Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-06-14
STILL AT E0GGERHEADS.
GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE ARE
EXCHANGING COMPLIMENTS.
Inquiries About tho Reported Deficit
Brings Forth a Snarl from the Ex-
ecutive-Condemning the Extravaganza
for Which He Is Responsible.
Harrisburg, Pa, June 12, 1897.

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many bills. This caused resentment to
crop out on the part of the leaders in
both branches. The governor must be
brought to time and the result is that
from now on the chief executive will
have all the trouble he wants. During
the early part of last week a resolution
passed the senate calling upon the gov
ernor to inform that body whether there
is deficit in the state treasury, how
much and also suggest some means of
raising revenue necessary to meet this
deficiency. The governor has furnished
the amount Of deficit, but refuses to
name the subjects of taxation. The
governor considers the resolution an i'm
pertinence and reads the members a
severe lecture upon their duties. He
contends that the purpose of the legis-
lature is to provide for just such emer-
gencies and not the governor. The
members on the other hand claim that
there are several revenue bills now in
the house, but thay have been confront
ed with the statement that the governor
would not sign them.
The $780, bill for fitting up Grace
church will be allowed to slumber in
committee for while. The senate
committee and the house committee on
grounds and buildings seem to think
that the burden of proving and pushing
the bill rests upon the governor, the
state treasurer and the auditor general,
who comprise the board that had charge
of fitting up the church. One member
said: "If this bill is not pushed it
means that it will not become a law,
and that would be distinct benefit to
the state. If it is pushed then every
item in it will have to be explained to
the joint committee of the legislature. "
Those reform measures that were
whipped through the house two weeks
ago were sent to the senate last week
where they got another juggling. The
senate refused to concur in the house
amendments and thus the bills start on
the toboggan. The Hamilton road bill
has passed the senate on third reading,
but the appropriation of 81 1000, 900 was
cut down to S500,000. The new libel
bill was slightly amended on third read
ing in the senate.
Governor Hastings has signed the
Weller labor bill. 1t prohibits corpora
tions from dscharging their men be-
cause of belonging to labor organiza-
tions. The penalty is ,000 to $4,000
fine or one year in Jail or both. The
governor also signed the bill providing
for assessing and collecting the costs,
damages ana expenses of municipal i'm
provements, including the grading, paw
ing and macadamizing of streets com
pleted or now in the process of compile
tion.
The governor notified the senate last
week that he had vetoed the bill in
creasng the salaries of the deputy
shoriffs, save the real estate deputy in
the sheriff's office, Philadelphia, from
81 900 to So, 500. He also sent to tho
school houses to be used for Sabbath
school and religious purposes. The gov
ernor also vetoed the bill supplementary
to the act of May 23, 1889, providing for
the assessment and collection of special
taxes upon abutting properties for street
sprnkling and street cleaning.
The bill fixing the uniform passenger
| fares on steam railroads at two cents a
mile is dead. This measure has been
before the legislature at every session
for ten years, and has always been killed
by the railroad committee.
A new bill, rather late, was presented
last week. 1t provides for the return Of
paupers and INDECENT insane persons not
having legal settlement within this
commonwealth to any other state or
country to which they may belong. 1t
is supported by patriotic orders, and will
have a strong following. 1t is intended
for the mining portion of state, in which
a majority of such inmates are foreign
ers.
The people OF the state, by this time,
know that there is going to be a deficit
in the state treasury before long If this
legislature don't provide some source of
new revenue. They perhaps don't know
what caused this deficit. 1t is due
wholly and solely to the reckless squan-
dering of the states funds by boss-ridden
and machine-made legislatures; aided,
two years ago, by the most subservient
executive ever installed in public office,
who, at his masters bidding, signed acts
creating innumerable and unnecessary
offices, sacrificing the public good, the
states money and what reputation he
himself had, and for what? To please
his boss, the man who made him what
he is, in the fond hope that his subser-
viency would win him seat in the
national senate. The disappointed man
Is now fuming and fussing and writing
stirring letters On the deficit which he