The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-05-02
OHAUNOBY F. BLACK ON REFORM.

Ex-Lieutenant Gov. Chauncey
+. Black journeyed up to Harris
burg from York last Saturday and
was given a reception in the Senate
and made a speech that will no
doubt set Democratic tongues to
wagging.
1t is known that Mr.. Black is not
in sympathy with his party as at
present constituted i'll this State.
However, as it was in a Republican
Senate and on the motion of Re-
publican Senator, Mr.. Grady, that
the ex Lieutenant Governor appear
ed, the scoring that he gave his
Republican opponents was worse,
if anything, than what he said about
his own party.
In the morning session, which
was altogether of a routine character,
Senator Grady moved an internlis-
sion OF twenty minutes to give the
members an opportunity to hear
from the former presiding officer of
the Senate.
BALLOT REFORM BILLS
DECLARED TO BE SHAMS
President pro tenn. Snyder vacated
the chair and Senators Grady and
Haines conducted Mr.. Black to the
rostrum. He said -
L think it is about time. on GER
tain vital questions, for party lines
to be marked out and walked over
and that we gentlemen of all parties
in the State of Pennsylvania should
commingle for one public service.
You, gentlemen of the Republican
party, have an enormous majority
in the State. You want nothing
but an honest ballot and an honest
count. We of the minority, of
course, want that and nothing else.
We can have nothing else.
You have bills before this body
pretending to be ballot reform bills.
There isn't one such OH your cal
endar. My friend Focht has bal
lot reform bill some other gentle
man upon the Democratic side has
introduced bill alleged to be bal
lot reform bill, and 1t is labeled the
'Gutfey bill There is no ballot re-
form in either or any of them.
We have no elections in the
State Of Pennsylvania. We have
not had any since I was beaten in
1886. Jerks, twelve or sixteen years
afterward, did not poll as many
votes as l did on straight ballot in
1886, with all manner of divergen-
cies in mis- favor.
There are no elections. Mr.. 7.
P. Morgan, over Ill New York, with
a stroke OF the pom, can turn down
either party in this State. The
steam roads here in this Common.
wealth have 10000 employees.
Now, you add on the employees of
the other great concerns in this
State, and how much have the people
TO do with their elections while the
booths can be filled with two men
at once.
CHANGES DEMANDED
IN THE CONSTITUTION
If could be heard by the Legis-
lature, this Senate, this House,
would say for Gods sake give us
republican Government in the State
Of Pennsylvania. No matter what
party rules, let it be republican. 1t
is not and it will not be republican
until you change this Constitution.
So long as any elector may take
any other elector into the booth with
him, just so long all of your pen
alities against taking helpers in are
perfectly worthless and amount to
nothing at ali. l voted that way
under this Baker Fraud" as soon
as It was passed to show that YOU
could drive a coach and four through
it and it has been done ever since.
Not one thousand, not one hundred
thousand, but hundreds of thous-
ands go through the booths under
the lash of their industrial employers
every year.
i devoutly hope that the party
which for any reason, because of its