Montour American
FRANK C. ANIiLE, Proprietor.
Danville, Pa., Sept. Q, I<XW.
POLITICAL UNION
OF WHOLE WORLD,
* _
tProject to Be Discussed at a
Conference In Stockholm.
FEDERATION NOT INTENDED.
For First Time Delegates From All
Nations Will Talk on the Question
at International Peace Congress.
Germ of the Idea In Other Bodies.
Political organization of the world
as a pertinent and practical topic for
present times will bo the principal sub
ject of discussion at the meeting of
the international peace congress at
Stockholm, Aug. 20 to Sept. 5. This
determination was reached at a ses
sion of the Berne bureau in Boston,
the official body having in charge the
arrangements for the congress. The
Toto of the bureau was upon this point:
"Further, it is concluded that at fu
ture congresses only one great ques
rtlon shall be placed in the foreground
IFor this year It Is the question of in
ternational organization."
Edwin D. Mead, one of the four
American members of the Berne bu-
Teau—the others are Samuel T. Dut
ton of New York, Dr. Benjamin F.
Trueblood of Boston, secretary of the
'American Peace society, and Mrs
Belva A. Loekwood—says that the pre
cise meaning of "International organ
ization" is political organization of the
world as a single body, just the same
■as the subject of resolutions adopted
in 1903 by the Massachusetts legisla
ture. This Idea has been also In the
'minds of some, at least, of the Mo
&»nk delegates who have repeatedly
In the Mohonk platform Indorsed the
proposition of an International legis
lative body and have even indicated
tThe Hague conferences as the germ out
•of which the true world legislature
■would probably be developed. At the
'meeting of the Berne bureau at which
the above vote was adopted were
®omo twenty members, including Eng
•llshmen, Frenchmen and Germans.
One of them was Senator La Fontaine
of Belgium, a leader in the movemeut
for universal peace.
First DiEcussion of Question.
This will be the tirst time that a
body of representatives of many na
tions, even though unofficial, has ever
discussed such a subject. Some writ
ers have seen a resemblance between
this discussion and that at the great
peace congresses of IN4S. IS4U and 1830
at Brussels. Purls and Frankfort re
spectively, where Elihu Burritt urged '
this plan for a congress of nations and
establishment of a high court of jus
tice. Mr. Burritt even used the ex
pression "an international legislature,"
but his plan was as Mr. Mead said In
the Old South Leaflet, No. 146, contain
ing Burrltt's addresses at these places,
"finally realized at The Hague."
What Burritt and his fellow workers
ihad In mind was a single gathering of
delegates, like that of The Hague in
1809, to formulate a code of Interna
tional law or method of procedure for
all nations by the authority of all na
tions for settlement of differences be
tween tbem. This was realized at The
Hague by the holdlug of the confer
ence and establishment of The Hague
court of arbitration. Mr. Burritt was
explicit in saying that his plan did not
propose any such organization as ex
ists In the union of states in the Unit
ed States. Bnrritt's effort was to se
<ure the peace of the world.
No Idea of a World Federation.
The Stockholm discussion, therefore,
must be regarded as the first formal !
public discussion In a large way ol
political unity of all nations as a slnglt I
organism. But this discussion Uas
nothing of a world federation idea ir |
It. Bather there is believed to be in !
progress a natural, inevitable develop- I
inent of the unity of the human raee I
(existing in the very fact of the races
being upon the earth) Into a formal |
political union. There are already j
plenty of Instances to Illustrate world
legislation, more or less partial and j
Incomplete, but still an expression ot j
the will of nations. The conventions j
of the universal postal union and botii j
of the peace conferences at The Hague
are conspicuous illustrations.
Still further, the second conference
nt The Hague, in 1907, proposed the
Kerro of the world judicial department
In the convention for an International \
prize court. The recent international j
naval conference in London, beginniim j
last December, in which ten nations |
took part, including the United States. ■
proposed the formation of a practical
code. There is good authority for ta k - ;
ling this view of the probable develop- :
iment from this creation of the second
Hague conference.
Germ In Executive Departments.
As to the executive department of i
the world. It Is already revealed in 1
several minor executive offices con- '
nected with international bureaus.
The permanent office of the universal
postal union has a constant executive
'Staff. There is one connected with the
(International body near Paris, having
to do with weights and measures, and
•one connected with the permanent j
■court of arbitration and the Interna
tional Institute of Agriculture at
'Rome. These are all true executive
offices, however humble their grade: 1
7ience, taking The Hague conference
'as the germ of a world legislature,
iwhich can be made out very plausi
fbly, it appears that there is already in
'existence the beginning of each of the
'three departments essential to a fully
•equipped political body, the legislative,
tthe judicial and the executive. These
Liberty cannot be established with
lout morality nor morality without
®iit U.—G reeley.
LOCALS WIN, NIIIIIICOKE LOSES •
DANVILLE LEADS SUSQUEHANNA LEAGUE
Continued from Ist Page.
The score:
DANVILLE.
R. H. O. A. E.
Hess, 3b 1 0 0 1 0
Lvengood, 2b 0 14 0 1
Umlauf, ss 0 2 1 4 1
Coveleskie, p 0 1 0 2 0
Mackert, If 0 0 0 0 0
Dooley, c 0 0 14 1 0
Ammerman, rf 0 0 0 0 0
Stock, lb 0 0 7 0 0
Metzler, cf 0 0 11 0
Totals 1 4 27 9 2
NESCt )PEOK.
R. H. O. A. E.
Lavelle, ss 0 0 0 3 1
Splain, rf 0 11 0 0
Smith, If 0 11 0 0
Paterson, lb o 1 9 I 0
Ryan, 3b 0 2 0 1 1
Shovelin, 2b.. 0 0 S 4 0
Walsh, c 0 1 <i 0 0
Lawrence, cf 0 1 2 0 0
Shipe, p ..0 0 0 1 0
Totals 0 7 24 10 2
Nescopcok ..0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —0
Danville 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x— l
Left on bases, Danville 5, Nesco
peck ti. Stolen bases, lless. Two bai-C
hit, Coveleskie. Livcngood. Double
plays. Dooley to Umlauf; Lavelle to
Shovelin to Patterson. Struck out by
Coveleskie l:!. by Shipe <i. Bases on
halls off Coveleskie 1, off Shipe 1.
Time 1:45. Umpire, Sweeney.
HANNIBAL HAMLIN CENTENARY
Maine to Erect Memorial to One of
Her Greatest Statesmen.
If Hannibal Hamlin, onco vice presi- j
dent of the United States, had lived
till Aug. 27, 1909, he would have been
a hundred years old. This circum
stance has ever been kept In mind by
the people of Oxford county, Me., and
particularly of Paris Hill, the scene of
his birth, nis centennial will be mark
ed by the dedication of a memorial
tablet on the centennial anniversary.
The citizens have provided an Im
mense bowlder which was selected by
a committee from others on the land
of Hiram Heald, lying south of the
village and formerly the Hamlin pas
ture lands. Loren B. Merrill, chair
man of the committee in charge of the
bowlder, had a long hunt for the right
kind. It Is six feet square and three
feet thick. It required ten draft horses
to haul the bowlder to its present posi
tion. in front of the old Hamlin man
sion, where a foundation had been
prepared for it and a terrace put about
It. On this rock the memorial tablet
will be placed.
Miss Julia Frances Carter, daughter
of Mrs. Mary B. Carter, will unveil the
bowlder. Miss Carter and her sister
are the only living descendants of
Hannibal llamlin who now own a
home at Paris Hill.
The speakers will be United States
Senator Eugene Hale, ex-Governor '
Long of Massachusetts and Governor
Fernalrl of Maine. Ex-Governoj* Long I
was invited to deliver an oratWu upon
this occasion, but told the committee
that he thought it would be much bet- I
ter to have a few short speeches than
one long one, and they have acted upon
bis suggestion.
The credit for erecting a memorial to
one of Maine's greatest statesmen be
longs to the Maine commandery of the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of
the United States.
General Joshua L. Chamberlain Is to
preside at the exercises. The exercises j
will be held in connection with the I
first old home week In Maine. This
gathering perhaps will be one of the
last of men who gained fame in the
fight for the freedom of the negro.
... j
Household Hint.
To mark table linen—leave the baby j
and som« v>m alone at the table for
live minutes —Judge.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
BULLETIN
HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION
NEW YORK CITY.
Three hundred years ago, Henry Hudson, an Englishman
in command of a Dutch expedition, with eighteen men, ex
plored the Hudson River from Sandy Hook to Troy in his
small craft, the "Half Moon."
One hundred and ninety-eight years later. Robert Fulton
established, with his steamboat, the "Clermont," a regular
water service between New York and the towns along the
Hudson river to the North.
This year, New York City, with sister cities and towns
along the Hudson, will celebrate these two achievements by a
series of imposing observances, religious, historical, military,
naval, musical and literary, extending from September 2"> to
October
Replicas of the "Half Moon" and the "Clermont" have
been built and will play a large part in the celebration. They
will be the center of attraction in the great naval pageant on
Saturday, September 2">. The United States Government will
have fifty-two war ships anchored in the Hudson, and Great
Britain. France, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Argentine,
Guatemala, Mexico, and Cuba will be represented by war
vessels.
Two great parades of water craft will escort the "Half
Moon" and the "Clermont" in triumphal procession past the
war leviathans, first in the morning and again in the evening,
when all the vessels will be illuminated.
On September 28 there will be a grand historical pageant,
and on September ->0 a big military parade in New \ork City,
On October 1, the "Half Moon" and "Clermont" will
proceed up the Hudson to Troy escorted by hundreds of river
craft, including torpedo boats.
A magnificent carnival parade will be held in New York
on Saturday evening, October 2, which promises to eclipse all
previous attempts.
The Pennsylvania Railroad, the direct line to New York,
with its unsurpassed service of fast express trains, will sell
excursion tickets to New York for this period at reduced rates
of fare.
Full details concerning specific fares, dates of sale, return
limits, and train service may be obtained of Ticket Agents.
Continued from Ist Page.
NESOOPEGK.
R. H. (). A. E.
Lavelle, ss 0 0 0 !1 1
Fowler, p, rf 0 0 0 0 1
Splain, rf ... .0 0 2 11
Smith, If 0 0 2 1 0
Patterson, lb 0 0 ti 0 1
Ryan, Bb. 0 0 0 2 0
Shovelin, 2b 0 0 ii 2 0
Welsh, e 0 0 8 0 0
Lawrence, cf.. 0 0 1 0 0
Shipe, p 0 0 2 11
Totals 0 0 24 10 5
Nescopeck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—o
Danville 4001 0 000 x—s
Left on bases, Danville 5, Nesco
pcek 1. Stolen bases, lUmlauf 2, Hess
2, Rowe, Dooley. Two base hits,
Donley, Stock, Metzler,Unilanf. Three
base hits, Stock. Home run, Mackert.
Sacrifice hit.Liveugood. Double plays,
Rowe to Stock, Shovelin to Patterson;
Smith to Walsh. Struck out, by Rowe
8; bv Sliijie tt. Bases on balls, otFHhipe
1. Hit by pitcher, Dooley. Splain,
Patterson. Passed ball, Walsh. Time,
1:."0. Umpire, Sweeney.
MR. FAN SAYS:~
That makes three straight shut outs
for Danville, not having been scored
on ill the last 27 innings. Also in the
three games the opposing teams have
been allowed but eight hits.
In the last three games Danville lias
made 17 hits; one of these was a home
run, one a three bagger, 7 were two
baggers and the other eight were sing
les, a total of thirty-five bases.
The crowd at the afternoon game on
Labor day was the second largest of
the season, there being 1200 paid ad
missions and probably 1500 people on
the grounds.
Sweeney, oil the job as umpire, was
all to the good. A number of his de
cisions were close, but lie performed
the difficult task of giving satisfaction
to both'sides.
Ross Shipe.Neseopeck's star twirler,
certainly marred his beautiful strike
out record on Labor day, not being
able to fan more than ti of the locals
in each game.
Mackert came near to getting a pre
sent nf a ton of Ameslmry's coal when
1 lis home run'cleared tin- left field
fence just a few feet from the sign.
When thejiiews ofJDanville's second
victory and the elevation of this
town's club to the top of the league
was received at Nantieoke Monday
afternoon, several hundred Alden fans
who were gathered around the score
board awaiting the news, throw up
their hats and shouted for joy.
A Danville fan walked into a popular
soda water dispensary yesterday and
asked the clerk for a "Nantieoke."
"What kind is that?" asked the one
behind the counter. "Lemon," of
course," replied the witty one.
If things break Danville's way from
now on the locals will have the plea
sure of seeing a pennant on the ball
grounds flag jxile.
The Only Difficulty.
"The world owes me a living."
"That's all right, old man. as long as
you can get somelxidy to stake you
while you are trying to collect the
bill."—Boston Herald.
Few things are Impossible In them
selves. It Is not so much means as
perseverance that Is wanting to bring
them to a successful Issue.
Croat thoughts reduced to practice
become great acts.—-Hnzlltt.
COVELESKIE IN
FINE FEITLE
Those who gambled with
|| the Weather Man Saturday
§! afternoon and went to sec
jfi/Vtf tlm Danville and Allien
'w! Snsqnehanna league artists
All do a struggle were reward
| 1 ed for their hardihood by
P, /V' being treated to a really
I " |T__ good and exciting little
mSfr battle.
The principal feature of the game
was Frank Coveleskie. He had the
Aldenites completely at his mercy,
bowling them over like a lot of tin
soldiers. During the game but three
extra men faced him. In one innings
lie retired the side on strikes and in
I four innings he retired two of the three
on strikes. In all "Pinkie" registered
18 strike outs, no passes and allowed
but one hit. In addition he helped the
i scoring in the first and sixtli innings
! in the latter scoring Umlauf on a neat
\ squeeze sacrifice 011 which he himself
| reached first.
: Umlauf led the batters with a line
i drive which was too hot for Second
Baseman Bergen to handle and a
beautiful scorcher between left and
center which was good for an extra
j base. The locals did not have an easv
time with Mayock by any means, the
AMen twirler keeping the hits fairly
well scattered and administering strike
I outs at critical moments.
| The game was replete with fine in-
I dividual work 011 both sides that sev
! eral times readied the spectacular.
! The single play that won the laurels
of th>" day was Center Fielder Hig
gins' bold daylight robbery performed
on Coveleksie's drive into deep centre.
The Aldenite picked the sizzler out of
the atmosphere with his bare hand re
tiring the side in the eighth with I'm
-1 lauf on second ready to score. Hig-
Kins was roundly applauded and coui-
I pelled to doff his skvpiece for the ad
miring fans. Lucky "Huzzy" Ani
-1 merman also pulled down a straight
i away drive from the bat of Phillips,
j which came pretty near getting away
I from the little right fielder before he
j got the strangle hold <lll it. 111 the
| sixth First Baseman Stock retired three
I Alden batsmen unassisted.
GETTING THE RUNS.
Danville won the game in the first
innings 011 a single tally. Hess, first
up, gut in the way of one of Mayock's
wide balls and took his base, circling
t" third 011 Umlaut's sacrifice. He
crossed tin* pan on Brislin's passed
ball. Alden retired the side without
further damage.
In the sixth Umlauf opened with a
single into right ami stole second.
Livelihood sacrificed him to third.
Covelesike bunted. Alden played fur
Umlauf but the little short stop was
home like a streak, safe, and "Pink
ie," in the meantime,reached first sta
tion. Again Danville had to be sat
isfied with one tally for a minute lat
er. Metzler, running for Coveleskie,
was caught off first and Mackert went
down on a grounder to short.
The score:
DANVILLE.
K. H. (). A. E.
Hess, 8b 1 0 0 2 8
Umlauf, ss 1 2 2 1 0
Livengood, 21> (I I 1 i 0
Coveleskie. p 0 I 0 2 0
Mackert. If 0 0 0 0 (l
Dooley. c 0 I 18 () 0
Stock, lb o 0 !i 1 0
Ammermau. rf 0 1 2 0 0
Metzler, cf (• 0 0 0 0
Totals 2 (i 27 7 8
ALDEN.
R. H. (). A. E.
Brislin, c 0 0 ti 0 0
Bergen. 2b .. 0 0 1 0
Olshefski.ss 0 0 14 0
Higgins, cf 0 I 1 0 0
Smith, lb 0 0 12 0 0
(iorliam, 8b 0 0 1 8 0
Phillips, If 0 0 11 0
Baron, rf 0 0 11 0
Mayock, p 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 0 I 24 14 0
Alden 00000000 o—o
Danville 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 x—2
Earned runs—Danville 1. Left on
bases—Danville 5, Alden 8. Sacrifice
hits—Umlauf, Livengood, Coveleskie.
Two base hit—Umlauf. Stolen bases—
Hess, Livengood, Umlauf. Struck out
—by Coveleskie 18, by Mayock 5. Bases
on balls—-none. Hit by pitched ball—
Hess, Coveleskie, Livengood. Passed
halls--Brisliu 2. Time—l.4s. Umpire—
Fisher.
The Queen Bee.
The truth is that throughout nil the
wonder workings of the beehive the
queen is little more than an instru
ment, a kind of an automaton, merely
doing what the workers compel her
to do. They are the real queens in
the hive, and the mother bee is
the real subject. The workers have
made her for their own wise purpose,
just as they make the comb and the
honey to store in it. The egg she is
hatched from is in no way different
from any worker egg. If you take
one from a queen cell and put it in
the ordinary cell it will hatch out a
common female worker bee, and an
egg transferred from worker comb to
a queen cell becomes a full grown
queen. Thousands and thousands of
worker csgs are laid in a hive during
the season, and each of thoso could he
made into a queen If the workers
chose. But the worker egg is laid in
a small cell, and the larva is bred on
a bare minimum of food at the least
possible cost in time, trouble and
space to the hive, while when a new
queen is wanted a cell as big as your
finger tip is built, and the larva is
stuffed like a prize pig through all its
five days of embryo life until, with
unlimited food and time and room to
grow in, it comes out at last a perfect
mother bee.—Van Norden's Magazine.
When you sell an article by weight,
remember that other people have
scales.—Atchison Globe.
Proposed Amendments
To Penn'a Constitution
"PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO
THE CITIZENS OP THIS COMMON
WEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR
REJECTION. BY THE GENERAL AS
SEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF PENNSYLVANIA. AND PUB- j
LISHED BY ORDER OF THE SECRE- i
TARV OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN
PURSUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF
THE CONSTITUTION.
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 Pennsyl- j
vania. and providing a schedule for
carrying the amendments into effect. i
Section 1 Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen- j
i eral Assembly met. That the following
are 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 article
four of the Constitution of Pennsylvania,
which reads as follows:
i"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
Superintendent of Public Instruction for
four years, and such other officers of
the Commonwealth as he is or may be
authorized by the Constitution or by
law to appoint; be shall have power to
fill all vacancies that may happen. In of
fices to which he may appoint, during
the recess cf the Senate, by granting
commissions which shall expire at the
end of their next session; he shall have
, power to 1111 any vacancy that may hap
pen, during the recess of the Senate, In
the office of Auditor General, State
I Treasurer. Secretary of Internal Affairs
or Superintendent of Public Instruction,
In a judicial ofllce, or In any other elec
tive office which he is or may be au
thorized to fV.I: if the vacancy shall hap
pen during the session of the Senate,
the Governor shall nominate to the San
ate. before their final adjournment, a
proper person to fill said vacancy; but
In any such case of vacancy. In an elec
tive 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
i ceding such election, in which case the
i election for said office shall be held at
the second succeeding general election.
| In acting on executive nominations the
j Senate shall sit with open doors, and. In
confirming or rejecting the nominations
of the Governor, the vote shall l>e taken
i by yeas and nays, and shall be entered on
' the Journal," so as to read ss 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
j Superintendent 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 re
i cess of the Senate, by granting commis
sions 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 th«
ofllce of Auditor General, State Treas
: urer. Secretary of Internal Affairs or
j Superintendent of Public Instruction, in
a judicial office, or in any other elective
office which he Is or may be authorized
to till, if the vacancy shall happen dur
ing the session of the Senate, the Gov
ernor shall nominate to the Senate, bt
fore their final adjournment, a proper
person to fill said vacancy; but In any
such case of vacancy. In an elective of
fice, a person shall be chosen to said of
fice on the next election day appropriate
to such office, according to the provisions
of this Constitution, unless the vacancy
shall happen within two calendar months
immediately preceding such election day,
in which case the election for said office
shall be held on the second succeeding
election day appropriate to such office.
In acting on executive nominations th<»
Senate shall sit with open doors, and.in
confirming or rejecting the nominations
of the Governor, 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 A mend section twenty-one of
article four. whl«li reads as follows:
"The term of the Secretary of Internal
Affairs shall be four years, of the Audi
tor General three years; and of the State
Treasurer two years. These officers shall
be chosen by the qualified electors of the
State at general elections. No person
elected to the ofllce of Auditor General
or State Treasurer shall »capable of
holding the same office for two consecu
tive terms/' so as t<» read:—
The terms of the Secretary of Internal
Affairs, the Auditor General, and the
State Treasurer shall each be four years; .
and they shall be chosen by the qualified
electors of the State at general elections;
but a State Treasurer, elected In the year
one thousand nine hundred arid nine,
shall serve for three years, and his suc
cessors shall be elected at the general
election in the 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 tht
same ofllce for two consecutive terms
Amendment Three—To Article Five. Sec
tion Eleven.
Section * Amend section eleven of ar
ticle five, which reads as follows:
"Except as otherwise provided in this
Constitution Justices of the peace or al
dermen shall be elected in the several
wards, districts, boroughs and townships
at the time <it" the election of constables,
by the qualified electors thereof. In such
manner as 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 more
than two Justices of the peace or alder
men without the consent of a majority
of the qualified electors within such town
ship. 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 preced
ing his election In cities containing 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
aldermen shall be elected in the several
wards, districts boroughs or townships,
by the qualified electors thereof, at the
municipal election, m such manner as :
shall be directed by law. and shall be
commissioned by the Governor for a
term of six years. No township, ward,
district or borough shall elect more than
tvo «.f the peace or aldermen
without the ..risent of a majority of the
qualified electors within such township,
ward or bomugh; no person shall be
elected to such office unless be shall have
resided within the township, borough,
ward or d. t for one year next pre
ceding his « \> ction. in cities containing
over fifty thousand inhabitants, not more
tfcan one : rman shall be elected in
each ward or district.
Amendment Four To Article Five. Sec
tion Twelve.
Section 5 Amend section twelve of arti
cle five of : ie < onstituton, which reads
as follows
"In Philadelphia there shall be estab
lished. for each thirty thousand inhabit
ants, one court, not of record, of police
and civil causes, with jurisdiction not exceed
ing one hundred dollars: such courts shall 1
be held by magistrates whose term of ofllce
shall be five years and they shall be elected j
on general ticket by the qualified voters at
arge; and in the election of the said msgis- j
trates no voter shall vote for more than two- ;
thirds of the number of persons to be elected j
wheiT mofe" TTian oTTe are lo be (1 I (VT^i. ,
they shall ho compensated only by fixed j
salaries, to he paid by said county; and!
shall exorcise such Jurisdiction, civil and |
criminal, except as herein provided, as
is now exercised by aldermen, subject to j
such changes, not involving an increase J
of civil jurisdiction or conferring political
duties, as may be made by law. In Pliila- i
delphia the office of alderman is abol- i
lshted," so as to read as follows:
In Philadelphia there shall be estab
lished, for each thirty thousand inhabit
ants, one court, not of record, of police
and civil causes, with Jurisdiction not
exceeding one hundred dollars; such
courts shall be held by magistrates whose
term of oflice shall be six years, and they
shall be elected on general ticket at the
municipal election. by the qualified
voters at large; and in the election of
the ?»aid 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 com
pensated only by fixed salaries, to be
paid by said county; and shall exercise
such jurisdiction, civil and criminal, ex
cept as herein provided, as is now ex
ercised by aldermen, subject to such
changes, not involving an increase of
civil jurisdiction or conferring political
duties, as may be made by law. In Phila
delphia the otlice of alderman is abol
ished.
Amendment Five—To Article Eight, Sec
tion Two.
Section f>. 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 the Gen
eral Assembly may by law fix a different
day, two-thirds of all the members of
each House consenting thereto," so us to
read:—
The genera! election shall be held bi
ennially on the Tuesday next following
the first Monday of November in each
even-numbered year, but the General As
sembly may by law fix a different day,
two-thirds of all the members of each
Houso consenting thereto: Provided,
That such election shall always be held
in an even-numbered year.
Amendment Six—To Article Eight, Sec
tion Throe.
Section 7. Amend section three of article
eight, which reads as follows:
"All elections for city, ward, borough
and township officers, for regular terms
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 cir
cumstances may require. All elections
for Judges of the courts for the several
Judicial districts, and for county, city,
ward, borough, and township ofticers for
regular terms of service, shall be held
on the municipal election day; namely,
the Tuesday next following the first Mon
day of November in each odd-numbened
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 odd-numbered
year
Amendment Seven—To Article Eight, Sec
tion Fourteen.
Section 8. Amend section fourteen of
article eight, which reads as follows:
"District election boards shall consist of
a judge and two inspectors, who shall
be chosen annually by the citizens Each
elector shall have the right to vote for the
Judge and one inspector, and each Inspect
or shall appoint one clerk The first elec
tion board for any new district shall be
selected, and vacancies in election boards
filled, as shall be provided by law. Elec
tion officers shall be privileged from ar
rest upon days of election, and while en
gaged in making up and transmitting re
turns. 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
a Judge and two inspectors, who shall be
chosen biennially, by the citizens at the
municipal election; but the General As
sembly may require said boards to be
appointed in such manner as it may by
law provide Laws regulating the ap
pointment of said boards may be enacted
to applv to cities only: Provided. That
such laws be uniform for cities of the
same class Each elector shall have the
right to vote for the Judge and ons in
spector. and each inspector shall appoint
one clerk The first election board for
any new district shall be selected, und
vacancies in election boards filled, as
shall be provided by law. Election offi
cers shall be privileged from arrest upon
days of election, and while engaged In
making up and transmitting returns, ex
cept upon warrant of a court of record,
or judge thereof, for an election fraud,
for felony, or for wanton breach of the
peace In cities they may claim exemp
tion 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 ofticers. whose selection is not pro
vided for in this Constitution, shall b<
elected or appointed as may be directed
by law." so as to read:—
All officers, whose selection is not pro
vided for iu 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 h« l«l on a municipal election day, ex
cept when, in either case, special elections
may be required to fill unexpired terms
Amendment Nine—To Article Fourteen.
Section Two
Section 10 Amend section two of article
fourteen, which reads as follows
"County officers shall be elected at the
general elections and shall hold their
offices for the term of three years, be
ginning on the first 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 be
provided by law." so ns to read:—
County officers shall be elected at the
municipal elections and shall hold their
offices for the term of four years, be
ginning on the first 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 be
provided bv law.
Amendment Ten-To Article Fourteen.
Section Seven.
Section 11 Amend section seven, article
fourteen, which reads as follows:
"Three county commissioners and three
county auditors shall be elected in each
county where sqch officers are chosen, in
the year one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-five and every third year there
after; and in the election of said ofticers
each qualified elector shall vote for no
more than two persons, and the three
persons having tlie highest number of
votes shall be elected; any casual vacancy
in the ofllci of county commissioner or
county auditor shall be filled, by the
court of common pleas of tho county in
which sm-l vacancy shall occur, by the
appointment of an elector of the proper
county who shall have voted for the
commissioner or auditor whose place Is
to bo filled so ns to read:—
Three c nty commissioners and three
county ai «: :< rs shall be elected in each
tounty wl. e such officers are chosen,
in the year ons thousand nine hundred
and eleven and every fourth jear there
after; and in tho election of said officers
each qualified elector shall vote for no |
more than two persona, and the three
persons having the highest number of |
votes shall bo elected; any casual vacancy
In the office of county commlssoner or
county auditor shall be filled by the court
of common pleas of the county In which
such vacancy shall occur, by the appoint
ment of an elector of the county
•who shall have voted for the commis
sioner or auditor whose place is to be
filled.
Schedule for the Amendments.
Section 12. That no Inconvenience may
arise from tho changes in the^Constltu
noh of Tfie CommoniveallTi, and In"on Tor
to carry the same into complete opera
tion, it is hereby declared that—
In the case of officers elected by the
people, all term* of office fixed by act of
Assembly at an odd number of years
shall each be 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
general election of one thousand nine
hundred and eight; nor any city, ward,
borough, township, or election division
officers, whose terms of office, under ex
isting law. end in the year one thousand
nine hundred and ten.
In the year one thousand nine hundred
and ten the municipal election Bhall 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 la
made four years by the operation of
these amendments or this schedule, shall
serve until the first Monday of December
In the year one thousand nine hundred
and thirteen. All Justices of the peace,
magistrates, 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
year nineteen hundred and ten. and until
the Legislature shall otherwise provide,
all terms of city, ward, borough, town
ship. and flection division officers shall
begin on the first Monday of December
in an odd-numb'-red year.
All city, ward, borough, and township
officers holding office at ito of the
approval of these am«ndmrnts, whose
terms of office may end in the year one
thousand nine hundred and eleven, shall
continue to hold their offices until the
first Mom! iv of December of that year.
All judu ■« of the courts for the sev
eral judicial districts, and also all county
officers, holding office at the date of the
approval of these amendments, whose
terms of office may end in the year one
thousand nine hundred and eleven, shall
continue to hold their offices until the
first Monday of January, one thousand
nine hundred and twelve.
A true copy of the Joint Resolution.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
OFFERS $20,000 TO AVIATORS
Paris Newspaper Would Encourage
Practical Voyages.
The Matin, In view of the results at
Rheims, which have shown the aero
plane's capabilities as never before
realized, even by aviators, believes the
time ripe for these machines to leave
the race track and make real voyages
from town to town. It therefore of
fere a prize of 100,000 francs ($20,000 i,
to be awarded to the owner of the
machine which makes the fastest time
In a circuit from Paris to Dijon, Bel
fort, Nancy, Lille and Paris before
Aug. 31, 1910.
All the French newspapers are en
thusiastic over the great success of
aviation week (Inst week), holding that
it constitutes the greatest landmark in
the history of the conquest of the air.
They praise the enterprise and daring
of the aviators, paying special tribute
to the American, Glenn XI. Curttss, as
a modest, consistent and patient work
er, whose efforts have been crowned
hv the blue ribbon of the nir
His Objection.
The Lawyer—Madam, what Is your
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Your honor, I submit that my honor
able opponent is inciting the witness
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His System.
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iron In your system. Husband—Why
do roil think so? Wife—Because yon
invariably lose your temper when yon
get hot.
Mean Comment.
Ella—Her face speaks for itself.
Stella -Yes, and it is pretty plain talk
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