The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-27
The way To RFFORM.

For the Full Measure Both Democratic
State Officials and a Democratic Legis-
lature Should Be Chosen-But Even With
an Unfriendly Legislature to Hamper
Them, the Governor, Lieutenant Governor
and Secretary of Internal Affairs Could
Estop Much Waste and Many Steals.
Chairman Garman, of the Democratic
state committee. has given out the fol-
lowing statement to show that with
q machine governor and a reform leg
tSlature most Of the abuses that have
hourished at Harrisburg could still be
continued as heretofore, and that an
anti-machine governor is absolutely
NECESSARY for any important reforms:
If the voters of Pennsylvania desire
a full measure of reform they should
elect not only the entire Democratic
state ticket, but a Democratic legisla-
ture as well. That they will do so
seems at this time more than probable.
although the Republican machine will
undoubtedly resort to every means to
prevent 1t, and the assistant machine
organs may try to prevent It by divert
AA6 thuSpChuCht LsCpauiCdh NOtcS u
Swallow, who has no chance Of elec-
ton, and by deceiving the voters with
the false pretense that reform execu-
tive officials will be wholly useless for
purposes of reform unless backed by a
reform legislature. Some of them even
go so far as to contend that a reform
legislature with a machine governor
would be preferable to a reform gov
ernsr with a machine legislature.
This is manifestly untrue. and IL we
can have only one 1t is far better that
the executive offices be filled by the
Democratic reform nominees than that
legislature composed of a majority
OF more or less discordant elements
united upon nothing save opposition to
Quayism should be elected. With q
Quayite in the gubernatorial chair,
Quayites presiding in the senate and
Quayite controlling that asylum for
the support of political incapables
known as the Department of Internal
Affairs. reform legislature could do
little or nothing in the way Of reform
that would not in some way or other be
rendered nugatory and void. The veto
would await all genuine reform bills,
and the scandalous methods now pre-
vatling in the score or more of bureaus,
departments and commissions by which
the state is, after all. really governed.
would continue for four years longer
without the least chance of reforming
them
GOVERNORS IMPORTANT AP-
POINTMENTS.
"On the other hand, even the worst
machine legislature would not be likely,
with q reform pOyerpor In offica tO Of
tempt a repetition of the bad work of
the sessions OF 1895 and 1897. and should
" DO So would unquestfonably be
e. ;kmated and most severely rebuked.
Meanwhile the governor, lieutenant
governor. secretary of internal affairs
: and their appointees would. by their
Kown unaided efforts and under the laws
as they stand bad as many OF those
laws are, effect many very material
reforms in the way of shutting or ex-
trayagance and preventing stea!s4
"As conveying some idea of what the
goVarnor. lieutenant governor and sec
retary of internal affairs can do. even
II they are to be hampered by the pres
ence of an unfriendly legislature, the
Following facts are given. The gov
ernor appoints, among others, the sec
retary Of the commonwealth, attorney
general. adJutant general, commission
er of banking. secretary Of agriculture,
state librarian, superintendent Of pub
lie buildings and grounds and superln-
tendent of public printing.
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ernmental system. It's regiment of
subordinates do practically nothing for
their salaries, and there have been
more and worse bank failures since It
was lifted to its present dimensions