This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ... and scornfully does he " ridicule the fears of the 'fossils'how dread lavish expenditure and increased taxation, declaring that the plans of the Commission would not cost more than rive millions of dollars to execute." On Thursday, 11th of May, the Committee on Municipal Corporations again take the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ... and scornfully does he " ridicule the fears of the 'fossils'how dread lavish expenditure and increased taxation, declaring that the plans of the Commission would not cost more than rive millions of dollars to execute." On Thursday, 11th of May, the Committee on Municipal Corporations again take the matter up for consideration, the Peoples' Committee having again returned to insist upon a recognition of their city's rights. Again does "Mr. Commissioner Gray energetically urge that his Commission shall not be abolished aspersing with some vehemence the motives and actions of those who demanded that the right of selfgovernment should be restored to Philadelphia." Meantime Representative Eobert Johnston of the Seventh Philadelphia district, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Corporations, has added an amendent to Col. Dechert's bill providing that the question of abolishing the Commission be referred to the people to be decided by popular vote; which amendment is declared out of order by a vote of 10 to 8, Another evidence of monarcbial assumption on the part of the political managers; through their creatures in the Legislature, they thus deny the people the right to cxeicise their free will in the matter of the management of their own affairs. Colonel Dechert's bill then comes up for action and quick work do its opponents make of it; deciding by a large vote to report it to the House with a negative recommendation. "This result," says the People's Committee in its report, "may be said to have surprised no one. Indeed, the next morning, a gentleman prominent in political life was heard to assert openly, in the Hall of the House of Representatives that a specified sum per head had been paid for votes on the majority side of the...
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