CALEB CONOVER CALEB j~~ RAILROADER ffiitNoVf theiA STORY ©/* LOVE:.POLITICS,INTRIGUE; J op A RICH &• POWERPUL BOSS ~ AND AN INTREPID YOUNG REFORMER * J>\3P/ BY ALBERT PAYSON TERMUNE RIGHT 1907 B V ALBERT PftVSON TERHON?', The news of Olive's eccentric pre convention tour, of his eloquence, hla clean manliness and the obstacles he had overcome, had drawn hundreds through sheer curiosity. More had come because they were weary of Conover's rule and eagerly desired to learn what his young antagonist had to offer them In place of bossism. Skilled, by experience, in reading the sentiment of crowds, Cllve, as he stepped onto the stage, felt instinc tively that the main body of the house was kindly disposed toward him. Not only was this proven by the spon taneous applause that heralded his appearance, but by a ripple- —a rustle —of interest that rose on every hand. The sound nerved him. He consid ered once more how much hung on to-night's success or failure, and the advance augury was as music to his ears. The mayor, a little, nervous man with a monstrous mustache and a cast In one eye, opened the meeting with a brief speech, defining the purpose of the evening, and ended by introduc ing the candidate. Cltve came for ward. A volley of applause such as he had never before known hailed him. He bowed and bowed again, waiting for It to subside. But it did not. It continued from every quar ter of the house. From pleasure Clive felt a grow ing uneasiness. The majority of the audience seemed to have relapsed into silence, and were staring about them in wonder at the unduly continued ovation. The thumping of feet and canes and the shouts of welcome in creased rather than diminished. It settled down into a steady volume of sound, regular and rythmic, shaking the whole auditorium, losing any hint at spontaneity and degenerating into a deafening, organized babel. The men on the platform glanced at each other in angry bewilderment. For fully ten minutes the tumult en dured, rendering intelligible words out of the question. The mayor, as chairman, rapped for silence. But his efforts were in vain. The sound was drowned in the vaster, reechoing vol ume of rythmic sound. Clive held up his hand with a gesture of authority. The applause doubled. "" "e -was growing absurd. The quiet majority of the audience waxed restive, and half rose in its seats to locate the disturbance. To end the embarrassing delay Standish began to speak, hoping the clamor would die down. But his words did not reach the second row of seats. Ansel slipped forward to his side. "This is a put-up job!" he ex claimed, shouting to make himself heard above the uproar. "They are pretending to applaud because they think you dare not call them down for that. They'll keep it up all even ing if they get a chance, and you won't be able to speak ten words." In a front orchestra seat a man stood up waving a flag and bawling: "Standish! Standish! We want STANDISH!" The rest of Billy Sheviin's carefully drilled cohorts took up the cry, and it was chanted a hundred times to the accompaniment of resounding sticks and boot heels. The mayor beckoned a deputy sher iff from the wings. Pointing to the front-seat ring-leader he commanded: - "Put that fellow out." "Put that fellow out." The deputy descended the steps to tho orchestra, grabbed the vociferat ing enthusiast by the collar and started to propel him up the aisle. In an Instant, as though the action were a signal, every Bound ceased. The house was as still as death. And through the silence soared the shrill, penetrating protest of the man who had Just been collared. "You leave me be!" he yelled. "I've got as much right here as you have. An' I'm earnin' my money." "What money?" shouted a trained querist in the gallery. "Tho cash Mr. Standish promised me for leadln' the applause of course. He's payin' me an' the rest of the we're goln' to earn our dough. Standish!' Standish! Wo want —" Then pandemonium broke loose. Hundreds of voices caught up the rhythmic refrain, while hundreds more shrieked "Fake!" and a counter rhythm arose of "Fake! Fake! Fake! Fake! FAKE!" Standish, abandoning all present hope of making the audience under stand that the shrill-voiced man was a hireling of Conover's and that the whole affair was a gigantic, well-re hearsed trick, turned to face the group on the platform. But there, at a glance, read in a dozen pairs of eyes suspicion, contempt, disgust. "I'm sorry, Mr. Standish," sneered the little mayor, "that your friends are over-zealous in earning their —" "Do you mean that you—that any body—can believe such an absurd ity?" cried Standish. "Can't you see —7" "I can only see," said the mayor, rising, "that I have evidently misun derstood the purpose and nature of this meeting. Good night." To Cllve's horror the little dignitary walked off the stage, followed by two thirds of those who had sat there with him. The majority of the boxes' oc cupants followed suit. The few who remained on the platform did so, to judge from their expression, more from interest In the outcome of the riotous audience's antics than through any faith In Clive. For by this time the erstwhile orderly place was in full riot. Individual fights and tussles were waging here and there. Men were shouting aimlessly. Women were screaming. People were hurry ing in a Jostling, confused mass up tho aisles toward the exits, while oth ers bellowed to them to sit still or move faster. And through all (both factions of shouters having united in a common slogan) rang to an accom paniment of smashing chairs and pounding feet that endless metrical refrain of "Fake! Fake! Fake! Fake! FAKE!" Standish, Ansel at his side, was once more at the platform's edge, striving in vain to send his mighty voice through the cataract of noise. One tough, in the pure Joy of living a:>d rioting, had climbed over the rail of a proscenium box —the only one still occupied and, throwing an arm about the neck of a young girl, sitting there with an elderly man and woman, tried to kiss her. The girl screamed. Her elderly escort thrust the rowdy back ward, and the latter, his insecure bal ance on the box-rail destroyed, tum bled down among the orchestra chairs. The scene was greeted with a howl of delight from kindred spirits. The youth scrambled to his feet and, Joined by a half dozen intimates, once more swarmed up the side of the box. The girl shrank back, and futilely tugged at tho closed box door, which had become jammed. The old man, quivering with senile fury, leaned over the box-front and grap pled the foremost assailant. He was brushed aside and, amid a hurricane of laughter from the paid phalanx in the gallery, the group of half-drunk, wholly-inspired young brutes clustered across the box rail. The whole inci dent had not occupied live seconds. Yet it had served to draw the multi divided attention of the mob and the rest of the escaping audience to that particular and new point of interest. And now, dozens of the tougher ele ment, seeing a prospect of better sport than a mere campaign row. el bowed their way to the spot. The girl's cry and that of the wo man with her had barely reached the stage when Clive Standish. with ono tremendous spring, had oleared the six-foot distance between footlights and box. There was a confused, whirling, cursing mass of bodies and arms. Then the whole group rolled outward over the rail. Before they had fairly touched ground Clive was on his feet, the cen tre of a surprised but bellicose swirl of opponents who were nothing loath to change their plan of baiting a well dressed girl into the more thrilling pastime of beating a well-dressed candidate. As the score of toughs rushed him, Cllve had barely time to get his back into the shallow angle between the bulging outer bases of the two prosce nium boxes. Then the rush was upon him. Hitting clean and straight, and with the speed and unerring deadliness of the trained heavyweight boxer, Clive for the moment held his own. There was no question of guarding. He re lied rather for protection on the un usual length of his arms. Nor could a blow be planned before hand. It was hit, hit. and keep on hit ting. Fully twenty youths and men surged forward at him, and at nearly every blow one went down among tho pushing throng. But for each who fell there were always two more to take his place. The Impact and crash of blows sounded above the yells and shuffle of feet. This was not boxing. It was butchery. Only his semi-sheltered position and the self-confusing hurry, and numbers of his assailants kept Clive on his feet and allowed him to hold his own. Yet, as he dimly realized even through the wild lust of battle that gripped and Intoxicated him, the f-ght was but a question of moments. Eoon someone, running In, must grapple or trip him, or a kick would reach and disable him. And once down, in thr.t bedlam of stamping, kicking feet, his life would not be worth a scrap of paper. While It lasted, though, it was glor ious. The veneered shell of civiliza tion had been battered away. He was primitive man, gigantic, furious, terri ble; battling against hopeless odds. Yet battling (as had those ancestors from whom his yellow hair, great shoulderß and bulldog Jaw were In herited) all the more gladly and doughtily because of those very odds. Ho was aware of a man who, running along the box rail from the stage, had dropped to his side and stood swing ing a gilded, blue-cushioned chair about his head. This apparition and the whizzing sweep of his odd weap on caused the toughs to give back for an Instant. "Good old Ansel!" panted Clive. "Save your breath!" grunted Karl. "You'll need It." Then a yell from twenty throats and the rush was on again. At first, anticipating the easy triumph which their type so love, the toughs had turned from the milder fun of fright ening a girl of the better class to the momentary work of thrashing the soli tary man who had Interfered with that simple amusement. Now, bleeding faces, swollen eyes and more than one fractured Jaw and nose had trans formed the earlier phase of rough spirits Into one of murderous rage. The man who had so mercilessly punished them must not be allowed to escape alive. The tough never fights fair. When fists fall, a gouge, bite or kick is considered quite al lowable. When, as In the present In stance, the Intended victim Is so pro tected as to render theso tactics dif ficult of success, pockets are usually ransacked for more formidable weap ons. Ansel's arrival on the scene had but checked the onrush. No two men, big and powerful as both were, could sub due nor hold out against that assault. Clive Btruck, right, left, with the swiftness of thought. And each blow crashed Into yielding, reeling flesh. Down whirled Ansel's chair on the bullet head of ono man, and down went the man beneath the Impact Up whirled the chair and again It descended on another head —de- scended and shivered Into kindling wood. Dropping the fragments, Karl ranged close to Clive and together the two struck out, the ono with the wild force and fury of a kicking horse, the other with the colder but no less ter rific accuracy of tho trained athlete. A tough, ducking one of Ansel's wild swings, ran in and caught him about the waist. Doubling his left leg under him, Karl caught the man's stomach with the point of his knee. The as sailant collapsed, gasping. Ilut the momentary lapse of the tall New Eng lander's fistic attack had opened a breach through which two more men rushed and Hung themselves bodily on him. Clive, unaware of his ally's plight, yet felt the increased Impetus of the onslaught on himself, and had to rally his every faculty to withstand It. His breath was coming hard from his heaving chest, and his head swam with fatigue and excitement. More than one heavy blow had reached his face and body. Then— "Clear the way there, youso!" howled an insane, mumbling voice. 'Lemme at 'im! I'll pay 'lin for this smashed Jaw!" The press immediately In front of Clive Standish slackened and the crowd opened. In Its centre reeled a horrible figure—blood-stained torn of clothing, raging and distorted of face, one hand nursing an unshaven Jaw, while tho other flourished a revolver. "Lemme at "lm!" mumbled the pain maddened tough through a hedge of splintered teeth. "Clear the way or I'll shoot to clear!" Then, finding himself directly In front of Standish, the maniac halted and levelled his weapon. (To Be Continued.) Misplaced Bympathy. He was a kind and benevolent old gentleman, who took much Interest In little boys. One day as he was walking along the street he stopped and looked with compassionate sympathy at a lad whose face bore clear evidence of hav ing been In the wars. "My poor little fellow," he said, patting the boy on the head. "I fear you've been fighting. You've got a black eye. Dear me, now, I'm really very sorry, I—" "Never you mind about me," said the poor little boy. "You go home and be sorry for your own little boy. He's got two black eyes."—-Human Life. Game In Germany. Germany is a country of Nlmrods. Thore are, we learn, 600,000 sports men, which means one gun for every hundred people. Each year fall to the gun, on an average, 400,000 hares, 4,- 000,000 partridges, 2,000,000 thrushes. 600,000 rabbits, 190,000 deer, 145,000 woodcocks, 40,000 wild ducks, 25,000 pheasants, 22,500 deer, 15,000 quails, 13,500 bucks, 1,400 wild boards and 1,- 300 bustards. In weight this "bag" rep resents 25,000,000 kilogrammes, a kilo gramme being 2 1-5 pounds. Tho monetary value Is 32,000,000 francs, or £1,240,000. The sum received for licenses to shoot Is 7,500,000 francs, or iIJUtf.OOO.—London Globe. CHEER TENER IN TOUR OF TRIUMPH Thousands Greet Republican Nominee For Governor. MEETS ISSUES SQUARELY Frank and Manly Statements Com mand the Respect and Confidence of the People. As John Kinley Tenor, nominee for governor of the Republican party, con tinues on his tour of Pennsylvania, meeting the people face to face, grasp ing them by the hand and looking every man squarely in the eye and not afraid to meet any issue or ques tion that may be raised, he is growing in popularity in every direction. The more the voters see of him the better they like him, and upon every hand he is being commended for the frankness and candor with which he is discuss ing the needs ol' the commonwealth, the policies of the Republican party and his personal aims and ambitions to insure an administration that will command the confidence and the ad miration of all of the citizens of the state. Mr. Tener and his colleagues on the Republican ticket, John M. Reynolds, Henry Houck and Charles F. Wright, nominees for lieutenant governor, sec retary of internal affairs and state treasurer respectively, are enthusiastic over the receptions that have been ac corded them in every county they have visited. Their meetings in the anthra cite coal regions were especially well attended and afforded Mr. Tener an opportunity to demonstrate his keen Interest In the wage-earners. His ex periences as a lad employed in a steel mill In the great Pittsburg region may in a measure explain his keen inter est in the toilers of the state. In commenting upon Pennsylvania conditions, Mr. Tener a lew days ago said: Protecting Wage-Earners. "The Republican party of Pennsyl vania has to its credit a long history of legislation for the benefit of the people and the honor of the common wealth. "Their laws have been enacted for the protection of the working people, most of which were placed upon the statute books at the request and with the advice of the organized workmen. Of this record we are justly proud, and we point to our action in the past as a guarantee of our intentions in the future. We recognize the fact that the development of our industries has brought with it new problems, new dangers, and altogether complex con ditions that demand and deserve con sideration and treatment by the law making and law administrating powers of our commonwealth. For Safety Appliances. "Among the many subjects affecting the wage-earners which it will be our duty to consider in the future none is more important than the enactment of laws for the protection of the life, health and safety of the men and wo men who are engaged in Industrial pursuits. The first requisite of a pro gressive community must be the safety and security of these people who are least able to protect themselves, and the prevention of industrial accidents is a problem that must appeal to all patriotic citizens of the commonwealth. "In connection with this question, mine and factory inspection has been developed steadily in the state of Pennsylvania, and many laws have been enaetod requiring employers to safeguard the lives and the health of the wage-earners. Further legislation upon this subject will be enacted just as fast as experience points out the necessity therefor. Responsibilty of Employer. "Closely related to the subject ol industrial accidents and their preven tion is the question of compensating workmen for losses by such accidents. The Republican party of Pennsylva nia is responsible for the enactment of an employers' liability law, the pro. visions of which afford to workmen the opportunity of securing damages in many cases where they would not have the right to sue under the laws of many states. "However, it is a regretable fact that under any system of liability the workmen must engage in long and costly litigation, and H«at the waste of money by workmen and employers in prosecuting and defending suits of this character would go a long way if paid immediately to the injured workman, to relieve him in his distress. Pennsylvania Should Lead. "We believe that the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the greatest ol all in dustrial states, should be among the first to putin operation advanced leg islation in respect to this subject, and as a measure to that end it will bo our purpose to recommend the ap pointment of a commission of repre sentative workmen and employers, whose duty it shall be to investigate every phase of the question and rec ommend to the legislature a bill in accordance with the result of their in vestigation." M>t N |>> AKNI Nl 1 (I* mill page Oil .)" this country. They do not tell ol' the popular distress and the destruction of manufacturing, commercial and all othor lines of business brought about through the enactment ol the Demo cratic tariff bill. They show no pictures of the free soup houses that had to be established by charitable individuals and, in some cases, by municipalities where thou sands of men, women and children were out of employment for many months, many ol' them in a starving condition, children without shoes or clothing, and families evicted for non payment of rent. Pennsylvania voters will be called upon at the coming election to send men to congress who will stand by the Tuft administration and resist every effort to change or amend the tarilf, especially those provisions inserted to protect Pennsylvania capital and Pennsylvania wage-earners. Elect Republicans to Congress. Pennsylvania must elect Republican congressmen to block the schemes of! the Democrats, who will without doubt be sent from many doubtful districts in other states. Pennsylvania must, by the size of her Republican majority lor John 1C Tener, nominee l'oi governor, and his colleagues on tlie Republican slate ticket, emphasize the fealty of this state to the cause of Republicanism mid the loyalty of the Republicans of the state to the national administra tlon. Should the Democrats be successful In November in electing a majority of the members of the next national house of representatives, a disastrous po'-'" ' ' • ) years to tho mercantile and manufacturing Interests would in evitably ensue, and if this period b< followed by the election of a Demo cratic president a calamity would be fall the country far greater than wa: experienced following the last Demo cratic presidential victory. Warnings now going out to wage earners from the most intelligent o the men affiliated with labor organlza tions -point out that now is the time to avert the disaster. Business men, appreciating the com ruorcial and industrial heights thit country has reached during the las twelve years, and the scope and mag nltude of our foreign trade, demanc that Pennsylvania shall remain stead fast to the cause ol Iti puhlicanism 112": their own protection and the sal'etj and salvation of the millions of citi zens of this prosperous commonwealth Pennsylvania, the Gibraltar of na Vlonal Republicanism, it is predicted will roll up a tremendous Uepubllcat majority on Nov. sand will send prac ticallj a solio Republican d< legatior to congress Deadly Toadstools Kill Two. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Christy are dead at tin ir horn- iit Barnesboro, neai Ebensburg, Pa., as a result of eat- Their six small children are alive because the toadstools wcie cooked with cayenne pepper and the little one -, refused to touch them. l or the last few weeks hundreds of people in Cambria county have been going into the woods and fields for mushrooms. Christy and Ills invite were amateurs at gathering rSush rooms, never having seen theui grow ing until recently Christy gathered a basket of what he thought were mushrooms and took them home. His wife prepared them for supper, using a large quantity of cayenne pepper in the sauce. When they wore put on the table one of the children tasted them and complained because the pepper burned his tongue. Tiio other tive children refused to touch them at all. Christy and his wife ate heartily. Some time later they were seized with severe pains. Dr. J. C. MeMillen and Dr. J 11. Wood were called and decided immediately that the supposed mushrooms were toadstools, but the man and woman failed to respond to treatment and both died. TJROPOSEB AMENDMENTS TO THE ■* CONSTITUTION St' HMITTED TO THE CITIZKHVS OP THIS COMMON WEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL. OR REJECTION. BV THE GENERAL AS KEMIiLY 01-' THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. AND PUBLISH ED IIV OR I >EIi or Till" SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PUR SUANCE OF ARTICLE .Will 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 live of the Constitution DC Pennsylvania he, and the same Is here by, proposed, In accordance with tho eighteenth article thereof:— That section 2li of Article V., which reads as follows: "Section 20. All laws re lating to courts shall be goneiail 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 the process and Judgments of such courts, shall be uniform; and the General Assem bly Is hereby prohibited from creating other courts to exercise the powers vested by this Constitution In the judges of the Courts of Common Pleas anil Orphans' j Courts," be amended so that the same shall read as follows: Section 2ti. All laws relating to courts Bhall 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 the process and judgments of such courts, shall bo 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 prescribe the powers and Ju risdiction thereof, and to Increase the number of judges In any courts now ex. Istlng or hereafter created, or to reorgan- \ ize the same, or to vest in'other courts the jurisdiction theretofore exercised by courts not of record, nnd to abolish the same wherever It may lie doomed neces sary for the orderly and efllclent adminis tration of Justice. A true copy of Resolution No. 1. KOBERT McA FEE, 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 qualifi cation of the right to vote. Resolved (if the ilouse of Representa tives concur), That the following amend ment to the Constitution of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania be, and 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 twonty ane years of ape, possessing tho follow ing qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at all elections, subject however to such laws requiring and regulating the registration of electors as tho General Assembly may enact. First. He shall have been a citizen of the T nitod States at least one month. Second. He shall have resided In the 9tato ono year (or If, having previously hoon a qualified elector or native-born citizen of the State, he shall have re moved therefrom and returned, then six months), immediately preceding the elec tion. Third. Tie shall have resided in the election district where he shall offer to vote at least two months immediately preceding tho election. A true copy of Resolution No. 2. ROBERT MoAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Three. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constl* tutlon of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, so as to consolidate the courts of common pleas of Allegheny County. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In Gen eral Assembly met, That the following amendment to the Constitution of Penn sylvania be, and the same is hereby, pro posed, in accordance with the eighteenth article thereof : That section six of article flve be amended, by striking out the said sec tion. and inserting in place thereof tho following: Section 0. In the county of Philadel phia all the Jurisdiction and powers now vested in the district courts and courts of common pleas, subject to such changes as may be made by (his Constitution or by law, shall be in Philadelphia vested in five distinct and separate courts of equal and co-ordinate Jurisdiction, composed of three judges each. The said courts in Philadelphia shall be designated respect ively as tho court of common pleas num ber one. number two, number three, number four, and number flve. but the number of said courts may be by law Increased, from time to time, and shall bo in like manner designated by successive numbers. The number of Judges In any of said courts, or in any county where the establishment of an additional court i may be authorized by law. may be In | creased, from time to time, and when ever such increase shall amount In tho whole to three, such three Judges shall compose a distinct and separate court as aforesaid, which shall be numbered as aforesaid. In Philadelphia all suits shall be Instituted In the said courts nfvom mon pleas without designating the num ber of the said court, and the several courts shall distribute and apportion tho business among them In such manner as shall be provided by rules of court, and each court, to which any suit shall be thus assigned, shall have exclusive Juris diction thereof, subject to change of venue, as shall be provided by law. In the county of Allegheny all the Jurisdiction and powers now vested in tho several numbered courts of common pleas shall be vested In one court of com mon pleas, composed of all the judges In commission In said courts Such Juris diction and powers shall extend to all proceedings at law and In equity which shall have been instituted in the several numbered courts, and shall be subject to such changes as may be made by law, and subject to change of venue as pro vided by law The president Judge of said court shall be selected as provided by law. The number of judges in said court may be by law increased from time to time. This amendment shall take effect on the first day of January suc ceeding its adoption. A true copy of Resolution No. ROHERT MoAFEE. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Four. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section eight, article nine, of the Constitution of Penn sylvania. Section 1. He it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania In General Assembly met. That the following is pro posed as an amendment to tho Constitu tion of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva nia. in accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof:— Amendment to Article Nine, Section Eight. Section 2. Amend section eight, article nine, of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, which reads as follows: "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 er exceed seven per centum upon the as sessed value of the 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 tlie assent of tho electors thereof at a or bile election in such manner as 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 tho same three per centum, in the aggregate, at any one time, upon such valuation," so as to read as follows: Section 8. The debt of any county, city, borough, township, school district, or oth er municipality or incorporated district, 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 tho 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 In 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 bo used in the construction of a system of wharves and docks, as public improvements, owned or to be owned by said city and county of Philadelphia, and which shall yield to the city and countv of Philadelphia current net revenue In ex cess of tho Interest on said debt or debts and of the annual Installments necessary for the cancellation of said debt or debts, may bo excluded In ascertaining the pow er of the city and county of Philadelphia to become otherwise Indebted: Provided, That a sinking fund for their cancellation shall bo established and maintained. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4. ROBERT Me A FEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth
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