The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-10

eron81y - possible that neither NJ
Andrews alleged expense bin nor any
similar measure will pass this legis.
lature. 1t will be fought every inch. and
In my opinion can never secure a leroI
majority. In no contingency could
enough votes be mustered to carry
IT over a veto. have no information as
to the position Of the governor, but am
satisfied that the bill will never be-
come q law"
A Treasury Deficit.
Next to the Lexow committees hiu
the most sensational feature Of the
week was the declaration by Auditor
General Mylin that there would be a
deficit in the revenues of $500 900
This is Just s1,6Oo,O00 more than the
previous estimates. In other woras
the state has to raise Just this amount
OF money in addition to the $40. 600. ono
or &20.0o0.000 which II must ordinarily
raise to pay the running expenses OF
the state government. its schools, pris-
ons, asyiums and hospitals, together
with the other demands upon its treas
ury. And yet with the states finances
! IN this condition the Lexow committee
IL demading $G5,o0O to pay its expenses
contracted to no purpose whatever.
1t Is proposed by the bosses to force
this Lexow appropriation bill through
the legislature. The Lexow appropria-
tion bill will undoubtedly be used as a
forcible argument to compel members
to vote for II under penalty Of losing
appropriations in which they are In
terested.
This means, as already explained in
previous letters, that unless members
OF the Legislature vote for the Lexow
bill OF $4,000 they will be threatened
with the defeat of appropriation bills
Tor hospitals, asylums and charitable
institutions in which they are interest
ed. 1t 1t proposed to hold the LexoW
bill as a club over the heads of men,
bers who do not believe that the state
should pay the enormous sum of money
for farce.
That the bosses are growing desper-
ate Is shown In the fact that they have
commenced openly to fight Governor
hastings because Of his attempts TO
restrain the wasteful expenditure of
the public funds. A dispatch from
L
delphia newspaper says:
Fighting the Governors Economy,
For several days past it has been an
open secret here in Harrisburg that a
determined and vigorous attempt was
TO be made to override as many OF
Governor Hastings recent vetoes as
possible. Some of these vetoes had
touched interests very close to the
hearts OF certain alleged leaders. In
vetoing these measures however, the
governor had saved thousands of dol
lars to the state, but this fact did not
weigh In the balance as against the
selfish interests OF certain members of
house and senate.
"A combination led by two Philadel-
phla senators was therefore formed
with the express purpose of passing
these measures over the governors
veto. and not only these bills, but all
future bills in which the combination
of senatos were interested
The plan as arranged by these
gentlemen was not to consider any of
the vetoes separately or as they came
up In their order. but to wait until
every detail had been arranged and
every senator lined up and then. at
some designated session the vetoes
would be taken up separately. one after
the other, and passed despite the ad-
verse action of the executive In pur-
suance of this policy not one of Gov
ernor Hastings recent vetoes has beer
considered up to the present tirse.
There has been a tacit UNDERSTANDING
among the senate majority that they
were not to be called up until every
thing is ready. and then there was TO
be certain time sat apart exclusively
for the slaughtering of the governors
veto messages"
The taxpayers of the state are rapid-
ly rousing to a full realization of the
peril that awaits them at the hands of
the bosses Trusts are being protected
and individual taxpayers are made to
suffer. Times are hard and money
scarce, but the waste of the states
funds goes ahead with Increased
rapidity. Scores of letters are received
every day at the headquarters of the
Business Mems League in this city
from prominent Republicans all over
the state expressing disgust and dis
satisfaction at the existing condition of
affairs. 1t would seem that the people
are ct last aroused.