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“Mother” Jones ones Tells of Mine
Guards Brutality---Women
Kicked and Turned Out in the
Cold---Senators Debate Peon-
age and ‘‘Russianism.”
Washington, May 16.—Further com-
munications regarding peonage and
and ‘“‘Russianism’’ in West Virginia
reached Senator Kern yesterday. All
presented harrowing pictures of pre-
vailing conditions and pleaded for an
investigation by a Congressional Com-
mittee.
Legal experts in the Senate devoted
an hour and a half to discussing the
situation. No conclusion as to mar-
tial law and the power of military
tribunals was reached. The matter
went over until tomorrow afternoon.
Mother Jones sat in the gallery of |.
the Senate and listened to the dis-
cussion of affairs in West Virginia.
In descrbing the brutality witnessed
by her in West Virginia, she said: ye
MOTHER JONES’S STORY.
«I saw a woman named Sylvia,who
had been so terribly kicked by the
mine guards, when she was about fo
become a mother, that her child was
born dead.
“I saw three married women and
one single girl of seventeen years
penned up in the military bastile of
the free state of West Virginia while
guards marched. outside. These
women were in mortal terror. They
were submitted to indignifies that
are almost in conceiyableZinithis free
country.
‘I saw women and their babies—
thirty or more of them—driven out of
their miserable mine company shacks
at Marcy, which go under the title of
homes, forced to sleep under the sky
in eold weather, until we, the miners’
organization, got tents for them.
“1 know of another case of a wo-
man in the Sheltering Arms Hospital
at Holly Grove, beaten and bruised
by the guards.
“Outside the bull pen, in which I
was until last week, I have seen hus-
bands; I have seen children weeping
in their mothers’ arms, pleading for
a chance to speak with their fathers.
But the guards turned a deaf ear to
all the entreaties and sent the women
away.
“Children are forced to go into the
coal pits as breakers. Their meagre
age is needed for the home.
“Big, strong men have come to me
pleading for help. They came by
nightt, for they knew that the mine
guards would blackjack them in the
daylight.
+I] have known of gcases of boys
shanghaied for mine work. I have
seen the asylums fill because] of the
terrible system that sapped soul and
body ’
‘J know that the authorities have
- threatened to arrest two newspaper
men if they came within the martial
law zone, but I do know that this
story is now going out to the civilized
world, and that the press cannot be
blocked by such methods.
SAYS WOMEN WERE SHOT IN FIGHT. |
W. R. Farley, in ougiining condi-
tions, said:
+‘ found only a few weeks ago in
the Paint Creek district the case of a
seventeen-year-old girl, named Clay-
pool, forced by the guards to wade
an ice-cold stream rather than take a
road to the bridge a short distance
away. :
‘I saw another woman, whose feet
had been shot by the guards. She
will be a cripple for life. She was
hidden behind her own door in a back
room. Her husband, a miner in the
Paint Creek district, had hidden him-
self in the cellar. Baldwin guards
deliberately fired on the house. The
bullets ricocheted through four rooms,
struck a Bible and a table and finally
wounded the woman. Her husband’s
offense was nothing. Hers was—the
Lord knows what.
‘I know of still another case where
the guards in the Paint Creek district
were beating a husband to death
when the wife interfered. They turn-
ed on her. She was in a delicate con-
dition. When her child was born it
was dead. :
“I know that for years the mine
guards have been stopping strangers
as they got off the trains throughout
the coal field districts. They asked
the visitor’s business. If he did not
answer, or if the answer was unsatis-
factory, he was told: Get back on the
train, or, if the train had moved on,
he was ordered to keep going down
the track and ‘to be d——d sharp
about it.’
“The stranger kept going because
every few miles another guard warn-
ed him that he must continue his
journey.
I know the homes of the mine
companies are shacks unfit for human
beings to dwell in.’ I know this be-
cause I have lived in them. I know
that the guard system, which is only
now coming to light, has been in
force for years. I know that the bru-
tality of these guards is beyond de-
scription.
“My investigations have shown me
that the miners of West Virginia are
earning far less than the miners of
any other section. They are extreme- |
There is never a penny left |
over after the brass checks have been |
ly poor.
turned in at the company stores for
food under penalty of dismissal if any
trading is done elsewhere.’”’
————————— em eeeranne
‘“‘Generally debilitated for years.
Had sick headache, lacked jambition,
was worn out and all rnn down.
Burdock Blood Bitters made me a
well woman’’.—Mrs. Chas. Freltoy,
Moosup, Conn. ad
vrem—— ete ————
For Dying Cantaloupe Vines.
The home grown cantaloupe is a
favorite article of food with most per-
sons, but fruit growers have difficulty
in producing it to perfection because
of thedangers of diseases. Many per-
sons have written to State Zoolngist
H. A. Surface asking what to do to
prevent the sudden wilting of the
vines. To a correspondent making
an inquiry of this kind ProfessorzSur-
face replied as follows.
The sudden wilting andjdying of the
cantaloupes of which you write was
due to one or two causes, which are
distinct in nature and demand sepa-
rate treatment.
“The trouble may have been the
Cantaloupe blight, which is a real dis-
ease of the leaf and vine. Itjlcauses
the leaves to become darkj’and dis-
colored, aying generally from the
edges while the vines mayj remain
green. Since this is agdisease Sthere
is no remedy for it after it has com-
menced to show in the leaf, but the
plants can be so treated as to prevent
its spreading to other leaves or to
other plants. In othe words, the
treatment should be preventive rath-
er than remedial. This treatment
consists in spraying the plants with a
fungicde such as Bordeaux mixture,
made with three pounds of bluestone
and four pounds of lime in fifty gallons
of water when the plants are one foot
or two in length, and continuing this
once every two or three weeks.] ZZ
‘‘The other cause of the sudden wilt-
ing of cucumbers and melons is the
larva or grub of the striped cucumber
beetle eating away the surface of the
roots- This causes the entire plant
to wither almost suddenly as if 'scald-
ed. The leaves remain green but dry
like hay. They do not become black
and discolored as in the case of the
case of the disease known as the
blight, and the body of the vine itself
shrivels at once. The proper treat-
ment for this is to prevent the damage
by keeping the larva of the beetles
from getting at the roots. These little
yellow and black striped bettles feed
readily upon the seedling leaves, just
as they come above the ground, and
also on the other leaves of the young
plants. Spray with ono ounce of ar-
senate of lead in each gallon of water,
or dust the young plants with a mix-
ture of equal parts of hellebore, to-
bacco dust and pyrethrum. Put this
powder around each hill will help to
prevent damage to the plants. By
means of this mixture of powdered
materials I have been able to prevent
damage to the plants, and the tobacco
dust is also a valuable fertilizer.”’
eG ee—
Bilious? Feel heavy after dinner?
Bitter taste? Complexion sallow?
Liver perhaps needs waking up.
Doan’s Regulets for bilious attacks,
25 at all stores. ad
ere eset *
Woodrow Wilson on the Tariff
As President Wilson is the promi-
nent head of tariff revisionists, being
practically responsible for whatever
tariff legislation may be enacted
by the present Congress, just what
his views are on the subject should
prove interesting to men of affairs in
every political camp. ;
The Pittsburg Dispatch has secured
exclusive rights for this territory for
a series of articles by the President,
expressing his ideas in minutiae on
the uppermost topic in the public
mind.
These articles have never before
been printed in newspaper or periodi-
cal. Now that the tariff is in the
limelight of publicity, everyone will
want to know, first hand, just
what President Wilson’s views may
be. The series will be printed in the
Sunday issue of The Dispatch. See
that you get it next Sunday and reg-
ularly thereafte. Don’t miss an ar-
ticle. Order_from your news dealer
today.
+ Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
DEAD LETTER LIST.
Wilber Derry, G. B. Edwards, Daw-
son Flosk, C. Harah, Moore Nursery
Co., 0. L. Miller, and Miss Gladys
Williams.
May 17, 1913. J. F. NavGLE, P. M.
eens
Farmers, mechanics, railroaders, la
borers, rely on Dr. Thomas’ HEeleetic
Oil. Fine for cuts, burns, bruises.
Should be kept in every home. 25¢
and 50c. ad
HALF NELSON-CROTCH
Considered Simplest Grip in
Wrestling Business.
Champion Frank Gotch Won Amerl-
can Title First Time by Means of
This Combination—Gives Pow-
erful Leverage.
in wrestling. It is considered the
simplest grip in the business, yet
it is important, for an infinite
number of combinations may be se-
cured in conjunction with it. The
most important of these is the crotch,
a grip barred in Greco-Roman wrest.
ling; but Greco-Roman is only half
wrestling—it bars half the holds.
“Some of my hardest matches have
been won by securing the half nelson
in conjunction with the crotch,” says
the world’s champion. “I won the
American title the first time by the
use of this combination. Jenkins was
a tough customer—strong, rough and
capable of great endurance. When I
secured the crotch and half nelson,
picked Jenkins up bodily and slammed
him to the mat four times in succes-
gion, it robbed Rim of his strength and
I won in a hurry.
“In many of my hardest matches I
have secured the crotch hold first by
a ruse to get some other grip. Then
I fastened on a half nelson and re-
tained the combination until my oppo-
nent succumbed. I defeated Yussuf
Mahmout, the great Bulgarian wrest-
ler, in this way in our match in Chi-
cago several years ago. This Bulga-
rian gave me a much harder battle
than those who watched the battle
probably figured. I set aATrap for him,
however, and he fell into it, going
down to defeat in two bouts on a half
nelson and crotch.
“How the half nelscn and crotch
may be secured is illustrated by the
way I got it on the Bulgarian.
“Mahmout had put up a game battle.
He was beginning to worry me a bit,
but I had figured out the proper
method of overcoming his crouch. I
put my hand back of his head and
jerked him forward. This overbal-
anced him and, continued, enabled me
to go behind him and wrestle him to
the mat.
“There is one thing Mahmout had
been cautioned to avoid—the toe hold
—but that proved his downfall. When
T: half nelson is the primal hold
Gotch in Half-Nelson and Crotch Hold
I made a motion to get this grip he
turned on his side to protect his toes.
As he made this move I thrust my
right arm through his legs for a crotch
‘hold. He tried to spin out and as
he did so, half turning around, I
slipped my left hand under his left
arm and completed the half nelson
and crotch combination.
“When I secured the half nelson I
did not place my hand on the Bulga
rian’s neck as most wrestlers do. 1
rested it on the back of his head. The
pump back on the old farm at Hum-
boldt taught me the value of this. It
is simply a problem in applied mathe-
matics. The greatest lifting power ia
exerted with the hand on the back of
the head. It gives one a better lever
age. Mahmout was forced to exert
the same power with the muscles of
his neck as with those of the neck and
shoulders combined when the hand is
placed on the neck.
“Then there is another thing that
ghould not be overlooked: When the
crotch is secured along with the half
nelson, one should ram the arm as
far under his opponent's legs as pos:
gible. This enables one to hold his
opponent more securely and gives the
attacker greater lifting power.
«With this powerful leverage, in
which Mahmout had a part, it was
next to impossible for the Bulgarian
to escape. 1 gradually forced him
down, bearing all my weight on his
resisting shoulder, until he sank back
in defeat.
“Sometimes the half nelson is se
cured first and when the defensive
wrestler is in the act of spinning out
the crotch is added. Many forms of
the half nelson are employed. ‘Farmer’
Burns says he knows seventeen. The
grip is seldom used, however, except
jn conjunction with other holds and
for the purpose of forcing a wrestler
into unguarded positions. I have won
a majority of my matches with the
half nelson as a partial weapon of of:
fense.”
_(Copyright, 1912. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Johnstown.—In spite of the recent
heavy . rains, the water situation in
| the northern part of the county is
growing acute. The Northern Cam-
bria Water Co.’s system, which has
its source in the newly constructed
reservoir at Nicktown, is said to be
nearly a complete failure for some
reason, many consumers having been
without water for weeks. The Min-
ers’ hospital at Spangler is one of the
places seriously affected by the pre-
vailing shortage. There is talk of
abandoning the reservoir system and
drilling wells for a supply. The new-
ly organized Citizens’ Water Co. will
investigate the feasibility of the plan.
. Philadelphia.—Caspar Knobel, last
surviving member of ihe band of 14
Union cavalrymen who captured Jef-
ferson Davis, president of the Comn-
federacy, attempted suicide at his
boarding house by inhaling illuminat-
ing gas. On May 10 Mr. Knobel cele-
brated the forty-eighth anniversary
of the day he placed Jefferson Davis
under arrest. When found by his
landlord, Isaac Israel, Mr. Knobel was
unconscious. He was taken to Mount
Sinai hospital, where he revived, but
owing to his advanced age, his recov-
ery is doubtful.
Union Deposit.—William H. Rapp,
aged 55, postmaster and merchant,
died suddenly from heart disease in
this city. Mr. Rapp was born in Phil-
adelphia, but had lived here for 29
years. He was a member of the
Patriotic Order Sons of America, In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows and
of the Reformed church.
Jonestown.—With several fingers of
both hands shot off by the accidental
discharge of a revolver, John C.
Lentz, aged 55, who is deaf and dumb,
will probably have his only means of
communication destroyed. He is in a
serious condition at the Lebanon san-
atorium, where every effort is being
made to save part of the right hand,
which is badly burned. He was
cleaning the revolver when it ex-
‘ploded.
Uniontown.—Louis Eberhart, aged
97, who died at Monongahela town-
ship, Green county, Pa., spent his life,
according to relatives, on his farm.
He was never on a train, steamboat |
or street car, although he lived a mile
and a half from the Monongahela riv-
er and the same distance from the
Monongahela railroad. A log house
was his home the greater part of his
life.
Pittsburg.—Patrick Butler, aged 45,
of Garford Hill, went to see his sis-
ter, who lives in Millvale avenue, near
the Pennsylvania railroad, and while
there met John Carney, aged 38, who
had come from Ireland several days
ago. It is said Butler and Carney were
enemies in the old country and they
renewed hostilities. Bricks were used,
it is alleged, and within a short time
a crowd was about the house and on
the Ben Venue bridge. Butler and
Carney were arrested.
Kittanning.—J. Raymond Pacovsky,
former manager of the Foreign Ex-
change bank of this place, who was
convicted in 1910 on charges of em-
bezzlement in the Armstrong County
courts, and who was confined in the
‘Western penitentiary, was released by
Judge John H. Painter. The applica-
tion for his release was filed last Sat-
urday. The statement set forth that
no bills of indictment had been pre-
pared by the district attorney in any
case, and that the petitioner did not
enter a plea of guilty on any bill of
indictment. Pacovsky was sentenced
to the penitentiary for not less than
three years and not more than 12
years and to pay a fine of $500. The
petition alleges the sentence was il-
legal and the court was asked for a
writ of habeas corpus.
Chester.—When Mrs. George Reed
returned to her home after a visit out
of town, she found it in ruins from a
fire, started it is believed by sparks
from a fire in an adjoining house:
Firemen were playing on the ruins
when she reached the scene.
Waynesboro.—Thieves entered the
smokehouse of David Kauffman,
Rouzerville, and relieved him of five
large hams and as many shoulders.
Waynesboro. — Disastrous forest
forest fires have been burning on the
South Mountain the past few days and
3,000 acres of timber land in the Cale-
donia reserve, belonging to the state,
have been burned over near Cold
Spring Hollow. For three days last
week 100 men fought it at one time,
many students of the State Forestry
Academy assisting in subduing the
flames.
Mechanicsburg.—Fred Weber, 18
years old, son of Samuel Weber, a
farmer residing about one and a half
miles south of this place, in Upper
Allen township, fell from his father’s
new barn in course of construction, a
distance of 20 feet, and broke his arm
in two places. A curious coincidence
is the fact that the boy fell from the
same plasce as did George Kauffman,
a neighbor, who was assisting ir the
barn-raising and met with a serious
accident, fracturing his arm, breaking
several ribs and sustaining internal
injuries.
Chester.—While working on a trav-
eling crane, high in the air, at the
plant of the American Steel Foundries,
Harris Lawrence, aged 24, and James
W. Jones, aged 49, were caught in the
machinery, Lawrence being fatally in-
jured and Jones severely crushed
about the body. Lawrence died in the
Chester hospital.
Lancaster.—Dr. Andrew H. Baxter,
of Columbia, has been ynanimously
elected second lieutenant of Compang
C, Fourth Regiment, National Guard
of Columbia. He enlisted on March
31, as a private. He was formerly a
member of Troop G of Philadelphia.
rRNA
HOME RULE BILL
PASSES SENATE
Authorizes Each City te Adopt
and Amend Its Own Charter
FRBIDS DAMS IN STREETS
Keren Bill from the House te Prehibit
Shooting of Quail Defeated—Weuld
Not Result in Increase of Number
of Game Birds.
(Special Harrisburg Correspondence.)
Harrisburg. — The Senate issued
finally the Snyder “heme rule” bill au-
thorizing each city im the State to
adopt and amend its own charter. This
bill is of especial interest te third
class cities that would be affected by
the Clark bill which has passed
through the House making the adop-
tion of a commission ferm of gov-
ernment compulsory of all third class
cities. Under the provisions of the
Snyder bill such a eourse would be
optional with each city.
The Senate defeated the Kern bill
from the House, to prohibit the shoot-
ing of quail fer two years. Mr. Was-
bers, of Yerk, led the fight against the
bill, saying it would not result in any
increase in the number of quail. Mr.
Martin, of Cumberland, agreed with
the York Senator as to the probable
effeet, but thought it would do no
harm to try the experiment. Mr.
Jones, of Blair, favored the bill. It
polled only twenty vetes, or six less
than a constitutional majority.
The Sehaffer bill, from the House,
prohibiting the practice ef physicians
addicted to drugs or alcokol, also was
defeated, and the Philadelphia police
pension fund bill, to vote three per
cent. of liquor license revenue in that
city to the fund, was veted down a
second time, which ends its career for
this season.
The Senate passed the Jones bill
prohibiting shooting rifie bullets but
those made of soft lead, except on
properly protected rifie ranges.
The McNichol bill prohibiting dam-
ming or ebstructing of streams with-
out the consent of the State Water
i Commission, also passed final-
Tax Receiver Bill Fails.
By a vote of 13 to 8 the Senate
killed Senator Beldleman’s bill which
would have provided a receiver of
taxes for third class cities. The bill
wes net favored by certain political
‘interests because it would have done
away with the costly system of tax
collectorships now in operation in
third class cities and would have
placed the collection of all taxes,
county, city, school, etc., in the hands
of one official, to be known as a re-
ceiver of taxes. Senator Beidleman
had difficulty in getting it out of com-
mittee and when it came up for third
reading those who were opposed to it
for political reasons got im their work
and it fell.
House Passes Receivership Bill.
The administration receivership bill
which would put the appointment of
receivers and their administration of
insolvent trust companies, state banks
or bullding and loam associations in
the hands of the Commissioner of
Banking instead of having courts name
such officers, was reconsidered and
passed in the House. The motion to
reconsider the defeat was made by
Mr. Heyburn, Delaware, and debated
for an hour. After being reconsidered
the bill passed by 128 to 46. -
The effort to reconsider was at-
tacked by Mr. Bleloch, Philadelphia,
as giving too much power to the Bank-
ing Commissioner, who might be mis-
taken. Messrs. Allen, Allegheny, and
Baldwin, Delaware, contended that the
bill would eliminate large receivership
fees and expemses and enable larger
returns to shareholders or depositors
as well ag secure more prompt action
in closing up concerns. Mr. Martin,
Dauphin, raised the point that the bill
would enable the commissioner to ap-
point unlimited receivers and clerks,
to which Mr. Baldwin replied that a
similar act relative to insurance com-
panies bad rot so operated and that it
did net give powers which were not
subject to review by the Attorney-
General and courts. The bill was in-
troduced on February 26 by Mr. Moore
Philadelphia, and was the subject of
hearings in committee.
Changing Personal Tax.
The Shern bill, making personal
property taxable for county purposes
only, a& measure designed to enable
Philadelphia to enlarge transit facili-
ties, but affecting Dauphin and all
other counties, was passed in the
House by the narrow margin of five
votes. Just 109 members voted im
favor of the bill and 61 against.
Mr. Shern explained that the bill
would take from the State any share
of personal property tax, of which it
now receives ane-fourth.
Mr. Rockwell, Tioga, asked how
much it would diminish the State
revenues.
‘over fer printing,
sist upon amendments.
Mr, Bhern estimated that it would
give counties $2,300,000 every two
years, the share whieh the State is
now receiving. He added that the
House had already passed the Hess
bill to give the State but § per c=: 4
instead of 25 per cent.
S. B. Scott, Philadelphia, called ab
tention to the fact that 5 per cent was
generally used up im expense so that
the effect of the bill would be to give
counties 100 per cent.
. The companion bill, relating to ins
debtedness to be created by first
class cities for public improvemen sg,
was postponed.
Fee Abolisher Out.
The Irwin bill, te establish salaries
for county efficials in all counties have
ing less than 150,000 population, was
put en the calendar motwithstanding
negative action by the committee ox
counties amd townships. The motion
was made by Mr. Irwin, Blair, who
presented the bill and who spoke in
favor of placing it om the calendar.
The bill would abolish all fees and
make the salaries im Dauphin county:
as follows:—Sheriff, prothonotary, re
corder of deeds and county treasurery
$5,000 each; clerk of courts, $4,000;
register of wills, $3,600; county eco
missioners, $2,500 each; county solicid
tor, $1,500; coromer, $2,000; auditors,
$500 each. ;
Voting Machine Bill Up Again.
The bill to allow counties to estab-
lish voting machines for elections,
which was defeated last week by a
narrow margin, was reconsidered and
passed by 134 to 33. It goes to the
Senate for action.
A resolution was presented by Mr.
Keeport, Berks, giving the Speaker!
power, whem any bill relating to or!
affecting any department or branch of
the State government is on second or
third reading, to request any officer of}
the department to attend and to grant’
him the privilege of the floor for ex.
planation. The resolution was laid’
although some:
“noes” were heard.
The House reconsidered its vote de-
feating the bill to give cities a share in
appropriations for highways on the
same basis as counties, boroughs and
townships and laid it over fer future
action.
The bill regulating legal advertising|
in newspapers in counties of less than
50,000 population was dropped from
the calendar.
Blue Sky Bill Passes.
The House passed eighteen bills on
first reading, including the Clark bill,
establishing commission government
for third-class cities, and the Wildman,
bill for a commission to study govern-
ment in such cities and report to the'
next Legislature.
The administration “blue sky” bill,
regulating-sales of stocks and bonds,|
passed by 163 to 3.
Other bills passed Included:
Requiring affidavits of price pald to!
be made to deeds for real estate in
Philadelphia.
Changing certain main highway!
routes.
Extending and defining liability of
owners or operators of electric wires
and currents.
Serate "Bm authorizing the Banking!
Commissienar to employ an additional;
clerk and an additional stenographer.
The bill to enlarge the entrance re-
quirements for osteopathic practition-
ers was dropped from the calendar,
after it had been debated by Messrs.
Spangler, York amd McNichol, of Phil
adelphia.
Reckoning on Adjournment.
Members of other Legislatures who!
have been following the work of the
present General Assembly, are now
reckoning on adjournment being held
back until about June 5 or even June:
12. They say that they do not see
how the lawmakers can complete their
work by that time. One of the rea-
sons why the delay is likely to oc
cur is that there will be many con-
ference reports. They will not bei
on appropriation bills, but on publie
service, compensation and other bills,
on which the Senate will probably in-
As a rule the,
session takes a month from the time
the appropriation bills commences to
make.their appearance. They went in|
Thursday, which will keep the House,
all of the week on such measiren
The following week they will get into
the Senate by whieh time the upper
house will probably have finished its;
work on the big legislation and sead|
it back to: the House for action.
To Remove Party Square.
Senator Hilton Introduced a bill toy
remove the party square from the
ballot. It is similar in every resp
to that Introduced in the House b
Representative Humes and killed ‘in,
that ‘body.
Senator Snyder presented a bill fore
bidding preprieters of hotels, restau,
rants, theatres or other places of pub-
lic entertainment or amusement from
diseriminating against any person by!
reason of race, creed or color, or of
publishing that the presence of any
person is undesirable at any such’
place for such reason.
The Senate passed a large number
of bills of minor importance and post-
poned action on nearly every bill of!
any consequence on the calendar,
amending several of them and get-
ting through with a long calendar of
first and second reading bills.
Democrats Give Warning.
A test of Senator McNichol’s leader-
ship will be shown when an element
of the Democratic party, led by Sen-
ator Huffman, will fight for action on
the constitutional convention bill in
the Senate. Senator Huffman noti-
fled the Senate that he would move to
discharge the Judiciary Special Com-
mittee from the consideration of this
bill vmlesg a report is made by that
time. Senator Hall had the Demo |
cratic constitutional bill recommitted
for a hearing, although 2 long hearing | =
wag held some time ago.
Te
Planning for Baseball.
Members of the Legislature are
commencing te wonder whether the
week of appropriation bills is going,
to require them to draw lots to ses
who will stay and answer roll calls.
There will be baseball games next
week and it is the idea to make spe-
clal orders of the 350 bills expected
| to come out. The members will prob=
ably take turns in staying at work sq
that there will be a quorum pregent
at all times, Bills which have rot been
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