CALEB CONOVER
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HAISTORY o/* LOVE,POLITICS,INTRIGUE;
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REFORMER
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RIGHT 1907 B V *xl_BE.«T PAVSON TtßHONft.]
Anice looked at liiin with a sort of
wonderment, which always possessed
her when he spoke of his social as
pirations. That a man of his indom
itable strength and largeness of na
ture should harp so eternally and
yearn so strenuously In that one petty
strain, never ceased to amaze her.
"The feet of clay on the Image of
Iron," she told herself as she dis
missed the thought.
"By the way," asked Conover, as she
rose to leavo the room, "were you
thinking of going to the Standish
meeting to-night?"
"Yes," she answered, meeting hiß
quizzing gaze fearlessly, "if you can
spare me."
"I'm sorry," he said, 'but I'm afraid
I can't. I've about a ream of cam
paign stuff togo through, and I shall
need your help."
"Very well," answered Anice, and
he could cipher neither disappoint
ment nor any other emotion in those
childlike brown eyes of hers.
"Lord!" he muttered to himself as
she went out, "what a politician that
woman would have made! The devil
himself can't read her. If 1 had mar
ried a girl like that instead I won
der if that heart-trouble of the wife's
1b ever likely to carry her off sudden."
An hour or so of sunlight remained.
Anice, tired from her ill-day confine
ment indooi-B, donned hat and Jacket
and sallied forth for n walk. She
turned her steps northward toward
the open country that lay beyond
Pompton Avenue. There was a sting
In the early fall air in that high lati
tude which made walking a pleasure.
Moreover, after the atmosphere of
work, tobacco, politics and reminis
cences that had been her portion since
early morning, it was a Joy to be
alone with the cool and the sweetness
of the dying day. Besides, she wanted
to think.
But the solitary stroll she had
planned was not to be her portion,
for, as she rounded the first corner,
she came upon Cllve Standish deep In
talk with Ansel. Clive's tired eyes
br jhtened at the sight of her. The
look of weariness that had crept into
the candidate's face since she had
last seenyhlm went straight to Anlce's
heart. With a hurtled word of dls
i - ■>
As she rounded the first corner, she
came upon, Clive Standish.
missal to his campaign manager,
Standish left his companion and fell
Into step at Miss Lanier's side.
"This is better than I expected,"
said ho. "I always manage to include
Pompton Avenue In my tramps lately,
but this is the first time I've caught
a glimpse of you."
"You are looking badly," she com
mented. "You are working too
hard."
"One must, in a light like mine.
It's nothing to what I must do during
my tour. Everything depends on that.
I start to-morrow."
"So soon? I'm sorry."
"Why?" he asked in some surprise.
"I'm afraid you'll find Mr. Conover
stronger up-State than you think. I
don't like to see you disappointed."
"You care?"
"Of course I do. 1 hate to see any
one disappointed."
"How delightfully impersonal!"
grumbled Cllve, In disgust.
"I thought you were averse to per
sonalities. You've said so In both the
speeches I've heard you make."
"You came to hear me? I —"
"One likes to keep abreast of the
times; to hear both sides—"
"And having heard both "
"One forms one's own conclusions."
"And yours are —"
"Quite formed."
"Anice!" exclaimed Standish impa
tiently, "nature never cut you out for
a Sybil. Can't you be frank? If you
only knew what your approval—your
good wishes —mean to me, you would
be kinder."
"There are surely enough people
■who encourage you and —"
"No, there are not. I want your en
couragement, your faith; Just as I had
It when we were boy and girl to
gether. you and I!"
•'"You forgot, I'am in the employ ot
Mr. Conover. As long as I accept his
wages, would it be loyal of me to—"
"Then why accept them? If only—"
"One must make a living in some
way. I have other reasons, too."
"That same wretched old mystery
again! As for making a living, that's
a different thing, and it has changed
too many lives. Once, years ago, for
Instance, when I was struggling to
make a living and a bare, scant one
at that I kept silent when my heart
clamored to speak. I kept silent be
cause I had no right to ask any wo
man to share my hard luck. Hut now
I'm on my feet. I've made the 'llv
ling' you talk about. And there's
enough of it for two. So I —"
"I congratulate you on your suc
cess," said the girl nervously. "Here
is my corner. 1 must hurry back. I've
a long evening's work to "
"Anice!"
"Good-by!"
"You must hear me. I —"
"Hello, Miss Lanier! Parleying
with the enemy, eh? Come, come,
that isn't playing square. 'Evening
Standish!"
Caleb Conover, crossing the Btreet
from the side entrance of his own
grounds, had confronted the two be
fore they noted his approach. Look
ing from one to the other, he grinned
amusedly.
"I've heard there was more'n one
leak in our camp,"he went on, "but
1 never sposed this was it."
Trembling with confusion, perhaps
with some deeper emotion, Anice nev
ertheless answered coolly:
"I hope my absence hasn't delayed
any of your work? 1 was on my way
back, when you "
"Now look at that." exclaimed Caleb
with geniune admiration. "Here's my
hated enemy as rod and rattled as if
I'd caught him stuffing ballot-boxes or
cheering for Conover! And the lady
in the case is as cool as cucumbers,
and she don't bat an eye. Standish,
she's seven more kinds of a man than
you are, or ever will be, for all your
big shoulders and bigger line of talk.
Well, we won't keep you any longer,
son. No use askin' you In, I s'pose?
No? Then maybe I'll drop around to
your meeting this evening. I'd 'a'
come before, but It always makes me
bashful to hear myself praised to the
public. Good night."
CHAPTER VII.
An Anonymous Letter.
/ll_IT was late that evening when
Iwl J I Olive reached his rooms.
kaLJ for a few brief hours of
y5938l '"est before setting forth on
his tour of the State. He was tired
out, discouraged, miserable. His
much-heralded meeting had been the
dreariest sore of fiasco. Scarcely had
the opening address begun and the
crowded house warmed up to the oc
casion, when every light in the build
ing had been switched off.
Inquiry showed that a break had oc
cured in the gas mains which could
not be remedied until morning. Can
dles and lamps were hurriedly sent
for. Meantime, through a certain con
fusion followed the plunging of the
place into darkness, the crowd had
been, on the whole, orderly. In spite
of this, the chief of police, with twen
ty reserves, coming on the scene, had
ordered Standish civilly enough to
dismiss the audience. Then the po
licemen had filed up on the stage, Il
lumining it by their bulls-eye lanterns,
and clustered omnlously about the
speakers.
In response to Clive's nngry protest,
the chief had simply reiterated his
order, adding that his department was
responsible for the city's peace and
quiet, and that the crowd showed an
Inclination to riot. Nor could the
Arm of the Law be shaken from this
stand. The audience, during the col
loquy between Standish and the chief
had grown Impatient, and an occasion
al catcall or shrill whistle had risen
from the darkened auditorium. At
each of these sounds the police had
gripped their nightsticks and glanced
with a fine apprehension at their
leader for commands.
The upshot of the matter had been
the forced dismissal of the spectators.
Standish had scouted Ansel's sugges
tion that the whole catastrophe was
a ruse of Conover's, until, as he
walked down the dark aisle toward
the door, he heard a policeman whis
per:
"I was waltln' for the chief to give
some of us the tip to pinch him."
"An' let him make a noise like a
martyr?" grunted a second voice easi
ly recognized as Hilly Shevlin's. "You
must think the Hoss is as balmy in the
belfry as you blue lobsters. He'd 'a'
had Geoghegan broke If he'd—"
The rest of the reply had been lost.
No other disengaged hall could be
found In the vicinity; and the meet
ing from which Clive had expected so
much had gone by the board. He
walked home in a daze of chagrin.
How could he hope to light a man
who employed such weapons; who
swayed such power in every city de
partment; who thus early In the cam
paign showed plainly he would stop
at nothing in beating his opponent?
Then the young candidate's teeth
clenched tight. and the sullen <:rlt that
for so many centuries has carried the
bulldog race of yellow-haired, strong-
Jawed Anglo-Saxons to victory against
hopeless odds came to his aid. He
shook his big shoulders as if tossing
off some physical weight, entered his
rooms and switched on the electric
light.
On his study table lay a special de
livery letter, neatly typewritten, as
was the single sheet of foolscap It
contained. Standish glanced at the
bottom of the page. There was no
signature. Then he read:
"The date for the various count;
conventions has not been formally set
It is unofficially given as a week from
Saturday. Instead, the caucus will be
held in three of the eight counties next
Saturday. The Machine's men know
this. The League's don't. It will be
sprung as a surprise, with two days'
notice Instead of the customary seven.
This will keep many of the League's
people from attending. At the Bow
den and Jericho caucuses telegrams
will be received saying you have
withdrawn.
"At Matawan and Haldane the reg
ular delegates will be notified to meet
at the town halls. While they ar«.
waiting outside the locked front doors,
the county chalrn an and his own
crowd wJll step In tho back way and
hold their caucus and elect their dele
gates. Floaters will be brought Into
several counties. In Wills County the
chairman will fail to hear the names
of your delegates. Have your mana
ger arrange for the Wills men to bolt
at the right time. Force the State
Committee at once to declare the date
for the county conventions. Notify
the League's men at Matawan and
Haldane of the 'back door' trick, and
have the telegraph operators at Jeri
cho and Bowdon warned not to re
ceive or transmit any fako message
of your withdrawal.
"On your State tour you will find
newspapers closed to your speeches
and advertisements, and a number of
the halls engaged before you get to
town. Arrange for Injunctions re
straining the papers from barring your
notices, and have someone go ahead
of you to secure halls. And arrange
for police protection to break up row
dyism at your meetings."
Cllve Standish read and re-read this
remarkable epistle. That It had come
from the Conover camp he could not
doubt. He had heard, before Caleb's
hint of the previous afternoon, that
there Was a certain discontent and
vague rumor of treachery, In more
than one of the multifarious branches
of the Boss's business and political in
terests. For the unexpected strength
developed by the Civic League and
the eloquence of its candidate had
shaken divers of the enemy's less res
olute followers, and more than one of
these might readily seek to curry
favor with the winning side by cast
ing Just such an anchor to windward.
In any case, there was the letter.
Its author's identity, for the moment,
was of no great matter.
"Anonymous!" mused Standish, eye
ing with the missive with strong dis
taste. "Is it a trick of Conover'e or
a bit of treachery on the part of one
of the men he trusts? In either cast,
there's only one course a white man
can take with a thing of this kind."
Picking up the letter, he crumpled
It into n ball and threw it into the
fireplace.
"Better not say anything about it
to Ansel," he decided as he watched
tho paper twist open under tho heat
and break into blaze. "He'd only call
me a visionary crank again. And If
It's a trap, the precautions he'd take
would play straight Into Conover's
hand."
Some blocks away, In his Pompton
Avenue Mausoleum, the Railroader
was giving final orders to the hench
men to whom he had intrusted the de
tails of watching Standlsh's forthcom
ing tour. And some of these same de*
tails he had even intrusted to tho un
enthusiastic Gerald.
CHAPTER VIII.
Caleb Works at Long Range.
| ILIVK Standish opened his up-
I | State tour the following
ftTOtl night In the small town of
Wrvl Wayne. It was a farming
contre, and the hall was tolerably well
filled with bearded and tanned men
who had an outdoor look. Some of
them had brought their wives; sallow,
dyspeptic, angular creatures with the
patient, dull fuces of women who live
close to nature and are too busy to
profit thereby.
The audience listened Interestedly
as Cllve outlined the Boss-ridden con
dition of the Mountain State, the ex
orbitant cost of transporting and
handling agricultural products, the un
just taxes that fell so heavily on the
farmer and the wage-earner, the false
system of legislation and the betrayal
of the people's rights by the men they
were bamboozled Into electing to rep
resent them and protect their inter
ests. He went onto tell how New
York and other States had from time
to time risen and shaken off a similar
yoke of Bosstsm, and to show how,
both materially and in point of self
respect, the voters of the Mountain
State could profit by following Buch
examples. In closing he briefly de
scribed the nature, aims and purposes
of the Civic League and the practical
reforms to which he himself stood
pledged.
It did Cllve's heart good to see how
readily his audience responded in In
terest to Ills pleas. He had not spoken
ten minutes before he felt ho had his
house with htm. He finished amid
a salvo of applause. His hearers
flocked about him as he came down
from the platform, shaking his hand,
asking him questions, praising his dls-
AOllTfla.
(To Be Continued. J,
BERRY'S BREAK
BURSTS HIS BOOM
Candidate's Crazy Talk Startled
the Commonwealth.
REFORMERS REPUDIATE HIM
.:.j.
Indorsement of Democrats For Con
gress Too Much For Independent
Republicans to Stand.
[Special Correspondence.]
Philadelphia, Sept. 13.
Everything everywhere in the po
litical situation in Pennsylvania pre
sages a phenomenal Republican vic
tory in November.
Not only are the Republicans unit
ed, harmonious and aggressive, but
their old time opponents, the Demo
crats, are hopelossly divided and de
moralized.
The nomination of John Kinley
Tener by the Republican convention
lor the governorship, by a unanimous
vote and with every unsuccessful can
didate promptly and sincerely pledg
ing fealty to the nominee, has been
followed by evldonce of a practical
and indubitable character of c-arnest
and enthulastlc support of the jjeket
from the great body of the Republi
can voters of the commonwealth.
Fresh from an atmosphere of neigh
borly good will, Mr. Tener came east
and quickly found that while he is not
personally ns well known here, the
f.tory of his career, of Ills manly quali
ties and his sturdy character, hail al
ready impressed the voters and guar
anteed him a cordial welcome. Fol
lowing a flattering reception at a big
meeting of farmers of Bucks and
Montgomery counties, Mr. Tener was
the central figure at an Immense pop
ular picnic given on the outskirts of
this city under the auspices of the
active Republicans of northeastern
Philadelphia. Nearly fifty thousand
persons, men, women and children,
participated in this wonderful outing.
Republican success in Pennsylvania
has always been certain when* the
party organizations in tho counties of
Allegheny and Philadelphia have
united and harmonious. The majori
ties that will be given to Mr. Tener
and Ills colleagues in Philadelphia and
Pittsburg this year, it Is predicted,
will bo undoubtedly lnrge.
And the same reports come from
practically all of the interior counties.
A Divided Democracy.
TVhat a spectacle is presented by tho
Democracy of Pennsylvania!
Orim Democrats and Berry Demo
crats are at each others' throats every
hour.
While present indications give Grim
an advantage In that he has the regu
lar Democratic organization in vir
tually every county In his favor, and
that with two or three exceptions the
Democratic newspapers of the state
are supporting him, the Bryanitc fac
tion Is keeping up a sharp fire of de
nunciation, not only of Grim, but the
leaders responsible for his nomina
tion.
Berry, himself, seems to have lost
his head. He has been badly rattled
over the many setbacks Ills candidacy
has received. He is Irritable ami fret
ful and has made an exhibition of him
self upon several occasions during
tho last week.
The most sensational break he has
made was his violent and unwarranted
attack upon the newspapers of Penn
sylvania In a speech at a farmers' pic
nic at Chestnut Hill.
Manifestly without preparation, and
with a display of anger that startled
and astonished his audience, Berry
launched a tirade of abuse upon the
reporters, whom he dubbed "newspa
per snipes," and declared that they
should "be burned at the stake." In
the same outburst of temper Berry ar
raigned the Democratic leaders who
refused to favor his nomination.
"That bunch at AUentown," he
Rhoutod, "thought 1 would lie down.
But I am just beglnnig and I want
atop until 1 have them behind tho
bars."
Berry's attack upon the newspapers
he admitted was because of the pub
lication of the fact that he borrowed
$15,000 from Ouffey, the Democratic
boss, upon a note, for the payment of
Which Berry is now being sued.
Not only has he not paid the debt,
but he admits that there was not a
penny of interest paid, and the collat
eral which was put up to insure pay
ment of the principal when sold at
public sale brought only S7OO.
The simple rocital of the facts of
tho case is what Berry took offense at
and called forth his silly, venumuus
end vindictive statements;
The disastrous effect upon the Berry
campaign of this crazy talk of the
candidate was at once apparent to
everybody Identified with the bolter's
outfit.
The endorsement by the Keystone
Tarty of many Democrats for congress
lias lost Berry thousands of votes.
None of the substantial men who
have figured as loaders in reform
movements In Philadelphia have al
lowed their names to be connected
with tha Berry candidacy, and while
there are many reasons why intelli
gent Republicans should not vote the
Berry ticket, admltedly tho most po
tent cause for hostility to this com
bination Is found In the alliance with
Democratic aspirants for seats in coi,
greas.
•IK. TEXKK AT IIUMK. ( J'idiu
lots. As a pitcher on the Chicago team
he was thoroughly drilled In disci
pline. He knows what It Is to stand
on the flrinp: line, taunted by the Jeers
or spurred by the cheers of thousands,
his temper always cool aond hia nerve
never shaken From this stern school
he drifted into the realm of business,
carrying with him the same Judgment
and decision which made him a victor ;
on the field Now. as a candidate for j
the highest office in the gift of the
millions of the state, and during the
stress of a hot campaign, he can he !
depended upon to maintain the same
poise that made him a winner in busi
ness and athletics. He is not a man
to shy at the cars.
Knows How to Say "No."
"Subserviency is not a weakness of
John K. Tener There is too much
Irish in his makeup for us Jo expect,
or his political enemies to hope, that
he will bend the pregnant knee at the
behest of any man or set of men.
Though modest of demeanor, he is
nevertheless fearless and independent.
His life is clean, his record above re
proach. He acknowledges no conditions
which are dishonorable; he bows to
no power but the will of the people
The asset which he prizes most highly
is neither that of wealth, family nor j
social position—it is the love the es- j
teem, the friendship, the regard of the 1
men and women who have known him 1
long enough to realize that beyond per.
adventure his 'yes' is 'yes;' that his
'no' is 'no;' that his word is as good
as his bond; that he never either by
word or action injured his neighbor In
his life; that his one great aim has
been to brighten the lives and im
prove tho conditions of the people of
his town and community.
"Were John Kinley Tener to believe
that the governorship of Pennsylvania
meant his departure in any one par
ticular from the principles which have
won for him his splendid standing In
Charleroi and throughout the Monon
gahela valley, where he is known hot
ter than he is anywhere else, I miss
my guess if he would not stretch him
self to his 112 1111 six feet five inches or
thereabouts and tell the men who pro
posed it. no matter how exaiti il their
political or business position, togo to
blazes and take the governorship with
them."
Candidates On the Go.
The itinerary of the Republican state
candidates this week takes them to
the pietie of the Patrons of Husban
dry, at Center Hall. Center county;
the convention of the State League of
Republican Clubs, at Pottsvillo; then
to Reading and to the opening meet
ing of the campaign in Lehigh coun
ty, near AUentown.
State Chairman Henry F. Walton
says lie Is determined to have the
candidates visit every county in the
state, and in order to do this they will
be kept constantly on the go from
now until election day.
This year the progressive western
end of the state has been recognized
In the selection of the party's stand
ard bearer, and within the last lew
days there has been an exhibition of
appreciation of this fact in a remark
able demonstration In honor of Mr.
Tener by his admirers in Charleroi
and surrounding towns representing
all shades of political opinion and re
ligious be'i"f. and in tributes of es
teem from the toilers of Pittsburg and
vlclnil v.
Postmaster Dies In Jail.
Death ended the career of William
T. Brlggs, postmaster of Hartford, N.
J.. in the county Jail at Camden, N. J.
Brlggs, who was twenty-six years
old, was arrested one week ago on a
charge of being SIBOO short in his ac
counts. lie confessed, according to the
authorities, and said he hail spent the
money in fast living. He was commit
ted to jail in default of SIOOO bail.
Brlggs was taken with delirium tre
mens on Saturday, lie was one of the
best known men in South Jersey.
Real Lock,
You may not believe in luck, but Just
the same you are lucky to be In luck.—
New Haven Times-Leader.
■pnOPOSRI* AMRNDMKNTS TO THE
1 CON STITTTT ION St PM ITT ISO TO
THE CITIZBNS OF THIS COMMON
WEAI.TII FOR TIIICIR APPROVAL, OR
REJECTION, BY THE GENERAL. AS
SKMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND PUBLISH
ED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PUR
BUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
Number One.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section twen
ty-six of article live of the Constitution
of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Resolved (If the Senate concur), That
the following amendment to section twen
ty-six of article five of the Constitution
of Pennsylvania be, and the same Is here
by, proposed, In accordance with tho
eighteenth article thereof:—
That section 2ti of Article V., which
reads as follows: "Section 2fi. All laws re
lutlng to courts shall be general and of
uniform operation, and the organization,
jurisdiction, and powers of all courts of
the same class or grade, so far as regu
lated by law, and the force and effect of
tiie process and Judgments of such courts,
shall be uniform; and the General Assem
bly Is hereby prohibited from creating
other courts to excrcl.se the powers vested
by this Constitution in the Judges of tho
Courts of Common Pleas and Orphans'
Courts," be amended so that the same
shall read as follows:
Section 2ti. All laws relating to courts
shall be general and of uniform opera
tion, and the organization, Jurisdiction,
and powers of all courts of the same class
or grade, so far as regulated by law, and
the force and effect of tho process and
iudgments of such courts, shall be uni
form; but, notwithstanding any provi
sions of this Constitution, the General
Assembly shall have full power to estab
lish new courts, from time to time, as the
same may be needed In any city or coun
ty. and to proscribe the powers and Ju
vlsdlctlon thereof, and to Increase the
number of Judges In any courts now ex
isting or hereafter created, or to reorgan
ize the same, or to vest In other courts
Ihe Jurisdiction theretofore exercised by
•Hurts not of record, and to abolish the
lame wherever It may be deemed neces
sary for the orderly and efficient adminis
tration of Justice.
A true copy of Resolution No. 1.
ROBERT McAFEES.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Two.
RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Consti
tution of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, so as to eliminate the require
ment of payment of taxes as a quallfl
l cation of the right to vote,
j Resolved (If the House of Representa
tives concur), That the following amend
' ment to the Constitution of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania be, anrl the same
Is hereby, proposed. In accordance with
the eighteenth article thereof:
| That section one of article eight be
amended, by striking out the fourth
, numbered paragraph thereof, so that the
said section shall read as follows:
Section 1. Every male citizen twenty
r>ne years of age, possessing the follow
ing qualifications, shall be entitled to
vote at all elections, subject hY>wever to
such laws requiring and regulating the
registration of electors as the General
Assembly may enact.
First. He shall have been a citizen of
the United States nt least one month.
Second. He shall have resided In the
Statu ono year (or If, having previously
been a qualified elector or native-born
citizen of the State, be shall have re
moved therefrom and returned, then six
months), immediately preceding the elec
tion.
Third. ITe shall have resided in the
election district where he shall offer to
voto at least two months Immediately
preceding the election.
A true copy of Resolution No. 2.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of tho Commonwealth.
Number Three.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constl*
tutlon of tho Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, so as to consolidate the
courts of common picas of Allegheny
County.
Section 1. Re It resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of tho
' Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In Oen
eral Assembly met, That the following
amendment to the Constitution of Penn-
I sylvanla be, and the same is hereby, pro
posed, In accordance with tho eighteenth
article thereof:—
That section six of article five be
amended, by striking out the said sec
tion, and Inserting in place thereof the
following:
Section 6. In the county of Philadel
phia all tho Jurisdiction and powers now
vested in the district courts and courts of
i common pleas, subject to such changes
as may be made by this Constitution or
! by law, shrill be In Philadelphia vested In
five distinct and separate courts of equal
; and co-ordinate Jurisdiction, composed
of throe Judges each. Tho said courts in
1 Philadelphia shall be designated respect
| 'voly as tho court of common pleas num
| her one. number two, number three,
| number four, and number live, but tho
number of said courts may be by law
: Increased, from time to time, and shall be
In like manner designated by successive
numbers. The numb« r of judges In any
of said courts, or In any county whore
tho establishment of an additional court
I may be authorized by law. may be In
\ creased, from time to time, and when
over such increase shall amount in tho
whole to throe, such throe Judges shall
; compose a distinct and separate court as
! aforesaid, which shall bo numbered as
| aforesaid. In Philadelphia all suits shall
I be instituted In the said courts of com
• moii pleas without designating the num
ber of the s'ald court, and tho several
courts shall distribute and apportion tho
1 business among them in such manner as
! shall bo provided by rules of court, and
j each court, to which any suit shall be
I thus assigned, shall have exclusive Jurls
| diction thereof, subject to ehango of
j venue, ns shall be provided by law.
In the county of Allegheny all the
Jurisdiction and powers now vested In
the several numbered courts of common
! pleas shall be vested in ono court of com
• mon pleas, composed of all the Judges In
j commission in said courts. Such Juris
■ | diction and powers shall extend to all
I proceedings nt law and In equity which
shall have boon Instituted In tho several
numbered courts, and shall be subject to
such changes as may T»o made by law,
and subject to change of venue as pro
j vldod by law. The president Judge of
! said court shall bo selected as provided
iby law. Tho number of Judges in said
j court may bo by law Increased from
j time to time. This amendment shall take
i effect on tho first day of January suc
! ceodlng Its adoption.
1 A true copy of Resolution No. 3.
ROBERT McAFEE.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
• Proposing an amendment to section eight,
» article nine, of the Constitution of Penn
, sylvanla.
Section 1. Be It resolved by the Senato
" and House of Representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania In General
. Assembly met, That the following Is pro
posed as an amendment to the Constltu
* i tion of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
! nla. In accordance with the provisions of
the eighteenth article thereof:—
Amendment to Article Nine, Section
Eight.
Section 2. Amend section eight, article
nine, of tho Constitution of Pennsylvania,
which reads as follows:
i "Section 8. The debt of any county,
city, borough, township, school district, or
other municipality or incorporated dis
trict, except as herein provided, shall nev-
I or exceed seven per centum upon the as
sessed value «if tho taxable property there
in. nor shall any such municipality or
' district incur any new debt, or Increase
its indebtedness to an amount exceeding
two per centum upon such assessed val
uation of property, without the assent of
the electors thereof at a in blio election in
! such manner ns shall be piovided by law;
| but any city, the debt of which now ex
ceeds seven per centum of such assessed
valuation, may be authorized by law to
, Increase the same three per centum, in
1 the aggregate, at any ono time, upon such
I valuation," so as to read as follows:
I Section 8. The debt of any county, city,
borough, township, school district, or oth
er municipality or Incorporated district,
i except as herein provided, shall never ex
ceed seven per centum upon the assessed
value of the taxable property therein, nor
shall any such municipality or district In
cur any new debt, or Increase its Indebt
edness to an amount exceeding two per
: centum upon such assessed valuation of
property, without the assent of the elec
tors thereof at a public election In such
manner as shall be provided by law; but
any city, the debt of which now exceed*
seven per centum of such assessed val
uation, may be authorized by law to ln
■ crease the same three per centum, In tho
aggregate, at any one time, upon such
| valuation, except that any debt or debts
! hereinafter Incurred by the city and coun
ty of Philadelphia for the construction
and development of subways for transit
purposes, or for the construction of
wharves and docks, or the reclamation of
land to be used In the construction of a
system of wharves and docks, as pubMo
improvements, owned or to be owne<l \>y
said city and county of Philadelphia, and
which shall yield to the city and countv
of Philadelphia current n«it revenue In ex
cess of the Interest on said debt or debts
and of tho annual Installments necessary
for tho cancellation of said debt or debts,
may be excluded In ascertaining the pow
] or of the city and county of Philadelphia
to become otherwise Indebted: Provided,
That a sinking fund for their cancellation
shall be established and maintained.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth,