Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-01-26
HARRISBURG.

Lest Wednesday Senator McNichol OF
Philadelphia introduced bill repeating
the old Blue Laws"
The Committees were announced in
the House and Capt. Hays is Chairman
of the Committee on Military Affairs
and member of the Appropriation
and four other Committees; while DIR.
Hockenberry is on the Medical and
Forestry Committees.
Each old member got places on six
committees, and each new one on two.
The State Board OF Charities has
made ont bulge. for the considera-
tion Of the Appropriation Committee,
and asks. in all, for 50, ,406. 923. OF the
State Institutions the Institution for
the Feeble Minded at Polk leads the
list with $l62, 900. and the others are
scheduled Western penitentiary. s215.-
500; Huntingdon reformatory. s2O5, 527;
Morganza Reform school, $117, ,5Ss. 03;
Dixmont Insane hospital. s36, 200; War
rem State Insane hospital, $1O6. 900; Mer-
Ger State hospital, $4,000; Connellsville
State hospital, s22. OBS; Erie Soldiers and
Sailors home, $4,000.
This Is followed by long list Of semi
State institutions in which the Butler
hospital appears for $40; 900; Kittanning,
q, 800; New Castle, $4,000; Allegheny
General. $500, 900; West Penn. $120, 900,
and 20 on: also help raging from $1,000
to 80, 900 for lot Of homes and socie-
ties.
On Tuesday Senator George w. Nc
Nees Of the Armstrong Butler senatorial
district, secured the appointment OF
Porter W. Lowry of Butler. as clerk Of
the Senate, and Armstrong county was
therefore given the ''go-by' in the dis
tribution Of the ''plums, all of which
il laid to the factional fight Senator
McNees had with the other Republican
leaders Of this county. who opposed his
candidacy to the Office he now holds,
and who are held responsible for his de-
feat at. his first effort to become Senator
several years ago.-KittanDing Times.
After waiting for more than one year
for the added pay provided for by the
Moore Judges Salary Act of 1904, the
Judges in commission at the time Of its
approval by Gov. Pennypacker will be
paid. State Treasurer Mathues issued
an order last Thursday that the judges
shall Be paid without further delay.
Mr.. Mathues also gave orders TO cash
the warrants issued by Auditor General
Snyder,before suit was brought by Jas.
w. M. Newton Of Philadelphia in the
United States circuit court. in that way
to test the legality Of the recent decision
OF Justice Thompson Of the State Su-
preme Court, that the act applied to all
judges In the State. The auditor gen.
eraI will issue warrants to the judges
for their back pay as fast as they file
their acquisitions and the warrants will
be promptly cashed by the State Treas
urer.
Rep. Hays has asked the House for
go. 900 for the Butler Hospital-double
the amount allowed by the Board Of
Charities; and Rep. Hockenberry has
asked for $75,000 for the Slipperyrock
Normal.
An Allegheny Co. State Senator has
introduced libel law that is almost as
idiotic as Pennypackers.
A measure. said to be ready for intro
duction in both houses Of theLegislature,
provides for board Of three members
in each judicial district with salaries
ranging according to population from
t25O per year in the smallest counties to
5000 year in counties like Allegheny
snd Philadelphia. The boards are to be
appointed by the Governor and are to
serve for five years from January 1
next, when the bill is to become effec-
tive. The commissions are to enjoy all
the authority and rights now enjoyed
by the courts of law in license cases.
The clerks Of courts In the various dis
tricts are to be clerks to the commission.