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E. W. M . Low. Fresident.
Jtmn M.Stavrr, Vice President
DIRECTORS:
E.W.M.Low. Jsnie
F.O. York-,
M. E Staekhouw.
Fred
S. C. Creasy.
Clinton Herring,
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HlR"PV At"i1T 1.
Amendments to tie Constitution.
Tk? Tn P-riS'on$ TJ-it Will B Voted en
at the Nsteirber Ectior$.
There will be tea amencments to
the Constitution to be voted on at
the next eeneral election, and the
voter will be kept busy using his
pencil in making crepes opposite
"for" or "asainst" each amend
ment. The main ob-ect or" these
amendments is to do away with
the
spring elections, so tna'
numbered years state
be elected.
The first arr.endme
:a
the even
cars wi'.l
' at where a vacancy occurs in an
ic? that is tiled by appointment
the governor, two months be
re a general election in Xovem
r. the etSce shiil be filled at that
v.'Ction. At present if the vacancy
occurs three months before election
it is so filled.
The second amendment fixes the
terms of the auditor general and
biate treasurer at fonr years each.
At the present time the State treas
urer's terra is two years and the
auditor general's three years. The
State treasurer and auditor general
elected this year shall each serve
three years and after that be elected
for fcur years.
The third amendment changes
the term of justices ot the peace
and aldermen from five to six years.
The fourth amendment applies
only to Philadelphia and fixes the
tern of magistrates from five to six
years.
The fifth amendment changes the
general election from annuil to bi
ennial, all to be held in the even
numbered years.
The sixth amendment d :es away
with all spring elections, abolishing
them entirely, and all municipal
elections will be fceld in November
in odd numbered years.
The seventh amendment increas
es the terms of election 0: otScers
from one to two years.
The eighth amendment provides
that elections of State otEctrs shall
be held on a general election day,
except when, in either case, special
electiccs may be required to fill un
expired terms.
The ninth amendment changes
the terms of all county officers to
four years.
The tenth amendment fixes the
terms of office of county commis
sioners and county auditors at four
years, evidently classifying them in
the county officers coming under
the ninth amendment.
The amendments in full as pro
posed, will be found in this issue,
and will be published for the next
three months.
A labor war has been begun i
Swedes which the government
making vigorous efforts to check.
Are Doctors Any Good?
Foolish question! Yet some people act as if a medicine
could take the place of a doctor! The best ir.edicine in
the world cannot do this. Have a family doctor, consult
him frequently, trust him fu3y. If we did net be!ieve
doctors endorsed Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for coughs and
colds, we would not offer it to you. Ask vour doctor,
fro alcohol in this cough medicine. I.LAue,e.Lu
MKtecfcc wouU oOer then to
Paid on Time Deposits
Myron I. Low. Vice President.
Frank Ikeier, Ca.bier
M. Staver,
Mrron I. Low,
H. V.Hower.
Frank Ikeier.
Ikefer.
TROUBLE IN SPALV
Spaia is just now facing a crisis
at nome and abroad, which is
threatening a catastrophe to the
present regime.
For some time past the govern
ment has been waging an unsuc
cessful war against the Mcorish
tribesmen in Morrocco. Thousands
of troups have been sent to Africa
only to meet with defeat. Popular
crir.ion has cersured the govern
ment lor entering upon the cam
paign, and it needed ouly the call
for more troops to stir it into open
revolt.
The district of Catalonia was the
scene of the first trouble. Ia Bar
celona thousands joined in an tt
tick upoa the government. This
movement is gradually spreading
throughout the kingdom, which is
now entirely under martial law.
A strange feature of the uprising
is the antagonism shown toward
the church, as well as a?air.t th
government.
The army has mutinied ia vari
ous p.aees. rehis-in? ta aid in
pressing the revolt. Doa Tsime,
he Cariist pretender to the thrcne
s ready to place himself a: the
:ead of what now arrears ta be a
revolution of serious proportions.
King A.tonso is doiuz what he
can to put down the rebellion, but
wita reverses in Africa a rem'-.
tion at home, and a mutinous army,
the situation is serious
The Amendments' Chances.
Conditions for the adoption of the
income tax amendment are ahnnr n
unfavorable as can well be imadn-
ea. .iost 01 tne state Legislatures
hold biennial sessions, and in the
odd years, and hence the conclusion
of the matter cannot come until
well along in 1911.
A few states, like Georrfa t-..
sachusetts. New York, New Jersey,
Rhode Island and South Carolina,
hold annual sessions, while Kenl
tucky, Louisiana. Maryland. Miss
issippi, Vermont and Vireinia hold
biennial sessions, but on the even
years, and hence will settle the
amendment question, so far as they
are concerned, in 1910. Of these
tates more than half will probably
vote against the amendment: roti-
bly the proportion will be even
larger, considering the kind of Sen
a:crs most of them now have at
Washington.
Thus the campaign for the amend
ment ia 1QII will open under a
heavy handicap, unless the people
should surprise the politicians who
have framed u? this dead-fall bv
electing a different typ of Legisla"-
iure oa tais very issue. Then we
would see. rejoicingly, from some
of these States a different sort rf
United States Senator, too. Had
the amendment proposers been act
ing in rood faith, thev conld have
provided for a special constitutional
convention in tne several States
and have settled the matter within
a few months, at the latest.
Pittsburg Pest.
lnlorxativa.
In everv issue of T3u PaILiAjI.
fkia Press there are three corres
pondence columns oon to all
readers. No matter who von are
yon cannot read these thre
pondence columns on any day
without finding something of Inter
est to TOU. Therefore, read TXr
Pkilt&IfkU Press etery day.
yoo. Ask your oa doctor about this.
WASHINGTON
From our Kefrular Correspondent.
Washington, I). C, Aug. 2, 1909
One of the most edifying specta
cles ol the tariff session has been
that presented by Speaker Cannon
am, i.M attempting to r.oIJ up the
passage of the bill.actua ly sending
uireats to tne White House, be
wause me rresiaent would not arv
prove the deal which Mr. Cannon
made with former Representative
f i . . e . . .
umauer ior extot tionate duties on
women's eloves wh;eh t t in.
uer, who is one of the largtst glove
unumacturers in the cnnnirv n-icfe-
es to make without foreign compe
tition at his plant at Gloversville,
ew ork. When, at the begin
ning 01 me session, there n-a o
threat to defeat "Uncle Toe" ran.
non in the race for the speakership,
ana wnen a urge number of Re
publicans joined forces with the
Democrats 10 prevent the rwnn
tion of the Reed rules whirh ri n '.-0
the Speaker nothing short of a des
pot, Lannon sent for Littauer and
made a hard and fast agreement
with him that he should have pro
hibitive duties on women's gloves
if he would save Cannon from de
feat. Littauer, who is a liberal en-
tertaiaer. achieved the ta-.
ed to him with, as will be remem
bered, the help of a few Tammanv
Democrats who tnrne-d
their party in consideration of spec
ial lavorswnica tiie Speaker was in
a position ta prant T..
and Means committee met and the
rayr.e bill co-itaiued th c-!n A-.,.
ties demanded by Littauer as t he-
price of his assistance to the Speak
er. The HotlS? ohirfivl huf n ;
powerless under the rules to pre
vent the glove duties being adopted
without defeating the entire bill.
icaenuai members cf the House
immediately began"work in the
Senate, however, to prevent the
adoption of the glove duties there
and were successful. The Dingley
rates were adopted in the Senate
and the bill went to conference.
Meanwhile, however, the President
learned of the Cannon-Littaner
trade and determined to defeat it-
When the tariff bill went to Con
ference Speaker Cannon "packed"
the committee against Representa
me rayne m order to insure the
retention of tee glove duties. But
the President informed the cenfer-
rees tnat te would never agree to
an incre3s.e over the Dingley rates
oa gloves. Cannon went to the
White House, after first telegraph
ing 10 littauer to come to 'A ash
initon and make the f.ht Th.
Speaker told the President that he
was an 01a man. tnat he had just
oce request to make and that was
that he permitted to keep his prom
lse to Littauer. The President was
thoroughly disgusted that such a
trade should have been made, that
the people of the country were to
c eompei.ea to pay tribute to Lit
tauer tor the far from meritorious
privileges of having Cannon Speak
er of the House. He told Cannon
so very plainly. That did not si
lence the Speaker, however. He
has betrn making political deals all
his life and was absolutely unjble
to see anything improper in his
conduct or to grasp the President's
meanin?. tie never ceased his
fight. The conferrees promised the
President to report the Dingley du
nes out cannon kept up the con
test. Finally, when the conferrees
had a-gTeed to the President's de
mand for free hides. Cannon c.-t
mem to cemand tne President s ap
. . . . o--
proval ot a compromise oa the
glove schedule. The compromise
was rejected but evea after that a
still further compromise was pro
posed. The Republican conferred hare
come very near wrecking the tariff
di.i aitogetner. 1 neir insistence on
the glove rates demanded by Can
non and Littauer and the duty on
lumber demanded bv certain west.
era Senators placed the bill in seri-
ous jeopardy ana incidentally dem
onstrated to the leaders of the Sen
ate end the House that although
he waa big and good natnred and
apparently easy going. William H.
Taft possessed a determination more
danrerOUS to encounter nnm it -ac
aroused even than that of Theodore
Roosevelt.
The Secretary of the Naw
is
working on a proposition which is
01 a mgmy important character to
the welfare of the navy. It is a
broad plan of reorganization which
will provide for the grouping of the
various correlated bureaus in the
Navy Department under experienc
ed flag officers and the creation of
a sort of naval cabinet to advise the
Secretary on all points which re
quire technical knowledge for their
correct determination. Under the
present system, every new Secreta
ry of the Naw find himelf fir
port which he is not and cannot be
competent to solve. For advisors
he has onlv the various chiefs of
bureaus and often their advise is
extremelv conflicting. Iu the last
nine years there have been seven
Secretaries of the Navy and each in
turn has had to ro throueh the
apprentice period, striving tos-lve
problems of w hich he came into the
department wholly ignorant, but
the guidance of only common sense
and tvrrlpxed hv tl-.p rnr.flirtino
l - -1 j ... rt
assurances cf officers, each of whom
was Prepared to back nt his state
ments with arguments S3 technical
in ineir cnaracier inai nn v ine mi
tiated could weigh them intellicent
ly. It is expected that the new-
plan will insure a continuity iu na
val policy which is hizhlv desira
ble. In every improvement which
receives the approval of Secretary
Mever. the chief thought will be
the efficiency of the fleet, a thought
wnicn secretary dewberry was
prone to overlook in his desire to
secure "business-like administra
tion" of the navy yards. Generally
speakinz. the new nlan will involve
the abandonment of the Newberry
plan ot navy yard organization.
In a Pinch use Allen's Foot-Ease.
A powder to shake into your sboos. It
cares hot. tired, achiae. swo'.'.ea. sweat
er teet and mkei walking easy. Takes
e s::sc out of corns and bunions. All
drccirists ijcts. Doa't accept any sub
stitute.
Two Tons of Gold on Show at Seattle.
Want to see it.2s0.0co ia pure.
yellow gold ? This is one of the
exhibits of marvelous wealth ex
posed to the eyes of the visitors to
.1. f - a. .
;ne .-usia oui:o:ng ct tne Alasica-Yukon-PaciS:
Exposition at Seat
tle. Washington. Securely entrench
ed bellind a double steel rar'e are
over two tons of yellow wealth that
wouid do justice to the davs of
Aladdin.
Taken from the frozen earth of
Alaska by men who have risked
their lives to obtain this most prec
ious of metals, it lies inviting the
wonder of the visitors to the expo
sition. Dozens of gold bricks, larger
than paving blocks, lie in the cen-
icr 01 tne exniD-.t. taca cue 01
the bricks would mean a fortune.
Just figure it out; with gold bring
ing an ounce and a brick weigh
ing around 150 pounds, each one
means over forty thousand dollars.
Surmounting the w hole oa a shelf
are five of the largest nuggets ever
found. One of these holds the rec
ord for a single piece of native
gold. It is worth nearly four thou
sand dollars.
It is a revelation to watch the
crowds that flock aror.nd the cage
to catch a glimpse of the precious
metal. They seem to love to get
as close as possible to the pile of
wealth. Many a man is uncon
sciously wendering how he can get
that gold out of the pile into his
pocket.
The average visiter wonders how
thieves are kept out of this tempt
ing hoard. That was easily dor.e.
It is enclosed by a double "cage of
strong iron bars in the day time.
At night it is lowered into a vault
beneath the floor of the building.
This vault is fitted up with electric
wires charged with 2,000 volts of
electricity. Any hapless man who
placed a hand oa one of these wires
would be electrocuted in a hun
dredth of a second.
Beware of Flies !
The state department of health
has issued a no-rly warning in which
it is declared that flies are common
carriers of disease and should be
kept out of premises when possi
ble. The bulletin urees the care
ful observance of the following
rules:
Don't allow flies in your home.
Don't permit them near vonr
food, especially milk.
Don t buy foodstuffs where nies
are tolerated.
Don't eat where flies have access
to the food.
Do not eat food that has been in
contact with flies.
Screen the babv's bed and teen
f
the flies away from baby's bottle.
Keep flies away from the sick,
especially those ill with typhoid
fever, scarlet fe-er, diphtheria and
lUDercuiosis.
Kill even- flv which enters the
sick room.
Catch the flies a3 fast as they
appear. Use liquid poisons, sticky
ny papers or traps.
Tax the Heiresses.
Paul Morton, Secretary of the
Naw tinder President Riwcevelt
has made a novel sueeestion for the
tariff makers. He would levy an
export tax on American heiree
so as to keep our fortunes here and
some of the foreign nobility at
home.
GHIIdrrt .Cry
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