THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA. llAMilllMEll. The Bill to Require Personal Reg istration of Votersi HOSACK TRACTION MOTOB BILL. It Author rorln;T It I Not IH.tirneI te Empower Electric ltnllroml-. o EMrntKh Unlit nnrl llont Tho New Oleo Hill nml Other Mcnwures. (Special Correspondence.) Harrlsburfr, Feb. 21. The Introduc tion of a measure to require voters to personally register with a board In which the minority party can be repre sented was an Important feature of last week's legislative proceedings. Other business of widespread Interest was the recommittal of the Hosack traction motor bill and presentation of bill to legalize the sale of oleomarga rine and to Improve the state banking laws. The voters' registration bill was In troduced by Mr. Fow, of Philadelphia, who claims that so far as personal registration, uniform throughout the state, Is concerned. It Is unnecessary to wait for the constitutional amendment designed by the Representative Wood ruff's Joint resolution. Mr. Woodruff' object Is to modify for the benefit of cities the constitutional requirement that registration laws shall be uniform In the state. This would settle the con tention between town and country over the number of annual registrations of voters. The Fow bill's special purpose Is to enable the minority to check the ma jority party and thus remedy such abuses as the alleged padded registra tions of Philadelphia. The bill requires that every election division shall have a registration board of two members to register voters. In the election of these members by the people a voter shall not vote for more than one of the can didates nominated, and the two getting the highest votes shall be elected. Voters must present themselves per sonally before these boards to be regis tered. The boards shall sit for this pur Dose from 8 o'clock a. m. to 12 noon, and from 1 to 6 p. m., and from 7 to 9 p. m. on each of the three days be ginning with the first Monday In De cember and also during the two days as now provided by law, for the pur pose of hearing and acting upon appli cations. The registration boards shall sit with the election boards In the polling places on- election days, to register persons claiming the right to vote, who, on ac count of sickness or other cause, had been unable previously to register. Certificates of Reartwtrntlon. When the registrars do not know that an applicant is fully entitled to be reg istered, they shall require sufficient proof upon the oath or affirmation of himself or other persons, qualified elec tors of the division. The board shall give a certificate of registration to each voter registered. Should the certificate be lost or mislaid, the board shall give another marked "duplicate" upon ob taining proof of the circumstances. The voter shall show his certificate to the election Judge, who after reading it to the clerks and finding everything all right shall perforate it with a punch and return it to the citizen, who there upon Is to receive his ballot. The right of appeal on all questions of reglstra tlon, as already legally provided for, shall not be abrogated. The two regis ters made by the registrars shall, after the election at which they were used be kept by the county commissioners for two years. Vacancies in the board shall be filled by appointment In the manner of filling assessorships, and the members shall be compensated as assessors are paid Falne vouching for registration Is to be punishable by a fine of not more than $300, or Imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both. The maximum pen alty to registrars for illegal doing shall be $1,000 fine, five years' Imprisonment. or both. An election officer, for failing to do his part under the proposed law is to be fined not more than $500, or be imprisoned five years. Election boards are to consist of a Judge, two Inspectors, two inspector's clerks, the two members of the regis tratlon board and such watchers and overseers as are now allowed by law. Poll tax receipts shall be Issued by the proper authorities to those persons only who show their registration cer tificate, and no person shall present the certificate of another without power of attorney. The Hosack Trnctlon Motor Hill It was on Mr. Hosack's motion that his bill to empower traction companies and other corporations to branch Into lines of business not aimed at by their charters was recommitted by the house to Chairman Savage's committee on corporations. Mr. Hosack denies that the main object of the bill was to em power electric traction companies to eell light, power and heat to the public. The bill would have done this, how ever, and Mr. Hosack feels that It would therefore have met much strong er opposition than he had anticipated. He does not disclose the particular ben efits in view for any corporations to which this project relates, but It is be lieved that he will have the bill . amended to satisfy the opponents of the proposed control of public light, power and heat by traction companies. Governor Stone on Saturday signed the constables' fee bill, the first to be come a law In this session. The bill was pushed lr its chief backer, Hepre gentatlve Hoy, of Clarion, to have It a law before Tuesday's election, so that Its benefits could be received by the constables then elected. Philadelphia, Pittsburg and Allegheny City are not affected by the bill, which aims to ad Just fees in the other counties. A bill la pending to pay Philadelphia con stables a salary, reduced In committee from $1,200 to $800, for reporting to the courts the places In which liquor la sold. This bill would require the constables to turn certain fees Into the city treasury. The house bill regulating the fees of constables In attendance at elections and at court passed the senate finally. This Is the first bill of the present ses sion that will go to the governor for - . his action. Mr. Creasv, of Columbia, put In a bill In the house, similar to the Bullitt law, providing a new charter for ritts burg and Allegheny. To Reform tho Itiuiklnn IMalnc"... In the senate Mr. Magoe, at the re quest of tho suite bnnklnn department, Introduced several bills looking to re forms In banking business. They In clude measures amending the act cre ating a banking department, so that the banking commissioner, In ense of absence or Inability, shall have power to appoint a deputy to perform the du ties of the office: also limiting the amount of loans to officers aitil direc tors of hanks, trust companies and sav ing Institutions to 10 per cent, of the capital stock actually paid In nnd sur plus, and In making loans to firms or houses In which they may be Interest ed, directly or Indirectly, to 23 per cent, of the capital stock paid In and sur plus. The batch contained other bills pro viding that directors of banks, trust companies and other financial Institu tions, In declaring a quarterly or semi annual dividend, shall pay the dividend not later than 15 days after It Is de clared, and if the directors or trustees shall make dividends Imparlng their capital they shall be Jointly and sev erally lrnble to action of debt on bill in equity In their Indlv.Jual capacity, to such corporations for the amount of the dividends so paid, and each di rector present when such dividend Is made shall be adjudged consenting thereto unless he shall forthwith enter his protest In the minutes of the board and give public notice to the stock holders thereof; also providing for the submission to the commissioner of banking for his approval the charters of financial institutions and requiring building and loan associations char tered by the state to register In the banking department when such as sociations close their business. A New Oleo Bill. Restaurants and boarding houses sonfesslng In placards that they do not serve out real butter would be the ipectacle under an enactment of a bill presented In the house by Mr. Millikln. of Huntingdon. The bill is prompted mainly by the claim that legalization of the restricted sale of butter Imita tions Is preferable to experiences under the present law, which permits decep tion of the public. For manufacturing oleo $1,000 a year shall be paid for license, $500 for whole saling and $100 for retailing. Each package offered for sale shall be la beled In large letters. Restaurants using oleomargarine or butterlne shall pay $50 a year and boarding houses $25. With the license the dairy and food commissioners shall distribute signs to give notice that the article is sold la the store or used in the restau rant or boarding house. The signs must be conspicuously placed. The penalty tor violation of the act shall be a fine of from $100 to $5,000, or Im prisonment, or both. Newly discovered provisions In the bill introduced by Senator Scott, of Luzerne, and on third reading in the senate, for the reorganization of the National Guard, are found to be widely criticized, and not solely on account of the greatly Increased cost of swelling the number of Infantry companies from 150 to 180, the artillery batteries from three to five and the cavalry troops from three to five. A soldier who has compared the details of the bill with the present law says: 'The Scott bill emanated from the adjutant general's office. To a large extent it alms to establish our national war department system in the state. Under Its provisions ourNationalGuard commanders would have their hands tied, as were those of General Miles when he wanted to deal with matters controlled by the quartermaster and commissary departments. The Scott bill would give the governor 126 ap pointments more than he has had here tofore, and would enable political in fluences to permeate the entire Na tional Guard system. 'The governor's principal appoint ments have been the major general, brigadier generals and members of his staff. This bill would let him fill all the important positions in the depart ments of the quartermaster general, commissary general, surgeon general. Judge advocate general and inspector' general." The Fancy "Illrd Hook" Vnnuthorlzed Ex-State Printer Clurence M. Busch will have to bear the expense of get ting up the fancy bird book, entitled 'Enemies and Diseases of Poultry," for which he put in a bill to the slate of $55,662.85. Judge McPherson on Sat urday handed down an opinion sus taining Thomas M. Jones, ex-superin tendent of public printing, in his re fusal to approve the payment. The "Enemies and Diseases of Poul try" was originally a pamphlet, con taining 128 pages, and cost $488.24, but, as reprinted by Mr. liusch from copy furnished by subordinates in the agri cultural department. It contained 866 printed pages and 131 costly illustra tions, of which 95 are full page colored lithographs. When Mr. Rusch presented his bill to Mr. Jones he promptly refused to pay it, for the reason that the copy naa not gone through his hands, nor had the work been ordered by the head of that department. Mr. Jones also re fused to approve the bill because there were a number of things in the book that were Irrelevant, and to his mind were only placed there to fill it out and add to the cost. The most potent rea son for refusal, however, was that this was not a reproduction of the original pamphlet as ordered to be reprinted by the legislature. Conspicuous among the offices which Governor Stone has yet to dispose of is that of Major John C. Delaney, su perintendent of public buildings and grounds, whose four year tenure will expire next month. Senator James G. Mitchell is bowled out as a candidute to succeed the major by the legal pro hibition of his filling such a place dur ing the term for which he was elected senator. Lewis E. Beltler, who was Governor Hastings' private secretary. denies the report that he aspires to fill Major Delaney't place. More than a month of fruitless bal loting for senator, with the result as doubtful aa ever, has wearied the leg islators. Intimations from the Quay side that the situation- may change materially next week are but repeti tions of similar hints given a week ago that a break In the line before this time was not Improbable. The preva lent Impression is that the monotony will continue until after some step lu connection with the pending Quay trial. WILKINS. CONGRESSUST DAYS Tho President Will Insist Upon An Adequate Army Bill. OTHER IMPORTANT WORK. I Than a Fortnight Left to the Fifty II nil toiiurrM-Arniy Hill. NirarHgnn Canal Hill and Anll-Srllng Hill Among the Important Measures Now lVmling. Washington, D. C, Feb. 21. Yester day began the last full week of the Fifty-fifth Congress. One week from t ext Saturday, on March 4, the present Congress will expire by limitation of law, and unless an extra session of the nw Congress Is called, Washington will not see the legislators again until the first Monday In December. Whether or not an extra session will be necessary depends altogether, per haps, upon the developments of the r.txt few days. It Is the general opin ion of public men here that if the legis lation now asked for by the majority In Congress and by the administration Is enacted, nothing will occur during th coming eight months to make the con vening of the new Congress necessary. Rut the uncertainty of the present ses sion Is unprecedented. All of the most Important work of this Congress has been so delayed that it now comes for ward In apparently Inextricable confu sion, struggling for precedence In the closing tweKe and a half days of the aession. The list of important meas ures to which the Republican Congress and Republican administration are committed Is most Imposing, and fine parliamentary and political strategy, aided by nil day and practically all night sessions, must be put Into prac tlce from this day forward If the pro- gramma Is to succeed. The House of Representatives, with Us habit of doing business In a busi ness like way, assisted by Speaker Reed's code of rul-s that permit a vote to be taken when legitimate debate has been closed, has done Its business well, and nearly, If not quite all, of the Im portant measures struggling for pas sage In the lying hours of the session have already passed the House. The river and harbor bill, to which the Senate has added the Nicaragua canal bill as a rider, and the antt-scalplng bill to secure the passage of which measure the railroads hao again Bent an Im portant delegation to Washington for a laat stand, have both passed the House, as well as the several big ap propriation bills that are now pending In the Senate committee or on the Sen ate ci-'endar. The Senate Is, of course, favorable to the Nicaragua canal bill, having pas sjed It this session and previously, and Its confrerees will make such a stub born fiht for It that the river and harber bill Itself will be endangered. The antl-scalping bill was some time ago made the unfinished business of the Senate, but its friends have Judiciously allowed it to give way from time to time for other and more popular meas ures. They have no Idea of abandoning It, however, and it may go through In the log rolling rush of the closing hours, when all things are possible, but is likely to be killed. 1IIIU Hint Should Pass, 2 ra aT sTM Ts. ,er m mm mm m The Kind You llavo Always Bought, and -which has been In use for over 30 years, has borne tho signature of . and has been made under his per- ly ji' gonal Hiinervlslon since Its Infancy. 'CUcU4i'i Allow iwt mm to deceive VOU In this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and Substitutes ore but Ex periments that trlllo with and endanger the health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTOR I A Castoria Is a substitute for Castor Oil, raregorlc, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It Is Harmless and Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its ngo Is its guarantee. It destroys Worms And allays Fcvcrlshncss. It cures Diarrhoea and "Wind Colic It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tho Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Tho Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of Fine PHOTO- GRAPHS and CRAYONS at R. B. GROTZ, Bloomsburg. The best are I the cheapest. SI -r J The Kind You Me Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. ewr. etfTuft coai-amr. tt ueaa eTaer". ww Toe em. Educate Tour llowels With CiterareU. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c, 2Sc. If C. C. C. fail, druKKisui refund money. If Tou Were a Horse. Which of you if you were a horse, would not run away and smash things if your owner left you standing for an hour unblanketed on the street, and unsheltered from the piercing winds of a zero blizzard? We would take the horse that kicked the performance to the one that would patiently bear the cruelty. , Adout Catarrh. It is caused by a cold or succession of colds, combined with impure blood. Its symptoms are pain in the head, discharge from the nose, ringing noises in the ears. It is cured by Hood's Sarsapanlla which purines and enriches the blood, soothes , 1 . 1 1 T ' TID-BITS FOR MA' HONEY! and tender little juicelets for the chil dren, ate all right, but papa and "the boys" want a good, big, juicy steait, roast or chop when business or school duties are over, and we can cater to them all. Our stock of prime meat is unexcelled for quality, and we send them home in fine shape. J. 15. KF.IFF.R. THE DEVELOPMENT of Uloomsburg, notwithstanding the late fi nancial and business depression. HAS BEEN PIIENOMINAL. Its permanence and prosperity are now as-sured. The Bloomsburg Land Improvement Com pany now offers for sale the most desirable lots for residences and business purposes to be had in this town, at moderate prices and upon easy terms. A SMALL PAYMENT down and small monthly payments thereafter will secure a lot. Those purchasers desiring to build, and own their own homes the company will as sist by advancing the money there on. WHY PAY RENT g.ins. You will always find the largest when you can own your own home ? stock, liest makes ana lowest prices. PIANOS, From $175.00 and Upwards. ORGANS, From $50.00 and -Upwards and rebuilds the tissues and relieves The bin appropriating J20.oco.ooo for all the disagreeable sensations. Hood s l ills cure an liver ins. Mailed for 25c by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. Boys who have formed the cigarette habit are like wormy apples, they drop before harvest time. They rarely make failures in after life, because the payment of the indemnity to Spain having been ruled off the sundry civil appropriation bill as not "germans, will be passci as a separate measure, although Wheeler of Kentucky and one or two other short-sighted statesmen are at prerent standing In Its way. Thoy will be bowled over at the proper time, as there Is no doubt of the bill's ra ao-j era "" n I . . :r rr.t , I 1 The important measures In addition tney nave no uie. l ne uoy wno ue to the nrmy reorganization bill, the ca- I gins cigarette smoking before his 15 th nui uiu, tue ii)ii-n.'iiiiiu um uuu uio river and harbor bill, are the bill giving a form of government to Hawaii, the additional measure regulating contract labor in the islands, the Alaskan Code bill and the administration measure known as the Hanna-Payne shipping bill. A "subsidy measure," the Demo crats call it. A "bill to aid the Ameri can merchant marine" is the Itepubll can title. Hut under whatever name, It set-ms to be d.tined to defeat The Democrats, as a party, are ar rayed agalnxt It, and neither Mr. Han- na In the Senate nor Lender Payne In the House is conducting a very ener rr.t in unnt'aoa In Ita hahali Friends of the armv bill won a ereat aionc province lur ins siuuuui tuiac victory yesterday when the Senate, by Dr. Von Stan S Pineapple 1 ablets are We sell on the installment pian. Pianos. $j?.oo down and io.oo per month. Or cans. $10.00 down, .oo per month. Lib eral discount for cash. Sheet Music, at one half price. Musical merchandise of kinds. We handle Genuine Singer High Arm SEWING MACHINES, $?.oo down and St.oo per month. We also handle the Demorest Sewing Machine, from 11:9.50 and upwards. Sewing Machine Needles and Oil for all makes of Sewing Machines. Best makes of WASH MACHINES, FROM $4.00 UP TO $9.00. Factory Sites Given Away. Maps of the town and our plotted prop erty furnished on application. Bloomsburg Land Improvement Company. J. S. WOODS, N. U. FUNK, - 1 . . o . Sales Agent. aecrctaiy. lo-6-6mos. THE MARKETS. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS. COaBICTID WIIILT. BBTAIb FBICII. year never enters tne me 01 me world. When the other boys are taking hold of the world's work he is concerned with the sexton and undertaker. Don't Tobirro Spit mil Smoke Tour Life innj. 1 To Quit tobacco easily and forever, be mug 1 line, tne wnndcr worluT. t hut makes weak men strong. All clrugpists, 60c or (I. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co. , Chicago or New York. DvsrEPSiA Groans for what nature J. SALTZER. CS" Music Rooms Xo. 1 15 West Main St., below Market, Bloomsburg, Pa. 3ml 1-3 a vote of 44 to 26, took up that meas ure, and It was made the unfinished business. The poHtofNce bill was before the Senate and threatened to consume all the day. About two o'clock Secretary Alger enme to the Capitol and a confer once was called by the Republican lea ders In the Vice president's room. It was then df U-rmlned to make a test General Ilawley at once began to gather his fnrcrs. While the roll was being cnllej there wns Intense excite ment. 7he Democrats attempted to nature's nanacea for all stomach ills. Pleasant and positive cure for Sour Stomach, Distress after Eating, Loss of appetite, Wind on the Stomach, Dizz'ness, Nausea, Catarrh ot the stomach, Sick Headache and all dis orders directly traceable to sluggish digestive organs. 35 cents. 25. Sold by C. A. Kleim. 'My wife had pimple on ber face, but she has be.'D taaiue CASCAKKTS and tliey nuve all disappeared. I bud been troubled with constipation (or some time, but after tak ing tlie first Caacurei I have bad no trouble witli this ai.ment. We cannot speak too oluh ly of ruscarets " . Fkeu Waktman. 6708 Uerwantown Ave.. Philadelphia. Pa. The Orange (N. J.) Board of Edu make objections, but they were not cation has promulgated a rule which heeded, and the vote was taken. There llTi , i.r.v, . , .1 envc . " I h ffm.il tenrnt.ra must r- were some surprises, among them be says : " l he temaie teachers must re move their bicycle skirts while teach ing their classes. Whereupon the Orange Observer naively observes that this ought to increase the school attendance at once. inK Senator Honr'B vote to take up the bill, and Senator Quay's vote against it. This latter is explained by saylrir that Quay is not against the army measure, but being in charge of the postofiice appropriation he did not want It put aside. The silver Republicans voted against the bill, led by Teller and Pettigrew but the Southern Democrats came out Ktrongly for It, including Morgan, Lindsay, j'asco, Kenney. ns well as Murphy of New York. TheBe, besides lincon and t'lay of Georgia, will all vote for the bill, so there are reallv over fifty votes for it. disease, but get a bottle to-day and It Is possible that while the reorganl- ; nn hnn1 fnr use the moment latlon bill will pass, some of the ap- . . ' . , r, proprlatlon bills will fall, and thus be 11 ,a cUCu. 'b' fe-'!'-the cause of an extra session. Tho De- has a tendency to bring on pneumonia. mocrats have concluded that the Hull The Balsam prevents this by keeping uiii jiruciii-aiiy. am now reporieu, will ,1,- U nnB AH ilrncrrnsts se I..V. "--OO A Remedy for the Grippe. A remedy recommended for patients af flicted with the grippe is Kemp's Bal sam, wnich is especially adapted to diseases of the throat and lungs. Do oot wait for the first symptoms of the be passed. They have given up hope of adopting the Cockrell substitute, but will talk against the bill for some days hoping to force a compromise. The president, however, is still firm against this, and General Hawley re peated yesterday before the vote that unless the reoi ganizatlon bill passed an extra session would be called. senator Allison said: "As It now stands, no one can predict whether there will be an extra session or not. 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