The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-02
No DEAL WITH QUAY.
Finn and Magee Deny 1t In
State Senate.
SOME EXPENSE BILLS PASSED.
Crothers Put an Amendment Into One
Measure Which Helped it Through In
the House-CriminaI Libel Bill Acted
Upon-work of the Lawmakers.

HARRISBURG. June sO.-The general
appropriation bill. after being read for
the second time, has been recommitted
to the appropriations commmittee for
amendments i'll the senate. Some 80
house appropriation bills went through
Oh second reading.
The bill relating TO criminal libel. as
amended. passed finally. after some ais
cussion, by vote of 81 to l, the single
vote in the negative being that of MIR.
Losch.
Mr. Finn rose to a question OF priv
lege 70 deny the reports that he had
made deal with Senator Quay on the
question of legislation. Mr.. Magee
made similar denial.
Mr.. Finn declared that he had not
dropped his suit for criminal libel
against Richard K. Quay, Senator
Quay's son.
Among the bills passed finally were
Pennsylvania Soldiers Orphan school,
$40, 900; for an emergency fund TO be
used i'll suppreSSlng epldemlcs, S5O, 900
Saunders Roberts contested election
case, counsels fees, 5000; state board
of health and vital statistics. Sl2, 900;
State Asylum for the Chronic Insane.
81. $50. 40; Cottage State hospital of the
bItuminous and semi -bituminOus coal
regions at Philipsburg. Sl4 200; adju-
tant general for copying into books the
rolls of Pennsylvania volunteers, 81. 400;
Pennsylvania Soldiers and Sailors
home at Erie, S210 for each inmate
transportation to and from Chattanooga.
at the time of dedicating monuments of
Pennsylvania regiments, $4,000; ma
tional guards of Pennsylvania, 500. 600:
Adrian Hospital association of Jeffer-
son county. $4,000; board of game
commissioners. $500: reform school at
MOrganZa, $IS, ,626. 40; Huntingdon re-
formatOry, Sl50.63O Western Pennsyl-
vania state institution for the feeble
minded. Sl6i 800; hospital for the in
sane at Warren. $4,000; state board of
public charities, $24,9O0; expenses of
the executive committee of the Chicka-
manga Chattanooga battlefields com
mission, 5000; st. Johns hospital,
IS, 1000; Cory hospital, $4,000; Shen-
aneo Valley hospital. New Castle.
$1,000; Oil City hospital, $1,000;
Beaver Valley hospital, $1,000.
The house started in on the left over
appropriation bills. Ten second read
ing appropriation bills We're rushed
through, after which bills on third
reading and final passage were taken
up. The bill to provide a state hospi-
tai for treatment of epileptics was
killed bv a vote of - to S3.
The house took up the conference re-
port on the bill governing cities of the
adopted.
The bill appropriating SSl3.5O to pay
the expenses of the investigation of
the insurance scandal was defeated on
final passage by "a vote of 81 TO 22
When the bill apprOpriating 81 1928 to
Sergeant at Arms Wyatt, for services
in the Saunders Roberts contest from
-..l.- l.. L
final passage. Mr.. CrOthers (Philadel-
phial moved to go into committee of
the whole to insert the following
amendment
THAT II shall not be lawful for the
auditor general to approve nor the state
treasurer to pay any bills or parts
thereof for extra carfare. carriage hire,
sleeping berths, kilograms, telephone
charges and other expenses until after
duly sworn and fully itemized state
ment of expenses actually incurred shall
have been duly filed with the auditor
general and such sworn statement shall
be accompanied with vouchers covering
every item of expenditure
The amendment was inserted by a
vote or lO6 to III and the report of the
committee adopted.
MIR. CarOthers amendment was also
inserted in the bill appropiiating S4O5
to pay Mr.. Wyatt for his expenses in
CURED by the senate and house ii at
tending the auguration of President
Mckinley, and SSII for services in the
Shiffer- Leh contest
The vote by which the expense bill
of the committee to investigate the in
surance scandal was defeated was re-
considered, and the bill passed finally.
The civil service bill was defeated by
vote of % to %. The vote by which
the capital fire inquiry expense bill was
defeated was reconsidered, and the
measure passed finally