The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-05-09
HARRISBURG LETTER.
Measures That 0coup7 the ATTAIN
ton of the Lawmakers.

TIE REMOVAL G. TIE CAPITAL
NJ. voorhees' Bill to Reach . Final
Vote This wcek-Mr.C Coray's Prehi.
bition Measure-The Faz Capitol
Building Bill Passes the Senate.
Harrisburg, May IA special order
was made by the house last night. at
the request Of Mr.. Voorhees,. Of Phila-
delphia, for his bill providing for .
submission to a vote Of the people at
the next general election the question
Of removing the capital from Harris
burg to Philadelphia. The bill will
be taken up on Wednesday for third
reading and final passage.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Pom
eroy, Of Franklin, and adopted direct
ing Governor Stone TO appoint 20 per-
sons, not more than one from each
county, to be known as an auxiliary
commission from Pennsylvania to the
Pan-American exposition.
Mr.. Coray, OF Luzerne, introduced a
bill prohibiting the manufacture and
sale, importation or expectation or dis
pensing in any way of all intoxicating
beverages in Pennsylvania, except for
scientific, mechanical or medicinal pur-
poses.
The order of business In the senate
last night was bills on first reading.
After the first reading calendar and the
presidents table had been cleared the
senate adjourned until tonight.
Mr.. Scott, of Philadelphia, introduced
bill supplementing and amending
section 40 of the building laws of 1899,
so as to allow the construction Of a
new Philadelphia theater under the
plans as originally drawn by the archi-
tects. The bill has the approval Of the
Philadelphia building inspectors.
In the senate Tuesday of last week a
concurrent resolution presented by Mr..
Scott. of Philadelphia, was adopted
providing for the appointment OF
a commission to inquire into the
condition of the insane in state and
county institutions. The commission
is to consist of three senators and four
members of the house The president
pro TEN. and the speaker shall be eX-
officio members of the commission.
The Berkelbach bill repeating a por-
tion OF the Sunday blue laws was re-
committed to the committee on law
and order for the purpose of giving a
number of clergymen an opportunity
to appear before the committee to pro-
test against the passage of the bill.
In the house on Tuesday Of last week
p. the Snyder oleo bill was passed
finally by vote Of 146 10 SS. The bill
prohibits the coloring Of oleo to imi-
tate butter and prescribes license fees
for it's sale from 1000 to $40 annually
| One half of the fine recovered from
violatoys of the law goes to The in
former.
After several attempts duringthe past
month the senate on Wednesday o.
last week passed finally the amend
ed Fox bill providing for the construc'
tion and completion Of the state capi'
tol building. The vote was 2S to l6
The bill as passed approprates $4,000,
600 and provides that the commission
be appointed by the governor, he tc
name four persons, at least one O
whom shall be a Democrat, and tina
the governor also be a member OF the
commission. The bill abolishing Phil
adelphia's public building commission
also passed finally.
In the house Wednesday Of last weel
the senate bill authorizing James Russ
of Harrisburg, to sue the state to re
cover the amount Of his claim agains
the state for catering for the legisla
ture OF 1897 on its visit to New York a
the dedication of the Grant tomb, faile'
by a vote of "a to 50.
The Fayette City local option repeal
er was beaten on final passage.
Among bills passed finally by tn
house last Thursday was one permit
ting factory inspectors to seize clothin
manufactured in unsanitary and un
healthy places.
In the senate last Thursday MI
Grady, of Philadelphia, offered a reso
luton deploring the backward condi
ton OF legislation in the house.
Governor Stone signed large mum
Der OF bills last Thursday, among them
Making it misdemeanor to place fre
or trial samples of medicine, dyes, inl
coloring or polishing compounds i
any form where children can secur
the same; to prevent burgesses an
councilmen of boroughs from solicit
ing or receiving bribes and to punis
any person who may offer to bribe tn
same; prohibiting the adulteration {
natural fruit juice; authorizing trus
fr