A m——— lt " Bellefonte, Pa., September 21, 1906. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TODAY: We shall do much in the years to come, But what have we done today * We shall give our gold ina princely sum, But what did we give today? We shall lift the heart and dry the tear, We shall plant a hope in the place of lear, We shall speak the words of love and cheer, But what did we speak today? We shall be so kind in the afterwhile, But what have we been today ? We shall bring to each lonely life a smile, But what have we brought today ? We shall give to truth a gracder birth, We shall feed the hungry souls of earth ; But this is the thing our hearts must ask ; What have we dope today ? A TRUE STORY. How wany of the readers of this story bave ever owned a Newfoundland dog ? I know of no more faithful animal. My youngest brother and the dog who is the hero of my were born on the same day. For this reason, the little puppy was presented to my brother when both were a At that time my father lived ina very large, old-fashioned house in a small Cana- dian town. The place was originally settled by re- tired British officers who, baving brought their families over from England, were living in and around the town, wnkiop a delightlal social circle within so small a community. The surrounding country was mostly farm Jaud, She farmers Sultivating the soi principally for pasturage, man owning pn of cattle and numbers of sheep. Constant complaints were being made by these farmers that the dogs of the town were worrying their cattle, but little at- tention was given to their complaints until, one day, a farmer whom my father held in high esteem came to tell bim that our “Rover,” who bad now grown from a pup- B to a very large, beautiful animal, had illed several of his sheep. Sorry as my father was to bear this, he did not for one moment believe that Rover was really the culprit. After some conversation with the farmer, the matter was settled by my Jatuer paving him the value of the sheep that been killed, and promising to keep a strict watch over Rover's movements. My brother and I were very indignant when told of the accusation; for,loviog our dog as we did, we felt him to be quite in- capable of such a deed. e trouble was soon forgotten, how- ever; and in our rambles through the woods the dog was always with us. In- deed, we were almost never seen without him. My father always had a feeling of safety when Rover went along, especiall as the shore of the Otonabee river, whic! flowed by the lower part of our large gar- den, was our favorite playground. Rover was a splendid swimmer, and bad any accident befallen either my brother or mysell, he would bave proved himself quite as useful as any human being. One of his peenliarities may be worth re- cording, although it has really nothing to do with my story. Oa every week-day, as soon as we appeared on the veranda, Rover was always in readiness to accompany us on whatever jannt we had in mind for that day; but on Sunday he seemed to realize that onr walk to church did not include him, avd #0 he remained dozing throogh- out the entire morning. One day, as we were returning from oue of our rambles, we saw our father coming toward us, looking very solemn; and to our great amazement we heard that Rover was agaiv in disgrace This time the farmer would not be ree- onciled with payment. He demanded that the dog should he killed or sent away. Our sorrow knew no bounds, for we yealize that we and onr pet must he part- It was suggested that Rover should be sent away for the summer months only, and that as soon as the sheep were housed in their winter quarters he might return to us. The plav was to lend hin toa lawber- wan, living about twenty miles from oar home, who, having a large 2imily, would be more than pleased to accept the dog as a hoansehold guardian while he was away cat- ting timber in the forest. We knew this lombermau would be a good master, and that Rover would he well taken care of, and that if we persisted in keeping him: with us, he might eventually Juse Bis Jute; for he law allowed that any animal doing an injury to proj might be pat to death. Progeny aig So one day two sorrowful children said good-by to their beloved companion. Rover was tied behind the stage that passed our honse twice a week, and the pi driver promised to be good to him to leave him at the home of his new master the next morning. All that day and the two days following we wandered abont, feeling very lonely. Everything seemed dreary withont our companion. On the evening of the third day after Rover's departare we were just saying |” good-night when, suddenly, a bark and a scratch at the front door brought a loud exclamation from us both—for whose bark was that if not Rover's ! Yes, there he was, our beautiful dog ! Twenty wiles he bad traveled to reach his oli ume aol, friends. t a bappy reunion it was! Such bones as we begged of the cook! No dog fared better than did our Rover that nigh. My father said nothing, although at the time we did not notice his silence; aud lis- tle we dreamed how short-lived our bappi- ness was to be. Early next morning we were up and planning sll sorts of fun. Rover, in spite of his long run of the day before, seemed ready for everything. = Shik © was late in the afternoon of e same day, as we were returning from the boat house, where Rover, my A and I had been playing, that we heard my father calling the dog. Off Rover rai in answer to the call; and as ye yok the gate we saw a man, seated in a carriage, ind conversation with my father. ep Then it dawned upon us what it all meant. Again Rover must go ! Ob, how we cried as we watched the car- riage Qisappatiog in the distance! We felt the world to be a sad place indeed. The days came and went, however, and gradually we grew retoneiled to our loss— ps my brother became chums, having no third com Ee our fun. At all events, we to think less and less about Rover and to enter into with th pk e unsoal happiness of Oo Sanday morniog, about ten days later, my brother, who, after we returned from morning service, had been sitting quiet and in a listeuing attitude for some winutes, suddenly disappeared, and pres- ently we beard bim calling ns from the pre: to come quickly. What could it he? we wondered, as again be called tous. Th the large windows and down the en path we hastened to a clump of trees from which, - awe neared it, a faint moaning also was There we found my brother kneeling on the ground, and beside him, licking his , was our Rover ! Around the dog’s neck was a strong iron chain, and to that chain was attached the heavy block to which he bad been fasten- ed. His coat was covered with burs which stuck to his long black hair, making him a pitiable object to behold. His poor back was cruelly scarred where the chain bad rubbed away the bair, and his glossy black coat looked like a dusty covering. So tired and weak was the dog that all he could do was to lick our hands instead of giving the joyous bark with which he was wont to welcome us. It was nearly half an hour before we were able to remove the chain and heavy weight which he bad d go far in his frantic efforts to reach his e and friends; and after giving him the food of which he was so sorely in need, and making him as comfortable a« we conld, we left him to rest The burs bad to be removed so gently that, knowing the Joo dog bad soffered so much already, we decided to wait until the following day before giving him farther Soin we went to talk over our deg’s brave act with our parents. We found our good father, quite over- come by the dog's faithfulness, waiting to tell us that Rover should not be sent away The arrangement was that we were to try once more giviog him hie freedom, and if at any time he attacked the sheep, then he was to be chained at all hours when we were not able to be with him. Perhaps Rover knew the reason of his punishment, or had learned his lesson through suffering; for, from that day until his death as the age of fourteen years, we never heard another complaint about him. And no wonder ! For, six months later, as my brother and I were playing in the garden one morning, we saw walking toward us the farmer whom we had come to look upon asa per- sonal enemy. In one arm he carried a little lamb, and in his hand a queer-looking box, between the bars of which peered a pair of bright eyes. The box contained a rabbit—a present for my brother, and the pet lamb was for me. For afew moments my brother and I quite forgot our old-time resentment. The farmer had come to effect a recon- ciliation. In the first place, he wanted to tell us that at last the real culprit had been found; and, secondly, he wished to give us each a pease-offering, and to ask ns to forgive his suspicions of Rover. he dear old dog, as he watched us, did not appear to be at all surprised. —By Katharine Clarke, in St. Nicholas. Canse of Appendicitis. M. Blanchard, a shining light in the French medical world, now comes forward with a startling new theory which entirely upsets all preconceived notions. He as- serts—aud says his assertion is backed by Prof. Metchuikoff of the Pasteur institute ~—that appendicitis i+ nodouhtedly caused by intestinal worms. These are of three kinds, and the most dangerous is that known as the trygocepbal, which causes the sharp pains and symptoms which in- dicate appendicitis. Microscopic examination in every case of appendicitis that has come ander the ob. servation of Prof. Blanchard and Prof. Metehnikoff has revealed the presence of these parasites in the appendix. ‘‘Appen- dicitis,”* says Prof. Blanchard, “more es- pecially occurs during hot weather, and, although not contagious or infectious, it frequently assumes the character of an epidemic in certain districts.” Now, according to the professor, market gardeus in the neighborhood of great cities, such as Paris and London, are frequently manared and fertilized hy the deodorized and chemically treated produet of the city sewers. In these market gardens the vege- tables are forced, and examinations shows that they contain numerous intestinal parasites, and especially the eggs of the dreaded trygeephal. The professor says that a surgical opera- tion for appendicitis is absolutaly unnec- essary, and thas it should pever be per- formed unless some hard substance, such as a cherry stone, bas been accidentally swal- lowed by the patient He urges legisla- tion to forbid she use of deodorized and chemically treated sewerage as manure and that tbymol should be extensively used against intestinal worms. Products of Pennsylvania Worth Near iy Two Billions. The census bureau in Washington issued a statement concerning the manufacturing industries of Pennsylvania for the past five ears. The manufacturing industries increased from 23,462 to 23,495 with an aggregate capitalization of $1,995 836,988, an increase 37.7 per cent. The number of salaried officials and clerks employed by these establishments ia given at 66,081, and the number of wage earners at 282, the former receiving $73,369,007 the latter $367,960,890 in "The total product of the industries for 1905 was §$1,955,651,332, an increase over 1900 of 18.5 per cent. The principal indastries of the State are coke, flour and grist mills, foundry and machine shops, glass, iron and steel, leath- = petroleum refining, and silk and silk 8. —— Say, dad.” “Well, son.” “What's a pedestrian ?'’ ‘‘A pedestrian, son, is one who doesn’t have time toget out of the way of an aato.’ ——Merchant : ‘I would be glad to give you the ition, young man, hunt I make ita rule to employ married men only.” Applicant : ‘‘Beg pardon, sir, but have you an unmarried daughter ?"' ——Mrs. Jus! Hermun : ‘“‘My new home has stained glass in all the windows.” Mrs. Notyet Butsoon : ‘‘Now that’s too jd. Sa you find something that'll take ont ? ——-(iod wants more than the majority of your affections. | Spelling Reform. The President bas vow applied bis re. | forming energy to Evglish spelling and bas ordered the adoption, in the Goverment Printing Office, of the reforms recommend- ed by the Simplified Spelling Board, of which Professor Matthews, of Columbia University, is the chairman, and Mr. Car- negie the financial promoter. As concerns the printing of executive documents, the President’s order will be efficacious. The rules recommended by the simpli- fied spelling board which have heen ea- dorsed by President Roosevelt are not cop ied from the spelliog schewe of Artemus Ward aod Josh Billings, which many per- sons who have obtained their information from the comic papers, seem to think. In fact the spelling of hut an infinitesimal part of the words of the Eoglish langnage will he effected. [It is the purpose of toe board to select only those classes of words for modification in which superfluous jet. ters and inconsistency in arrangement of letters is most prominent, and embrace a total of but about 300 words. There are twenty rules to be mastered by the reformed speller, as follows : 1. When offered a choice hetween ae and e, choose e. Example : Anesthetic, = thetic, medieval. 2. [If the choice lies hetween e and no » in words like abridgment, lodgment, ac knowledgment. always oruit the «. 3. Use tio place of ed for the past, or Just participle verbs ending in =. sb or p mples : Dipt, dript, prest, distrest, husht, washt. An astonishing array of high literary aathorities from Spenser to Lowell is cited in support of this latter simplification. 4. Stick to eure in preference to ence when you bave a choice. Example : De: tense, offense, pretense. 5. Don’t double the t in coyuet, epac- let, etignet, omelet. 6. When you can replace gh with f, do it. Example : Draft. 7 Better still, get rid of gh altogether, for plough, write plow. For through write thru. 8. Write the Greek suffix, ise, or ize, with the z by preference. Example : Cate- chize, criticize. 6. Where any autbority allows it omit the e on words spelled with ite. Example : Preterit. 10. Use a single | ir words like disdil, instil, falfil. 11. And omit ove | from worde pow written like fullness. Example : Dulness. 12. In words sometimes spelled with one and sometimes with a double m choose the short form. Example : Gram, program. 13. In words spelled with oe, or e, choose e. Example : Esophagus. 14. Always omit the u from words sometimes spelled with oor. Example: Labor, rumor. 15. Where you can get aoy authority use f iv place of ph. Example: sulfur, fantasm. 16. In words spelled with a doable r use a single r : as bur, pur. 17. Spell theatre, centre, ete., in the English way--center, theater, niter, miter. 18. If a word is spelled with 8 orzin root use the z : as, apprize, surprize. 19. From words spelled with sc or s omit the c. Example : Simitar, sithe. 20. Omit the silent termioal ne when allowed. Example : Catalog, decalog, dem- agog, pedagog. Big Rulers are Small Men. There is hardly a King in Christendom | today whose wife does not overtop him his | a head. The Czar is overtopped a full! bead ny the Czariua. of the medinm height, hut the Gerwan | Empress is tall, and that is why the proud Kaiser will never consent to he photo. | graphed beside his wife nnless she sis | while he <tauds. The King of Italy, short | and squat, hardly comes ap to the shou! d:re of the tall, athletic Qaeen Helena. The King of Portugal, though fatter, i» less tall than his Queen Even the Privee | of Wales is a good four inches shorter than the Princess. The young King of Spain «| several inches shorter than Queen Victoria. | The Queen of Denmark towers above her royal spouse, —~''Are you chief engineer of this con- cern ?"' asked an excited individual to the | sub-editor. “No, sir, I'm not engiveer. I'm the! boiler.” And he proceeded to ‘‘hoil down’ six sheets of matter into a note of six lines. POLICEMAN SHOT IN WOODS Two Pennsylvania Troopers Fired On Foreigner, Who Escaped. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Sept. 17.—Herbert Smith, one of the members of the local troop of the state police located at Wyoming, near this city, while out on patrol duty with Frank Gray, a fellow- trooper, in the woods near Yatesville, was shot at by a foreigner, who was hunting in the woods. The load of shot riddled the helmet worn by Smith, while several of the pellets en- tered his scalp and hands. The troop- ers opened fire on the poacher, but he escaped in the thick underbrush. A second detail of troopers was sent out from the barracks, but they did not locate him. ADDICKS’ FARM SOLD Bid In For $34,000, Presumably By the Gas Man. Wilmington, Del., Sept. 18. — Sheriff Harry 1. Gillis sold the farm belonging to J. Edward Addicks, at Carrcroft, near Claymont. There were a number of bidders, as the farm is one of the best in the state and at one time was occupied by Addicks as his home. The purchaser was Alexander B. Cooper, an attorney, who is said to have repre- sented Addicks at the sale. His bid was $34,000. The property was seized on a judgment obtained by Mrs. Ida Carr. Cave-in Affects 40 Acres. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Sept. 17.—A cave- in in the Gaylord mine at Plymouth af- fected a territory of about 40 acres, and more than a dozen houses are in danger of collapsing. The -cave-in caused the collapse of a barrier pillar between this mine and the adjoining Dodson mine. This will affect the ven- tilation of these workings and will cause a temporary suspension. Student Mangled by Train. Huntingdon, Pa. Sept. 17.—George Daugherty, of East Liverpool, Perry county, a student at the Juniata Col- lege, in this city, fell from a freight train and was instantly killed. His . body was terribly mangled. | "PEOPLE MUST GET we —— o—— WHAT DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATORS ASKED Corporate Power to Be Curbed by General Assembly. REAL BALLOT REFORM COMING Records Showing What True Prophets Were Honest Members of Last Popular Session Who Fought For People’s Rights. CREASY AS PIONEER TRIBUNE In Both Senate and House the Popular Champions Struggled For the Amelioration Which Penn. sylvania Voters Can Win In November. What the people can win in the No vember election by Democratic, or, candidates for state offices and the leg. islature, was fought for by the Demo: supporting thy honest-government. cratic members, aided by a few Inde | pendent Republicans, in the last regu. lar session of the general assembly | But the overwhelming McNichol-Pen- ! { rose-Durham majority invariably de. | feated that anti-machine alliance. Since | that time, the machine managers frightened by the reform cyclone, and hop have grudgingly granted some conces- sions, but in shapes that must be to save their “organization,” | changed by an honest legislature, in | order to be thoroughly effective. These grants to the demands of an | outraged commonwealth must be sup- plemented by laws that will Bring all corporate power to legiti- mate terms, ricultural interests of the state, Give real ballot reform, | | | | | | tive. Here is an industry that is backed up by over a million peo- ple who are asking that the trolley roads shall have the right to any freight, and as members of th great jegislature are you going to oppose an industry that will exist long after the coal and oil is ex- hausted from the earth? 1 appeal to you whether is not a fair proposition to al the trolley roads of this state to freight to benefit the farmers. The great question on the farms of this state today is whether the farmer can market his produce. Another question is whether he can get help. Today the farmers are un- able to get the necessary help, and the trolley roads should be allowed to carry their freight to the mar- ket as in other states. There are only two states in the Union which are not in favor of the trolley roads carrying freight, and I believe that if this legislature represents the interests of the people, and I be- lieve they do, they will vote for this measure.” But they didn't. The gang majority | defeated Creasy by a vote of 93 to 43 | Will the people let this be repeated? | Flynn-Harman Personal Registration Lift the unjust burdens from the ag- Effort. Representative John M. Flynn, of Elk, bravely but ineffectually strove tc And enforce the general ameliora- | get the personal registration bill out tion of affairs for which the honest members of the last legislature con tended. The specches made in the last regular Kniser Wilhelm ‘= bgoggion by a dozen or more of the Dem- ocratic members of the two houses a Harrisburg seem more interesting now tan ever, not only as prophecies of what the Republican machine would be eventually compelled to grant, but more particularly as forecasts of the grati- fying conditions that will follow the complete overthrow of the “corrupt and criminal combination masquerading as Republicans,” through the election of the fusion state ticket and of lawmak: ers who will fully carry out the pro jects for the welfare of the whole peo- ple. Some specimens of the pleadings made by the last legislature to win for the people their rights will serve in the opening of the real activities of the campaign, to remind the voters tha the record of the Democratic party ii the general assembly is such as to con vince all who study our public affairs that the party has well earned the proud distinction of being absolutely worthy of the people's trust, and that Independent Republicans and good citizens of all political complexion: will serve their own best interests by giving hearty support to the Demo: cratic nominees for the general assem. bly, as well as to the people's candi dates for the governorship and othe: state offices. Creasy’s Appeal For Trolley Freight The records of the state legislative session of 1905 furnish all of the in. formation following. They may be taken ad random. Here is Representa. tive William T. Creasy’s resolution te discharge the committee on city pas: senger railways from further consider ation of the bill, which the committee eventually strangled to death, to au thorize all trolleys and street railway: to carry freight. “This bill,” Mr. Creasy, “has been SM RT for a number of years. The ttee has had ample time to consider it. late. gays of the session are e people of the cou = mand this legislation, 1 cannot see why this , representing the intelligence of nsylvania, is not able to consider the question whether the trolley roads of this why it should be held up by a com- mittee I cannot und . 1 do not belleve that the members of this h derstand it. If farms of wrong with them. Now, whenever a manufacturing industry, no mat- how small it is, comes before body and asks for certain 12gis- lation we listen to its represesta- of the committee's “death chamber.” Offering a resolution to discharge the committee of stranglers from furthe: consideration of the bill, Mr. Flynn | said: “1 hope that this resolution will revail. 1 have no doubt that this s the most important measure in- troduced at this session, and one which the people, no doubt. are strongly in favor of. We have frit- tered away our time here for the past three months, considering nothing of more importance than increasing salaries and creatin new offices, suppressing law an order societies, while this bill lies smothered in committee. I hope that this motion will prevail, and 1 call for the years and nays.” Supporting Mr. Flynn, John G. Har man, of Columbia, said: “As a member of the elections committee, I feel most keenly the point of this resolution, but I sub- mit no valid reason can be given here for this house being placed in this position or in this situation, nor can the elections committee offer any legitimate excuse to the voters of elmeyivaniy why we should be put to the public s e of voting upon a resolution to dis- charge the committee that has had that bill in charge and custody for over two months. “Now, Mr. Speaker, the history of this house shall go down up to date as being naught. We eagerly voted $60,000 of the people's money for exposition purposes and we were slapped in the face by execu- tive disapproval. We willingly vot- ed that druggists, the soda dis- pensers of this state, t put ison in the stomachs of their pa- ns, but the poison that ws and eats at the very vitals of good government, that corrupts and cor- rodes the ballot box, that makes a mockery of our vested citizenship and civilization, still eats its can- kerous way, and this house is de- nied opportunity to eradicate it. I 8 or my party, for my col- leagues, when I say that the re- sponsibility for this outrage must fall where the gentleman from Lancaster has placed it, to wit, upon the dominant party in this house, and I say to him and to my this floor, that the damnable charge of per- fury will hound every man in this ouse who fails to do his duty in this behalf. Upon the opening day of the legislative session our WO! chaplain delivered a most remarkable praver. It struck me there was humor, pathos in it when he prayed that God in His wisdom and in His mercy would spare the members of this house and their jettles until the end of the legis- ative session. The innuendo was it mattered little what became of them after the session. 1 would SupLes) to him that he go one step further and invite Divine protec- tion on all of us if we leave this Rowe, Mle! Ene Lh artes nnsylvania w d for by a majority of 168,000 v But a vote of 124 to 29 defeated this effort, and the regular session refused to grant personal registration. This suggests that if the people permit 8 machine majority to be elected to the coming legislature, no dependence car be placed upon efforts to improve the new law, much less to grant other re. forms. Democrats Blocked Great Junket. It is conceded that “Farmer” Creasy contributed largely to the defeat of the machine's move to provide a grand junket to the Lewis and Clark expo- sition for the enjoyment of its hench- men. When that measure was up in the house, Mr. Creasy said: “This bill provides for a kind of junketing trip to the Lewis and BI Ds the opp Sin rtland, Oregon an to the bill, in my way of looking at it, is that it es the prerogative of the governor of the state out of his hand. We have had consider- able experienze with these exposi- tions, and in the future we should know where to place the responsi- bility for our exhibits. The exposi- tion that we utiibited in at Buffalo a few years ago, when we appro- priated $35,000, was annou on the floor of the house to be a fail- ure. The exposition at Charleston, in which we appropriated, I think, a like amount of money, and in which there was a clause that a part of that mo should be set aside for an tural exhibit, in order to show the agricultural re- sources of this state, there was practically not one cent expended on that agricultural exhibit, and nothing was there but a building. For the World's Fair we appro. priated something like $300, to ve an exhibit, and the members of this house, especially the mem- bers who represent the great agri- cultural interests, thought surely we would have an exhibit there that would be a credit to the great products of the farms of our state. “Pennsylvania in its cultural roduction ranks eighth in this Un- on, yet at that ex tion Penn- sylvania’'s cultural exhibit ranked about 35th, in opinion, and its horticultural exhibit was a disgrace to the state. Pennsylva- nia, ranking third in the produc- tion of apples, had an exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition that was a disgrace and to be taken away. No one particularly was to blame for it. e officer who had charge of it was a gentleman of high standing, and so were the members on the commission. 1 have no fault to find with any of these gentlemen, but I thimk with the experience we have had we Should have onelody to hold re- sponsible, an e governor points the commission he is the man to whom we may look to see that we have a decent exhibit. In speaking of the agricultural exhib- it at the World's Fair, 1 want to say that the tobacco exhibit was excellent. It was practically the best exhibit shown there, and the person who got it up was certainly entitled to a great deal of credit. But I for one am not in favor of dividing responsibilities, and there- fore 1 ope the members of this house will agree with this amend- ment to permit the governor to ap- point the commission and hold him responsible for the exhibit.” State Police? We Told You So. The absolute necessity now found : for radical amendments in the “state | constabulary” law, results from the | disregard of the machine legislature | majority for the warnings given by Representative Creasy, who, when the bill was under debate, said: “When this bill was up for sec- | ond reading I offered an amend- | ment to carry out the suggestion of | the governor, that if we passed this | bill it shall do away with the coal { and iron police, and that bill was | voted down by this house. | want {| to say that there is no man upon ! the floor of this house that i stood to defend the governor mare than [ have, but here is a measuvre that has been robbed of every es- sence that he has laid down in his measure, and that is to do away with these coal and iron police. Just a few days ago when this bil was under consideration the great | and mighty corporate interests of | this state were arrayed against it, but when they found out that they could have appointed just as many policemen as they formerly had they said it is all right. Yet I don’t believe that the governor will ap- point a single policeman for these t corporations. “Thier is a question that involves the right of the people, and as I said before that if it carried o the recommendations of the - grvor Joos believe tije a single vote on this o agatust it. But as it is it accomplishes nothing. After the Phusent overs. or leaves his chair they 1 have just as many policemen appointed as they want. If this is so anxious to obey the mandates apd the recommendations of the "gov; ernor, why was this bill ame It orginally ut out that cl that is now in the bill and did a entirely with the aptiointujent these policemen. e Pr said in hig message that t should take the place of the game and fish ens. Is there in this bill that shows that these polige- men are to take their place? Not one word, and that is why I am against it, and I don't see how any member from the country can vote for this bill in its present shape. It appropriates $425, for a lot of licemen. How many? Have you red it out? Suppose you count 0.000 for the expense of this de- partment, and then count for the value of the horses and the accoutre- ment, and 1 suppose the policeman will have to have a gattling fore and there will be another gone, and you will have 150 police- men about to go over this state. “This bill is behind the tim In many of our communities the country is overrun with telephones and it is a fact that no thief or any person thai commits a depredation can get away. in my county, ES the rural telephones are es- tablished just ly, last Satur- day Jour or five Joys wandered way from a nel Jug and ave ot the little s, the smallest one, only 5 years old, was lost, and this boy came to my residence and wanted to know if I saw the other littie boys and I said I did not. I went to my telephone and inside of half an hour I had that little boy located. I want to know if you would have had 25 of these pol men if you could have done bet- ter than that? “1 don’t believe that a Sugle country member can from this house and explain to his constitu- ency why he voted for a measure that took $425,000 out of the state treasury when the other day we passed a bill permitting these very towns and townships near the great cities to elect 4 a vote of the pec ple whether they wanted ice- men or not. The bill was vetoed. this bill of Sxjenss will stop. We are ropriating nearly a million oF donare eve two years to the National We are voting (Continued on page 6.)
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