SIUGERT A VAN OHM Kit, Editors. VOL. 4. She (Ctnfw fhtflflctat. Terra* 51.50 por Aunum.ln Advance. $ r. SHUGERT AJ. R. VAN ORMiH, Editor.. Thursday Morning, September, 21 1882. OcmorruHc Slate Ticket, rou GO ,'KRNOR, ROBERT E. PATTIBON, of Phila. FOR 1.1 KI'TKN ANT GOVERNOR, ( HAUNCY F. BLACK, of York. Ft IS Jt l*>E.ifoRl PIS KM K COURT, SILAS M. CLAUK, of Indiana. FOR 88CRKTAUY of INTERNAL AFFAIRS. .1 SIMPSON AFIIICA, of Huntiii'g. FoII ( :OVOIt KSSMAN'-ATI.ARGE, MORTIMER F.ELLIOTT, of Tioga, lleiiiocrntlc Ctniiity Ticket, Foil CONOR 1(88. Hon. A. G. CTK ITN. of Centre. <ul.J,-. I to llir dr. i,i..|| ..f thr Di-trlil ('. 111. fell. FOU STVTi: SENATE. Hon. ('.T.ALKXANDKK,of Centre. ..Mil.jrrt lo III.' drclilt.il of ll.r Dl.tilct Cm.fn. • "1 ; FOB AMKMBI.y. lIENUY MEYEH, of Miles, 15/ F. 11UNTEU, of IJenner. FOR JURY COMMISSIONER. J. 11. TOLIiEIIT, of Walker. FOR 00RON Kit, 11. K. HOY, M. D., of Bellefonte. Tho Democratic Platform. The Drrnorrmtte party of IVunaylvafiia, h>Miuf f**t t. tii* fmilh tht* I MOTf nt WMKM I f - • •Ulatkili In rrrrtN| |ri the Bt*t* *nJ lb# p*|lr: up liuMiag the aanetity of jicrou*l lilrert*. the **ranty f prt**s property, *nl the nglit f ltl wlf g.*eni in* tit, tltii*n<lini; InitiMly aira oiKmy iu the vl UitiiUtrstkjti of government mi l th* talortemwl of ll the |iroviioM of the Constitution by the L-gLU lure end tb# Ooort* of the -cUrtng iiueiiiet mow !■'ltee mi l in sympathy with I*l • r s-"k trig it* protection, *n! in f*v.r of the inlutrUl Inter M* uf Penuiylrnni* *t *ll time*. k> toUmnly proteet * gain at rvtl* which the policy of the fUptibiirn j^r tv ami the irwleor# of it* loll* pn**ee.|.>n of ofllc* half thn* brought upon the country . theref.re, Kirt —We lo pruteet *g*in*t wh*t la ' - all! the t** ij tetn, *wl alao the plundering -f ofßcehohlcm by MMMMrti nf fur |" litl'*l (NHpmi. W lt r oilW* *re tha pmperty of no party, but *re . pen to rvvry rlti*en wlms t* li-insat. r*p*ble, and faithful to the Constitution, qualifications whirl) Jeffer*on <te r |*re| were rM|alait*s for oflh e. s.<*.nd—We protect *gaJnt ths spoils system. It la * prostitution of the offlre* of the people so that ti.-y become the mere per>|ul*tte >f Ih* politicians. Third—W etf MCf all repudiation. Stole *tid K*d ef l, )raow It I* nbah'.n'wt and dsatrwtl** of th*| public morality npon which *re founded the *xi*tt<~- perpetuity of warftw institutes. !t sfc*f!4 I M*.| mttooa, td the pnlltkwl fwrty th*t aids it and it with office deeereto public coTvd*mh*<<n Fourth—We denounce*spoliation of the Hta'* Trs nry and Immunity by pardon f th'*- ronvlrtfl .f riun.w, wlwwe act* were flajcrant sub?mion* of nffl. i*l IroaU and wrongs lone the popU. Kifib —We belieee the Republkwo parly, a* now or r niae.| and controlled, I* lw*ed on fmud, hrre and ormption. and there cn no h.pe of true reform tee pi by the force of the ballot bo* excluding it Inut place and j-iwer. Sixth—The liem.cratic party demand* of the Leg laUtwrw an hooeat Juat, an.l true apportionment Seeenth—l'jen thae declaration* w* Intlte the co- I .•ration of all h>Mt ritixeM who with u deire Im reeataldiahment of honeet gotemment. •• n nor men. • THK Britisii Avar iu Egypt haacome to an end. Arabi Pacha and hia army it appears haw aurrendererl uncondi tionally to the English forces. JurxiE WILEY has granted a new trial to the two Star Route thieves, Miner and Iterdell, and will re- try them with those upon whom the jury disagreed, at an early day. The trial of these cases has already cost two hundred thousand dollars. ENGINEER MELVILLE of the loat .Joanettc, who after bis own escape from the Arctic Sea, returned in search of his lost companions, has arrived at home and is greeted both in New York and Philadelphia by immense ovations of respect and applause. CONORRMMAH BUTTEHSROHTH, he who drove the ladies from the galleries during the last session of Congress by his vulgarity and blackguardism, has been nominated for re-election by the Republicans of Cincinnati. Of course, if Keifer and Ilobcson, why not But lerworth. THOMAS A. ARMSTRONG the Green back candidate for Governor, spoke in Wiiliamsport on Thursday last. The object of the meeting was to or ganize a club and adopt measures for a vigorous campaign iu that county of these out-riders of the Cameron ma chine. IT is said the unanimous nomination for Congress will he offered by the Democrats of the Lebanon and Dau phin District to Col. Henry McCor inick, of Harrisburg. If so, they will make it hot for Bam. Barr, and run a very good chance of providing them selves with a respectable Congressman Mislead of a private secretary of Don Cameron's. ■ ss. --, Falso Pretense. The Republicans seek to make a little political capital out of the oppo sition of the Democratic members of CoDgri.-s by which lliey prevented the passage of (hut Li 1 1 of false pretense vclept the "Tux lieouctioii Bill." Perhaps iiti iiK'usure introduced by the majority illustrated more, plainly the hypocritical character of tin ir legisla tion mid the limit to which lliey con lined iu beiiclit-s a- did this lull under the imposing title <>l " Tax Reduction." The demand for the repeal of the In ternal Revenue tux. A which burthen the people uunccosarily and oppres sively was general and universal, and to this demand the Democracy and their Representatives were committed without dissension. Tlox; taxes which were originally imposed to raise funds for emergent war purposes, hud long since cea-ed to he nec-s.-ary tor reve nue, and wen- oppressive not up-m the rich particularly, hut upon the |* r and those who have to tarn their living by labor in competition with wealth and insufficient wages. To make a pretense and deceptive show of meeting the just expectation of the people in demanding relief front the unwarranted oppression this pre tentious " tax reduction hill " was in troduced. embracing such articles as would favor the rich who did not need it, and continuing the taxes which op pressed the poor, who did need it. It provided for a reduction of SdO.iMMi,- 000 derived vvuolly from taxes on hanks, bunkers and stamp taxes, in cluding hank checks ami patent medi cines, special taxes on liquors and li censes on tobacco ami cigarettes iu in significant amounts. To this partial and unjust discrimination, the Demo crats objected and favored a general repeal or a general Reduction which the Republican majority would not agree to. If the author of the bill, which we believe was Judge Kcllty ; had worked a year to produce one that would have given the lca-t |>ossiblc re lief to the working masses, he could not have achieved a greater success than is provided in this sham which they now have the impudence to refer to as a benificent measure of relief to labor that failed of pa.--age because the Democrats declined to support it. In fact, the inspiration of the miserable fraud was to cheat by a title the mass as who pay thy taxes while it only re lieved the burdens of the rich and continued the taxes which oppress the poor. It was this and nothing more. THE Independent Republicans had their great demonstration iu I'hiladel phia on Friday evening last. It was a large assemblage of course—the principal fighting hulls in the ring would naturally draw upon the crowd. Stewart and Wolf were the s|K-akcrs of the evening. They went for _ the scalp* of Cameron and Beaver of the regulars, and tho Democracy in about equal proportions. Cameron and Bea ver perhaps a little moreso,Hfid <hnw ed very clearly what mean fellow* they themselves Avcrc these many years for playing scullions to the boss in building up n great political ma chine to oppress and control the peo ple of Pennsylvania. They now find this great machine only grinding grist in J. Donald Cameron's mill, to the exclusion of John nnd Charles with all their great capabilities for fine Avork. They kick, of course, they they ought to kiek, and kick with a will until Donald cornea down or ad mits them as equal partners iu tho op erations of the machine, which was the joiut production of the Regulars and the so-called Independents. The De mocracy who are cordially hated by both factions cftn afford to look upou this struggle for mastery without car ing which becomea the tipper dog. y— BEN. \ TOR MITCHELL the great Inde pendent hied himself away to Oregon during the campaign. Of course, be will stand in the brush and lire at Boss Cameron and his tyianuicai crew by telegraph. "KT|UAL ANI) KX ACT JUNTK'K TO ALL MKN, OF WIIAIKVF.H HAT IS OR I'KIIMIAMON, RKMOIOL'II OR I'oI.LTIRAI.." BKLLEFONTK l\\.. Til UILSDA V, SEITKMBKU 21, 1882. DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS-MAN-AT LARGE. I > ** . - - ' • MORTIMER F. ELLIOTT, of Tiocju. MORTIMER F. ELLIOTT. Democratic Candidate for Congressman-' at-Large. Hon. Mortimer F. Elliott i- n de scendant <>f one of till- pioneer and staunch democratic fuiuiii. - of Tioga county. Ilei* the only ri>u of Colo nel Nathaniel A. Elliott, who AUl elect.-d by the Democrats a member of the House of Reiir.-seutalivts of iYun ■ sylvauia and served with credit in tie year IM\ Mortimer was horn in the township of Charleston,in the village of Cherry Hats, Tioga county, I'a., ; September 24th, is therefore in the fortieth year ol his age. He wn* raised UJKII a farm and educated in the common schools of his native i township and at Alfred 1 nivir-itj> Alfred, Allegheny county, N. Y, Ihe work upon tie farm, the pure moun tain air coupled with go-sl habits,gave him a strong and sturdy ronstitulion, a<bar lo ad and vigorous mind. If" Studied LAV with Hon. Stephen F \S ilsou, and wa- admitted to practice at the Tmga county bar in the year 1804. At that time the bar of Tioga < oun tv was distinguished for it* able prac titioners. among whom were Hon. 11. Sherwood, Hon. if. \V. Williams, Hon. Stephen F. Wilson, Hon. John IV. Guernsey, Hon.IV H. Strang, Hon. F. E. Smith, Hon. C. H.Seymour,and it would seem that there was no room fur n young lawyer or no lucrative practice at his command. He, how ever opened an office at Wellsboro facing the public square, among these distinguished men and began the pmc tire of his chosen profe-snion. His cli ent* were few at first hut they increas ed rapidly a* his course and manner of trying suits became known. I lis knowl edge of LAV, his close application to business entrusted to him and his |wiw er as an advocate before a jury, won the confidence of the people nnd gave him a high standing at the hn~, nud in the year 187<> he was the Democratic rnndidato for president judge of the Fourth Judicial District, composed of the counties of Tioga, Hotter, McKean and Cameron, and although the dis trict was largely republican, he came near to an election, reducing the maj ority several thousand votes. In 1872 he was elected to the con stitutional convention and served with distinction, being the choice of the young nnd progressive democracy of his district. Amid (Impressing cares of a targe nud extcumvc practice at the several courts in Northern Penn sylvania, the Supreme Court of th Slate, atld the United States District and Circuit courts, he has always cheerfully rescinded to the call of the public either in Northern Pennsylva nia or Southern New York, and has done yeoman and distinguished service upon the stump. At a great mass imaging of the De mocracy at Elmira, when General McClellan was present, Elliott was lit erally cariied upon the -boulders ol hi- auditor-, having made a sjieooh tin examples! f>r argument, logic and elo quence in the history of that cam paign. At the great Hancock meet ing at Corning, N. Y., in October, 1 x,ei) f where Col. John W. Forney. ; Hon. Darius A. Ogden ami other* spok", Mr. Elliott made the iqicech of the occasion. He is the pride of the young democracy nnd ha- been justly j called " The Little Giant of the 1 North." As a lawyer he is able, i learned, aiul as an advocate he has no *u|tcrior in the northern portion of the j State. lie is a gentleman highly re spected by all parties for his sterling integrity, hi* legal ami forensic at tainment.-, and iu hi* election the peo- I • pie of the Slate at large may r-t a*- sored that they will have a represent ative honest, eapalde ami fearless, one AVIIO knows the right and dare main tain it. Born, raised and educated in a county which hns l>cen for the last twenty-five years in a hopeless demo cratic minority, hisdeinocraev i- clean cut but liberal, progressive,courageous fair and honest, and his views well-de fined and established, and no policy of mere expediency will ever turn ( him from hi* progres-ive hut sincere and straightforAvard political princi | pie*. Wi: see it announced that General Beaver " considers the tariff question the vital issue of the present cam paign." What tariff? If our recol-, lection serves us the National tariff question was submitted by the Repub lican Congress to a (bunmifwion ap pointed hy tlie Republican President, and will not he iu issue for a year or two to come. Then w lmt tariff docs the Geueral refer to a- so vital to Pennsylvania (mlities in the present campaign forgovernor ? It must he the Huhbo I-Cooper tariff which certainly Uin i—tie ami urged hy the boss henchmen as very " vital " to stalwart success. We should like to hear our distinguished neighbor speak to this i-*ue in comparison with the seventh plank of tho platform of tho oth of May Republican convention which he promised to carry throughout Penn sylvania. A speech on this subject, coming from a source so entirely dis interested, would bo interesting. The U. A. It. A train. In our issue of two week* ago on the organization of Posts of the (. A. It., wo stated dTrtinclly and clearly ".that neither by word or deed was j politics approached or allowed, but that members who went from place to place to organize Posts, we were in formed, carrier! with them printed pledgee, which wore industriously cir culated before the organization of new Poets liegan, and every (waaible effort i made to have old soldier* pledge them* •'•lves to support General Reaver lor Governor." 'l'i.i- plain stat_-im ut not only cai in-d hut raised the ire of a (i-w of the incmb'-r* of Gregg I o-t, whose ebullition* were in our i-sue of 111 t Week. \V" pllhli.-l" I tie il ill >reier tunt our riiuleis might lu-ar th whole qoe.-ii in. The fir-l sjK-eili -de nial relates to the organization at i'l'-miiig. So far u* the ikuial containing :i it doc* the oh ;v;iti<>n of only one per.-oii, it may lie true. Bat a surprising luet about tin- < :g:in /..it on of tin pi.-t ut Eleiiii;.,.' i-, liiat iniiiii iliately after, every or m-ariy ev ery old soldier in tliut coiiruuiiity had •ne of these ph-ilge* w itli tli ■ mum * of ; oftenu or tw> nty old soldi' r* att.Tdied ! u 1 rtitied to In* a " copy takeu from i :In- original ill Hutiltga'a LtwOffi . ! ih.'i!efoute, Pa.,' \\ have nothing to t.ike hrn k or xplain, nor have tin- det.i.i.- t hang'd our min Is Upon the -uhjeet. Win n >ve *ay that the organization o| tin >. A. It. Post* i- u-' d a- on i ngine to advance the inUr< -t- of the Stulwait ; candidate lor Governor AIC believe it Harris, Keller, Williams ami t 'urtin are no doubt correct a- to what they did not see. These petitions were not in the Post rooms at the time of or gauizatiou, but the soliciting wa- done iu tin- Bute-room while waiting on the mustering officer. This i getting very close to the Po-t room, and warrant* the statements we made then or make now. The following i- the pledge used oil the occasion referred to : "The undersigned, survivor* o! the 14-th liegtmenl, l'eons. Vols., hereby pledge ourselves to use ail honorable "Itoi u to secure I he election of our late < otnrader in arm*, 'iener.vl Jsrae- A. lb-aver to be Governor of Pennsylvania, and to that end enroll ourselves in n organization to be known as " The 1 t-lh P. Vol. Beaver Club." If the persons who went to these places, or some of them, to aid iu the organization of these Posts did not convey tlieae pledges with them, it is a mv.-:ery how they came to be in the ante-rooms while the mustering officer wa.- arranging for the work ol the ev ening. At some of these organization* there were a large number of well known Stalwart-, ami Stalwart- whom we kno w will balk at nothing that will a Ivance the iutercsts of the Stalwart candidate. The Hrjiuhliean in it* is sue of last week tak<* up the question and undertakes so settle it hy quoting article Nil from Gregg Post as fol lows : "No officer or comrade of the Post shall in any mniner use this otganut lion lor partisan purposes; and nodi* cuion of political ijueslions -hall be permitted in any meeting of the Po-t." Notice tho peculiar construliou of the lir-t clause of this paragraph. "No officer or member shall u-e the organization for partisan purpores. 1 ' That i*, must not u*e it to advance his own jwlitical ends. The orgauizatiou is usei more or leas in the inten *ts ol the Republican party during every campaign in which political excite ment runs high or party Hues arc closely drawn. Every one recollect- the appeal* made to "the old Iwiy in blue" during the campaign of lM.si. Tho • and* of their names were prorut d through the Po-t, sending to the Ilepublicau headquarters full li-ts of their membership, and already fa tlii* campaign it is the boast of the hope fill Coojier that the entire G. A. It. membership of certain localities are Mipportiug Beaver. Another strange circumstance about the G. A. U. is that as sure as we approach an im portant campaign the organization of new Posts begins. Can the necessity of a Postal Mileshurg, Uniouville, How ard and Bellefonte be explainiii upon any oilwr hy|iothesis th.au that of |>- liiieal nci-cssily? (hie-half of these new Posts will lie unheard of in leas than six mouth* after the November eleotiou. Il gives us uo pleasure to write or believe these things of an or ganization which, if used as it should be, would doubtless be a source of con tinued enjoyment to honest, fuilhful old h-iys who bore tho storm and heat of Little, in counting over his trials, TFKMS: Sl.oO per Annum, in Adtniuc. \ hi* wrvi'i-j* nii'l e#oupe# with hi# com rade*. Hut when riiu as it mostly in. by arte ruia*U:rH ami other# who k< pt at a i-al" di-:auce from danger nii'l who an universally the most bla tant and raui -al .Stalwart#, it lull# ' -lior! ol its j urjxw. I/I t 1 ail, J a me# !v McCartney couit*.- ! J the front to ulioahicr the v.hole 111 >V' merit ami av# he" ili'l not (iuil hut '.II> nieiiib rof the 1 18 th who w u I*l la,: in the undertaking ami put il n !i'.-;iaim- " That must have i>.. a a i ) in 'rat, for th •11 1 the "Of ;ii:al ol wl.i . i* certified to he in i! i-ting>'-Office. J', iii-fuute, I'a." con tain.- It'piiliiiati# alone, unless we take M '.'artmy at bi* won) ami eouiit him a-a IVtiioerat. Hut if .liiu • lining this on hi# own r-JXJII ihility why pe<lllc the. o li-:* arouml where r; .t i'. ti •ti be organized or have tie in " •' i tilled from {la-lings'# I-aw ' >iii. H' ih into, I'a." Mr. Met'art my say# h undertook to organize the 148 th Kegimi nt Y< teran Heaver Club. 11 tills he so, we can only express our gratilicutioii that nt last he has a visi ble occupation even if success depends upon a certificate from "Hastings's l.aw Office, Bellefonte, I'a." Hicoww, the bribed colore<l Star Route juror lias gone to join Ilowgate ' in a game of hide with Pliipp# the ' Almshouse thief of Philadelphia. ■ These worthies all being in the Stal wart ring, " Hear Hubbel" and Boas Cooper should forward assessment# for their share of the plunder. Tin: Pennsylvania Odd Fellow# iu dulged iu a parade and picnic at lo ading on Thursday last, which wa* • a grand affair, perhaps the largest de , monstration of it# kind ever held in tlm H( ate. It is said there were five i thousand member# of the order in full regalia in lilie. t ♦ Tin: Democracy of Clearfield held . their County Convention on Tuesday P last, and place<l in nomination the fol . lowing ticket: For Congress. Hon. A. , 't. < urtin ; for Senator, James Flynn; I for Assembly, J. T. Taylor ; for Sheriff , j K. N. Shaw, and for District Attorney, I J. F. McKendrick. HON. Simon Cameron said in a re cent birthday speech. "It was as a 1 journalist that I began making tkefirst step# out of obscurity. 1 can to-night readily call to mind the day wlieu I first began, at twenty dollar# a year, to ham the priutiug business—when that profession wa new, when that business was in it# infancy, wlicu it I toi<k a day to do that which i# now done in a minute." THK Independent and Stalwart llc puhlican# of Schuylkill county roaile ' an agreement some week# ago that 1 they would unite upon a single county ! ticket provided each division had the privilege unchallenged of supporting tlu re own candidate for Governor. The other day they met to nominate that ticket. A\ hen the resolution# were presented and passed, one of tlicm en dor- d ami ratified tha nomination of H aver for governor. The Indcprnd eul# protested, but Via use. Cameron*# henchmen had them, and held them, j 1 he Independents now pro|Kwc to drop the partnership and nominate an Inde pendent ticket. DKMOCRATB of Centre, commence the work promptly. Meet together ' and organize your township# and dia j tricf# thoroughly to secure the attend ance ol" every Dcmtcrat at the jdl in Koretnber. Every rote count# this year. Jet nono be missing. Your can didates ull do-el ve success. Ijct none jof them fail by your itidiffcrrnrc to the minor detail# that lead to suertve. Above all watch the eiuMmrh* of fraud. We learn that the inquiry i# already made a# to the amount of cor ruption money needed in eertaiu local : iticw to debauch the voter# and control the suffrage. XIIR wile of engiuecr Mellville i# no* in an insane asylum. Sad. NO.
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