The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-06-11
SENATE ADOPTS
PRIMARIES BILL
Measure With Amendments Op-
posed by Finn Passes
FIGHT SHIFTS TO THE HOUSE
Another Battle Is Promised over the
Workmen's Compensation Measure,
Which Was Amended in the Senate.


Which Was Amended in the Senate
The state senate passed finally the
statewide primary and Finn party en-
rollment bills. The contest now
shifts the house.
William Finn that hs
will carry The fight to the house and
attempt to prevent the passage of the
legislation in its present form. Finn
was defeated at every point in the
senate.
The action of the senate" said
Finn, "is disappointing. | had eX
pected that senators would keep their
pledges. The three points in the pri-
mary bill which are not satisfactory
are those eliminating nomination pa.
pers, the preventing Of fusion and the
refusal to adopt the non-assistance
clause"
With the exception OF three points
mentioned by Finn the senate did not
make material changes in the primary
bill as it passed the house.
In the senate c. A. Snyder, Schuyl-
kill, reported from the judiciary spe-
cial committee the woman and child
tabor bills as amended. The principal
amendments would fix the number of
hours per week for women at fifty
four, instead of fifty, as in the house
bill, and for children at tifty-four, in
stead of forty-eight, as in the house
measure. The bill will be on first
reading on Monday.
The Finn house bill, to provide for
the registration and enrolment of
voters according to their respective
party preference, passed the senate,
26 to Is.
The state senate passed finally the
workmen's compensation bill in its
amended form. Within an hour the
house had unanimously refused to o n
cur in the senate amendments. This
will mean that a committee of con-
ference will be appointed and these
six men will have the task of working
out a bill which will be satisfactory to
both houses. There is a general feel
ing that this can be done. The
friends of the legislation do not feel
the fight has been lost.
The senate passed finally the pro-
posed amendment TO the constitution
recommended by the trainers of the
compensation bill. The other COM
panion measure to require employers
to make accident reports to the bureau
of industrial statistics passed, also.
The bill to regulate the policies of in
surance against liability arising from
the proposed compensation law and 10
provide for the incorporation of en-
ployers' mutual liability insurance as
sociations were placed on the post
poned calendar In the senate. They
will be voted on later.
The senate passed finally the house
bill to tax anthracite coal 21a per cent
on the value Of each ton at the mines,
or approximately 3 cents a ton. 1t is
estimated that, if the bill becomes a
law, the revenue derived will be about
$4,000, 900, of which half will go to the
nine anthracite counties in which the
tax is levied and the other half will
go into the general fund of the state.
The house passed finally the Clark
p,anC,tra for tho upuarpp,nrt 80 o;t;ae
of the third class. The bill will be
sent to the senate for concurrence IN
minor amendments.
The judiciary general committee Of
the house decided to recommend APP
pointment of a committee to investi-
gate charges made against Judge r.
E. Umbel of Fayette county and also
to recommend that, If a committee is
named, it should take c~ognizance of
references to Judge John Q. Van
Swearingen of Fayette county. The
committee, if named, will determine
whether the charges warrant a pre-
sentiment for impeachment.
The majority and minority reports
of the committee investigating the
charges against Judge Charles N.
Brumm were made a special order of
business for next Tuesday.
Representative Samuel B. Scott of
Philadelphia tried to lop $780, 900 off
the appropriation of 81, 900, 900 for the
University of Pittsburg. In making
this motion he announced that 1t was
part of a plan to reduce the %appropria.
tons for this institution, the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, State college
and Temple university and endeavor
to prevent anything being given to Du-
quesne university and Grove City COL
lege.
Scott is not Directing to the institu-
tons getting the money, but contends
that the state must fix some policy to
be followed in making appropriations
or every institution Of higher learning
in the commonwealth will be demand
ing money. His idea is to give the
four schools receiving state aid two
years ago about the same sums they
then received and then have the state
agree on some definite policy to be
followed in the future.
There was considerable debate on
the Scott proposition, but no action
was taken, as a roll cali would have
disclosed the absence of a quorum.
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Woman Burned to Death.