party," enroute to York for a scheduled 3 P.M. meeting, was delayed for forty-five minutes in Columbia because Lincoln High- way traffic was blocked by trains.) Lancaster County Congressman W. W. Greist introduced a bill asking congressional consent to the Commissioners of Lancaster and York Counties to

of the Republican machine in order for the community to modernize and to progress. These dissatisfied citizens joined the Democrats to form a party known as the "coalition." At different times the political organiza- tion was entitled or referred to as the Lancaster party, the Citizens party, or the