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OODIiARDBR HASEKTV,
... CLEARFIELD, PA. .
BtTABtltMBO IB ttT.
tUUV Clicalrtk at" any Xew.papar
U BarU Central FeteaaylraaU.
Tenni of Bnbaoription.
?f Mil 1 ndvnaon, e wlthla I monthe....t9 OO
r mid after " "oaths h. S SO
U paid after tin esplretloa t I months.. 9 OO
' ' : Bates ot Advertising.
1 mini advertisements, per square of 10 Hum or
lees, I time, or less.................. i oo
For tub subsequent lnertlon.........., A
AJatnlstrators' sad Exooators' aoiioe.....,. I At
AAitori' settees.......... ......... I AO
Ceuttoas nnd Kitrays.., 1 AO
pUiolutlo. notice... t 00
Professional Cards, A lines or less,! jnr.... A 00
lottl aottees, per lint 10
.YKABLT APT BttXIHEMENTR
1 square.
1 squares....
...t oo I
1 eolumn.
..$11 00
..II oo
-SO 00
) eolumn..,
1 eoluma...
4A oo
(0 00
Job Work;' "
. BLANKS. , '
gtiigw quire- AO I 0 qulree,pr.qulre,H Ti
I quires, pr, quire, I 00 Ovor , por quire, 1 AO
.. j HANDBILLS.
A sheet, 21 triers, fl 00 U sheet, IS or less,$A 00
I shcoLiAor less, 8 00 1 X ,hoet,16 or leu.10 00
Over 15 o( neb of tboro at proportionate rates,
- OR0R8R D. QOOULAKDER,
U BOUGH lUUEttTY,
Publishers.
SHK I -
Cards'.
MM I. 'U.T. - - BAU1SL W. 'CLUDT.
; MoENALLY & MoCURDY,
' ATTOUNEYS-AT-LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
e4r-L.r7 bu.inees attended to promptly with
I l.lily. OOoe o Second street, abore the Firit
National Bank. 0:11:71
wiujatt A. tiutci. mam ruLDisa.
WALLACE 4. FIELDING,
ATTORNEYS. AT. LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
gap-Legal business of all kinds attended, to
wilA promptaera and tdellty. OBoo in recidenoa
mf William A. Wallace. Jenl:7l
Q. R. BARRETT, ,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
, clearfield, pa.
laving resigned hie Judgeship, naa reeomed
tat practice of loo law in hia old oflot at Clear
told, Pa. Will attend the eonrto of Jefferson and
Ilk oonntiM waea specially retained la ooanaotioa
with reotdeal counsel. 1:14:71
WM, M. McCULLOUGH,
? ATTORNEY AT LAW,
- Claarftald, Ps.
rOla an lUln in WotUra HoUl kalkllnf.
Lal kuinau prompllr altoadid to. Rtal oouto
Voaght and mid. . . . Joll'Tl
. T. H. MURRAY,
ATTORNEY ASS 00CX3EL0R AT LAW.
Prompt attention (Iroa to all legal bnilnen
entruetod to hi, eare in Clearfield and adjoining
eoaatiei. Ofico on Market et., oppofito Nanglo'i
intrj (ten, Clearleld, Pa. Jell Tl
A. W. WALTERS,
7 ATTORNEY AT LAW,
dawrHaU, Pa.
taVOOee la the Conrt Hoaat. ' ' doU-l
H. W. SMITH,
A.TTOBNEY-AT-LAW,
lliliri ' ' riMrleU, Pa.
WALTER BARRETT.
ATTOKNEY AT LAW. .
ObVm ea feooad tit.) Cloarield, Pa. t11,M
IttKAtL TCOT,
ATTOBN KY AT LAW,
Claarfleld, Pa.
i0ea ta tae Court Home. - Jjll.'CT
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CUarOold, Pa.
ea Market St., arer Joatpk Bhewere'
Oneerp etore. . . JanJ,l87J.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
:-Ad Real Eetate Aent, ClearflnU, Pa
I OBea ea Third ttreet, bet. Cberry A Walnat.
I OrReipeetfally offeri bli eervlote la celling
sad buying landi la Clearfield and adjoining
oantioa and with na eiperlenc el OTtr twentr
are ai a nrroTor. lattert himeeir that he ean
fcoier latlefnetloa. - Feb. 183:tf,
U. BLAKE "WALTERS,
ESAL ESTATE BBOKER,
are nau-an la
jaw IaOgft and Liumber,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
bAo la Vaaotto Building, Room No. 1. 1:S:T1
J. J. LINGLE,
TTOKNEY-At-LAW,
Lai ' Oaceola, Clcarfleld Co., Pa. J fi
ROBERT WALLACE,
"ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
FallacetoB, Clearfield Couuty, Pena'a.
IvAII legal business promptly atundM to.
O. L KREBS,
Bueeossor to U. B. 8woope,
Law and Collection Oftice,
Ntl.l'tl. CLEARFIELD, PA.
H. Orris, C. I. Alexander.
RVI3 A. ALEXANDER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAHr,
... . JKIlefonla, Pa. sepll,'tt-7
J. 8. BARN HART,
' ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Belle&at. Pa.
I HI ametlea la Clearteld and all of the Coarti of
ke tAth Jeidkoial di.trieu Real oelate baiinees
kdaellMtioaoralaimsmadesBoelaltUa. al'TI
CYRU8 GORDON, '
lallOBNII AT LAW,
Market street, (n-rtb tide) Clearleld, Pa.
Jut" All legal business promptly sttend.d I
aa. M, '71. ....
DR. T. J. BOYER.
PHYSICIAN AND SDROEON,
OSes a Market Street, Clearleld, Pa.
W-Oflsa beam t te 11 e. m., and 1 U 0 p. m.
H B. If. SCHEURER,
E0MIB0PATDI0 PUTSICIAR,
aMes la Masoale Balldlng,
April M, lift. .. , Clearleld, Pa.
iu7vV.-A, MEApT8, .
SfSlCIAS . spuoeon,
LCTOERRBCM, SI.
Mpr.fMtonal calls proaipUy. aaglO'M
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
HY8ICIAN k 8UBOEON,
iTATINa omud nl Pnatdd, Pa., offers his
II prereien. eertieee to the people of that
f udsarroaadiageoanlry. All cells promptly
net. la tr.
J P.3URCHFIELD,
y . oea ntegimeai, nn.i;imii.
.r v " '"''t retara.d from the Army,
J r? .' 'rooaaloaal serriees ta tkaoitlstas
loarl.U .oanty.
n --"""oeaieaus aremptiy atteavea so.
ea luuj . . i i .
. .week lormorijoeowpiN
4'- (apr,'0tU
JOHN DTHOMP80N,
'Was of the Peaea tad Berlrwef, .
. . C,nronTUU, Pa.
n
rlirriliri m pwdt iiwnr.To.
eilARFIELD
QOODLAJSfDEB & HAQEBTY,
VOL 47-WHOLE NO
Card.
JOHN A. GREGORY,
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT,
OIBo. In the Conrt II.om, ClaarBeld, Pa.
Will alwaTB be ffnnn.1 k ,u- f lorn
FRIUAV and 8ATLKlAV of each month. l:i
otiowoma . .... n. DiTiicannr
H0LLOWBUSH & CAEEY,
BOOKSELLERS,
Blauk Book Manufacturers.
' AND STATIONERS,
319 Market 81., I'Mlndelphla,
.Paper Flour Sacki and Page, Poolicnp,
Letter, Note, Wrapping, Curiam and Wall
Papere.' . ehl4.1ll.rpd
GEORGE C. KIRK, "
Taitlee of th Pa, Bunreyor and CooTfjkvneer,
Luttiertiburf;, Pa
AllburlnfM In t rutted to him will b nromntlr
Attended to. Penoni wifliiojr to employ 8ur
revor will do well to aire him m he flutter!
himself that be ean render utiifaction. Iteeda of
oooreyanoe, artielei of agreement, and all Ipftal
paper-, promptly and neatly executed. t20oov73
DAVID REAMS,
SCRIVENER & SURVEYOR.
- Lutheraburg, Pa. .
FT1HE mill to riber offere hia erviori to the publle
JL in toe capacity ot Borivener and burveyor.
All oalli for unrejrln(t promptly attended to, and
the making of drafti, deedi and other legal ioitru
menU of writing, eieeated without delay, and
warranted to be oorroot or no obarge. JS)ja73
J. A. ELATTEN5EEQEE,
Claim and Collection OlTice,
OSCEOLA, Cl.ar0.ld Co, Pa.
Unt-Conreranelnt and all lrgal pasm drawn
witb aoenraoy and di.pateh. Draft, on and pas
sag, tickata to and from aay point In Europe
prooumi. oeurenm
E. A. & W. D. IRVIN,
aaaiEno n
Eeal Estate, Square Timber, Logs
AND LUMBER.
OBee la n.w Comer Eton building. ;
aoTti 7i I'nrweneviuo, ra.
aa. lLaaar..n..a.irnT ai.aanT.....w. AL.anr
W. ALBERT & BROS.,
llanufactureri A eiteaeir. Dealeraia
Sawed Lumber. Square Timber, &o.(
. WUUULAJIU, fCfid'A.
-Order, aolleiled. Bills Hied on short notice
ana reoeonaoie terms.
Address Woodland P. 0., Clearlrld Co., Pa.
Jeli-ly W ALHKRT A BROS
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
PrCBcbTllla, Cl.arfleU Cennty, Pa.
Keeps onitaatly oa hand a full assortment of
urj uooas, llaruware, urooeries, ana .rerytotng
nsnailj kept la a retail store, which will be sold,
for eaeh, as cheap as eleewbere la the oeifltr.
Jrencnrllle, 4 una 17, l0J-lj. '
THOM A8 H. FORCEE,
piALta i
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
uatHAaivn, fa
Also, eileniiie manufacturer and dealer In Cquare
Timber ana bawed Lumber of all ktnaa.
JrVOrders solicited and all bills promptly
lied. Jylfll
CHARLES SCHAFER,
LAGER BEER BREWER,
. ClenrEeld, Pa.
HAVINO rented Mr. Entree' Brewery be
hopes by strlet nttcntlon to business and
the manufacture of a superior article of JlfcKK
to reeeire the patronage of all the old and many
nrw customers. ailSeug?!
J, K. BOTTORF'S
PnOTOGSAPn GALLERY,
Market Street, Cled'teld, P.
X-CR0M09 MADE A SpL'CLTr.-l
EQATIVE8 made la cloudr as .! as in
elear weather. Constnntlv on hand a TnUu
amortment of FRAMES, BTKREOHCCjTES and
STKRK08COPIC VIhV8. Frainei. from any
trie of moulding, maUa to order. pr28 tf
JEW. SCUULKR,
BAEBEE AND HAIR DEESSEE,
Second street, atst door to First National Bank,
T'Tl ClcarrlrM. Pa.
JAMES CLEARY,
BAEBEE & "HAIR DEESSEE,
SECOND STREET,
Jy23 CLE All PI El. II. PA.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
Heuse and Sign Painter and Paper
Hacger,
. Clearfield, Pena'a.
Vm-Wlll eiecnte lobs la bis line promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. arr4,07
Q . H HALL
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
BEAR CLEARPIELD, PENK'A.
W Pumps always on band and made to order
on short notice. Pipes bored on reasonable terms.
AH work warranter! to render satisfaction, and
dellrerad If desired. mylA:lypd
E? A. BIGLER 4- CO.,
BALBRI IS
SQUARE TIMBER,
and maaufaoturers of
ALL Ml MD9 OP BAW ED LL HBIiR,
I-7T1 CLEARFIELD, PENH'A.
H. F. N A UGLE,
WATCH MAKER & JEWELER,
- ;an4 dealer la -
WatchcB, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
and Plated Ware, &c,
Jelt'7! CLBARFIELIJ, PA,
paltOHKT At CO.-B
RESTAURANT,
Bceond Street,
CLEARFIELD, PENIf'A.
Alw.t. oa bead. Fresh Oysters, lee Cream,
Caadlos, Nets, Crackers, Cakes, Cigars, Tobacco,
Canned Fruit., Oranges, Lemons, and all kinds
of fruit in season.
WBILL1ARD BOOM oa scene i noor.
Tilt D. HcOAUOHKY A CO.
TROUTM A X.
Dealer la all kinds of
FURNITURE,
Market Street,
Oat door cut pott Offloe,
aagU'TI
CLEARFIELD PA.
I Jill HUB AM,
. , .itt r itrnrniTi
LUTIIESSPUR?, PA.
!..( f,.e the A Tier loan Double T-Jrbin. Water
..4 liineiA Atalkach Wheel. (Jan fur-
Bisk Portable firiit Mill, on short notion. JtI1'71
HOUSE AND LOT I' UK balri
The House and Lot oa the oornerof Mar
ket and Fifth etieeta, ClearOeld, Pa., Is for rsle.
The lot contains aearly an acre of grourd. The
honsa Is a large double fraioo, auntaining nine
rooms. For t.rma and other InformeUon apply
to Die subscriber, a the Tost OBco.
Publisher.. -'
2326.
THE REPUBLICAN.
CLEARFIELD, Pa.
WEDNESDAY MORNINO. JUNE 25, 1871.
Oratory Superseded bj the Press.
lion. Daniel Loughorty,inarocent
leoturo on "Orators and Oratory," at
Washington, D. C, is reported to
have flid :
"Modols of American eloquonco aro
drawn from spot-dies mndu in Con
gross, and though the ropublto in yot
young, ahe has produced attplendid
uariianionutry- apecono aa rn h,
found is the aruliivcs of nnv Govern
mont. But tho grand days of oratory
are gone forever.' It is not improba
ble that tho toeming futuro may give
birth to thoRe whose ronnluniiont iron-
ius will dt'scrvcdlv rank them amnnrr
trio unmoriuis oi 1110 pant. 11 lit, In
L- ! l r i . .. O
tuese lauur aays there bat oriKcn a
powor mightier than an army of ora
tors a power that hat destroyed their
innuenco, awanea tuoir gonius, and
lowerod thorn to the lovol of ordinary
mortals ; a nowor that can banixh
tings, destroy dynasties, revolutionize
governments, embroil nations in tri
nmphant or disustrout wars, and. for
good or ill, change the aspect of tho
viviiizeu worm.
"The glory of the orator sink when
the printing press arose. The orator
at best can speak to thousands; the
press, to hundreds of thousands. Tho
orator opoaks rarely the press, every
day. 1 he speech dies with the sounds
tbat gave it birth tho press livet for
ever on the imperishable page. Let
us hope that the press may be faith
ful and pure, devoted to truth, right,
justice, freedom, and virtno, as tho
orators have been. If the press gloat
in licentiousness, if it stoop to strike
the private man. if it exposo to the
pubho gase the sacred privacy of
homes, if it violate oil decency in
thrusting gonlle woman to the gossip
of tho town, if it catches at idlu rumor
or enviou tongue to mnlign tho Inno
cent, if it can be bribed to suppress
the truth or circulalo the falbo, if it
snieid the nublio wrong doer or de
nounce the faithful pnblio servant, if
it pander to tho baso prejudices and
passions of the populace, then wo may
grieve that this great engine should
work such mischief in society.
"If, on the other hand, its mission
be to disseminate intelligence and
truth j to educate the massos to be
faithful to their country and just to
their foliow-man j to expose with an
unsparing band to pubho execration
the correct lecinlature or the uniust
judgo; if it be honestly independent,
instead of timidly neutral, in all that
concerns the city and Slate; if it lift
up modest and truo worth, and hurl
down brazen infamy; if all itt uims
be the pnblio good, the honor of the
nation, and the glory of God, thon we
may well be reconciled that the days
of oratory are over." '
Thermometrical Facts.
The use of tho thermometer lias
added greatly to our knowlodgo, and
is doubtless destined to play a still
more important part in the futuro.
'J'ho following facts Ihe rcudcr mny
find intorcsling. Tho lowest degree
of artificial cold that has rot been pro-
dued is one hundred and scronty
ejght zcr0, n0 hsrdest tiling
to rrceze is tC.'bonio wl"ch ro-
quires a tomperaiy."? r one hundred
and forty cight below ."." At forty
below xero mercury frcegci; "-"uUliis
isulso the nvcrngo winter tempoi'2v."r
at -Sova Zombln. The averugo tem
perature of tho year round at tho
North Polo is thirteen below zero.
Halt water frcC7.es at fourteen abovo ;
wine, at twemy abovo; blood, at
twenty-five ; vinegar, at twonty-sev-en
; ruilk, at thirty ; water at thirty
two. Alcohol boils at a hundred nnd
seventy-three. On the summitof Mt.
Iilunc, water boils atone hundred and
eighty-two; on the summit of .Etna,
at one hundred and ninety-two ; at the
Catskill Mountuin House, at two hun
dred and six j on the surfuco of tho
earth, at two hundred and twolve.
At two hundred and thirty-two sul
phur molts, and at throo hundred and
twenty-two petroleum boils. Tho
temperature of the ocoan, at a few
hundred feet below the surface, never
changes, but stands at about forty
Ave Uie rear round. Tho intarior of
the earth, however, grows warm aa
wo descend. The temperature at the
bottom of an artosiun well, one thous
and tlireo hundred fuel dorp, isseven-ty-tbreo;
but tbero ate somo mines,
not more than one thousand feetdeop,
where the temperature begins to bo
oppressive, and the thormomoler
marks soventy-fivo. The animal beat
of various creatures varies remarka
bly. The maximum lical of man's
blood is one hundred and two : but of
dueks and guinoa-fowls, one hundrod
and nine; and if you wish to batch
hens' oggs in an oven, the proper tem
ernture is one hundred and five. Tho
highest point which the moroury
reaches in an ordinary situation, in the
hottest part pf tho East Indies, is one
hundred and fifty-four; at which point
also the morcury occasionally standi
in the engino room ol iteamthip.
Such are a few of the facts which
the ihormomuUM" reveals. It has be
come ono of the most indispnnsahlo
and universal of all instruments.
Thoro are evon pockot thermometers,
at well as a thousand curious varieties
of mantel ornaments, for which a ther
mometer furnishes tho excuse.
A Nice Llttle Job When Bon
Butler purchased soma months ago
three hundred aoros of land near
Washington City at one thousand dol
Inra an acre nconlo rcinrdnd tho act
aa a i.arf Biicoulntion. But Butler
know what he was about all the timo
It now appears that tho commission
erg appointed to toloct a tlio for a new
Presidential palace have delorminod to
recommond thepurchaaonf this tract.
Of course Butlur will have to share
the profits of the job with others, but
it will, no douht, bo ms.de reuecta
ble iel, and profltablo to all cv"
cernrjd. "
I ' Jril ifil.a'XH . -
PRINCIPLES)
CLEARFIELD, PA , WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1873.
THE STATE FINANCES.
A DEFALCATION OF $2,988,1641
Speech of EON. JOHN H. 0EVIS,
Of Centre County, Oelbered in the House of Rosre
senteMns en Tuesday. April t, 187).
Mr. Speaker I would hove pre
ferred, if time had permitted, going
into committee of the wliolo where
amendments could bitvo been offered
and discussed in tho ordinary vtv
But the gentleman haviiiir charire of
this bill hus stated that tho sumo latl -
t,l1 Srnnlrl bo allowerf In tho fiduA. a
in the committee, and I nvnnnsn in
nny nuw wiiui i nave to say in opposi
tion to this measure, flod the sentle-
, . t . ' . .
men on Ibis sido of the houo seen fit
to interpose mo ordinary parliumon
tary obstacles in tho way, they could
have prevented its consideration dur
ing this sossion, for it stood so low
upon the calendar it could not have
boon reached in order, and I assert
they would hare boon perfectly justi
fied in so doing, and that the re-
sponsibilily for not complying with tho
requirements of tho constitutional
amendment ratifiod at the lust roner.
al eloction would have rested upon the
majority in thin house The njinorty,
uowever, nave aotormined not lo pre
vent the passaeo of some act to nrovido
for the election of a state treasurer,
but to hold the maiorilv resnonsibln
before the peoplo for the propriety of
na provisions, i wo years ago a joint
resolution to amond tho constitution
of the state, changing the method of
oieoung tne stato treasuror was passed
by both bonses in response to the un
doubted opinion of the people that a
radical change was required for the
public good. That resolution was
aguin passed at the last session of the
legislature, submitted to a voto of the
people, and ratifiod by the unprece
dented voto of 01,00 for and 4.393
against it. e "may say it was the
unanimous voice of tho Dcoule that the
chango should be mado. No chance
in Ibo fundamental law of the state
was ever made by so nearly a unani
mous vote as was this.
, In obedience to this mandate of tho
sovereign people of Pennsylvania a
gentleman on this sido of the chamber,
the gontleman lrom Westmoreland
(Mr. Latta), early lo the session, on
tho 22d of January, read in place a
bill to provide for the election of a
state treasurer by the people, and it
was referred to the general judiciary
committee. This bill provided for the
election to Uke place on trio third
13 J n mar . ...
rax T.Bf mpjrlhunsni;.
duties of his office on the first Monday
of May next, when tho term of the
present treasurer expires. The bill
contained other provisions made ne
cessary by the chango lo the constitu
tion. The committee, composed of a
large majority of republicans, instead
of promptly acting upon the bill which
was ol tho first Importance to the peo
plo, and amending it to suit their ideas
of right and propriety, if any amend
ments' were needed, hold it without
action for four full weeks, and then
reported it buck to tho house with a
negative recommendation, which put
it in such a position as not to bo reach
ed during tho session, ns will appear
by reference to its prosent place upon
the calendar. Tho ninioritv of tho
coinmiltco offered no substitute for it,
muJo no amendments to it, but simply
negatived it, and from that timo until
the present bill was recently introduc
ed no notion hus been takon by the ma
jority party of this houso lo comply
tho mandate of tho people as ox
pro.'eu 'n tho recent amendment to
tho conr.!it'',on- There can be no
question in tu oi of any sensible
man hut that it w '' Intention of
tho pooplo to elect a ;.-c:urcr who
Should assnmo tho office at Jh P'
rution of the present term. The so-
lion of tho majority in this house and
in tho senate in thwarting tho wishes
of the pooplo in this regard by failing
to provide for tho election of a treas
urer before tho expiration of tho pres
ent term was in opon contompt of tho
unanimous dosirt and demand of tho
pooplo of the state. Thore were no
reasonable objections to the provisions
of Ihe bill introduced by the genllo
man from Westmoreland. It provid
ed for a special election upon tbo day
when four firths of tho counties of the
slute held their spring elections. The
extra expense enluilcd upon these
counlios which had no election upon
that day would bars amounted to 1.20,
000. The only exouso I haro heard
for not passing that bill in the early
part of tho sossion is that tho cost to
the pnblio would bo so great as not lo
justify it, And yot in four-fifths of the
counties ol the slato no additional ex
pento would have been en tailed. I do
not know tho answer tho majority of
this houso will make when they return
lo their constituents and are asked,
why did you not comply with tho spir
it of the amendment to the constitu
tion so unanimously ratifiod f I do
not know what apology thoy can make
for violating this amondmont to tho
constitution in the first year of its ex
istence, fn rofusing lo permit the peo
plo to oloct a state treasurer. Tho
provision of this bill continuing the
present incumbent lo office lor a full
year after tho expiration f his pres
ont term, is a plain, opon and palpable
violation of the requirements cf the
amended constitution,
It may be woll enough, Mr. Speak
er, to look into tbe manner of conduct
ing the treasury department for tbe
last fuw yours and see what brought
tho pooplo to tho temper whioh induc
ed them to unanimously to reqire a
change In the modo of electing tho
head of that department. Possibly
an inquiry in this direction will also
explain why tho puny In power to ev
idently wished to pqsipqn action upon
this suhjuct until thjs late day, and
thus prevent inquiry into tho condi
tion of tho treasury. I propose to
call tho attention of the houso to some
figures, and I will oil I upon those
members who aro recognized as lend
ers of the majority hero to explain,
opjo of ihefo f gur and account for
SREPUB
NOT MEN.
tbo discrepancies and Inconsistencies
which appear in them. I especially
Invite thegentloman from Tioga, (Mr.
Uitcboll) the chairman of the ways
and means committee, which hns spo
ols! charge of the finanoiul interest of
the oominonwoahh, the genlloman
from Franklin, (Mr. Mahon,) chair
man of tho judiciary genoral commit-
k'6, to which this bill was rcfetrcd,
And tho gentloman from Allegheny,
(Mr. Newnieyer,) who now occupies
thochair and has special charge of tho
bill horo, and any other monitor who
chooses lo represent the mujority on
una quosuuri. j un mem to explain
i here the fiuures to which 1 shall call
'j'ieir attention, taken from tho official
rocorus or the mule, and not wail
until tho legislature has adjourned and
then allcgo through the newspapers
of the commonwealth that it is moro
politicul talk. There will appear
somo singular figures of which the poo
plo will require an explanation, I do
biro first to call tho attontion of tho
house lo the condition of tho finances
of the state on tho first day of Uccom
bor, 1 800. In the last nnnual message
of Govornor Curl in to the legislature
in 1807 this statement is mado con
cerning the publio debt of the com
monwealth :
Public debt Dec. I, ISM $3r,476,15i tt
Amount paid during tbe year, end
ing Not. ,10, 1 butt I
i per oent. loan. 1,128,523 IS
4) per oent. loan 16,000 00
Hciicf notes 0'0 CO
Domestw ered. oertif. It OA
1,854,50 (0
Publio debt Dee. I, I'M..... 136,825,051 It
1 wish particularly to call the at
tention of tho members of tbe other
tide of the houso to this statement of
what tho publio dobt wat on the first
of December, 1800, $35,022,002 16, as
tne accuracy ol these figures becomes
must material as we proceea in our in
vesiigation. An itemized statement
oi this debt is also givon as follow :
Hit per cent. loan. 1 40t,t.10 00
Fi.e per cent. lo.o S1,07,IM At
Four and a bslfo.r cent, loan 11.1 luo so
on per oent. loan military, per act
or may id, ioni ,........
Relief notee in circulation M...
Intercut oertitcates outstanding.,..
Internet certificates aaelaimed
Oomeslio creditor. MrU0atoa.n..
1,820,710 00
,2i Ot
IS.0S4 61
4,448 AS
110 11
Making tho sum of the nublio debl.
funded and unfunded, interest bearing
and non-lntorest bearing, at that day,
S35,G22,052 10. These figures will be
iounu in toe coventor s messss-o. ex
ecutive document, vol. 1, 1800, pages
3 and 4. Now, to verify theacouraoy
of this statement, 1 wish to call the
attention of the house to tbe report of
uo .uuiiur general lor toe same year,
so that It may not be alleged thai
those statements in tbe message of
Qorernor Curlin were ontruo. This
Mme...Mnnt Af the, .mnnnt einrl
character of the pubho debt on tbe 1st
ol Uecemlior, IsOU, will bo found in
oxeoulive documents, vol. 1, pago 234,
in the report of the auditor eeneral.
John F. ilartranft, tho present chief
executive ot tne commonwealth.
This statemont is also verified by the
annual report of Wm. II. Kemble, the
thon state treasurer. There can bo
no doubt, thoiefore, of tbo correctness
of this statement, unless tbe heads of
ail tho departments of the state gov
ernment ilelihorutely falsified the rec
ords in stuting thoumount and char
acter of tbe public debt at that timo.
1 wish the house not to forgot this,
tccuuso I will call tho attention of the
members to a subsequent delibcrato
falsification of the records and ac
counts. In the January following the torin
of office of Govornor Curlin expired
and his successor was Inaugurated, on
the 2d day of Fobrunry, 1807. Gov
ernor Geary approved an act passed
by tho legislature providing for the
negotiation of a now six percent, losn
of twenty-three millions, in order to
tako up twenty-three millions of the
fire per cent, loan then overdue.
This act was passed by tho dominant
parly, and (or its wisdom or folly that
party is alone responsible. It is truo
thul $'.'3,0(10.000 of the public loan
v?s cverduo, and if tho creditors of
tho staiC r'CJuircd payment it was not
only tho rig'iii the duty of tho
commonwealth to in."!.??!" its credit
by redeeming this ovctduo JoAP. which
could thon only be dono by nogCt'l
nig ft new one. nut the creditors Oi
tho commonwealth did not dosiro the
five por cent, loan to be taken up, and
as evidence of this, ft is only necessa
ry lo refer to the famous correspond
ence botween the then state treasurer
and August Belmont, the agent of the
Holhschilds, who represented a largo
portion of this loan, and to tho protest
entered by the capitalists all through
the country agnlust having their flvo
per cent, bonds redeemed against
tbeirwill. We have never heard from
any tnomber of the majority party
any justification of that item of their
riuunciul policy the negotiation of a
loan of twenty-three millions at six
per cont. to rcdeom ft losn of twenty -threo
millions' bearing five percent,
interest, against the withes of the
boldors of that loan, thus annually in
creasing tho interest of tbe public dobt
$230,000, by which the taxpayers of
the state bavo already lost M,JU,UU0.
Tho act before relorred to, approv
ed February 2, 1807, provides, among
other things, "that tits governor, au
ditor general and stats treasurer bo
and ant hereby authorized and eia
poworod to borrow on the faith of tho
commonwealth" $23,000,000. It wat
a special commission created, consist
ing of these three prinoipal officers of
the state, to borrow this amount of
money on the faith of tho common
wealth, and apply tt to the payment
of the bonds and oortificatei of indebt
edness of the stato and for no othor
purpose, for the act further provides
that "tho proceeds of tbo whole of
which loan Including premiums, etc,,
received on the samo, shall bo applied
to tbo puymont of the bonds and cer
tificates of indebtedness of this com
monwealth." In fact the legislature
couiu not have auihorizea tuoin to ap
ply tho proceeds of this loan to any
othor purpo.0, under tho provisions
ol me amendments lo tho constitution
nf 1H.17. tthi,,li limit Iho nnvrnr of tho;
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o.o u tiMitrau. uuuta hi .hub. j
neuco to that nnrnoso. oxrcDl tho smtiU I
amount of $750,000 i cover casual
d'iS' its !n tlio irewary. l'uring tint
NEW
year the whole twonty-tbree million
loan was negotiated, and we ought to
presume it wss honostly and faithful
ly applied to the paymont of tho pub
lic dobt, as it could not constitutional
ly or legally be applied othorwiso.
Tbo only chango mudo in the condi
tion of tho finances of tho state was
the substitution of one loan drawing
six per cont. interest for ft loan of the
same amount drawing five por cent,
intorest, and of course did not increase
the principal of tho publio debt. In
order thnt every ono mny underslnnd
fully the financial transactions of 1807.
I will hero give tho particulars of the
sales ot tbo now loan, tho redemptions
oi tho old anu the amounts of promt
urns ana interest received on the new
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Of the amount
of loans
rodecmed
during this year the sum of $1,794,644-
au was rodoemea by tbe commission
en of the linking fund, and was not
therefore paid for by any portion of
ins proceous oi tne sale ot the new
loan. This left only $19,124,18.") 89
of the old loan redeemed daring the
year, with the proceeds of tbe new,
thus leaving $3,875,814 01 in the bands
or the commission created by the aot
of February 2, to be subsequently ap
plied to the redemption of the old loan.
which we have a right to assume was
honostly done.
In the flint annual moss see of Gov-
ernor Geary made to the legislature
in January, ISO'S, no commoooet bis
financial staloment by giving the pub
lio debt on the 1st of December, 1866
at .ja.ozz.uDz it. ibis statement
will be found in executive document
for 1867, pages four and five. In this
message, mark you, Governor Gearv
to tho amount of tb'e 'publio
dobt outstanding at tho end of the
one, and the begining of the other ad
ministration. Hut without one word
of explanation, be immediately fol
lows it with the following itemized
statement i
Funded debt, vis t
S per oent. loejis...,SII,IS0 00
A per oent. loans... II, .04,016 It
4. por cent-loans... 176.lH)t 00
37,60,!0 10
t'nruuaea ueoi, vn I
Relief note... ....... 8D,5i At
luterest certificates
outstanding M 13,090 6
Interest eertincatce
unclaimed ' 4,441 38
Daaicstie credit cer
tificates.,... 44 (7
' ' . 114,504 17
TuUI amount eatitundiag &)7,;e4,400 77
In tho next annual message of the
govornor we have tho financial stato-
niont ending with this declaration:
"liy tho report of Iho commissioners
of the sinking fund for the year end
ing Septombcr 3, 1807, the loans ro
deemed amounted to $1,794,509 50,
and by their report from September
8, 1807, to November 80, 1808, the
loans redeomcd amounted to $2,414,-
810 01, msking a total reduction of
the slate tloht In two years and three
mnnthsof $4, 200,380 14." Tbe finan
cial statemont ending wilh this quota
lion will be found on pages four and
five, executivo documents, 1808. In
order to prevent any confusion as we
prococd 1 will stato that a discrepancy
exista In Ihe above statement of loans
redeomcd fn 1807 of $75, is compared
wilh the stattmontof thoauditor gen
eral for tbo same period. This con
lifted of a domoslio creditor's cerlifl
onto rotlcetfed (in favor of Thomas
Fishor) for $75, "Mch was no doubt
accidentally omilloj b Governor
Geary. By Including thin IJm the
real amount rodoenied during 18C7 y
tho commissioners of the sinking fund
would appear lo bo $1,794,64150, in
stead of $1,794,509 50. The true
amount is shown by tho auditor gon
ers I's report for 1867 In e.xocutivo
documents, 1867, page 206.
We now come to the third annual
message of Governor Geary, in which
the financial statement concludes witb
this rcmarkablo statemont: At Ihe
commencement of tho prosent admin
istration in January, 1867, the total
outstanding indebtedness of tho stato
was thirty sevtn million, M'CH hundred
and four thousand four hundred and
nine dollars and teventy-iHVtn. centi.
Since then and up to Novembor 30,
1809, tho turn of four million, eight
hundred and ninety-nine thousand, eight
hundred and tixty eight dollart and
tighty-tteo centi, have boon paid, and
at five por cont. Uio sum of firo hun
dred and forty-four thousand, four hun
dred and nine! y -three dollars and fortu-
four cents in interest it annually savod
to tho commonwealth. Consequently
tho total amount of tho indebtedness
or the common wealth on Novembor
30, 18C9, was thirty two millions, eight
hundred and fourteen thousand, five
hundred and forty dollars and ninety-
fiveeents. The reduction during lbs
year onding sovomuer ou, tsuu,
amounts to four hundred and seventy
two thousnnd four hundred and six dol
tars and eighteen crnf."This statement
will be found on pago 6, executive doc
uments 1800,
The financial elatorrjcnt in the fourth
annual message of Governor Goaiy
concludes as follows:
'On the lith day uf January, HOT. the totalis-
dUcdn.ss of tbe .late wee AVI7,704,4lt.7T. Since
then nn.l nn te November AO, IB70, the enm of
t,6D?,747.l7 has been paid. Tbe rrduction du-
rtne th.yearnnding November HO, 1870, is pl,701f.
sr o.s."
This staloment. will be fonml on.
psT) 6, cxtmUvo dytiinonfi ifT"
a-y.'t.
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TEEMS $2 per annum in Advance.
SERIESrVOL. 14, NO. 26.
In the last annual message ot Gov
ernorGcary to the prosent legislature,
a summary of the financial policy of
nis administration is tnus given ;
"During the last sis years paymsntt aa tbo
ewut nave oeen made as roliows
Amount paid in 1SC7
Amount paid in JSfls
Amount paid in ISSt
Amount paid In 1S70
Amount paid in 1S7I
$1, 794,041 AO
I.4I4.8IS t4
471.4114 IS
1,702. Hill 06
1,ISI,60 17
Amount paid la 1871
1,47,S1 00
Total payments ,
...tiO.Wl.tSi 64
Being a little ever tiMHty-niN ftr cvnl. on tbe
debt due December 1, 10, wbiob was tbun
$37,704,100 77." . -.
iiiusln three annual messages to
tho legislature did Governor Geary
announce to tho peoplo of this com
monwealth that tho publio dobt at tbo
beginning ol his administration was
$37,704,40077, whan in truth and in
facet as shown by tho public records
oi tne time, it was only oD,U22,Uo2
10. j ho author of thoso messages is
no longeron earth, and no should not
charge tho falsehood con tamed in
thorn to his account, but presume lie
was not nimseit responsible lor them,
that those figures were furnished to
him by officers in tho treasury depart
mont or in tbe auditor general's office,
and that he was Imposed upon, and
lod to beliove the statement lo be true;
at least Ibis is the most charitable
view wo can tako of it.
In this last message tho governor
slates the total payments during tho
last six years were $10,992,002 54
which, if true, would have rcducod the
publio debt from $35,C22,052.10,whicb
il was on the 1st of December, 1800,
to $24,G29,389.G5, on the 1st day of
isecomoor, lz, instead of leaving it
oo tuat uay r-xw.wi oa, as the gov
ernor states it was. Here we find a
discrepancy unaccounted for of $2,074.-
105.02; that is, during these six years
the officers in charge of tbo treasury
of tbe stato, who have all been of the
dominant party, have asked for and
received oredit with paying $2,674,-
luo. oi oi tue public debt more than
the debt bos been reduoed during thul
time. In other words, from Decem
ber 1, 1866. to December 1. 1872. the
publio debt was reduced from $35,
622,052.10 to $27,303,494.64: a total
reduction of $8,318,557.52, while dur
ing tbat same time the different state
treasurers have been credited witb
paying $10,992,602.54. To cover up
this defalcation, tbo guilty parlies had
to resort to a falsification of tbe reoords
and this wss deliberately done by
staling the nublio debt on the first of
December, 1860, to have been more
than two million dollars Arrester than
it actually was. Now I challenge the
gentlemen on tbe other sido to explain
or excuse this fsUification of tbe ro-
account for the wonderful unanimity
with which tho people domanded a
change in tho manner of electing tho
ooao oi tne treasury department.
oince tho oeginuing ol Iho session 1
havo takon tho opportunity to study
political arithmetic as exemplified in
the annual reports of the auditor eon-
oral and stato troasurcr, and I find
other facts and figures as curious as
tnoso already given. 1 desire to call
the attention of the house, and through
it tho attention of the pooplo of the
state, to theso figure". I find tho
amount paid as interest npon tbo pub
lic dobt tho last six years exceeds the
amount of interest accruing upon the
cntiro debt for that timo several hun
dred thousand dollars. This might
fairly occur io any one particular year,
as the coupons fulling duo the preced
ing year may not ail havo been nro-
sonicd for payment during that Tear:
out this excess appearing in ono year
would bo balanced hv the deUcienot'
in othor years. 1 submit that during
a period si long ts six years the aver
ago would bo reached, and no moro
intorest actually paid than would oc-
oruo upon the cntiro interest bearing
dobt during that period. I have made
carolul calculation of tho interest
upon tho publio dobt during each of
mo last six years, 'lnis calculation 1
admit is not strictly accuralo, but is
unduly favorublo to tbo treasury de
partment, because I have allowed the
merest upon tne enure amount out
standing at tbe beginning of tbo year
for a full year, although lurgo amounts
were redeomcd during the year, whilo
upon that portion of the debt redeemed
during the first half of each year.only
six months intorest could possibly
havo been paid. Wilh this exccplion
I beliove mv calculation ia ttrictlv nr.
curato, and I submit It to the inspec
tion of tho gentlemen opon tho other
side of thobecw:
INTEREST OB a VBLIC BEBf .
issr. . ,
13,111,181 Ot lit per ' "' ""
eont lVJ.JII to
131,071,101 tt at tra
per cent l,aJ,5t II
$113,100 Ot mar and
a half per nut ...... 1,60 i 00
.. 1,101,611 11
188.
m35.Sll.180 Kelt per
oent $1,111,870 It
$11,104,016 lllreper
cent. 106,101 It
$176,000 II four nnd
a hair por ooau... r,S7l
$ 1,111,747 tt
' 18.
24,311. UO 04 lis per
cent MH,70 II
17,748,771 AA Ivo per
cent- 7,411 AT
$111,000 OOfoarnnda
half nor out.... 1,140 tt
$ 1,111,111 ST
1171.
136,311. 1H 10 sit per
cent. I,13,;0 II
$7,177,314 II Ira per
cent... 2M.SAI 11
$111,000 0) four and a
half per teat - 1,041 Ot
4 i,r,Aii ii
1171.
125,061,760 tOsliper
oent- tl, 103,181 tt
16,830,010 Jl Ire per
cent 181,040 tl
$111,000 00 foaranda
half per oent ........ 1,141 SO
I 1,781,171 II
1171.
$13,349,1.11 10 sli per
..I1,400,T1T II
$6,408,AIA 40 tra per
$tOoToTbaraas'
... 171,411 Tl
a half fer teat.
1,110 Ot
-I i.trt.iti At
$ I Ml 6,120 21
During sach of the foregoing years
tbor was an interest bearing unfunded
debl as follows, vlx:
$i.1,0S M Inlereit nertlteatat outstanding.
4,443 31 Inlereat oorliSsatel unclaimed. '
41 87 douvstie areditors eortiftcatca, ,
lt.f'4 77,
As" thus oertiflcaUf (iave na Ao,'
Km aUAohfI the iBlejPSt foplif owl,
paid whs tbsy ft iuclpaf WM,
at no part of th pnoipai has bo.
redeemed, It (i but fair to aumim ttr
no Interest has been paid1 (rtt anoount
of this portion of the debt T bs' dls
crepuncles between the Interest aoorfl
Ing and the amounts repo ted aa paid;
will appear by the following rocapllit
lationi - , i
iw.
, ear reel . islels
eVil evrrteaaivy
- af sac Aeg inning
e 'Ac year.
1, 800,628 41
..... 1,181,741 N
..... 1,811,1119 IT
1,887,110 01
1,780.071 II
1,674,503 61
hkrtM I aiej .
Way AMlW
eluroaf at aamr.
$!,Tir,tu Jt
; . i,t7i,ttt m
, 1.S84161 Tt
. l.H4,Slt TT
i,ts6,i:a ti
1, 706,886 It
HIST....
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1800....
1870...,
1ST I....
1871...,
Total. 11,118,128 21 11,491,121 Ii
Excets ef intorost paid ovor amount
accruod daring the time, $275,501.83.
It will be noticed that the excess lq
tbe year 1807 was $150,500.95. This
may be explained by saying that
whon the new loan was negotiated
during tbat your, coupons partially
matured were attached to tho bonds
and sold with them. This is proba
bly true, us wo find tho troasurcr
charges himself during thut year with
items of "intorest received on loans," '
which aggregate $207,254.29; still this
Icovos $183,251.00 unexplained. Dur- '
ing lh6 year 1872 the excess was $29,
791.83. If, as 1 submit would bo fair,
we assume Ibut Iho loans rcdocmed
each year, wcro on an arorago ro- '
deemed in tho iniddlo of the your, '.he
ubovo calculation of tho interest act
cruing should be reduced to tho ex
toot of ono half a year's interest upon
tho amount of loans redeemed ; as
theso wcro mostly fire per cent, lonnj
it would he two and half per cent,
opon $10,992,002 54; this would make
$274,810 50, which addod to the ex.
cess before shown would make a total
excess of interest puid during tho six
years over tho whole amount accru
ing during that time of $550,408.88.
I desiro to improRS npon tbe minds
of genllfmon tbo fuel that this is not
a question of tbe misapplication ot the
money belonging to the sinking fund,
which should bavo been used for no
other pnrpose than paying the publio
debt, ily allegation is, that during -tbe
last six years the treasury depart-'
mont has been creditod with paying
more both of the prinoipal ana inter-,
est of the public debt than bare been,
actually paid. During this time, no,
new debl has boon created or author
ized, exocpling tho twenty-three mil
lion loan, heretofore referred to, the
proceeds of which were applicable
solely to tbe payment of the over due'
loans of the stato, certificates issued to
the citizons of Chambertburg,amoant
ing to $297,377 65, and the bond rep
resenting tho endowment fund of tho
agricultural college for $500,000.00.
In tho first two messages of gover
nor Geary, tbo peoplo wore furnished
wilh separate statements of the ad
minislratiou of the sinking fund.
During tbe next two years no such
statements were contuiood in Lis mess-'
ago or in the reports of the auditor'
general ana stale treasurer, liy tba
fifth section of the act of A pril 1 3. 1 870 '
the stale treasurer was compelled to'
publish such icparate statoment, and
we Lave them given In the last two
reports of that officer. I found it'
therefore impracticablo to give a ooay
nected exhibit of the -administration'
In ordetf to 'obtain the (tee'irta mtorJ
mation, on the 22d of January, I bad
tbo honor of offering resolution re-'
questing the state treasurer to i'urm
ish the bouse with a statement show-o
ing the receipts and disbursements on
account of the sinking fund from its.'
organization to November 30, 1872- '
Statemont furnished in response to'
this resolution will Da lound In tbo
Legislative Journal, pago 438. By
comparing this statement with tho
annual reports of Iho auditor general'
and slate treasurer, showing Iho pay
ments on tho intorest and principal of
the publio debt, wo Cud the entire sum
which Governor Geary claims to havd
beon puid upon the public dobt during
his administration was paid by tho
commissioners of tbe sinking fund es
corting threo items. In 1809, 1870
and 1871, small sums were paid di
rectly by Iho treasurer, but wore af
terwards curried to and included in'
tho sinking fund account. Tho cger)'!'
cies, through which tho publio loan's ,
huve boon redeemed will appear from1
tbe following statement t
Cerea..'.. rrr '
l7... $1,784,041.60 10,154,186.80 20,OI,S!9
SSI... !,4M,SltS 2.0(12,617.00 4,417,481.04
Iss... ilil,701.0
108,614.00
100,667.74
473,4111.14
170... 1,801,331.31
is7i... i.m.moi
1072... 1,470,320.00
1,702,878 ti
11,101,61
1,131,680.17
2,471,328.10
These Items are can led lata tho sinking fund
account.
If wo tako tho annual statement of'
'loans rcdeomed," "interest paid oa'
loans" and "other payments" on ao
countof the sinking fund, and com-'
paro them wilh the report made by
Treasurer Mackey, published on pago
438 of tbe Legislative Journal, wo wT(l'
find other discrepancies, vis. t
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Diearepeaoy.... ,,,..111...... , 107,770 11
Those "other payments," amount
ing to S23,4u4-2U, consist of the sal-'
aries of the sinking fund commission
ers, salary of clerks, compensation to'
batiks fn Philadelphia; eoting as the
flirt! sganla of the commonwealth l
fiaylng it interest and redeeming lh
oant, and premium paid Upon gold4
with whioh to pay the interest.
What then slwul.i bavo beon tW
condition of tbo publio deht on tho
first day of December, 1872, the end
of tho lust fiscsl year, had all the pay.
ments boon honestly made as claimed
and credited 1 I bare prepared two
calculations, ibo first excluding tha
twonty threo million loan wilh tho
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