%Tl)c Crlitre ittk Dmocral. S. T. SHIGKRT Fd it or. VOL. .*>. Glit (Trait c Tormt 51.50 per Annum In Advance, 8. T. SHUOERT, Editor. Thursday Moraine, August IG, 1883. STATE TICKET. nut AUDITOR OBSKKAI., Capt. ROBERT TAGGAUT, of Warren County. FOR STATK TttK ASIIRKK, Hon. JOSEPA POWELL, of Bradford County. COUNTY TICKET. FOR ASSOCIATK JU'IHIK lr. .1. K. SMITH, of Ferguson Township. FOB DISTRICT ATTORN FY. \V. C. II KIN I,K, of Uellefonte. nR CO! NTV SI'RV EYoll ELLIS L. OUVIS, of Uellefonte. - 3 JriaiK Jeremiah S. Reai k is re ported as seriously ill at his home in York. The best medical skill has been summoned to the beside of the eminent jurist. F.X-COMiUK-SM \N BI'KDICK ol lowa, has got through with the Republican party, now declares himself in favor of the Democratic ticket in that state and proposes to make some thirty speeches in its favor during the can vass. The officers of the State Agricultu ral Society announce that no fair w ill be held in Philadelphia this year- The erection of the necessary build ings for the exhibition, which is proposed to be of a very substantial character, could not he completed in time. Gen. Beaver's command of the N. G. now in camp at Conneaut Lake in Crawford county is having a sensa tion. The General, it apjeenrs has found it necessary to order out armed detachments to arrest skulkers who failed to report for duty, and bring them under guard to camp for trial by court-martial. llisM ark, the German Premier, has i proved himself a statesman of no mean capacity in the war upon the Ameri can hog. The swine have felt his blows severely. But the American potatoc bug is a full match for him- That euterprising and industrious in sect is going through the German potatoe fields with all the vim of n victor not to be squelched he diploma cyor iutimidated by orders t of prohibi tion. Di kfs' defence, just published by j his friends, gives further evidence of the fact that he had lived quite long enough on this earth. His brutality in his defence is only equalled by his egotism. He could see nothing in bis letter to Capt. Nutt except a "blund er." This peerless brutality, and lack of every element to raise man above the brute struck him as simply "a blunder." Well, his whole life was a blunder and the only oasis in it wor thy of note, was probably the little episode at the (tost office in Uniontown when he gave back to his God, to he dealt with according to his wisdom and U.ercy, the corse he had so blacken od and defiled. Another victim of the whirlpool rapids at Niagara is preparing at, Warren, Pa. A dispatch to the New York World says : Captain Julius D. 1 Rhodes, the diver and swimmer, will attempt to pass through the rapids in a cork armor. He is now preparing for the swim at Salamanca, N. Y., where I saw him to-day. Since Rhodes first began leaping from bridges and ! giving exhibitions in dangerous cur renta, some years ago, he has been planning for a swim through the whirl pool. The day after Captain Webb's plunge he told his wife and a few friends that he had determine to prove himself a better swimmer than Webb and to swim the whirlpool after exact ly the same plans followed by Webb. For two wecEs he has been at work preparing an armor to protect himself from the concussions of the opposing currents. L .... "KuUAL AM) KX ACT JUKTICK TO ALL M KN, OF WIIATRVRK STATU OH rXRHUAHION, HKI.KiIOL'S OH I'OLITICAL.J< ffrw.n. Shall tho Swindlo Continue ? Candidate Nilcs icccully took an oath to support and defend tho Con stitution of tho commonwealth of Pennsylvania. That Constitution de mands that Mr. Nilcs and other rep resentatives and senators ahull, without delay, apportion the state into con gressional, senatorial and representa" tive districts. To enable them to per form this duty which they had neglect ed at the regular session, the h-gi-la ture was convened in extra session. Thus far Mr. Nilcs and the members of the senate with whom lie acts, have refused to pass an equitable apportion ment or receive and consider any offer of compromise to agree upon an equita ble settlement of the differences of the disagreeing parties. Instead of legis lating in this spirit they adopt what they call their "ultimatum"-—n bill so unfair, so monstrously unjust and par tisan that honorable members cannot accept it. The'object of the offensive "ultimatum" is evidently to /intent \ the jidaaage of an apportioning nt bill at all. Ten years ago when machine politics and the corrupt appliances of the most abandoned political methods were in their highest tide of success, the Republican party bad the control of the power of the state, executive and legislative, when the question of apportioning the state into congres sional, senatorial and representative districts came up for consideration, a it is now before tho present legislature. That legi-lature with the same aban doned disregard of law and fairness gerrymandered the districts in such form as to this p iint the eifbrt* of ; the stalwart Republican majority ot the senate are directed, and for thi- I purpose they present an unmanly | "ultimatum," which if accepted would as effectually perpetuate the wrong as did the base act undt r which they I have dominated for ten years. No honest man can fail to grasp the object lof the infamous "ultimatum." It i ! to prevent any apportionment at all, and we may ask in all seriousness of ; candidate Nilcs nnd his colleague- if that kind of legislating meets the 1 spirit and terms of the oath he ha- j : taken to obey and defend tbeeonstitu- j lion. Is it keeping that oath and entitling Mr. Nile* and his colleagues to the confidence and respect of honest men, whether Democrats or Republi cans, to refuse to make an apportion ment in order that a swindle which deprives a large number of citizens of just represtntaliou may be continued? j This is the plain question the facts : raise. It cannot be hid or evaded. "Pont tho Booka." . ! Last winter after the legislature had i been in session some time the suhject ; of reform became a popular question | in the Democratic house, and a reduc tion of expcm.es demanded. To this demand a few superfluous office holders and pages were discharged, and the chief clerk declined to employ a lot of surplus "scrub women." The sum total of the reduction of officers was sixteen and in pages seven, twenty three in all, resulting in a saving to the taxpayers of 817,700, or counting the mileage, a saving of 818,000. The Lancaster Intelligencer in speaking of ' the reduction in the scrub-women force said, "that when the present chief clerk came in he found that miarly twice as many persons were engaged ; in this work as were necessary to do it. lie did not recognize the propriety of tho state paying for scrvicea not rendered." Had it been his duty or priyilege to furnish employment for all poor women of Harrisburg, he would have been glad to have accom modated even double the number car ried along on the pay roll before, hut IIKLLKFONTti, I'A., TiIUKSDAY, AU(iI\ST 10, 18K5. believing that lie was a public servant appointed to watch public iuterc.sts, lie employed the number necessary ami thus is the house kept ju-t a* clean a* before with few more than half the number employed by his predecessor." I'nder the Democratic house and the new administration reform of course bad to have a beginning, and it was highly proper to begin where oppor tunity first offered. It was also well enough to give the reform a bugle blast, and let the people know exactly what reform was doing, it' not what it was going to do. This was all done through the Lancaster /nUHiycnecr under the title of "Post the Hooks.' We alvvay- were for reform, aud it gave us great satisfaction to make note of every effort in that direction, whether the results it produced were great or small. We always liked best, however, the reform that went to the bottom, clear to the marrow. Kor a beginning "scrub-women" reform might j do to catch on to, but was not enough to la.-t long. The people would of necessity soon forget it. Resides that, they hud nlwuys been a.—ured that tin-re were great steal- annually per* ! petruted upon them through the ap propriation hills. Hut just how to find out, and who to rely upon to in form them of how much was stolen wa.- to tin in a mystery. They waited with patience and anxiety the action of the reform legislature with nil its reform officers. The appropriate u bills were pa.v d. S far as the peo ple arc concerned, they c uld -e little difference, except - . far a- it related to "-crub-women" and tie surplusage of pagi , b tween a i>i rut Di-tuocrn* tie legislatures and a Ilcj ibliran legis lature a-to the am uuts appr printed or the steals alfi ete 1 undt r the name of appropriation. Hut finally our < iovernor i- heard from who in a great j measure solve s the difficulty in a vote i iiu -age, which we will refer to more particularly in our next. ♦ F.X*M:NATOK DoKfO.V, the trusted confidential friend of the late PfOsi elent (iarfield, and ono of the forcmeist l 1 ader* of the Republican party the active and well chosen agent in the disbursement of the party funds where they would do the mot gooel, from his cattle-rani ho, -till furnishes fresh nnd racy ri aeling- ofthc campaign of 1H80 for the benefit and encouragement of j his "grand old party." He asserts that (iarfield bought the stalwart vote i'of.New York by a |ositive promise of the office of Secretary of the Treasury to Levi I'. Morton —that the pocket* of i tho New York bankers were opened by a promise of Mr. Garfield to allow ! a syndicate of them to refund the gov ernment bonds —that n bargain was made between Garfield's representa tives and Jay Gould and (.'. T. Hunt ington by which Garfield was under promise to appoint Stanley Matthews associate justice ofthc Supreme Court, nnd in consideration of which bargain the two money barons promised $lOO,- 000 to the Republican c ampaign ftiud. The money was paid adds Mr. Horsey, and brought to him in Indiana by T. (,'. Plait tho " Me-too" who subse quently became famous for [following Roseoc Conkling into retirement, where it was divides! and ono half sent to Ohio to be used by Gov. Foster, in the campaign there. Two YEAKK ago Candidate N'iles whom the stalwart Republicans have put up for Auditor General,expressed the opinion that there was a "consti tutional obligation" resting upon the members of the legislature to pass ap portionment bills. Although nothing has occurred since then to release them of that obligation, Mr. N'iles now favors the obstructive policy of the stalwarts, and demands perpetua tion of the gerrymander swindle by which a largo portion of his fellow citizens are disfranchised and defraud ed qf equal representation. The dif. fercnce is, two years ago Mr. Niles spoke as a representative of the people under obligation to support and main • ; ; tain the ('(institution of the State. Now he is the candidate of a party under coercion to obey the mandates of the bosses who set him up. Froo Conforonco Rolused! We learn from the of Tues day, that the Stalwart scuate got to gether again on Monday evening and immediately proceeded to reiterate their refusal to legislate w itli the House by u free conference on the question of apportionment. This action, says the I'utriot, was foreshadowed in tin closing .-"--.-ion of ln-t week, ('ooper and Davics voicing the stalwart senti ment by declaring that the ultimatum existed more than ever and that the bouse must take the Mc( 'rackcn hill •r nothing. Kenator Hughes presented the resolution to adjourn finally Au gust 'JI-t, amended to the 1' ith. It did not require special instructions, therefore, as to the uction of la-t even : ing, ( oo|H-r knowing that he was |-r -fcetly safe in offering his resolution that the senate non-concur in the house resolution asking a free confer ence. The stalwarts fell into line verv naturally, Stalwart Stewart's vote meeting Stalwart Reyburn's just as readily as that of the genial George Handy Smith or Greer. A strict party vote of '2O to 1 t sends the house resolution hack by inns-age to-day. It is believed that the legislature will adjourn in a few days. TIIK Democrats of Virginia have nominate < 1 (Jen. Wm. C. Wichham, j the late chairman of the Republican state committee, for congress, (ion. Wichham i- a man of great ability, t'-o independent to drill kindly under command of Boss Mahone even to pli a-e the Federal administration. He j ha- accepted the nomination in a spirited letter in which he assumes ' that the important question to be con sidered now in Virginia, is the union of her reputable sous to secure the -tate a reputable government. He says : "I am a Isorn son of Virginia, and whenever her interests are a—ailed, come assailant in what garb or under what name lie may, I will stand shoul der to shoulder with her true sons, without regard to political bias or opinion, and resist with all the power I possess all measures, all men, all parlies that attack her welfare." TIIE coalitionists of Virginia do not seem to be an entirely happy family. The "truly loyal" liepublicans resent the sneers of their faithful allies the repudiationists. Senator Riddlcbcrg's paper, the Lfrymuin, spoke of the Hayes administration as follows : "True, Hayes was the beneficiary of the theft of the Presidency, the great est crime ever perpetrated against American institutions." The Rich mond Whig also referred to the ex- President as "his fraudulent) - , R. B. Hayes." This raises! the ire of the Staunton Firyinian, tho Republican organ of the State, which thus curtly replies j All the Readjustors have—and tbey have gotten much—they owe to the Republicans of Virginia, and if the returns that are to he given are such contemptuous sneers nnd infamous charges as the Virginian and Whig indulge, then their manhood should IKS invoked to resent in the most effec tive manner that the emergencies of the ease may suggest. When it comes to branding the who National Repub. lican party with a great crime we feel it to be our duty to enter a solemn protest in tho name of tho Republi cans of Virginia, and to utter the warning that thero is a point where forbearance ceases to be a virtue. Tar. election in Kentucky last week resulted iu a very comfortable Demo cratic victory. Proctor Knott, the Democratic oandidate, was elected governor, by a majority ranging from forty-five to sixty thousand—with an overwhelming majority the Legis lature. 1111. New York I Vnrhl, referring to the pleasure trip of President Arthur and his travelling companions, indul ges these reflections : The Presidential partv lia- disap peared in the wilderness, not to In board of again save at intervals. Along the route from Louisville to Green River they have been cordially welcomed by the people; in the wel come there has been a mixture of pat riotism, personal eurio-ity, native chiv alry, and political admiration. Rut it is curious that, while the President was tho chief man of the party, the name of Robert Lincoln wa* heard more frequently, and he wa tho chief object of attention, of curi osity, and of s]*eculation. 'I his is highly significant. The name of Lincoln is still a name to conjure with, and there can be no doubt that the present bearer of that name would make an available candi date for the Presidency. Is it possiblo that the curiosity to see Robert Lincoln wit- prompted by the natural desire to judge wh< ther he looked lik- the right sort of a man to make a President out of? When Andrew Johnson w. Nt "swing ing around the circle" sixte.ll years ago, Johnson, though President, wa not the most important man in the party. The one who was called for the most frequently wa a man who said little and who preferred to keep in the hack ground. Hi* name was < .rant. Is history repeating itself, and is the second accidental President carry ing in his train the rival who is des tined to take the nomination awav from him ? ! The situation at Harrisburg still remains unchanged. The stalwart ob structionists continue to adhere to the infamous "ultimatum," and decline t legislate with the house for the pas-age jof n fair apportioment and demand | adjournment. On Tuesday the Dem ocratic senators and representatives .held a conference and after a -co-ion 'of three- hour*, we learn from the | l'ntriiit, "decided to stick until the clutv for which the legislature had I been called into extraordinary -< ssion had been performed." The members at this conference expressed tliem-elvc strongly, and the indications arc that until the offensive "ultimatum" is with, drawn and the senators agree to meet the house in fair and honorable legis lation, no adjournment is possible, and the people themselves will have to settle the question of difference at the election. Tin: unanimous election of Hon. P. Gray Meek to the chairmanship of the county ccmmitlce, gives promise of an active, energetic and aggressive campaign for 1884. Mr. Meek* ex perience and activity is guarantee thnt in the great campaign to come off next year, the Democracy of Centre county will move under the lead of a vigor, ous and willing command. No More Flection Furlough*. W asiiikotos, August I t.—As ono of the earliest results of civil service re form the Secretary of the Treasury has ordered that clerks shall no longer be granted what ia called election leave- It haa been customary heretofore to permit every man in addition to his thirty days' annual vacation a leave of absence of from ten to fifteen days to go home and take part in the campaign and election. This system operated to give every man who lived in October States double election leaves, or about sixty days out of every Presidential year. Hereafter every employe who wants to leave his desk to carry elec tions will have to go at his own expense, without pay, or have the time thus taken deducted from the time due him on his regular leave. While the Trees ury ■ 'he only department so far ruling it ia probable every one of the others will follow suit The government clerk will, it thia ia oarried out, cease to be an adjunot to the political machine.— FKila. 7W. TKK.MN: #1.50 per Annum,in Atlvam-f. I iiptaln liit'irarl at Home. < apt&in iaggart, the democratic can ! didato for auditor g'-ncral, stand* high at lii Lome with all cla*e* of citizen*, regardle** ot party affiliation. 'I he lidiouto If •. /. / ,Y {, u republican paper printed at the ' aptairi'* place of residence ha- thi* to my of his nomii.b tion : "1 he democratic state convention did itself and the | arty an honor when they nominated ' dpt. Itobert Taggart, a- its candidate for Auditor 'ieneral. We, who know the ' ij.lain, who meet him evei / day, who do busine** w.th him, know how good a < itizen, how prompt a LUMIII * man, how entirely and thoi oughly reliable he . . For hi* 'akc, for the good of the 'lite, we should like to j see him elected to the position. If all I the ndidati of both part.en are an ' clean handed or. 1 upright a t'aj tan ; 1 aggert, thin carnj aign will, of necessity be r.r.e devoid of mud -linging. We don t subscribe to the' aptaind j olitics but we b< ar wilimg unasked testimony j to In- worth at.d capab i t '-, j And iii another 1 r.ef article, the .V ; correct- a misstatement of the I'itts burgh ' - ' ■" | "Foot.i-ir Sri'i'ti-iTv. The usually cor rect Pittsburgh ' - '!i states that '.} t. Taggart }jr.- been in the''em ploy of the standard <•,! ' ompany for the ] a-t five years. If the ' '>. can't do b' ttcr than that it had better go out of the 1 ii I'erkin- bu-mr *. -ucli fool -h lie will not help our republican candidates .n tin* section. Judicial Hill Signed. The Full do .ng j.roces* adopted by onie oumals to induce the Governor to veto the Judicial apportionment bill, did not pan emocratio*p>arty in criticising this bill makes declara tions which are wide of the truth. Por instance, it declare* that "two years ago 'iovernor llnyt vetoed a similar bill, mainly because it increased thenumlw-r of judges. The j resent bill add* six additional judge* to the already exces five numbei Now it i not true that Governor Hoyt vetoed a similar bill. There wa* ! no spH-cial similarity between the bill which met the disapprobation of Gov , ernor Hoyt and that which has just p.assed the legislature. The present j bill doe* not increase the number of | judges at all. It reduce* it from eighty to seventy-nine. The bill vetoed by Governor Hoyt increased the number to eighty six. It i* true that temporarily there will be an increase, but when the terms of the judges now in office whose district* have been changed or abolished shll have expired, but seventy nine judge* will remain. The bill i* therefore a better one than the act which it super sede* because it decrease* the number of judge#. How the Ttrket I* Krcrhrd in Hack*. The nomination* are excellent. Joseph Powell, the candidate for State Treasurer, i* especially acceptable, and " M ha* great strength in the northern tier of countie* where be i* best known. He will run far above hi* ticket in that section of the slate. Mr. Taggart is equally well qualified for the office he seeks, and he has the confidence of all. A strong feature about the*# nomina tion* i*. they were not made by boas dictation. There were no boase* at tho convention to override the will of tha people; and the candidate* as nearly represent the popular will a* may be. The way to elect thi* ticket i* for the Pcmorrat* to lay otf their coata and go to work. The platform cannot fail to meet the approbation of all conserva tive men,— lhylcatoren Democrat, NO. SI.