The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-23
MUST HAVE HOLIDAY.
The Legislators Will Attend
Grant Ceremonies.
THE HOUSE OyERRIDES THE VETO.
The Members of the Lower Branch Coin
eide With the Senators-Got lip
That the Governor Did Not Care-Bus-
iness Transacted.

HARRIsBBRG, April 21.-The lsglsla-
lure has decided to take day on to
attend the unveiling of the Grant mon-
ument Tuesday in New York Plans
for the trip are being made for a JOINT
committee of the two bodies and VIII
be announced during the week. 1he
sedate will adjourn Thursday until the
following Wednesday. and the house
expects to get away Friday morning.
RThe resolution providing for the trip
was back to the senate Monday night
without executive approval, and was at
once unanimously passed over the gov
ernor's veto. When il came up in the
house for concurrence Speaker Boyer
stated that he was in formed by an Off
cial of the executive department tn at the
governors reason for disappearing the
resolution was because he was asked to
do so by the house, and he would not
feel offended if that body passed it
over his head, so it pissed.
The Rodgers charter and the Lyon
ripper were brought out of the house
municipal corporations committee just
as they were sent there, in spite of
opponents attempts to amend them.
HARRISBURG. April 21.-There was a
senate opened. After the usual pre-
hminaries several bills were introduced.
Among them was one presented by Mr..
Saylor. to modify the existing auction
laws and regulating auction sales Mr..
CoyIe reported from committee the bill
providing for the codifyinR of the rail
road laws The first bill on final
passage was an act reducing the pay of
county treasurers and registers. This
bill was defea-ed.
The following bills were passed
finally: An act to protect the Amer
lean flag from insult and degradation.
An act to further amend the fifth sec
tiOn of an act entitled IAN act re lating
to the organization and jurisdiction of
the orphans court i'll and for counties
having more than 100, 900 inhabitants
and to provide for the election of
judges thereof" approved May 10, 1887,
amending that part of the same which
applies to the fixing of the salaries of
assistant clerks of the said court. An
act authorizing the superintendent of
public Instruction TO place III each pub
lie school of this commonwealth one
copy of "omull's Legislative Hand
Book" and one copy of the school laws
and decisions.
The bill emitted IAN act to authorize
constables and other peace officers with
out first procuring a warrant to arrest
persons reasonably suspected by them
of offending against the laws protect
ing the timber lands" was up for final
passage. There were several amend
ments offered, and the ILL was defeated
for the time being. 1t was called up
Immediately. Mr.. MeTrick objected TO
the bill, saying that 1t was too much
power to put in the hands of cOnstables
and officers of that kind. \ number OF
senators from the lumber country spoke
in favor of the bill and it was finally
passed.
Mr.. Stiles introduced a bill TO pre-
vent the manufacture and sale of phOs-
phorus matches. a similar bill was
presented in the house, but has never
been heard of since its introduction.
In the house O.. K. Bolles introduced
an act to provide for the taxation of the
shares of stock in any bank or savings
institutions having capital stock, incor
porated under the laws OF this common
wealth or of the United States.
Few committees had reports to pre-
sent and the house was noG long in
getting down to consideration of
bills on final passage. of which there
were several on the calendar. a re-
fern bill was one of the first consid-
cred. 1t will be recalled that Mr..
Woodruff's bill prohibiting political as
sessments was amended on second
reading to apply to employees of all the
cities and bOroughs of the state and TO
corporations. These amendments left
the bill in a crude shape and forbade
corporations contributing TO campaign
funds.
The bill was so amended as TO
straighten out the crudities and to
eliminate the feature making il a mis-
demeanor for a corporation to con-
tribute. The bill now makes it unlaw-
full for political employe to assess a