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James M.Starrr, Vice President.
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Fred Ikeler,
S. C. C'refty.
Clinton Hfrrine,
E. W. M. Low.
K. U. York,
Lou i. Urns,
M. E taok!iotme.
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t URSDAY, MAY 20, 1009
Political An.nouncemsnis.
FOR SHERIFF.
BENJAMIN I- FAUST,
of Bloomsburg.
Subject to the decision of the
Democratic Party at the Primary
Election on June 5th, 1909, 2 to S
p. m.
SCHOOL CODE BILL VETOED.
Governor Stuart Also Turns Down the Big
Highway Bill. Nit Pt Measure.
The school cede, the Philadel
ia to Pittsburg highway and the
. pitol Park extension bills were
toed by Governor Stuart last
- :iday.
The big road bill was his own
p-oject, but he disapproved it rath
er than to cut $3,000,000 from the
State appropriations to charities.
SCHOOL CODE BILL.
In vetoing the school code the
governor said: "The bill drafted
by the Pennsylvania State Educa
tional Commission and submitted
to the legislature was so changed
by amendments during its passage
through the legislature, many of
the best features of the original
draft being eliminated and nume
rous amendments made which de
stroyed the harmony of the bill by
introducing many contradictory
provisions, that it is more than
doubtful whether an approval of
the bill would be of any benefit to
the cause of education in the State.
"Irrespective of this, however,
the bill, as certified to me, under
the provisions of the constitution
shows that in connection with the
proviso to section 203, the printed
word 'city' on line 26, was stricken
ont with the pen and. the word 'dis
trict' in red ink, written above it.
Shortly after the receipt of the cer
tified bill i was informed by cer
tain members of the Pennsylvania
Educational Commission tnat the
bill as it finally passed the Senate,
contained the printed word 'city
and did not contaiu the word 'dis
trict,' and that it finally passed
the legislature in this form.
"In view of this information, I
examined into the matter and sat
isfied myself that the bill as finally
passed did not contain the word
'district' but did contain the word
'city' in the sentence unJer consid
eration. To approve this bill,
therefore, would be to approve a
bill that did not pass the legislature
in the form in which it was pre
sented to me for executive action.
For those reasons the bill is not ap
proved." THE STATE ROAD BILL.
The governor explains his disap
proving of the State road bill in
the lollowing language: "This bill
authorizes the construction of a
State highway from Philadelphia
10 Pittsbure and makes an aoorn-
priotion of $5,000,000 or so much
thereof as may be necessary, fcr
the purpose of carrying iuto eflect
us provisions, l be bill was pass
ed by the legislature upon my re
commendation, supportiuz. as I he
lieve, a consttuctive policy and for
the interests of the people of the
Commonwealth.
"As I have been compelled to
make large reductions in the ap
propriations made by the legisla
Paid on Time Deposits
Myron I. Low. Vice President.
Frank Ikeler, Cashier
Myron T. Low,
H. . Hower,
Frank Ikeler.
ture for the reason that they are ir.
excess of the revenues of the State,
I have concluded, after serious con
sideration, that in order not to in-
tetfere with the appropriations fcr
the maintenance of the public
schools, the indigent insane, the
charities of the Commonwealth and
the consumptive poor, and as it
has been necessary for me to with
hold my approval from other mer
itorious appropriation bills, this
Li'l is not approved."
The governor signed the follow
ing bills: Repealing the act era
powering school directors of the
several townships to exercise the
powers of a board of health, the
State Depigment of Health now
bein; equipped to look after this
branch of the work.
Providing regulations for the
control of certain communicable di
seases and the prevention of infec
tion therefrom, by more prompt
quarantine and requiring school
teachers to exclude all pupils com
ing from an infected houe or dis
trict Defining the rights and functions
of official visitors of jails and peni
tentiaries, permitting interviews
with prisoners, private or other
wise with prohibiting the givirg of
any chattel or object by said official
visitors.
Authoriz:ng the Board of Par
dons to appoint a secretary and
fixing the salary at $1,000 a year.
Ask (or Allen's Foot-Ease.
A powder for swollen, tired, hot. smart-
trig feet. Sample sent FREE. Also
t ree Sample of the Foot-Ka.se Sanitary
Corn-Pad, a new invention. Address,
AUen S. Olmsted, Le Roy. X. Y.
Governor Stuart's Wise Veto.
It would be clearlv iminsr tr
Governor Stuart to withhold from
lim a full measure of praise for his
eto of all bills passed hvthe T emc.
lature during its receut session,
creating new courts and increasing
the number of Tud?es in thp Rtnt
There were several hills nf tW
sort. It is a favorite method of
the machine for' rewarding sinister
service and a few imacinpd that
the Governor would not assume the
responsibility of disappointing the
bosses. But he did so most effec
tively. He struck
of them and there will be weeping
rtnu waning among trie expectants
of the commissions.
We can imagine nnthincr Iacc
needed than additional judges in
Pennsylvania. There are already
so many of them that half the num
ber are threatened with H ru mi Kto
cause they have insufficient work
to Keep their brains activelv em
ployed. But bills were passed
creating a new court with three
judges in Allegheny county, pro
viding for an additional judge in
amona county and another in
Erie countv. The onlv m (nr
another judge in Cambria county
is mat me sitting judge is a Demo
crat. The excuse in Erie mnntu
was that there is apolitical favorite
there who needs employment and
money.
It is to be hoosd that this will
put an end to the strife
of the machine for new iurltw.
There are already one hnnHrH
common pleas judges and sixteen
judges of Orphans' courts. Half
this number could nerfnrm rh in
dicia! service better than the whole
because the lesser number nmnlH
feel that they oucht to wort. Tint
the machine imagined that it could
impose tnis additional burden mvm
the public and increase the political
pauonage. but, uovernor Stuart
has disappointed them. He vetoed
every bill of the kind that was left
10 mm and the public ought to
show its appreciation of the ser
vice. Bellejonte Watchman.
Children Ory
FOR FLETCHER'S
C ASTORIA
WASHINGTON
'm-notir Kepular Correspondent.
Washington, D. C, May 17, 1909
"When will Congress adjourn?"
is the question put to the Vice
President, Speaker Cannon, Sena
tors and Representative' whenever
tiny appear ot the White House.
Speaker Can. ion replied re:ently;
"If you will tell me when tbe Sen
ate will pass the tariff bill I will
give you a pretty good guess as to
when Congress will adjourn. The
only thing that moves and carries
the previous question in the Senate
is from y6 to 100 in the shade."
Every Week further evidences
are given that the Senate is not in
good humor, and every day there
are outbursts ofjpevishness and ir
ritation on the part of the members
of tnat dignified body. The lead
schedule, so far as pig lead is con
cerned has been disposed of, and in
the last few days the earthenware
and chinaware paragraphs have
provoked much debate. Tlu- opin
ion is quite general that the real
tariff b 11 will be made in confer
ence, and that such a bi I will be
turned out as the President can
sign. At present the President
and Congress are not in perfect ac
cord in regard to the bill, but there
is every reason to be'ieve that com
promise will be the effective meth
od by which the bill will be shaped
into what it should be.
V
When President Taft sent to the
Senate the nomination of Henry
Groves Connor. Democrat, for
judge of the Eastern district of
North Carolina, he rnlv cirried
out his avowed policy of appointing
tiie best lawyers he can to places
on the federal bench, whether they
be Republicans or Democrats. The
contest for the place has been a
bitter one rnd the Republicans of
the Eastern District of North Caro
lina recently urged the President
r.oi to appoint a Democrat even if
he had to go out of the district to
find a suitable Republican for the
place. The nomination of Judge
Connor did not come as a surprise
to those who have followed the
matter closely. He is regarded at
the White House as a man of liber
al views and was on the bench of
the supreme court of North Caro
lina for about ten years, aud before
that for a number of years was a
judge of the superior courts.
Washington is much disappoint
ed over the failure of Congress to
provide funds for the construction
of a gas plant and balloon house at
the Fort Myer aerodrome. On ac
count of the lack of appiopriations,
Gen. James Allen, the chief officer
of the signal corps, has been forced
to change his plans for the aero
nautical trials and tests at Fort
Myer this summer. The army
motor balloon No. 1, purchased last
fall, will be shipped immediately
to Fort Omaha, where a modern
hydrogen gas plant and balloon
house have been erected. The
change in the program, however,
for the balloon flights will not in
terfere with the plans for the
Wright Bro's and Herring aero
plane trials at Fort Meyer.
The Signal Corps of the army is
to make experiments, also, with a
view to increasing the range of
field wireless telegraph equipment.
The apparatus now in use is car
ried on pack animals, and is capa
ble of sending aud receiving mes
sages twenty-three miles. A set
of portable wireless apparatus of
German manufacture has been re
cently purchased for trial. The
equipment is carried on wheels in
stead of on the back of mules, and
it has a range of over a hundred
miles. Four horses are necessary
to haul the vehicle, which is equip
ped with an extensible mast capa
ble of elevation to the height of
sixty feet. The German apparatus
will be carefully examined and
tried, to determine if it possesses
any advantageous features which
may be adopted by our service.
The army status of Captain Pet
er C. Hains. who has been con
victed of manslaughter in the New
V orlc courts, is the occasion of con
siderable speculation. At present
Capt. Haines' name is on the roll
of the army with the designation
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aosent, in custody ot the civi
authorities. An officer cannot
be courtmartialed without his being
present during the trial, and it is
regarded as unlikely tint, in the
event that Capt. Hair.s is finally
convicted and sentenced to the
penitentiary, the civil authorities
would permit him to appear before
an army courtmartial. This would
forestall his being dishonorably
dismissed. Of course 110 action
will be taken by the War Depart
nient while Capt. Hains' appeal is
pending, but if he is finally con
vineo it is probable that hi case
will be presented to a retiring
board which w;ll find from the re
cord, that he has become "morally
and physically unfit for the ser
vice", following which decision he
will be abso.utely retired "by or
der of the President". Absolute
retirement, unlike retirement for
age, will deprive him of all rank
and retired pay, it being practical
ly analogous to the "dismissa
without honor" of the men impli
cated in the Brownsville raid.
CAPITOL TRIMMER SANDERSON
DEAD.
Third of Ibe Men Concerned In Great Sta'e
Scandal to Die.
John II. Sanderson, of Philadel
phia, under conviction for defraud
ing the State of Pennsylvania in
connection with the furnishing of
the htate Capitol Jat ;Ilarnsburg,
died last Thursday at Sherry's in
New York, where he had made his
home for the past two years.
It is a remarkable fact, that with
the death of Sanderson, three men
concerned with the great scandal
have perished since the investiga
tion ot the Capitol work began.
The other two were Georee F.
Payne, who built the Capitol, and
William M. Mathues, who. as State
Treasurer, paid the bills for the
work. Both Mattues and Sander
son were under conviction and had
been sentenced to prison, but had
taken appeals.
Sanderson has for two years liv
ed a most secluded life at Sherry's.
lie has been a very sick man. much
of the time, and has taken every
precaution to avoid publicity.
Though he died some time be
tween 3 and 6 o'clock in the after
noon, the fact of his death was
kept as secret as possible, and it
was not until nearly midnight that
the management at Sherry's would
admit that he was dead. He was
a victim of Bright's disease.
John H. Sanderson collected
more than $5,250,000 for lighting
fixtures, marble and "mahogany"
and wainscoting and other "furn
ishings" of the Capitol. Sander
son has been a preferred contractor
under Gang regime for many years
and he had a monopoly of the con
tract for furuishing the new Capi
itol. Sanderson was a member of the
Union League, of Philadelphia.
and he served as an aide on the
military staff of Governor Beaver
many years ago, still retaining the
title of "Colonel." He retired
rom business after the exposure of
tbe Capitol scandal, and has since
been living sumptuously in New
York.
Sanderson was married durine
the height of the legislative inves
tigation to Miss Angelina Eray, of
ijienside, who survives.
He has one brother, Harry San
derson. Also has a brother-in-law.
who was witness at trial and was
prime mover in Pennsylvania
Bronze Company.
For years Sanderson was the reg
ular contractor for furniture for the
State buildings in Harrisburg, and
when the Capitol job was ready he
was the favored contractor.dividine
the contracts only with H. Burd
Cassel, who supplied the metalic
filing cases.
When State Treasurer Berry first
sprung the scandal Sanderson was
loud in his protestations of honesty.
Mrs. Marearet Dehart. wife of
Ranslo Dehart. died at the Mercy
Hospital, at Wilkes-Barre, on Sun
day, and the remains were brought
here on Monday. The funeral was
held in St. Columba's Church on
Tuesday at 9 o'clock, Rev. J. R.
Murphy officiating. She is surviv
ed by her husband and a daughter
thirteen years old.
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