The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-03

army of sharks behind the book and
school supply trade ready and anxious TO
swoop down on school treasures ana sell
unnecessary wares at fancy prices. There
is sufficient authority in the laws at pres
ent on our state statute books to enable
school boards to furnish the schools un-
der their jurisdiction with all the neces-
slry apparatus; and II any schools suffer
for lack of such supplies, then tho proper
place for reform Is with the school boards
Directors who cannot from lack or
knowledge, or will not from wrong mo-
tives, discharge their duties in this re-
spect are not fit to hold the Office TINS
view certainly accords with common
sense.
The Monongahea new county scheme of
two years ago Is to be revived this ses-
sion 1t provided for the creation of Mo-
| nongahela county out of portions OF
Washington, Fayette, Greene, Westmore-
| land and Allegheny counties. Nashlng-
ton and Fayette were the largest losers
| in territory. The river country in both
| counties was to be gobbled The slice to
| be taken off Westmoreland was not large,
| Greene lost but little and Forward town
| ship was taken from Allegheny county.
| The agitation for the new county comes
| from the people along the river i'll wash
| ington county. From Monongahela they
have to come to Pittsburg and then go
| to Washington to reach the county seat.
| This occasions a trip of $50 miles and Is
| rather expensive, especially to man VINO
| is summoned as a witness at court ana
| receives 81 per day for his services. Had
| the scheme gone through two years ago
| the capital would have been at Charleroi,
| the center of the proposed county.
|
| at is impossible to believe" remarks
the Philadelphia Press "that the PROPOSE
| ton to furnish each member of the legis-
| lature with forty copies of the Legislative
| Record, to be sent constituents at the eN-
pense of the state. is seriously made. 1t
| would be impossible for any member to
| find forty Of his constituents who would
care to take the publication as a gift
| The maintenance of this useless thing al
| ready costs the state some 100000 for eacN
| session of the legislature, and the propo-
| sition to impose an additional number OF
| copies on the people, the state paying all
the expenses, postage included, is merely
to add to the burden without the least re-
turn"
| The apportionment measures are to he
| considered in committee without unnec-
| essarY delay, if present advices from
| Harrisburg are trustworthy. Says the
| Pittsburg Dispatch: Senator Vaughan
| of Scranton, who is chairman of the seh'
| ate congressional appOrtlOnment commit
tee says he will begin the preparation OF
a bill at once and he intends to push H.
| The selection of an energetic man like
| Vaughan to manage this committee indi'
| Gates that an effort will be made to re.
| apportion the congressional districts
| Vaughan is not man to tritle. He mad'
| reputation in the last senate for the in.
| PRODUCTION of short. concise bills"
To
| state that Senator Quay, during the pas
| week had an operation performed on hi;
| left eye to relieve the paralysis of the up
| per eyelid, the dropping of which has
| been gradually becoming more and more
marked in late years. Professor l.. Web
ster Fox, a well known Philadelphia
ophthalmoogist performed the operation