The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-03-29

cities, and the purchase Of unseated
lands by the commonwealth for nom
payment of taxes for the purpose Of
establishing a state forest reservation. /
Both houses have succeeded in the
dispatch of very considerable business,
but the senate is much ahead OF the
house in their work. and in conse-
ouence of this have adjourned over un-
til April.
The New Legislative Districts.
A bill was offered in the house a few
days ago which makes a decided
change in the legislative districts of
the state. BY the provisions of this
bill the Third and Fourth wards OF
Philadelphia are made one district, and
with 1 member, and the Fifth and
Sixth wards comprise one district, with
1 member 1t entities the Seventh ward
to 2 members, and the Eigth and Ninth
wards are consolidated, with 1 mem
Der. The Tenth gets 1 member The
Eleventh and Twentieth are united,
with / member. The Sixteenth and
Seventeenth together are entitled to /
member, while members are given to
the Nineteenth and Thirty-hrst wards.
The Twenty-second ward gets .
members. The Twenty-fourth and
Thirty fourth are consolidated, and
get 8 members, instead of 3 The
Twenty-sixth and Thirty seventh are
given members. The Thirty second
ward, which was formerly in that dis
trict, is made a separate district, with
1 member. These constitute the
changes in Philadelphia.
Adams county gets ! member. Alle-
oh 0n
Bedford county gets 1 member, while
Blair is entitled to 3 members. Cam
bria county is given g. Chester 3, Clar-
ion /, Crawford 2, Clearfeld 3, Colum.
bia 1, Huntingdon 1, Jefferson 2, Ian
caster 8, Lawrence /, Luzerne Z, Lack
awanna 8, Mercer 2, Schuylkiu s.
Somerset l and Wayne /, while West
moreland gets 4. All other counties
will be the same as unde7 the present
apportionment.
Among the bills that met with de-
/ feat recently, and which are not likely
/ to be resurrected again during this
/ session, were the anti-treatng bill and
/ the pool racing bill both Of which met
/ their death on final passage The lat
ter bill, it was understood, was going
| to be knocked into smithereens by the
! house any way, and it was thought
best to not give them the opportunity.
/ Che libel bill drafted by the Pennsyl-
/ wanna, Editorial association was also
/ practically knied in the house when it
I came up for second reading.
Agreement on the Now Capitol Assured.
There is no doubt that an agreement
will be reached in a short time be-
/ tween the governor and the legislature
on a plan for new capitol and the
structure will be on about the same
economic lines as recommended by the
/ executive in his message. This is
about what was agreed upon By the
/ committees on public buildings and
| grounds of the house and senate, who
had a conference with the governor of
about two hours duration, and the
plans were received as to the group
ing Of the various buildings in archi-
tectural effect, of which there will be
four in all. This will include the ex-
scutive building. The style adopted
will in all probability be the rennais-
sance, which win include a slight touch
of the colonial the object being to inn
prove on the old state house.
The governor, in his statement before
the committee remarked that the con-
tract should be let Aug /, the build
I ing completed by Nov. l. 1898, and if
the work is not done in that time he
would take all the blame. He also
stated that his estimate of the ex-
pense for the erection Of the new build
ing at the cost of $3.50 600 was based on
the fact that the lighting heating and
I sewerage We're provided for, and that
about 2,50O,O0O brick were i'm the old
building that could be used. He also
stated that the amount he named is
not intended to cover the Interior dec.
orations, and that the walls would not
be i'm a condition to ornament when
the next legislature meets, and this
cost would be extra. and must be pro.
vided for by appropriation. This esti.
mate also does not include the furnish.
ings so that by the time the bulldina
was completed the total cost would ap,
gregate about 81 600 900. There seemed
20 be a very satisfactory feeling amonf
the members composing the commit.
tee, and # is now certain that any
danger of a clash between the COVER.
nor and legislature has been removed
Opposition 60 the Reform Measures.
The house does not seem to TAX
kindly TO the reform measures, as wa
evidenced by the way they cut an,
slashed until they could be scarcel,
recognized, and eventually passed tn
Stewart bin, which is one of the re
form bills for Philadelphia. after ad
ding several amendments, which great
ly changes it's character. The bin re
quiring state repositories to pay inter
est on state funds passed second read
ing but not until after a dozen amend
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