Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-10-07
TO THE VOTERS OF
PIKE COUNTY:

tive.
Speaker Cox assigned me as a
member of the following committees;
Electric Railways. Judiciary Spt cial,
Fish, Game and Forestry
Being Secretary Of the Game Com
mittee 4 wasacting chairman by vi .
TUE Of my office, IN the absence OF its
chairman and upon the earnest sole.
itation of the State Commissioner of
Forestry, as we'll as of my own re-
quest, | was appointed chairman Of
the Committee On Forestry
Az Pike County d, rives a great
deal Of her revenue and its residents
their livelihood from her summer
people, attracted here by the woods,
the fish aud the game, expressly
requested the Speaker to place me on
these committees. belle wing could
best serve the people Of Pike County
there.
At the opening r the Session
rented furnished house Mt Harris
burg, moving my family thrre.
where we remained until rhe session
closed, so that ! could devote nv full
time to yonr Interests and from Jan.
uary until April 10, missed hut one
half days session.
Throughout ;hc iYpi,iaturs | did
not miss an attendance IT any com.
mittee meetin T.. unl,s. two commit.
tees conflicte whrn would attend
the one before which the interests
then pending l thought the rnnst
vital to the people Of Pike Cuunty.
As every bill illihtruducedi- referred
to its proper committee, a. f,n IL
stance matters relating to game or
hunting goes tn the game committee,
where the hill is gone over paragraph
by paragraph and section by secfinu.
by the 20 ~ 'nherS constituting such
-Hi''N'' "if "iiEHuru u HnouRnt
advantage u b. either dropping
parts or addi. npV ideas and Il is
then reported fr,dm The committee to
the entire house for Its various read.
tngs and 'rgumen's rru aud con. 1t
is readily apparent that in commit.
tee most of the real work ls done and
to its chairman and the author Of the
bill the members in a great measure
look to for explanation aud for the
approval OF disapprovsl of the bill
upon the floor of the house ard upon
such chairman and author devolves
the Gathering of the bill and the
upholdiug Of the same ur the "kill.
ing OF 10 by argument before the
other 208 members.
And IT is often times hard matter
to stand before 206 membrrs and pos
sibly thousand visitors and to con.
vince prejndiced audience tnat the
measure is good one aud should be
passed, or a bad ono aud should be
defeated.
During the last Legislature intro
duced 20 proposed laws goodly mum
ber of which are now on our Statute
books.
| was especially fortu. ale in secur.
Ing an additional $4,000 for the com.
pletion Of the Matampras Dixie,
which work the state has completed,
and $4,000 for Cave Bank IN Delaware
Township, on which work the state
is now engaged under plans made by
the State engineer, a man who has
spent life time on engineering prob
lens and who, by reason Of his pecul
lar knowledge and fitness, was ap.
pointed to that position and no doubt
q good Job will be done, saving the
County and Township mnny dollars
In repairs TO that expensive and
troublesome piece Of road bed.
l also secured the passage of
Dixie Bill appropriating $4,000 for
Lackawaxan township, hur, unfor-
luately, Gov Stuart was compelled
TO veto the measure, when his sigma
tura would have made it a law.
Then TOO l secured $500 to defray the
expenses Of the Delaware River Free
Bridge Commission, which commits.
sion has finished its labors of inves-
tigaiion and is now engaged in pre-
pairing lts report TO the Legislature
asking that body to appropriate sufi.
eient funds to purchase the bridges
crossing the Delaware River and
making them free of toll.
Therefore. can come before you
this Fall with the argument, that
through my efforts in your behalf
last session secured for Pike County
tl5,5O0 and during my first term
secured for the county and had spent
therein in improvements $40, 600 so
that during my terms as your Repre-.
sentative. Pike County has virtually
profited $25, 500
1t may be pointed out that this is
nothingl Yet we can say and /
think Won will agree with me that