. A history of Pennsylvania. State Forest Reserves. A State School of For-estry has also been estabhshed. AState Highway Department was setup in 1903 and aid was authorizedto be given townships in construct-ing good roads. The Departmentof Health, already referred to, hasdone good work. At the suggestion of GovernorPennypacker a body known as thePennfylvania Mounted Police, orState Constabulary was formedin 1905, with the especial object ofpreserving order. Being in contin-uous service they are ready toact at a moments notice, andby their timely presence, haveprevented riots and
. A history of Pennsylvania. State Forest Reserves. A State School of For-estry has also been estabhshed. AState Highway Department was setup in 1903 and aid was authorizedto be given townships in construct-ing good roads. The Departmentof Health, already referred to, hasdone good work. At the suggestion of GovernorPennypacker a body known as thePennfylvania Mounted Police, orState Constabulary was formedin 1905, with the especial object ofpreserving order. Being in contin-uous service they are ready toact at a moments notice, andby their timely presence, haveprevented riots and first duty is to protect lifeand property and to preservepeace, not to punish Laws; GovernorStuart; Graft. — Legislation ofimportance was enacted in 1905,including the requirement thatvoters in cities should every yearpersonally register their names;that primary elections of all polit-ical parties should be held on the same day throughoutthe State; that accounts of election expenses must be made. Edwin S. Stuart1907-1911 CELEBRATIONS, POLITICS, LABOR TROUBLES 283 under oath or affirmation; and also other requirements in-tended to make poHtics purer. Edwin S. Stuart, who had been mayor of Philadelphia,(1891-1895), was chosen in 1906 to succeed Governor Penny-packer, and proved an excellent official. He was particularlyinterested in the conservation and development of the naturalresources of the commonwealth. Among the unpleasant incidents of the period was therevelation of graft and corruption in the city administra-tion of Pittsburgh. The evil doings were wide-spread andfor a time seriously injured the reputation of the city. Anumber of the wrongdoerswere convicted and werefined and imprisoned. Reform in Philadelphia,1911; Pennsylvania Progres-sive.— At the State electionin 1910 John K. Tener, Re-publican, was chosen governor,and entered upon his duties inJanuary, 1911. The revela-tion of conditions in Pitts-burgh undoubtedly helped thecause of re
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