice of the supreme court
receives $S, 500 and the associate Justices
$1,000 annually; the judges in Philadel
phia, 81 900, and in Allegheny, $4,000;
Judges Simonton and Mcpherson Of the
Dauphin county court, who try state
cases, receive 50, 600 each and 81 900 i'll
addition for employment of clerical as
sistance. All other judges receive
$1,000, except those in districts with
over 10000 population and only one
judge, the salary being $1,000, West
moreland is the only district which
comes under this provision, The asso-
ciates judges receive IS day and
mileage
The Governor Opposed to Junisets.
Governor Hastings is opposed to
Legislative junkets, and conference
last week with Representative Marshall
of Allegheny and Senator Fruit of Mer-
Ger, chairman of the house and senate
appropriations committee, gave notice
that he would approve no bills for trips
of this kind. 1t has been the custom
for the appropriations committees to di-
vide into subcommittee and make a
personal inspection of the various in
stitutions in the state asking appropria-
tions from the legislature. These trips
have been paid by the state and cost bi-
ennially about $4,000. Although the
members have passes on all the railroads
they charge fare in their expense ac-
counts, and in this way managed to
make about $3.50 apiece in addition to
their regular salary. The governor be-
lieves that the institutions asking state
aid should send their representatives
here with their books and accounts to
be examined by the committees instead
of the committees going to them AT
his suggestion resolutions to this effect
have been adopted by the committees.
Ex-State Chairman Andrews, who
represents Crawford county in the sen.
ate, is making an energetic canvass
among his colleagues for the passage Sf
his bill appropriating 100000 for the
erection and furnishing of hospital at
Titusville for the chronic insane. Mr.
Andrews is one Of the most active and
potential members of the Legislature
and expects to get his bill through not
withstanding the objections of the
members from the eastern end of the
state. He argues that there is such an
institution in Eastern Pennsylvania, al
Wernersville and that the western enc
is entitled to similar asylum for its
chronic insane. Under existing condi
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sane from Western Pennsylvania have
to be brought to the eastern section al
great expense and inconvenience.
The Travelling Mems Protective asso
citation, which numbers 100000 mem
bers in this country, has presented t,
the legislature "a bill to reduce the far,
on all railroads operating in the state
The bill requires railroad companies t.
issue mileage books good on all roads a
the rate of 2 cents mile, which ma,
be used by the holder or any membe
of his famility until exhausted. 1t ha
been referred to the house railroad
committee, and that is probably tn,
last that will ever be heard Of it, Th
travelling men will find before the clos
of the session that their influence will
the Legislature is not any more poten
tial than the other organizations whicl
; have repeatedly tried without success t,
get such measures through,