Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-28
The ALBANY Fight.
THE DEMOCRATS REVIEW TmE CONTEST AND
ISSUE An Address.
ALBANY, July %.

were this morning adorned with hand.
somely decorated and executed placards
reading: "For President in 1854, Win.
| field Scott Hancock" Both branches
| of the Legislature met aud adjourned
sine die. The Democratic members of
the Legislature, through their joint
caucus committee, have issued an ad.
dress, in which they say
| At great expense to the State and Mt
great expense and Inconvenience to the
members of the Legislature the two
houses of the Legislature have been
forclbly in session for length OF time
Unprecedented in the history of this
State and, as we believe, without exam.
| Pile in the legislative history Of any
| Commonwealth OF the Union. The dis.
cords and quarrels in the Republican
majority have separated US from our
homes and business from the beginning
of the year TO nearly the closing days of
the second month of summer, or for
nearly two hundred days. The chief
cause of this uncalled for detention was
quarrel, with the President OF the
| United States on the one side and the
| Vice President and the two Sena.
tors from the State of New York on the
other. The source OF this dlscord was
a question of official patronage or the
spoils of office. The Collector Of the
| Port of New York was forced TO resign
! in the midst OF his term Of service from
a place he was serving with general nc.
ceptance to the public and appointed
| to a place abroad uncalled for by his
friends or by the public in which he
| has no experience. This change, against
which the merchants Of New York pro.
tested in large numbers, WAS made in
| total disregard of every principle OF
civil service reform, and was not called
for by any principle OF political duty
nor in the interest of the public service.
| The purpose of the act seemed to be to
reward those who had been personally
successful in securing the Presidential
nomination and 10 punish those who
had resisted leading member and the
members Of the National Republican
Convention claiming the right Of
third term OF executive service for
previous President.
INSPIRED BY CoSKLING.
Referring to the resignation Of the
two Senators they say: The man who
inspired this resignation was the senior
Senator of the state, who had been
three times elected TO the United Statc-
Senate by one party OF the state, whose
longer service he now refused, and sim
ply owing to the fact OF the nomiua-
tlon to the Senate OF the one chief OF.
fender who had opposed his ambition
and wishes at Chicago and elsewhere.
The useless resignation OF these two
men has cost the state not only large
amount Of money. but what j. NOR"
valuable, its honor, dignity and self.
respect. Two factions, known by the
vulgar but expressive names, "stal-
warts and "half breeds have govern
ed the Senate, the Assembly, the Re.
publican party ana the State through
the whole session. The people who
chose the Legislature oi lS,l never
contemplated the possible result OF the
resignation Of the two Senators IN Con
grcs.. The State had honored each oi
them with an election and expected
from them faithful and complete ser.
vice. The appeals made TO the people
by the Democratic minority were met
by the insulting declaration that the
possible chance Of Democratic Senators
in Congress would be a public calamity
10 the State, and this after Just electing
Thomas &. Platt a. the successor OF
Francis Herman. and after following
the succession with the choice Of a man
named Warner Miller, n member Of the
present and previous House of Repre-
sentatives, where he was only conspIcu.
Gus and notorious as the direct and per
sonal beneficiary OF one of the worst
monopolies in the country, and where
he has supported that monopoly by his
voice and influence and with the threat
that other public interests should suffer
il his special interests in wood pulp
and the manufacture Of paper were not
protected. One cause Of the long ses
sion OF the Legislature OF 1881 has been
the selection Of candidates by the Re
publican caucus who are members OF
the present Congress. The most dis
tinguished and capable men Of the dom.
inant party not in public place, apart
from Mr. ConklinR, including men like
Messrs. Fish, Wheeler, Rogers and 9th
ers, who have served the State with
ability, have had 10 give place to two
men elected TO Congress and their nom
ination made the excuse for passing a
law to Gill vacancies made by their cleo
ton aud for no other reason. These
special elections thus provoked will be
as untimely "a they are unnecessary.
The men elected cannot take their seats
before December, whereas the general
election takes place early in November
and all the votes will be counted before |
Congress can meet.
An ACT WITHOUT PRECEDENT.
This act is without precedent and |
without necessity and, moreover. un
called for and an enormous expenditure
to the people of the districts and Of the |
State, besides the expenditure for Fed.
eral marshals and inspectors and great
inconvenience TO the people by the
special registry OF voters and by the as.
sembly of the people at unusual times
and places.
The whole Senatorial discussion at
Albany resolves itself into the three
rnoat disrradtiah hia ron nclusiopa