THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS Made by Him to ths Qeneral Assembly of Pennsylvania. Governor rattisonsenthlt biennial me. age lo Hit General Asembly of Pennsylva. nia In session at Hurrlsburg. Ia It tho Gov ernor says: It i a painful duty to avert lo' the spirit of Insurrection which characterii:d the dis turbance at Homestead. There, under tht ip of correlating abuses. civil authority was tspetided and the officei of the law defied. Armed bodies, claiming the tight to red res the wrong of the employ and in proteet the right of employer, tun fronted each oilier in hostile arrnv, ri n 1 1 1 1 1 n in riot, bloodshed and murder. To restore and maintain or der the whole mililury force of the Hlntpwa moved. I!v In real and art'Vi'y In support, inn thcclvil authorities, eacc and silbtni ion were niHiiiiuinel. and many of llie of fender arretted. If is gratifying to know that from the time the civil Millionth' first called iiMin llie Executive for aid not a aliot was II red nor h drop of blood shed. Our co-t in mis trouble wid not he considered '( it he followed by greater love of libertv. nhvdiontte to law and anppoit of tlin pul lic nuthoritie-, for in this no have ' a sunt guarantee of the peimauuucu of our lie mhlie." The gratifying exhibit of the financial condition ot the Common wealth is certainly vauae for feliciialion ' The receipt from the ordinary anurce during llie fiscal year ending November .1), 102. were a follow: Tax on coriHir itions. i.l:i .MO .VI; personal pnipeity.M.t;-,: I' collat-rHl inheritance tax. tl.tll.ikO O-V lltemes nf all kind-.!.-'. W 21; I'niteil Slates Government. ':i:.. 875 OH; Allegheny Valley l.ai road Com pa- BOM, ROJUItT K. ATT!KOJ, Ooetrrior nf P,-nniilraniii. ny. 1187.500 00; tax on writ, 17.1.1.10 00, fee of public office. 101,014 23; miscellan eon. 152.87.1 OA: making In all, 10,74s. 75 i OK, which with the balance on hand No vember i, 1KH1, 0 07IWt V), amounted to 17.72S.613 3. The following were the pay. nienta: Department expense. ll.4M.MKt 'ii; loam redeemed, interest on loan, 1,7M. H'li SO; charitnblo and penal instil ii- ion, H.IWO.iMM; common school, ",:I7!, 72 OK: National Guard. 5't,5:ia 14; o. fliers' home and soldier' orphan cliool. tK2 82SK; State tax on personal property returned to counties jtl,77fl mi; voting booth and compartments, 51, Kill 1)2; Penn sylvania Htate College. ! Kt.7 1 .1 10; miscel laneous item, (iS,l74 (17, making the aggre gate amount for the vear ending November , 1!I2, U,727,otiH tw, leaving a balance in the Treasury of il,000,04 OA. THK RKVFSt'K qrMTIOS. In onr Htate value chiefly constitute the tjasia of taxation. If the two forma of prop city, real and personal, are equal in value under a just system they should equally lirar the burden of taxation. Heal proper ty is appraised at 2. 000.000. 000 for tax pur ioses:aiid personal properly is in excess of this appraised value of real estu-e. The whole amount raised for all purposes in the Stale, for city, county, borough, town, eehool and road purposes, ia approximately 40.000,000,of which real prorly pays snout awssi.msi, ana personal property about 110,000.000. Heal estate ha undoubt edly borne the burden of the day in taxa tion. In order to encourage and promote the industries of the Commonwealth and to invite capital and enterprise, real ei a'e, es pecially in the form of farms, baa beo.ne so depressed as to need relief in a more equal distribution of taxation. The iniustlce of our system must be admitted by anv search er after tbe truth with a desire to distribute equally the burdens of government. Ho Ions aa we continue raising our income up on tbe basis of alties, the injustice of coin wiling a value in land to be taxed bevond a value in personal proierty is heavily felt b) many of onr fellow citizens. I repeat to tbe Legislature a former rec ommendation that a revenue law be framed by which the entire cnet of the Htate Gov ernment should be paid by the taxation up on corporations ami collateral -inheritances, ud Ihe receipts from taxes upon other forms of personal property be returned to the several counties to relieve the real es tute therein. Much a system would enable tbe State to adopt simpler methods of rais ins; revenue than the present laws. Much of the time of the Dauphin country coup t ia occupied in the construction ot the revenue laws of the Htate. and the taxpayer, who ought to know at a glance just what the de mands of the Htate are aa to his share of the contribution to its support, is compelled very often to engage in litigation and to wait Judicial decisions. The revenue law of 1891 made no mater ial change in our aystem of collecting the revenues. It simply, in three or four sec tions, increased tbe rate of taxation. To raise the 1), 000,000 or 10,000,000 requir ed by the State ought not to be more diffi cult to raise by muuicipal taxation 15.000, 000 or 820,000,000 required by the city ot Philadelphia. Id that city by the simple exchange of bill and receipt the taxpayer settles bis annual tax account. The Htate Treasurer and Auditor General could very readily make up budget for the amount required Tor the annual expenditure, the re oeipta to be determined by s niillage upon the value of paid in ooriorale capital. The Auditor General could therefore, submit to the Appropriate Committee of tbe Legisla ture calculations showing the Htate' s in come, based on different millsge. according us the Htale Legislature might determine the needs of tbe Government. If the legis lature felt that the existing conditions de manded a greater expenditure, the niillage could be increased. If, on Ihe other hand, the Legislature believed that economy should be practiced iu the exandlturea ot the Uoi-eruinent, the inillage could be re duced. With such a system the tax Kate is raised or lowered In the tirat city of tbe Common wealth according to iht needs of its govern ment and tbe condition of I its treasury, 'Were a like system adopted by the Htate t would not be necessary to amend the raver tine laws every time it waa found the ro ' ceipla were not sufficient, uor would there be danger of a surplus when a revenue bill yielded more than waa necessary or antici pated. Tbe miliage having been deter mined, the Auditor General would furnish to Ihe tax payer a bill, stating the value of tu paid In capital and tbe application of the r of inillage applied to it. Discounts rnn iit be allowed for prompt payment, and i be IniiM-vd for delinquency. Nor v i it suta. y add to the burdens t jtu ,u ..xMiatba form of state tat, especially in view of the lonvant In crease iu their number, and in the enormous amount of capital represented In this form of investment. The paid in capital of the corporation of the Commonwealth now is 1,200.000.000. With such a system adopted all other form of property would be left to the several counties for the purposes of equalizing their taxation, floes) system would also do away with the present method ol having the cotimle collect the Htate tax, pay the same over to the Htate Treasnrer.and the Htate Treasurer pay most of it back to the coirtny treasurers, I'Hie Governor then recommends the abolishment of the office of Mercantile Appraiser, holding that the mercantile tat ran be levied and .collected as other, taxes are. Tasslntton, the Governor renews his recommendation relating to the enforce ment orarticles XVI. and XVII. of the Constitution, touching the watering of locks ami of discrimination by common carriers, denounces the anthracite coal combine, reviews the Ilardslcy case and the work of the Board of Pardon. rim axa smjot uw, The first practical te-t of the act of June 10, 11, proierly known the "itallot He form law." wit made at the Mlate and local flections on Nmember A. 1W2. The law has met with very general popular approval. Its iwo essential features, an olHcial ballot and the private booth provision for the voter to mark his ticket, are great advances in onr tlectoral system, and are undoubtedly well tlxed In popular confidence. No modification nor amendment nf the law 'hat would In terfere wilh thee feature should he count enanced. Hefor any more serlou ditlicintie occur over Ilia construction of the disputed and doubtful provisions of the law, I rec ommend thai careful inquiry be made by llie General Assembly as lo the respects in w li ich it more palpahle defect may be remedied. The me inlng and eltcct of Ihe wor I "disability," as used In section 27, a Ihe condition which shall permit a voter lo have assistance in the preparation of hit ballot, ought to be clearly and distinctly de fined. Kxperietice in nil the counties of the Commonwealth has shown that the provis ion of law lor extra ticket is greatly in ex ces af any popular need, mid the "number of such surplus ticket might be materially reduced In the interest nf economy, es well as Ihe number of booths. Hertous ihllluiillies, embarrassing the Secretary of the I 'oinnion wealth and difficult of satisfactory deter mination In llie courts, are liable "to arise under the provisions of section 2, whereby "any convention of delegate or primary meeting of electors or caucus, held under Ih e rules of a polit cal party, or of any board authorized to certify nomination representing the poll ileal party," etc., is permitted to nominate candidate; but what jurisdiction or authority i to determine whether or not such convention, meeting or hoard is the authorized orvan of a regular political party is not set forth with precision or certaintv in Ihe law. I'nder section 3 it is provided that the nuinlw of signer to a nomination paper shall he three per centum of the largest entire vote for any correa ponding officer at the last preceding election, but by what jurisdiction or authority this shall be inquired into and determined I not stated with sitlticieut distinctness in the law. The period of 30 days, provided In the first clause of section (J 'or objections to certificates and pers, deiigned for nomi nations for the Htate at large has been found In practical experience to be unnecessarily long and I recommend an abbreviation ot that period to lo da. I'ticerlainty and variance of opinion prevail a to the dis tinction between objection "a t form or apparent conformity or non-conformity." which are to be considered by the Hecretory of the Common wealth, the Auditor General and Attorney General, and "objections as to validity of certificates or papers." which are to be (lied in and considered by the Court of Common Plena of Dauphin county. and I recommend for the consideration of the General Assem bly a better definition nf these terms than at present prescribed by the act, I'pon the whoie. the "group''' system in the present llallot Heforru law seems to give more general satisfaction than the alpha betical arrangement of the names of the candidates as prescribed in the election law of son. e of the other Common wealths which have adopted what ia known as the Austra lian system. Hya liberal construction of the act, the tickets at the last election were printed according to an arrangement of the candidatea of each of the several political parties in Its own group or column, regard less of whether or not all of these parties had at the last election polled such per cen tum of the total vote as to give them the dis tinction of a eeperate political organization as contemplated by the act. The ltih Heel ion relating to this subject is susceptible of re vision to secure a Clearer statement of its real intent and meaning. A simpler form than that presented by our law, nf marking the exception to a "group" of candidates in which the party voter desires to cut one or more nf tbe candidates on his straigh ticket, prevails in some oilier Hlates and may profitably be considered with a view to amending the law of 1X91 in this respect. In many minor details the act undoubtedly might be properly made the subject ot re molding and revision. In view of the gradual increase In the number of olling places in the State, and the reduction of tbe number of voters at each poll, it will be well for the Leglslatme to inquire into the expediency of changing the hours between which the polls remain open. In 14 Hlates at present, polls are clos ed at sunset or earlier and with two excep tions, the hours for keeping the polls open are longer in Pennsylvania than in any other state. The Governor next declares In favor of the Michigan system of choosing Presiden tial electors by Congressional districts. Con tinuing, be says: TH Fl'RLIC SCHOOLS. Experience has shown that whenever free school books and supplies are furnished, the attendance ha increased, the system thus serving the good purposes ot compul sory education and avoiding ita objection able features. I recommend legislation to the end of securing free text-hooks every where. I also recommend the consolidation of two or more of tiie rural schools into one strong institution, well equipped and with compensation offered to teachers to secure tbe talent equal to a town or a city school. The advantages of our town and city schools are admitted. Your attention is again cafled to the basis upon which tbe distribution of the funds for our common schools should be made. Tbe distribution ia now made on the basis of taxable, the department receiving a list every three years. It shouid be, however on th basis ot tbe average number ot school children in attendance. This can be accom plished very eaailv. All teachers are now required to report the average number in attendance. Vhey can still further be re quired by law to hand a certified list of tbe same to their renpectiva boirds, and the of ficers ol the Hoard can forward affidavits of Ihe same to the Department of Public In struction annually, and thus the neoessary d la will be always at band. This would tnuke the dlatrii ution more equitable and adapted more directly to tbe changing needs of the school. In Ibis connection your at tention is called to tbe iintwrfect method of ascertaining the number of children not attending the schools of tbe Htate. I there for recommend legislation for the annuul numeration of the children ol the Com moo wealth of school age. With free text books, enthusiastic xiforinauce ol duty on tbe part of more than lft.ouu school directors, and a law making distribution ol the appropriation for schools on tbe baaia ol ihe average number of school children iu attendance we will iudlrictly. bays a compulsory sys tem of education far more potent than the staff of the eonstab.e or tbe mandate of tbe Justice of tbe peace. The Governor next recommend! that economy he exercised In the matter of pub lic printing. Speaking of tbe State board of Health, the message says: It Is recommended that authority for ths sanitary organisation of the Htate be ex tended io rural districts, thus giving ts) every portion of the Slate some legally con stituted local health authority. The com- rmlsory establishment of Hoards of Health ii a I cities and incorporated boroughs; the protection nf the parity of wster supplies and provision by appropriation for a fund to be known a an emergency fund to meet extraordinary cases, are urgently recom mended. - Precautions at the Lazaretto alatlons are nrged also in view of the possibility of a cholera epidemic this year. It is recom mended that physicians who desire to prac tice pin amacy be required to undergo ex amination, the ssme as phraniaceittical graduates. The consideration of the bltl recommended by the Wtiimlnous Coal Mining Commission, at the last session, is commended. The attention of the Assem bly is cal ed to the necessity of legislation looking to the security of dam and to th preservation of the forest. Till IIOMESTKtn TROl Bt.r, Of the Homestead trouble, after reciting the history of the Executive Department's connection with the matter, quoting from Governor Hartratift's message of 1S78 touch ing the railroad riots and the Supreme Court's decision in the case growing out of them, the Unvernev seys i There wa really no effort made on the part ol the civil authotitie to suppress h disorder. The entire community seemed to surrender to the disorderly element. At the beginning 50 determined men, moved by a love of order and a patriotic spirit, would have suppressed this whole disturbance. I therefore suggest to the legislature that the costs incurred in suppressing local distur bs nces in which the civil authorities call no on the military power ot theConimotiwealth should be plai-ed upon the county calling lor theiroops, Thismavbean Incentive lo lo cal authorities to determined action in Ihe teglnnlng of a disturbance, rallierthan have their treasury mulcted in a lame sum to de fray the expenes. At least the Htate can make soma such effort to prevent the often hasty and unwarranted ca l for the presence of troops. These recent disorder teach us that legal arbitration, upon which we so much relied slid in which we had so much conlidem-e, is futile. What, then, ia the remedy? Kvery effort that has been made in legislation is without results. 1 it not to be found in teaching greater devotion lo our law s and institution, accompanied with A patriotic spirit, ever msintair.ing with due con race the Individuality of citizenship, so much contended lot by our fathers? Without such a spirit our laws will be in vain. II abuse exist, if one citizen Is oppressed more than another, the remedy Is through the law. We believe that government of the people still lives. The power ot the people therefore, through the ballot, can remedy any evils or abuses that exist. in this connection legislation should be had looking to the prevention ot the intro duction of armed bodies of men, without the consent of ihe authorities of the countv. or Htate. The State of Pennsylvania has al" ready a "Htate imllce" in the coal and iron police. There Is no necessity for any com pany or corporation introducing armed men who are not citizen i of the State and who are unknown to its ollicers or to its authority. I recommend that severer penalties lie Im posed for the interfertnee of individual riirht of person or proierlv, either by threats, iiitimidallon or violence, covet or open, decent attempt upon life and pro la-rty, by the use of powerful and dangerous explosive of modern discovery, reveal the inadequate provisions ofthe Htate law for the regulation and control of these agencies of the evil minded. Htrinvcnt law for the sale and reckless storage of gunpowder, , a much less dangerous explosive, have been enacted, but they do not. Include nltro-gly-ferine and dynamite. I recommend that measure be adopted governing their sale ami storage. Tbe Governor pays a high compliment to Ihe National Guard, and commends the suggestions made by Major General 8nowden and Adjutant General Green land. r.UTonY ijrsritcTioN. In the matter of lire escapes on Industrial institutions the Governor contends thst full authority should be given the Factory In spector, Other suggestions are: That no minor shall be employed in any factory or mercantile establishment for a longer period that 10 hours per day, or 00 hours per week. Hectlon 4 of the same act permits the employine it of children under age and permit them t) work without re striction, provided a less niimlier tnan 10 are employed. Section 2 of the factory act pro vides for the employment of children at l'i years of age. I recommend that 14 veara be substituted aa the age of employment nf children. There are more than 20.09:1 under 10 years of aga employed in the stale. The duty imposed by the act of 1801 upon the Factory Inspectors lo see to the enforce ment of the semi-monthly pay law has been more than the department, with ita present force, could properly execute, I recommend that the Mine Inspectors be required to en force its provisions in their respective dis trict, and tbe Factory Inspector oe rk quired to see to its observance within their Jurisdiction. BOA OS AND ROAD LAWS. There is no doubt of tbe popular demand which exist for the enactment of legistion on the subject of roads and roadmakiug. Al th last session of the legislature the act passed for the improvement of our road system was so unjust in ita distribution of State aid, and its purjioses so numerous and divers, as to expose It to the Constitutional objection of containing more than ona sub ject, and I felt constrained to withhold my approval. The basis of distribution which it proposed was the amount of road taxes collected and exiended by each township for road purposes during the preceding year. This would have put it entirely with in the power of the rioti and populous dis tricts, such a adjoin large cities and bor oughs, to receive a large share and possibly the full amount of Htate bounty, while re mote districts where road improvements were most needed, would have been with out relief. The importance of good roads, in their re lation to travel, traffic and economy, is con ceded. Under existing lawa the expense would largely fall on the farma of the Coin mon wealth. These already have mors than their share. To construct a desirable road under tbe most improved method would cost at lead 3,000 per mile. To construct 50 mil of such road 111 a count v would coat 1150,000, and in (15 counties 10.000,000. In addition to the cost of construction must be counted the annual expenditures for main tenance. Huch an expenditure under exist ing revenues of county and state could not ba made in a period of two, five or ten years, and if mads would largely increase the tax on real estate. I will cheerfully co operate with you in any legislation which will bring about s uniform road law, and at the same time adjust our system of taxation so that all ahall con tribute alike for the goal of improvements. The Governor conclude with airlbute to the late Adjutant General William McClel. land and ex-Qovernor Usnry U. Jloyt. The only truir Drave peopia are those who are not afraid of tbe trutb. SOLDIEUS' COLUMN BATTLE Or BOONEVILLB. Bsoolleotlons of the right, by Bhsri dan'a Headquarter'e Bugler. In recent Issne ofthe Nottonnl TW bunt appeared an article on Gen. Sher idan al Moonevllle, Mi. A I was at that time (July 1, lWJl llnglet at Gen. Sheridan's head quarters, I will give sn account of that film tt- '"1'0 morning Mich. Cav. and 2nd -Vfr la 7.'o cav., tinner Tv7J--rlf "f5he command ol Col. P. II. Sheridan, ''was camped at the village of Ttoonville, Mi s. About sunrise on the morning of July 1 we heard sharp firing at our picket-post, which was tu com mand of Lieutenant .Hcranton. of the 2nd Mich. Col. Sheridan ordered me to snunJ boot and saddle. Iu 10 minutes the com mand was ready to mount. ( apt. 11. A. Alger, of Co. C, 2nd Mich ,wat ordered to take two companies and make a detour to the rear of the enemy, and charge through, If possible; if not, to come back the way he went. Capt. Campbell, Co. K, 2nd Mich., wan ordered to take tha balance ofthe 2nd Mich, to the support of tht picket -line. How well I remember Hi noble Cnpt. Al ger as he rode nut nf camp at ihe head of that small but devoted baud of rough riders on that calm July morning 30 year ago. with orders to charge the rear of a whole division of the enemy, under th Coin man. I of the rebel Hen. Chalmers. Hut Alger anil Ihe noble nllleers and men of ills command wa never known to flinch when duty called. Thev rode to the rear of Chaliner'a Division and struck the lllsck land road a short distance in rear of ( h ai mer's Headquarter. .Capt. Alger gave the command, "On right into lines; draw sab ers; charge." In an instiiut On bright sabers Hashed in the sunlight, IS) brave voices rang out shrill and clear on the morning nlr. and away they rode pell-mell Into and through Ihe rebel ranks, cutting and riding down he enemy in their front until they met the forces, or front line of Chalmers, which Sheridan bad driven hack, but had in no way demoralized, aa they showed a solid front.- Alger then gave th command lo re'nrn saber and draw pistol, lly this time Ihe reba in the rear of Alger had somewhat re covered from their surprise, and were muss ing their force on hi t-ear and flanks, evi dently Intent on wiping him from the face of the earth. After tiring the first hot from their Colt's revolvers, Capt. Alger ordered Ills command to about-face and charge to the tear; w hich wa obeyed In grand style, a thoimli men and horses went down like the falling leaves in Autumn all along the line of that fearful charge to the rear. Capt. A Iger'a horse be came unmanageable by the breaking of hie bridle-bit. and rati under tbe limb of a tree, knocking him off, and lie was left for dead on the Held, Hut happily he was only stun ned, and soon returned to his command lo curve a name In history that all old vet are proud of. Now, io return to the balance of the command under Hhyrldiiu, I do not recollect what disposition was made of Ihe grand old 2d Iowa, but will s.iv that they always stoial shoulder lo shoulder with the old 2d Mich, in every emergency in which they were placed while brigaded with us. A short time niter I apt. Campbell went to the snpiort of Hcranton on Ihe picket-line Col, Sheridan rode out to Ihe Iron! and found Capt. Campbell's command dismounted at the forks of the lllackluml road, with led hornet in Ihe rear. Al the forks ot llie road there wa heavy timber, with iimlerbiish on each side nf li'ie ro.id, with a cleared Held south or in front. I apt. t 'otiii b-ll sat on hia horse like a statue at the forks of the road, with but few of hi men In sight. The rebel were coming out ofthe timber on the oilier side ofthe clearing in column of fours and forming in line of battle. They formed in two lines, one quite a distance in rear of the other. They formed in line as though they were on dress parade. Col. Hlieridan rode, up to Capt, Campbell and, not soeing many of hi command, said; "Capt. Campbell, where are your men '" "t)h, they are around here,'" said Camp bell. ' Great Cesar," said Sheridan, "the enemy are forming for a chaige; they will be o:; to on in a minute." Well, let 'em come, 'em; let 'era come" aaitl Cumpbell. About this time Campbell sang out to his men. "Steady, boys, steady." His men were in line, and every man under cover. The rebel bugle sounded forward, and they mov Hi out toward u on a walk in splendid or ler. Then the bugle sounded lr, sullop, and charge. On they came in wo lines about 100 yards apart. Capt. Campbe 1 now rode along the line ts hold the boys steady to the work that wus before them, and tho click, click, click of the Colt' revolving rinV told Col. Hlieridan plainer than word where the men were. The Johnnies came within about 100 yard of our line, when Capt. Campbell sang out to tbe men to give them , and to feed it to 'em; and bow those old Colt rifles did talk and th Johnnies reel from their sad dles. - About tbe second volley they came to a halt, and at the third they broke and tan back into the woods from whence they came leaving their dead and wounded on the field. Col. Sheridan immediately ordered a charge, and I think tbe 2nd Iowa made the lual charge, and the rebel Gen. Chalmers, with a whole division of cavalry, was oi:t en eraled and whipped by Little Phil and two regiments of Union cavalry. Now, boys, I have written this from memory, and if I have made any mistakes please call me down. We of the old 2d Mli h.Cav.are proud of its record and proud of ita otttcer and men. We are proud of the record of our old Colonels, Johnsou slid Campbell, Gordon Granger, Phil Shoridan and Alger, They were all rocked in the cradle o the old 2d, and christened iu the blood of its fallen beioca, Abnkh B. Htimhson, ONI CAPTURED THIBTKEN . The rest of Lieutenant Pratt at the 8 lag of Vioksburg. Captain McKay's splendid record nf seven at on haul is hi sled six by that of Lieuten ant Morton Pratt, Third Illinois Cavalry mow a prominent plivalclan at Wlthlu. Kan.,) at Vietsburg, who ons rainy day wbil our lines w. re being drawn about that doomed strongho d, aa he was returning alone from foraging, rode into aConfederats outpost within pistol-shot distance and in , plain view of a larx enemy's camp, mis taking tbe outpost for one of ours. Wearing his pocho the mistake was mutual. Of course the Yank first took iu the situailon( hen did one ever fall to?)and managed to get between the enemy and their etseked arms. While talking io them Jia was making ready a masked battery ol two massive horns pistols, which fright, fill arms, bs it remembered by sll cavalry oien.did their greatest execution in the rear. When t "ready," he demanded tht tr sur V1 render and panic to which demands, In view of th exigencies of the occasion. Ihey yielded relnciaiitly. Like the ontots' squad, they. me. wanted to star at home. The Lieutenant marched them to the rear aero a Hebel cavalry patroled road to the nearest Federal outpost, when they receiv. ed 1.1 individual paroles, which they doubt less violated a few days later. PENNSYLVANIA PICKINGS. toata mroBTAHT A.rrxNiMOf f laterest Is Iwllrs la tks Xsystette tats. KIRK'S BOAP LAW. Third Revision of an Aot Providing for a State Boad Department and Ita Operation. Arthur Kirk has just sent out the third re vised edition of hi roail law, which will be presented to the legislature, probably this tnon'li. He invite criticisms to be lent in sieeilily o Ihey may lie considered, with a view to amendment-, before the bill I In tnsliiceil. It is practically the same bill pre sented by Mr. Kiik two years ago. Mr. Kirk rets lortb at lengtll the reason! why Ihe road should be made only by tbe State as they are excln-lvely Hie property ol Ihe commonwealth. When the land of 'the State was Hrt pla'ted six act es were reserved for every hundred for road ptiriwiett, and as a hundred year' experience has proven the counties and towushis cannot he denenilnl iipop to make either good or uniform roads lis thinks It is lime for the Stale to take con trol nf this important f'-atu-e. Mr. Kirk Hunk convict should be tuailo to work on the roads. Tbe act llaelf provide, first for the ap pointment by the governor, ud subsequent ly at e-h election for governor, for the election of a Str.ic superintendent of roads, to have full coii'rol subjn- to decision of court In nil niat'er pertaining to location anil improvement of roads. He shall appoint for each county a county superintendent and he iu ttirn'district superintendents, all ol w hom are held under heavy bonds for performance of their duties. Hiale superin tendent's salary is fixed at tl.OXIa year: county superintendents, l.oS). and district superintendent". 1.IKK) a year each. The expense is to be provide.! lor by the Issue ol tO.nou.OOO In bonds each year for ten year. Payable in twenty year with interest at 3 per cent, pavub'e by ihe state treasurer semi annually ll also provide for the levy ing of poll tax on each mule inhabitant of Ihe Mate of 1 a yeir tor road purposes ex clusively. - It also provides for a property lux winch shall he levied on all property alike, whether In city, boroiwh or country. Hut Mr. Kirk argues property in theeotimty will be o enhanced In value In twenty year bv good roads that the burden will not ba fell. It ha the usual provision to prohibit superintendent from being interested iuany contract for either work or material. It also provides that any private individ ual, pipe line, telegraph or telephone com pany, electric livht or power company, ol any transpnratiou company desiring to en croach upon any road must file a map and particular with the district tiperiiiteudeiit, who will transmit with Inform Hon to the county superintendent, w ho shall tins upon the question and lix the chargea lor such encroachment. The hill in detail is lengthy, but th fore going are the main prnvi-lo'n. There are some good idea in it. and it i now generally sdmitled I hat some kind of a road law is a necessity. HARRTFY'H UKPOIIT. OMR RrcoMMKS'llATION MADK RKUARPIXQ TJII BALLOT l.t. HARRisni-Ro. Hecretur Harrlly ha sub milted hi annual report to Gov. Puttison. It shows mat during the last two year 1. 154 charters were granted under the act of April 20.1H0I, and 711 locomotive and 127 street railway companies were Incorporated, besides a great deal of miscellaneous busi ness. Tha lee for Ihe lust twenty. two months amount to 71. ,177 AO. which docs not include the bonus fees received on the granting of charters. The expense of the de- Partmeiit for the same period was 01,141 02 rotn this it appear that tho fee more than exceeded llie expenditures of the de partment by the sum of liMM 84. In ad dition to this there has been received from commissions, certilled copies and miscellan eous sources the sum of 12.010 12, which would make Ibeexcess of such leceipla over the expenditures amount to J2.4ii. The total com missions issued were 0,1142. Hecretary Hurrily refers to the defect in the new ballot law. and makes suggestions for the benell t of the legislature. He thinks that nominations mude by nomination papers, which do not have attached thereto llie number of signature as required for any lute or district nomination, should not b certified to countv commissioner and sheriffs a directed In section 10 of the act. The reason for this is that no authority is given in any part of the act to anyone lo de termine what is tbe required per centum of the vote lit the previous election ill lha dis trict from which a nomi nation (taper purports lo come. It is suggested that section 4 should be so changed us to set out clearly what po litical appellation muy or may not be used by parties making nominations by nomina tion papers. He thinks that tha time for til ing objections to nomination papers and certificates should be reduced one half. Regarding tbe form ot ballot he saya: "Ia ustice to the several political pariiea com pelled to make nomination hy nomination papers this section should be so amended as to allow their nomination to be arrang ed on the ballot in the same manner as nominations made by certiHcatee of nomi nations. ' Further, he suggests that the manner of marking the ballot by the voter could be simplified by providing that one crosa mark opposite the party name or ap pellation at the head ofthe list of candidatea hall be considered as a vote for all tbe can didates of the party. THE BIG KP.t'PPCAR. tABCBST IK THK WORLD, AT LAST COM PLBTKO Al THK Al.TOt.XA SHOPS, Ai.tooha. The largest freight car evet built in ttiis country wss turned out of th Pennsylvania Kailroud Company's shops here, it will be used to. transport from sparrow Point, near Baltimore, to Chicago Ihe 121 ton camion b-ing Manufactured at die works of Ihe Krupp Gun Company in Prussia for exhibition at th World's Fair, The car practically consist of two tars, aith eight pair of wheela each, joined by in iron bridge, thus presenting the appear tnce of one long cur with 10 puir of wheels THK RIOHTS or MARR1KD WOMIK. In an opinion delivered by Judge Green in the case of the Lairobe Building and Loan Association against Margaret A. r'ritx, llie Supreme Court ha decided that a mar tied women can now make any kind ol I contract in relation to the Improvement Of her aeiwrate estate, which eue could niuke if she were a single woman, includ ing even the giving ot a bond. In this case ihe Court reversea the county court, which bad treated a illegal and void a bond given by Mia. r'rilx for the payment of money loaned her by tbe building association for the improvement of her real estate. Paul Good, a prominent resident of West moreland county, dropped dead neur Harri son City. A singular coincidence ia tbe fact that hia wife a abort time ago dropped dead at Manor church, while attending a fu neral. Bkcaiwk he couldn't pay hie room rent at the Mansion bouse at Whitehaven. Samuel Kvsna b ew tiul hi braiu Wednesday olgul Pennsylvania Legtslalure. 1st DT. At noon. Toedv, I.lent-Oo-srnor Warn- called Ihe senate lo order. Secretary Harrify wa then Introduced and) handed the president th certificate of new ly electeti menibe-s, which were read and lbs member sworn In. Senator Geo-ge Handy Smith p'aeeol Sena tor J. P. H. Gohln in nomination for presi dent pro tern, and Wm. I'enn Lloyd nomi nated J a red C. Brown of York county for the same office on behalf nf the Democrat. Them were only two member absent. Sena tor Klinn of Allegheny and Senator llrown of Westmoreland. The vote 'refilled as fol lows: GnhtnHl. llrown 17, Senator Oobie) was declared electeti. aiTAKrn isi.ra c. Tiiojipaosi. , Mr. Gnldn made a ralher lengthy speech. In which he said the leglslaltite should bs mail- im of a fair class of citizen and be be I eved It ias. "This is a government of Ih people, mid we must he successful it wstaks an intere-d In the welfurn ol the people -We must not confer monopolistic legislation, but must legislate for all Ihe people and re lieve hiitdens where we can." On motion of Heuatnr Penrose, E. W. Pmiiey was elected chiel clerk, and tbe other officers named by Ihe Republican cau rus were also elected. After Ihe Senators had lis'eurd to Ihe Governor's message the Joint resolution for an adjournment until Thursday of next week was adopted. Ill the House, when the member tiM been formally sworn In Caleb C. Thompson ot Warren county was elected speaker over or. nonis, rsrsinrT or tiik bk.satk. Waller E. Kilter of Lycoming, the Demo cratic nominee, by a vote of i:i' lo 00. After the members had been aworn ill it ws dus Covered that both Andrews and Ifigby bail gathered with the crowd and both had tak en the oath. Higby arrived first this morn ing and took possession of the seat assigned to the Crawford county member. Andrew will probably Blip into the seat tbe first time Higby Vacates it, and thus the war promises lo goon, Mr. Leeds nf Philadelphia nominated Charles Voorhoes for chief clerk, and Mr. Wherry nominated K. P. K earns ot Alle gheny, on behalf of the Democrats. Ths roll wa called and resulted the same as ths speakership. Afier the officers were aworn in several resolution were presented relat ing to rule. Tha Hon then met in joint session with the Senate to listen to ths resil ing of the Governor' message, after which; an adjournment wa made to Thursday next. THE ELECTORAL VOTE. Ths Final Figures Showing Clsveland's Large Majority. The settlement of the Oregon contest makes it possible to give an accurate tsbla Of ths votes lor president sa It shou'd be coat by tbe electoral college, sa follows: ' I K a States. Alabama... Arkansas .. California.. Colorado... Connecticut Delaware .. Florida .... Georgia.... Idaho Illinois Indiana.... Iowa Kansas Kentucky... 1-ouisiana.. Maine Maryland.. Mas Michigan .. Minnesota., Mississippi. Missouri..., Montana..., Nebraska ... Nevada .... K. Ham p... New Jersey New York., N. Carolina N. Dakota.. Ohio Oregon I'enn II. Island.,.. 8. Carolina, b. Dakota... Temiea.M)e. . Texas Vermont. .. Virginia,... Wash V. Virginia Wisconsin , Wyoming.. Total.. .. a 8 ' 8 6 ii 4 13 24 1J ! i 13 19 13 8 8 5 9 17 13 I) 10 3d 11 . 3 112 4 12 li 12 8 12 4 9 14 270 24 Total number of votea. Necessary tor a choice . Clsveland's majority . m 22-t loa) As thx last legislature failed ti task) tu appropriation for ths Maryland presiden tial electors they will hsvs to pay their tea txprna s and obtain the money (rasa tb 'ncgllrgiilaturs.
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