The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-22

out section 4. article 6, and inserts in
place thereof this section:
"All elections Of the citizens shall
be by ballot or by such other method
as may be prescribed by law pro-
viding that secrecy i'm voting be pre-
served"
The senate adjourned until tomorrow
morning.
In the House.
The order of business i'm the house
in the morning and afternoon sessions
we're bills on third reading. Begin
ming today, the house will hold night
sessions on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and
Thursdays for the consideration of sec
ond reading bills. Senate bills creating
a bureau of health in cities of the first
class and repeating that portion of the
act Of June /, 1885, creating a board
Of health on such cities, passed finally.
Tho Keegan bill to provide for the
weighing of coal at Bituminous ana
semi -btuminous mines and for the
payment by weight, also passed finally.
4 communication was received from
the governor announcing his approval
of the McWhinney resolution dcsig-
mating May as Dewey Day"
"lf I had any right to presume that
tn" passage of this resolution would
he regarded as u precedent" the gov
ernor said, for designating as legal
holidays other anniversaries of impor-
tant military and naval battles | should
not hesitate to interpose my objection.
do not think it wise to increase the
number of our legal holidays and,
while / honor Admiral Dewey for his
great victory at Manila harbOr, yet
question whether the setting apart OF
the anniversary of that battle as a
legal holiday is the proper way to
show it, But, as this resolution makes
only May. /, 1899, a legal holiday and
does not apply to any subsequent ami
versaries and as it passed both bran
ches of the Legislature with seemingly
unanimity / reluctantly give it my APP
prOVal."
At the afternoon session Mr. Coray
of Luzerne. presented a bill appropri-
ating $500 for the marking of the site
of Forty Fort and Fort Jenkins in
Wyoming Valley. The designs and
materials for the proposed tablets or
monuments are to be selected by a
by the governor.
A bill was introduced by Mr.. Seal, of
Dauphin. apprOpriating $2,S5915 to pay
the arrears due to Edgar T. King, de-
ceased. for services rendered as stenO-
Erapher to certain investigating COM
mttees in the session of 1897.
The bill authorizing the ascertain
ment award. levy. assessment and col
lection of the costs. damages and OK
pen"es of municipal improvements, in
Guiding the opening. widening. extend
ing. Strengthening, grading, paving,
macadamizing, curbing, or otherwise
improving of streets, lanes, alleys or
parts thereof, completed or in course
of completion in cases where munich
palities have entered upon. taken, in
jured or destroyed private property and
incurred expense in effecting such i'm
provements or any part thereof under
laws subsequently decided to he uncon-
stitutional or which are otherwise in
valid, provided for the ascertainment.
benefits thereof. of property peculiarly
benefited and constituting such bene-
fits of the lien upon the properties
upon WHICH lneS are dSSCSSGu, pdSScI
finally
Mr.. Allen. of Philadelphia, moved
to reconsider the vote by which sem
ate bill to protect persons who have
been convicted of crime and who have
reformed from having their previous
record used against them in any man
ner and to protect minors who may
have been committed to any place of
refOrmatory from having their record
used against them unless under ocr-
tain circumstances. was defeated last
| Wednesday on second reading. Thr
motion was adopted and the bill was
read the second time. POSTPONED bills
to require fire escapes to be placed on
hotels, lodging houses and tenement
! houses was defeated.
Mr.. Todd, of Lawrence, called III
postponed bill to extend the benefits Of
! the soldiers orphan industrial schoo
and soldiers orphan school to the chill.
dren of hOnorably discharged soldiers
sailors and marines of the Spanish.
/ American war and it passed thir1 read.
! ing. The house then adjourned unit
o'clock this evening.