The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-25
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Crothers to prove his assertion. Mr..
Kunkel said the proposition might not
be just as the most extreme reformers
In Philadelphia desire, but it was a
step in the direction of the reform
which the people of the state demand.
Mr.. Crothcrs replied he did not pose
as reformer, but as a man who does
his duty. He repeated that the bill
had been so emasculated as to make 1t
fraud and fake. Mr.. Crothers then
asked Mr.. Kunkel why the words
Suggest or solicit" were stricken out.
Mr.. Kunkel replied that this was done
by the senate and not by the confer
ence committee.
Mr.. Crothers desired to interrogate
the gentleman from Dauphin further,
but Speaker Boyer refused to allow him
and directed the clerk to proceed with
the roll call. While the clerk was call
the roll Mr.. Crothers insisted upon his
right to be heard. The speaker ruled
that he had spoken twice and was out
of order, But Mr.. Crothers was per-
sistent and claimed his right to be
heard. Finally Mr.. Boyer ordered the
clerk to stop calling the roll and recog-
nized Mr.. Crothers. Mr.. Kunkel came
to the speakers relief by refusing to be
interrogated, whereupon the roll call
was continued and the report was
adopted by vote of 10S to 22.
THE WORD "UNDULY."
Mr.. Crothers also made a winning
fight against the report on the bill to
protect the free exercise of the right of
suffrage at elections and to prohibit
the interference by firemen and police
men with the right to vote He said
this bill was even a bigger fraud than
the other and by the insertion of the
word "unduly" before the words so
licit or influence any voter" so quail
fled 1t as to render the proposition alb
solutely worthless and imperative, the
clear intention being to legalize rather
than prevent interference at the polls.
Mr.. Kunkel replied that the word
"unduly" was an adjective or qualifi-
cation frequently used in law and that
the bill was all right and ought to be-
come law. Mr.. Maust, of Cumber-
land, said he was too good a Republi.
can to lend himself to such farcical
proceeding. He challenged Mr.. Kunkel
to. state single case where the word
"unduly" appeared in a penal or GRIM
inal statute. The insertion of this word
was for the purpose of defeating the al
legged object of the bill.
Mr.. Mausts speech was received with
hearty applause, after which the re-
port of the committee was rejected by
vote of so to Al, less than a majority
voting. The bill now goes to the sem
ate. If that body refuses to recede
from its amendments the measure falls.
The house adjourned at $50 until s
o'clock this evening.
The report of the conference commit
tee on the fish bill was called up by Mr..
Peoples, of Lancaster, and adopted
The bill now goes to the governor The
evening session was given up almost
entirely to the consideration of sem
ate amendments to house bills, none of
which are of general interest. The
house refused to concur in the state
amendments to the fire alarm bill and
subsequently reconsidered it's action
on motion of Mr. Wenk, of Forest A
motion to postpone further considera-
tion of the amendments was adopted
This leaves the bill in the shape in
which 1t originally passed the house
While the matter was under considera-
tion word was received from the SEN
ate that that body had receded from
its amendments. The bill goes to the
executive The house adjourned at 10
o'clock until 10 tomorrow morning.