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" 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,
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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
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