Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-05-23
PROMISES NOT KEPT
Governor Stuart Displeased With
Failure of Legislature to
Redeem Pledges
MANY BILLS Die ON CALENDAR
Among Them the Measure Extending
the Merit System to County Govern
nents and Endsley Bill for Equal
Distribution cf Coal Cars.

history. Adjournment was taken
Thursday. Besides the hundreds of
bills that never got out of committee
there were 1S2 bills on the state and
house calendars that were dumped
overheard Some Of them are more
or less important, and their failure
to get through will cause some peo'
pie a lot of trouble.
In the house 40 bills died on the
calendar Those of most interest
were the Endsley bill for the equal
distribution of coal cars; Thomas re-
pealer of the mercantile license tax;
Hecht mechanics lien repeater;
Weingartner bill making it unlawful
to sell cigarettes to anyone under q
years of age; Bliss bill permitting
municipalities to tax electric poles;
Reynolds bill compelling railroads to
give switch facilities to shippers
needing one or more cars a day.
There were Y bills on the senate
calendar that were put to death. The
more important of these We're: Max
ing it a misdemeanor for employers
to influence the votes of their en-
ployes; authorizing the removal of
the Eastern penitentiary; permitting
the truth of the allegation to be
shown in defense Of libel suits call
ing for constitutional amendment to
abolish tax paying as the qualifica-
tion for voters
Governor Anything But Pleased.
Governor Stuart very plainly told
the members of the Legislature that
he was not pleased with their failure
to enact many of the party pledge
measures that were throttled. He
pointed out to some Of the Republi-
can leaders that they owed it to their
party to see that all party promises
are redeemed or that the party will
have to take the consequences.
The governor has already signed
about 160 bills, and the great bulk
of his work is yet before him. He
has 80 days from the adjournment of
the legislature to approve or veto
bills. If he does not take action on
a bill within that time 1t becomes a
law without his signature 1t is
PAC''S ooLt W say, OWeNeF, JldJ no
bill will become law that does not
have his signature attached to it for
the governor is a man who considers
it his duty to sign or veto every bill
that is passed.
Governor Stuart, by his Independent
attitude and his desire to see that
the public is given a square deal. has
the people of the state than he was
before he was elected governor. BY
his suggestion $1,O0OO0O was added
to the biennial appropriation for the
National guard, making the total ap-
preparation for two years $1,S00 900
rms increase illustrates the COVER
nor's desire to get away from the old
practice which, under the act of 1899,
allows the guard to expend moneys
In emergencies mot otherwise appro-
priated." The $1,000,00O represents
an emergency fund available in case
of war riot or insurrection. If un-
used at the end of two years it will
become part of the treasury balance
and will have to be reappropriated.
Some people thought that the million
dollar increase meant that the COVER
nor expected labor troubles, but this
is not the case. The governor sim
ply desired to avoid any chance of a
repetition of grating such as was ex-
perienced in the building of the
capitol
Useless Employees Get $6 Day.
There is to be no reform in the
states salary list, and there will be
not cutting off of useless employees.
The Miner bill to effect these reforms
by abolishing some 40 senate and
house positions wits killed in the
house and the house doorkeeper will
continue to have 10 assistants to help
him watch people file through the
two entrances of that chamber They
and the elevator men and all others
of that class will continue to draw
SO a day for seven days week dur
ing sessions of the Legislature. The
clerks and other employees of the
capitol tried very hard to get their
salary increase bill through, but it
died with hundreds of Others. How
ever the members of the legislature
doubled their own salaries and
thought they were doing a service
to the country. The Godcharles sal
ary readjustment bill went through.
This adds considerably to the salaries
of some underpaid people.
Governor Stuart doubtless will
swing his veto AK most vigorously on
some of the bills that have been en-
acted He will have this kind of
work to perform on many appropria-
tion measures. The two houses
We're chary about enacting many
revenue laws, but when it came
to passing appropriation bills they did
not know when to stop, They passed
bills appropriating millions of dollars
more than the revenues Of the state
will meet.