Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-08-05

chants furnish a large part OF the com
,,,ares M the ports of Philadelphia and
Pfftsburg and it Is a business that
should be fostered and encouraged. The
proposed tax is not tax upon property
nor upon profits, hut upon sales, which
NAV Weld small profits or none at all
For several years the business de
preston has been so great that almost
every industry has struggled TO exist,
and / am unwilling to impose further
burdens upon these interests for the
reasons that / have stated.
He vetoed the Simon's Electric Light
bill which proposed preventing munlc-
ipalities from engaging in the business
of furnishing light for municipal pur-
poses or to the people in all cases
where such municipality has, by orul,
nance. contract or otherwise, permitted
any corporation organized under tne
act of 1874 to use or occupy Its streets:
lanes and alleys for the purpose OF
| furnishing light.
1t was very odious measure, ana
| similar bill was vetoed two years ago.
| The Public school Bird-day bill was
also vetoed.
Then he went over the general ap-
propriation bill and marked out items
amounting to 1852, 900. In the Legs
lative expense accounts only those
salaries authorized by law were allow
ed; all the extras and excess charges
were vetoed.
For the salaries of employees OF the
Senate $45, 526 out of S54, 976 was allow
ed. and SO. .4j0 vetoed. On the House
side. $50. $40 out of s15. .404 was approved
| and s14. 534 negatived. Lucius Rogers,
of Kane. was denied 81, 900 as the CLERK
| of the Senate Appropriation COMMITTED;
State Treasurer Haywood announced
that Auditor General Mylin and ne
| would not take up the accounts OF leg,
islative employees until August 8 and
| they need not waste carfare and shoe
| leather in going to Harrisburg
The Governor signed an appropriation
of 800, 900 for the Jefferson Medical
College in Philadelphia and approved
| the Iduor revenue bill, increasing the
retail license fees and imposing
graded tax on brewers, distillers, com
Founders, etc.
That ended the bills and the Governel
started for his home in Bellefonte
shortly after, remarking as he left thai
| bv nightfalI he would probably be the
| most unpopular man in the state. lie
drove up the Juniata valley and across
Mifflin and Centre counties to his
| home
The Mercantile tax bill was original
| ly an administration measure but after
| the vigorous protest of the Plttsbure
and Philadelphia merchants and the ex
position of the Constitution bearing up
on the subject by Attorney James a
Stranahan, the Executive recognized II
would work a great hardship, and lt'
ability to stand the test Of the Supreme
Court was doubted, so he vetoed IT.
The fact that the Simon bill was held
to the last and then vetoed Is an lndl
cation of the tremendous pressure ex
erted by the gas and electric light inter
ests of the State Politics was bound
up in every line of this bill, and shrewo
observers think the veto of the Simon
measure is the best evidence that tht
Governor has broken loose from all hl'
old moorings and henceforth will go Il
alone.
The last Legislature sent 4S4 bills tt
the Governor, of which he approved Az.
and vetoed "a The total cash vetoed
was 1886, 726 II, as compared to F145, 56l
vetoed in 1895 Outside of the appropria
tions to Eastern colleges, the difference
in the amount of money vetoed Is ac
counted for by the Governors warning
to the Legislature to hew to the lowest
notch, and the advice was followed to
considerable eytent.