Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-06-25

A
amendment ratified at tho last gener
al election would have rested upon tn,
majority in this house. The minority
however, have determined not to pre-
vent the passage ofsome act to provid,
for the election Off state treasurer
but to hold the majority responsible,
before the people for the propriety O
its provisions. Two years ngo join
resolution to amend tho constitution
Of the state, changing the method o.
electing the state treasurer was passed
by both houses in response TO the un
doubted opinion of the people that 9
radical change was required for The
public good. That resolution wa.
again passed at the last session Of the
legislature, submitted to vote OF The
people, and ratified by the unprece
dented vote of 6S1, ,620 for and 1895
against IL. We may say It was the
unanimous voice of tho people that the
change should be made. No chang,
in the fundamental law of tho state
was ever made bv an nearlv N unani
nous vote as was this.
n ah.l:. .r,-
sovereign people Of Pennsylvania Q
gont'cma' "a this side of the chamber
the gentleman from Westmoreland
(Mr. Latta), early in the session, on
the I'D OF January, read In place Q
s,a,o -nas,,.s'' pS ~ ."o s'evs'on " .
,sas 1 1851 s.e, :. 'ue peoP'e, ana y
cnn,r,;,..a ~. NJ 1 S'no.a. Ju1'c'a,y
olan,;na. so s In' P'os'oeu ~, Va,
Er;dsm % ~ ~ 49,. | P,a,e 1S,o on .an .n'lu ,'
elected trcasnrcr '' ~ s",ar "ur ',r rrnn ~.
aut;as of liz oJ,;no ~ ,ha a., H. M
of NAV next when tho term ns,h,
nresent ,reas,rar avn;ros ~ s;,I M
contained other nrovis;ons mada ua
cessary bv Inc cbanre In ,ba cons,;au
ton. The COMMITTEES. comnosed Of !
large majority of republicans, instead
ofpromptly acting upon the bill which
was of the first Importance to the peo
pie, and amending Il 10 suit their ideas
Of right and propriety, If ony amend.
ments were needed, held il without
action for four full weeks. and then
reported it back to the house with d
negative recommendation which put
it in such position as not TO be reach.
cd during the session, as will appear
BY reference to its present place upon
the calendar. The majority of the
committee offered no substitute for IL,
made no amendments to it, but simply
negatived IL, and from that time until
the present bill was recently in,roduc.
ed no action has been tax on by the m a.
jority party of house 10 comply
v'th tho mandate Of the roople as ex.
,,.'..,so,, in the reccnt amcndmcnt IN
,ho oon. ..itrtlon. There can be no
e.'.,..;''' ."s .o"' =. mind of anv sensible
du.s''u " nn, nv, ~ ''s !, 20 the intention OF
,ha a" ,oa.,,a oos ."a. " W. W. .~c.surer who
sb ~ bIop'o W v'oo' - V ia exn;.
."vu,u 49,. aS.i'e s.a s'o oa'oo Nv T, a.
~ u. s"0 ,oso". Urn, ine
70. y ~. " 'uo "a"Yo,'.y ~ .u's ',ouse anu
!" ~ .uo eo"a,o !" ."war''"s 'nc WISHES
" " @ ol;dI IeJpo e, " :. 'n's s, .eSa.u ~ 'a."e
~ ~ uo ~, WV e'eos'o" " reAs'
aa., uu'o.e .no eAp'ra',on VI .no pres
uns NV os o,ns WI an; ~ opvu @ con.enpi ., INC
s"a"oSs "a'',a W uesn' ""' M, ucmana VI 'no
peop'o ,s ~ W, ,,a; s.nse' iaore . were no
reaso"ay,' ~, o'lcc.lous 70 ."o prov's'ons
VI .'e on ,n'rouuoeu w, " 'ne gcnue-
u"n ''o'n "es'n,oruanu. n,ei', ~ prov,u-
~ ~. ~, = sp.u,a' All, e'so,o" upon '"o aay
w"e" 'o''h,'ns ,a ,aa; =. .no 9oun',es o' m rne
s.a.u ~. po,u - sue,r 'pr'"R e'ee..ons' @ INC
ena $3.50. eApIuss h;"S s"a vn,a,ou "pTn .us'o '
.ps",sS y vs, S wn.yu .',a "au ~ e'sonVn .po" ,o
900, The only excuse / have heard
for not nass;ny that hill In ibe eorlv
part of The session ia that the cost to
The public would be 40 rreat as not 10
Justify Il. and vet in four. fifths Of tbe
counties of The state no additional az.
pense would bavc been enta;Ied lido
not know the answer tho majority of
this bouse will make whom ,bcv reinrn
10 their constituents and nre naked
why did you not comply with the spir'
Il Of The Amendment 70 Tho cons,Itu.
tion 80 unanimously ratiliedY / do
not know what apology thew can make
for violating this Amendment 10 The
constitution in the first year Of its ex.
istence. in refusing TO permit the peo-
pIo to elect 4 state treasurer, Thc
nrox;s;o, of mi. b;lI con,;n,;nu,ha