The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-19
THE STATE CAPITOL.
The Bill to Make the Mine Inspector
Elective Passes the House.


The Shamrock has the floor to-
day, nearly every member of both
Houses as well as the fellows in the
lobby are wearing the green in honor
of the day, and the weather is bright
and balmY.
There is an immense crown here
this morning, all parts of the State
being represented.
Hon. B. A. Richmond and W. G.
Devecmon are here looking after the
canal claims bill which is still in
possession of the Senate committee
on finance, majority of which are
Democrats. Senator jackson, Tex
governor), is chairman of the COM
mittee, and it is said they will not
allow interests on the claims if they
report the bill favorably.
The best information / have to-
day is to the effect that the Senate
will agree to go into joint convention
to elect police commissioners on
Thursday. The Senate, being
Democratic, has not been able to
adjust itself to the new order of
things, and will not agree to any
line policy that smackS of liberty
without concession. They have
made compliance of the law, and
fulfillment of their sworn duty in
respect to the election of police COM
missioners asubject of political bar
gain, and the Republicans have been
compelled to abandon any attempt
| to secure an investigation of the
management of affairs in Baltimore
in order to induce the Senate to
discharge plain duty.
The election committee will make
a report this afternoon upon the
contest from Worcester county, and
it is said the Democratic members
will retain the seats. The testimony
does not show fraud sufficient to
vitiate the election.
The local veto bill will be talked
to death in the Senate. That body
is about equally divided upon the
bills, and it is very evident now
that it would not pass, as its op-
ponements have decided to prolong
the discussion until the end of the
session if necessary. 1t came up
at one o'clock to-day and an hour
was lost IN discussing various
amendments, after which its further
consideration was postponed until
Thursday.
Messrs. Dick and Campbell have
introduced a bill to amend the law
providing for the publication of
notices of the setting Of officers of
registration in Allegany county.
The authors of the bill claim that
this advertising is unfairly distrib-
uted to the various papers of the
county, and that the newspapers on
the creek have been Disseminated
against in this matter. The amend
cd law provides that the registra-
ton advertising shall be distributed
so as to give the county papers ii
much larger slice of the patronage
than they have heretofore enjoyed.
The bill has passed its second read
ing, and will undoubtedly pass the
House.
The bill to change the hours of
holding the police courts IN Baltl-
more city passed the House to nay.
1t had previously passed the Sen
ate.
Under The old law the police JUS
tices opened their courts at six
O'Clock in the morning. The new
law provides that they shall open at
nine.
A JOINT resolution submitting a
constitutional amendment to the
votes of the people, providing that
no municipal corporation shall con-
tract debts to value Of the assess
able property within the limits of
the corporation, passed the House
last night. This is in fulfillment
Of another pledge made by the Re-
publican party IN convention at
Cambridge.
The appropriation for the State