The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-06-18
HOUSE SETS JUNE
26 FOR GETAWAY
Members, firing Of Capital,
Ignore Speakers Plea
SENATE EXPECTED TO AGREE
Clark Bill For Commission Govern.
ment For Third Class Cities Passes
Both Houses and Goes to Governor


ment For Third Class Cities Passes
Both Houses and Goes to Governor
The house by vote of 10l to 76
fixed June 26 as the date of final ad
journment. The senate is expected
to concur in the resolution and the
work Of preparing for the getaway will
be on in earnest.
Speaker George h. Alter and num-
Der of prominent representatives
fought the resolution, but majority
was tired Of remaining here and many
of the members are feeling the drain
on their pocketbooks.
The important legislation remaining
to be acted upon include the following
bills: Public utilities, workmen's
compensation, child labor, women's
working hours, the election measures
congressional apportionment, and sew
eral of the pieces of legislation recon-
mended by the governor, 1t will mean
that a large amount of work will be
crowded into Few days.
The Clark bill, to provide a modt
fed commission form of government
for third class cities, is ready for the
action of the governor when the pre-
siding officers of the two bodies sign
the measure Both houses have agreed
to the conference committee report.
The governor is expected to approve
the bill.
The Clark bill would not permit the
mayors of third class cities to succeed
themselves, as there is no clause re-
pealing the act which prevents sue
cession.
Important taxation bills were con
CURED in by the house, one being the
measure to place tax Of 212 per cent
per ton, ad valorem, on all anthracite
coal, the counties to receive share
of the tax, and the other to make per
sonal property tax payable to coun'
ties instead of to the state.
The house went over the reports ol
the investigating committee which
pbbtu lHt NHdl Sto hldut hSuAho'
Judge Charles n Brumm OF Schuyl
kill county by Cornelius F. Foley, a
Socialist barber. The majority report
recommending the acquittal of Judge
Brumm was unanimously adopted after
the minority report which recommend
ed impeachment, had been defeated.
The house insisted that free lunch
shall be abolished as well as "growl'
ers" when it refused to concur in the
senate amendments to the Kaufman
bill, supplementing the liquor laws OF
1887 The bill as passed the house
prohibited the GROWER and made it
unlawful for bars to furnish free
lunch The senate amended the bill,
cutting out the free lunch prohibition
clause, and passed the measure.
Representatives Allen of Allegheny
and John r. X. Scott of Philadelphia
drew a couple of more defeats in the
house when they tried to defeat ap-
preparation bills. Allen undertook to
whip the measure to appropriate $780,
600 to the Panama Pacific exposition to
be held in San Francisco, and Scott
tried to cut down the appropriation
for the Punxsutawney hospital.
Allen lost his fight by vote of III
to 3S, while Scott was defeated l2S
to q.
Governor Tener approved the Hun
Ter bill to authorize first and second
class cities to compensate employees
for time lost while in the employ of
the city as "A result Of injuries, sick
ness or disabement of any kind, sus'
tanned while in the performance OF
their duties.
Other bills signed were:
Conferring upon third class cities
and boroughs the right to define by
ordinance reasonable district within
which all electric light, telephone and
telegraph wires shall be placed under
ground and giving cities or boroughs
the right to acquire or condemn con-
duits.
Providing that parades of veteran
soldiers for funerals or to attend serv'
ices on Sunday may be accompanied
by a proper military band, but that
bands shall not play upon return from
service.
Regulating liability of hotel keepers
for loss of vauables by guests and
providing that they shall not be re-
quired to receive for safe keeping valu-
ables worth over $500 unless by spe-
Cial arrangement.
Regulating manner Of filing state
ments with county commissioners to
entitle fair associations to receive
state aid
The governor approved the Jones
bill, appropriating $l,OOOOOO to pay the
80 per cent bonus ON cash road tax in
second class townships The bill pro
vides for the deficiency which has
arisen because of insufficient appro,
priations by the legislature of 1911 and
also for the road year ending the first
Monday in December, 1912.
The governor also signed the Hag-
gerty house bill, providing that
boruughs shall elect controllers in
place Of the auditors who now have
charge of supervision of accounts.
Eriednann Patient Dies