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Pennsylvania Legislature.
SENATE
Wenbrsaner, April-10,1881.
The Senate met at 19 o'clock, A.
PENNEY in the Chair.
Prayer by Rev. DANIEL Gam.
The reading of the Journal of yesterday was
dispensed with.
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Mr. IMBRIE, (Election Districts,) as com
mitted, House bill No. 608, entitled "an Act
to change the place of holding elections in the
borough of Williamsport, Lycoming county."
Mr. THOMPSON, (Roads and Bridges,) as.
committed, House bill No. 974, entitled "an
Act providing for the completion of a public
road in Tioga county."
Also, (same,) as committed, House bill No.
820, entitled "an Act to incorporate the Ma
deira and New Wasbingion turnpike and plank
road company,"
Also, (same,) as committed, House bill No.
822, entitled "a further supplement to an Act
zelative to the Lewisburg and atiftlinburg turn-
Tike road company." • • -
Also, (same,) as committed, House bill No.
.828, entitled "a further supplement to an act
•to incorporate the Lawrenceville and Sharps
burg turnpike road company."
Mr. HAMILTON, (same,) as committed;
House bill No. 829, entitled "an Act to lay out
a State road in Berks and Schuylkill counties."
Mr. BLOOD, (same,) as committed, House
bill No. 691, entitled "an Act to appoint road
commissioners to take charge of a portion of the
Milesburg and Smetbport turnpike road, in Elk
and Clearfield counties."
Also, (same,) as committed, House bill No.
705, entitled "an Act to incorporate the Tidioute
Bridge company of Warren county."
Mr. ROBINSON, (Corporations,) as commit
ted, House bill No. 716, entitled "a further sup
plement to en Act to incorporate the Farmers'
Market company," approved March 19, 1859.
Also, (same.) as committed, House bill No.
721, entitled a further supplement to the Act
entitled "an Act authorizing the Governor to
incorporate the Shamokin Steam Ferry and Tow
Boat company."
Also, (same,) as committed, Howe bill No.
724, entitled "an Act to incorporate the Euresco
Oil company."
Also, (same,) as committed, House' bill No.
704, entitled "an Act to incorporate the Fulton
County Fire Insurance company "
Also, (same,) as committed, House bill No.
715, entitled "an Act to incorporate the Tivoli
steam fire hose company in the city of Phila
delphia!'
.(Ktree,). as committed, House bill No.
714, untitled "an Act to incorporate the Strouds
burg Gas and Water company, of Monroe
county."
Mr. HAMILTON, (same,) as committed,
House 1 411 1-.Na-- 7 1trity eu e girent to
ear zw - c — to incorpora - ave
company."
Also, (same,) as committed, House bill No.
774, entitled "an Act to incorporate the High
land Cemetery association."
Also, (same,) as committed, House bill No.
718, entitled "an Act to incorporate the Ve
nango Petroleum company."
Mr. CONNELL, (same,) as committed, House
bill No. 709, entitled "an Act to incorporate
the Ashland Cemetery association, of Schuyl
kill county."
Also, (same,) as committed, House bill No.
888, entitled "an Act to incorporate the Line
Lexington Seminary Association."
Also, (same,) as committed, House bill No.
884, entitled "a supplement to an Act to incor
porate the Farmers' Hotel company, approved
May 24, 1860."
Mr. HALL, (same,) as committed, House bill
No. 1061, entitled "a supplement to an Act to
incorporate the Sonora Improvement company,
passed March, A. D. 1861."
Also, (same,) as committed, House bill No.
1063, entitled "an Act to incorporate the 'Beld
ing Farmers and Miners' Insurance oompany
of Berks county."
Also, (same,) es committed, a supplement to
an Act to incorporate the Union Canal com-
Pany.
Also, (same,) as committed, House bill No.
699, entitled a further supplement to an Act to
incorporate the Donegal Iron company.
Also, (same,) as committed, House bill No.
707, entitled an Act to incorporate the Sanford
Qpera House company of the city of Philadel
phia. •
Mr. SMITH, (same,) as committed, an Act to
incorporate the Aladdin Oil company of Arm
strong county.
Also, (same,) as committed, an Act to ineor
porate"the Aurora 011 company.
Also, (same,) as committed, a supplement to
an Act to incorporate the Harrisburg Gas oom
.
pany.
Mr. HALL, (Estates and Escheats,) as com
mitted, an Act to authorise the Orphans' Colut
of Berks county to appropriate certain moneys
of the estate of Jacob Mast, deceased, towards
paying part of his debts.
YMER, (same,) as committed, an Act
to the escheated estate of William
late of Delaware county.
TESTAND, (Education,) as committed,
so establish two school districts in the
of Columbia, Lancaster county.
S . IIZIIIIEAD IN PLACE.
IS read in his place and presented to
r a bill entitled "a supplement to an
rporating the Pittsburg and Binning
meager railway company."
:red to the Committee on Railroads.
HIESTAND, an Act for the relief of the
'dens of the Susquehanna canal com-
•d to the Committee on the Judiciary.
AMER, joint resolution providing for
of Samuel M. Fox, clerk to the Com
m Banks.
ed to the Committee on Finance.
tm. Act to establish a State scale for
• of beef, cattle and sheep, and for the
tent of a weighmaster for the city of
:dto the Committee on the Judiciary:
AWRENCE, an Act repealing the Act
of April, 1858, repealing an Act ap
commissioners to review and lay out
road from Waynesburg, in Greene
Lel Benjamin Covet's, in Fayette county,
iving the Act of April 12, 1856.
rred to tie Committee on the Judiciary.
BOUND, an Act authorizing the removal
lead from the burying ground ceded to
ty of the Church of England, August
2, by Patterson Serdenn, south-east ea ,
King and Second streets, in the borough
thumberland.
•ed to the Judiciary Committee.
:ETCHAM, an Act to run and fix a
of the boundary line between Columbia,
,aaenUt oonntles._
ed to the Judictary:Coucittee.
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Also, a supplement to an Act to authorize the
Governor to incorporate the Wilkesbarre Water
Company.
Referred to the Committes on Corporations.
Also, a further supplement to an Act to in
prove the navigation of the river Lackawasen ;
which bill, on motion of Mr. KETCHAM was
taken up immediately and
Passed finally.
Mr. IRISH, a supplement to an Act extend
ing Pennsylvania Avenue, in the city of Pitts
burg, to the intersection of Ross and fifth
streets.
Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Ms- HALL, a supplement to an Act to con
solidate, revise and amend the penal laws of
this Commonwealth. •
Referred to the Judiciary Couuriittee
MOTION to EE-coblatinaA. VOTE.
Mr. BENSON moved to re-consider the vote
negativing the resolution offered by Mr.
WHARTON yesterday.afteinoon on the bill re
lative to the claim of John Mong, of Somerset
county,
Mr. LANDON seconded the motion.
The motion to reconsider was agreed to, and
the question recurring on the passage of the
resolution,
On that question,
The yeas and nays were required by Mr.
M'CLUBB and Mr. WHA.IitTON, and were as
follow, viz :
YEAS.—Messrs. Blood, Clymer, Crawford,
Hall, Hamilton, Ketcham, Mott, Nichols, Par
ker, Schindel, Smith; Thompson, Welsh and
Wharton-14.
NA s.—Messrs. Benson,Bound, Connell,
Finney, Gregg, Hiestand, thbrie ' Irish,
-,.Lan
don, M'Clure, Penney, Robinson, Serrill, Yard
ley and Palmer, Speaker-15.
So the resolution was again negatived.
Mr. WHARTOIsi then moved to proceed to
the consideration of the veto message of the
Governor on said bill.
The motion was agreed to.
On the question,
Shall the bill pass notwithstanding the ob
jections of the Governor?
Agreeably to the requirements of the Consti
tution,
The yeas and nays were required, and were as
follow, viz :
YrAs--Messrs. Blood, Clymer, Connell,
Crawford, Fuller, Hall, Ketcham, Lawrence,
Meredith, Mott, Nichols, Parker, Penney,
Schindel, Serrlll, Thompson, Welsh, and Whar
ton-18.
Nays—Messrs. Benson, Boughter, Bound,
Finney, Gregg, Hiestand, Irabrie, Irish, Landon,
Dr Clure, Robinson, ardley and Palmer, S . peaker
—l3.
So the question was determined in the nega
tive two-thirds not having voted in the af
firmative.
ORDERS OP THE. DAY
Senate bill No. 556, entitled "an Act, relative
to drawers ant en.imeetai • • - • • •
~.n..-.4-- z -xchange and - olner instruments of cm
ting; and to the duties of Notaries Public,".
()erne up in order on .its final prosage
On the question,
Shall the bill pass 3 - -
The yeas and nays were required by Mr.
YARDLEY and Mr. SMITH, and were as fol
low, Nis :
YEAS—Mesars. Clymer, Connell, ' Crawford,
Pinney, Ulestand, Landon,Nichols, 'Parker,
Serrill, Suiith,,Thompson, Welsh and Wharton
—l3.
lixts—Mesus.Benson, Blood, P•onghter f Ful
ler, Imbrie, Lawrence, Meredith, Mott, Penney,
Robinson, Schindel, Yardley and Palmer,
Speaker-13.
So the bill was negatived.
APPORTIONMENT OF TEE irAm
Mr. M'CLITRE moved to proceed to the con
sideration of Senate bill No. 884, entitled "an
Act to divide the State into Congressional dis
tricts for the election of Representatives in the
Congress of the United States."
The motion was agreed to, and,
The Senate resolved itself into Connatiee of
the whole, (Mr. 13rierazm in the Chair,) when
the first section of=the billwas read.
Mr. SMITH moved to include the Ninth
ward of Philadelphia in the Second district.
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. SMITH moved blither to amend by in
cluding the Eighteenth ward in the Third dis
trict.
The amendment was agree to.
Mr. CONNELL moved-to,` amend in the fif
teenth line, that the-Twenty-fifth ward should
be excluded from the Fifth,_ district.
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. 'NICHOLS moved so to amend 'that the
second district should 'comprise the first, sec
ond, third, fourth, seventh and eighth wards.
The amendment was not agreed to.
The section as amended ivas tsgreed•to.
• The second section was read.
Mr. ROBINSON-moved to amend by inserting
before the word Congress, in the sixth section,
the words "thirty-eighth.'.'
The amendment was agreed to.
The section as - amended was agreed to.
The third section was read and agreed to.
The fourth section was read. '
Mr. KE'TCHAM hileiredassa -to amend that
Wilkesbarrei in the county of Lantos, should
be f irrplacelif meeting for Iltro jtidles of the
eleventh district, in place of Scranton.
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. SCHINDEL moved so to amend that
Easton, Northampton county, should be the
place of meeting, instead of Mauch Chunk, Car
bon county- • .
The amendment, was agreed to.
Mr, BLOOD moved So to amend that "War
ren," in the county of Warren, in place of
"Ridgeway," be fixed as the place of meeting.
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. BENSON moved so to -amend that Lock
Haven, in the county of Clinton, instead of
Williamsport, be fixed as the place of meeting.
The section, as amended, was agreed to.
The'Coraraittee than rose and reported the
bill as amended, when it, was taken up on see
ond-reading.
The first section htiving been read,
Mr. WELSH said : Ido not desire to say
anything upon , the merits or demerits of the
bill at this time, bat I rise 'simply for the pur
pose of offering an amendment to!that portion
1 1 of the bill relative to the district which includes
the , county I have the honor to represent on
this floor. My objection to that part of the
bill arises from what I conceive to be-the unne
cessary divisiort_pf counties. I think that as-far
as practicable it should be the policy of the Le
gislature, in districting the State,
to confine
themselves as strictly, as possible to the incor
poration of 'as many counties - entire into each
distribt alithey - pbtisibly,carr. -
Now there is no necessity for including in
the twelfth district the balance of Northumber
land county," not included in the-thirteenth dis
trict, or-of adding to the, thirteenth district,
Lower ateheneY•township, iliNoithranberltuid
county. Ido not rise, at this time, for the
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HARRISBURG, PA..
purpose of making any objection to this arrange
ment, on political grounds, because it does not
make any difference, one way or the other.
The vote of the township of Lower Mahanoy is
so small that it would not affect the political
character of the district ; but as a matter of
policy, and in order not to complicate the po
litical affairs of different counties, I think that
they should be as nearly entire as possible.
I move to strike out in the 28th and 29th
lines the words, "and lower Mahoney town
ship, in Northumberland county, not included
in the twelfth district." If my amendment
prevails, the population of the district will be
almost the same and the political condition of
things will not be affected.
I trust that the Senate will permit this sll2ht
alteration of the bill for the reason I have
named.
On_the amendment of Mr. WELSH,
`The yeas and nays were required by Mr.
WELSH and Mr. M'CLURE, and were as fol
low, viz :
Taos—Messrs. Blood, Bound, Clymer, Craw
ford, Mott, Schindel, Welsh and Yardley—S.
Noss—Messrs. Benson, Boughter,
Gregg, Hall,Hamilton,lmbrie, Irish, Ketcham,
Landon, Lawrence, M'Clure, Nichols, Parker,
Penney, Robinson,Serrill, Smith, Wharton
and Palmer, Speaker-20.
So the amendment was not agreed to.
Mr. THOMPSON. I move to amend in the
nineteenth and twentieth lines, by incorporat
ing into the sixth district the boroughs of Nor
ristown, Plymouth and Conschohocken,.in the
county of Montgomery. I would state that the
county which I have the honor to represent has
been overslaughed in this matter. If, however,
my amendment prevails, the evil may be some
what remedied.
Mr. CLYMER. There should be a general
desire on the part of this Senate, in passing the
bill before us, to equalize the population of the
several counties, and "to make the ratio as
nearly even as possible, throughout the dis
tricts of the State. The bill shows the greatest
inequality in this particular. There may have
been, in the opinion of the committee, a neces
sity for making it so; and I believe that they
have discharged their duty as well as they
could, considering the fact that they desire to
make the congressional delegation as largely
Republican as possible.
Mr. SERRILL. I hope-that the amendment
of the Senator from Montgomery will not be
adopted. It is not desired by the county which
I represent. It is of no advantage to any one,
and it does not obviate the objection which the
Senator makes to this portion of the bill. He
says that his county is cut up into three parts;
but it still remains in that condition if the
amendment is adopted.
On agreeing to the amendment of Mr.
THOMPSON,
The yeas and nays were required by Mr.
CONNELL and Mr. THOMPSON, and were as
follow, viz
immy, Ellestand, Imbrie, Meredith, Mott,
Nichols, Penney, Robinson, Schindel, Smith,
Thompson, and Welsh—ls.'
NAYS—Messrs. Benson, Boughter,. Bound,
Connell, Fuller, Hall, Hamilton, Ketcham,
Lawrence, M'Clure ' Parker, Serrill, :Wharton
and Palmer, Speaker-14..
So the amendment was agreed to. •
On motion of Mr. IRISH, the seetien was
amended by adding the words "including lie
vil island" to the twenty-first district.
Mr. SMITH moved to reconsider the vote by
which the amendment of Mr. THOMPSON was
&Med to.
On agreeing to the motion to reconsidei,
The yeas and nays were required by Mi.
SMITH and Mr. THOMPSON, and were as fol
low, viz :
YEAS.—Messrs. Benson, Boughter, Bound,
Connell, Finney, Fuller, Gregg, Hall, Imbue,
Irish, Ketcham, Landon, Lawrence, M'Clure,
Meredith, Parker, Penney,Serrill, tiralth,Whar
ton and Palmer, Speaker-21.
NAYS.—Messrs. Blood, Clymer, Crawford,
Hamilton,
Hiestand, Mott, Nichols, Robinson '
Schindel Thompson, Welsh and Yardley-12.
The question then recurring on agreeing to
the amendment of Mr. THOMPSON,
"The yeas and nays were required by Mr.
HIESTAND and Mr. THOMPSON, and were as
fellow, viz
YEas—Messrs. Blood,- • Clymer, Crawford,
Hiestand, Mott, Nichols, Robinson, Schindel,
Thompson, Welsh and Yardley-11.
NAYS—Messra. - Benson Boughter, Bouud,
Connell, Fuller, Gregg, Hall, Hamilton, 11 . rish,
Ketcham, Landon; LaWrence, M'Clure, Mere
dith, Parker, Penney, Serrill, Smith, :Wharton
and Palmer, Speaker-20.
So the amendment was not agreed to.
The section as amended was then agreed to.
The second, third and fourth sections were
read and agreed to ; and the rules being . sus
pended, the bill was read a third time. -
On the final pessage of the bill,
The yeas and nays were required by Mr.
WELSH and Mr. BLOOD, and were as follow:
Yaks—Messrs. Benson,l3oughter, Bound, Con
nell, Finney, Fuller, Gregg, Hall, Hamilton
Hiestand, Imbrie, Ketcham, , Landon, Lawrence
ll'Clure, Meredith, Parker, Penney, Robinson
Sarni, Smith, Wharton, Yardley and Palmer
Speaker-21.
Nets—Messrs. Blood, Clymer, Cmwford,Mott
Nichols, Schindel, Thomson and Welsh-8.
Bo the bill passed finally.
Mr. NICHOLS, (when his name was' called)
said : I regret to be constrained to vote on this
bill in, opposition to my colleagues and party
friends generally ; but Ido so for the reason
that I believe the bill is calculated to serve
neither the .people of the State nor of the
party to which 1 belong. I, therefore, vote
"no."
The first section, as amended, reads as fol
lows :
Szo. 1. Be iS enacted by the Senate and House of
Pepesentcaives of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby
enacted by the azahmit,y of the same, That for the
purpose of electing representatives of the peo
ple of Pennsylvania to serve in the . House of
Representatives in the Congress of the United
States, the State shall be divided into twenty
three districts, as follow:
let. Second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and
eleventh wards in the cit of Pbiladel .hia.
tne city of Philadelphia.
First, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth
wards in the city of Philadelphia:
3d. Twelfth, thirteenth, sixteenth, ieven
tanth, eighteenth and nineteenth wards in the
city of Philadelphia. -
4th. Fourteenth, fifteenth, twentieth, twen
ty-first and twenty-fourth wards in the city of
Philadelphia.
6th. Twenty-second and twenty-third wards,
in the city of Philadelphia, Bucks county, and
that part of Montgomery county embracing
Moreland, Abington; Cheltenham, Horsham,
Tippei Dublin, White Marsh, Springfield, Mont
gomery, 'ewynned, Hatfield,- Towaniassing,
rim:monis and Lower Salford.
So themotion to ieconsidei was agreed to,
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 11, 1861
6th. Delaware county, Chester county, Up
per and Lower Marion, borough of Bridgeport,
in the county of Montgomery.
7th. 13erks-county and the balance of Mont
gomery county.
Bth. Lancaster county.
9tb. Schuylkill and Lebanon counties.
10th. Lehigh, Pike, Monroe, Carbon and
Northampton counties.
11th. Susquehanna, Wayne and Luzern
counties.
' 12th. Bradford, Aiontour, Columbia, Sulli
van and Wyoming counties, and the balance of
Northumberland county , not included in the
thirteeenth district.
. .
18th. Dauphin and York counties and Lower
Mahanoy township in Northumberland county,
not included in the 12th district.
. . _
14th., Union, Snyder, Juniata; Perry =and
Cumberland county:
16th. Somerset, Bedford, Fulton, Franklin
and Adams cousties.
16th. Cambria,, Blair, Huntingdon anfi. Mif
fliu counties.
17th. Tioga, Potter, Lycoming, Clinton and
Centre counties.
18th. Jeffersoni Erie, Warren, M'Kean, Efir,
Cameron, Forest and Clearfield counties.
i 19th. Crawford, Mercer, Venango and Cla
rion counties.
20th. Indiana, Westmoreland and Fayette
counties.
21st. Allegheny county south of the Ohio
and Allegheny rivers, including Nevil Island.
22nd. Allegheny county north of the Ohio
and Allegheny rivers, and Butler andArntstrong
counties. •
28d. Lawrence, Beaver, Washington and
Greene county._
The second Section, as amended, is as fol
lows:
SEC. 2. That the election of Representatives
to serve in the House of Representatives of the
Congress of the United States agreeably to the
Constitution of the United States and the direc
tion of this Act,' shall be held by the citizens of
the State qualified to vote for members of the
State Legislature on the second Tuesday of Oc
tober, A. D., 1862, for the thirty-eigth Con
gress, in every second year thereafter, until an
enumeration of the inhabitants of the United
States shall be taken, agreeably to the Consti
tution and laws of the United' States, at the
same places respectively under 'the care and-di
rection-of the.same officers,. and - .subject to all
,the laws, penalties, rules and regulations in
force for conducting and governing elections
within this Commonwealth..
The third section reads as follows :
SEC. 8. That the returns of the election held
under.this Act shall be made at times and
in the manner prescribed for, nuking returns of
elections by the seventy-sixth, seventy.seventh,
seventy-eighth, seventy-ninth,eightieth,eighty
fast, eighty-second, eighty-third, eighty-fourth,
eighty-fifth and eiglaty-sixth. sections of the
PorisolidatedActs. raga S. ;I - kg ,. elections •
Q 6 f
y, . P. 183 a, and the several . supplethns
I thereto. • • •
The fourth -section; as aniended, reads •as
: • :V • r •
Sm. 4. That:the judges of the. first, second,
third. and fourth districts shall meet at: the
state house in the city of Philadelphia.
The judges•of. the , fifth- district- shallaneet at
the court-louse in Doylestown, in. the county of
Bucks. .
The judges of the sts.th:ilistriot shall meet at
the court house in West Chester, in the county
of Cheiter. - „
The judges of the seventh district shall-meet
at the court house in the city of Reaading, in the
county of Berks.
Thp judges of the, eighth district shall eet
at the court hOuse in the ity. of Lancaster', in
the county of Lancaster.
The judges of the ninth district shall meet
at the court house in Pottsville, in the county
of Schuylkill. - •
The judges of the tenth district shall meet at
the court house in Easton; in • the county of
Northampton.
The judges of- the eleventh district shall
meet- at Wilkesbarre, in the county of Lu
zerne.
:The judges of the twelfth district shall meet
at the court house in Bloomsburg, in the county
of Columbia.
The judges of the thirteenth district shall
meet at the court house in the city of Harris
burg, in the county of. Dauphin.
The judges of the "fourteenth district shall
meet at the court house in Mifflintown, in the
county of Juniata.
The judges of the fifteenth district shall meet
at the court house in Chtimbersburg,in the
county of Franklin.
The judges of the sixteenth district shall
meet at the court house in Hollidaysburg, in
the county of
The judges of the seventeenth district shall
meet at the court hodse in Lock Haven, in the.
county of Clinton: •
The judgeiof the eight l eenth district raid!.
meet at the court houie %inn, "in' the
county of Warren, •
The judges of the nineteenth. district shall
meet at the court' hoUse in Fnuilrlin; in the
cennty of Venango.
The judgee of the twentieth district, shall
meet at the court house in Greensbmg, in the
oounty of - Westmoreland. -
The judges of the twenty - first district shall
meet at the court house in the city of Pitts
burg.
The judges of the twenty-second district
shall meet at the court IL - owe in Butler, in the
county of -Butler..
The judges of the twenty-third district shall
meet at the court house in Beaver, in the coffin
ty of 'Beaver.
Mr. FINNEY. offered the following r wbieh
wa§ twice_ twice read, considered and agreed
• Resolved,-That the 'Surveyor -General- be re
quested to inform the Senate yrhat, itanything,
has been done towards furnishing to each coun
ty of the Commonwealth a list of lands on
which the Commonwealth has auy lien, and
the publication thereotunder the provisions of,
the Aot of March 21st, 1860.
Mr. IRISH offered the fa/loving:
Rewired, That the Senate will hold a Belem
this afternoon, commencing at' three o'clock,
and• a session this evening, k commencing at
seven and shelf eclocii, •
Mr. SMITH moved to amend by striking out
that part of the resolution relative to an-every
ing session, and Stated 'that it - Was — absolutely
necessary for the Committee haVing in charge
the ApPropriation bill,.to Meet foijits consider:
ation during the evening, -
Mr. BENSON said that the business of the
Legisleture would be better facilitate& at the
present time bk giving the eckaraittee' Eth op
portunity to consider . the 'bills before 'them."
After these billa'had been'lreported, three' se&
pions a day might be hidd witleadvantage:,
ORIGINAL BEsoiarrioNs
Mr. KETCHAM. About six weeks before the
adjournment of each Legislature somebody
chalks out a certain day upon which this body
shall adjourn. The tinie thus fixed is then
considered to be determined beyond all ques
tion. No emergency, or large amount of busi
ness is to change it. It is supposed to be as
irrevocable as the laws of the liedes and
Persians. If it takes three sessions al
day, or six sessions, (if that were pos
sible,) we are to be whipped through
in order to verify somebody's prediction that at
a certain time the Legislature will adjourn.—
There is no logic or consistency in the argu
ment that because somebody has fixed uponthe
18th- of April as the time for adjournment,
therefore,whether it is convenient or comfort.
able, or therwise, we are to be worked through
at the rate of:three sessions per day, in . order to
Come up to the expectations of certain parties.
Now, I hold that two sessions a day is all the
time that in fairness and good conscience we
should be asked to spend in this Senate. I
know that at present I have scarcely time to
attend to my correspondence and. other duties
Which require to be looked after!
The amendment of Mr. SMITH was then
agreed to ; and the resolution, as amended, was
agreed to.
mums' man sumo'. or. ERN-NMI/AMA
Mr. GREGG called up House bill No; 558,
entitled "an Act making an appropriation from
the State . Treasury, in further aid of the Far
mers' 'High School of Pennsylvania, to enable
the trustees to complete the college building."
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The first section was read.
Mr. WELSH. I move to amend the section
by providing that an appropriation of $25,000,
instead of $49,900, shall be made.
Mr. FINNEY. The question which occurs to
my mind in regard to this subject is simply
whether the design upon which the State started
out, of establishing an agricultural college,
shall be perfected, or whether it is to be aban
doned. The argument advanced in favor of the
amendment, so far as concerns the difference
between twenty-five thousand and forty-nine
thousand nine hundred 'dollars ought not to
have any effect whatever. The object of the
appropriation of $49,900 is to carry out the ob
ject of the Legislature for the establishment of
an institution of the character named in. the
bill, the provisions of which are designed to pre:
sent a guarantee that the State will carry out
her:plan for the establishment of an agricultu
ral school.
Mr. WELSH. I desire to say that lam op
posed to appropriating to the Farmers' High
School a single doilar out of the. State Treasury
at this time ; and I have made a motion to
strike out $49,900 and insert $25,000, in order
to reduce the amount, if an appropriation is.to
be made, to as small a sum as possible. The
propriety of giving these institutions' any
money at all, isexceedingly doubtful in :vi_o_w
ICthe.pzesentslogquaon znexreasarY cand - I
tultszne - wisest plan would be for us to
defeat the whole proposition,
Mr. FULLER. I am inclined :to view 'this
matter in the same light as ,
the Senator from
York. In the present exhausted condition of the
treasury, and in view' or'ilier large` dema nds that marbe made nponitin - a sho*time i there
ought not td.be a tangle dollarinmecesissirilY ex
pended.. If the argument' of the Sena& from
Crawford holds good, that we should now ap
propriate $49,900, the mine' argument would
apply for the appropriation of- EiT larger stun. I
do not think_that the State is :wider any such
obligation, and Ido not believe that the people
of this Uommonwealth-,will ever derive a single
iota of benefit from the .oanstruction. of the
Farmers' 'High School. I will vote for the
amendment of the Senator from York, with the
understanding thatlshall afterwards vote against
the bill.
Mr. CLYMER. I shall also vote for the
amendment of the Senator from York, and af
terwards in opposition to the bill. I have great
doubts as to the,propriety of the erection of this
school. I do, not think that it is the "policyof
the State to create Schools for the instruction of
farmers, any more than for lawyers, manufac
turers or any other class in the community.
Mx. FINNEY. I have rmderstood that . this
school was established for farmers especially. It
was designed simply to give an agricultural
education to those students who were sent
there.
Mr. CLYMER. It was designed, as the Sen
ator states, to afford means for students to ob
taut an , agricultural education ; and it is 'now
held up for our support because it is devoted to
the instruction of a particular' class of people of
the State. Now ; in addition to being,opposed
to the whole system of creating schools for a
particular class of the community, I think -it is
most unwise to make such an approptiatioki at
piesent, as is proposed in this bill. Thefinances
of the State, to say the least, are embarrassed.
It will, not.be wondered at if, before we get
through this summer, the State Treasurer will
be obliged•to resort to a loan to meet the ordi
nary-expenses.of the government, and I should
not wonder irbefore long it. be founcinecessary
for us to increase the rate o£ taxation in this
'State. There are dangers and difficulties ahead
of us, and, therefore, I think it is imprudent
that such a large approprietion as is .contem
plated should now be made. For these rea
sons I shall vote against the bill.
Mri GREGG. I, hope the amendment will
not be, agreed to. This school is now. consid
ered . •
as in pint a State-institution, and a vast
amount of money has .been expended in its
erection and support. The sum named in the
amendment would not be sufficient to sustain
the school, and the Legislature would.; be re
quired, at an early day, to make further. appro
priations. If - the Senators 'from York and
Berkw.had visited that institution and observed
the,manner in which it is Conducted, th e y
would have been willing'o giant - the appropri
ationnow askedfor.
M. FINNEY. With regard to, the proba
bility of this State not being able . to 'pay its
debts,4which is a matter entirely speculative
on the part of those gentlemen suggesting such
a state of affairs, I would state that I have had
occasion .to inquire into the, likelihoixl of such
an event; and I was informed by a gentleman
wellinformed on the subjetit, that by a strict
collection of taxes the State would, irk such a
case, be enabled to comply with all her consti
tutional requirements and still have $250,000
in: the Treasury.: ; „
I am convinced that by means of this appro
priation, We indirectly do the Government more
goody than possibly, could be accomplished by
any plan tivhich might be devised.. There is no
doubt that were it -- not for the fostering care of
the :State Govetements M the North, which
hive disseminated' education• among the people
large; we' would now be in the same-condi
tion as, the a:4ton States of the Sontlt. Every
man knows that that condition is the result of
ignorance, brit yielding it'p to animal' paisions,
the 4 natural osnawAkiencePtvgpnt orgoverrunent.
I consider that this is one plan of ele,vatintt . It . "
people of Piiiithilvaßts above Rmich eoondworu
altidia-qf tbis v nstitution,
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to comprehend its operations, is that it has a
beneficial influence, and is calculated to afford
benefit to all classes in Pennsylvania.
It has been deemed convenient and proper in
connection with other branches of edneation,-to
institute a sturly of agriculture and to secure a
knowledge of That branch of study by teach
ing the student, by practical experiments, the
nature of the laws which govern the cultiva
tion of the soil. This is not a plan peculiar to
Pennsylvania._ Other States have undertaken
to carry it out ; and this is now a question M
Pennsylvania, whether the money appropriated
to the accomplishment of such an object shall
be thrown away. I have no apprehension that
if this appropriation is made the State will be
come insolvent -in consequence thereof. The
extraordinary expenses that seem to be antici
pated by Senators here would require to be met,
under • any circumstances, by extraordinary
means. Probably, if we had to incur the im
mense expense incident to keeping up war
operations in this State, for the defence of its
citizens, we should be compelled to resort to a
loan: I merely suggest these ideas in answer
to the arguments that have been offered in op
position to this measure.
Mr. SMITH. I feel somewhat embarrassed
in regard to this bill. I favor the project
which is set forth, and I would have voted for
the bill even if the amount had been greater,
but I confess that circumstances have arisen
- within a few days which have tended much to
shake my confidence in the propriety of my
vote for the bill at this time. If the state of
affairs now existing had been developed at the
time when I gave my assent to this bili,l think
I should have hesitated before agreeing to vote
this large amount of money out of the treasury.
I move-to postpone the bill for the present.
Mr.M'CLURE. It is very manifest that if the
Senate determines to make any appropriation
at all they should appropriate the whole amount
required by the necessities of. the Farmers'
High. School.
I need hardly remind Senators in this body
that there is no interest in our Commonwealth
—not a single interest in our great State—that
has been so much neglected, so wanting in
rational progress, as our agricultural interest,
Mr. Speaker, it is the great interest of your,
State ; it overshadows everything. Take all
the interests of the State combined, and it will
be found that they do not approach in impor
tance the great commercial interest of Pennsyl
vania ; and yet there is not among all those in
terests one which is so far behind in rational,
thrifty progress as that of agriculture.
How are we to progress ? There is but
one means of so doing, viz : by the education
of our agricultural community. This school
establishes such a means. It proposes, at least,
to open the Way for it ; and Ibannot understand
why, after the progress that has already been
made in the formation of the school, the Le
ziontaff.. ehnuld now hesitatein carrying out the
objects for which it was first designed. It may
be that the Treasury is short of funds ; but after
the actual necessities of the government have
been met, I shall vote against every other ap
propriation proposed in this body, if such action
be necessary to secure this amount to the Far
mers' High > School. I regard it as the most
necessary, ofall the appr-priations we have made ;
aii&l - uppeal to the Senate, whether this is not
the great interest of the State, and whether the
project is not a move exactly in the right direc
tion. ' I think that we should give the whole
amount which is asked fiir by,this bill. Tl2ey
do not ask that it shall be paid this year ; but
with obvious propriety , they say that, if the Le
gislature intends.to:furnish the means by which
this school is to be completed, an assurance
should be given:hp us that we mean to appro
priate this money.within two years, in order to
enable the trustees of the school to complete the
college buildings.
~Mr. S.EI'OII - Alkl. I hope the motion to post
pone 'will not prevail. I have debated a good
deal in my own mind, about the propriety of
this;provision. I have no special interest in
this school, one way or the other, but I have
always felt kindly towards it, as one of the
proininent,leading agricultural institutions in
the State. My only hesitation in support of
Ibis bill -has arisen from the question as to
whether, we are able to help it at` this time,
But I have come to a conclusion which I will
now state. In the first • place - It' is admitted
upon n all hands that, the agricultural interest is
the great interest of the. country—the original
and first general pursuit—the support and foun
dation of all others. lam satisfied, Mr. Speak
er, that there is no way in which we can so ef
fectually and surely enrich the' State treasury
as by ageneral diffusion and dissemination of
intelligence
relative to this great pursuit. All
admit that it is the first, the greatest and the
chief occupation of man ; and shall this inter
est of all interests be treated blindly and igno
rantly ?- Shall that great and preponderating
class, of the community which is devoted to this
pursuit, grope on in darkness and be left unaid
ed to work out their own progress? Why, Mr.
Speaker, I know very well that there are whole
districts in Pennsylvania where land which ten
yeamago was ~worth ten dollars an 'acre, has
been enhanced to the value of one kindred
dolling, merely hy,the application of the prin
cipleepf agricultinal chemistry.
Mr. Speaker, what is the basis of the incom
ing treasury? Where do you get your means
orcerrying on the Government, of appropriat
ing to the varied objects for which we provide
at the close of every Seddon ? - Why, sir, this is
an investment which is to pay, in ten years
from this time, a hundred fold. It is this rich
interest Which is to &replenish the treasury.—
Take out your $50,000 of appropriation to the
Farmers' High School, educate the young
farmers of this great State so that they may go
luime, and• Whereve- they tread, &if on their
own patrimony or on the soil of their neigh
bors, there maybe left the impress of their in
telligence and science ; and I tell you, sir, a
richer crop will grow out of it and be gathered
into thepublic treasury than we could obtain
by any _other meens. Somehow a prejudice has.
prevailed against the study of agriculture--
which is -like' all other prejudices against a'
proper knowledge of science—against what was
called book learning or book fanning. Every
farmer had his own notions with respect to - his
business. Be done his work as his father did
before him, and he was content to:i. jog on in the
old way; but that day has almost gone 4.
The 'State of Pennsylvania is profiting by
the example of other States; and our
people are now looking anxiously for. light
i and instruction on this great subject ; and it is
the universal complaint, of the farmers of this
State that we come here to Harrisburg and le
gislaie for every other interest forthe com
mercial the ;mining and - the MannfacturbiE
interests—:for everything else - but the farming
interest. We talk, summer aftergummer, and
year after. -year; about tariffs, ankprotocting
this an that interest ;' but" they say we never
talk atiything about developing the greakagri--
etagal interests of the State. Now, I propottO
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