The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-06-04
The EGISL AZURE.
The Committee to Investigate the Con-
dItiou of Miners Ready az r. port.


The Committee to Investigate the Con-
dItiou of Miners Ready to X port
HARRIsBURG, June, Both branches
Of the legislature held short sessions
last evening.
The Western peuitentlary Is 10 be IN
vestigated when the Legislative COM
mittee gets through with the Eastern
penitentIary. y concurrent resolution
was adopted bv the senate extending
until June - the time within which
the committee shall report When 1t
cIme up for concurrence i'll the house,
Chairman SeIfcrt said the committee
had not competed Its inquiry INTO the
management of the Eastern penlteutl-
my, ana that the purpose OF asking
that the time be extended was TO give
the committee time to investigate the
Western DenitentIary. The resolution
was cOnCurrJd d IN
The report of the committee TO in
vestigatc the conuItIOn of the miners of
the PIttsburg district Is ready To sub
NIT to the senate. but Chairman SaYlOr
has decided to wait until next Monday
before filing II. Mr.. Saylor says the
report Is an interesting document aud
does not mince words in giving the
cause of the deplordble condition of
the miners.
\ resolution was reported from the
rules committee and adopted III the
house that the order OF business Tor
Thursday be revenue bills on second
reading. local and special bills on sec
ond and third reading and final passage
and the general calendar Of house bills
on second reading.
There were three of Quay reform
bills on the senate calendar which had
originated in the senate and were
amended by the house and passed
They returned to the senate to have
the amendments concurred in. They
were the non-iuterference, nOn-pOltl-
cal assessment bills, and one prohibit
ing free pool tax receipts. MIR. Osbourne
was Drimed for the bills and upon his
motion they were nUn-COncurred IN,
and the batch was thrown into confer
ence committee. This viii give an OPP
portunity for them to be still further
amended.
The state treasury interest bill was
called up on second reading. MIR. Grady
to, it in charge and suggested a mum
Der of amendments, which he styled as
corrections of typographical errors. He
also amended the title as suggested by
Attorney General Mccormick.
The criminal libel bill was called up
OH final passage. Senator Grady pro-
posed two amendments He struck out
the word criminal from the title and
made II read IAN act relating to libel
and its punishment. Amendments
We're agreed to and Tuesday next set
for the bills final passage.
The house bill imposing a tax of ,
cents per day on all unnaturaliZed males
over - employed within the state was
amended by the senate so Is to impose
the duty of tax collection on the EN-
plOyer.
There was a lively fight over the Farr
eight-hour bill, which came up in the
house on final Massage. Mr.. Bliss in
opposing the bill attacked George
Chance of Philadelphia, president of
the Pennsylvania Labor association,
who has been here during the session
laboring for this and other labor bills.
Mr.. Woodruff spoke for the bill and
defending Chance. Mr.. Farr in de-
tending chance attacked Mr.. Bliss and
was called to order by the speaker. Mr..
Bliss moved to amend the bill to make
1t general in its application. The mo-
tion failed and the bill passed finally
by lOS TO %.
The senate adjourned until next Mon
day. The majority of the senators Will
attend the business congress banquet
III Philadelphia tonight.