The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-02

tence of six months. While there
are those who believe he is not guilty
of conspiracy, many are of the opin-
ion that no fraud could have been
perpetrated without his knowledge
and consent, for he is presumed to
have inside information, if any one
had.
Promise Kept.
The promise made to the people
by Edwin S. Stuart when he was
a candidate for Governor of this
state has been kept, as his friends
knew it would be. The task was a
most unpleasant one, and a less
courageous man would have shrunk
from it, or at least side-stepped, but
it has been finished. Unfortunately,
the man who reaped the greatest
pecuniary benefit from the new Capt.
tol work, escaped punishment
One of the last acts of the Legis-
lature was to pass an act appropriat-
ing $4,000 for the use of George
Gray Barnard, to reimburse him for
the expense he has incurred in finish
ing, packing, shipping and setting
the statuary which now adorns the
front of the Capitol. There is no
doubt of the Governors signing this
bill as he recommended it in a mes
sage to the Legislature.
N. E. HAUSE.
The legislature of 1911 approach
ed its dissolution with more in
temperate evidence of joy over the
termination of its official duties than
has been evident during the last de-
cade. The soul of levity and of ply
sical demonstration was evidenced
when the dead files became instru-
ments of joyous interchange.
The vehemence of activity was so
forceful that early in the demonstra-
tion Chief Clerk Thomas H! Garvin
was the recipient of an unintended
blow which blinded his right eye but
did not interfere with his casual con-
sideration of necessary roll calls.
The venerable chief clerk, who is
masterpiece of modern political
mathematics, was quickly in consulta-
tion with an oculist who dispelled
the optical illusion with sombre eye
patch and an inhlteration of some
soothing lotion.
In rapid sequence came from the
senate conference reports which no.
body heard or cared for. They were
accepted and endorsed with that
rapidity that always accompany the
rapid fire finish of the closing night.
There was little compensation for
the great crowds that thronged the
senate and house chambers. The
governors platform pledge, the pub
lie service commission bill had been
crushed and asphyXiation had over
taken the Kline proposition for the
liquor interests. Forced by the popu-
lar demand for some remedial legisla-
tion for cities of the second class the
legislature felt it incumbent to pro-
duce a compromise measure.
Aside from this feature, which ap-
pears to have had the active sup
port of the various Republican ele-
ments, the closing night of the legis-
lature pesented little of Importance.
There was the usual storm of song,
of mock proceedings and the intro
duction of presiding officer of mem
bers whose claims to recognition are
largely based on eleventh hour efferts
to the admirers.
AS the result of the defeat in the
Senate of the resolution creating a
commission to take up the public
utilities bill, Governor Tener's pet
measure will be considered by the
revenue and corporation commission,
of which Senator James p. McNichol
is chairman.
This became known today, when
it was learned that the AIcNichol
commission will during the next two
years take up quietly the utilities bill
and report some sort of a measure to
the legislature of 1918.