The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-12
Thursday, Aug. II, 1897.
The DR.. Cook Funeral Bill.

representative IlcTillall laSl week
said he did not know what the items
in the Cook funeral bill consisted of
To make the total Of S67l. so. We
call the attention of our readers to
the discussion of the bill given be-
low. We wish to state that Repre-
sentative Smith OF Bedford said if
there was anything in the bill of
S67l.SO for him, it shouldbc strick-
on ont. Did Representative Her
man say so? No sir, he did not I?
Representative Sterr OF Philadcl-
phia indirectly charged the commit
tee with charging mileage for two
members Of the committee who
could not attend and strange as it
may seem, we can not find the re-
cord of any one denying the charge
Our readers will observe that in the
discussion of the bill in the house
not one of the defenders of the bill
claimed that they had paid for a
coffin and flowers yet Representa-
tive Herman last week said they
had. Representative Spatz MEM
Der of the funeral committee said I:
"We did actually have carriage
hire" What does this mean? 1t
would seem from this as though the
only actual expense the committee
had was carriage hire from Mercers-
burg to Fulton county and yet their
bill was S67l.S0. No wonder Rep
rescntative Herman can not render
an itemized statement ?' w.
We reprint below an extract of
the House proceedings in the Phila.
Press OF June 29th. From this it
appears that only five members at
tended the funeral making an aver
age cost Of Sl2O piece.
"Whcn the item in the general APP
preparation bill of SG7l drawnin ia
vor OF Representative Long, chair
man of the committee on the part of
the House to represent the House
at the funeral OF the i. McCaulcv
Cook, Of Fulton county, was repre-
sentcd. Representative Ely called
upon Chairman Long, of the commit
tee, for 4 statement as to how sol
much money could be expended ina
tripto Fulton county. Representa-
tive Long tried to explain, by say
ing that the funeral expenses had
been paid by the committee, but
finally wound up by saying -
81 don't care what you do with
this bill. | left it to the Sergeant-at-
Arms to prepare Il bill that he
thought was right. All | want is to
see the legitimate and just expenses
paid"
This tacit declaration that there
were some items that were legiti-
mate Just raised a general laugh
throughout the House.
COST OF a FUNERAL TRIP.
Represpntative Spatz followed in
speech that still further convulsed
the members, half of whom were in
the aisles, MIR. Spatz said that the
bill had been made up by the Ser
gcant-at-Arms. After the funeral
the committee met in the corner of
gallery Of Grace Church, and the
question was "IIow much will we
charge for the funeral" Mr.. Spatz
said that he had loaned the Serge
ant-at-Arms ten dollars, but that
had been paid back to him and he
was satisfied.
ave had ride OF twenty miles in
driving snowstorm," said Mr..
Spatz. "And, gentlemen, we did
actually have carriage hire. Wei
had no kilograms or telephone mes
sages to pay for, | want to say that
| do not want any mileage. | want
nothing, and if anything is charged
to me IN that bill | want it wiped
out. l got my ten dollars back from
the Sergeant-at-Arms and l am sat
isfed."