The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-06-30

ing with his message to the Legislature at
the beginning.
One of the most intricate parliamenta-
ry questions of the season was sprung on
the House last Thursday evening, and If
you will pardon egotism, I will state that
the writer did it. Some months ago
bill passed the House with scarcely
dissenting voice providing that in all
cities where fire alarm system was in
vogue, all buildings, hotels, ETC., should
be provided with an instantaneous fire
alarm" The bill looked very innocent,
of course, and being sprung early in the
session, every member voting for it sup
posed he was voting for something in the
interest of humanity. In fact, the bill
was popularity known as the Servant
girls FRIEND" for the reason that it made
it obligatory on all owners of buildings
over two stories in height, where GER
tain number of employees were engaged,
to provide a system of instantaneous
fire alarm" Well, after the House had
passed the bill it thought it had done
smart and righteous thing for humanity.
But over in the Senate, where they
"know snake when they see it," but
never kill it, the reptile was discovered
at once, and after some delay, (merely
for appearances sake) that body pas sed
the bill with one little amendment. In
this shape the hill came back to the House
for concurrence in the Senate amend
ments. BY this time every respectable
member of the House knew what he was
voting on, but didn't exactly understand
how to get at it, and the amendments of
the Senate were not concurred in. This
left the Senate nothing to do but recede
from its amendments. But when the
House met at 500 o'clock in the evening,
the writer moved TO RECONSIDER the vote
by which the House had refused to con-
cur in the Senate amendments" Friends
of the "snake'' were on their feet at once,
but didn't know what to do. So the mo-
tion was entertained and easily carried.
The next motion was to postpone fur
ther action indefinitely" which carried
unanimously. This was a procedure
never before attempted, and yet the
Chair ruled that the action was proper,
after all the parliamentarians of the
House had been consulted. But the ac-
tion of the House on the Senate amend
ments had already been messaged back
to the Senate, and that body had as
promptly receded from its amendments.
otherwise there would have been some
fun. Upward of one hundred members
have petitione6 the Governor to veto the
bill, believing that it is in the interest of
the Gamewell system of fire alarms, the
only one that can supply the apparatus
called for in this bill.
The general appropriation bill passed
second reading in the House last week
and was sent back to the committee. 1t
will come up for final passage to-day,
and if in its present shape will pass with
scarcely a dissenting vote. 1t carries
with it the usual appropriation of s., ,5OO,-
600 for the schools, but the Senate is get
ting ready, so they say, to cl,:. of the ex-
ira 100000. This vii be the battle row.
al OF the session. 1t is doubtful if the
House will concur in this; nay it is al
most sure that it will not. l predict that
the appropriation to the common schools
will remain as it is, and the credit will
properly belong to the rural member
ship for keeping it there.
The Bliss beer bills came up in the
House Friday evening, as amended in
the Senate. The fact is, there wasn't a
particle left of them, the Senate having
adopted entirely new measures, leaving
scarcely anything of the bills sent over
from the House. One measure, that re.
lating mercantile tax, was concurred in
but the other was voted down and will,
in all probability, go to conference
committee. What the outcome will be
man who wears hair can't tell. Before
they pass the House they will be fair tc
all interests.
Rev. @. A. Rheile of Mt. Zion Luther
an church, German Hill, stopped few
hours in town last Tuesday on his way
to baltimore, where he attended the an
nual session of the Synod of his church
Yours for a sine die adjournment thi
week. J,E, w.