The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-09
STATE LAWMAKERS
ACTIVELY ENGAGED
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act relating to examination of miners in
the anthracite coal regions.
BY Mr.. Baldwin, Delaware--ro prevent
pcdding of beer
BY Mr.. Todd Lawrcnce-Provding for
the erection of n new county to he called
Quay county from parts of Allegheny,
Washington, Westmoreand and Fayette,
with Charlcroi as the county seat.
BY Mr.. Bolles, clphia-Appropri
ating $LOOO,OOO to the University of Penn
sylvania.
BY Mr. stradlng, Philadclphia-Prov
| ing that 1t shall be unlawful for any IL
censed saloon keeper to furnish food
| without charge with drinks
BY Mr.. Mcconnell Philadelphia-Prov
ing for supervision in the construction of
a new capitol building and defining the
| duties of those in charge. 1t provides
that the committee ON public buildings of
the senate and house in conjunction with
! the governor, the president of the senate
ana speaker of he house, shall constitute
committee for supervising the erec-
! ton of the new capitol building. 1t pro
| Vldes that subcommittee of eleven shall
! be selected, consisting of three members
of the senate committee, five of the house,
| president of the senate, speaker of the
| house ana the governor, which shall meet
monthly. A contract is to be awarded
| after due advertisement and time limit
! is to be included.
Mr.. keefer, Westmoreland-Aut
| the collecting Of per capita tax annual
! ly for school purposes of not less than
! one dollar nor more than three.
Mr.. McWhinney, Pittsburg offered a
| resolution providing for the appoint
| ment of committee to investigate the
| condition of the miners i'm the Pitts
| burg coal regions. a motion to refer
! to the committee ON mines and mining
| was voted down and the resolution was
adopted. 1T provides for two members
| of the senate and five of the house.
A BLOW AT COLLEGE HAZING.
/ Mr.. Ellis, Lebanon. offered a resolu-
| tion providing that it is the sense of
| the house that wherever the faculty
of any public institution is either un-
| willing or unable to afford proper pro-
| lection to weak or infirm students or
| to renress brutality that such faculty
cannot properly be intrusted for educa .
tional purposes with appropriations of
state funds and that the commonwealth
| of Pennsylvania declines to degrade
| herself by contributing to the support
of any institution whose authorities
| are incompetent without police super
vision to enforce the usual laws of So
luton was voted down after Mr.. Stew
art. of Philadelphia. had facetiously
moved to refer the matter to FitZsim-
mons.
Mr.. Manning, Cumberland, proposed
the following resolution. which was re-
ferred to the committee on building
! buildings:
Resolved, That the house of represen-
tatives approve the plan suggested by
Governor Hastings that the new capitol
building should be exclusively a capitol
building erected upon the same grounds
as the old building of the colonial style
and not exceed the cost of one million
dollars.
And that we have implicit confidence
in the present board of public grounds
and buildings to contract for and super.
intend the erection of the same without
the aid of any building commission. Said
building to be completed inside of two
years.
Alr. CrOthers, Philadelphia, called III
his resolution to place ON the calendar
his negatived antitrust bill and made
luton, referring to the platform decla
rations of both the great parties OF
this question. Mr.. Long, Of York, ais,
spoke in favor of the resolution anC
attacked the corporations. The resolu
tion was agreed to, years 1877, nays s
At lie the house adjourned until i
| o'clock tomorrow morning.