THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT. LE] LEFONTE, CTOBE It 6. | RUSK, THE TREASURY LOOTERS Show and a The Appalling Figures That How It Cost More Than Half Millions of Dollars In the Cost In 1883-80 to Run the State, The Machine Bills to Get Money Treasury Deficiency. Ten Excoss of Tax Figuring on New to Make Good the mdent writes erious lm officials A Harrisburg Irres pe Ther WO ems portance from that It ber, when they ertainly They known, as don't care most concerns regarding the certain school 4 ts t state's right to hold been appropriated to are due under the te If that should } decision be the not see the fssuing ars threat of the moneys that have their use and that the law and the would stri teat rme ’ tent made against surprising to treasury at no Aay payment laries and other current expenses, Of ce if that result ean be avoided, it will be, and In the hope of avoiding It the treasury officials are busily engaged In devising schemes to get more money out of the corporations as tax on their capital stock, ete This will he done hy raising the assessments as made In the auditor general's de. partment, and If that plan will not work, then they will be prepared with a bil to accomplish It, which they will urge upon the legislature next winter 1f that legislature Is an anti-machine body. as Is now hoped, It will address ftaelf rather to lopping off expendi tures than to devising new tax schemes state. It he orders distant in of sa ree It is really amusing that “Boss” Mar. tin should be lauded as a reformer, What Wanamaker says and what Swallow says all goes to prove that Jenks should be elected All the “Pluck me store” proprietors in the fleld are candidates on the Re. publican ticket, There are Thropp In the Bedford and Woodin in the Colum bia district running for congress as Republicans. The Philadelphia Times says that two Influential Democratic papers are out for Bwallow. One of them is a Pop. ulist paper and the other a side organ in a county where there were but 1,106 Democratic voters In 15896. A larger, brainier and In every way better Demo- cratic paper in the same county Is straight for the ticket, in the same boat. The voters are | QUAYISM IN FIGURES. flow Four Years of Mac ‘hine Rule Cone verted a Real Surplus of Nearly Four Milllons Real Defliclency of Nearly Milons<1he Flgures Into a Three From the Records That That Is Bankrupt, Mr. Jenks has stump, that the rupt been the the Support Mr, Jenks Charge the State Treas ury among stats The Repub ’ » econventior eginl stats ican ass the was the : ure mn fallure, mads f dollars negls essing f ring ennsy ™ urgsq re form Bardsley steal and, following h ection f the Democratic ve r. Robert BP. Pat the mo i the sald and oth restored to gtate treasury gnlr tison Bardsley the were A Rallving Cry All along the northern ties, throughout the oll the iron manufac Everywhere. f coun. me and In turing districts the name of the Democratic candidate for governor isman to conjure with, a rallying cry for multitudes of honsst men who stand stoutly together for honest politics. The western Pennayl- vania Democrats and independents are flocking to the standard of George A. Jenks beacause they see In his candi. dacy an assurance of deliverance of the state from the clutches of unclean bands that have grasped power only for plunder and personal advantage Wherever Intelligent public opinion finds expression throughout the state tier regi isa ta | there Is ready and ample concession of Mr. Jenks fitness for the ofMoe of gov ernor, and especially at this juncture, when there In need for a stern executive hand at Harrisburg to restore old landmarks of honest state administra« tion. «Philadelphia Record, | ma Eny LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYES. How Thelr Grown Sinee the Volee In the inthe Hiave Had n Number and Cost Democrats Matters«<A Dead Swindle Thing=«Extra Clerks and Ems» Pald Chief Clerks 11% Law’s Limitations ployes for Twilce--The the as to Contingent Expenses, The number and cost of the n fAYS assembly sha the number of the ure futies and Mcers and empl and no payment treasury or authorized, to any an acting officer or appointed shall from the state ] WAY pt tn cle i ast dad f yi Be f 1807. Mr. K« the house i [ase 1 the ved, That the tra labor in the house of representa tives for session of 1887, Including come. mittee and transcribing clerks, not pro vided for by special items In the appro. priation act, be pald by the chief clerk, on vouchers approved by the speaker and attested by the chief clerk. war. rant to be issued by the auditor gen. eral to the chief clerk or the state treasurer therefor” The house has no constitutional right to vote money in that way, The state treasurer has no right to fssue his war. | rant upon any such authorization. The | suditor general has no right to pass such an account, The question of law. | ful right or constitulonality will never, however, amount to a deterrent when the machine has a purpose to fulfill, #0 long ar the machine remains domi nant in the legislature, There i2 but | one cure. The Democrats must cap- | ture the body named. The Democratic house of 1883 was ax well, If not better, | i : i payment for ex- perved by the 37 lawfully authorized clerks and employes as was the Re- publican house of 1887 by 69, nearly, If not twice, the number. The $27,886 pald | during the regular session of 1883 for | he pervice was sufficiently gant, The $74,107 paid in better servite, if as good, than half of it thrown away if Hastings had permitted it, propriation vould have been $12,500 more, that in round figures, the sum of Vernor's vetoes this line The increase i st of the just about for 1 tian f extrava. 1807 for no was more And yet, the ap- being, the g in £54.978 be nwealth L060 you f $10,000 rted doubt {he pris n you in the high 1 In the fice » ire of our mm ups 3 seek } nweaith h 0 receive Aan In reply 1t this ne« : n re 20, 1887, from sald: The matter eased to ANEW this letter question.’ Candidate ated Washington which I now read, f the fee which you speak of occurred nearly 12 years ago My fee was not fixed by me, but it was fixed at the request of the auditor gen. eral by attorneys In Pittsburg at $10. 000, which the state paid me. Of course I am aware that my enemies will raise many objections to my candidacy, which will appear from time to time In the newspapers, but It is not my purpose, gt etter emember the name when you buy again. GROCER yi u “ry may You are always certain of eceiving your full money's worth. The highest prices are al- ways country prodiice---don’t want anything else. This is the oldest and most reliable firm in Cen- tré county. - Do you deal there? If not Why not? Try it. - SECHLER & G0 HIGH STREET, BELLEFONTE, PENNA. nor has it been my practice, to pay at- | tention to them.' Major Merrick is a prominent attor- ney. He Is a Republican and a na- tive of the county where Candidate Btone was born, and lived many years, He was Stone's schoolmate and his | friend In later years, He was every. thing that would have Inclined him to be Stone's friend. Charges of so grave a character, coming from such a source, would be a serious business, even without Stone's admission of thelr truth, as above avowed, ARMAN HOUSE, i High Street, opposite the Court House, Entirely new. New Furniture, Steam Heat, | Electric Light, PA all the modern im ments CM. E88 GARMA 14 Proprietors. ! AJ ANTED—Several Trostworthy Persons in this state to manage our business in thelr own and aeariy counties. It is mainly office work conducted at home, Salary straight | GEN a year and expensos-definite, bonafide, no | more. no less salary. Monthly #075, Reteronees, Enelose self-addressed stam envelope, Her: bert KE Hess, Prev't, Dep't M., Chicago. 281 paid for CHOICE 7000 BICYCLES High Grade $9.75 to $17.00 H. (2 W. MUS ONON CENTRAL LF I, 01 AS UR10 Bellefonte, Pa. INA 4 Average i has been over 7 per cenl. and the age Death Rate of me per cent $9 The Receipts from Interest for 2¢ vears have more than id all death losses, YCATS aver than Three-fourths 4" Realizes the Highest Interest and has the lowest death rate of any company Assetts Dec. 31st, 19G7 $18,708,130. 31 JOHN M. PATTISON, President & P. MARSHALL, Secretary MONEY TO LOAN On first-class real estate security on amount in sums of from $500 $1000 and any number of loans desired in larger sums. Bring deeds and avply inperson to W, GALER MORRISON 214 BE. Bishop St., Bellefonte, Pa. ENTRE ar} BARKING © CO. Comer of High an pe Receive Deposits; Discoun J. D. SnvcoRny, Cashier
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