Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-03
Beautiful Record.

Public officials are but the servants
of the people and the watchfulness
that these officials show in looking
determines their worth. This is
especially true of a member of the
Legislature. The first duty of mem
Der of the Legislature towards his con-
stituents is to be promptly on hand at
every one of its sessions in order that
he may acquaint himself with every
detail of the work. Another duty
equally important is to work and vote
for every bill that may enhance the
interests of his community and to vote
and work against every bill that works
harm to the people who placed him
there. What has been the record of
our last member Of the Legislature
on these points?
On the House bill No 123, "An Act
providing for the ordinary expenses of
the Executive, Judicial and Legislative
Departments, interest on the public
debt, and for the support Of the public
schools for the taCo fiscal gears, etc" AZ
votes were cast against it. Our mem
Der, Hon. SYLVESTER S. SMITH, was
one of them Was this in the interest
of the people? See Legislative Record,
Page 1927.
House bill, No. 539, can Act to pro-
vide revenue, and regulate the sale of
malt and brewed liquors, etc" In
order that our public schools and
| charitable institutions might not suffer
| this bill was introduced to raise revenue
and compel the great brewers of the
State to pay their proportion ofrev-
| enue 1t is conceded by everybody
that the township and borough hotel
keepers pay their share of license, but
| the extensive brewers of the State do
not, and these are the men that have
made more money in the last ten
years than any other class of business
men. II votes were cast against this
| bill on final passage. Our member OF
the Legislature, Hon. Sylvester S.
Smith, voted against it. See Legisla-
tive Record, page 3,710.
House bill, No. $40, can Act to pro-
vide revenue by taxation" This bill
levies four mill tax upon express
companies, foreign insurance com
panies and individuals having large
amounts of capital invested and at
interest, and upon the capital stock OF
banks and savings institutions. Sc
unanimous was the House on this bill
irrespective of party, that but twelve
(12) votes were cast against it. Oul
member of the Legislature was one o.
the -. See Legislative Record, 1897
page 3,712.
Can any man of ordinary intelligence
see where these are votes with the
people as against the trusts and cor
porations?
We see here outlined the policy O
DIR. Smith in the last Legislature. Dc
YOU want man to represent you il
the next General Assembly who vote
in the interests of trusts and corpora
tions; who votes to maintain the gian
LIQUOR monopoly at the highest rate o
profit at the expense of higher morals
, higher education and better citizen
ship; who votes to deprive the hand o
charity of the means of its angelo
mission and to curtail the advance o
civilization by divesting our publ
: schools of the possibilities Of thei
existence
If you elect Sylvester S. Smith an,
: approve of his policy, we have not
neither should the people have an
complaint; they have wrought on
their own destiny and should nc
, groan if the burden be heavy upo
them.