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A larue number of Mormons arc
emigrating from I tab to Mexico.
Senator Matulcrson has been elect
ed President of the Senate, to succed
Ingalls.
Congress lias male an appropriation
of $2,000,000 for a new mint m Phil
adelphia. It is propsed by business men of
New York to raise a fund of $50,000
for the widow of the late Secretary
Windom
Anna E. Dickinson, who made her
self famous by her books, her political
speeches, and her venture on the stage
is insane, and has been taken to the
Danville Asylum Her home is in
Tittston. A fund is being raised in
Philadelphia for her relief
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From otir Regular CorrespowU'tit.
Washington, D. C, Mar. 2, 1S91.
Senator Ingalls is making the effort
of his life to get Mr. Harrison snub
bed by the republican Senate, and to
get even with an old personal enemy
at the same time, by getting the nomi
nation of Representative Anderson, of
Kansas, to be Consul-General to
Egypt, which Mr. Harrison sent to the
Senate with that of Senator Blair to be
minister to China, rejected, or '"hung
up, which would keep Anderson out of
the office until next December.
If an extra session is to be avoided
Congress will have to crowd more
business into these three last days than
it has ever done before, for everything
is in a much mixed and backward
condition at this writing, and it would
certainly cause no surprise here should
several of the regular appropriation
bills fail to get through.
There would have been no proba
bility of failing to pass the appropria
tion bills if the republicans in the
House had not voted to spend two
days on the shipping bills, and if they
were not constantly trying to leave the
appropriation bills for the purpose of
pushing through something to help
the decrepit old republican party.
Representative Cannon had the sub
lime impudence to make the threat
that unless the democrats would vote
for the suspension of the rules so as to
allow the majority to pass such legisla
tion as it might see fit, the majority
would lay aside the appropriation bills
and proceed under the rules to dis
pose of such business as it might be
lieve ought to be passed.
The shipping bill in which the lobby
was mostly interested, the one grant
ing a tonnage subsidy to all American
vessels engaged in trade with foreign
countries, was defeated in the House,
and the least objectionable bill, that
authorizing the granting of subsidies
to steam vessels, in the guise of pay
ments for carrying United States mail,
was passed, with an amendment re
ducing the amount to be so paid. In
principle one of these bills is just as
objectionable as the other, but I call
the one that passed the least objection
able, because it will require a great
deal less money nobody could tell
how much the other one would have
taken had it become a law.
Through the machinations of that
enterprising lobbyist, ex-Senator Ma
hone, all present hope of a new Gov
ernment printing office in place of the
tumbledown structure now used as
such, has gone glimmering, and it is
much to be regretted that two such
eminent democrats as Senators Gor
man and Butler should have allowed
themselves to be used as instruments
for the accomplishment of Mahone's
purpose. Finding it impossible to sell
to the Government as a site for the
ne.v printing office, for $250,000, a
piece of land entirely unsuited for the
purpose, Mahone, through his "pard,"
Senator Cameron, the man who
couldn't see , any harm in speculat
ing in silver while a bill affecting its
value was pending in the Senate, set
to work to prevent the site recom
mended by the committee being pur
chased by the present Congress. The
scheme was well worked. Waiting
until the closing rush of the session be"
gan, when members are glad to post
pone anuung, a resolution was offered
to lay the whole matter aside until
net 1 ecember. and it was adopted.
This is all right for Mahone, but it's
rather tough on the more than two
thousand men and women who sacri
fice their health and endanger their
lives in the old building. The ques
tion naturally arises : do these demo
cratic Senators propose trying to help
Mahone sell his ground to Uncle Sam
through the democratic Congress ? I
cannot believe it.
Mr. Harrison now has a whack at
the Direct tax bill that Mr. Cleveland
vetoed, the Senate having agreed to
the House amendment. It is safe to
say that he will not follow the ex
ample of Mr. Cleveland in that re
spect. A bill allowing an annual pension
of $2500 to the widow of Admiral
Porter is also in Mr. Harrison's hands.
Once nioie U. S. Treasurer Huston
has resigned, and this time it is for
keeps He refuses to hi interviewed,
but his close personal friends do not
hesitate to say tnat it is Mr Houston's
intention to return to Indiana ami put
in the biggest licks in his political
blacksmith shop against Mr. Benjamin
Harrison, who by refusing to make
him Secretary of the Treasury, fur
nished the last straw which broke the
camel's back, which had been for some
time strained to its utmost because of
social slights. Mr. Harrison figures
now on counteracting Mr. Houston's
opposition by the support of Mr. J.
A. Lemcke. ev-State Treasurer of
Indiana (a Gresham man) who will be
his successor as Treasurer.
Senator elect Kyle, of South Da
kota, is a daily visitor at the Capitol.
He says that on the question of tariff
and finance he will act with the demo
crats; but that does not prevent the
republicans trying to win him over by
attentions and "taffy." Time only
will tell what sort of a man he is.
THE LEGISLATURE.
Spcoliil Correspondence to Hie L'oi.I'XUIan.
Harrisuuro, March 3, 1891.
The Burdick bill is dead without
hardly a possibility of resurection. Its
demise occured on Monday evening,
when the House, by a vote of 97 to 84
refused to place it again upon the
calendar.
A I.AIIOR MEET I NO.
Notwi hstanding the extreme in
clemency of the weather the hall of the
House was crowded last night, the oc
casion being the delivering of a num
ber of addresses in behalf of the
interests of labor. Hun. John A.
Eritchey Mayor of Ilarrisburg. presided
and the principal speakers were Capt.
M. II. Butler, of Warren, and Mr.
George Chance of Philadelphia. The
former gentleman spoke for half an
hour on the calling of a constitutional
convention to insure ballot reform.
He is a plain, practical and earnest,
eloquent talker, and the greeting of
frequent applause he received showed
that he had struck a popular chord.
Mr. Chance made an earnest plea for
eight hours as a day's labor, and other
gentlemen followed in behalt of other
laboring interests. What the outcome
of this public demonstration in behalf
of the several bills before the Legis
lature anecting the workingman s in
terests remains to be seen.
THE DOCKAGE OF COAL.
The bill to prevent the dockage of
coal m the anthracite region passed
finally yesterday afternoon. This is
one of the bills which the Legislative
Committee of the Knights of Labor
indorsed, and good results are expect-
ea snouia it Decome a law.
TWO SESSION'S A DAY.
The House betran the holding of
t- o
two sessions yesterday, to be followed
111 a nine wuiic uy a unru one in me
evening. The Senate hasn't as yet
got down to the holding of more than
one session. On the principle that
large bodies move too slowly, it may
be that the House, havinir cot on its
everyday working clothes, will attempt
to catch up to the Senate's record,
and from this time forth you may ex
pect a rush of legislation, ' good, bad
indifferent.
TO BE FAVORABLY REPORTED.
Tbe Committee of Wavs and Means
of the House determined last ninht to
report favorably Mr. Wherrv's bill Dro-
yiding for the assignment to the sink
ing tund ot certain moneys out of the
general revenue; to pay into the fund
$100,000 for the year 1 791, and $400-
000 every year hereafter. State
Treasurer Boyd says this sum will be
ample to meet the requirements of the
tund. lhe sum of St.ooo.ooo will be
due the sinking fund in 1892, and no
more until 191 2.
REFERRED BACK.
The bill for the abolishment of the
Building Commission of Philadelphia."
has been referred back to the Com
mittee in Municipal Corporations. It
was intended by lhe ringsters and
roosters to choke it off entirely, but
there was such an avalanche from
Philadelphia in its favor that the
Mouse was compelled to do this much.
it is time tnat the people of Philade -
phia were cetting their eves onen.
Of all the metropolitan cities of the
country Philadelphia is the worst
governed. The Building Committee
has sqandered millions of dollars upon
the badly constructed new City Hall,
and many millions more unon nlace
hunters for the purpose of perpetuat
ing the power of the Republican
party in a city which should f but does
not) have the admiration of ever
decent, honest Pennsylvanian.
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SENATOR HERRING'S MAIDEN
SPEECH-
The Ilarrisburg correspondent of
the Pittsburg I'ott of February 26th,
writes the following to his paper:
The Senate to-day listened to the
maiden speech of the senator from
Columbia. M Grant Heiring, and it
was a gemi'ne surprise to those who
heard it. '"Grant Ilerrintr, the baby
of the senate," showed that he is a
full jirown man in legal aci'incn and
public debate. The bill under con
sideration was an act to authorize in-corp-irated
cemetery companies or
burial associations to remove the dead
from their grounds in cities, town
ships and boroughs t other grounds
in the vicinity purchased by them, to
exchange with lot holdeis lots in the
old for lots in the new cemetery r
burial ground, ami the removal of
dead bodies accordingly, etc.
Senator Herring made an able and
convincing argument a ;ainst the bill
on the ground that it is unconstitu
tional. He pointed out that it viola
ted the constitution in two particu
lars; first, that it permitted tiie viola
tion of contracts, inasmich as it pro
vided that the company could Uke
the bodies of the dead from a lot
which had been bought ami paid for
in the old cemetery to one in the new
which the company should select. In
this they took possession of property
deeded to the lot holder and gave
him a similar plot by deed without his
consent.
OVERRIDES THE CONSTITUTION.
It is also a bill to override the right
of trial by jury, as the provision rela
tive to ac-.ion for damages indicate .
He referred to a decision of the Unit
ed States supreme court based on that
clause of the constitution of the Unit
ed States which is incorporated in the
constitution of Pennsylvania in the
case of Fletcher against Peck, and
quoted therefrom to show that his
position was right. His argument
was listened to with profound atten
tion. Senator Robbins replied in behalf
of the bill as it was introduced by
him. He defended the bill on the
ground that it confessed the right of
eminent domain, but Mr. Herring
said that he could not see how an ac
tion that took private property, as the
lots in the cemetery are, and con
verted it to private use, could be bas
ed on the principle of eminent domain
when that great right only allowed
private property to be taken for pub
lic use, and when no longer in use for
public purposes the title reverted to
the original holder.
His pleas carried conviction, and
the bill would have failed had it not
been that Senator Robbins had prev
ious promises that saved it. As it
was it got just enough to pass. Sev
eral senators who voted for the bill
complimented Senator Herring on the
strength of his position, and although
convinced that he was right their
promise to Senator Robbins made it
their duty to vote for the bill. If the
bill should pass the house a veto will
probably be its fate
Democratic Delegates-
A GAIN OF NINETY-SIX AT THE NEXT
STATE CONVENTION.
As the representatives of the next
Democratic State Convention will be
based on the vote cast for Governor
Pattison in the late election, the sev
eral counties will be entitled to 463
delegates, which number is ninety-six
in excess of that at the Scranton Con
vention. The following shows the
number of delegates which each
county will have in the next conven
tion:
Adams 4, Allegheny 33, Armstrong
4, Beaver 4, Bedford 4, Berks 18,
Blaii 4. Bradford 6, Bucks 9, Butler 5,
Cambria 6, Cameron 1. Carbon 4,
Centre 5, Chester 8, Clarion 4, Clear
field 6, Clinton 3, Columbia 5, Craw
ford 7, Cumberland 6, Dauphin 8,
Delaware 5, Elk 2, Erie 7, Fayette 7,
Forest 1, Greene 4, Huntingdon 3,
Indiana 3, Jefferson ' 4, Juniata 2,
Lackawanna 9, Lancaster 9, Lawrence
5, Lebanon 4, Lehigh 9, Luzerne 15.
Lycoming 7, McKean 4, Mercer 6,
Mifflin 2, Monroe 3, Montgomery 13,
Montour 2. Northampton 10. North
umberland 7, Perry 3, Philadelphia 85,
Pike 1, Potter 2, Schuylkil 15, Snyder
2, Somerset 2, Sullivan 1, Susque
hanna 3, Tioga 4, Union 2, Venango
4. Warren 4, Washington 6, Wayne 3,
Westmoreland 10, Wyoming 2, York
12.
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Tlio Direct Tax Bill
IT ONLY KF.yl'IRFS THE I'KKSHjLNT'S
SIGNATURE TO BECOME A LAW.
The direct tax bill finally parsed the
Senate Satinday last ami now goes to
the President for his signature, after
having figured in many sessions of
Congiessandgivenri.se to the most
piotractcd iVadloik in the legislature
liistoty of this country. The provis
ions of the bill in substance are as
follows:
"That the Secretary cf the Treasury
shall rrvdit each State and Treasury
and the Distiict of Columbia with a
sum equal to nil collections by set-off
or otherwise made Under the terms of
the direct tax act of lSdi That all
money still due the United States
under the requirement of that act are
remitted. A sufficient sum of money
to reimburse the States and Territories
for the collections under the dircc' tax
is appropriated to be paid when th.'
Legislatures shall have accepted tiie
sums in full satisfaction on account of
the levy. Money appropriated to
meet individual claims is to be held in
trust by the State authorites, six years
being allowed lor the reception ol
these claims. Payment is also t ) be
made to the owners of lands in St.
Helena and St. Luke's parishes, in
South Carolina, that were sold under
the operations of the direct tax act.
The state of New York will receive
the largest amount of money undet the
provisions of this bill. The levy for
that State was $2,603,918,67, and the
State was allowed $ 590,588,81, or 15
per cent, commission, for collecting
the tax. Its share of the refund will
be $2,213,330.86. Pennsylvania will
come next and will get $1,654,714.43.
Ohio is third with $1,332,025,93 cred
ited to her on the books of the
Treasury. Some of the other States
come Jn for lesser amounts, Illinois
being entitled to $974 568. Indiana to
$769,144, Massachusetts to $600,894.
Missouri to $746,958, Kentucky to
$606,651. Wisconsin to $446,535,
Michigan to $426,498 andDaknta, in
cluding both the new States, to $324,
133, being the entire quota without
any drawback on account of commis
sions for collection.
A New EloctioaBill.
EACH PARTY ALLOWED TO MAKE ITS
OWN APPORTIONMENT.
Under the operation of the bill
introduced by Captain Skinner in the
House providing for the election of
Congressmen, each party would in
effect make its own apportionment.
The bill provides that each qualified
elector may cast one vote for one
candidate for Congress and no more,
and that the candidate voted for may
reside anywhere in the State. There
could be no gerrymander because no
party could elect a greater number of
Congressmen than its proportionate
share according to the ratio of its
vote to the whole number of votes
cast.
Of course, no political party would
endeavor so to divide its vote among
its candidates to poll as many, ratios
as possible. Suppose, for example,
that a reasonable forecast of the prob
able vote at a Congressional election
would indicate the total in the State
to De 900,000. Thirty Congressmen
are to be chosen Divide 900,000 by
30 and you have 30,000 as the ap
proximate ratio, below which it
would not be safe for any political party
to place its estimate of the number of
votes necessary to elect a Congress
man. Each party would, therefore,
seek to group its voters so as to pro
duce as many ratios of 30,000 as pos
sible, and thus each would virtually
make its own apportionment.
It Works Wouders.
The tonic and alterative properties
of S. S. S. are now widely known, and
it enjoys wonderful popularity as a
spring medicine. It is as perfectly
adapted to the delicate system of a
little child as it is to that of the adult.
It works wonder on those who use it
as a tonic, as an alterative, and as a
blood purifier". It gives health, strength
and heartiness to the sick and the
feeble. It is adapted to the very
young and the very old. It rev ives,
renews and builds up the feeble or the
broken down system.
I. W. Hartroaa & Sons.
Hamburg Embroideries are
open nenv by the thousand
yards, all prices. A special
lot of 25c Dress Cloths in
plain plaids and stripe. The
50c Dress Goods in cloths are
one of the attractions for the
ladies. If you could see the
linens for table cloths, with
the late prices you would be
surprised. Calicoes and Aus
ware cheap. Spring Ging
hams and cotton dress goods
are plenty and cheap. White
and colored counterpanes ail
prices. Your butter, eggs,
&c, wanted for the above
goods. Don't forget we are
the House fur dishes for young
and old.
L W. Hartma & Sons.
V9AKE A NOTE OF IT
We begin the New Year by
Marking Down all
WINTER CLOTHING.
STORM COATS IT COST.
OTEPi COATS at COST.
CHILDREN AND BOYS,
OLD AND YOUNG,
CAN BUY CHEAPER THAN EVER AT
LOWEN BERG'S
POPULAR CLOTHING STORE.
IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF
AKPET, JJIATTI1YG,
or OfllL CJLOTII,
YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT
W. H. MOWIM
2ud Door above Court House.
A new lot of Window Curtains received this week.
ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO.
DEALERS IX
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Sole agents for tbe following brands of Cigars:
Henry Clay, Londrcs, Normal, Indian Frir.cess, Samson, Silver Asb
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Be sure and look at the display of
JEWELRY, WATCHES, &c.
FINEST LINE IN THE COUNTY.
HAVE YOUB EYES FITTED FREE OF
CHABGE AT J. 0. WELLS'.
ALL GLASSES GUARANTEED TO FIT,
Prepared to turn oat fine Watch and Jewelry Work of all
kinds on short notice, All work guaranteed.
fe S k k k
$
Durino this month Sweeping Re
ductions in Heavy and Light
Weight Clothing for Men, Youths,
Boys and Children will be carrjed to a
greater extent than ever.
Latter part of March we move from
the Ledger Building, 6th and Chestnut,
to our New Building at 13th and Chest
nut. Therefore we are determined to
close out the present Stock at Great Bar
gains that will surely please you.
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