©hf Ctnlw swtwttat IIKLLKFONTE, PA. TIIK CENTRE DEMOCRAT In pub lfltl "O If nol palil lu id OO A 1.1 V K PAPER—devoted to the Interestl of the Whole Payment* made within throw month# *lll ho con sidered in advance. No |iajtor will ho ilUc.titlnno.l until arroaraKriinr* li*j.lI i*j.l ok . 'lit at option of puldliher*. Paper* going out ol thocouuty mint ho |>nl.l fur In adtanre. Anyiiomon procnrln* n tancaah •tibtcrlbera will O not a copy frooof rharg*. Ouresteualv* circulation make* tl.l* pap.-r an 'in* anally reliable and prolltal.lo mo.llum toraiivertialiig. Wo liaro tlio moat ample l.icillll* -I. r Joll IVUKK a.i.l aro prepared to print all kind# of lho.ka.lt i- t Program i .l printing, A< , Inthi tliioat at)to and.it tlo* lo*.*at |owlhlorat. . All advertisement* for a loti rm thauthroo niontlia ■Jo i-nta per lino for Iho tlr-t thr. .* Ina. rtlona.and . cula a lino for M. II additional inaortloii. fpeclal noticoa ono*half more. Editorial notice* I • cent* per line 1...-H Norn n.inl al 1 centa per Una. A liberal -li*. oil lit l< niiolo to pora ma sdn-rllilng hy l*io .piart. r, half y. ar.or year.aa follow*.: anci occt nan. Doe huh (of It lln*. tin* tjrpa i Two li.cl.oa • ■! I Threw in. hea q i irtor colman ■*• • ' .■.)•• • ! *" II .if . olama aria ■ rel.il oil. I: . 11. • ' •• tl " | ,I. I for I*. for# In aw-tio*. *.v'.*| ton i n'i ■ ' then halfy.arl) p rmenta iii olvan .. ' •• r. piired I' i.tre ai v f 'a i ■ iin* "• h Inaortlon N .thl.icna.rt*.! . '-e tl. in Ma. 11l atais-. Sort tl.*' lltorial. lainna, 15cant* pjr line,each Inaortl.m. The Tron-ury Ring Must (Jo. The constitution of I'ennsylrania, which every state officer swears to sup port, defend and obey, declares in Sec. 13, Art ix.. that "the moneys of the state, over and above the necessary re serve, shall be used in the payment of the debt of the state either directly or through the sinking fund, and the moneys of tho sinking fund shall never be invested or loaned upon the security of anything except the bonds of the I'nited States or of this state. In Sec. 13, of tho same article, it is prescribed that "the moneys held as necessary reserve shall be limited by law to tlit amount required for rurrent expenses and shall be secured ami kept as may bo provided by law. Monthly statements shall be published, showing the amount of such moneys, where the same are do posited and how secured." Another article of the same section makes it a misdemeanor for any state officer to make profit out of the public money*, or to use them for any purpose not au thorized by the law. The principal of of the public debt must be reduced $250,U00 a year and except in ease of war, invasion or inurrcetion, no part of the sinking fund shall be used or ap plied otherwise than in tho extinguish ment of the public debt. At present and for some years to come no portion of the state debt falls due, whilo the money which is directed into the sink ing fund Is very much in excess of the amount required to meet all the inter est on the state debt and the $250,000 reduction of the principal called for by the constitution. Besides, the law di rects that when the quarterly balance 'a the general funds exceeds $500,0 i tho surplus shall be carried into the sinking fund for the exclusive uses to which that fund is to be applied. Notwithstanding thee plain and un mistakable directions of the statute and fundamental laws for a long time the state treasury has been run in violation of them. There nave been carried along an average balance of two million and a half in the sinking fund and a million an>l a half in the general fund and while the latter has not been reduced to SSOO,(XX), as tho law directs, the for mer has not been applied to tho exting uishment of the state debt nor invested in goverment securities. ho made up of compact and contiguous territory. They harp all tho titno on this "compact and contiguous" provis ions, but do not show wherein the Dent ocrats propositions violato it. They • have given us some fine suntples of com pact districts in their ultimatum tho Mc* 5 Cracken bill. Take the Franklin dis trict for example. Front its southwest corner where tho Maryland lino crosses '* Ray's Mill it stretches away northeast • nearly two-thirds the width ol the state II to a point not more than live miles I south of tho city of Williamsporl in . Lycoming county. From its southeast •• corner where the Maryland line crosses ■ tho South mountain, only about a half a dozen ntiles north of whero the battle . of that name was fought, it stretches 1 away up to the northwestern corner of Huntingdon county, close to tho main f ridge of the Allegheny mountain. It is cut nearly hall way through by Milllin i county, and instead of being compact, is a marvel of irregularity and wunt of i compactness. A line drawn straight from its most northwestern point in j Huntingdon county to its most north- ' eastern part in the cockade of Union county, would enclose the whole county of Mitllin and a considerable slice of Centre! This district would be far ' more compact with Mitllin substituted for Union, but tin- Republicans will nol | make the change because this would make it a weaker Republican district and they are afraid to trust the people j when the odds are not greatly in their j favor. Take also the Washihgton and Duller district. Both of these counties are Republican, but bv small majorities fo make sure of holding them in I.'' publican bondage, the McCracken lull joins them together by a narrow strip of ■ territory extending entirely across the ! western side of Allegheny county. This Republican talk about compact ' districts is hypo ritical. l ife state can ' be divided into fifteen Democratic and thirteen Republican congressional I honest gerrymander in their Interest. To maintain this was tho sealed order whicJi l>on Cameron left behind when ho Mailed. For thin Keyburn delayed tho apportionment of tho Senate Con ferenco hill ; for this tho Republicans denied not only tho right of the Denio cratato the thirteen congressmen which arc their due, but to twelve, to eleven, J to ten and even to nine sure districts. | It is not true that the state cannot he HO districted us to give the Democrats a fair share, anil that mountains must be tunnelled, rivers bridged and valleys filled up to accomplish this measure ol political justice. From the beginning of the regular session on the 2d of January tho Riiiio cratic representatives at llsrrisburg taithtuily and earnestly labored to ful till the mandates of the constitution and re-district the state into congrcs sional, senatorial and representative districts, as that instrument declares shall be done. Farly in tho regular session they threw asido all partisan 1 feeling anil passed through the Ilemo I cratic house a congressional apportion ment hill that gave to the Stalwarts I fifteen of tho twenty eight congressmen to which the state is entitled ; twenty eight of the fifty senators and one hun dred and fourteen of the two hundred ! and one representative*, thus conceding them a good working majority in all the ! representative branches of the slate ; government—alt hough the state had lit ! tho recent election gone Democratic by ! overwhelming figures and all its dej art | mcntsexcept the senate, tho state tress i ury and the auditor general's cilice are : now controlled by the I >emocrat. These [ bills were held until within a few days I of final adjournment and then amended ! by the stalwart senate in such away that it knew it would be an utter im | possibility to compromise the differences ! between the two houses prior to the ! time of adjournment. They failed, of cnure, and the special session, it* the consequence. Immediately upon the reconvening of the legislature in special session, the l'emocratic house proceede i to pass the different apportionment bills which the <•< -ion h id been called to com. b r. It asked but thirteen congressmen when it was entitled to I uirteen ; it de matided fiut twenty three senators when its vote entitled it to twenty fire : it a|>- |iortioncd its party but ninety two rep resentatives, when fairness would have •iv.-n it ninety nine. I h-• foils like tin se of the regular on wi re de feated bya-tilwart senate, and when the house asked the usual courtesy of a committee of conference, to consider sn i adjust, if possible, such difference* as existed between the two bodies, the doors of tho stalwart senate were iron lently shut in the face of the house, and even consultation on the question re tu*ed and spurned. To carry out the purpose for which it I wax called, the house overlooked the insult of the senate, and i iff..red to accept the Sis RT bill, a Republican measure, as a compromise. ; This the senate refused. It then ofTered to accept the I.'.wm bill, another Republican measure, "f hie the senate refused. It offered fq take 22 to 2> senatorial districts. This was refused. ft offore I to take 21 to 2 ' senatorial district*. This was refused. It asked them fur new committees of conference, thrs.- were refused. It proposed free committees of con 1 ference, half of whom should be selected Iby the stalwarts themselves, and to whom ail questions relating to sppor tionment should be submitted. These were rejected, and the stalwart senate persistently and defiantly refused to anything. The Colored Contention. ADORR® * or INRI.KRIIK OOK.I *<* NR.R.IRN A I ARI.R AT II r *> r. I.oi isvii.t R, Ky„ Sept 2.'.—When Fred Douglas* came into I.iederkranz i Mall this morning to speak before the National Colored Convention he found a very large audience, many white per sons having come to hear -his plea for his people, t>n Iho stage besides lead ing colored people, sat ex Attorney General James Speed, of Lincoln's cab inet, (fen. James A. Kakin, C. S. A., retired, and a number of other promi nent whites. Mr. Ifouglass spoke for two hours. lie sketched the history of his race since their emancipation. lie was sarcastically severe upon fhe gov ernment and incidentally so upon the republican party. Me was listened to with great interest and received gener ous applause. Mr. Douglass said in ha* speech : " Now that wo are free men we must like free men take the rein* in our own hands and compel tho world to receive us a* their equal*. This citj, metropol itan in tixe, cosmopolitan in ideas, 1* •till not free and liberal enough in it* opinion* to receive u* a* equal* in it* public buildings and hotels. This i* why we are ncwaitting in national con vention. We have been given numer ous platforms, but we're *till in the same condition. What we want is not words. idle epithets in our praise, but action*. Wo have never been helped, but as* Ist anco comes from all side* to help us in our downward course. If wo come as cart drivers or servants wo are received, hilt when wo come as scholars or rt iiis incri tho color line is raised. Tho col ored man belongs to an oppressed and | ahjeot race in the I'nited Slates. The i trades' unions refuse him admission and mechanic refuse him us an apprentice. Our business is to organize lor our' rights and for the redress of our wiongs. i Nome say we should not hold this cc.n vention, for it menaces the republican ; parly. l'nrtios are made lor men, and not m<-n for parties. If parties do right, stand by them ; but when they do u• t uphold the principles laid down in their , platforms, down with them. Follow no party blindly. We have learned how to j tHlk, and let us cpeak for ourselves about civil right . This stamping out of the black republicans of the South has been done in the face of the rc-pub lican patty. This convention should j implore <'ongreis for tho restoration of . justice and for the abolition of this most detestable state- of affairs. The j N. w York /. i I' ■( makes a great j mistake when it civs: 'lie modest: you ha\ e b> en but twenty years out of I ond ■ age.' These officeholders are afraid of our aspirations. We doa-pire. at, i ivii) continue to do so. We shall n<-v r j ' cease being a despise ! and excluded : j class 1 , long n we are shut out from j political preferment. We cannot ig nore the fact that to this i to be attril - uted the degradation of our race. Lie j vate one of our cla* to the vice prc-i deney. or to a position in the cabinet, j and otir equality shall have 1 een estab li.he I." At the conclusion of tbe Speech, it was unanimously adopted as the ad dress of the convention, and or lered to j lie sent to Congresa. Then came a scene of confusion on a motion to H| ■ I nnt a committee on further organ ra tion. -oulh Carolina and Louisiana fought one another, an I for bouts the dispute continued. Holland, of Wash ington, presided for D ■ugln-s, and vain !v s nght to firing order out of chaos. Finally a call of Mate was had. and the committee on organization wa appoint ed by -latcs. Other committees were then appointed, after which the con vention P-ok a rcces. Democratic Kconomic*. A comparison of the list of officers of the la t Rej uMican House with the Democratic House, shows there -ire twenty three places which the Demo crats did not fill, absolutely denying themselves, in the public interest, that much patronage Allowed them by laws i of Republican which with the USIIAI allowances for m.leage, Ac, will run the total amount saved up to over fIsOOO. The Philadelphia /.' 7. Ind , refer ring to this, said "Tho Democratic House of Repre sentatives ha effected a saving for the , State of over eighteen thousand dollar* I by a refusal lo appoint superfluous em ploye*. The saving i not large, hut it is exceedingly mentoriou*. for it is al ways easier to retrench the ex|>enditures of other* than to cut down our own. We should ho pleaed to see in the newspapers that have demanded reform j a proper recognition of the deserving of ! fhe House of Representatives for what \ ha* been accomplished." The Republican I'arty Mn*t Lo. The cry, " the republican party must go, " say* concisely what thinking men feel. It mean* more lhan at first appear*. At the outset,observe: Not republican* hut the republican party, must go. Not intolerance of men, but of moth' od j not hatred of principles, hut of power abused ; not prejudice against a party for what it ha* been, hut con tempt for what it is, is the meaning. It ia not vindictive ; it is not narrow minded. It expres*e* a truth. I/ong continuance in power it fatal to any parly. We do not attempt to traee the step* of this inevitable decay. We do seek that this decay of a mere party wlso.ll hv no meant corrupt the body poj itic We find disesse. We seek health. There is no hope for the republican narlv in itself. It must go. The salt has lost its savor. Is there a Summer, or a Greeley, or a Philips, or a Lincoln, or a Garrison, or • Sewsrd to day giving the life of hi* great *pirit to party eoun eila f The " grand old party " ha* out lived if* vigor. < fid, hut no longer gr*nd, it miial go. Dorey* and Brady*. Belk nap* and Itabcock*. Howgate* and Shep herd*, Kellog* and Mahone*. Robeson* and Chandler*, and the men who, in spirit or in person, rule. For what doe* it exist? The great m"** ol it* own nominal adherents have lout laith in it. Thou sand* whose live* have been "pent in it* service see that ita u*efulne*s t* ps*t. Wall for thi* party if ita history had cloned hnfore I 87'. in the eight year* pant who will urn up the losses of the republican party ? Men of conacience. men of booe*ty, have heen compelled to leave it. I'atienre ha* ceased to he a virtue, i'lace holder* may call it pre "umption, vindictive, unmeaning preju dice. The war hone Mvle time* have changed and the people with them. Hypocrisy muat go. Whoever i* deceived i* deceived willingly. I he republican party muat go.—Al ; hunt A r /ue. .Nf I'tOUMICMM. I I iie moment there i* danger of im paii merit of the mind from excessive 'm i vou* exhaustion, or where there ex ;*t> foreboding* of evil, a desire for noli I tude, shunning and avoiding company, vertigo and m-rvou* debility, or when insanity should be itnplieitly relied on But it i> never well to wait so long be j i fore treatment i commenced. The i early symptoms arc loss of strength, - .fine ol tin. muscle*, dim or weak •ig'ot, peculiar expression of the face an i eyes, coated tongue, with impaired digestion ; or in others, certain powers | are only 10-l, while they arc other ••vise enjoying comparatively good health. In all the-e /'.'"./ should at oi •be taken. lit. * ({nick Hallway Time. Jlofkf'ir l, /7., Jan. ] KKO. • t,t ,t> it rk ne a]'i">i'i(ed f /'. /■' nr, •'• " ; h r "/ H' if! • in the lwn j ' ' lirU-f- I!" . i u W ti< ti Com iv v. I'-V II'-M Kit I'. HI 1.1.AN1). See. Having rn/"t thoroughly tested the If .ckfor : nek Ila n Walcbe* for the I. t three . :if. ; < fl.-r theni w.th the fullest C'Tifllrnee n the hi t made and nio'i re| aide time keeper for the money 1 1hat can be obtain' I. J'n ■i tr i ' * - If'//-/i / rt,i V ir' Fit ASK /■ hi. MR. S 'J I'.rorlrr> ■■ U A " r .1 /•. If .. /, „/ j j r: ret. IliniiTos, dan. 2~. I s-d. The If .ckferd watch purcha-ed Feb. 1-7 i. has perforn/e.l better than any / atcb I ever ha I. Have carried It ev' rv day and at no time lis* it been , irregular, or in the leant unreliable. I cheerfully recommend the lio. af.ird j Watch. ' H"KA everybody who she* a fine timekeeper. s. P. liritßAJUi. M. I>. Fin- lit. certify thr.t the liock/ord I V. at o h bought 1 eh. 22, I*7 l, ha* run verv well the past - car. Having *et it on.v twice during that tune, it" only VM i ition being three minutes. It has run very much better than 1 ever an tic | at" j. It is a* no' adjusted an 1 only ! cost f JO. lb I*. BKYANT, I've voice all over the land goes up from mothers, that 'sp, "My fi of u il tvr i ( J M lUfcir. If'niM •< 11 th* r**l Nllli f •>•}'! d I t hsr ti j.rl|#a tfcfry *t ). •r. e fUIUf- I* r, \\ MhefcUi, tl# Jlth (ttf f( t >f. A II .h* •!!<>( rA ■ * t> tui •S-Vt. Aslll.t A UDITOR'B NOTICE—ID the 4 \ MNM .• •. | ra' Rcftaf 4M 4 . tb* nrvlr I DO Divtit' f DJfV t* lb* *#f !>(u I lev Km*nij'l lU'lf 1 J J'Tts |AFTLLI D. S u4 |/> AUIK# DWTHTAITIM -F IH* fwr.eU in TB# HDT U >4 nlminitir Dl'T* ■ F 'L**MNL mm! I.i iir fti tula Drifting tram lb* *tr>bng < 1 th* r*-nl 'DktAt* f 4* i-ftftv-1 ill |*Aftiti4 to lb* dntifti "f hi# *fpoiril##hi ft! hi* "fbf* In lbUH*>nt*. r.ilDj. (n-f I*'. *t l' • b*n Mid mh*r+ ftl| Jiattir * inlftf Aftter) fttt' l' t. Bill! k QIVW A4iluf. A UDITORi NOTICE—ID the * V vnttr of Ih* oftlut* r*f I • ''*< lb* im4rftigi*4 an iodlt"f bjr lb* ('rf*^® n# Oqrl of (Vnir# t '"iintv to rnnk* AifttrilviilkHi of !♦* ftirt ia t to t.l mong fboft* l*ir*llf liiUlM ili*rb\ ill Dtt*nl sal'l to sftd Sln. '-S Ihn I 5 THOUSANDS OF CA r .tS j JOf 1 f 1 trrriUe dv-v g bftvt ■ irrAd, as Uai&orlta&i J. r PERFECTLY CURED. z■ ■ •• i • - -• < ii. I"T .< ~1* • fe J i'ATMA.JI! -HA:. >N fk< I • - r - - *j mmmmm (iala Day for Centre I 'ounty? (t (j o (ircatc.'t of all < >i at T Kxhibi ti t• f' ' iff at a FOREPAUGH SHOW' Now on its ! eh ASM'AI T >1" K. will cxhil it Al l KIIN IN hiid FY FN I N< • at -:i-:r'onti-:. Tlnn'sdjiv. 1 1 "H: Visited bv nearly Till- -F.kMiN. fro laltnsd t ths r. at 1 rrs . .r ry ml < rs t.. I*. fb* u *t ft i.j< n4 . \"i T Irn t 25 Trained Elephants, 1000 WILD BEASTS. 3 RING CIRCUS. Museum Of Marvels.; Roman lli|>]ii(lroiiic. , HALF MILKRA< ETHACK. k With firt and only THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLAR STUD ENGLISH RACE HORSES. 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