Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-07-19

Nobody else could have been equal to
the task of incivility and discourtesy
which Senator Grady successfully com.
pleted whilst in the presidents chair at
the senate's session last evening He
called Senator Wallace to order Just as
the senator completed his address on
the question of responsibility for the
failure Of the extra session in the pass.
age of apportionment bills, reminding
him that he had spoken twenty minutes
All evening the Republican stalwarts
had electioneered for their state ticket,
explaining the platform and lauding the
convention Of Wednesday. Taking re
tuge under q motion made by Senator
Gordon to have new congressional
conference committee, Stewart, Davies,
Cooper and MacFarlane steadily hewed
to the line, Davies alone speaking over
half an hour and actually wasting five
minutes in hunting up a resolution in a
paper before him. Davies in his speech
said the Republicans had reached their
ultimatum, they were backed up by the
Dolly Warden platform and convention
and they proposed to stand. Grady,
after Davies and Cooper's long speeches,
acted in discourteouS way only equal
led by Reyburn on a recent occasion.
STATING THE TRUE ISSUE.
Senator Wallace, in open ing his ad
dress, faced an audience that crowded
the senate in every part The Republi.
can stalwarts were as anxious as their
arguments had been spiritless. The
senator from Clear6eld said that the
question Of apportionment was Of much
deeper gravity than the question Of mere
personal consideration. An empire like
Pennsylvania, filed with intelligent
men, thinkers "a we'll as workers, does
not favor partisan self or partisan gain
at the price of justice and the loss Of
honesty and fairness. Looking upon
the situation in such light and knowing
that the demands OF the Democracy
have alone been made as becomes hon.
est men we are ready to go before the
people. The people are the state. The
governing power in the minds of mil
lion men will not hesitate to hear the
statement of our appeal and we shall
make it as true and honest as our course
has been in these houses. To these we
appeal, to prove the repeated violations
Of oath and constitution upon the other
side and content to have them Judge
The legislature of 1888 is about to pass
into history-we cannot gainsay the
evidences to that eliect-and ii goes be
fore the duties devolving upon it have
been completed. The members return
to their homes but who is responsible
for the safety of our representation in
congress and for the lack OF respect to
the federal laws, the laws which demand
of us to make an apportionment but
which Republican senate denies shall
be.
WHAT SAYS THE RECORD.
The federal laws demand Observance
and this the house steadily aimed to
serve from the first days session to the
close. a house with Democratic ma.
iority OF twenty a senate with q
Republican majority of ten, gave a rea.
sonable hope to the people that their
wishes would DO complied with, but this
reason of hope has been denied by a
Republican senate. shall speak from
the record, which says that the plain
duty of the legislature Of 1883 has been
neglected and that the misshapen, un
equal districts of 1873 are TO remain
Whose fault and at whose bidding en-
sues this negleoti Where rests the re
sponsibility Of failure TO recognize tn,
plain mandate Of congress The peo
pie in their wisdom and their knowl
edge Of the work done In these hall