The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-04-18
INDUSTRIOUS REFoRMERs.

~ IAN1Nhb ElclalNiN VI Gnu-
sylvania deserves great credit for III,
dustry aud good intentions, Ofcourse
we speak of the Legislature generally,
aud not Of the obstructiOnists, who
seem disposed to put in there allotted
time, draw their money and go home
without affecting any good purpose,
For the more important purposes OF
reform the democrats and indepen.
dents cooperate in supporting the ad.
ministratien Of Gov. Paltison, who
has proved worthy the confidence re.
pysed in him by the people. If any
thing that ought to be done remains
undone, or if anything that ought
not to be done is accomplished, the
blame thereof will be attributable to
the unfair tricks of the Stalwarts who
are under tie influence of Tom Coo.
per ana the intrigues of those who
were so much disappointed and cha
grIned at the defeat of General Bea-
yer last November.
The above editorial from the Cra,O.
ford Democrat reads like a tale from
the Arabian Nights or fragment of
testimony in the Star Route trial to
anyone familiar with the course of
events since the Legislature met at
Harrisburg three months ago. If in.
dustry consists in doing three days
work for seven days pay, then is the
Legislature of Pennsylvania most in
.dustrious, and deserves credit, but if
it consists in doing the work for
which it draws pay in thorough and
expeditions manner, the pr esent Leg.
islature has none of it. What has
this industrious Legislature to show
for its three months labor? Absolute.
ly nothing. The people of Pennsyl.
vania are not to TO be deceived by
wind and thunder. They want work
and wiil only give credit for it when
it is done. The editor of the Demo.
crdt may give the roformers at Harris
burg credit for as much of that ma
terial with which the road to that
place where bad democrats deserve to
be relegated is said to be paved, as be
sees fit, but for the sake of decency
he ought to omit the "industry."
VIII the editor Of the Democrat please
mention the important legislation that
has originated in the democratic
branch of the legislature? The per,
feet accord between the Governor and
majority in the House has been illus.
trated 'on more than one occasion.
The Governor has shown his appre-
citation of the statesmanship of the
reformers at Harrisburg by vetong
about one.half the bills passed by
them. The republican minority in
the House are not following the tao
ties of the democrats in Congress, nor
can the Democrat point out a single
instanc e. since the Legislature met
where they have acted in the charac-
ter of obstructionists. The democratic
reformers went to Harrisburg firm in
the belief that republicans would
oppose every reform measure proposed
by them that they could kill any leg
islation Objectionable to them and
lay the blame on the republicans. The
democrats soon found to their disgust
that the republicans were ready and
willing to support any and every true
reform measure proposed. In this
dilemma the democratic majority in
the House conceived the brilliant
idea of doing uothing and blaming il
or republican obstruction; but it will
not avail them. Every important
bill in the interest of reform has origi.
mated in the republican Senate where
democratic opposition is powerless;
every reform measure that has been
killed has been smothered in the demo.
cratic house. The Democrat may
entertain the fond hope that "if any.
thing that ought to be done remains
Hndone, or if anything that ought not
to be done is accomplished" the blame
will be attributed to the republicans,
but the people of Pennsylvania are
not SO easily cheated.-MeadviAe Re-
publican
IT MUST be ohvions TO evarvhodv V