WILSON WOULD REPEAL ALL PROTECTIVE TARIFF LAWS. The following Is taken from an address delivered by Pro fessor Woodrow Wilson before the tariff board in 1882, showing his view then on the question of the tariff and the distinct an nouncement of his position as a free trader, opposed to all tariffs except merely for the pur pose of raising revenue: "But the danger of Imposing protective duties Is that when the policy is once embarked upon It cannot be easily receded from. Protection is nothing more than a bounty, and when we offer bounties to manufactur ers they will enter into indus tries and build up interests and when at a later day we seek to overthrow thiß protective tariff we must hurt somebody nnd of course there Is objection. They will say, 'Thousands of men will be thrown out of employment and hundreds of people will lose their capital.' This seems very plausible; but I maintain that manufacturers are made better manufacturers whenever they are thrown upon their own re sources and left to the natural competition of trade." • »*•»»» "Protection also hinders com merce Immensely. The English people do not send as many goods to this country as they would If the duties were not so much and" In that way there Is a restriction of commerce and we are building up manufactor ies here at the expense of com merce. We are holding our selves aloof from foreign coun tries in effect -and saying, 'We are sufficient to ourselves; we wish to trade, not with England, but with each other.' I main tain that it is not only a per nicious system, but a corrupt system. "By Commissioner Garland: "Q. Are you advocating the re peal of all tariff laws? "A. Of all protective tariff laws; of establishing a tariff for revenue merely. It seems to me very absurd to maintain that we shall have free trade between different portions of this country and at the same time shut our selves out from free communica tion with other producing coun tries of the world. If It is neces sary to Impose restrictive duties on goods brought from abroad it would seem to me as a matter of logic, necessary to Impose similar restrictions on goods taken from one state of this Union to another. That follows as a necessary consequence; there Is no escape from It." HAS CHANGED AS CANDIDATE Woodrow Wilson's Bpeeches Now Those of Office Beeker. Scattered among the platitudes of Dr. Wilson's speech of acceptance are some truths. None Is more significant than this: "We stand in the presence of an awakened nation, Impatient of partisan make believe." Following which he makes believe that he Is telling the voters of the coun try his position on the campaign Issues. No one has yet been able to determine from a reading of the speech precisely what that position is. Some slight en lightenment comes from time to time in his later utterances, like, for ex ample, the declaration the other day that Tammany is to be safe from his assaults; but none of it is satisfying. Dr. Wilson, in the preconvention days, was represented to the country as a scholarly gentleman, too lofty of mind to practice the wiles of the pro fessional polltlolan, too earnest In the cause of good government to be aught but frank and fearless In his expres sion, too unselfish to put private ambi tion above the public weal, too idealis tic In oharacter to truckle to the forces of evil In the nation. But how singularly he has masked all of these qualities since William Jennings Bryan forced his nomination At Baltimore. There la no difference, save in the purity of the English, between his speeches and the speeches of the pro fessional office seeker of the worst period in American politics. He steps puasy footed over all the large ques tions of the day. He exhibits a sus piciously broad tolerance for all ele ments In the body polltlo, even the elements which, te nominate him, Bry an found it expedient to denounce by name In the convention. There is none of the rugged frankness of ut terance that characterized his writings in the days before he was Inoculated with the virus of political ambition. He Is proving over apt as an advanced student of practical Dolltics. It is not a pleasant nor a heartening exhibition he makes of himself. The right Blinded cttlsen can feel nothing but sadness in contemplating a man of education and culture so Intent -upon partisan and personal victory that he sacrifices those Ideals of truth and honesty for which he has always stood to fawn upon and honeyfugle the roters. Dr. Wilson m a candidate Is not In character with the Dr. Wilson that was pictured to us prior to the Baltl more convention. This "awakened na tion, Impatient of partisan make be- P&rre," detects the difference. PRGPOSED AMENDMENTS TO TILE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT TE(D TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP PROVAL OR REJECTION, BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL VANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY OR DER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSU ANCE OF ARTICLE XVHI OF THE CONSTITUTION. Number One. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to article nine, section four, of the Constitu tion of the Common wealth of Penn sylvania, authorizing the State to Issue bonds to the amount of fifty millions of dollars for the improve ment of the highways of the Com monwealth. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In General Assembly met, That the following amendment to the Constitu tion of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl vania be, and the same is hereby, pro posed, In accordance with the eigh teenth article thereof: That section four of article nine, which reads as follows: "Section 4. No debt shall be creat ed by or on bebail' of the State, ex cept to supply casual deficiencies of revenue, repel Invasion, uuppreas in surrection. defend the State in war, or to pay existing debt; and the debt created to supply deficiency in rev enue shall never exceed, in the aggre grate at any one time, one million of dollars," be amended so as to read a.£ follows: Section 4. No debt shall be created by or on behalf of the SL'te, except to supply casual defleienc.' js of rev enue, repel invasion, supp .ss insur rection, defend the State In war, or to pay existing debt; and the uebt creat ed to supply deficiencies in revenue shall never exceed, in the aggregate at any one time, one million of dol lars: Provided, however, '.mat the General Assembly, irrespective of any debt, may authorize the Stale to issue bonds to the amount of fifty millions of dollars for the purpose of improv ing and rebuilding the highways of the Commonwealth. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Two. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to section seven, article three of the Constitu tion of Pennsylvania, so as to per mit special legislation regulating labor. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the following is proposed as an amend ment to the Constitution of thy Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, in ac cordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof. Amend ment to Article Three, Section Seven. Section 2. Amend section seven, article three of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, which reads as fol io WB: — "Section 7. The General Assembly shall not pass any local or special law authorizing the creation, extension, or impairing of liens: "Regulating the affairs of counties, cities, townships, wards, boroughs, or school districts: "Changing the names of persons or places: "Changing the venue in civil or criminal cases: "Authorizing the laying out, open ing, altering, or maintaining roads, highways, streets or a leys: "Relating to ferries or bridges, or incorporating ferry or bridge compan ies, except for the erection of bridges crossing streams which form bounda ries between this and any other State: "Vacating roads, town plats, streets or alleys: "Relating to cemeteries, graveyards, or public grounds not of the State: ' Authorizing the adoption or legiti mation of children: "Locating or changing county-seats, erecting new counties, or changing county lines: "Incorporating cities, towns, or vil lages, or changing their charters: "For the opening and conducting of elections, or fixing or changing the place of voting: "Granting divorces: "Erecting new townships or bor oughs, changing township lines, bor ough limits, or school districts: "Creating offices, or prescribing the powers and duties of officers in coun ties, cities, boroughs, townships, elec tion or school districts: "Changing the law of descent or succession: "Regulating the practice or juris diction of, or chauging the rules of evidence in, any judicial proceeding or Inquiry before courts, aldermen, Justices of the peace, sheriffs, commis sioners, arbitrators, auditors, masters In chancery, or other tribunals, or providing or changing methods for the collection of debts or the enforcing of Judgments, or prescribing the effect of judicial sales of real estate: "Regulating the fees, or extending the powers and duties of aldermen, Justices of the peace, magistrates or constables: "Regulating the management of public BChoo.s, the building or repair ing of school houses and the raising of money for such' purposes: "Fixing the rate of interest: "Affecting the estates of minors or persons under disability, except after due notice to all parties in interest, to be recited in the special enact ment: "Remitting fines, penalties and for feitures, or refunding moneys legally paid into the treasury: "Exempting property from taxation: "Regulating labor, trade, mining or manufacturing: "Creating corporations, or amend ing, renewing or extending the chart ers thereof: "Granting to any corporation, asso I elation or lndlvldae 1 any special or ex | elusive privilege or immunity, or to ■ any corporation, association or Indi vidual the right to lay down a railroad track. "Nor shall the General Assembly in directly enact such special or local law by the partial repeal of a general law; but laws repealing local or spec ial acts may be passed: "Nor shall any law be passed grant ing powers and privileges in any case where the granting of such powers and privileges shall have been provid ed for by general law, nor where the courts have jurisdiction to grant the same or give the relief asked for." — so as to read as follows: Section 7. The General Assembly sMll not pass any local or special law authorizing tho creation, extension or in pairing of liens: Regulating the affairs of counties, cities, townships, wards, boroughs, or ; S' liooi districts: Changing the names of persons or ; places: Changing the venue In civil or crim inal cases: Authorizing the laying out, opening, j altering, or maintaining roads, high ways, streets or alleys: Relating to ferries or bridges, or in corporating ferry or bridge compan ies, except! for the erection of bridges crossing streams which form bounda ries between this and any other State. Vacating roads, town plats, streets or alleys: Relating to cemeteries, graveyards, or public grounds not of the State: Authorizing tho adoption, or legiti mation of children: Locating or changing county-seats, erecting new counties or changing county lines: Incorporating cities, towns or vill ages, by changing their charters: /or the opening and conducting of elections, or fixing or changing the p.ace of voting. Granting divorces: Erecting now townships or bor oughs, changing township lines, bor ough limits or school districts: Creating offices, or prescribing the powers and duties of officers in coun ties k cities, boroughs, townships, elec tion or school districts: Changing the law of descent or suc cession: Regulating the practice or jurisdic tion of, or changing the rules of evi dence in, any judicial proceeding or Inquiry before courts, aldermen, jus tices of the peace, sheriffs, commis sioners, arbitrators, auditors, masters in chancery or other tribunals, or pro viding or changing methods for the collection of debts, or the enforcing of judgments, or prescribing the ef : feet of judicial sales of real estate: Regulating the fees, or extending the powers and duties of aldermen, justices of the peace, magistrates or j constables: Regulating the management of pub lic schools, the building or repairing of school houses and the raising of money for such purposes: Fixing the rate of interest: Affecting the estates of minors or | persons under disability, except after due notice to all parties in interest, to be recited in the special enact ment: Remitting fines, penalties and for feitures. or refunding moneys legally \ paid into the treasury: Exempting property from taxation: Regulating labor, trade, mining or manufacturing; but the legislature may regulate and fix the wages or salaries, the hours of work or labor, and make provision for the protection, welfare and safety of persons employ ed by the State, or by any county, city, borough, town, township school district, vil'age, or other civil dl i vision of the State, or by any contract ' or or sub-contractor performing work, labor or services for the State, or for i any county, city, borough, town, town ship, school district, village or other | civil division thereof: Creating corporations, or amending, 1 renewing or extending the charters j thereof: Granting to any corporation, asso [ elation, or individual any special or exclusive privilege or immunity, or : to any corporation, association, or In dividual the right to lay down a rall ! road track: Nor shall the General Assembly ln ! directly enaet such special or local law by tho partial repeal of a general ! law; but laws repe..ling local or spec | ial acts may be passed: i Nor shall any law be passed grant | ing powers or privileges in any case \ where the granting of such powers and privileges shall have been pro ] vlded for by general law. nor where ' the courts have jurisdiction to grant i the same or give the relief asked for. A true copy of Joint Resolution I No. 2. ROBERT McAFEE. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Three. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, proposing an amendment to section three of article eight of the Consti tution of Pennsylvania. Section 1. Be It resolved by the House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania (if the Senate concur). That the following Is proposed as an amendment to the Con stitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof: — Section 2. —Amend section three of article eight, which reads as follows: 'All judges elected by the electors of the State at large may be elected at alther a general or municipal election, as circumstances may require. All the elections for judges of the courts tor the several judicial districts, and I tor county, city, ward, borough, and township officers, for regular terms of service, shall be on the municipal election day; namely, the Tuesday aext following the first Monday of No vember in each odd-numbered year, but the General Assembly may by law ax a different day, two-thirds of all the members of each House consent ing thereto: Provided, That such elections shall always be held In an odd-numbered year," so as to read: Section 3. All Judges elected by the electors of the State at large may be elected at either a general or mu nicipal election, as circumstances may require. All elections for judges of the court* for the several Judicial dl» utMt u< tor oounty, city, ward, I'ough, aud township officers, for regu lar terms of service, snaii i>~ ...» iho uiunlclpul election day; namely, tlie Tuesday next following the lirst Mon day of November in each odd-n'auiber oa year, but tlio General Assembly may by law fix. a different day, two thiids of all tlie members of each House consenting 1. .c-to; Provided, That such elect ic.i.i sua 1 be lieid in aii odd-numberi.u .. a; provided fur ther, 1 That ail i'or the courts of the several judicial districts hold ing office at the present time, whose ieiins of office end in an odd numbered year, *..nii coniinue to hold their offices until die lii sst Monday of January in the next eeunig even numbered year. A true copy of Concurrent Resolu tion No. 8. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Four. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to section one of article nine ol tlie Consti tution of Pennsylvania, relating to | taxation. Section 1. lie it resolved by the Senate and House ol Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the following is proposed as an amend ment to the Constitution of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, in ac cordance with tlie provisions of the eighteenth article Lheieof: — Section 'I. Amend section one of article nine of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, which reads as follows: "AH taxes lliall be uniform, upon the same class of subjects, within the territorial limits of the authority levy ing the tax, and shall be levied and collected under general laws; but the General Assembly may, by general laws, exempt from taxation public property used for public purposes, actual places of religious worship, places of burial not used or hold lor private or corporate profit, and institu tions of pure:>- public charity," so as to read as follows: All taxes sliall be uniform upon the same class of subjects, within the ter ritorial limits of the authority levying the tax, and shall be levied and col lected under general laws, and the subjects of taxation may be classified 'for the purpose of laying graded or progressive taxes; but the General Assembly may, by general laws, ex empt from taxation public property used for public purposes, actual places of religious worship, places of burial not used or held for private or cor porate profit, aitd institutions of pure ly public charity. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Five. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to the Con stitution of Pennsylvania. Bo it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania in Gener al Assembly met, That the follow ing is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania, in accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof: — Article IX. Section 15. No obligations which have been heretofore issued, or which may hereafter be issued, by any coun ty or municipality, other than Phila delphia, to provide lor the construc tion or acquisition of waterworks, subways, underground railways or street railways, or the appurtenances thereof, shall be considered as a debt of a municipality, within the meaning of section eight of article nine of the Constitution of Pennsylvania or of this amendment, if the net revenue derived from said property for a per iod of five years, either before or after the acquisition thereof, or, where the same is constructed by the county or municipality, after the completion thereof, shall have been sufficient to pay interest and sinking-fund charges during said period upon said obliga tions, or if the said obligations shall be secured by liens upon the respec tive properties, and shall Impose no municipal liability. Where munici palities of counties shall issue obliga tions to provide for the construction of property, as herein provided, said said municipalities or counties may also Issue obligations to provide for the Interest and sinking-fund charges accruing thereon until said properties shall havß been completed and In op eration for a period of one year; and said municipalities and counties shall not be required to levy a tax to pay said interest and sinking-fund charges, as required by section ten of article nine of the Constitution of Pennsyl vania, until after said properties shall have been operated by said counties or municipalities during said period of one year. Any of the said munici palities or counties may incur indebt edness in excess of seven per centum, and not exceeding ten per centum, of the assessed valuation of the taxable property therein, if said increase of indebtedness shall have been assented to by three-fifths of the electors vot ing at a public election, in such man ner as shall be provided by law. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 5. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. The Advertised Article y Is on* in which the merchant M himself has implicit faith M else he would not advertise it. B You are safe In patronizing the ■ merchants whose ads appear in this paper because their goods are up-to-date and never \ shopworn. • | DO IT NOW hi i Tt3 A Frost. "Have you purchased your new car yet, Mrs. Noorich?" asked the visitor. "No, Mr. Smithers, I ain't. I can't make up iny mind whether to get a gasoline car or a limousine car. May be you can tell me—does limousine smell as bad as gasoline?" inquired the lady.—Harper's Weekly. Marking Keys. If you have a number of keys in the stable, shed, henhouse and si ch build ings, that look and feel about alike, put wooden tags on thein, with one notch for tho stable, two notches for the henhouse, etc. You can tell at a glance, then, or by feeling them If It is dark, which key is the right ono. Put Away Small Things. Get rid of small wisdom and great wisdom will shine upon you. Put away goodness and you will be nat urally good. A child does not learn to speak because taught by professors of the art, but because it lives among people who can themselves talk.— Chuang Tzu. The Fool's Guardian. Fortune has been considered th© guardian divinity of fools; and, on this score, she has been accused of blind' ness; but it should rather be adduced as a proof of her sagacity, when she helps those who certainly cannot help themselves.—C. C. Colter. Labeling Foods. Many otherwise good housekeepers are very indifferent about labeling. They trust to their memory as to what is in each jar or package, and sometimes with disastrous results. All stores should bo plainly labeled. Then and Now. "Sometimes I feel sure," said "nil kins, "that I once sat on a throne and waved a scepter." "And now," re marked his cheery wife, "you are go ing to stand on the back porcli and wave a rug beater." From Recent Books. "It takes but very delicate shadings to mark evolution in the friendship of women—because women are so sel dom friends."—"The Unknown Wom an," by Anne Warwick. No Small to It. Doctor's Wife (as patient departs) —Mercy! What a monstrous man. Wants treatment for obesity, I sup pose. Doctor —No, he complains of pains in the small of his back. Erosipn Losses. In thirty-five years England has lost 8.G40 acres by erosion, but this has been more than made up by the new land which has formed during that time. NO TRESPASS BE SURE TO GET THE RIGHT KIND. 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