Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-07-23

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National Guard and these interfered
seriously with his consideration Of the
various measures on his table. He has.
however. disposed Of several important
bills. among them the Merrick Smith
bill changing the method OF distrib-
uting the stats appropriation to public
schools. This measure will largely IN
crease the share OF the appropriation
received by the country school districts.
and prororiionately decrease the
amounts received by the city schools
Ihe Governors Investigation
! Governor Hastings has caused sem
sation 10y demanding % the chief clerks
OF The senate and house detailed
itemized statement OF the lump sum
IN the general appropriation bill for
salaries OF officers and employees OF the
two bodies lie wants to know the
names and amounts received by each
empioye. He has also written to the
ehairmen and members OF the various
4 investigating committees. requesting
them to furnish him within a week
I an itemlzed statement OF each ones ex-
/ penses Some OF the members OF these
/ committees have charged from 5000 to
/ $500 personal expenses and the gov
/ ernor is anxious to discover Just how
/ they spent the money lie has likewise
| requested the heads Of departments
4 &c appear before him and explain ia
/ detail the necessities Of their depart
ment. with q view to looping off an
1 unnecessary appropriations when 't
/ ls recalled that the expense accounts
| Of the Investigating committees we're
/ manifcstly padded IL will be under
! stood how iifhcult the members Of
Q 4 B. a.... 4s
/ q detailed statement II Is not doubted
/ by the governor that many OF the
/ items are correct. but his suspicious
have been aroused 10y the big totals
/ For instance. the governor wants tJ
/ know. in the matter OF the expenses
OF the committee which investigated
( the Office Of the dairy and food com
missioner. how the items were made
up, as follows: Sergeant alarms.
$1,000: sergeant-at- arms mileage. $500;
witness fees and expenses $500 com.
mittee expenses. sleeping car berths.
! Sl0S: witness fees and expenses, t69
assistant sergeant-at- arms. $3.50: Ho-
! tel DuQuesne Pittsburg S53990 These
| items the governor regards as too gen
erai and he wants them nemized
| There are some big items for stenog.
raphers running up as high as $l.50o,
and the governor has asked for the
names and addresses of these stenog
rAphers and also for copies Of tneir
notes
Never before IN the history Of the
slate has the governor determined upon
such an investigation Of hills Con-
starua'ion has been caused bY the
mov-. and those who have received
letters will have to DO Some huetlng
during the next few days TO get their
itemized accounts In Snaps Ii is inti-
mated that there vii! be Jotro trouble
on The railroad transportation bills in
view Of the fact that most OF the mem
bers were supplied with passes.
The sereeant-a at arms of the house
has not been requested to furnish
itemized statements OF his expenses.
which are large because the appro-
pration bills I'm which he Is Interested
had a provision inserted by the house
requiring him to submit to the auditor
general a sworn itemlzed statement Of
all expenses His bills could not have
passed the house under any other con
dition because the sentiment was
against them and one or two OF them
were defeated on second reading, being
subsequently reCousidered There f.
iiAht-A All aANilE AAiN lliltt ouA dT tit
governor has requested responses to his
letters by next Friday the answers Will
be awaited with interest. There Is no
way Of getting out of It II means that
the bills must be itemized or they viii
be vetoed
The Mercantile Tax Riu
1t is still an open question whether
the governor win approve or disapprove
] . A..
disposed to veto it. and II II IS approved
It VIII be because the governor thinks
the charitable institutions will suffer
for lack Of money which must other
wise he denied them on ths revenue
score. II is suspected that the gov
ernor is now trying TO cut down tho
appropriations fer big educational In
stitutions. investigating committees
and the ike In order to make the sign
ing Of the mercantile bill unnecessary
as revenue measure. His Judgment
is against the bill There can be no
question on that score but he has not
yet given any indication Of what his
action will be on the bill II ls esti-
mated conservatively that the bill wili
produce about 100000 ia revenue. but
some merchants say this amount will
be Increased under the lnqusitorial
provisions Of the biz TO $4,000. OOO or s4-
900. 600 a year.
Other important bills stnl on the
goVernor's table are the simon electric
light scheme. requiring municipalities
10 purchase existing electric light
plants before establishing their own
the Becker confirmation bill, previously
referred TO. the amended liquor license
hill the Orme bill taxing store orders,
and the Kunkle bill providing for the
placing of auxiliary fire alarm boxes
IN factory and Office buildings. Az least
three Of these bills will be vetoed. as
will also the bill amending the phar
macy law SO as TO make Il almost Inn
possible for one 20 engage IN the drug
business who Is not a registered phar.
macist Under the constitution the gov
ernor is given 90 days in which TO dis
pose Of bills after the legislature ad-
journs His limit will expire a week
from next Saturday. but as he has
probably made ID his mind on most
o. the bills before him she task VIII
not be hard one.
The governor has approved the bill
creating a state bureau Of mining IN
connection with the department Of IN
ternai affairs. and also the bill pro-
viding that coal shall be weighed as
q comes from the mines before screen
Ing.
Attempted Robbery at Princeton.
Princeton. N. j.. July 16.-In broad
daylight daring attempt was made TO
rob the drug store owned by DIT.
r.h,,., 80. rba rbfaf snfarad tha stora