Butler Citizen

Congress is about to meet and the Pennsylvania Legislature is still in session. For mercy's sake what will be done? How can the country stand both these bodies at the same time? The fact that the Legislature of this State has now been in session for near a year is not only one of the most extraordinary but one of the most disgraceful things ever happening in this or any other State. The squabble the members have got into about their pay is richly enjoyed by the people, who have lost all patience with them, and who, if the question was left to them, would say they should not receive a cent. Any member, of either Senate or House, who demands or takes a daily pay of $10 for days he was not actually present, at Harrisburg, trying at least to procure the legislation needed, will be condemned by the people for all future time. Should apportionment bills yet be passed the people might forgive and forget; but to spend six months, at a large cost to the State, and then turn over to a succeeding Legislature to do the work they should have done, at more and future cost to the State, is more than the tax payers seem inclined to tolerate. If the farce goes on the balance of the Senate had better follow the example of the two Allegheny members and resign.