Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-05-16
HARRISBURG.

AT the session Of the House last Fri.
day morning the calendar of bills on
first and second reading was cleared.
Bill after bill was moved up without
any fuss and went to enlarge the second
and third reading calendars. Mr.. Har-
rison of Philadelphia made the motion
for adjournment Thevote on it showed
81 members present. Before the last
measure was acted upon there were less
than so members in the House. The
other $50 had run away This riled
Mr.. Coray of Luzerne and he spoke as
follows:
Collectively we are the most distin-
guished body of asses in the United
States. I do not think this adjourn
ment will hasten the final adjournment
of the Legislature, nor do 1 think it will
delay it. But the members of the LIE
Igislature, and especially of the House
should appreciate the painful and NOR
tifying situation in which they are
placed. It is a situation tnat the mem
bers should be thinking about.
1.-The members are being kept here
continued Mr.. Coray. "and prevented
from going to their homes, and the citi,
zens of the State are mulcted daily OF
50, 900. We are being kept here because
certain gentlemen of highly distinguish
ed position are using this Legislature
for their own political ends. We are
being played as pawns in the game OF
these politicians. We have become the
laughing stock and the peg for ridicule
in the eyes of the people of the State.
Our position is humiliating and one OF
contempt. We should not allow our
selves to be used as passive pawns in
politics"
Mr.. Mayne of Lehigh wanted some
reason to be assigned for the adjourn
ment, but there was no response to his
question. On motion of Mr.. Greasy OF
ColumhiaAthe motion TO adjourn was
amended SO that original resolutions
andsmotions to recommit shall be the
rule next Wednesday evening and it
was then agreed to.
All the Democrats and anti-Quayites
present voted against adjournment.
There were only 81 members present on
the roll call.
NEW LAWS.
Gov. Stone, last Saturday, approved
the following among other bills passed
by the Legislature:
Providing for the establishment of
night schools for the manual training
Of children over 10 years of age on pc
tition Of the electors of school districts.
Empowering school boards and
borough Councils to acquire private
property for library purposes and pro-
viding that public libraries shall be
under the control of the school author
tiles of the districts in the districts in
which they are located.
Relating to the burial of INDECENT
soldiers, extending the law as to same
to soldiers etc. of the late Spanish war
and the war in the Philippines.
Fixing an additional penalty of 800
for selling liquor without license and
the offender to be committed to Jail
until it is paid.
Providing for the mode of entering
judgment by the Court where a judg
ment of Justice of the Peace is reyers-
ed on a certorari
Establishing Interstate comfy in the
matter of teachers certificates etc. to
other States, authorizing the endorse
ment and valuation of same in Pennsyl-
vania.
Providing for the removal of Supreme
Superior and Common Pleas Judges,
who become disabled by reason of ply
sical or mental disabily and their re
tirement on half pay for the balance OF
their unexpired terms and the filling OF
their places.
Providing for the reduction of the
sentences of prisoners in case of theiI
good behavior; two mouths off for the
first year, three for the secoud, third
and fourth and five for each subsequent
year.
Relative to the purchase of law libra
ries and authorizing one half of the fines
and forfeitures to be devoted to that pur-