The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-08
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
House.


party strife and animositles; that
judges should not become politicians
to retain their positions on the bench,
and that, as judges salary cannot
be Increased during his term of office;
therefore II should be enacted that
any judge of any court of record, who
has attained the age OF 10 years and
served 20 years consecutively, or has
served 80 years altogether on the
bench, may resign before the expira-
ton of his term on two-thirds salary,
which shall continue while he lives"
Mr.. Hasson of Venango introduced
bill appropriating s.. .000. 600 to com
pletc the new capitol building. The act
abolishes the commission as now con-
stituted and creates a new commission
composed OF the governor, eX-Auditor-
General Gragg of Reading, ex-Lieut.-
Gov. Watres Of Scranton, Benjamin f.
Jones OF Pittsburg, A. J. Cassatt and
oX-Gov. Pattison of Philadelphia. The
commission shall serve without pay
Representative Clinton Rogers
Woodruff of Philadelphia. introduced
n joint resolution In the house We'd
nesday amending the constitution so
as to permit the passage of bills re-
quiring the registration of voters. 1t
proposes to amend section 1 of article
to make II read: Every male cit
igen 21 years of age possessing the fol-
lowing qualifications shall be entitled
to vote at all elections" shall be add
ed: Subject, however, TO such laws re-
quiring and regulating the registration
Of electors as the general Assembly
may enact"
In the House Thursday morning the
| committee on rules reported a resolu-
| tion providing for afternoon sessions
| Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thurs
| days. II was agreed to.
BY Mr.. McWhinney of Allegheny
Providing that wagons. drays, carts
| and other vehicles carrying weight OF
| one ton or more using the roadway of
| any improved country road shall have
| tires not less than four inches wide,
| and prescribing a penalty of 800 or
| three months imprisonment.
BY Mr.. Fow, iladelphia-Prohib-
| iting the publication of articles reflect
| ing upon the private life of public Of
| ficials, excepting when the same Is a
matter under judiciary investigation,
under penalty of $1,000 or one years
| imprisonment.
BY Mr.. Tighe. Luzerne-Defning
| the relationship between nine bosses,
| superintendents and foremen of coal
| mines and their employees, and provid-
| ing that in all actions for damages the
| mine bosses. superintendents and fore
men shall be considered as represen-
| .tatives of the mine owners and opera
sons injured.
A lively debate was preclpitated in
| the house Friday by the calling up of
the resolution of Mr.. Seal of Dauphin,
| indorsing President McKinleys atti-
tude in the matter of expansion and
| the treaty OF peace with Spain and in
| viting him to visit Harrisburg as the
| guest of the state.
| Mr.. Greasy of Columbia and other
| Democratic members objected to the
clause in the resolution relating TO the
expansion question, and moved to
postpone further consideration. The
| motion failed by strict party vote of
| II nays to 40 ayes.
| Mr.. Baldwin of Delaware spoke for
the resolution. and in favor OF the
| presidents policy on the expansion
question. Mr. Mccain of Lancaster
said he had an abiding faith in the
president, and urged the passage of
| the resolution.
Mr.. Greasy demanded a division of
the question on the clause affirming
the right of sovereignty over the Phil
| ippne islands. The eXpansionists won
by vote of 66 to A. The resolution
was then adopted without division.
The vote was on strict party lines. The
| Democrats approved the clause to in
vlte the president to Harrisburg.
Senate.
Mr.. Boyd introduced in the senate
an antitrust bill, which declares un-
lawful and void all arrangements, con-
| tracts, agreements, trusts or combi-
nations made with view to lessen or
| which tend to lessen free competition
in the importation or sale of articles
imported into this State in the manu-
| facture or sale OF articles OF domestic
| growth or of domestic raw material;
TO declare unlawful and void all ar
| rangements, contracts, agreements
trusts or combinations between per-
sons or corporations designed to reduce
or control the price of such product oi
article to producer or consumer. The
| bill provides for the forfeiture of the
| charter and franchise of any corpora
tion organized under the laws of this
state violating any of the provisions
of the act from doing business in the
| State.
The fourteenth joint ballot for Unit
ed States senator was taken Wednes-
| day, with 13 absentees and Senator
Quay 13 votes short of the number to
elect.
After protracted, earnest ano
somewhat acrimonious debate, the
McCarrell bill to prevent district attor
| neys from setting aside jurors, passed
the senate Wednesday afternoon by G
vote of 2S ayes and II noes. The bill
came up on a special order on third
reading and its author spoke for It.
Mr.. McCarrell began with the state
ment that the measure is intended tt
place the commonwealth and the de-
fense on the same plane, as far as the
selection of jury was concerned
1.-The Jurors Names" he added. are al
the outset selected by the common
wealth's officers. and this bill is for the
purpose of taking away the further
advantage OF setting aside Jurors"
The senatorial deadlock continued
Thursday with Senator Quay 10 vote.
short of the number necessary to elect
In the Senate Thursday Senator Mage'
offered the following bill to correct tn,
inequalities of the McCarrell bill:
Section 1--Be 1t enacted, etc.. tina
in all trials in the criminal courts fo
felony or for misdemeanor the Com
monwealth and the defense shall hav,
precisely the same right to challeng,
or otherwise reject jurors. In all trial.
for misdemeanor. in addition to tn,
existing right to challenge for cause
the Commonwealth and the defendan
shall each in the trial for felonies othe
than those exclusively triable in tn
courts of oyer and terminer and gen
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