STATE EXPENSES WERE UP IN 1877 Attorney General Had to Makti Ruling That State Should Pay For Mansion Ice Forty years ago Capitol Hill was nil atirred up because of a controversy over what part of the expenses of maintaining the Executive Mansion should be borne by the Common wealth of Pennsylvania and George Lear, attorney general under Gover nor John F. Hartranft, invoked the classics in ruling that coal, ice and flowers were necessary to the com fort and enjoyment of the people who visited the official home of the gov ernors and should be paid from the funds of the State. Mr. Lear also rul ed that the State should pay sls for sprinkling Front street In front of the mansion as a proper expense for the Commonwealth because he reason ed that the furnishings of the house might bo damaged by dust from the then unpaved street. The questions which vexed the offi cial mind in the summer days of 1877 were raised by Justus F. Temple, of Greene county, then auditor general and one of the last of the Democrats to hold that office, a place which has been tho storm center of successive administrations. It is interesting that Mr. Temple stood upon the itemization of the general appropriation bill and that ho •"bucked" on paying the coal and ice bills and cavilled at the flow ers because there was no specific ap propriation for them. It was Mr. Lear's legal ruling that the governor was "the host of the peo ple" and that the State should enable him to "dispense a generous hospital ity." He held that the State should pay bills for the upkeep of the man sion, although the Temple idea, which was Democratic in days of strenuous politics, did not accord with the thoughts of the Republicans of the Hartranft administration. There is also something interesting because of the comment of a recent governor that the State gave him a big house and seven or eight servants and required him to feed them when he did not need them, in the L<ear opinion of forty years ago. He says that the State did not provide a build ing with furniture nor repair and re plenish it from time to time for the mere purpose of affording a residence for the executive of the State. "The State," he says, "has undertaken to provide him an abode where he can meet his guests on true Republican equality." The attorney general of that day quoted Latin and used the homely ex pression "it is necessary to stick In the bark in this case" in holding that "too minute a stress must not be laid on the strict and precise significance of words." He says that "to supply" means "to furnish with anything that is wanted'' and asserted that definition "covers the whole ground from the fuel to the flowers." Apparently the legislators of that day were not given to specific appro priations which became the rigorous rule immediately after the Capitol furnishing scandal because he says "It would be better to appropriate a con tingent fund for these purposes, but it has not been the practice, it is im possible to describe every item in such cases In a general appropriation bill. But there may be economy in embraCr ing all the public buildings in one ap propriation; for several small appro priations could be passed by the leg islature with more facility than one containing a large gum find yet the small ones would aggregate much more than the large one." Evidently Mr. has his ideas about ependiture of money because he adds "and there will be economy in paying the items referred to out of the appropriation of SIO,OOO rather than have it expended, us it will be, for other purposes if not so applied and at the next session of the legis lature the supplies or furnishings of the executive mansion will be pro vided by a special appropriation. The refusal to pay these items out of the present appropriation would undoubt edly result in the expenditure of the SIO,OOO in some other way." After saying that the items are proper and should be paid he con cludes "X will therefore share with you the responsibility of approving the bill before you." The opinion is rich in the legal phraseology of the day and in addi tion is filled with florid sentences which roam from natural history to tho religious. 150,000 Germans "Are Armed in Chicago" Philadelphia, Feb. 2. - One hundred and fifty thousand armed Germans, ready for action, are in Chicago, with .".5.000 English, also armed, watching them, said William Ellis Scull at the annual meeting of the Transatlantic Society at the Bel!evue?Stratford yes terday. He added that ho had receiv ed the information from good author ity. Plans were made for a dinner in March to which will he invited Sir Gil bert Parker and Sir Cecil Spring-Rice. Dr. Albert Cook Myers, just return ed from England, where ho collected relics and data for his biography of William Penn, said that, although two members of the Penn family. Captain William Penn-Stpart and Lieutenant Esriiee Stuart, had been killed, tho Penn line is not broken, there being other descendants. TOBACCO GROWERS SUED Test of Contract's Value Being Made in Lancaster Courts Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 2. The law lias been invoked to decide whether a tobacco grower may sell tobacco at a higher price after contracting to sell to another party. The Seed-Leaf Tobac co Growers Company, of Lancaster, yesterday secured a temporary injunc tion against H. H. Moore and his ten ants, John O. Kieese, Harry, J. Mil ler, M. O. Gantz, J. F. Markley, Albert R, Ladls, Ella Moore and J. F. Stoner, a Lltitz tobacco dealer. The plaintiff contracted for thirty six acres of tobacco at stipulated fig ures, but only six acres were delivered, thirty acres being sold to Stoner. The company sues to secure possession of the entire amount. The case is con sidered an important one, as it has become a common practice to contract to sell to one party and then deliver to another at a higher figure. U-BOAT DAMAGES CRt'ISER British Warship and .Submarine in Battle lu South Atlantic Buenos Aires, Feb. 2. Th<- British cruiser Amethyst, one of the .squad ron searching for German raiders in the South Atlantic, was attacked bv a sumbarlne, according to the Pernam buco newspaper Jornnl Pequeno, but repelled the attack. Tho crulaei then touched at Perpanihuco to repair, al though the extent of the damage is not exactly known. The newspaper declares that the British consul admitted the attack on tho Amethyst, although the ship bore no evidence of having been In an engagement. I "The Live Store" , | V,. :M I To Be or Not to Be Th I Doutrichs Mark-Down Sales are often imitated and while we appreciate the sincere flattery of having our methods and our 1 advertising copied none have yet equalled our value-giving sale time or any time. " , ® ' * I To=morroW, the Se o f°ot Day I MARK-DOWN SALE Every piece of merchandise in this "Live Store marked Down (except Arrow collars and overalls) In business, as we all know, certain times Stock-taking involves much labor, time in the year tfie taking of stock that is, an inventory, and patience, but results warrant the effort put forth, is a neccessary task. Every article of merchandise on hand must method room is made for new stock that gives zest to be counted, the value of each different assortment of articles is es- . se in K greatw and better service to our customers. Everybody, D . i IjL . .... r. i j-rr * i c j everywhere, has their troubles—we are fighting a big battle with tamated. It .s at th.s t.me that one profit, by Afferent sale, of de- the high of , iving _ and thig exceptio g na , opportunity afford sirable articles reduced in price. Our reductions are not sensation- . ed by thig Live Stored" genuine mark-down sale <— lessens the al but they are absolutely true, cost on your wearing apparel considerably. Whatever else this "Live Store" accomplished since it ' opened its doors in this city—we're proud of the fact that it gave to Harris burg an "always reliable" clothing where you can feel satisfied to send your friends—we've had . fjfj| your loyal patronage and good will—we believe our square-dealing , honest-representation and greater values has won your confidence which has enabled us to become the "Largest," "Lead ing," "Livest" Clothing Store in Central Pennsylvania KSBEL Kuppenheimer "Suits" and "Overcoats" I All Blue Serges - "Black Suits" - All Staple and Fancy Suits I * I All $15.00 "Suits** and *'Overcoats** J All SIB.OO "Suits** and "Overcoats** 1 All $20.00 "Suits** and "Overcoats** I I All $25.00 "Suits** and ''Overcoats** 1 I All $30.00 "Suits** and "Overcoats** ■'m EVERY SHIRT MARKED DOWN jlfH|i "Eclipse" - '''Manchester" - "Bates' Street" - w S All SI.OO Shirts 79c All 60c Shirts 49c IMM fIMMSi All $1.50 Shirts $1.19 All Boys'soc Shirts 39c " £S§|^ All $2.50 Shirts $1.89 All Boys' 50c Waists .; 39c All $3.50 Shirts . $2.89 All Boys'sl.oo Shirts 79c BHBBK All $5.00 Shirts $3.89 All Boys'sl.oo Waists 79c ■ UNDERWEAR HATS and CAPS | ■ All 50c Underwear, 39c All $2.00 Underwear, $1.59 f ?'nn {j*!* lo'qq ■ All SI.OO Underwear, 79c All $2.50 Underwear, $1.89 M ; Slf All $1.50 Underwear, $1.19 All $3.50 Underwear, $2.89 £J{ f" QO Caps 79c 'KBO I y Silk "Scarfs" and Mufflers j Plain Gray Black and White Purple and Green Shades with handsome border effects $1.50 Scarfs $1.19 $2.50 Scarfs $1.89 $3.50 Scarfs $2.89 $5.00 Scarfs . $3.89 I > ' i / . \ ' , ■ 1 < \ > 13
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