The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-05-27


| al developments. and there Is an inn
| preston here that an attempt Will be
made to hush the Investigation.
| Another investigation which is hav-
| ing a hard road to travel is that insti-
| gated by Representative Hosack, OF
| Pittsburg, who made serious allega-
| tions against former Representative
| Frank N. Moore, of Bradford county,
| now special agent of the department
| of agriculture in Pittsburg. 1t is al
| legged that Moore received money from
the dealers in oleomargarine to secure
protection from the prosecutions of the
| dairy and food commissioner. Mr..
Moore denies the charges, and says he
| will be able to prove their falsity.
Representative William Marshall, Of
| Allegheny, chairman Of the house COM
mittee on appropriations, says no bills
will be reported until the status Of the
revenue for the next two years Is fully
| determined. He says 1t would be worse
| than foolish to pass a lot of appropria-
| tion bills in the face of a bankrupt
| treasury. Even with the additional
| revenue that 1t is proposed to raise
| there will be a wholesale cutting down
| of appropriations.
Governor Hastings has been asked
| by many correspondents throughout
| the state whether he would issue a
proclamation regarding the observance
| Of Memorial Day on May 90. The gov
ernor has stated in an interview that
| he Is not expected to issue proclama-
| tions defining the law. Regarding the
| observance of Memorial Day he says:
when May 80 falls on Sunday the
day preceding 1t, Saturday, shall be
observed as the holiday" 1t will thus
thus be seeen from the quotation of
| law that next Saturday will be legal
| holiday without any proclamation by
| the governor.
The Young Trolley Bill.
The Young trolley bill, which has
been bone of contention in the legis-
| lature between the steam railroad and
the electric railway interests, passed
second reading, but whether 1t will be
reached on final passage remains to be
| seen. Everything possible is being
to defeat this bill.
1t is now thought that the amend
| ment to the Hamilton road bill pro-
viding that 1t shall not go into effect
until the legislature has appropriated
| townships of the state for the improve
| ment of the highways has practically
killed the measure. With the revenues
in the limp condition in which they are
now an appropriation Of $1.o00,00o for
| better roads is out Of the question. 1t
| is probable, however, that the bill will
go through in its present shape and be
approved by the governor, so that sue
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to make 1t effective.
A bill has been introduced in the leg
islature appropriating $4,000 for the
purchase of dress uniform for the
National Guard. Since the visits Of the
| legislature to New York and Philadel-
phia on the occasions of the Grant
| monument and Washington monument
| demonstrations the lawmakers are per-
| suaded that the Pennsylvania troops
should have something better than
the service uniform for such cere-
monies.
Representative Clarency, of Phila-
| delphia, has succeeded in having an
important amendment inserted in the
bill taxing full paid, prepaid and ma
twed stock Of building and loan asso-
Citations. 1t provides that nothing in
the act shall be taken to require the
payment of any tax upon any unma-
tured stock of building and loan asso-
| Citations upon which periodical pay
ments are required to be made. or upon
| any such stock which shall mature or is
in process Of payment.
The house has defeated q bill which
was of special interest to cities of the
third class. 1t provided for the collec-
tion Of taxes, being a supplement to the
act Of 1889.
| Senate bills preventing the exhibi-
tions Of hypnotism in public and the
reproduction of prize fight pictures
have both been voted down by the
house.
| A strong effort was made by certain
prominent capitalists in Philadelphia
to get through a bill providing for the
incorporation Of companies to carry on
the business of pawnbrokers. It went
to the governor and was promptly We
toed. He objected to the banking feat
ures of the bill and to certain other
provisions.
Interest on State Deposits.
The Stewart bill providing for the
payment of interest on state deposits
Is still hanging fire in the senate. II
has been amended so as to provide that
there shall be six active banks-three
in Philadelphia, two in Pittsburg and
one in Harrisburg-which shall pay nc
interest, all the other banks to pay Z
per cent. 1t has been amended fur
ther to provide that the selection OF
the six active repositories shall be left
to the board of revenue commissioners
An important bill passed the house
last week, and is now in the hands OF
the governor 1t protects employees OF
corporations in their right to form
join and belong to labor organizations
An attempt was made in the senate tt
so amend it as to take from 1t the pow.
er that the labor unions seek, but r.
failed.
The Gould bill making a uniform poo
system throughout the state, except
ing in counties containing a popula
tion of 10000 or less, was defeated OIL
final passage. The principal objection
was that 1t interfered with those coun
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