Ep1TOR
P. GRAY MEEK,
Democratic County Committee, 1891
Bellefonte, N. W..... W. 8. Galbraith
S. W. ... Joseph Wise
John Dunlap
. John T. Lee
H. A. Moore
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Centre Hall Boroug|
Howard Borough
Jig boron . A. M. Butler
Milheim Borough A. C. Musser
Philipsburg, 1st nes A. Lukens
e 2d W. C. A. Faulkner
4 3d W. Franz Hess
E. M.Griest
Unionville Borough.
Ione ugene Meeker
Burnside...
Benner... Harvey Benner
Boggs, N. Philip Confer
0 WP . T. F. Adams
id ¥ oH
. H. Mokle
Coilgse: W.p . N. Krumrine
Curtin...» . N.J. McCloskey
Ferguson, E. T. .. Daniel Dreibelbis
* Ww. . Geo. W. eile
re SP... . Chas. W. Fisher
i N.P James P. Grove
“Isaac M. Orndorf
Haiges, LE . Geo. B. Shaffer
I - ... Bilis Lytle
Heitmoon . J. W. Keller
Howard W.T. Leathers
Huston... .eersrescsrermriossrrsrrsseen Henry Hale
Libert; .. Alfred Bitner
Morn, John J. Shaffer
Miles... . W. J. Carlin
Patton. .'P. A. Sellers
Penn.... J. C. Stover
wee S. W. Smith
. Jas. B. Spangler
... Jags. Dumbleton
.. William Hutton
Thomas Turbidy
... John D. Brown
Potter, N. P..
aie Egip
Rush, N. P.
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P.
Bpring, 8. P...... Jerry Donovan
” N:P. .. James Carson
v.P. . BE. E. Ardery
.. W.T. Hoover
. Chas. H. Rush
. D. A. Dietrick
. 0. D. Eberts
, Chairman.
Democratic State Ticket.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
ROBERT E. WRIGHT,
of Lehigh county.
FOR STATE TREASURER,
A. L. TILDEN,
of Erie county.
DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
Chas. R. Buckalew. Chauncey F. Black.
Geo. A. Jenks. Geo. M. Dallas.
Sam’l. G. Thompson. David W. Sellers.
Henry N. Scott. Robt. E. Monaghan.
Win. S. McLean. F. M. Vandling.
Jno. Latta. Rodger Sherman.
William Weihe. Thos. Lazare.
Samuel Griffith. Grant Weidman.
Geo. W. Zeigler. R. Morgan Root.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
For DELEGATE TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
ELLIS L. ORVIS.
Subject to action of district conference.
Jury Commissioner —GEORGE BOWER.
How Investigation Can Be Brought
About.
The electors of Pennsylvania have a
great opportunity this fall. Itisin
their power to unearth and expose, and
in that way put an end to, the thievish
practices that have prevailed in the
management of the State finances dur-
ing a long course of years. By elect-
ing officers who have no interest in
concealing this thievery the people
can bring about results that will be of
great benefit to them.
Auditor General's office, and TILDEN
at the head of the Treasury, would
have no motive for nor interest in con-
cealing these malversations. Rather
their interest, feeling and motive, poli-
tical as well as official, would be power-
ful incentives to their laying the
books wide open and giving all possi-
ble assistance to a thorough investiga
tion. Grece and MorrizoN would act
from different motives and under dif
ferent influences. They would be de-
terred by party considerations; party
allegiance would clog their pubic duty,
and, above all, their action would be
controlled by the power to which they
owe their nomination, and to which
investigation and exposure would be
political death, and, in all probability,
would lead to criminal prosecution.
The people who want the searching
light of investigation to be thrown up-
on the long continued thefts by which
their money has been filched from the
treasury, can expect no service of this
kind from the men whom the Repub-
lican bosses have selected for Attorney
General and State Treasurer, but they
could look for zealous and effective
service in such work from Democrats
in those offices.
—— Minister EaaN, whom President
Harrison “ent as representative of
this country to Chili, will have to be
recalled. He disgraced himself and
misrepresented the country he was
delégated to act for. It is even charg-
ed against him that he was paid by
BALMACEDA to throw the influence of
the American Jegation in favor of that
usurper. EGAN was appointed to the
place he holds in Chili as a return
for the services which the mercenary
portion of the Irish vote rendered the
Republican party. He has shewn
bow such a character can disgrace
any position he may hold, and it is due
to the credit of the country that he
should not be allowed to hold it any
longer.
——It is now about foun weeks since
the high-moral contingent of the Phil-
adelphia Republicans issued a protest
against Quay and his wicked ways.
Since Quay has held his convention
and given a new manifestation of his
bosship, it is about time for another
protest from the Republican morality
of Philadelphia.
WRIGHT in the |
| some of them being among the largest
A Big Kick in Ohio.
A very wholesome and encouraging
revolt is going on among the Republi-
cans of Ohio against the monopoly
tariff policy of candidate McKINLEY,
and against his candidacy for Govern-
or. This disaffection includes some
of the most enlightened members of
the party. An indication of this was
given by a meeting of about five hun-
dred citizens in tne Board of Trade au-
ditorium at Columbus last Saturday,
including many prominent Republi-
cans, to hear an address from Capt.
Avrrep E. Les. General Jorn Brar-
TY acted as chairman, and made a
brief address in introducing the speak-
er.
General Beatty made a rousing
talk. Hesaid in substance that he
hoped the Republican party would |
soon be in the hands of more able
leaders than at present. For the first |
time an effort is being made to com-
mit the Republican party of Ohio ta a
high protective tariff, but there should
be some liberty of thought. ‘The
bull-dozers and party whippers-in have
no right to arrogantly demand that we
vote for principles which have driven
1,000,000 Republican voters from the
party,” the general said. “I propose fto
protest against the high protective tar-
iff idea, and shall emphasize that pro-
test by voting against WriLLiam Me-
KiNLEY, but shall vote for the other
Republican candidates. I have not
reached that point where I think high
taxes benefit the masses when they
have to pay the tax, nor have I reach-
ed that period where I believe robbery
is a blessing.”
He then introduced Capt. Lrg. The
Captain is an educated gentleman,
with large experience in the public
service and an orthodox Republican in
all things except the tariff issue,
which he maintains has placed his
party in a false position. He was pri-
vate secretary to Governor Haves, and,
by the latter, was appointed minister
to the Hawaiian islands. Iis speech
was in response to the request of nine
prominent business men of Columbus
capitalists of the capital city, and
every one of whom was up to the pres-
ent time a staunch Republican. Cap-
tain Lee spoke at length, showing
how the tariff was a tax upon the con-
sumers of “protected” goods, and thus
imposed its burdens mainly upon the
common people, the workingmen and
farmers.
—Dr. HoLMES thinks that an exam-
ination of SHAKESPEARE'S skull would be
of benefit to craniologists. But the
great dramatist had engraved on his
tomb such a terrific imprecation against
any one who should disturb his bones
that none but a very venturesome phre-
nologist would dare to meddle with his
cranium.
The Tin Humbug.
We were shown, the other day, a
sheet of tin, purporting to be of Amer-
ican manufacture, upon which the
picture of Major MoKiNLEY was
stamped. It was a sample of tinpla tes
that are being distributed in Ohio for
campaign effect, their purpose be-
ing to create the impression that the
Major, through his tariff, had bmlt
up a large tin industry in this
country for which he should be re-
warded by being elected Governor of
Ohio, and perhaps President next
year.
In regard to this preposterous tin-
plate pretension the Cleveland Plain
Dealer has the following to say : ;
“The immense tinplate mill, which
Britton & Hanna are going to erect on
Hoyt street, near the Lake Shore rail-
way, at the enormous cost of $800,will
measure 39 by 58 feet and will cover
the tremendous area of 2,262 square
feet. It is reasonable to suppose that
the machinery, vats, tanks and mis-
cellaneous tools will occupy half that
space; and fully 20 by 20 feet should
be allowed for piling up the tinplates
which the company will manufactare
as a glorious (Hustration of (he beae: |
fits to be derived from the McKinley
bill.”
It is for the encouragement of a few
trifling enterprises of this character
that the American people bave al
ready paid more than $8,000,000 in
the increased price of tin brought
about by the McKinley tariff. There
is not a house keeper in this canning
geason that does not feel the eftect ot
the tin gouge.
One of the worst features ot the
Farmers’ Alliance, held by at least a
majority of its members, is the advo-
cacy of the sub-treasury scheme. . Such
a humbug as this is hardly deserving
of an exposure, for it should naturally
fall by the weight of its own foolish-
ness: There would not be a redeem-
ing feature in such a method ot con-
ducting the national finances. Itis
utterly impracticable and deservés no-
thing but contemptuous condemnation.’
Tariff and Disease.
Under this caption, Davip A.
WELLS, of Norwich, Conn., contributes
to the New York World what he styles
one of the most valuable contributions
he has ever made to tariff literature.
Mr. WeLLs shows by facts and figures
which cannot be controverted that, by
reason of the high tariff on woolen
goods the poorer people of America
are forced to wear clothes which are
the direct channels through which con-
sumption and pneumonia are conveyed
to the people. Ttisa wellknown fact,
substantiated by the observation and
experience of travelers in Europe, that
the poorer classes of England wear
better clothes than do the same class
in America, hence diseases such as
those mentioned above are more preva-
lent in this country than in England.
The difference in the death rates of the
two countries, as a result of these dis-
| eases, is given by Mr. WELLS in the
following figures: Deaths from con-
sumption per 100,000 in England,
8,330; in the United States, 12,059.
Deaths from pneumonia per 100,000
in England, 4,772; inthe United States,
9,141.
The connection between the tariff
and disease is shown to be due to the
wearing of shoddy goods by Americans
who cannot afford to buy the higher
priced woolen goods: In 1889 9,000,
000 pounds of shoddy cloth were im-
ported into this country as compared
with half a million pounds in 1867.
Being under the necessity of buying
the shoddy clothing the poorer classes
clothe themselves in the habiliments
of death in order that the protected
manufacturer may reap the harvest
guaranteed by the tariff.
was ostensibly placed on 1zported |
woolen goods to protect the American
manufacturer, but he has taken advaot- |
age of the law in another direction.
Instead of supplying his customers’
with American woolen goods he scils
them goods which contain only 28 per
cent. of wool.
abled to reap a double profit from the
consumer, one under the protection of
the tariff law; the other by a system
of robbery peculiar to the beneficiaries
of the high tariff.
It is in the use of this shoddy staff
that the people suffer physically as!
importer |
well as financially. The
naturally prefers to pay the smallest
possible tariff on his wool, and there-
fore he will import the lowest grade of
the article, which is generally greasy
and dirty, and when it is worked np
into clothing contains the germs of |
consumption nd pneumonia. The weav-
. oy -
er is thus made the victim of 2 dread
disease through the cupidity of the
manufacturer who is aided in spread. |
ing disease amoung the people by the |
great American system of high tarifl,
This is a phase of the iniquities of the
tariff which demands careful thought,
Democratic Governors to Get Together.
The Democratic State Committee of
Ohio has sent out invitations to every
Democratic governor in the United
States to be present ata great Demo- |
cratic meeting to be held in Columbus |
October 6. Tt is expected that the chief
executives of nearly all the States will
attend the governors’ meeting, and
there will probably be twenty-five live
governors present. Great preparations
for the gathering will be made, and it is
expected to surpass in point of num-
bers and interest any political meeting
ever held in Ohio. Governor CAMPBELL
is in New York, accompanied by his
wife. He is not in good health, but it
is believed he will be ready to com-
mence his speaking canvass on Septem-
ber 17, the day appointed. His de-
bates with McKINLEY will begin on
the 8th of October.
——Chairman WATRES announces
that “the Republicans are ready to
meet the Democrats upon every issue.”
“Every issue” is good. It indicates
that the Republicans propose to varie-
gate the campaign with a variety of is-
sues. But there is but one 1ssue and
the Democrats intend to hold their op-
ponents tot. Iu is short, comprehen-
sive and contained in bu one sentence:
“Thou shalt not steal!” That is the
issue upon which Mr. Warres' party
will have to face the people. They
won't be able to dodge it by hauling
into the contest the tariff issue, the
silver question, the bloody shirt, or
any other subject that has nothing to
do with the question in hand.
—— The remarkable indisposition of
the committee appointed by the Re-
publican Legislature to investigate the
State Treasury management has been
matched by the equally remarkable
indisposition of the Treasury managers
to be investigated, With one accord
ex-Treasurers aud ex-cashiers have
found it convenient to absent them-
selves from the State. The investiga-
tors and investiga ted ought to “get to-
gether,” but their disposition to keep
apart shows that they are averse to
having things uncovered.
The tariff
In this way he isen-!
Will They Succeed?
Every Republican thief and ballot
corrupter in the State is opposed to a
censtitutional convention.
Every corporate monopoly in the
State is opposed to a constitutional
convention.
The powers that defeated the equal-
ization of taxes during the last session
of the Legislature are opposed to a con-
stitutional convention.
Lawyers who favor small judi-
cial districts, in order that there may
be more judges and increased court
expenses, are opposed to a constitution-
al convention.
The Republican briber and bulldozer
of voters are opposed to a counstitution-
al convention.
These people and interests, through
their organs and creatures, now boast
that a constitutional convention will be
defeated by at least 200,000 votes.
What do the people—the tax-payers
who want ballot reform, tax reform,
and reform in the organization of judi-
cial districts, have to say about it?
They Know the Man.
It it is safe to judge a man's
character by what his neighbors think
of him, then the Democrats did wisely
in nominating Rogerr E.WricHT for
Auditor General. Since Mr. WricHT'S
selection the people of Allentown,
where Mr. WriGHT resides, have been
showering him with congratulations,
and promising him theiractive support.
These assurances of friendship come
from both Republicans and Democrats,
and even those who are opposed to
him politically concede that he will
| poll the biggest vote ever cast in Le-
high county.
When those who have associated
with Mr. WricHT for years not only
testify to his worth, but forsake party
to honor him, the people of Penunsyl-
_ vania can be assured thatin the Dem-
,ocratic candidate for Auditor General
they have a man who will serve them
faithfully and break up the corruption
which has so long disgraced the State.
| ——It is stated on good authority
that the canning industry, under the
| operations of the McKinley law, has
paid over $2,500,000 adyance on tin
plates since last fall. The Standard
and big meat packers are exempt by
virtue of the 99 per cent drawback.
This $2,500,000 is not paid by the 1m-
porters, it is not paid by the canners,
it is not paid by the retailers, but
. comes out of the pocketsof the people.
Good Advice From the Governor.
Governor PaTrisoN, in his testimony
before the treasury investigating com-
mittee at Philadelphia, again urged
| the necessity of the adoption of re-
formatory methods in the receipt, care
‘and disbursement of public funds.
| The Governor well stated that he was
‘only repeating aun old story in declar-
ling that the present system isa bad
| one and mast be remedied. Farther,
he showed how the Legislature has
| stood directly across the pathway of
reform. It has not been for lack of in-
formation that nothing has been done.
At every session this matter is agital-
ed, but to no effect. The popular mind
has been diverted to other questions,
just as the attempt is now made to
cloud and embarrass the call for re-
form 1n the Auditor General's and
Treasurer’s offices by the silliness that
it is the tariff and silver questions that
the people are to vote on this fall.
——The wheat corner is announced
at last. Oregon and Washington farm-
ersare holding back 35,000,000 bush-
els of the cereal under orders from the
Alliance in the hope of better prices in
the spring. The grangers of the wild
and windy west don’t propose to let the
Chicago grain speculators do all the
cornering. Bat they should be care-
ful that in the wind up they don’t find
themselves in a corner.
——The McKinleyites in Ohio pre-
tend to be in great trouble about the
alleged millions which the Cobden
Club is sending over to Jafo (o ensure
a victory for free trade. The Cobden
club scare has been worn so thread-
bare that it should be thought that it
is no longer serviceable, but the Oh io
mounopolists appear to believe that the
humbug in it may be serviceable for
another taritf campaign.
——During the month of August
43,000 carloads of grain were received
at Chicago and 17,000,000 bushels
were [shipped. This is reported to be
the largest business ever done in one
month at Chicago, and indicates the
enormous yield of the western grain
fields this year. St. Louis during Au-
gust received over 5,000,000 bushels of
wheat, and New York shipped an
average of a million bushels of g rain a
day to Europe.
——Fine job work of ever discription |
at the WarcamaN Office.
The Democratic State Convention.
Thursday of last week the Democratic
convention of Pennsylvania met in the
opera house at Harrisburg at 10:30 a.m.,
and was promptly culled to order by
chairman Kerr, who appointed as Secre-
taries of the convention, Benjamin M.
Nead, J. E. Snyder, J. P. J. Sensender-
fer, George H. Hoffman, C. B. Keefer,
F. E. Bible and J. D. Sells.
H. Willis Bland, esq., of Reading, was
unanimously chosen as temporary chair-
man, and on taking the chair he said:
We do not intend to run the campaign
on national issues, but on local ones.
The State has questions of vital interest
of its own, and the Democracy will ad-
dress itself to them. The party has nog
wandered from old issues. They velieve
in the teachings of their great prophet,
President Cleveland. [Here there was
an outburst of cheeriug.] His defeas
was more glorious than victory, as the
moral courage of the man was shown to
be above personal ambitions. We are
not going into this, however, in this
campaign.
The battle last tall, the speaker con-
tinued, was but a skirmish; the Water-
loo is to come. Itis a shameful thing
that a State Treasurer, an Auditor Gen-
eral, a City Treasurer of Puiladelphia,
and great newspapers should band them-
selves in a conspiracy to rob the State.
The Republican party held a conven-
tion here two weeks ago. Did they con-
demn the practice of their State Treas-
urer and Auditor General? No. The
people were moved last year profoundly,
and they accomplished one great result
—they elected a Governor peerless among
all those men: who have held the office.
Never was there a better example of
manhood than Robert E. Pattison. His
worth was attested by his re-election.
The mention of the Governor’s name
brought forth enthusiastic applause.
The convention adjourned to 1:20 p.
m., when upon reassembling, Hon.George
W. Skinner, of Fulton county, was
elected permanent President, and a Vice
President was elected for each Senator-
ial District :
After Mr. Skinner was escorted to the
chair he opened the proceedings with a
short address : He hoped that increased
wisdom would come with increased num-
bers, and that the convention should not
be led aside from the true issues of the
contest. The national affairs, he said,
have nothing to do with the present con-
test in Pennsylvania ; that thechiefaim
and object of all citizens should be to-
ward a change in the chief accounting
offices of this Commonwealth; that al-
though he had been a soldier for over
four years in the fore front of the con-
flict, he deprecated the methods of the
Republican leaders in again springing
the ‘soldier racket” on the peiple sim-
ply to blind them as to the true issues,
and that he was surprised that a man
like Gregg should allow himself to be
used as a tool by scheming politicians.
The nomination of candidates to be
placed on the State ticket being next in
order, Hon. Walter E. Ritter, of Ly-
coming, presented Robert E. Wright, of
Allentown, for Auditor General.and ac-
companied the nomination with a stirring
speech in which he remarked that the
office of Auditor General has been in
the hands of the Republican party for a
score of years. Its administration has
become & stench in the nostrils of all
decent people, and the demand for a
change and reform was overwhelming.
George Dill, esq., of Lancaster,nominat-
ed James G. McSparran, of Lancaster.
The nominations having been closed, a
ballot was taken which resulted in” the
following vote: Wright 872, McSparran,
80. Mr. Wright's nomination was then
made unanimous.
The nomination for State Treasurer
being the next business, Mr R. H. Ar-
buckle, of Erie, named A. L. Tilden, of
Erie, and Dr, John W. Reiwalt, of
Dauphin, named Charles Ravmond, of
Middletown. The vote resulted in 394
for Tilden, 5 for Raymond, and 1 for
McSparran. Mr. Tilden’s nomination
was then made unanimous.
The following delegates-at-large to
the proposed constitutional convention
were nominated : Charles R. Buckalew,
Columbia ; Chauncey F. Black, York;
George A. Jenks, Jeiferson; George
M, Dallas, Gustein Thompson,
David W. Sellers, Philadelphia ; Henry
N. Scott, Northampton; Robert E.
Monahan,Chester ; William S. McLean,
Luzerne; Frank M, Vaudling, Lacka-
wanna; John N. Latta, Westmoreland;
Rodger Sherman, Crawford; William
Weihe, Thomas Lazare, Allegheny;
Samuel Griffith, Mercer ; Grant Wiede-
man, Lebanon; George W. Zeigler,
Bucks; R. Morgan Root, Montgomery.
The nominees for the State ticket were
then introduced to the convention, both
of whom made addresses. Mr. Wright,
in his speech, among other things said :
“Never in the history of the country
was there exhibited ar administration of
affairs so universally corrupt as that de-
veloped in Pennsylvania within the last
six months. The city ot Philadelphia
robbed of a million dollars ; the State of
a million more; the schools of half as
much ; the taxpayer robbed in his assess-
ment and cheated in his exemptions; the
State robbed of a large percentage of the
balance remaining, through all the rami-
fications of the process of tax collection,
from the assessor to the final depository.
“The heavy hand of reckless theft is
felt as the rising tide of carcaption is
swept up toward the door of your capi-
tol, nov isolated cases of a single dishon-
est official, not mere disconnected in-
stances of theft make up the record of
public dishonor, but well planned, sys-
tematical, continuous, daily robbery per-
vading the entire departments, embrac-
ing almost every official who touches
the publie funds.
“Worse than all, not content with |
robbing individual citizens even news-
papers of the boss ridden party are com-
pelled to pay tribute to organized plan-
der and become vehicles of the transfers
of the people’s money from the public
treasury to the pockets of party heelers.
Meeting therefore,as the convention does
in the presence of this over-shadowing
dishonor, it should turn aside from the
discussion of current political topies to
the more important and pressing ques-
tion of clean, honest government.
“We are confronted by the fact that
our whole administration of govern-
ment in Pennsylvania and her great
cities has passed under the control of a
corrupt political combination that per-
mits none to aspire to public place ex-
cept as they may consent to become par-
ticipants in these wrongs, or to permit
them without objection. The issue has
MELEE
now passed far beyond the question of
the personal respectability of the candi-
dates presented and supported by the
confederation now recognized us the
bosses.
“More than once the pecple of Phila-
delphia and Pennsylvania in this move-
ment toward reform have been content
to demand no more than respectable
nominations from these men, but acain
and again disappointment and distonor
have followed the conceszion. The har-
vest involved from the seed of respecta-
ble ring nominations has always Leen
disastrous. There can be no reform in
Pennsylvania until the machine that
created and maintaired this system of
organized robbery is torn up root and
branch and destroyed. Therefore, it has
come to pass that your platform is a very
simple one.
“It shows the old truths of the ten
commandments’ injunction. “Fhou shalt
not steal’” is its cardinal statement, and
on that plank the impending battle must
be fought. We must permit no ennfu-
ston of the issue when the honor of Penn-
sylvania is at stake. Discussion of the
tariff’ duties ceased with us when the
treasury of Philadeiphia was looted.
The silver question lost its interest as the
the waves from the flood tide of corrup-
tion reached the steps 0” your State capi-
tol,and the only reciprocity the people of
Pennsylvania should hear of now is that
which was exemplified when the doors
of the Eastern Penitentiary closed upon
the disappearing form of Bardsley.”
The committee on resolutions, by its
chairman, Hon. William Mutchler, re-
ported the following as the platform of
the party in this contest:
THE PLATFORM.
First—We, the representatives of the De-
mocracy of Pennsylvania, in convention as-
sembled, renew our pledges of devotion to the
principles of our party in the country at large,
as declared ir the platforms of the National
Conventions of 1884 and 1888, and approved in
the elections of those years by a majority of
the American people. We are, as we have al-
ways been, in favor of honest and economical
administration of public affairs ; of limiting ex-
penses and reducing taxation to meet the
actnal necessities of government; ofa sound
and stable currency based on gold and silver
coined and circulated in such proportions as
will keep them on a parity ; of a reform and
revision of the tariff; of liberal butjust pension
laws, and of all well-considered legislation
tending to ineresse the rewards and lighten
tha burdens of labor.
Second—We realize and affirm that the State
election of 1891 in Pennsylvania involves no is
sue of "ederal politics; we appeal to honest
and patriotic citizens regardiess of past party
affiliations, to unite in vindicating the honor
of this Commonwealth and redeeming the fis-
cal and auditing departments of its govern-
ment from official abuses and corrupt prac-
tices.
Third—We arraign and condemn the Repub-
lican Legislature for having refused to enforce
the Constitution by appropriate legislation ; for
having tailed to pass honest and equi table
apportionment bills as required by the Consti-
tution; for having ignored the demands of
labor for relief by law ; for having denied the
righteous popular demand for such laws as
would distribute the burden of public taxa-
tion equally upon all classes of property, and
for having refused to reform long existing
abuses in the mercantile appraisement laws
as recommended by the Demccratic Execu-
tive of 1885.
Fourth—We arraign and condemn the Re-
publican Legislature for the enactment of vex-
ations, oppressive and vicious legislation,
against which the Executive veto was inter
posed for the protection of the people.
Fifth—We arraign and condemn the Re.
publican party of Pennsylvania for electing
men to State and municipal offices, by whose
neglect of duty, complicity in fraud and plun-
der of the public treasury, a million and a half
dollars of the people’s money have been stolen
and squandered.
Sixth—We arraign and condemn the Repub-
lican Auditor General for having permitted
John Bardsley, the Republican Treasurer of
Philadelphia city and county, to embezzle
$1,500,000 of State tax collected by him, which
he was permitted to retain for a long period
after the same was due and payable.
Seventh—We arraign and condemn the Re-
publican Auditor General for having permitted
John Bardsley, the Rebublican Treasurer of
Philadelphia city and county, toembezzle more
than $30,000 of State license moneys collected
by him, which he was permitted to retain for
a long period after the same was due and
payable.
Eighth—We arraign and condemn the Re-
publican Auditor General for having nspired
with John Bardsley, the Republican Treasurer
of Philadelphia city and county, to appoint
and retain corrupt mercantile appraisers, who
abused their office for their own private pe-
cuniary advantage, robbed the State of its just
revenues, and imposed upon the Common
wealth hundreds of thousands of dollars o
needless costs and we demand the dismissaf
of the mercantile appraisers of Philadelphia.
Ninth—We arraign and condemn the Re-
publican Auditor General for having conspired
with John Bardsley, the Republican Treasurer
of Philadelphia city and county, to speculate
in public advertising , and for having received
from the publishers of the same, bribes to in,
fluenee their official conduct in placing such
advertisements.
Tenth —We arraign and condemn the Re”
publican Auditor General for having failed to
promptly collect the taxes and claims of the
Commonwealth against delinquent and de-
faulting public and private corporations.
Eleventh—We arraign and condemn the Re-
galilicaa State Treasurer for wiltully and
knowingly pei mitting John Bardsley to retain
in his possession over a million dcilars of
money collected for and owing to the Com.
mouwealth of Pennsylvania, by reason of
which dereliction a large partion of the money
has been lost to the people.
Twelfth—We arraigu and condemn the Re-
publican State Treasurer for having conspired
with John Bardsley, the Republican Treasurer
of Philadelphia, to secure to him the payment
of 425.000 of the public school funds long in
advance of the usual time, and when Bardsley
was already known to the State Treasurer to
be a defaulter for over a million dollars, which
sum thus imyprovidently paid to Bardsley was
by him embezzled, to the loss of Philadelphia
city and the shame and scandal of the State.
Thirteenth—We arraign and condemn the
Republican State Treasurer and the Republi-
ean Auditor General for naving conspired to pay
to John Bardsley, the Republican Treasurer
of Philadelphia city and county, on December
30, 1890, $150,000 out of the State Treasury, os-
tensibly on account of Philadelphia county’s
share of the personal property tax ; but actual-
ly before the {ax had been paid into the State
Treasury, and when John Bardsley was al-
ready a defaulter and embezzler on account to
the amount of $622,013.11.
Fourteenth—We arraign and condemn the