Bema Nit
Terms $2.00 A Year, in Advance.
{Bellefonte, Pa., July Il, 1890.
P. GRAY MEEK, - - - Ebpiror
STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For Governor,
ROBERT E. PATTISON,
Of Philadelphia.
For Lieutenant Governor,
CHAUNCEY F. BLACK,
Of York County.
For Secretary of Internal Affairs,
WM. H. BARCLAY,
Of Pittsburgh.
Owning a Governor.
We have the authority of the Re-
publican. Pittsburg Press for the fol-
lowing remark which it says was made
by M. S. Quay:
I have been making Governors all my life
and I have never had one of my own. I am
going to nominate DELAMATER and know how
it is to own a Governor of Pennsylvania just
for once.
Iv is hardly possible that the Boss
would be indiscreet enough to use such
language in his sober moments, but he
may have said it when drunk. But
whether he said it or not, there can be
no question that in nominating DELA-
MATER it is his intention to have a
Governor whom he can regard as his
personal property. In the event of the
election of his man, Quay will know
how it feels to own a Governor of
Pennsylvania.
A Divided Fair.
They are having trouble about the
location of the Columbian World's
Fair at Chicago, which has degenera-
ted into a real estate speculation. In
order to satisfy the claims of two lo-
calities there will be two sites for the
fair instead of having it in a compact
mass. The agricultural and stock ex-
hibits will be eight miles distant from
the other portions of the show. It is
easy to see how this will divide the
effect of the exhibit, and will put to in-
convenience the visitors who may be
attracted to the exhibition. This di-
vision of what should be a grand and
compact whole will be made to satisfy
interests at widely separated points that
want to have a share of the money that
is expected to be made out of the show.
Chicago always had a sharp eye and
keen scent for the hoodle.
A SOTTO BST,
The Difference.
Both parties have declared in
favor of ballot reform at their State
conventions, but no person of observa-
tion can believe in the sincerity of the
Republican declaration. It has the
appearance of being merely a perfunc-
tory expression. The manner in which
an Australian ballot bill was thrown
aside by the last Republican legisla:
ture showed the true sentiment of the
party on that subject. ‘I'he ballot re-
form plank in their platform is intend-
ed for no other purpose than to cater
to a public sentiment that is certain to
be deceived at the first opportunity.
Earnest business is meant when the
Democrats declare for ballot reform
The establishment of the Australian
ballot system would surely follow the
election of a Democratic Governor and
Legislature. :
———
Why the Census Is Defective.
The inefficient and incomplete man.
ner in which the recent census was
taken is now generally seen and ad-
mitted. Complaints in regard to it
are heard from all parts of the country,
and facts and figures are produced to
show that such complaints are not
groundless. Instances of this inaccu-
racy are numerous. In Clevelands
Ohio, 3000 omissions were complained
of and the dissatisfaction was so great
that the Supervisor ordered the work
tobe done over,with the threat that if it
was not correctly done the enumerators
should forfeit their pay. This had the
effect of bringing about a more thor-
ough count which showed that there
had been neariy 5000 omissions. The
merchants of Kansas City were so ful-
ly convinced that the enumeration in
that city was defective that they offer-
ed the post office mail carriers five
cents for every name that had not
been taken by the enumerators, and
nearly 12,000 such omitted names were
reported by the mail carriers. These
are but two instances where the people
protested against the inaccuracy of the
census and had the defects remedied.
There is reason to believe that such in-
complete work was general, particular-
ly in the large cities. In Chicago,
however, there are indications that
he inaccuracy was of a different kind,
as it looks very much as if the people of
that ambitious city were interested in
padding the enumeration.
No one need be surprized at the in
efficient way in which the census has
been taken, in view of the fact that a
strict partisan was placed at the head
of it as superintendent, and in the se
Jection of enumerators the civil service
rules were entirely ignored. Instead
ot filling the places with competent
and conscientious men, they were, in
a large measure, particularly in popu-
lous districts, given to the héelers and
strikers of the congressmen who con-
trolled the appointments.
Southern Patriotism on the Fourth
of July.
The Fourth of July was celebrated
in the most patriotic style at Chattanco-
ga by Confederate veterans who met
there ina grand reunion and had a
monster parade. Two thousand old
defenders of the Lost Cause were in
line, besides three regiments of the
Tennessee State Guard and several
military companies from other parts of
the South. General Jorn B. Gorpox
was commander in-chief of the proces-
sion, and Gen. Kirsy SMITH, 1n a suit
of confederate gray, commanded the
military division. In ail the line not
a single confederate flag was displayed,
but every command carried the national
colors. Every indication of expression,
feeling and appearance showed it to be
one of the most loyal and patriotic col-
lection of American citizens that had
gotten together anywhere on the glori-
ous Fourth of July.
But the most notable feature was the |
speeches made on the occasion. Gen.
Gorpox was the chief speaker. Among
other notable things he said was that
inasmuch as slavery was wrong the
South was on the wrong side of the |
controversy during the rebellion. Such
a manly acknowledgement met with |
the approval of the vast crowd that |
listened to him and cheered his expres- |
sions of attachment to a united country |
which now knows no sectional lines
and should be disturbed by no sectional
animosities. The partisans who are |
now engaged with their force bill could !
have learned a lesson of patriotism and |
devotion to the Union at this meeting |
of old confederates. |
The following extract from the speech |
of General Gorbox should be a reproof |
to the mischievous and unpatriotic po- |
litical characters. in congress and out |
of it, who for party advantage are doing
their utmost to keep alive the old sec-
tional antagonism :
My comrades, I appear simply to thank you
for this call and for the privilege you have af-
forded me to look into your faces once more. |
Had I the power to call blessings from heaven,
its choicest gifts would be upon your heads. I
ask as a parting request that you prove as true
to your plighted faith to the Union in the fu-
ture as you did to the stars and bars in the
days of the war. [Great cheering.] I knew
what your response would be, and I undertake
to say for you and the future that whenever the
honor, integrity, progress and power of this
republic are at stake, these men and their
children will be found on the side of that re-
public. [Great applause.] And if to-day I de-
sired to transmit to my posterity an assurance
that this land would remain great and prosper-
ous and free, I would say in God’s name com-
mit its destiny to such men as these. [Great
cheering.] God bless you and enable you to
follow the old flag, which is the flag of our
fathers, to discharge every duty under His
guidance for the future of this country. [Ap
plause.]
We all recognize the fact that the late war
was a gallant fight. Both sides wera right.
We of the South fought for the constitution
of our fathers as founded by the supreme
court ; the South was a loyal country, but we
were wrong on the slavery question. The
North was right when it fought us on that
score. There is not a son or daughter of the
fouth to-day who would have slavery restored.
[Applause.] While, for four years we we were
deadly enemies, we are forevermore brothers
and fellow-citizens and proud in the South of
the glory of the American States, and we
would fight as loyally for the flag of our coun-
try as any man who fought with Grant and
Sherman.
Commercial : Retaliation.
European countries are preparing to
hit back at the McKinLey bill with
retaliatory measures. Inthe way of
reprisal for increased duties on French
manufactures the French Senate last
week voted an additional duty on
wheat, cornmeal, pork and beef. Al-
though not specifically mentioned, this
is intended to affect the American
trade and will give us a taste of the ef-
fects of commercial illiberality which
has come to be the settled policy of
this country. Other European nations
are preparing to follow the example of
France, the result of which will be
disastrous to American agricultural
producers. Asa measure of retalia-
tion Spain has increased the duty on
flour imported into Caba to $6 a barrel.
Should the McKinley bill be passed
finally general action among Europea:
governments to keep out American
products may be looked for. They
would be perfectly justified in adopt
ing such a policy of retaliation.
—
——We are now in the second year of
the Harrison administration and all that
was promised to result to the working
people from his election is far from he-
ing realized. The chief object of those
in power is to gain party advantage
from their control of the government,
as shown by the force bill and other
arbitrary measures, while the welfare
of those who labor is of minor consid-
eration to them,
Unconstitutional and Revolutionary.
Mr. George TickNor Curtis, author
of the “History of the Constitution,”
and one of the best anthorities on ques-
tions of constitutional law, points out
the unconstitutionality of the proposed
Federal Election law on a point that
has been overlooked by those who
have considered the Lodge bill in the
light of the counstitutioa. Its support-
ers claim that congress has a consti-
tutional right to take charge of the
congressional elections. This is doubt-
tul under the most liberal construction.
But the proposed law will go much
further than this, as it will place the
State elections under federal control
when they occur at the time when
congressional elections are held.
This would be clearly unconstitutional
and subversive of State sovereignty,
and therefore revolutionary.
Terrible Arraignment of
Boss Quay by a Re-
publican Paper.
[The Leader, one of the most influential and
largely circulated Republican newspapers of
Pittsburg, in its issue of Tuesday, July 8th,
makes the following terrible arraignment of
the Republican Boss ot this state. To think-
ing and decent Republicans we commend jts
careful perusal and thoughtful consideration.
—Ep. WATCHMAN]
“It is curious how fate deals
with men. The telegraphic dis-
patches announce that Stephenson
Archer, late treasurer of the State
of Maryland and ex-Chairman of
the Democratic State Committee,
who embezzled one hundred and
thirty odd thousand dollars from
the funds under his control, has
been convicted and sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary. With
the embezzling treasurer of her sis-
ter State and nearest neighbor in a
felon’s cell, how must Pennsylva-
nia blush when she reflects that one
of her ex-treasurers is accused,
without denial, of stealing from her
funds double the amount, and, in-
stead of being in the penitentiary,
or having proved the charges un-
founded, is at the head of the Re-
publican party of the nation and
has the effrontery to say to her,
‘Here is my candidate for the
highest executive office in your gift.
Make Delamater Governor or suf
fer my displeasure.”’
“He is a trusted and loved ad-
viser of our pious nonentity, Ben-
jamin Harrison, and of our still
more pious millionaire Postmaster-
General who takes care to fill his
own pockets and grip-sack with
both hands, while his mouth drops
precious pearls about the blessings
of poverty and submission to the
will of heaven under its trials.
“Maryland 1s a Southern Demo-
cratic State, but she honors herself
by calling a thief a thief, while
Pennsylvania, a Northern State and
wheel-horse of the G. O. P., ele-
vates her accused ex-State Treasur-
er to the position of slave-driver,
puts a whip in his hand and
crouches at his feet to be submis
sive to his will.”
Purely Practical Politics. ,,
Why the Colored Brother Couldn't Vote
for Colonel Higginson.
Seeing Bishop Potter and Colonel Hig-
ginson together on the Sanders theater
platform on Thursday, both wearing the
pink and blue ribbons which Phi Beta
Kappa men go highly prize, the penciler
was reminded of a story which the bish-
op loves to tell as an illustration of
Colonel! Higginson’s practical ~expe-
riences of politics.
‘When Colonel Higginson was run-
ning for congress two years ago, the
bishop says, a friend of his, a gentleman
living in Cambridge, visited the polls
election day to see how the colored voue
was going. In one of the ward rooms
he meet a colored man who had former-
ly been in his employ, and going up to
him he asked :
“Well, George, who is your favorite
candidate to-day ?”’ :
The colored brother named the man
for whom he was going to vote, and, to
the grief of his former employer, it was
not the name of Colonel Higginson that
he gave.
“You don’t mean to say, George,”
said the colonel’s friend, “that you are
going to vote that way! Why, I should
think that your sense of honor and of
gratitude would lead you to cast your
ballot for a man who has done so much
as Colonel Higginson has for you and
for-all the people of your race.”
But the colored brother had different
ideas. “I should tink, sah,” he replied,
“dat my sense ob honor and ob grati-
tude would lead me to vote forde gem-
man what guv me $2.60 dis mornin’.”
—Somerville (Mass.) Journal.
The Democratic State Convention.
Pattison Nominated for Governor.
The Democratic State Convention,
which assembled at Scranton on the 2nd
inst. for the purpose of nominating a
state ticket, was an unusually harmo-
nious and enthusiastic meeting of the re-
presentatives of the Democracy of the
State. There was a spirited rivalry be-
tween the friends and supporters of the
candidates for governor, but it was a
rivalry that was entirely devoid of
bad feeling. There was a general deter-
mination to put into the field a ticket
that would secure the support of all the
Democrats, as well as the favor of good
and honest men of all parties.
In the organization of the convention
Hon. Eckley B. Coxe, of Luzerne coun-
ty, was chosen temporary chairman,
and after the appointing of committees
on permanent organization, platfcrm
and credentials a recess was taken. Up-
on reassembling at 2 p. m., William
Harrity, of Philadelphia, was made
permanent chairman. The contention
concerning contested seats having been
satisfactorily settled,
candidates for the nomination of Gover-
nor was next in order. Hon. John H.
Orvis, of Centre county, made the
speech nominating William A. Wallace;
Hon. William S. Stenger nominated
Ex-Gov. Pattison in a spirited speech ;
Robert E. Wright, of Lehigh, was
nominated by A. G. Dewalt; W. U.
Hensel, of Lancaster, by Dr. D. R.
McCormick, and Chauncey F. Black,
.of York, by Gerald C. Brown.
Ex-Governor Pattison was
ted on the first ballot by the follow-
ing vote; Pattison 200; Wallace 132;
Wright, 11; Hensel, 18; Black 10.
The nomination of Pattison was then
made unanimous with the greatest
enthusiasm.
For Lieutenant Governor the names
of Chauncey F. Black, of York, Robert
E. Wright, of Lehigh, and Hannibal
M. Sloan, of Indiana county, were pre-
sented.
first ballot Ly the following vote:
Black, 191; Wright, 157; Sloan 3.
The nomination of Chauncey F. Black
was then made unanimous.
W. H. Barclay, of Allegheny county,
was unanimously nominated for Secreta-
ry of Internal Affairs by acclamation.
"A committee was then appointed to
bring the nominee for Governor before
the convention.
tison appeared he was greeted by an
outburst of enthusiastic applause which
lasted for several minutes, after which
had subsided he said :
Gentlemen of the convention, fellow
Democrats and citizens: In response to |
the invitation communicated by your
committee I have come among you to
thank you for the honor conferred in
selecting me as
governor.
To be the free choice of an untr.m-
melled convention such as this, is no
light distinction. T esteem your action
therefore at its highest worth when I
treat it as registering the expressed will |
of the Democratic masses whom you
represent rather than the irksome and
despotic behest of an arrogant muster.
"Thus viewed I repeat with all sinceri-
ty my grateful appreciation of your act
in assiging me to the post of leadership
in the contest you now inaugurate on
behalf of the people of the common- |
wealth to reszue their government and
politics from unworthy and seifish
dictation.
Mr. Pattison continued with an ex-
hortation to rally round the standard so |
worthily established by the party in
recent years. He was greatly appiaud-
ed:
The platform committee reported the
following: :
The democracy of Pennsylvania by
their representatives in state convention |
assembled,renewing their former pledges |
of fidelity and devotion to the sacred |
rights of the people and state, do de-
clare.
First. That ballot reform is necessary,
and to this end we recommend the |
adoption of such a system as the Aus- |
tralian ballot law.
Second. That tariff reform is neces-
sary in order that both producers and
consumers may be relieved from the
burden of unnecessary taxation.
Third. That state and local reform is
necessary in order that the taxation for
county, municipal and township pur-
poses; may be equally adjusted and
the unjust discrimination against land
be remedied.
Fourth. That the law requiring that
the surplus in the state treasury shall be
invested in state or United States bonds
must be observed and executed.
Fifth. We invite comparison of the
courage, fidelity and integrity of the ad-
ministration of Grover Cleveland with
the duplicity, vacillation and corrupt
surroundings of the present federal ad-
ministration.
Sixth. The silence of M. S. Quay un-
der the charges which have been made
against him through the public press
can only be interpreted as a confession
of his guilt, and his retention of a seat
in the United States senate while refos-
ing to demand a legal investigation of
these charges is a national scandal. We
accept the issue of Quayvism as now
tendered by the republican state com-
mittee and convention.
Seventh. We arraign the republican
party for its usurpation of power in
the adminstration of the federaljgovern-
ment ; for placing in the chair of
the house a speaker who has been en-
abled by them to become a dictator,
and usurp the power of legislating for
the representatives of the whole people ;
for its open disregard of the provisions
of the civil service law, which the
president of its choice was solemnly
pledged to suppert; for its ceaseless
efforts to promote sectional strife and
disturb the business tranquility of the
country ; for its lavish and reckless ex-
penditures of public moneys; for its
passage through the house ot representa-
tives of a tariff bill which increases
the taxes on necessaries, reduces only
those laid upon luxuries, and is caleu-
lated to promote and foster trusts;
for its failure to enforce the contract laws
against the importation of contract
and pauper laborers; for its attempt
to pass a federal election law designed
to excite a race war; for its discrimina-
tion and legislation against the agricul-
tural interests, which has greatly re-
duced the value of farm land ; for its
indifference to the rights of labor, its
defeat of the labor bills in the last
the naming of |
nomina- |
Black was nominated on the |
When Ex-Gov. Pat- |
your candidate for
3
legislature, and its fai'ure to enforce
articles 16 and 17 of the State constitu-
tion by proper legislation.
Eighth. We sympathize with the rela-
tives and friends of the victims of the
appalling disaster at th¢ Hill Farm
mines and demand of the legizlature
the prompt enactment of additional
measures for the more effectual pro-
tection of the lives of mipers.
Ninth. We commend favorably to
the consideration of our senators and
representatives in congres, the claims
of the citizens of our barder counties
for losses sustained during the reb.ll-
ion.
Recalling with pride the glories of
our party's past, rejoicing in the majesty
of its present strength, and looking for-
ward to its steady triumph throughout
the country, we confidently appeal to
the intelligence of the people of
Pennsylvania for their actve and en-
thusiastic support of the! political re-
standard of a united,
progressive and
aggressive democracy. i
The Democratic State Nominees.
| Robert Emory Pattison, bf Philadel-
i phia, the Democratic candidate for
governor, was born in Quartico, Somer-
set county, Md., on December 8, 1850,
and is therefore in his 40tk year. His
« father, Rev. Robert H. Patiison, D. D.,
| who died fifteen years ago, was a popu-
| lar Methodist minister, who was ordered
| to a Philadelphia church when young
| Robert was 6 years old, becoming pas-
i tor of Asbury M. E. Church, Chestnut
| street, west of Twenty-third. Young
| Pattison graduated from tbe Philadel-
i phia high school after a four years
i course, delivering the valedictory at the
| commencement, and then'studied law
| under the late Lewis C. Cassidy until
1875, when he was admitted to the bar.
| His first appearance in the political fleld
| was in 1878, when his friends tried to
i have him nominated for clerk of the
| quarter sessions, but Henry S. Hagert
| was chosen. In August, 1877, three
! months before his election as controller,
I his name was before the democratic
| State convention for the auditor gener-
| alship. On the first ballot Mr. Pattison
! stood next to William P. Shell, but the
{ latter was nominated on the second by a
| large majority. Shortly after this he
{ was elected controller of the city of
| Philadelphta.
i Mr. Pattison began performing the
| duties of controller.on January 1, 1878,
and discharged them with so much abil-
ity and fidelity that in 1880 he was re-
nominated and elected for a second
‘term. His majority over Jeffries, the
Republican candidate, was 13,593, while
Garfield carried the city for president by
20,883.
The prominence and popularity at-
tained by Mr. Pattiscn in Philadelphia
| pointed bim out as an available demo-
cratic candidate for governor, and he re-
ceived the nomination for that office at
the hands of the State convention which
{met in Harrisburg on June 28, 1882.
At the election in November, Mr. Patti-
son was elected by a plurality of 40,202
| votes over James A. Beaver, the regu-
lar republican candidate. But 43,743
i votes had been cast for John Stewart,
, the independent republican candidate,
and Mr. Pattison was thusin a minority
of 3,271 votes on the total. If it had
not been for the independent republi-
| can revolt, he would have been defeated.
It is not necessary to go into details
of Governor Pattison’s administration
at this time. Bill after bill that was
sent to him by the legislature was vetoed
but the opposition was not always able
to pass the vetoed measure over his ob-
jections.
CHAUNCEY F. BLACK.
Hon. Chauncey Forward Black, the
democratic candidate for lieutenant-
governor, is a son of the late Judge
Jeremiah S. Black, and was born at
Somerset, in this state, in November,
in 1839. He was educated at the Mon-
ongahela academy, in West Virginia,
and afterwards attended Jefferson Col-
i lege, in Washington county. Young
' Chauncey studied law with his father,
and in 1861 was admitted to the bar of
Somerset county. He practiced but
| little, the profession of the law not suit-
ing his tastes. Literary work was more
suitable to his tastes, and Mr. Black be-
gan life as a correspondent for several
of the daily newspapers. For six or
seven years he was a regular contribu-
tor to the columns of the New York Sun
and his letters showing the inside move-
ments of Pennsylvania politics always
attracted considerable attention. Al-
though he has a manitest liking for the
whirl and excitement of politics, he was
not much of an active politician until
he was brought forward eight years ago
as a candidate for lieutenant governor.
He was, indeed an aspirant for the nom-
ination as congressman in the York and
Cumberland district in 1874, but was
defeated by Hon. Levi Maish, the gen-
tleman who placed him in nomination
for lieutenant.governor in the State con-
vention of 1682. By that body he was
placed second on the Pattison ticket of
1882, on the first ballot by a vote 175}
to 78% for George H. Irwin, of Dauphin.
In 1880 he was a member of the Cin-
i cinnati convention. He went through
in 1882 with the rest of the democratic
ticket.
In 1886 he was nominated for govern-
i or on the democratic ticket and was de-
| feated by James A Beaver. Mr. Black
| is credited with being the author of a re-
vival of the so-called Jeffersonian sys-
tem of politics, which consists in the es-
| tablishment of sucieties throughout the
| country for the study and practice of
| Jeffersonian principles: For many
| years before he was made lieutenant
| governor nearly all the platforms
| adopted by democratic state conventions
were his handiwork. His counsel was
sought by all the leading men of the
party, and his acquaintance has been ex-
tensive with the prominent men of the
country of all shades of political opinion.
Mr. Black married the daughter of Hon.
John L. Dawson, who represented the
Fayette district in congress and was a
prominent politician in his time. In
personal appearance he is tall, of good
physique and bears a strong resemblance
to his distinguished father.
WILLIAM H. BARCLAY.
Captain William H. Barclay, the
democratic nominee for secretary of in-
ternal affairs, is well known throughout
the state,
agent for the western district of Penn-
sylvania, This district comprises ali
forms this day inscribed upon the |
At present he is pension |
that part of the state west of the Sus-
quehanna river and the disbursements
of the office are over $5,000,000 » year.
Captain Barclay was born in Union-
town, in 1840. All his boyhood was
spent there. It was there he received
his education. Scarcely Fad he attained
his majority when he inlisted in the
Pittsburg company known as the
“Friend Rifles.” Tbis was in 1861.
They went to New York and were
classed as Company E. Seventieth New
York Volunteers, better known as Sick-
les Excelsior brigade. They served un-
der McClellen, in the Peninsular cam-
paign, and were afterward transferred
to Hooker's division. In 1862 he was
relieved from active duty on account of
disability and became chief clerk under
Quarter-master Ludington, in the field.
In that capacity ke served until the
close of the war. ‘When peace was de-
clared he went to the Rocky mountains
as the representative of several mining
companies. In 1870 he gave that up
and went into business in St. Louis.
He remained there until 1878, when he
became associated with C. P. Markle &
Co., the paper manufacturers, of West
Newton, Pa. Ie hud charge of their
warehouse in Pittsburg. Captain Bar-
clay was afterwards employed by the
McClure coke company as their pay-
master and purchasing agent. He was
with the firm until May, 1887, when
President Cleveland appointed him
pension agent for the Western district of
Pennsylvania. He has held that office
ever since.
Powderly Denounces Boss Quay.
The Pennsylvania Boss Compared to
the Czar of Russia.
WILKESBARRE, Pa., July 5.—DMas-
ter Workman Powderly delivered the
Fourth of July oration at Priceburg
yesterday afternoon. He was very bit-
ter in his denounciation of “boss politi-
cians,” who he said were the curse of
this country. 1t might seem strange,
he said, in the closing years of the nine-
teenth century to call attention to the
Declaration of Independence, but inas-
much as the document had not been
read he would read it. After reading it
Mr. Powderly said that last week in
Philadelphia religious leaders brought a
petition to him signed by the leading
clergymen, lnwyers and business men,
imploring the Czar of Russia to be mer-
ciful to the prisoners in the Siberian
mines, aud yet in the Punxutawney
mines of Pennsylvania men and their
families are starving to death and no
one sends petitions to their enslavers
asking that their chain be loosened.
CHAINS ON THE LABORING MEN FAST.
The chairs on the laboring men are
fast. They are not regarded, and they
begin to gall. He hoped they would
{ continue to gall, su that the working-
men would rise in their might and suc-
cessfully resist their bondage.
“The Declaration of Independence
says we are all free. How many of you
workingmea were free to go to Harris-
burg a week or two ago and express
yourselves as to who should be nomin-
ated ? None of you, I dare say. How
many of you were consulted as to who
should be nominated for Governor?
Not one of you. Party ‘bosses’ such as
Mat Quay a e worse than Aumvarchists,
They thwart the will of the people.
Alfred Parsons and Quay are identical.
I thank God Wallace was defeated.’
Powderly denounced Platt for boss-
ing the World’s Fair. Platt said the
fair must go to Chicago, and it went.
One hundred years ago the people re-
volted against the power of a king.
QUAY GREATER THAN A KING.
“And now with the close of the
nineteenth century a man whose hand
never held a sceptre is able dictate to
the American Congress what it shall do.
A few days ago a Convention was held,
and through the influence of Boss Quay
a favorite son of the Standard Oil Com-
pany, one of the giant monopolies of the
worlc, was nominated for Governor, and
the will of thousands of voters of the
State was thus set aside. So much for
another uncrowned king of Pennsylva-
nia. In comparison with the power ot
the Standard Oil Company the King of
England is a baby, and that corporation
is a menace to Church and State and
people everywhere.
A NEW DECLARATION OF INDEPEN--
DENCE.
“A new declaration of Independence
is needed, and the men who should
make it are the laboring men. They
should study honest politics until they
can vote for their homes, their families,
their country, and their God regardless.
of rule and party.”
An Extravagant Claim.
Colonel Ike Clements, of Illinois, is.
the most extravagant stumper who ever
stumped. He is charged with having
once declared that the Democratic par-
ty had adopted a platform against bap-
tism. In the last “Bourbon Talks” in
the Mount Carmel Register a good story
is told of how a Democrat forestalled
him. A Democratic politician was
making a speech in Makanda. He
commenced by saying: “My friends,
in the beginning God created the heavens
and the earth.”” He pause a moment,
and then slowly repeated: “In the be-
ginning God created the heavens and
the earth.” Another pause, and then
once more came the words: “In the
beginning God created the heavens and
tie earth.”
ishment on the faces of those nearest
him, he continued: “My friends, do
not be astonished at my reiteration that
in the beginning God made the heavens
and the earth, for I want to impress that
| fact firmly upon your minds; to-mor-
row night Tke Clements will be here,
and he will tell you they were made by
the Republican party and a wav tariff.”
—S8t. Louis Republic.
~—NaroLEON and Washington were:
book agents when they were young men,
The canvasser’s outfit of the great Em-
{ peror may still be seen in Paris with
I the list of names secured by him for the
“History of the French Revolution.”
Washington canvassed for Rvdell’s Look,
“The American Savages.” He sold over
two hundred copies in and around Alex-
andria, Jay Gould, Mark Twain, Long-
| fellow, Bret Harte, Grant, Hayes, Blaine,
‘and Bismarck were book agents in
their youth.
Noting the look of aston-'
ray