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Show . ... . Tha Johnatown Kellef Loan. 1 PSttshurcr Commercial Gazetie. It is to be regretted that any attempt should be made to give a poiitica! color- I ing to the legislation intended to repay ' the loan made by Governor Beaver ia behalf of the Johnstown sufferers. The) ( circumstances under which the money 1 was borrowed, and the legal obstacles iu the way of repayment, were fully discusBcd and anticipated at the time, and it looks like an act of folly, if not a suggestion of bad faith, to raise the question of "the state's liability" at this late day. Conceding informality or irregularity in the appropriation, it is nevertheless the duty of the legislature to pass the bill and redeem the pledge , "y made iu behalf of the commonwealth Jf by the governor. r |