Montour American
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville, Pa., Sept. 10, 1908.
WHY THE G. 0. P.
SHOULD WIN OUT
Able Presentation of Issoe at
Gotset of Campaign.
PROUD RECORD OF GREAT PARTY
It Stands For Expansion, For Progress
and Prosperity, Is Constructive, It
Organizes the National Will, Is a
Party of Statesmen, and With Taft
and Sherman As Its Standard-
Bearers Is Bound to Be Successful
at the Election to Be Held In No
vember.
[Special Correspondence.]
New York, Sept. 8.
in meeting the issue "Why the Re
publican party should be successful
next November," the Republican con
gressional committee sought the
brightest literary minds in the country
to present the case in a brief and for
cible manner, and from among 200
■articles upon the subject submitted,
that written by Frank Hendrick, of
New York city, was awarded the first
prize of $l5O.
This is what Mr. Hendrick wrote:
The Party of Expansion.
"The Republican party was founded
upon the principle that this govern
ment was established to protect for all
times the rights and opportunities of
every individual from abridgment.
That principle it has successfully main,
tained. Through the Civil War it con
secrated a reunited country to free and
equal American citizenship. It has kept
the channels of interstate commerce
open for all, through the national bank
ing system, the refunding of the na
tional debt, resumption of specie pay
ments, the gold standard and the
emergency currency law, has sustained
the life current of national integrity.
"As trustee of the national wealth,
it has investigated mineral regions,
surveyed soils, developed waterways,
including the Panama canal, irrigated
deserts, conserved watersheds, and
husbanded the public lands. Protecting
American labor by regulating immi
gration and by taking at the custom
house, to pay American taxes, foreign
■capital's advantage from low wages, it
has preserved to American industries
the home market of eighty millions of
the world's greatest consumers and so
laid the surest basis for American com
petition in foreign markets. Uniting
■capital and labor, thus, in a common
prosperity and common source of in
creased reward, it has created oppor
tunities, improved conditions of em
ployment, brought about a higher
«tandaru of living, and more wide
spread distribution of wealth and well
being. and made expansion moral as
■well as material.
"Intrusted with insular possessions,
it has brought them peace and pro
gress, and provided for the extension
•and protection of American trade, for
■the national defense, and for the hon
orable discharge of the responsibilities
of world greatness. Maintaining peace
at home, with foreign nations and
among them, it has given American
rights and American opportunities new
meaning throughout the nation and
throughout the world.
The Party of Progress and Prosperity.
"Promising progress and prosperity,
it has been politically sincere. It has
never had a candidate of a section,
prejudice, or class, nor a platform of
negation, scheme of repudiation, pro
gram of scuttle or doctrine of despair.
It has never lent itself to a demand for
revolution, to be followed by reaction
»nd retrogression, it has stood firm
lor evolution by constant, steady and
enduring progress. Finding trusts,
flourishing under supposed
♦conflict of state and national law, the
-double prohibition of existence serv
ing but to foster their development, it
has never, in an attempt to destroy
trusts, withdrawn, instate or nation,
the protection of law from prosperity,
but has, through executive investiga
tion and resort to the courts, resolved
the conflict which had silenced law and
.given trusts existence.
"It has never proposed to advance
workingmen and American
{institutions by banishing American in
•dustries and building up those of other
Hands, and scorned to Insult labor with
un illusionary promise of immunity
from law. Yet it passed the pure fo< 1
flaw and the employers' liability law
•secured equal accommodations on rail
roads. aided agriculture, created the
civil service, established free rural
mail delivery, reduced foreign postav
and increased pensions. Continuing
naturally marked-out progress, it wiil
keep its pledges of tariff readjust
ment, currency reform and develop
ment of the merchant marine, an I
make the United States the financial
centre as it has made it the industrial
centre of the world.
"In the evolution by which party
government has become the extra
constitutional method of securing re
sponsibility to the people, the Republi
can party hr.s become their traditional
representative and the Democratic
party the organized aspiration of indi
viduals for power without responsibil
ity. Fairly tried, from 1893 to 18H5. the
two Democratic houses and the Dem
cratic president were a 'wild team' and
a helpless driver. Democracy agitates
Tocal differences. Republicanism or
ganizes the national idea. In 1803 the
people were committed to the cause of
human liberty; the idea of 'Liberty
and Union' expanded for the first time
into the reality of the American na
tion.
"In 1879 money was committed to a
specie basis; specie was at once, until
1893, no longer sought, and govern
ment bonds went to a premium at the
reduced rate of interest. In 1896 busi
ness men were aeain committed to con-
nuence; ueiore n nu s >» *■ .
enacted prosperity set in and in ten
years bank deposits almost trebled —a
permanent gain which the recent
panic, a 'state of mind' now completely
dispelled, scarcely touched. In 1906
business was committed to fair meth
ods; without compulsion violations
largely ceased.
"The Republican party, at each
period, sounded the public conscience,
felt the national pulse, framed its poli
cies in response, and realized in law
the dominant American idea. Its con
structive past assures its constructive
future. It is today as it always has
been, 'The Party Fit to Govern.'
The Party of Statesmen.
"The party of statesmanship. It has
been the training school of statesmen,
its policies have been forged In the
heat of public discussion, tempered in
the deliberation and shaped in the con
flict of many trained minds, and drawn
and finally wrought for the country's
welfare. Dominating its members
through principles, it assures unity in
government; its staunchest partisans
have made the greatest contributions
to national progress. The roster of its
leaders is the national roll of honor of
public service.
"Republicanism stands today for
progressive policies In safe hands. By
solving the constructive problems of
world power in the last two adminis
trations, William H. Taft taught the
world our capacity and us his own. In
all constructive legislation for twenty
years James S. Sherman has been a
leader. In the records of the Republi
can candidates as well is in the plat
form are written the story of the na
tion's progress and the reliance of the
future.
"A Democratic president or a Demo
cratic house would turn back those
pages; thereafter Bryanism would re
cord 'Destruction.' This the Republican
senate could not prevent. Under Taft
and Sherman and a Republican con
gress the great progress of the past
will be held and the greater progress
of the future will be assured."
CLEVELAND'S LAST
WORD TO PARTY
Praised Taft and Called For
Elimination of Bryanism.
[Special Correspondence.]
Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 8.
Pennsylvania Bryanites are greatly
exercised over the publication of
Grover Cleveland's last political doc
ument, in which he forecasted the
election of Judge Taft and recorded
his opinion that the national Democ
racy will never regain its prestige un
til Bryanism shall be eliminated.
There is no doubt that these de
clarations have had far reaching in
fluence among the conservative ele
ment of the Democracy of the Key
stone State.
The Cleveland article was the first
of a series which the late ex-president
intended to write, but which his
death cut short. It was copyrighted
by the New York Times after permis
sion to print it had been obtained
from Frederick S. Hastings, executor
of Mr. Cleveland's estate.
In this article Mr. Cleveland among
other things said:
"With the other parties disorganized,
redeveloping and procreating, the Re
publican party is certain, though with
a considerably lessened strength, to
move onto a safe victory sustained by
the popular support of reforms which
should not redound to Its glory solely,
those reforms having been the work
of decent men of all parties. » » *
"Personally and officially I have had
the opportunity of knowing many
things concerning Mr. Taft that were
not a matter of general knowledge,
and with a keen interest I have watch
ed his large share in the conduct of
our national affairs in very recent
years. His excellence as a federal
judge in Cincinnati is something not
to be underestimated or overemphasiz
ed, for should he come to the presi
dential chair the qualities which made
him a judge of high ability, which I
know him to have been, will be the
most needful to him as president of
the United States. His high ideals of
honesty and of relative justive, his
great capacity for severe labor and
his humorous wisdom in the face of
the serious problem are attributes
equally valuable and commendatory to
a people, seeking him in whom they
may repose the trust of their collec
tive interests while they turn their in
creased attention to their pressing
individual demands.
After discussing problems resulting
from national expansion, continuing,
he said:
Has Important Qualifications.
"These questions are fruitful r.t
trouble and perturbation, and the pri
mary requisite of the man or men who
must deal with them is an abundant
knowledge of the people of the outly
ing domain. That Mr. Taft is posses
sed of this knowledge as is no other
man in the country is hardly to be
denied; granted that he has had ex
traordinary opportunities, he has
shown himself able to Improve those
opportunities in a manner which it is
not extravagant to say will be his
»>rn!w!ust claim so far to enduring
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Tame wnen me acute nanai oisiornou
of the present and opportune shall
have given place to the Inexorable per
spective of history in which the re!a
tive values of public deeds to public
duties are completely clarified and
announced to posterity."
DENIES THAT BRYAN
"COULD DO NO HARM."
Congressman Burke Says Office of
President Is Infinitely More Powerful
Than Congress.
Congressman James Francis Burke
of Pittsburg in an address on"The
Powers of the President" says:
"The American people can make no
greater mistake than to elect Mr. Bry
an on the assumption that he can do
no harm in the face of nn adverse sen
ate. As between the executive and
legislative departments of the govern
ment, the former has infinitely greater
power to rule and ruin thniLtbe latter.
"Mr. Taft and Mr. BryanTlre wholly
different types of men. Each pos
sesses a strong individual character,
which would certainly assert itself in
the White House. What either of
these men would do during a four
years' term in the White House is
causing as much anxiety among
thoughtful Americans as the mere
matter of the election alone.
"As a disturber of moneys the pres
ident is without a rival In the world.
Through the agencies under his con
trol he will (his year disburse a billion
dollars, showing the great things we
are doing iu adding to the unparalleled
list of the world's achievements.
"In view of the fact that during the
fifteen years of Bryan leadership the
states controlled by his party have de
creased from 23 to 12, the number of
senators from 48 to 31, the number of
representatives in congress from 220
to 104 and in that time the Democratic
party was in control of the ground,
whereas it Is now, as a consequence of
his teachings, a hopelessly hetero
geneous mass of Pojiulistic elements,
the American people can see little pros
pects of a constructive policy if Mr.
Bryan should succeed."
Things Bryan Would Forget.
The most Important, because the
most curiously novel, feature of Mr.
Bryan's address is his apotheosis of
the party platform. A new doctrine of
infallibility is embodied in these sen
tences at the very beginning of Mr.
Bryan's speech:
A platform is binding as to what it
omits as well as to what it contains.
A platform announces a party's posi
tion on the questions which are at is
sue, and an official is not at liberty to
use the authority vested In him to urge
personal views which have not been
submitted to the voters for their ap
proval.
It Is natural that Mr. Bryan should
disavow certain "omitted issues," such
as free silver, government ownership
of railroads, the initiative and referen
dum, attacks upon the courts and oth
er theories which at times he sanction
ed overhastlly In the past. But he is
unfortunate in his manner of express
ing that disavowal.
A party platform is not political
holy writ. The American people
choose for president a man, not a
clerk, to carry out the orders of a con
vention committee. A platform is not
a prophetic code of conduct, but a
summary of basic principles, to be al
tered, amended or enlarged according
to the country's needs.—Philadelphia
North American.
Union Labor Vote.
□on. William H. Buchanan is one of
the leading union men of western New
York and In 1907 was the Democratic
candidate for assemblyman in Chau
tauqua county. This is what he has to
say of the effort of Mr. Gompers to
turn the labor vote over to Mr. Bryan:
"I am a union labor man.and I want
to say further that no man can carry
the labor vote Into the Democratic
camp. I know how union labor men
feel in this city, and three-fourths of
them will stand by the Republican
party because only in that way have
they the assurance of freedom from
the business disturbance that Mr. Bry
au promises for at least four years if
lie can l>e elected. We workingmen
can't earu wages if statesmen are put
in office to disturb business and make
trouble."
Campaign Funds.
"We welcome Mr. Taft to this ad
vanced ground." said Mr. Bryan in one
of ills numerous Interviews since the
Denver convention. The ground refer
red to is Mr. Taft's statement that no
campaign contributions would be re
ceived from corporations. Mr. Bryan
intended to convey the impression that
Mr. Taft had come to that determina
tion after the Denver convention. In
that the Democratic "peerless one" Is
not honest. Mr. Taft Is a law abiding
citizen. Such contributions are unlaw
ful, made so by a law passed by a Re
publican congress at the Instance of a
Republican administration of which
Judge Taft was a part six months be
fore the Denver convention. Be hon
est, Mr. Bryan, If you can!
Keeping In the Spotlight.
Candidate Chatin, having fallen into
the water tank out west and having
stopped half a brick with his person at
Springfield, will, if he Is going to keep
In the limelight, have to lose his dia
monds or do a buck and wing with
Mrs Notion.—Minneapolis Journal.
Proposed Amendments to the Pennsylvania Constitution
A MENDMENT TO THE CONSTITU
" TION PROPOSED TO THE CITI
ZENS OF THIS COMMON WE A LTH FOR
THEIR APPROVAL, OR REJECTION
BY THE GENERAL. ASSEMBLY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENN
SYLVANIA, PUBLISHED BY ORDER
OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COM
MONWEALTH, IN PURSUANCE OF
ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITU
TION.
NUMBER ONE.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing amendments to the Constitu
tion of tne Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania so as to consolidate the courts of
common pleas of Philadelphia and Alle
gheny counties, and to give the General
Assembly power to establish a separate
court In Philadelphia county, with crim
inal and miscellaneous jurisdiction.
Section 1. Be It resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives In General
Assembly met, That the following amend
ments to the Constitution of Pennsylva
nia be, and tho same are hereby, pro
posed in accordance with the eighteenth
article thereof:—
That section six of article five be amend
ed by striking out the said section and
inserting in place thereof the following:
Section 6. In the counties of Philadel
phia and Allegheny all the jurisdiction
and powers now vested in the several
numbered courts of common pleas, shall
be vested in one court of common pleas
In each of said counties, composed of all
the judges in commission in said courts.
Such jurisdiction ancl powers shall ex
tend 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 us may be
made by law, and subject to change of
venue as provided by law. The president 1
judge of each of the said courts shall be j
selected as provided by law. The number
of judges In each of said courts may be, ]
bylaw, increased from time to time. This j
amendment shall take effect on the first
Monday of January succeeding its adop
tion.
Section 2. That article five, section
eight, be amended by making an addition
thereto so that the same shall read as
follows:
Section 8. The said courts in the coun
ties of Philadelphia and Allegheny re
spectively shall, from time to time. In
turn, detail one or more of their judges
to hold the courts of oyer and terminer
and the courts of quarter sessions of the
peace of said counties, in such manner as
may be directed by law: Provided, That
in the county of Philadelphia the General
Assembly shall have power to establish
a separate court, consisting of not more
than four judges, which shall have ex
clusive jurisdiction in criminal cases and
in such other matters as may be provid
ed by law.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Sccretaiy of the Commonwealth.
VMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITU
TION PROPOSED TO THE CITI
ZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR
THEIR APPROVAL OR REJECTION
BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENN
SYLVANIA. PUBLISHED BY ORDER
OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COM
MONWEALTH. IN PURSUANCE OF
ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITU
TION.
NUMBER TWO.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Consti
tution of the Commonwealth, allowing
counties, cities, boroughs, townships,
school districts, or other municipal or
Incorporated districts, to increase their
indebtedness.
Be it resolved by tho Senate and House
of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in General Assembly
met. That section eight, article nine, of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, read
ing 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
therein; 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 valu
ation of property, without the assent of
the electors thereof at a public election.
In such manner as shall be provided by
law; but any city, tho debt of which now
exceeds seven per centum of such as
sessed valuation, may be authorized by
law to Increase the same three per cen
tum. in the aggregate, at any one time,
upon such valuation." be amended, in ac
cordance with tho provisions of the eight
eenth article of said Constitution, so that
said section, when amended, shall read
us 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 ten per centum upon the as
sessed value of the taxable property
therein; nor shall any such municipality
or district incur any new deb. or in
crease Its indebtedness to an amount ex
ceeding two per centum upon such as
sessed valuation of property without the
assent of the electors thereof at a public
election, in such manner as shall be pro
vided by law.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2.
ROBERT McAFEE.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
\ MENDMENT TO THE CONSTITU-
TION PROPOSED TO THE CITI
ZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR
THEIR APPROVAL OR REJECTION
BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENN
SYLVANIA. PUBLISHED BY ORDER
OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COM
MONWEALTH. IN PURSUANCE OF
ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITU
TION.
NUMBER THREE.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing amendments to sections eight
and twenty-one of article four, sections
eleven and twelve of article five, sec
tions two. three, and fourteen of article
eight, section one of article twelve, and
sections two and seven of article four
teen, of the Constitution of Pennsylva
nia, and providing a schedule for carry
ing the amendments Into effect.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen
eral Assembly met. That the following
sre proposed as amendments to the Con
stitution of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania. in accordance with the provi
sions of the eighteenth article thereof:—
Amendment one—To Article Four, Sec
tion Eight.
Section 2. Amend section eight of arti
cle four of the Constitution of Pennsyl
vania. which reads as follows:
"He shall nominate and. by and with
the advice and consent of two-thirds of
all the members of the Senate, appoint a
Secretary of the Commonwealth and an
Attorney General during pleasure, a Su
perintendent of Public Instruction for four
years, and such other officers of the Com
monwealth as he is or may be authorized
by the Constitution or by law to appoint;
he shall have power to till all vacancies
that may happen, in offices to which he
may appoint, during the recess of the
Senate, by granting commissions which
shall expire at the end of their next ses
sion; he shall have power to fill any va
cancy that may happen, during the recess
of the Senate, in the office of Auditor
General. State Treasurer, Secretary of In
ternal Affairs or Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction, in a judicial office, or In
any other elective office which he is or
may be authorized to fill; if the vacancy
■hall happen during the session of the
Senate, the Governor shall nominate to
"Pa, what sort of a house is that?"
"That, my son, is the blind nsylum.
Blind people live in there."
"They can't see, can they?"
"No, my boy."
"Then tell me, pa, please, what has
the house got windows for if they can't
6ee?"
t*e Senate, before their final adjourn
ment, a proper person to fill said vacancy;
but in any such case of vacancy, in an
elective office, a person shall be chosen
to said office at the next general election,
unless the vacancy shall happen within
three calendar months immediately pre
ceding such election, in which case the
election for said office shall be beld at tho
second succeeding general election. lu
acting on executive nominations the Sen
ate shall sit with open doors, and, in con
firming or rejecting the nominations of
the Governor, the vote shall be taken by
yeas and nays, and shall be entered on
the journal," so as to read as follows:
He shall nominate and with the
advice and consent of two-thirds of all
the members of the Senate, appoint a
Secretary of the Commonwealth and an
Attorney General during pleasure, a Su
perintendent of Public Instruction for
four years, and such other officers of the
Commonwealth as he is or may be au
thorized by the Constitution or by law
to appoint; he shall have power to fill all
vacancies that may happen, in offices to
which he may appoint, during the recess
of the Senate, by granting commissions
which shall expire at the end of their
next session; he shall have power to fill
any vacancy that may happen, during the
recess of the Senate, in the office of Audi
tor General, State Treasurer, Secretary of
Internal Affairs or Superintendent of
Public Instruction, in a judicial office, or
In any other elective office which he is or
may be authorized to fill; if tho vacancy
shall happen during the session of the
Senate, the Governor shall nominate to
the Senate, before their final adjourn
ment, it proper person to fill said va
cancy; but in any such case of vacancy,
In an elective office, a person shall be
chosen to said office on the next election
day appropriate to such office, according
to the provisions of this Constitution, un
less the vacancy shall happen within two
calendar months immediately preceding
such election day.in which case the elec
tion for said office shall be held on the
second succeeding election day appro
priate to such office. In acting on ex
ecutive nominations the Senate shall sit
with open doors, and, in confirming or
rejecting the nominations of the Gov
ernor, the vote shall be taken by yeas
and nays, and shall be entered on the
journal.
Amendment Two—To Article Four, Sec
tion Twenty-one.
Section 3. Amend section twenty-one of j
article four, which reads as follows:
"The term of the Secretary of Internal i
Affairs shall bo four years; of the Audi
tor General three years; and of the State j
Treasurer two years. These officers shall
be chosen by tho qualified electors of the ;
State at general elections. No person j
elected to the office of Auditor General |
or State Treasurer shall be capable of !
holding the same office for two consecu
tive terms," so as to rend:—
The terms of the Secretary of Internal
Affairs, the Auditor General, and the
State Treasurer shall each be four years;
and they shall bo chosen by the qualified
electors of tho State at general elections;
but a State Treasurer, elected In the year
one thousand nine hundred and nine,
shall serve for three years, and his suc
cessors shall be elected at the general
election In tho year one thousand nine
hundred and twelve, and in every fourth
year thereafter. No person elected to the
office of Auditor General or State Treas
urer shall be capable of holding the same
office for two consecutive terms
Amendment Three—To Article Five, Sec
tion Eleven.
Section 4. Amend section eleven of ar
ticle five, which reads as follows:
"Except as otherwise provided in this
Constitution, justices of the peace or
aldermen shall be elected in tho several
wards, districts, boroughs and townships
at the time of the election of constables,
by the qualified electors thereof, in such
manni r us shall be directed by law. and
shall be commissioned by the Governor
for a term of five years. No township,
ward, district or borough shall elect mure
than two justices of the peace or alder
men without tho consent of a majority
of the qualified electors within such
township, ward or borough; no person
shall be elected to such office unless he
shall have resided within tho township,
borough, ward or district for one year
next preceding his election. In cities con
taining over fifty thousand inhabitants,
not more than one alderman shall be
elected in each ward or district," so as
to read:—
Except as otherwise provided in this
Constitution, justices of the peace or al
dermen shall be elected in the several
wards, districts, boroughs or townships,
by the qualified electors thereof, at the
municipal election, in such manner as
shall be directed by law. and shall be
commissioned by tho Governor for a term
of six years No township, ward, dis
trict or borough shall elect more than
two Justices of the peace or aldermen
without the consent of a majority of the
qualified electors within such township,
ward or borough; no person shall be
elected to such office unless he shall have
resided within the township, borough,
ward or district for one year next pre
ceding his election. In cities containing
over fifty thousand inhabitants, not more
than one alderman shall be elected in
each ward or district.
Amendment Four—To Article Five, Sec
tion Twelve.
Section 5. Amend section twelve of ar
ticle five of the Constitution, which reads
as follows:
"In Philadelphia there shall be estab
lished, for each thirty thousand inhabit
ants, one court, not of record, of polio#
and civil causes, with jurisdiction not ex
ceeding one hundred dollars; such courts
shall be held by magistrates whose term
of office shall be five years, and they
shall be elected on general ticket by the
qualified voters at large; and in the elec
tion of the said ' magistrates no voter
shall vote for more than two-thirds of
the number of persons to be elected when
more than one are to be chosen; they
shall be compensated only by fixed sala
ries. to be paid by said county; and shall
exercise such jurisdiction, civil and crimi
nal. except as herein provided, as is now
exercised by aldermen, subject to such
changes, not involving an increase of
civil jurisdiction or conferring political
duties, as may bo made by law In
Philadelphia the office of alderman is
abolished." so as to read as follows:
In Philadelphia there shall be estab
lished. for each thirty thousand inhab
itants. one court, not of record, of police
and civil causes, with Jurisdiction not ex
ceeding one hundred dollars: such courts
shall bo held by magistrates whose term
of office shall bo six years, and they shall
be elected on general ticket at the munic
ipal election, by the qu Ilfle 1 vo
large; and in the election of the said
magistrates no voter shall vote for more
than two-thirds of the number of persona
to be elected when more than one are t<
be chosen; they shall be compensated
only by fixed salaries, to bo paid by said
county; and shall exercise such jurisdic
tion. civil and criminal, except as herein
provided, as is now exercised by alder
men, subject to such changes, not involv
ing an increase of civil jurisdiction or
conferring political duties, as may be
made by law. In Philadelphia the office
of alderman is abolished.
Amendment Five—To Article Eight. Sec
tion Two.
Section 6. Amend section two of article
eight, which reads as follows:
"The general election shall be held an
nually on the Tuesday next following the
first Monday of November, but tho Gen
eral Assembly may by law fix a different
day, two-thirds of all the members oi each
House consenting thereto," so as to
read:—
The general election shall be held bien
nially on the Tuesday next following ths
flr*t Monday of November in each even*
None of the Bryan phonograph rec
ords has the speeches advocating free
silver and Immediate government own
ership of the railways, nor have they
Hie "great commoner's" attacks on
Roger Sullivan, Colonel Watterson and
Guffey. These omissions tell an lmpcr
tant story.
numbered year, but the General Assembly
may by law fix a different day, two
thirds of all the members of each House
consenting thereto: Provided, That such
election shall always be held in an even
numbered year.
Amendment Six—To Article Eight, Sec
tion Three.
Section 7. Amend section three of arti
cle eight, which reads as follows:
"All elections for city, ward, borough
and township officers, for regular termH
of service, shall be held on' the third
Tuesday of February," so as to read:—
All judges elected by the electors of the'
State at large may be elected at either a
general or municipal election, as circum
stances may require. All elections for
Judges of the courts for the several Judi
cial districts, and for county, city, ward,
borough, and township officers, for regu- j
lar terms of service, shall be held on the
municipal election day; namely, the Tues
day next following the first Monday of
November In each odd-numbered year,
but the General Assembly may by law
fix a different day, two-thirds of all the
members of each House consenting there
to: Provided. That such election shall al
ways be held in an odd-numbered year.
Amendment Seven—To Article Eight, Sec
tion Fourteen.
Section 8. Amend section fourteen of ar- j
tide eight, which reads as follows:
"District election boards shall consist |
of a Judge and two inspectors, who shall !
De chosen annually by tho citizens. Each j
elector shall have the right to vote for j
the judge and one inspector, and each in- '
•pector shall appoint one clerk. The first
election board for any new district shall
be selected, and vacancies in election
boards filled, as shall be provided by law.
Election officers shall be privileged from
arrest upon days of election, and while
engaged in making up and transmitting
returns, except upon warrant of a court
of record or judge thereof, for an elec- '
tion fraud, for felony, or for wanton |
breach of the peace. In cities they may
claim exemption from jury duty during
their terms of service," so as to read:—
District election boards shall consist of 1
a judge and two inspectors, who shall be
chosen biennially, by the citizens at the j
municipal election; but the General As
sembly may require said boards to bo ap- j
pointed in such manner as it may by law j
provide. Laws regulating the appoint- J
ment of said boards may bo enacted to !
apply to cities only: Provided, That such j
laws be uniform for cities of the same
class. Each elector shall have the right
to vote for the judge and one inspector,
and each inspector shall appoint one
clerk. The first election board for any
new district shall bo selected, and vacan
cies in election boards filled, as shall be
provided by law. Election officers shall
be privileged from arrest upon days of
election, and while engaged in making up
and transmitting returns, except upon
warrant of a court of record, or judge
thereof, for an election fr:iu«l. for felony,
or for wanton breach of the peace. In
cities they may claim exemption from
jury duty during their terms of service.
Amendment Eight —To Article Twelve,
Section One.
Section 9. Amend section one, article
twelve, which reads as follows:
"All officers, whose selection is not pro
vided for in this Constitution, shall be
elected or appointed as may be directed ;
by law," so as to read:
All officers, whose selection is not pro
vided for in this Constitution, shall be
elected or appointed as may be directed
by law: Provided, That elections of State
officers shall be held on a general election
day, and elections of local officers shall
be held on a municipal election day. ex
cept when, in either case, special elec
tions may be required to fill unexpired .
terms.
Amendment Nine—To Article Fourteen, j
Section Two.
Section 10. Amend section two of article
fourteen, which reads as follows:
"County officers hhall be elected at the
general elections and shall hold their
offices for the term of three years, begin
ning on tho tirst Monday of January
next after their election, and until their
successors shall bo duly qualified; all
vacancies not otherwise provided for.
shall be filled in such manner as may be
provided by law," so as to read:—
County officers shall be elected at the
municipal elections and shall hold their
offices for the term of four years, begin
ning on the tirst Monday of January
next after their election, and until their
successors shall be duly qualified; all
vacancies not otherwise provided for.
shall be filled in such manner as may bf
provided by law.
Amendment Ten—To Article Fourteen.
Section Seven.
Section 11. Amend section seven, arti
cle fourteen, which reads as follows:
"Three county commissioners and three
county auditors shall be elected in each
county wh»*re such officers are chosen,
in the year one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-five and every third year
thereafter; and in the election of said
officers each qualified elect r shall v '•
for no more than two persons, and the
! three persons having the highest number
of votes shall be elected; any casual va
cancy in the office of county commis
sioner or county auditor shall be filled,
by the court of common pleas of the
i county In which such vacancy shall oc
cur. by the appointment of an elector of
the proper county who shall have voted
for the commissioner or auditor whose
place is to be filled." so as to read:—
Throe county commissioners and three
county auditors shall be elected in each
county where such officers are chosen, in
the year one thousand nine hundred and
eleven and every fourth year thereafter;
and in the election of said officers each
qualified elector shall vote for no more
than two persons, and the three persons
having the highest number of votes shall
be elected; any casual vacancy in the
: office of county commissioner or county
auditor shall be filled, by the court of
common pleas of the county In which
such vacancy shall occur, by the ap
pointment of an elector of the proper
county who shall have voted for the
| commissioner or auditor whose place is
to be filled.
Schedule for the Amendments
Section 12. That no Inconvenience may
arise from the changes in the Constitu
tion of tho Commonwealth, and in order
to carry the same Into complete opera
tion, it is hereby declared, that—
In the case of officers elected by the
people, all terms of office fixed by act of
Assembly at an odd number of ye irs
shall each bo lengthened one year, but
the Legislature may change the length of
the term, provided the terms for which
such officers are elected shall always be
for an even number of years.
The above extension of official terms
shall not affect officers elected at the gen
eral election of one thousand nine hun
dred and eight; nor any city. ward, bor
ough, township, or election division offi
cers, whose terms of office, under exist
ing law. end in the year one thousand
nine hundred and ten.
In the year one thousand nine hundred
and ten the municipal election shall be
held on the third Tuesday of February,
as heretofore; but all officers chosen at
that election to an office the regular term
of which is two years, and also all elec
tion officers and assessors chosen at that
election, shall serve until the first Mon
day of December in the year one thou
sand nine hundred and eleven. All offi
cers chosen at that election to offices the
term of which is now four years, or is
made four years bv the operation of these
amendments or this schedule, shall serve
until the tirst Monday of December in
the year one thousand nine hundred ami
thirteen. All justices of tho peace, mag
istrates, and aldermen, chosen at that
election, shall serve until the first Mon
day of December in the year one thou
sand nine hundred and fifteen. After the
The flame of an ordinary match has
n much higher temperature than if
generally known and will melt cast
Iron or steel filings. Try it by striking
a match and sprinkle the filings
through the flame. Sputtering sparks
will be the reeult of the meltlDg metal.
—Popular Mechanics.
year nineteen hundred and ten, and until
the Lejfißlature shall otherwise provide,
all terms of city, ward, borough, town
ship, and election division officers shall
begin on the first Monday of December
In an odd-numbered year.
All city, ward, borough, and township
officers holding office at the date of the
approval of these amendments, whose
terms of office may end in the year on#
thousand nine hundred and eleven, shall
continue to hold their offices until the
first Monday of December of that year.
All judges of the courts for the several
Judicial districts, and also all county offi
cers, holding office at the date of the ap
proval of these amendments, whose terms
of office may end in the year one thou
sand nine hundred and eleven, shall con
tinue to hold their offices until the first
Monday of January, one thousand nine
bund red and twelve.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 8.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth,
Rattling "the Skeleton.
Kagene W. Chufln, the Prohibition
candidate, was born in Waukesha,
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