Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-02-26

They have outlined their work to have
the investigation pushed rapidly after
their tomorrow's meeting. There Is
not likely much to be developed from
this Investigation, and the state might
as well have been spared the expense.
Opposing n Capitol Building Commission.
The report that movement had
been started to create commission to
have charge Of the erection of the new
capitol is still persistently denied. 1t
has had a wholesome effect however,
and has awakened the opposing fac
tions 10 be more watchful of each
others operations With the Republi-
can forces divided and the Democrats
on the alert for political capital there
should be no job or scheme allowed to
develop in the construction of the new
buildings.
A headquarters has been established
in this city of the Pennsylvania branch
of the National League Of Business
Men. This is to be the rendezvous Of
what Is known as the "seventy-six,"
the members of the legislature who
voted for Wanamaker for United
States senator. and who claim they are
gaining in numters and strength.
The visit of Senator Quay in Har-
risburg this week, it is believed, is for
1 the purpose of looking after the re-
form measures he is advocating.
From present indications this prom
4 ises to be the longest session the Penn
sylvania legislature has had in many
! years. There are now over 700 bills to
act on by the various committees, and
4 there are likely to be more to follow.
/ Then there are ARRANGEMENTS to be
made for the construction of the new
/ building, the regular routine of work
/ to be accomplished and a beginning
scarcely made in the work OF either
house. This is the situation after al
most two months time has elapsed.
/ OF course, there has been much to con-
/ tend with during this session, but un-
| less there is more active and persist
ent work done during the remainder
| of the session there cannot be much
accomplished.
| The first week in March will be presi-
! Dental inauguration week, and ad-
| journment will be in order, and in that
event there will be little accomplished
| during that week, so that the middle
of March will be here and more than
half of the session consumed and the
! greater part of the work remaining to
be done.
]
G. G. Hutchinson, chairman of the
| committee of arrangements for the
great agricultural congress of farmers,
under the auspices of the National
| Grange of the United States, which is
to convene in Harrisburg next fall,
and which will occupy in all about ten
days. is at present making arrange
ments to entertain one of the most
important and interesting conventions
of agriculturists ever held in this
country. There will be at this meeting
representatives from all parts of the
country.
State Treasurer Haywood is now en-
gagged in preparing a statement of the
states receipts and expenditures since
1910, and the grand total will be up
wards of S4OO, 100000 He estimates the
net receipts of the present year avail
able for appropriations are S9,76S, ,S29
while the estimated expenditures ag-
gregate 1887, 344.42 for the general
fund, and S275,371.50 sinking fund. This
estimate does not include the cost of
fitting up the temporary quarters of
the Legislature and the building of a
new capitol.
There is a strong sentiment develop
ing among the members of the i'm
portanee Of passing the bill requiring
interest to be paid on state deposits.
Speaker Boyer, who served term as
state treasurer, is in favor of the pas
sage of this measure.
Interest on State Funds.
The Quay leaders have recently been
investigating the governors or state
treasurers Of the most prominent states
I'm the Union as to whether their states
] g,t a.
system was satisfactory. There have
been answers received up to this time
from "a states. OF the "a states heard
from IA report receiving interest on
their deposits of from IL to per cent.
Six of the number deposited in banks,
and, like Pennsylvania, received no in
terest. and four kept their money in
the state treasury. The states that re-
port receiving interest claim that the
system was satisfactory, except in
Wisconsin. where the responsibility is
divided between the state treasurer
and the banks.
Representative Bolles, of Philadel-
phia. chairman of the ways and means
committee. to which the bill requiring
the payment of interest on state funds
has Jeen referred is now very conf
dent that there is no doubt of the
passage of this bill. and 1t is now only
a matter of arranging the details OF
the measure, and II these are satisfac-
tory there will be scarcely a single
vote against It,
The committee appointed at the
Philadelphia meeting OF the insurance
companies. which had insurance on the
capitol building and the contents, have
settled for the insurance The esti.
mated loss on the building was S37S.-
900 and the insurance was 500. 900, car.
ried by II companies. The estimated
loss on the contents was s252. 900, and
the insurance carried by 81 companies
was S9S.75O including $1,000 on the old
clock. The entire amount viii be paid
at once.
The Introduction OF a series OF bills
that would carry out Governor Hast.
lngs' propositions. as contained in his
recent annual message, relating to in
sane hospitals and overcrowded pena
institutions, VIII be completed this
week by the presentation of a bill tC
relieve the pressure upon the peniten
tiaries. The executive recommendation
already compiled with are seen in tn,
recently introduced bills. one being ths
project for a hospital for the crimina
insane, the bill having been prepared
in accordance with Judge James Gay
/ Gofdon's ideas.