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

WoTkmenS compensation Leglsla-
tion-lmportant 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 Dor
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 workmen's 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-
ton passed this session was the fol-
lowing:
Public utilities bill.
Statewide primary bill.
Measure establishing the commits
sion form of government with the in
itiative and referendum in more than
a score of cities having less than 100,-
600 population.
Bill reducing the hours of employ
ment for to ten hours a day
and ffty-four a week.
Bill regulating cold storage.
Bill taxing anthracite coal . cents
a ton.
Resolution ratifying the federal
amendment for the direct election OF
United States senators.
Submitting to the voters a PROPOSE
ton to amend the constitution so that
$5G,000,0 600 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 a resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitution to
abolish the department Of internal af-
fairs and TO divide its functions be-
tween the departments of labor and
industry and agriculture and forestry.
E~lectrocution 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
charging 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 a vote of 80 to SO. 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 ext governor
by Representative A. b, Hess of Ian
caster and the announcement was re-
ceiyed with tremendous applause and
the humping of desks. Members OF
all factions of the Republican party
evinced their pleasure over the sug'
g%estion.
The daisy was made the state
flower. June IA 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 a law, the governor having ar
proved it.
Other bills approved by the COVER.
nor follow:
Levying a state tax of 21a 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 D
per cent of the tax collected upon the
bonds of such municipalities.
Giving the state conservation as
ISOLATION representation on the state
board Of agriculture.
Senator Kline of Pittsburg was
elected president pro tempore Of the
senate by a vote OF % to - over his
Democratic opponent, Senator James
A. Miller of Lehigh.
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