The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-05

quite understand that he did not
know two years ago that such ex-
penses were unauthorized by law.
In the z. L.. of 1895 pages COS and 6O9
you will find a bill that appropriates
$lO. 9S2 to pay the expenses of mem
bers OF the elections committee of
the session of '93. Gov. Pattison
vetoed the bill in '93 and Gov. Has
tings approved the bill in '95.
Among the items find 1851 ap-
propriated to p. NJ. Lytle for extra
carfare, sleeping berths, kilograms,
etc. Huntingdon comfy returned
MIR. Lytle to the last legislature, not.
withstanding. j. j. Coyle of Schuyl-
kill Go. had bill of $500. Coyle is
now the Senator from that district.
h. w. Tool was credited with a bill
OF S26l for the same items. $3.50 was
allowed for the secretary of the com
mittee.
The committee of the last House
which you charge with extravaganza
had no seperate bills for services of
a secretary, doorkcepers, etc.
I here publicly assert that there
has been no contest for many years
that didn't cost the state from $4,000
to $4,000 more than the cases that
were before the committee of the
last House your charge of extrava-
gance to the contrary notwithstand.
ing. l leave this part of your CEN
serious article and take up the sec
ond charge which you call the Nc
Cook funeral Bill.
Funerals are grave matters and I
had hoped you could find live sub.
jects in which you could ventilate
your spleen. / can see OF course
that funerals lead to executors no.
tices, sale bills and other fees that
come to printers in the settlement of
dead mems estates and in 30 far as
those things are concerned l can see
why you want an explanation.
The particular funeral in which
you are most interested is the Cook
funeral although the bills for the ex.
penses incurred in the burial Of ex.
representative Phillips of Schuylkill
county and Cassin OF Phila. would
have served the pu. pose OF showing
how the peoples money would be
spent, but ! realize that you
couldn't accomplish your purpose
except to call for another itemized
statement of expenditures. You
certainly must be testing when you
attempt to make the people of the
county believe that l got or am to
get 800 of the $67I. 80 appropriated
to pay for the expenses of said fun
eral. Itseems to me that any ona
who can read must admit that you
are either jesting or willfully at
tempting to deceive the people when
you say that the expense bill of each
member was more than 800. When
you furnish information to the pub
lie, common decency should admon-
ish you to be at least reasonably fair.
l suppose will be liable to your
censure il say to you and the peo-
pie OF the county that l do not know
anything about the Cook Funeral
Bill except that the Chairman, Mr..
Long of York county, presented the
bill to MIR. Marshall, chairman of the
General Appropriation Committee.
for insertion in the General App.
Bill
The bill includes an item, l think,
for flowers, coffin, boarding, sar-
geant-at-arm' fees and carriage hire.
To the last item you will not likely
object when I say that that was tho
only way we could 60 from MERGERS
burg to Fulton county. As to the
amount Of each particular item, 1
know absolutely nothing. Mr. Long
l think can furnish you the informa-
ton and if you really feel that the
people demand the itemized bill it is
your business as watch. dog of
their treasury to obtain the infor-
nation. The Governor, I believe,
has approved the bill and if the ex-
penses are not strictly authorized by
law your recourse is to write up the
governor. In SO an item of $14O5
was allowed in the Gen. App. Bill to
pay the funeral expenses of Mr..
Lemon. who died during the SESSION.
l was mt a member of the committee
but it might be interesting 20 have
the itemized statement from the
members who composed the COM
mite. Hon. w. F. Stewart, the
father of the House, was chairman
of the committee, who will no doubt
be willing to answer any questions
you may have to ask him.
(3rd.) Now surely you cant be in
earnest when you want to make the
people of Snyder county believe that
l voted their birthright away when I
voted for what you are so kind as to
call the Infamous Becker Bill.
The Becker Bill, we'll, pray, what
has that to do with the interests of
the people Of this coontyi Do you
really believe that the people carei
Why you didn't even tell them what
the bill provided for and I can't see
how you can make it appear infa-
nous unless you show US just where
you see the infamy. must be very
much mistaken if the people in the
county care anything about whether
the Mayor of Phila. has absolute
power in making appointments or