Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-01-17


up for reelection if a constitutional
amendment were necessary to provide
for it. There is already a good sized
field of prospective candidates for the
senator ship. Those discussed include
Justice John p. Elkin, of Indiana;
George T. Oliver and William Finn of
Pittsburg; Congressman George F.
Huff of Westmoreland; Congressman
Marlin f. Olmsted of Dauphin, Josiah
V. Thompson OF Fayette, Congressman
E. F. Acheson of Washington, Thomas
B. Wanamaker and Charles Emory
Smith Of Philadelphia. The Quaker
City is expected to have great nun
ber of Others however, particularly in
flew of the fact that the eastern emf
Of the state is supposed to be entitled
to the senatorship.
Although two years off the senator.
ship is being much discussed on all
sides and it will be difficult TO keep
the campaign from starting during this
session of the legislature
Another lot of bills regulating rail.
way traffic is being prepared for pre-
sentation. One of them provides thai
it shall be unlawful for either freight
or passenger trains to pass a station
where a passenger train is discharging
or taking on passengers. 1t is sail
in support OF the bill tnat a great many
people are killed at railway stations
because Of having been struck by
passing trains while going to or fro;;l
trains to stations. Many precautions
have been taken by railroads to pre-
vent loss of life in this way but the
records show a great sacrifice of lives
In this way every years. Should such
a measure be enacted into law it
would smash the time schedules OF
fast trains into smitihereens. A wait
of few minutes at each station
where people are boarding or disem,
barking from passenger train would
mean a loss of several hours to a
through passenger train. However 1t
is contended that loss of life Is of
greater consequence than loss of time
and the bill will be presented.
BloW at PIntSCh Light.
Another bill which may be introduc.
ed and which will cause certain Penn
sylvania railroad officials to sit up
and take notice will provide that no
trains shall be lighted by means of
gas or other inflammable material.
This will be a direct blow to the
Pintsch Gas Co., an organization com.
pose principally of Pennsylvania rail.
road officials. 1t is said that this
Pintsch Gas Co. is in position to com.
running between Philadelphia and
PittsOurg, whereas on the western
lines electricity is used. The limited
trains also use electricity. 1t is con.
tended that Pintsch gas is dangerous
to life and inasmuch as electricity is
much safer light all railroads should
be compelled to use it.
VIII Bid for Church Vote.
Advocates Of local option are to
have their hearts gladdened if certain
efforts being made by some of the pc.
litical leaders avail. 1t is proposed to
introduce a local option bill that will
give local optionists exactly what they
want. Political leaders of the state.
including Senator Pen"ose, are serious.
ly considering giving their support to
the measure. It is urged that th'
church people of the state are unit
for the bill and that as their support
will be very much needed in the futur.
it will be necessary 10 do something
to please them in the way of local
option measure.
OF course the liquor people of the
state oppose any such legislation and
there is likely to be a tug of war be.
tween church people and the liquor
interests on the question with the poll.
ticians wondering which side to get
on. Congressman Acheson is urging
Senator Penrose to side In with the
local optionists
The Teachers Pension Bill.
The legislative committee TO have
charge CT the teachers retirement fuul
bill has been announced by Prof. c. H.
Garwood of Pittsburg. chairman of the
chairman is Prof Samuel Andrews, of
the Pittsburg city schools. Others
composing the committee are Supt
Alexander Wightman, of the Altoona
schools; Supt. f, E. Downs, of the Har.
risburg schools: Supt. G. w. Phillips
of the Scranton schools, and Supt
H. c. Meffymen, Of the Erie schools
The committee will appear before the
educational committee of the legis.
lature Feb. to argue the merits of
the bill.
Several bills creating new courts In
various counties of the state are ready
for presentation. One of these pro.
vides for new court of common pleas
for Allegheny county, with three
judges. 1t was originally intended to