The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-29
BEGINNING OF
THE FINAL WEEK
House Of Representatives Works Five
Hours Without Rest.
APPROPRIATION BILLS CONSIDERED
A General Slaughter All Along the
Line--The West side Hospital,
Scranton, Receives s7,OOO--Many
Bills Chopped Down by the Appro-
printion Committee.

started in this afternoon on the final
week of the session. There was a large
attendance of the members and they
were worked five hours without a rest.
A long session was also held tonight to
clear the calendar on senate bills. APP
preparation bills were first considered
this afternoon and rushed through.
Even with this haste these measures
cannot pass finally for an adjournment
Thursday, except under a suspension of
the rules, which provide that no bill
can be sent to the governor the last
day of the session. 1t is doubtful even
then whether all can be got through.
The plan is to adjourn about 3 o'clock
Wednesday night Immediately recon-
vene and hold a Thursday session.
Nearly all the appropriation bills which
passed today related to hospitals and
other charities The bill providing for
a homeopathic hospital for the treat
ment of the insane was postponed for
the present.
Mr.. McElhenny, of Allegheny oppos-
ed the bill appropriating $500 to pay the
expenses of investigating the insurance
scandal. A roll call was demanded on
its passage and ii went through by go
TO 40. Mr.. McClain, of Lancaster, cut
down the bill for investigating the
capitol fire from $1,705 to $3.50. He said
the building committee had ordered
this reduction because It believed the
original amount was too high. The
amended compulsory education bill,
which was recalled from the governor
to correct an error in the title, passed
finally.
HELLER-LAUBACH CONTEST.
Three bills to pay the expenses of the
Heller Laubach contest of two years
ago from Northampton county, were
numerically slaughtered. One appro-
priated $9,1S3.15 to Joseph H. Harrah,
of Beaver sergeant-at-arms of the
committee Mr.. Harrah's original bill
was $14,02S.9S. The other bill called for
an appropriation of $44S1.30 to pay the
expenses Of the senate elections commit
tee. The third bill appropriated $3,-
62575 to pay counsel fees clerical SER
vices and personal expenses of the con-
testant and contestee. The bill was
chopped down by the appropriation
committee to about 1000. Among the
bills which passed finally were the fol-
lowing: $4,000 to the Titusville hospi-
tai; $4,000 to the Lancaster general hos
pital $4,000 to the State college, $780,
600 to the Lehigh university; $1,000 to
the Western Pennsylvania Institution
for the Deaf and Dumb; $50 900 to the
University of Pennsylvania $4,000 to
49, the Wiliamsport Training school,; 81,
900 to the Eye and Ear hospital, Pitts
burg; $500 to the School for Cornplanter
Indians at Warren; $1,000 to the West
Side hospital, Scranton; $4,000 to the
American hospital association, Ma
hanoy City. Adjourned until o'clock
tonight.
EVENING SESSION.
The general appropriation bill was
Slled up this evening by Chairman
Marshall. Several items were at
talked by Mr.. Crothers, of Philadel-
phA, Coray, of Luzerne, and others
Mr.. Crothers secured unanimous con-
sent to strike out an item appropriate
Ing 1920 to pay the secretary of in
ternal affairs for serving on the board
Of property. This was the only change
made in the bill, which passed by a
vote of 153 to 49, During the debate
Mr. Lytle, of Huntingdon, made a
speech criticising the item of $671. sc
for the payment of the funeral ex-
lpenses of p. McCauley Cook, of Full.
ton. Mr.. Fly, of Wayne, moved to &C
Into committee of the whole to strike
out this item
Mr.. Spatz, of Berks, said the pur.
fcse of this move was to punish him
for opposing certain expense bills. He
was member of the committee that
attended the funeral of Mr. Cook anG
die not think the bill was eXtraVagant
Mr.. Smith, of Bedford, who was also
member of the funeral committee
hoped the house would go into com.
mittee of the whole and strike out
this item. He said If there was any
pay for him he did not know it, and
he did not want it. Mr.. Smith ther
turned upon Mr.. Lytle and declared
that he was glad to know that the
gentleman from Huntingdon hat
turned reformer for no one needs re
forming more than he.
Let him refuse to take the 81, ,5O
or $1,000 that he has charged the stat,
for extra services in serving on com
| mittees that includes 0O0O telegram
and more than 10000 rides on stree
I cars throughout cities of Pennsyl
vania," Mr.. Smith declared. "WheI
the gentleman complains of the few
Adolars that this committee cost tn
Nstate let him remember the hundred
of iollars that he unlawfully and un
Justly asking the commonwealth I,
pay Let him return his unjust gain
baci into the state treasury or re
fuse the money he is asking There 4
nobdly in this house that needs to b.
reforned in honesty more than tn
gentlman from Huntingdon"
Mr. Itle did not reply to the remarks
Mr.. hy withdrew his motion. Mr.
Crothss moved to go into COMMITTEES
OF thewhole for general amendment
His pupose was to cut out the item
of $54,9A for the payment of the sal
aries ofthe officers and employees o.
the senat for the next two fiscal years
and $75,4t to pay the salaries of th'
officers o the house. Mr.. Crotherl
said this tst item should not be NOR,
than $S9,4a and the second $55 $50
This was used on a session Of 1S
days. His lotion was defeated by
vote of rs Yrs to 1O7 nays.
AFTEl THE BUMMERS.
Mr.. Coray hoved to go into com
mittee of the Mole to strike out tn
item for the pa,of the officers and EN-
ployes Of the safe. He declard tn
pay roll was paled with lot Of po
litcal bumnlers who get large paN
from the state al rendered no ser
vice. He recited case of a Wilkes
Barre man that ID come under hi
personal obserVatid Mr.. Coray sal,
this party had toldaim that he wa
put on the pay roll \ the chief clerI
at the request OF Sator Quay ant
Lieutenant Governor I,yon. TIL,
party's name does hoAppear in tn