The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-01-29

upon by the committee and it will nc
doubt be adopted by both houses with
out much objection whereupon 1t will
be certified to Secretary of State KnoI
OF the federal government.
The bills covering child labor and
the hours of employment of women
which have already been discussed at
length, were presented by j. r. Jones
OF SchuylkiN county, who also present
ed nonpartisan ballot law together
nth eight bills amending the pres.
Cnt election laws, the changes being
necessary because OF the drafting OF
the new legislation. The main points
OF this measure are as follows:
Changing the penalty for vote sell
ing to $500 fine and one years i'm
prisonment and for vote buying $500
fine and from one to three years i'm
prisonment
Making fraudulent voting punish
able by fine Of $500 and imprison'
ment of one to three years.
Making watchers appointable by
common pleas courts on application
of ten qualified electors. The watcher
is to be presest during the casting
and counting of the ballots and while
the return sheet is being made out.
For his services ne is to be paid s. by
the county.
Prohibiting judges Of election to as
sist voters or allow assistance except
on affidavit of inability to mark bal
lots, subject to $1,000 fine.
Penalties for repeating and ballot
box stufiing is made $500 fine and
from one to three years imprison.
ment
lnhicting $50 fine or one years i'm.
prisonment on voters who cast or at.
tempt to cast other than official ballot,
or without proper afiidavits permit as.
sistance or mark ballots in the pres.
ence OF others or make false afti'
davits as to physical disability.
The bill creating the state depart.
ment OF charities has been handed in
by George w. Richards of Allegheny.
1t abolishes the present state board
and proposes the creation of depart.
ment with head and a voluminous
staff of assistants. It will be opposed
by all of the regulars and the friends
of the governor who recommended
in his message that the present sys
TEN be continued and given wider
powers, If necessary.
Liquor Legislation.
When the measure prepared by the
Pennsylvania Anti-Saloon league
comes up for consideration it will lead
TO a tight drawing of the lines be-
tween the various factions in the
house This measure carries out the
recommendation of Governor Tener in
his message to the effect that al
clubs, political, social or otherwise,
should be licensed and subjected to the
same restrictions as the licensed
saloon keeper or hotel proprietor. I'm
der the terms of the act presented 1t
is provided that each club seeking
license to sell liquor shall select one
of its members who shall be held re-
sponsible for any violation of the
liquor laws within the club and that
the application must be accompanied
by a full list Of the membership and
that it shall he signed by at least one
half of the members and at least three
officers. The selling of liquor on Sun
days and election days is distinctly
forbidden.
Since the making public of the gov
ernor's message in which this prop
osition was urged the members from
almost every section OF the state have
been deluged with protests from their
constituents urging them to vote
against this bill on the ground that
II is a curtailment OF their rights and
privileges. Many of them maintain
that their club Is next to their home,
and inasmuch as the sale of liquor is
not carried on for a livelihood but as
a convenience it would be a restriction
of their rightS as citizens. On tho
other hand the bill has the support
of coterie of the retail liquor deal.
ers who have all along maintained
that the privileges allowed the social
clubs without paying a license fee is
detrimental to the business for which
they are heavily taxed and this ad-
vocacy is heralded by the anti-saloon
people as likely to rebound to their
credit in their efforts to have the
legislature adopt a local option bill.
They figure that the opponents of the
club bill will retaliate on the retail
dealers by voting for the passage OF
.he local option law.
Another bill having a bearing on the
liquor selling question has made its
appearance in the form OF an anti
reating measure. 1t is presented by
Horace b. Dunn of Huntingdon and
any holder Of a license from
allowing treating on his premises
lnder penalty of a fine of $500 to
$1,000 and Imprisonment of from
hree to twelve months.
According to an amendment offered
~ Richard J. Baldwin of Delaware
county to the law providing for comp
lolltAo III an AbuhJlto hdNlhS a pNPu
alton OF more than 100000 all coun-
les of the state having a population
# 100000 or more are entitled to
Iave comptrollers, the salaries Of
which are fixed at $500 per annum.
Within few days the Pennsylvania
Inti-Saloon league will determine on
he sponsor for the local option bill
nd the exact kind OF measure which
/ will advocate this session, The bill
resented last session based the vote
IN wards, boroughs and townships,
nut as this is regarded by some of the