Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-10-14


Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Speary
of NOrdmont have moved into one
of the association houses on Muncy
street.
Mrs. Joseph McIntire Of near La
bOrte, underwent a very painful
treatment on her knee Tues
day, by DR.. f. w. Randall, at Du-
shore.
Charles Weinert, miner employ
ed in the mines at Murray, Sullivan
county, met almost instant death
Thursday morning through ii fall of
coal and rock, the result of a blast
which he fired Weinert set the
charge of dynamite ana did not sue
ceed in getting beyond the danger
line. The explosion loosencd II
large amount of coal and rock, which
fell upon and crushed him. He was
Is years of age and is survived by
his wife and fOar children.
A Governor Who Cares.
In the October number of the
world Today, appears an article by
Clinton Rogers Woodruff entitled
GA Governor who cares" 1t is a
eulogy of Governor Edwin S. Stew
art, of Pennsylvania, one of the best
executives this State ever had, and a
deserved tribute to great and good
man. Mr.. Woodruff says:
"Governor Stuart of Pennsyl-
vania,is entitled as perhaps no other
governor of Pennsylvania and as
few other governors of American
states, to be known as "the governor
who cares" He cares about the
big things; he cares about the little
things. He is concerned about the
people as whole; he is concerned
about the individual. He believes
in keeping his word in letter and in
spirit,
"Governor Stuart has earned his
title for caring by his deep interest
in state institutions. He knows by
actual observation and Investigations
what the several departments, bur-
eaus, hospitals and other institutions
directly under the care of or depend
ent upon the state are doing. He is
here, there, everywhere over the
state, quietly but efficiently Inform
ing himself concerning the States
business. lie is Strengthening out
the crooked places, establishing
older out of chaos and introducing
modern methods. He is great be-
lever in concentration of authority,
and wherever he can be abolishing
needless boards and commissions
and putting the power and respons-
ibility into the hands of a single
man who cannot dodge the issue.
81 do not happen to have the fig
ures by me, but ] have a pretty
strong impression that no executive
has ever been called upon to pass up
on the merits of so many measures
after the adjournment of the legis-
of
lature was short one and was slow
in getting under way, and, like
most American legislative bodies
did so per cent. of its work in the
last ten days of it's life. AS a cOnse-
quence the governor at the time of
adjournment had nearly the whole
accumulation of the session in his
hands, including all the appropri-
alton over income. He did the work
thoroughly, carefully, so discrimin-
atingly that he earned the COM
mendation and the praise of public
spirited men and papers the. state
over.
1t was i'm vetOiDg hasty and ill
considered legislation that he won
the greatest applause. His volume of
vetoes will constitute a splendid con-
tribution to intelligent statecraft; on
the other hand, he did not hesitate
to sign certain measures which had
been vigorously opposed by sem
sational journals when he was con-
victed that they were in the intrests
of the public.
Moreover, he has been bulwark
in defense of what is known as the
reform legislation of 1906. He has
refused to sign any measure un-
determining the personal regis