The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29
House Merrily Appro.
pria t e S Money at
That Rate For Third
of An Hour
PASSES 2o7
BILLS FINALLY
Chorus Of Ayes" Is Sung to the
Tunes Of "Hail, Hail. and "old
Black Joe" as Lawmakers Agree to
Spend SIC, ,O0O. 900 of States Cash

The House of Representatives this
morning passed appropriation bills at
the rate of a million dollars minute
and as result cleared its calendar of
more bills than at any one session so
far this year. A total of 297 bills
were passed carrying about 100000.
600, twenty minutes being consumed
in disposing of them.
When Speaker Amber announced
that appropriation bills would be taken
up and asked the House to agree to all
bills on third reading so that the vote
on final passage could be taken up i'm
mediately, there began chorus of
"Ayes" from all quarters of the room
that hardly abated until the final ap-
preparation measure was disposed of.
Some of the members of the House
'glee club'' saw a 20 get in
some music" and -.us If ayes
sometimes sounded a,rs of
Hail, Hail, the 6 III Here
"Old Black Joe,' Len You Wore a
Tulip and other tunes familiar to the
membership. When it was all done
Speaker Amber announced that each
bill has passed by a vote of 207 to 0.
There was but one interruption
when Mr.. Dunn, of Philadelphia, want
ed little information about an
amendment in hospital appropriation
pathological laboratories in hospitals.
Nobody was able to give him any in
formation and he replied in the mega
tive when Speaker Amber asked him
If he wanted to be recorded "non on
the hospital bills. The voting other
wise moved off swiftly.
4O2 Bills Acted on in Hour
Before the appropriation bills were
taken up on final passage, ffty-five
bills on second reading, eleven of which
were. appropriation bills, were passed
as were fifty bills on first reading, fif-
teen of which contained appropriations.
In all 402 bills were acted on in a ses-
sion which last but 5S minutes.
No attempt was made to pass any
other bills on final passage. This was
because of the slim attendance which
scarcely totaled 104, which is a quorum.
although 2O7 members were recorded
aye on all of the appropriation bills
AT 1O.5S o clock the House adjourn
ed until s clock next Monday night.
Ny that time the large number of ap-
propriations which passed the House
will be messaged to the Senate and sent
TO the Appropriations Committee there.
Local Appropriations
Among the local and nearby appro-
priations passed the House this morning
were:
Sylvan Heights Home for Orphan
Girls, Harrisburg, $500; Polytechnic
hospital, Harrisburg, 81, 900; Children s
Industrial Home, Harrisburg, $1,000;
Messiah Rescue and Benevolent Home.
Harrisburg, $4,000; Chambersburg hos.
pital, s14,500; Nursery Home, Harris
burg, $4,000; Home for the Friendless.
Harrisburg, $1,000; Harrisburg hos
pital, S3S,500; Children's Aid Society
of Franklin county, $500.
Among the appropriation bills passed
was one for the Pennsylvania Institute
for the Deaf and Dumb at Mt. Airy.
Philadelphia, which included an appro.
priation of $4,000 for the education FOR
two years of Miss kathryn Mary Frick,
the deaf, dumb and blind girl of Harris
burg, who has been called a "Second
Helen Keller