The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-10-10
address of the Democratic State
Central Committee.

at the balloo- box in giving expression to
your will as to whom you desire shall be
elected to the important and dignified po-
sition of Judge of the Supreme Court of
the State, and to whom as State Treasurer
for two years shall be entrusted the mon
eys of the State.
1t is deemed necessary to say that, as the
Supreme Court of the State is the highest
judicial power and authority, to which mat
fers of the utmost importance as regards
State constitutional questions, decisions
and rulings of lower courts, and other mat
ters of great importance to the life, liberty
and property of the citizens of the State
have to be submitted, and whose action is
final, that it IS therefore of the most posi-
| tive Importance that the individual who
shall be elevated to seat in the Supreme
Court of the State, should be thorough in
his knowledge of the law +; that he should
have an extended Judicial experience IN the
/ administration of the law, and that these
conditions should be sustained and ilumi-
mated by purity of purpose and freedom
from all selfishness, which, while they shall
materially aid the judge in the discharge
of his high judicial fun netiohs, will give CON
fidence and secure ready acquiescence in
his official acts. In the Hon. James X.
Ludlow all these requisites and elements
! of fitness for Judge of the Supreme Court
of the State are eminently present. He is
| learned in the law. He has had sixteen
| the law as judge of one of the most impor-
! tant Courts of Philadelphia. He has, be-
| cause of his legal knowledge, acumen,
! calmness in deliberation, his power of legal
| analysis, and his unquestioned uprightneSS,
earned and received theproud title of 1.-The
/ learned and upright judge" not only from
/ the people, but from those (the members
of the Barr whose professional duties bring
| them in daily contact with him. Such, in
+ brief, is the candidate for whom you are
! invited to give your sutfrages. For such
/ candidate every reason exists to satisfy the
electors of his great fitness for the position
and to stimulate them to the full and COM
plete discharge of their duties in securing
! for the iudgeship the enlarged ability and
/ integrity possessed by him.
! The condition OF the State Treasury and
! its management for long term of years
! have been such as to give rise to great dis
! satisfaction to the citizens of the State; to
create well-grounded distrust for the safe
/ ty of the public moneys, and to call for
I searching and thorough investigation of
( the affairs of the treasury, which inyesti-
| CATION, however desirable, cannot be even
! hoped for during the coming two years if
| the present State Treasurer should be con-
! tinued in his position.
1t is universally believed that great wrong
( exists in the management of the Treasury
/ Department, and fears are felt and ex-
zens for the safety of the moneys of the
State That the public funds have been
/ loaned i'll violation of the law for the per-
sonal benefit of the State Treasurer, and
that losses have been sustained by the State
| IN so doing, is patent to every intelligent
citizen of the Commonwealth.
1t rs an admitted fact that EMouey
/ Rings" having as their centre the State
! Treasurer and as their potent instrument
I ality the nOncys Of tie State, have been
established and worked for the special pc
cuniary benefit of the State Treasurer, and
/ for securing corrupt legislation. 1t is also
| a well established fact that the money of
the State has been and is now used to con-
troll fraud working political organizations.
whose outstretchIug influence and power
/ have attained so wide scope and such pO-
tcncy as to cause the honest, law-abidng
citizen to contemplate with much anxiety
and fear the futnre Of the State If its po-
| litical destiny shall continue to be controlled
by these and kindred baneful influences
and organizations. Like begets like
! Wrongs uncontrolled grow rapidly poten-
tial. The past repeats itself, and thus the
future too often becomes but its sorry du-
plicate. 1t has been wisely said that there
is no better way of Judging the future than
by the past" So Judging, what have we
to hope for of lawful, upright and judicious
administration of the affairs of the State
tided for two years longer to the misman-
agement of the present incumbent? The
( best interests or the State demand his re-
tirement, to be followed by the most thor
ough and searching investigation into the
/ affairs of the Treasury. Shall this be done?
1t is notorious that there is in the Trea-
surer's hands an unappropriated balance
ranging from one to three millions of dol
( lars, which the law contemplates and the
| public demand shall remain in the Treasu-
ry, and not be taken therefrom by the
| Treasurer and loaned by him, on his own
account, he drawing and appropriating to
and for his own use and benefit the inter
! est aCcruing upon the sum or sums loaned
| IL is saIe 10 say that the Treasurer has at
his command an average unappropriated
sum or balance of 81 300 900 from which
he may by lOaning it receive on his own
account an annual income of 800, OOO, in
direct violation of law, and to which he
has not even the shadow of legal or moral
| right The abuse and misuse of the mon
eys of the State must be prevented AMI
/ greater security given for their safety and
( proper use. This will not be done by re-
tanning the present Treasurer in Office
The demands of justice and the require
mentS of the law should be made para
mount to the behests of fraud and person.
| al interests. The power to wrcst the
Treasury from the hands of him who con-
/ trols 1T now is with the voters of the State,
and the time is near at hand when they
may do it by giving form and effect TO
their Will through the ballot-box. Will
the voters be equal to the demands of
right and the CLAIMS of justice? In them
We have confidence and abiding hope
/ Let them but will it, and noiseless but
effective decree will be proclaimed through
the ballot-bOx, that honesty, integrity and
| enlarged ability shall in the future through
and by new instrumentality, guard, keep
and disburse the treasures of the State
Francis VI. Hutchinson has been selected
/ as the candidate for State Treasurer. For
him the suffrages of the electors are invi-
ted. Mr.. Hutchinson is not politician.
| He has no claims or merits as such. Iis
merits are his unquestioned integrity pu-
rity and high business qualifications, being
emphatically a business man, and as such