Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-02-07

loltiSu idulIslu COMPANIES DONG DuS-
mess in the state Of Pennsylvania.
| The present tax is on real estate and
is distributed in proportion to the
! value of the real estate of the com
panies in the various counties in
which it is located Marvin's bill
makes the distribution on basis of
| the mileage in the counties through
which the railroads run.
Good Thing for Pike.
Now this would be a very good thing
| for Pike county but very bad thing
for such counties as Philadelphia and
| Allegheny where the railroads have
large real estate holdings but com
paratively small mileage. The bill
| would affect such railroads as the b.
! & o., Jersey Central, Delaware &:
! Lackawanna, Delaware e Hudson.
Erie and Wabash. The measure was
allowed to come out of committee and
| get into the house with a favorable
recommendation for the purpose, it is
alleged OF jollying along the Republi.
cans of Pike county SO that in future
| they might send another Republican
representative to rrisburg But the
political prophets say the bill will
never become a law.
The capitol investigation has at last
| been started. What II is going to
amount to remains tc be seen 1t is
not safe to make predictions but one
thing certain is that it is going to
| hurt someone before It is wound up
| If nothing is uncovered after the
| probe has been thrust into matters the
| cry of ''whitewash" is certain to be
raised and the members of the conf
mission will be the sufferers as a con
sequence. If developments show any
! crooked work to have been done in
the erection and Punishment of the
capitol building the penitentiary will
do the rest And the people who have
been guilty of grating will pay dearly
for all they got out of it.
Nobody Wanted the Job.
Speaker McClain, of the house, and
President Pro TEN Woods, of The SEN
ate, had the time of their lives in
getting representatives and senator's
TO accept appointments on the com
mission. No one wanted to serve be
cause of the criticism they would re.
ceive either from the people who sus-
pect wrong doing, in the event that
nothing is uncovered or from those
who would be charged with grating
and their friends, in case true bill
is found. Politically the appointments
are considered as being well made and
the integrity of the men composing
the commission is unquestioned. Sen
ators Fisher and Sis5On are the Repub-
lican members of the commission rep
resenting the senate and Mr.. Dewalt
js the Democratic representative. The
house members include Fair of West
moreland, and Moses Shields, of Wy
oming, as the Republican representa-
tives; Deardon OF Philadelphia, Lin
coin party, and zimmerman of Montour
az the Democratic representative.
Investigate Cost Of Living.
There is likely to be continuous
performance of Investigations Of one
kind and another. Despite Democratic
protest they are going to try to find
out what is causing the increase in
the cost of living. The resolution
presented by Senator Kline, of Ale
gheny passed both houses and the
commission will have So 600 to spend
in trying to find out why it costs so
much to live.
Harry Thompson, Of Blair, wants
the people to know what is going on
in the legislature and has introduced
a bill providing that all acts of the
assembly and concurrent resolutions
that are passed be printed in three
newspapers in every county of the
state. One of the newspapers shall
represent the minority party of the
state. 1t is provided, however, that
the publication shall not be in more
than two newspapers OF a county
should the secretary OF the common
wealth desire to limit the number. 1t
is also provided that in cities of the
first class (Philadelphia) four news
papers shall be used. The rate for
such publication is fixed at 40 cents
for every 100 words regardless of the
circulation of the paper or of where
1t is located in the state.
Union Labor Gets Busy.
The labor people are getting into
action. A large number of miners
and officials of the United Mine Work
ers of America are here in the inter-
est of a new mining bill which was
drawn up to take the place of the pres
ent mining laws. 1t is voluminous
document covering 6S pages of type
written matter and relates to bitumin-
GUS mining. It's purpose is to make
more stringent the laws for the pro-
lection Of the lives and health of
miners. Daniel Boden, of Allegheny,
a member of the lower house, was en-
trusted with the responsibility of en-