The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-07-02
SOLONS MAY Be
CALLED BACK
Governor Expected TO Call Spe-
CidI Session
WANTS LABOR BILL ENACTED
Legislature Fails to Put Through
Workmen's Compensation Legisla.
tion-lmportant Measures Passed.

Workmen's Compensation Legisla.
tion-Important Measures Passed.
The state legislature adjourned sine
die at an early hour on Saturday morn
ing. Among other things the solons
missed putting on the statute books
was the workmen's compensation
measure.
Governor Tener is expected to say
something on the subject soon.
There is an impression that his reply
to the legislators for killing the COM
pensation bill will be the announce
ment that an extraordinary session OF
the legislature will be called soon to
take up the question.
In the closing moments Senator
John o. Sheath offered and secured the
adoption of a resolution authorizing
the appointment of three senators to
draft a new workmens compensation
and report not later than next Dec.
81. This caused most persons to be.
lieve that the governor was contem.
plating an extra session about Jan. /.
Death by strangulation was the fate
of the child labor bill in the closing
hours.
Among the more important legisla-
tion passed this session was the fol-
lowing:
Public utilities bill.
Statewide primary bill
Measure establishing the commits
sion form OF government with the in.
itiatiye and referendum in more than
a score of cities having less than 100.
600 population.
Bill reducing the hours of employ
ment for women to ten hours day
and fifty-four a week.
Bill regulating cold storage
Bill taxing anthracite coal cents
ton.
Resolution ratfying the federal
amendment for the direct election Of
United States senators.
Submitting to the voters PROPOSE
tion to amend the constitution so that
$5O,OOO,OOO may be borrowed for I'M
provement of highways.
Resolution adopted, proposing wo-
mans suffrage.
Creation of a department of labor
and industry, taking the place of the
factory inspection department. In con-
nection with this action there was
passed resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitution to
abolish the department Of internal at-
fairs and to divide its functions be-
tween the departments of labor and
industry end agriculture and forestry.
EectrocutiOn of condemned muir
derers.
Establishing a system of licenses
for hunters.
Adding vocational education to the
state school system.
Providing for auxiliary forestry re-
serves to aid in reforestation of lands
and conservation of water supply and
enlarging the authority OF the state
over all waterways.
The house dropped the charges
made by II. S. Dumbauld against
Judges Robert E. Umbel and John Q.
Van Swearingen of Fayette county
by vote of % to 80. The committee
was discharged
A gubernatorial boom for Speaker
George Il. Alter was launched on the
occasion of the presentation of gifts
to the presiding officer Of the house.
He was hailed as the next governor
by Representative A. b. Hess of Ian
caster and the announcement was re-
Ceived with tremendous applause and
the humping of desks. Members OF
all factions of the Republican party
evnced their pleasure over the sug.
gestion.
The daisy was made the state
flower. June "A is fixed for the OBJ
servance. The daisy is the flower
originally named in the bill
The Clark bill providing a limited
council plan for third class cities is
now law, the governor having ar
proved it.
Other bills approved by the COVER
nor follow:
Leyyng state tax of 2la cents per
ton on all anthracite coal as it is pre-
pared for the market, one-half for the
state, the other half for the cities,
boroughs and townships in the county
where the coal is mined.
Creating a legislative commission to
investigate the objects, methods and
practices of fire insurance companies.
To preserve the purity of state
waters and their contamination from
anthracite coal culm.
Bills vetoed by the governor fol.
low:
To return to municipalities, school
districts and Incorporated districts %
per cent of the tax collected upon the
bonds Of such municipalities.
Giving the state conservation as
sociation representation on the state
board Of agriculture.
Senator Kline of Pittsburg was
elected president pro tempore of the
senate by a vote of % to 70 over his
Democratic opponent Senator James
A. Miller of Lehigh.
Heat Causes Wreck,