Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-24

authorities. IL denies, as it has denied.
the right of tn, Federal administration
10 keep on foot st the general expense
standing army to invade the States
for political purposes without regard to
constitutional restrictions, to control
the people at the polls, to protect and
encourage fraudulent counts of the
votes, or to inaugurate candidates re-
iected by the majority.
Fourth. That the right to a free bal.
lot is the right preservatiye of all rights,
the only means of peacefully redressing
grievances and reforming abuses. The
presence at the polls of regular mill.
tary force and OF IA host of hireling of.
iicials, claiming the power to arrest and
imprision citizens without warrant or
hearing, destroys all freedom of cleo
tons and upturns the very founda.
ton of elfgovernment. We call upon
all good citizens To aid us in preserving
our institutions from destruction 10y
these imperial methods of supervising
the right of suffrage and coercing the
popular will in Keeping the way to
the ballot box open and free, as it WAS
to our fathers IN removing the army
to a safe distance when the people IA.
semble To express their sovereign pleas.
ure at the polls, and in securing obed.
fence to their will when legally express.
ed by their votes.
FJh. That Rutherford h. Hayes
having been placed in power against
the we'll known and legally expressed
will of the people, is the representative
OF conspiracy only, and his claim of
right to surround the ballot boxes with
troops and deputy marshals to intimi
date and obstruct the electors, and his
unprecedented use OF the veto TO main.
tain this unconstitutional and despotic
power are an insult and menace to
the country.
.Nirfb. That the Democratic party, as
of old, favors constitutional currency
of gold and silver, and of paper con.
vcrtible into coin.
Ssrcnh. That we are opposed TO the
system of subsidies by the general gov.
eminent under which, during the per
iod OF republican ascendancy. political
corporations profted at the peoples ex-
pcnse, and 10 any appropriation of the
public moneys or the public credit to
any object but the public service. The
reforms and economies enforced by the
Democratic party since its advent to
power in the lower house of Congress
have saved to the people many millions
of dollars, and we believe that like
result would follow its restoration to
power in the State of Pennsylvania.
Eiylh. That the Democratic party
being the natural friend OF the work
lngman and having throughout its his.
tory stood between him and oppression
renews its expression of sympathy for
labor and its promise of protection to
its rights.
Ninth. That we look with alarm and
apprehension upon the pTetensiohs of
the great transportation companies to be
above the fundamental law of this com.
monwealth which governs all else with.
in our borders and until they accept
the constitution Of 1873 in good faith
they should remain Objects of the ut.
most vigilance and jealousy by both
legislature and people.
Tenth. That the recent attempts un-
der the personal direction OF ruling Re
publican leaders to debauch the leglsla
ture by Wholesale bribery and corrup.
ton and take from the com IN onwealth
four millions of dollars for which its
liability had never been ascertaincd,
is a fresh and alarming evidence of the
aggressIyeness OF corporate power IN
collusion with political rings, and should
receive the signal condemnation of the
people at the polls.
Eleventh. That the present condition
Of the State treasury, a bankrupt gener.
nj fund and even schools and charities
unable to get the money long since ap.
propriated to their support, is a sufii
cient illustration Of the reckless finan.
cial mismanagement of the Republican
party.
After Mr.. Barr's nomination. Mr.. Cas-.
sidy, from the committee on resolu.
tions, offered the following additional
resolution, which was unanimously
adopted:
Resolroi, That in ID. o. Barr, this day
nominated for State Treasurer, We present
a candidate entitled to the confidence of
the people one who, IL elected, will keep
the public moneys safely, make known his
places Of deposit, hold his books and papers
open 20 inspection, and preserve the com.
mon wealth from any repetition Of the sys-
tematic embczzlemcnts Of interest and other
spoliations which marked the long and
scandalous career Of the Republican treas
ury ring.
Upon repeated calls, Mr.. Barr was
then introduced and spoke as follows:
"Mr. President and Gentlemen of the
Contention thank you earnestly, heart
lily and cordially for the honor, the dis
honor OF being unanimously
chosen as your candidate for the respon.
sible position Of State treasurer. can
only say that should the choice of this
be confirmed by the people at
the polls, the confidence will not be mis-
placed in so far as II can be met by q rigid
with the law, on my part, or
10 administer solely in the
interest of the common wealth and taxpay-
ers. again thank you"
The names Of the State Central com.
mittee were announced, and are as fol-