The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-06

You may wish to say to me, or any
thing / may have to say in answer.
The speaker for the party then said,
We are ali applicants for the public
offices in Chester county. We have
waited upon Your Exeellency to say
that we shall be quite satisfied, and
shall zealously support your administra-
tlon whoever you may appoint, with the
exception of Charles Kenny. He is an
IriShman. We know that his appoint
ment would be very unpopular. The
| The Governor bowed and made answer,
shall consider, gentlemen, what you
have said. The gentlemen applicants
bowed RESPECTFULLY and retired. The
| Governor turned promptly towards me,
and said. That s a selfish combination
against an absent individual. l shall
appoint kenny He did appoint him
| Clerk of the Orphans Court of Chester
county, and he was as good as officer
and as popular appointment as any that
| he made. -
An Important Veto
Governor Snyder was too honest to
seek personal honor of preferment at
the sacrifice of principle, and he refused
/ be Governor. In the session of 1913
IA, large majority of both branches
of the General Assembly passed bill
chartering forty banks. The candidate
| for Governor was at that time nomi-
mated by the members of the Legisla-
ture. They We're practically unanimous
| for the bill. a caucus was called, and
1T adjourned without making a nomina-
tion, letting it be known it would not
take action until il was known what
action the Governor would take on the
| bin. The legislative caucus tried to
threaten in this ways the Governor.
! Then he vetoed the bill in a message
which is a masterpiece. We can only
quote one of the opening paragraphs
81 cannot divest myself of the fear
that if it should become law, it would
tend only to enrich the wealthy and
the speculator while it would in various
| forms heap burdens on tine poor and
the industrious. Permit me to hazard
an opinion that changes of law have a
great effect in a popular government
to weaken its force, by preventing or
destroying habits. A steady operation
gives force to laws and the government
acquires dignity and respect in proper
| tion to its uniformity of proceeding
This bill | presume to say, will produce
in society an unhappy effect. 1t legal
ICES the acts of illegal associations, and
thus proves the weakness of the gov
ernment; nay it carries on its face a
warrant for the infraction of the re-
strietive provisions therein contained,
and in my opinion goes far to encour-
age the infraetion of all law
Instead of being a gup shoe poll
tieian, seeking how ny sneaking
around himself, he could catch some un-
democratic doctrine, or lend his aid to
some passing hysteria, he boldly plants
his banner on fundamental principles,
and instead of going over to his and
his party's enemies, he forced them by
the unanswerable force of his argument
to come to him and so astonished that
Legislature that he was again renomi-
mated by the caucus for Governor, and
elected by nearly thirty thousand ma
jority.
March 10, 1914, Governor Snyder,
the second time vetoed the banking bill
The one prior to this act provided for
thirty-ive banks, while this act pro-
vided for fortyone. He said, cit would
tend to enrich the wealthy and the
speculator, while it would in various
forms heap burdens on the poor and
the industrious. Further "on the
ground of principle, generally, l may
confidently say that industry is the
only permanent source of wealth. 1t
secures subsistence, and advances our
interest by slow, yet sure and regular
gains, and is the best preservative of
morals.'
Snyder War Governor
The period during which Snyder was
Governor was an important and excit-
ing one in the national life. Napoleon
was on the throne in France. On the
thrones of Spain, Holland and Italy he
had, by his sword, seated his three
brothers. All Europe, amazed at his
giant strides, took up arms against him.
Tho United States preserving a perfect
ly neutral attitude was allowed by her
commercial marine to visit freely the
ports of the belligerents and was great
ly -prospered. In violation of the neu-
trail rights of the United States, Great
Britain in 1906, issued an order in
council, declaring the whole coast of
the continent from the Elbe to Breast
in state Of blockade. Napoleon retail
ated by issuing his decree at Berlin de.
claring the entire coast of the British