Demoona Yaa
Terms $2.00 A Year,in Advance
Bellefonte, Pa., Sept. 26, 1890
P. GRAY MEEK, - - - EpiToR
: DL A As; GGL '
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.
For CONGRESS.
J. L. SPANGLER, Esq.
Subject to action of District Conference. {
For SENATOR.
P. GRAY MEEK.
Bubject to action of District Conference.
Representatives § JOHN T. MJCORMICK.
Sherif ~WILLTAM A. JSHLER.
Tveasurer—JAMES J. GRAMLEY.
Register.—JOHN A. RUPP.
Recorder—W. GAYLOR MORRISON.
GEO. L. GOODHART
Commissioners. { FERRKNK ADAMS,
Auditors. {708K B. MITCHELL,
An Attempt to Wrong a Brave Soldier.
It is a dirty piece of business for
men who profess to be friends of the
soldiers to attempt to detract from the
credit to which Mr. WiLnian A. Ism-
LER is entitled for the military service
he rendered during the war. He went
into the service when he might have
been excused from duty on account of
his youth, and as a drummer was
thrown into positions of extreme dan-
ger, from the perils of which he did not
shrink. In carrying the wounded from
the field of battle he notonly saved the
lives of others, but herisked his own.
There are soldiers in this neighbor.
hood who can testify to the gallant ser-
vices Mr. IsHLER rendered in that ca-
pacity, showing as much true bravery
as he would have shown if his line of
duty had put a musket in his hands.
One of them testifies that his life was
led with work
gratifying to observe that it is the gen-
eral determination of the Democrats
of the connty todo so by putting Mr.
MozrisoN into the Recorder's office by
a handsome majority.
As Popular as He is Efficient.
There was never in this county a
more popular public officer than the
plain, unassuming and obliging gentle-
man who presides over the Register’s
office. Jomun Rupp, indeed, deserves
his popularit7, = 1x (addition to be-
ing one of the squarest of men, he is a
number one officer. None know this
betcer than those who have had busi-
ness in his office and have had occasion
to visit it since he has been its incum-
bent.
Nothing is too much trouble for him
to do in his line of duty, and it is p_eas-
antly done as well as promptly and
accurately. In his official work he is
remarkably methodical and correct,
an indispensable quality in one entrust’
that involves pub-
lic and private interests.
No wonder that JouNn Rupp is a
| popular and highly esteemed officer.
Withal he is a tiptop Democrat.
When he comes to perform the duty of
a voter he knows that he is a Demo-
crat, but when he comes to the perform-
ance of his official trust he knows no
party.
Excuses for Bad Management.
The parties whose object is to cover
up the bad management of the county
affairs are not particular about the
truth of their assertions. Thus they
make the lying claim that the present
board of commissioners paid a debi of
six thousand dollars left by their Dem-
ocratic predecessors. They could with
as much truth say that there was a
debt of fifty or a hundred thousand left
over by the Democrats which the
great financial ability ot HeNDErRsoN
and Decker liquidated. The six
thousand dollar debt is a mere inven-
tion, proved to be such by the Audi-
tors’ report of 1888 which showed that
the county was entirely out of debt
when the present commissioners came
saved, when he lay wounded on the
battlefield, by young IsuLer’s he-
Mr. Orris can never
life to the
gallant druramer boy at Chancellors-
roic assistance.
forget that he owed his
ville.
In view of these facts how contempt-
_ Mr. Morrison arises from a number of
ible the efforts of the mercenary poli-
ticians who, to effect a political pur-
pose, would rob a brave soldier of the
honor that belongs to him. How ut-
terly false to represent him as having
been merely a three months man,
when the fact that he was on the field
of Chancellorsville is sufficient evidence
that his service extended far into the
bloody scenes of the war. This at-
tempt to wrong a brave soldier should
be resented by every fair-minded and
true-hearted veteran.
Democrats Will Give Him Their Full
Support.
It is gratifying to hear Democrats so
generally admitting that W. GavLor
Morrison is entitled to the united sup-
port of the party and sh ould be elected
to the office for which he has been
nominated. This favorable feeling for
causes.
First among these causes is the fact
that no one was ever nominated for the
Recorder's office who was more capa-
ble of performing its duties. On the
score of fitness the present nominee
can not be surpassed. His intelli-
gence, his education and expertness as
a scribe, would place him in the front
rank of competent county officials.
Another consideration is his good
moral character. In this particular
his record is unimpeachable. He is a
strictly sober man,which in a public of-
ficer counts for as much as efficiency,
he being also well supplied with the
latter qualification.
Mr. Morrison is also favored by all
considerate _voters on acfouut of a
physical disability which, while it in
no way impairs his fitness for official
duty, interferes with his making a liv-
ing in pursuits that require strong
physical exertion. Aund yet, notwith-
standing this disadvantage, he has
from his boyhood, by his own exer-
tions, made a decent living and sup-
ported relatives dependent on him.
Surely the credit he deserves for this
is worthy of recognition by those who
admire the honorable efforts of an in-
dustrious ‘and self-respecting man,
into office, and that,with the money in
the treasury and the available assets,
there was a surplus of ‘about $38,000.
The claim that thousands of dollars
were expended on murder trials and in
rebuilding the bridges carried away by
the flood, is set up to explain the dis-
appearance of the large balance left by
the Democrats. But, as shown by the
last Auditors’ report, the large Demo-
cratic.surplus had disappeared before
the murder and bridge expenses had
been incurred. They have yet to be
accounted for, and there is no telling
what the county debt will be shown to
be when those expenditures appear in
the account.
The sham of having reduced taxa-
tion is intended for political effect.
Such expedients are calculated to pro-
duce deficiencies that will have to be
made up by raising the tax rate. That
will be the result if such incompetent
managers are allowed to control the
county affairs for another term of
three years.
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Too Much Conviviality .
Oce of the most hilarious political
gatherings that ever assembled in Cen-
tre county was the Republican conven-
tion
county ticket of that party. Such was
their conviviality that the delegates
were with difficulty kept in thz court
house, there having been such frequent
necessity for them to go out and in-
dulge in liquid refreshments.
which nominated the present
There is no telling the amount of
beer and whisky it took to defeat
Mo~rteoMERY and Dusss and to shape
up the balance of the ticket, but there
was plenty of the intoxicating stuft to
serve the purpose of the ring managers,
and it was lavishly used.
Altogether it was the biggest politi-
cal drunk that any set of Centre coun-
ty politicians ever indulged in, and
some of the successful aspirants got a
load on from which they have not yet
fally recovered. One of them has
been in the hands of the Doctors ever
since.
It would be dangerous to put impor-
tant public business in the charge of of-
ficers who would have such convivial
habits.
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"Asking Too Much.
Recorder Harter, who is a candi-
date for re-election on the Republican
struggling under difficulties and against
disadvantages.
But Mr. Morrison's candidacy this
year appeals to Democrats with pecu-
liar force by reason of his not having
received three years ago the treatment
which, as the nominee of the party and
a good and faithful Democrat,he was en-
There is a chance now to
make amends for the past, and it is
titled to.
ticket, is asking too much of Demo-
crats. He solicits their votes on the
ground that he has voted for Demo-
crats and that they should return the
favor. But if this gives him the claim
to Democratic support wasn’t the
claim satisfied three years ago when
Democratic votes elected him to the
office he now holds?’ No one will pre:
tend to say that he would have been
elected without the Democratic votes
|
he then received. So that he has been
morethan paid for any voting he may
have done outside of his party.
Theclaim is at best a questionable
one. -But he has already received at
Democratic hands more than he ever
deserved, and he received it at the ex-
pense of one of the best and truest
Democrats, W. Gavror; MORRISON,
who was defeated by Democratic voters
whose sense of fairness, and regret for
the injustice done to Mr. MoRrrisox,
will prompt them this year to repair
the wrong'that was done him three
years ago.
Democrats may occasionally be mis-
directed in their course through a mis-
understanding, ard may sometimes go
wrong in using their ballots, but prin-
ciples of right and, justice, and a de-
sire to act fairly, are the leading traits
of all true members of the Democratic
party, and will unite them this year in
making restitution for the treatment
Mr. Morrison received three years
ago.
Mr. Harter is mistaken in count-
ing on Democratic votes. They made
him Recorder once and he ought to
consider that sufficient payment of any
claim he may have on the ground of
having voted for Democrats.
An Indispensable Qualification for the
Sheriff’s Office.
Mr. IsuLER'S sober and steady habits
count greatly in his favor in the con-
test for Sheriff. His sobriety recom-
mends him to the class of citizens who
don’t believe it safe or becoming to put
men of loose and sportive characters in
responsible official positions. The Sher-
iff’s office is one upon which depends a
great public trust. Itinvolves impor-
tant public interests. These have fre-
quently been injured by being placed
in the hands of men of loose habits
and festive dispositions as Sheriff's. A
“sport” in the Sheriff's office is not a
desirable person to have there, or in
any other official position. What pru-
dent man would entrust his business to
a “spreeing” agent? Is public busi:
ness of less account, or does it require
less trust-worthy agents than private
business ? In fact, loose habits, and the
negligence that comes from a sport-
ing disposition, are more reprehensible
in a public officer than in a private
agent, not only on acccunt of the de-
moralizing example it sets, but also be-
cause the injury done is more far-reach-
ing in its effects.
a steady and sober incumbent it is
the Sheriff's office, and as between the
Democratic and Republican candidates.
for that office Mr. IsHLER is the one
that possesses that indisponsible quali-
fication.
Saved a Comrade’s Life.
4 Republican Soldier Gives His Reason
for Voting for Ishler.
MiLesBURG, PA., Sept. 4, 1890.
P. G. Meek, Editor WATCHMAN,
Dear Sir :—I am a Republican and have
always voted that ticket. I believe,
however,in fair play,and that honorable,
honest, brave men should be rewarded.
Seeing the disreputable methods resorted
to by a little ring in my own party to
defeat a deserving soldier like Wm. A.
Ishler, I want to enter my protest
against such unmanly and unfair efforts,
and to give the reason why I shall vote
for him.
I was a member of Co. H., 148th
Regt., P. V. Mr. Ishler was a member
of Co. G., same regiment. At the bat-
tle of Chancellorsville I was dangerous-
ly wounded, being shot through the face,
my jaws and tongue shattered so that
it was thought my injuries would prove
fatal. I was assisted from the place
where I was wounded to a spot near the
brick house, a position that many of my
old comrades will remember. Mr. Ish-
ler at that time: belonged to the drum
crops of our regiment, and during a bat-
tle his duties were to help the wounded
offthe field. When I reached the brick
house he was there caring tor his broth-
er George who had been fatally ‘wound-
ed. It wasin the midst of the battle
and everything was in confusion. He
saw me, and, leaving his brother, came to
my assistance. An ambulance belonging
to the 2nd corps was hurrying past, go-
ing to the rear, and he hailed it, asking
the driver to stop and take me off the
field. The driver refused to do so, when
Mr. Ishler sprang to his brother's side,
grasped the gun he had dropped when
shot, and threatened to blow the head off
the driver unless he halted at once. This
stopped him, and I was put into the am-
bulance by Mr. Ishler, driven to a
place where my wounds could be attend-
ed to, and my life was saved in conse-
quence of his bravery and kindness.
It is this kind of a man whom cer-
tain men in my own party are now abus-
ing and trying to defeat for a position
he deserves and will fill with honor. I
appeal to every old soldier, and particu-
larly to those belonging to the party 'of
which I have always been a member,
and to which T still belong, to rebuke
the villifiers of a brave comrade by vot-
ing with me for Mr. Ishler.
8S. H. ORRIS.
If any office requires.
He Will Have a Handsome Majority.
The county money could not be put
into more trust worthy hands than
those of Mr. James J. GraMLEY, the
Democratic nominee ‘or Coanty Treas-
urer. His reputation for integrity has
always stood high, and his carefulness
is a guarantee that the public funds
would be safe in his custody.
Mr. GraMLEY is a plain, practical
farmer whose habits of life have always
been methodical and economical. He
knows the value of the taxes contribut-
ed by the industry of the county, and he
has the intelligence to know that care
should be exercised in its keeping.
He will make a reliable officer in
every respect. There couldn't he a
more faithful custodian of the county
funds.
In campaigning Mr. GraMLEY is a
bustier. He doesn’t let the grass
grow under his feet. The voters like
an active and energetic candidate, and
they will reward his activity and ener-
gy, and recognize his fitness for the
office, by giving him a handsome ma-
jority.
Ingalls’ Abuse at Pittsburg.
The Kansas Blatherskite Got Siz
Hundred Dollars for the Speech
That Disgusted Every Decent
Man Who Heard It.
‘WasniNgToN, D. C., September 24. —
The opening of the campaign by the Re-
publicans in Pittsburg on the 13th inst.,
was not only a disappointment to the
local managers of the meeting, but to
all the Pennsylvania Republicans in
Washington. It was thought by even
the enemies of Quay and his candidate
for governor—Delamater—that at least
a respectable meeting would be held in
the birth-place of the Republican party.
But they were doomed to disappoint-
ment, together with a great deal of
embarrassment. The lecal committee
had made a brass-band announcement of
the large number of eloquent and dis-
tinguished speakers from abroad that
would be present to raise up their voices
in behalf of Quay and the Republican
ticket in Pennsylvania.
The speakers did not loom up as prom-
inently as promised, and the meeting
was a most complete failure. From a
gentleman who was there I learn that he
never attended a political meeting, where
less enthusiasm prevailed. To begin
with,the chairman of the meeting Harry
‘W. Oliver, was not the choice of those
present, and they showed their disap-
proval of his selection by the managers
of Delamater by hissing him as he was
escorted to the chair. Words of discon-
tentment were heard throughout the
entire hall, and I venture to say that
there were fewer Delamater votes in the
hall at the closing of the meeting than
there were at the opening. Senator
Ingalls, the Kansas briber, who was
| taken from Washington to Pittsburg
for the purpose ot telling the voters of
the latter city why they should stand by
Delamater and thus vindicate Quay and
his doubtful political methods, proved a
‘boomerang. He did not - touch upon
State issues, but, as he always does on
such occasions, launched out into a most
outrageous attack upon the Democratic
party. That was to be expected, for in
that particular the Kansan blatherskite
is perfectly at home. He never allows
an opportunity to abuse the Democrats
-t) pass. During his speeck Ingalls said
that the meanest, most corrupt and dis-
reputable Republican was better than
the best and most reputable Democrat
that ever lived. In other words, the
more corrupt a man is the better he is
qualified to be a member of the Repub-
lican party in Pennsylvania to-day.
Quay has dragged it to such a low depth
that it is doubtful if it will ever be able
to raise its head and command the re-
spect of decent men again. He has
brought it into disrepute with all re-
spectable and self-respecting voters in
the State by his methods of bribery, theft,
and bossism,
Will the people of the old Keystone
state submit longer to the command of
such a man--a branded felon, briber, and
thief ? I dare say they will not. If
they do ‘they should be compelled to
wallow in the filth of their own mak-
ing.
Senator Ingalls did not go to Pitts-
burg because he wanted to help elect
Delamater governor of Pennsylvania,
for he did not even allude to him in
his speech. Neither did he go because
he has any love for Quay. He went be-
cause he was paid SIX HUNDRED
DGLLARS for going—the money com-
ing out of the pockets of the iron manu-
facturers of Pittsburg—with the under-
standing that he was to make a high
tariff speech. He fulfilled his promise
to the men whose money he is now jing-
ling in his pockets.
Six hundred dollars is a pretty good
price to pay for one speech less than two
hours in, length. But the protected
millionaire manufacturers don’t mind
that, for they are not the losers. The
poor workmen are the people who pay
kills of this kind. ‘Will they continue
to pay their piper while the bloated
bondholders dance ? Tt is for them to
say. Itis in their power to stop the
flow of their hard-earned money into the
coffers of the rich manufacturers who
furnish such men as Quay with the cash
to keep the Republican party in power.
A vote for Robert E. Pattison, a pure,
honest, and incorruptible man, is a vote
for freedom, honesty, integrity and
against corruption, bribery and theft.
The election of Delamater as govern-
or of Pennsylvania means the throwing
open of the treasury vaults of the State
to the thieves that are now hanging on
to the coat-tails of their leader and chief-
tain—Quay. The Senator now stands
charged with purloining money from
the treasury of the State of Pennsyl-
vani, and he dare not attempt to refute
the charge. He knows that an investi-
gation would convict him. Can any
honest man vote for the perpetuation of
the power of such a man ? Delamater,
if elected, will not be governor, It will
be Quay. The latter has said that he
i will own Delamater. For the sake of
! the good name of the State, spare us
| from such men. Give us a pure man
i for governor, one whose character is not
"smirched with dishonesty. Such a man
is Robert Emery Pattison, B.R. 'W.
Two Striking Instances.
Thousands of Miners Can Testify to
Their Truth.
Wage-Earners Journal.
September 1st last year the miners em-
ployed by the Rochester and Pittsburg
Coal, Iron and Railroad company, de-
manded wages equal to what was being |
paid by the operators in the same coal
field. The demand was refused and the
miners went on strike, They werescarcely
two weeks out when their demands were
met. Work then went along sll right,
until the company retused to coll:ct, the
money for the checkweighman, as it
agreed to, and on that and other ac-
counts the men again went oa strike.
In the second strike, it was hardly on
until the Company had a small army of
Pinkerton thugs on hand. Fights were
frequent, several men were shot and
clubbed, at least one murder followed,
and the men were evicted, victimized
and blacklisted. The miners from other
regions sent thousands of dollars to their
suffering craftsmen at Walston and
Adrian, but with the aid of the plug-
uglies, roughs and rowdies called Pink-
erton police, the Company succeeded at
last, securing Huns, Italians and others
in the place of English speaking men to
run their mines, and protected the off-
seourings of other countries by armed
Pinkerton thugs brought in for the
ostensible purpose of protecting prop-
erty, the real purpose being to exasper-
ate the workingmen into committing
some breach of the peace by which pub-
lic sentiment i be turned against
men who were only seeking a fair day’s
pay for a fair day’s work.
Had Robert E. Pattison been Govern—
or, the Rochester and Pittsburg com-
pany could not have been permitted to
keep armed bodies of roughs prowling
around insulting and intimidating de-
cent American citizens, and the miners
of that part of the State would have
gained, if not all they #sked for, a com-
pliance with the agreement previously
signed by representatives of the com-
pany—an agreement which their em-
ployees had lived up to faithfully.
These instances show that it counts a
good deal whether the Chief Executive
of the State acts impartially in all cases,
or whether his interests are all with
monopoly. Because Pattison has shown
himself to be for the people and theirin-
terest, while Delamater has shown him-
self to be for monopoly and its interests,
miners and workingmen ought to have
little difficulty in deciding it to be for
their interest to vote for and to work
for Pattison.
A Fair fllustration,
Senator Quay is in the position of the
Western man accused of stealing sheep.
This fellow was, according to common
report, a very shameless sheep-thif. His
doings became notorious, because they
were conducted upon a wholesale scale.
The scandal got into everybody’s mouth.
At last, when it was the principal topic
of the county, one of the sheep-stealer’s
acquaintances said to him: “Why don’t |
you deny it ?’’ The reply was, #If I did
they would prove it on me.”
Quay has been openly accused of em-
bezzling money from the State Treasury.
The thing is a national topic. It has
made Pennsylvania's junior Senator a
by-word and a reproach. Some of his
foolish friends have advised him to deny
it. He has conspicuously failed to do so,
and the inference is fair that his position
is similar to that of the Western sheep
thief. »
Mrs. Wuchter’s Eight Month Fast.
Easton, September 22.—Mrs. Ellen
Wuchter, the fasting woman of White-
hall,is in a very sad condition. Her physi-
cian says:‘Since Good Friday she has not
partaken of anything, either in liquid or
solid form. She has not used any medi-
cine for at least eight months, and there
has been no attempt made at artificial
feeding. Her pulse at the wrist could
not be detected for the past six months.
Her sight is almost entirely destroyed; a
sanguinous fluid escapes at times from
her eyes. From her throat there are
frequent hemorrhages, attended by an
offensive odor. Theright arm is para-
lyzed. The lower limbs move slighily
at times, and are sensitive to the touch.
Her voice is not above a whisper. She
has frequent attacks of a convulsive
movement,”
Romance of a Dead Heart,
How a Canadian Doctor Claimed in
Death What He Lost in Life.
BurLingToN, Vt, Sep. 23.—For
resurrecting his lady love and cutting
out her heart, a popular young Canadian
physician, De Armand Patanaud, is
wanted on a charge of grave-robbing.
The doctor belongs to a prominent
French Canadian family, and came to
Winooski to practice. There he fell in
love with a farmer’s daughter,Catharine
Collins. ’
Dr. Patanaud became infatuated with
the girl, who rebuffed his advances and
declared that she loved another. The
doctor, however, persisted, and one day
the girl told him in jest: “You shall
have my heart when I am dead.” - “Do
you mean it ?”’ asked the doctor. “Why,
of course,” was the laughing reply.
Last week the girl fell oe of pneumo-
nia, and despite the utmost exertion of
Patanaud’s skill she died and was buried
in the parish churchyard. The very next
day the grave was found to have been
disturbed and the body was missing.
Eventually the corpse was found in the
woods with the heart cut out.
A countrymar was arrested on sus-
icion, and he confessed to helping Dr.
Detanaud rob the grave. The body
had been taken to thefdoctor’s office and
the heart taken out and placed in alco-
hol. The doctor fled to Canada, taking
his precious treasure with him. He had
claimed his love’s dead heart, and was
happy.
te Canadian friends, however,declare
that his infatuation has unhinged his
mind and he is now insane.
With Fair Wages Workmen Won't
! Strike.
Frick to Pattison : Will you call
out the State Militia to aid us in “quell
ing the strike ? H. C. Frick.
Pattison to Frick: Pay your men fair
wages and you won’t need the militia.
RoseRT E, PATTISON, Governor.
The People’s Fight,
Friends of True Tariff Refolw Ap-
‘ 3 peal for Aid.
The following circular has been issu-
ed by a committee of the Tariff Reform
Club :
Headquarters Campaign Finance
Committee, Philadelphia Tariff Reform
Club—To the Citizens of Pennsylvania:
Your interests are involved in the
election of ‘Congressmen this fall.
The Monopoly Party proposes in the
McKinley Tariff Bill to still further ad-
vance the present duties both on raw
materials and manufactured ' goods,
thereby making you pay more for what
you use. The price of labor or farm
products will not be advanced and no
one will be benefited by this measure
but corporations, trusts, and some spe-
cial manufacturers.
The avocates of real tariff reform
propose to give our industries free
raw materials, thereby cheapening the
cost of goods to you, and also propose to
protect labor by a sufficient duty on for-
eign manufactured goods ; thus tariff re-
form does not mean low ‘wages. Free
raw materials would cause an average
saving to each voter of at leat $50 a year
on the necessaries of life over what. he
would pay for the same articles if the
McKinley Tariff Bill should become a
law.
There are twenty-eight Congressmen
to be elected in Pennsylvania this fall.
The Monopoly Party have control of
the offices and patronage, also free ac-
cess to the purses of the protected mon.
opolies, pi we believe they will use
money to influence the results in the de-
batable districts.
Many of the disticts are close and. if
properly organized can be carried for
the free raw material candidates,
We appeal to you for a voluntary
contribution towards helping the cause.
Money will be needed for legitimate ex-
penses, such as meetings, speakers, print-
ing, etc. This is the peoples’ fight.
Every contribution counts. Will you
not assist by sending at once at least one
dollar, or if you can afford it five of ten
dollars. Do not leave this for your
neighbor to send, but send yourself and
see that he sends his, also. In union
there is strength, and thousands of small
contributions brought into one fund
and under one direction will bring suc-
cess.
Please send your contributions to
Henry J. Maris, Chairmaa, P. 0. Box
1178, Philadelphia.
HENRY J. MARIS, |
Of J. M. Maris & Co., wholesale Druggist
Sundries.
JOHN A. BRILL,
Of J. G. Brill Car Co.
THOMASDEVLIN, -
Of Thos. Devlin & Co., Hardware Manufac
turers.
WILSON WELSH,
Merchant Miller.
HENRY HEYMANN.
Of T. J. Dunn & Co., wholesale Cigars and
Tobacco.
All There Is of Reed.
| St. Louis Republican.
i Thomas B. Reed, who is now by in-
: considerate people called a ‘‘despot’” and
a “czar,” and by others referred to as a
man of ‘splendid audacity,” is the mer-
est pinchbeck. He attained his majority
in 1860. in 1861, when the war came,
he was in the full vigor of young man-
hood. Remaining at home during three
years of that struggle, he found himself
drafted in 1864, as a good man, 25 years
old, to whose services the Government
in its peril thought itself entitled.
Thus dragged shrinking and cowering
forward to the front of action,the man of
“splendid audacity” managed through
the influence of James G. Blaine, then
in Congress, to have himself assigned to
a clerkship in the office of the Paymaster
of the Ohio gunboat fleet. In that
martial capacity he served through the
remainder of the war, never being in
action, and never failing to draw his
salary.
It isan insult to the memory of Cesar,
whose courage was his crowning glory,
and to the Czar, whose valor has been
proved in two wars, to apply the name
of the one or the title of ibe other to
Reed. Let the country take Reed for
what he is—the servant of the men who
made him Speaker, and whose orders he
dare not disobey, and who, protected in
the abuse of his office, exhibits all the
qualities of the coward and bully in
browbeating ard overriding men who
are powerless to resist him. That is all
there is of Reed.
Expensive Paupers,
Serious Charges against the “Crawford
County Ring.”
MEADVILLE, Pa., Sept. 19.—The
Messenger, of this place, comes out with
the statement that the poor funds have
been debauched for twenty-five years,
and lays the blame to the Republican
ring which controls the county politics.
The Messenger says that $600,000 has
been paid out of the county treasury in
the last twenty-five years for the support
of the poor. The average annual ex-
pense has increased from $14,000 to
$33,000, while the number of paupers
has not increased very much. The
Messenger charges that it has been
proven in Court that for many years
two prices were paid for bridges and
that notonly thousands but hundreds of
shonsands of dollars have been stolen
and squandered on the Court House by
the Court House ring, headed by Sena-
tor Delamater, Chairman Andrews, of
the Republican State Commitlee; Hol-
{ lister and MeQuiston; and that one item
of $8000 a year for publishing the mer-
chantile appraisers’ list has been square.
ly stolen.
——The State Committee on' Lunacy
continues its good work of rescuing help-
less insane persons from the cruel re-
straint imposed upon them by ignorant
or malevolent relatives or caretakers. A
man named George Dietrich, who had
been confined for nineteen years by his
parents in Northumberland county, has
een recently placed in the Danville
Hospital, He was found chained by his.
ankle in a small and filthy cellar. The.
poor creature may now possibly be
cured.
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