The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-22
FOOTING ELECTION
CONTEST BILLS
State Will Pay for the Shiffer.Leh
Entertainment.
SPIKE IN THE LOAN BUSINESS
Provision Inserted in Senate Bill
That said Loans Shall he Borrowed
at IA Rate ofInterest Not to Exceed
Six Per Centum Per Annum.

Harrisburg, June 21.-The order OF
business in the house the next two days
was reported from the rules committee
tonight and adopted. Revenue bills on
second and third readings and senate
bills on third reading and final passage
Is the programme for Tuesday morn
ing and afternoon. Tuesday evening
the order is bills on first reading and
senate bills on second and third read
ing.
The programme for the morning and
afternoon sessions of Wednesday is
revenue bills on second and third read
ing, house bills on third reading and
final passage. senate bills on second
and third reading. Al the evening ses-
sion the order will be appropriation
bills on second reading and senate
bills on second and third reading. The
appropriation bills will be reported out
tomorrow afternoon and read the first
time at the evening session.
On motion of Mr.. Muehlbronner, of
Allegheny, the Rodgers charter bill
making Pittsburg city of the first
class was recommitted to the munich
pal corporations committee. The vote
by which the Adams bill prohibiting
the drinking of liquor on the public
highways was defeated on final pas
sage was reconsidered.
On motion of Mr., Greasy, of Colum-
bia, the vote by which the bill taxing
bicycles. tricycles and pleasure car
riages was defeated was reconsidered.
The vote stood n to &c. Mr.. Greasy
moved to postpone further considera-
ton of the bill and won by vote of S5
to AZ.
Bills to provide for the relocation of
boundary lines between wards in cities
and authorizing quarter sessions courts
to decrease the number of council
men and school directors in wards or
boroughs passed finally. The calendar
was cleared of senate bills on second
reading, after which senate bills on
final passage were considered. There
was a large attendance in anticipa-
tion of a vote on the Becker three
fifths confirmation bill, which is on the
calendar for third reading and final
passage, but will hardly be reached to-
night.
STATE PAYS THE FIDDLER.
Chairman French, of the elections
committee, presented a bill appropriate
ing 81 900 to pay the fees and expenses
of counsel and the personal expenses
of the contestants in the ShifferLeh
contest from Northampton county. He
also presented a bill for $1,S3O to pay
the expenses of members of the COM
mittee, hotel bill, stenographer. print
ing and filing petition in this contest
Committees hotel bill foOts up $230.40
SiXty-fiVe dollars are asked for the
stenographer, $55 by the typewriter and
$25 for printing and filing petition
The balance is to be distributed
among the members for extra car fare
carriage hire and kilograms Mr.. Bobb
of Allegheny, introduced a bill licens-
ing the sale of oleomargarine.
Senate bills empowering water COM
panies to acquire lands and waters to
preserve their water supply from pollu-
ton or contamination and allowing
water companies to use other power to
develop current in case of the temper
ary failure of the water supply were
defeated. Senate bill allowing build
ing and loan association to borrow %
per cent. of their Withdrawing value
was amended by Mr.. Clarency, of Phil
adelphia, by inserting a provision
that said loans shall be borrowed at
rate of interest not to exceed six
per centum per annum." The bill
passed second reading. The house ad-
journed at 1915 until 10 tomorrow
morning.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
The senate this evening upon reso-
luton of Mr.. Andrews. decided to meet
daily, Sunday excepted until final ad-
journment. Mr.. Gray introduced a res
olution which was agree to, to recon-
NIT the two Bliss beer bills to the fin