Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-04-25
Montour American.
FRANK c. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Oanville, Pa, Apr. Is 1907.
SENATE HAS FIRST
REAL TILT
HARRISBURG. April "A.


The usually mild and quiet senate
had brain storm this morning and
its Quietude was disturbed quite con-
siderably. 1t was. all over the effort
made by Mr. Grimm to have the COM
mittee OH elections discharged from
further consideration of the bill to
abolish the party square ON the ballot,
and the effort made by Mr.. Kline TO
have the committee on municipal cor
porations discharged from further con-
sideration of the bill to establish civil
service in cities of the second class.
DEFEATED ON PARTY VOTE.
The Grimm resolution was defeated
by party vote with the exception of
the independent, General Willis j.
Hulings, who protested against the
killing of bills i'll committee and an
nounced that chairman of one of the
committees was on record as having
swore mighty oath that a certain bill
should never get out of his commit
tee. The Kline resolution was also de.
feated after Senator Wilbert and Sen
ator Kline had lively debate on COM
mittee action.
WERE FURTHER COMPLICATED.
Things were further complicated
when Senator Hulings moved that
committees shall hereafter be discharg-
ed from consideration of bills after
they have had them reasonable time.
Mr. Rogers. of Allegheny, protested
against the Hulings motion as mat
ter of no account, and Mr.. Hulings
was directed to put his motion in the
form of resolution. At this juncture
Senator McNichol, of Philadelphia,
suggested that Senator Hulings sus-
pend his remarks until the newspaper
men could be sent for.
HULINGS TURNED ON McNICHOL
\ Hulings turned on McNichol and
told him that he might be funny, but
not at his expense, and furthermore
ed that he would take no orders from
the gentleman from Philadelphia, even
if he did have strawberries for break
fast in winter. The incident was the
first of the kind during the session,
and indicates that the long session is
beginning to wear on the nerves of
the senator's. and that there will be
more scraps coming.
Senator Grimm opened the ball in
the senate this morning by offering
resolution to discharge the committee
on elections from the further consider
alton of the bill to abolish the party
square on the ballot, which was killed
i'll committee last night.
The chair ruled that. under the rule,
this was resolution that would give
rise to debate" and must be referred
to committee.
RESOLUTION BEFORE SENATE.
This decision, however, President
pro tenn. Woods subsequently reversed
and declared the resolution before the
senate for adoption or rejection.
Mr.. Grimm made an eloquent plea
for the abolition of the party square
on the ballot. He said it betrayed the
voter.
AT this point the chair ruled that
while the resolution of Senator Grimm
could be acted on at once, yet the sub
ject matter could not be debated.
Things were getting very much mixed
when Mr.. Herbst raised the point that
it was only fair that this party square
matter should be threshud out on the
floor.
SAID 1T WAS A WASTE OF TIME.
Mr.. Phillips, chairman Of the cleo
tions committee, held that as action
on the bill had been indefinitely post
poned it was a waste of time TO dis
cuss it now.
Senator Dewalt charged cowardice
on the part of the committee and said
the majority was afraid to meet the
issue of the party square. He insisted
that the committee should deal fair
and either report the bill out or mega
tive it.
SENATE TO TAKE NOTICE.
Mr.. Hulings held that no committee
has the power to usurp legislation and
said that when chairman of COM
mittee can raise his arm in session and
swear. "By God that bill shall never
get out of this committee - it is time
for the senate to take notice.
The resolution was defeated by the
following vote;
Yeas-Blewitt, Cochran, Dewalt,
Dimeling. Grim, Hall, Herbst, HUI
ings. Klinedinst, Miller, (Northamp-
tom, Rowland.
Nsys-Brown, Campbell, Catlin,
Crawford, Grow, Cunningham, Ed
minston, Fisher, Fox, Gerberich. God
charles, James, Keyser, Manbeck, Nc
Nees, MoNichol, Miller, (Bedford),
Murphy. Phillips. Quail, Roberts,
Rodgers. Scott, Sisson. Sproul, Stew
art, Stineman, Templeton, Thomson,
T1stin, Walton, Wilbert, Williams,
Woods.