8y P. GRAY MEEK.
Ink Slings.
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—When you seel{the apple of your
eye’ you invariably get side her.
—Poor Queen LILIUAKALANT, her
pame might just as well have been
DERNIS.
-—Come, gentle spring—between this
sero weather and your poets, we chose
the latter.
— We wonder if Quay sent one of
his little notes of thanks to “Uncle”
Joux CEssya, of Bedford.
—XKansas has a fly senator. Indeed
he is a regular bird among the Populists.
A MARTIN don’t you know.
—A propos of the return of the crino-
line to womanly favor, there should be
a boom in the wire market ere long.
—_The solanum melongena and an
ordinary hen and a rooster are both egg
plants, but are not competitors in busi-
- ness.
— While the millenium for mankind
is generally supposed to be approaching
on wings, the trolley cars are hauling
one on for horse flesh.
— Five thousand women were arrested
for drunkenness, in Dublin, ‘ last year,
which simply goes to show what the
trale ould stuff” will do.
— Harrisburg is crying for a paid fire
department. The Legislators must be
making it hot down there. If so it is
certainly not from any work that they
have done thus far.
—The papers of the last two weeks
bear material evidence of the greatness
of the late Honorable James G.
Brave. Never before has so much
newspaper space been lavished on the
demise of one man.
—The heavy ice accumulations on
the Susquehanea and Delaware rivers,
it is said will play havoc with the crops
of shad to be caught in the Spring,
Old fishermen say that the fish will be
unusually thin. Poor shad, oh!
—TIt would be unhealthy for the
Prince of Wales should his mother die
just now when Canada and the Sand-
wich Islands all want to hang on-
to Uncle Sam’s coat tails: England
might get tke craze too. Don’t you
know.
— Letus annex Hawaii and then
we'll have a place to send JOHNNY
DaveNPORT and CLARKSoN. But no,
that wouldn't do either for England
would make war on us then and after
that — The Lord knows what the pen-
sion list would be.
—The Queen of England has just
put berself on record as having com-
pleted the remarkable feat of having
made a speech without saying anything.
The speech from the throne was a ser-
ies of allusions and parliament is ex-
pected to act accordingly.
—When newspapers continue to
speak of big, fat, puffin’ females, who
do a turn on the stage and say a few
lines between apoplectic gasps, in such
phrases as “the bright little soubrette,”’
then itis time for some one to begin a
lifs work on a new dictionary.
—A near-by exchange advises the
formation of a ‘sympathetic society”
in every community. Its members to
give friendly advise to each other when
in trouble. We would like 10 hear of a
community in which no such societies
already exists. The only difference be-
ing that their members are known by
the name of gossips now.
—One of the most despicable traitg
which mankind can possess is that of
demagogy. If there is one person to be
shunned more than another it is that
smiling, acquiescent fellow, who having
no mind of hisown enlists your confi-
dence, by profession of belief in = what
ever opinion you may hold, only to be-
tray you to your enemy,
—Ttaly is getting her hand in at scan-
dal too. Signor A. M. MoNZILLI
Director of the Bureau of Industry and
Commerce, threatens to put the whole
government in jail if it arrests. him for
making false bank reports. And the
question now arises what will King
HuMsEgRT do if all his great(?) men are
consigned to the calaboose,
—1If there is really any danger of wer
on account of the Hawaiin situation
Mr. Frick will surely lend uncle Sam
that, deadly electric fence he built
‘around the Homestead works last sum-
mer. Uncle SAM could build it clear
around that little island in. the Pacific
and the first red coat who went to climb
over would find ‘out’ how American
plutocrats deal with their employes,
—uIt was because of the steady
friendship of gentlemen like yourself”
is the polite way in which’ QUAy refer-
red to his re-election to the U. S. Sen-
ate in his letter of thanks to. his, Penn-
sylvania legislators. If public eenti-
ment were to have inscribed the letter
the phrase, we have just quoted, would
undoubtedly have run about as follows:
It was because of the despicable cow-
ardize of such'traitors to duty as your-
gelf that such an ‘one was chosen to rep-
resent this grand commonwealth,
Bg
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Death of Ex-Postmaster General Camp-
bell.
Since the last issue of the WarcH-
MAN, the number of distinguished vie-
tims whom death has claimed during
the past month was enlarged by the
demise of one whose name recalls an
earlier period of Democracy, and al.
though obscured for some years by re.
tirement, was up to the last living hour
of him who bore it, the synonym of
every good quality that is implied by
the true Democrat.
We allude to the death of Ex-Post-
master General CAMPBELL, who died at
his residence, in Philadelphia, last Fri-
day morning, after a long life well
spect in the interest of his city, his
State, his country and his party. Asa
Democrat he was one of the old school,
who never sacrificed his principles for
the sake of expediency, and who, when
defeat overtook his party only drew
the cloak of Democratic faith more
closely arouad him. He was nota fair
weather Democrat. Political adversity
brought out more prominently the
rugged character of his Democracy.
His public life had its triumphs and
its depressions. It was commenced
more than half a century ago by his
entering the bar of Philadelphia in
which be rapidly rose to distinction.
His firet office was a directorship of his
school district, in which was started a
practical interest in the cause of edyes-
tion that lasted untilthe declining per-
iod of his life. While rendering him-
self useful in this capacity and gaining
a high reputation at the bar, he was
appointed a Common Pleas Judge of
Philadelphia county. After ten years
gervice on the Common Pleas bench
the judicial office was made elective by
a change of the constitution and Judge
CamPBELL was nominated as one of the
Democratic candidates for the Supreme
Court of the State. It was at the time
when “know-nothingism’ wasrampant,
and CamproN was working this new
political fad, turning it to his personal
advantage as well as using it for the
punishment of his enemies. He was
opposed to Judge CampBELL, who, be-
ing a Catholic, was overwhelmed by
the fanatical hosts of ‘“know-noth-
ingiem” secretly directed by the Cax-
EroN management. His defeat for
Supreme Judge was partly compensa-
ted by his appointment to the Attorney
Generalship of the State by Governor
BIGLER, and a still higher honer soon
followed by his being called to the
cabinet of President Pierce, as Post
Master General. In this position
Judge CawppeLr displayed excellent
ability and brought the department to
a high state of efficiency"
After four years service in a cabinet
that was distinguished for the circum-
stance that there was no change in it
during the entire administration, he
retired to private life, but continued to
take a part in local Democratic move-
ments, a powerful influence in the
party organization in the city of his
residence. His only official aspiration
afterwards was his candidacy for the
United States Senate in 1862 in which
be was defeated, in’ the Democratic
caucus, by Caries R. BuokaLew by
four votes.
In declining years he lost none of
his interest in, public affairs, nor forgot
his duty to the party to which the
ability and enérgy ‘of his younger life
were devoted. His death has removed
one of the purest public characters and
one of the staunchest Democrats that
this State has ever produced.
—— The Almanac for 1893 just is-
sued by the Philadelphia Inquirer is
another valuable ' addition to ‘the
WarcamaN’s library of statistical, and
otherwise useful, pamphlets. There
are forty pages of pith and an atirac-
tive cover to recommend it to- the In-
quirer's patrons who, we feel confident,
are well pleased with the useful souve.
nir the energetic Philadelphia daily
has compiled for them. Perhaps its
most commendable feature is the fact
that it recognizes Wrrsur P. Hieny as
the lawfully elected ~assemblyman
from Crawford county.
eee sim pi re ined
er penetrating powers than the famous
Lick instrument if the coming Demo:
cratic administration “would find the
$130,000,000 surplus it left in the
Treasury when it went out of power
A emerald
—Tywill take a telescopeof great-|
i four years ago.
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STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. 2%
BELLEFONTE, PA., FEB. 3,
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1298.
NO. 5.
Wild Road Legislation.
The securing of good roads is a mat
ter of great public importance and
should demand attention in propor-
tothe interests involved. Ail classes
are more or less interested, the farmers
directly, in consequence of the con-
stant use they are required to make of
the highways, and all others by reason
of the indirect benefits conferred by
good roads. Easy and cheap transpor-
tation of farm produce and general ar-
ticles of trade, insured by a good condi
tion of the public thoroughfares, is an
advantage to all.
When a thing is of such universal
importance and general utility it is
singular that there should be such a
diversity of opinion and such opposite
suggestions as to the best and most ef:
fectual way of securing it. There is
no question that the road laws of this
State, as of most States, are defective,
and that the methods of making and
mending the high ways are inadequate
to the purpose; but when improved
methods are offered through the me-
dium of legislation the tendency is to
run into impractical and extravagant
propositions. Thus, recent bills that
have been offered in the Legislature re-
lative to the public roads, have, pro-
posed to encumber the system of road
improvement with high salaried officers
and a lavish expenditure of money.
The State was to have a chief engineer
empowered to exercise supervision over
the whole business, with com pensation
in proportion to his authority. Then
there was to be a system of county en-
gineers and county supervisors, exer
cising authority over their separate
bailiwicks, the system to be graded
down to assistants in the different
townships, all having a pull on the
purses of the tax-payers. The citizens
were to be excluded from paying their
tax by work done on the road, as this
was too unscientific to suit the ad-
vanced ideas in the art of road mak:
ing.
These were the main features of a’
road bill offered at one of the recent
sessions of the Legislature, but it did
not compare in the magnificence of its
provisions with one which has been in-
roduced at this session, which pro-
vides for the expenditure of $60,000,000
a year. So gorgeous a system will of
course have to be embellished with |
officials and for this purpose their is to
be a State Road Engineer with a salary | majority in the State Legislature that
of $5,000, while each county is to have
the benefit of an engineer salaried at
$3,000, with an assistant at $1,000.
The other paraphernalia of the system
is to be on an equally liberal scale.
We doubt whether this bill will suit
the prudent class of tax-payers, That
there is need for improvement in our
road laws is generally admitted but
legislation on the subject should furnish
something that would be practical and
not too exhanstive to the pockets of
those who will to pay for the improved
road.
AT TS AT
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Lamar’s Successor.
In regard to the appointment of Jus-
tice LaMar’s successor there is a pe.
culiar impropriety in the proposition
that President Harrison, who has but
a few weeks more to remain in office
should resign, by which act Moron
would be made President, and that the
latter, in the exercise of his appointing
power, should put HarrisoN into the
vacant Judgeship. It would be'a way
of supplying BENsaMIN with an official
position, which the people could pot
take from him as tbey did with his
Presidential office, bat it would in-
volve a scandalous procedure which
Mr. Harrison will hardly bring him.
self to engage it, although he has done
a good many questionable thingsin the
disposing of Federal appointmente.
Tt would virtually.amount to appoint
ing himself a Justice: of the Supreme
Court, which as an abuse ot the ap
pointing power, would requal, if: not
surpass, in point of scandal, his selecs
tion of Woobs for a United States Dis:
trict Judgship.in return for the service
he rendered'in qnaehing the suit that
would have uncovered the blocks-ot-five
rascality in Indiana,
Tile appointment of Justice LaMar's
successor rightfully belongs to. the in-
imcoming administration... He was a
Democrat, and the place made vacant
by his death shouldbe fille by the ap-
pointee. nf a "Democratic President,
There is & repory that Mr. Harrison
thinks of giving the appointment to a Calamity Howlers, Where Art Thou?
Southern Democrat in recognition of
the fact that it belongs to that sec-
tion and is due the Democratic par-
ty which, it a Republican were put in
Lamar’s place, would have but two of
the nine Judges composing the Su-
preme Court. We hardly believe that
President Harrison entertains such
liberal intentions, for he has not here-
tofore showed himself to be that kicd
of a man, but if this is his purpose he
had better come to the conclusion that
the appointment of ‘a Democratic
Judge would be more properly and sat
isfactorily made by President CLEVE-
LAND. .
The Gerrymandering Abuse.
The outrageous gerrymanders that
have been so long maintained in Penn.
sylvania by Republican Legislatures
show such a persistence in wrong do-
ing that it can be scarcely expected
that they will do’ better in the appor-
tionment bills that will be introduced
in the present session. . By a long pro:
cess of demoralization it has become a
part of Republican political ethics that
any mean and unfair advantage over
their opponents is justifiable. Wheth-
er it is carrying the elections with
money, or stealing State Legislatures,
or gerrymandering congressional and
legislative districts, they appear to
think that the object they seek to ac-
complish justifies the means they em-
ploy.
Such being the moral character of
their political practices is it not a
rather rash indulgence of hope to look
for an amendment of their apportion-
ment methods?
But certainly there is an urgent need
for such amendment in this State. By
a most unfair division of congressional
and legislative districts the majority
party have succeeded in securing a
representation both in Congress and in
the State Legislature far beyond their
pumerical superiority. They have
virtually effected a disfranchisement
of a large portion ot the population of
the State. A party which in a vote of
over a million has & legitimate majori-
ty of no more than about 40,000, is en-
titled, by the strict rules of political
justice, to a representation relatively
but little larger than the minority
party, but unfair apportionment has
given it wore than two to one of the
| congressmen of the State, and such a
this unfairness can be perpetuated at
their pleasure. It has even invaded
the domain of the courts by distorting
some of the Judicial districts.
This unequal division has been main-
tained through nearly two decades in
defiance of the law and the constitu.
tion. Attempts were made to make
new apportionments, but it was not
the object to make them conform to
the relative rights of the two parties.
At the last session bills were passed
redistricting the State, but the con-
gressional, legislative and judicial dis-
tricts were made with such evident un-
fairness that the Governor could not
sign them, and no doubt this was the
object of those who desired these ger-
rymandering measures.
What will be the character of the
apportionment bills that may be pre-
sented atthe present session, and what
will be their out come? Will the Re-
publicans make indemuity for past of:
fenses in this matter, and give assur
ance of better conduct in the future?
The chairman of ‘the apportionment
committee in the House is Hon. B. L.
Hewirr, who displayed such: a sense
of right and justice in the ANDREWS
affair ; but will the bulk of the Repub-
licans be able to deny themselves the
mean advantage in the matter of ap:
portionment which their numerical
strength enables them to take?
i —
L__Tt is getting pretty tough when
the Edison Electric Illuminating com:
pany expect a moon that's half full to
light the streets of Bellefonte.
Late a ———————
smmJony Marriy, was, elected
United States senator from Kansas, at
elected him.
worn
-~ Gulden opportunities are those held
out by the KEELEY institutes.
A SETA
Zon wiint printing of any de!
scription the, WATCHMAN office is the
place to have it done, :
From the Butler Herald.
Last week two hundred and fifty
thinly clad and hungry men walked
from Ghent to Brussels, a distance of
thirty-one miles; throagh cold and
snow to demand of the government
bread for their starving families. They
did not demand bread but work so that
they might earn bread, and the gov-
ernment promptly promised them the
assistance they asked. If the demon-
stration made by these starving men
in the streets of Brussels had been
made in the streets of some city in
free trade England, there would have
been an endless array of sermons on
the evils of free trade published in the
Republican papers, but since Belgium
is not that kind of a country there will
not be much said about it in those con-
sistent journals.
How to Find Out What You Are.
From the Lock Haven Democrat.
In summing up the vexed question
as to whether a man is a protectionist or
a revenue tariff man, which is a socalled
free trader, an exchange says: “If you
are in favor of a duty on coffee, tea and
sugar you are a free trader on manufac-
tured goods. ‘If you are, like the
Republicans, in favor of free sugar, tea
and coffee you are a protectionist of the
McKinley type. A revenue to. the
government has got to come from some-
where. Shall it be raised on imported
things which we can make here, or on
imported necessaries of life; like coffes,
tea and sugar raised in other countries ?
When the next Congress meets there
will be much discussion on these points.
It is well to bave, clear ideas on the
principles of the two parties which wish
to steer the business of the country.
A I TITS.
Perverted Civil Service.
From the Williamsport Sun.
The scheme to place President Har-
rison on the supreme court bench, so
that he may have a life office, is a very
pretty one. When a Republican once
gets a taste of office-holding be hates to
retire to private life, and everybody
knows that President Harrison is no
exception to the rule. His resignation
as president would also fill Vice Presi-
dent Morton’s cup of amoition, but the
people who turned Harrison down in
November last would not be pleased to
gee him on the supreme court bench.
He is too much ot a partisan to occupy
that exalted position. If Harrisoa
wishes to do the proper thing he will
leave the appointment of Justice
Lamar’s successor to Mr. Cleveland.
We Have too Many Tales to Our Kite
Already.
From the New York Sun.
If we had chosen we might, with
scarcely any effcrt, have asserted claims
over many a Pacific Island that no for-
eign power would bave disputed. Some
German map makers for years were in
the habit of coloring a number islands
where our guano vessels or general wer-
chants monopolized the trade to show
that they belonged to the United States.
The map makers evidently reasoned
that if they were not our islands they
ought to be. We were indifferent, but
England and Germany in recent years
have thought it worth while to gather
these islands in.
Ours Is All There.
From the Ironton, Mo., Record.
An exchange makes the following
statement : “Men have various ways
of carrying money. Butchers, grocers
and bakers carry it in a big crumpled
wad. Bankers carry it in nice clean
bills laid in full length in a morocco
pocket book. Brokers always fold
their bills twice. The young business
man carries his money in his vest pock-
et, while the sport carries his in his
inside vest pocket. Editors carry their
money in other peoples pockets.”
EEOC EES
A Logical View of It.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
We already have rights in Hawaii
which no other country has, or could
have, without infringement of our
treaty, and a closer political relationship
would simply be the consummation of
natural tendencies which the state de-
partment has fostered for many years.
The practical question for the executive
and congress would seem to be the pre-
cise form which that closer relationship
should take.
LE BREET
Will Fly the Stars and Stripes. '
From the Williamsport Times. :
The transfer of the Inman line o
steamers from British to the American
register will take place Feb 22, the
birthday of George ‘Washington. On
that occasion the stars and stripes will |
float over the City of Paris, the City of |
| nbon, on Wedoesday. The populists |
New York and other vessels of less re-
ute. It will be made an event of no |
small political interest, as it stands con- |
nected with the growth, developement
and advancement of the republic.
ART TAS ASR,
a.
What It Means. |
From the Gettysburg Compiler. ! |
After March 4 next this country will |
have a Democratic President, & Cone
gress Democratic in both branches and
27 of the forty-four: States will enjoy
the blessing of Democratic Governors. !
Lor these things we should all feel tru-
ly thankful, because: Democratic. rule
means honest economy in the public
service.
Spawls from the Keystone,
—Reading will probably create the office of
water works superintenent.
—An infant in a paper sack was found buried
in a lime heap near Lebanon.
—Three cases of small pox are in West Read-
ing in M. P. Brown's family,
—Logs fell upon and killed Jacob High at
Watsonville, McKean county.
—Bucknell University, at Lewisburg, is
raising a $40,000 endowment fund.
Penry Clay shaft, at Shenandoah, has re.
sumed work after a long idleness.
—A vicious horse kicked George Heckman,
of Springfield, Berks county to death.
—Schuylkill County’s Recorder last year
handled 1808 deeds and 1092 mortgages.
—A blast from an oil pipe in a Pottsville
mill dangerously scorched J. Fredericks.
—Instant death was carried to Patrick Ton<
er, near Mahonoy City, by a cowcatcher.
—Dr. A. A. Long was elected presidentof the
Medico-Pathological Society of York county.
—While hghting a lamp Mrs. Rose Keller,
of near Holidaysburg, was burned to death.
—The Bowmanites will fight for possession
of the church at Annville, Lebanon county.
—Frank Cassidy, a Coleraine farmer, was
found dead between two cows in the stable.
—Republican State Chairman Reeder has
left Easton for Cuba to remain South a month.
—Crushed by a fall of top coal in a Mt. Car-
mel colliery, Thomas Carroll may not recover.
—A small-pox scare at Reading has nearly
exhausted the doctors’ supply of vaccine virus,
—The balls from ap electric dynamo at Brad-
ford broke loose and fatally injured John Bal-
lard.
—Rufus Jackson, who was shot over a game
of cards near Hazleton by Thomas Brown, is
dead.
—By order of Court a fertilizing factory near
Reading has closed on account of the awful
odors.
—It is proposed that Berks County schools
celebrate a “Conrad Weiser Day’ in the near
future. ’
—The funeral of George L. I. Painter, at
Muncy, Monday afternoon, was the largest ever
held there.
—Diphtheria of the most virulent form is
prevalent in Union township, Schuylkill
county.
—Three Pittsburg lads who regularly stole
newspapers from house steps and sold them
are in jail.
—Forty-nine hands were killed last year in
the mines of lower Schuylkill and a part of
Carbon county.
—Indian Ridge Colliery, Shenandoah, Satur-
day suspended work for a month, making idle
500 men and boys.
—S8eventy-five members of the Americus
Club, Reading, will attend President Cleve-
land’s inauguration.
—The report of Mine Inspector William
Hein for the Fifth Anthracite district shows
55 deaths by accident. J
—Ex-City Treasurer Obold, of Reading, is
attracting attention by his strange forgetful-
ness of his resignation.
—As he was cutting ice from the Lehigh Val-
ley tracks, at White Haven, Frank Richter
was run over by a train.
—Philadelphia capitalistsare negotiating for
the purchase ef Bellemore colliery, Mt. Carmel
which employs 500 hands.
—A hog bit offa finger of Isaac Brown, of
Kleinfeltersville, Lebanon county, and he is
dying of blood poisoning.
— Another sign of confidence in the times
will be the starting of the big shirt factory at
Pottsville, idle for a year.
—Michael Angelos, a Pennsylvania Railroad
employe, was struck by an engine near Mor-
risville and instantly killed.
—Fatal injuries were sustained by George
Hoch, who fell 30 feet from a river bridge up-
on the ice near Wilkesbarre.
—John 8. Berky, his son Snyder and daugh-
ter Mary, victims of diphtheria, were all bur-
ied at Barto, Friday afternoon.
—The Hamburg Rolling mill has been left
tenantless and idle by the removal of the
Pottaville Iron and Steel Company.
—The Water Commissioners of Reading ac-
cuse City Engineer Hoff and City Clerk Felter
with glaring official inefficiency.
—The “Reading Eagle” passed from its 25th
year with a big dinner given by the employes
to the proprietor, Jesse S. Hawley.
—After the death of Peter McCabe, a Pine
Grove farmer, $3565 in gold and silver coin
was found locked in a bureau drawer.
—A casting made at the Bethlehem Iron
Company's works took nine ladles full of mol-
ten lead, each weighing 19,000 pounds.
—South Bethlehem citizens decided to con-
tinue their old custom of making non-par-
tisan nominations for borough officers.
—The first locomotive used on the Philadel-
phia and Reading Railroad is being repaired
at the Reading shops for the Worla’s Fair.
—As Arthur Jewel, a Hughesville school boy
tried to jump upon a loaded bob-sled, he fell
ander a runner and was crushed to death.
— After fatally shooting Jack Robinson over
a game of cards at Hazelton, Thomas Brown
fled to Niagara Falls, where he was caught.
—Dr. Benjamin Lee, of the State Board of
Health, in a speech at Allentown, condemned
the Conncils there for a poor water supply.
—The “Ephrata Review” has published a
fine industrial edition setting forth the busi-
ness interests of that lively ‘Lancaster county
town. : 1
An Annville farmer was Monday fined $10
apiece for eight partridges, which he found ree
cently huddled half-frozen under a fence and
shot. !
—Twenty-five breaker builders at Miners~
ville struck because, one of their number was
discharged for eating a luncheon between
meals. i
—Rev. Father Francis: McGovern, of £6
Stephen's Catholic Church, Port Carbon, has
been transferred to the St. Patrick Church,
Pottsville.
—Ex-Burgess William T. Shepherd, of West
Chester, must serve a year in jail and pay $200
fine for trying to burglarize Elwood Taylor’s
feed warehouse.
—A searching party hunting for the remains
of Morgan Diener, who disappeared from
Drehersville, Berks county, two months ago
returned empty handed.
_W.J. Marvel, a Wilkesbarre commission
merchant, wishes his friends to know; that he
is not the W.J. Maryel implicated in the Gers
trude Alexander scandaliof recent date.
— Notwithstanding that three Philadelphia
builders pronounced the Wernersville Asylum
walls in good condition, the Berks County Far-
mers’ Alliance is still waging war | against the
contractors. vA