Demorralic Wd
8Y RP. GRAY MEEK.
Ink Slings.
— Who said that CLEVELAND would |
not appoint newspaper men to office ?
—In 1124 HENRY I. of England is
Pretty
reported as having worn furs.
fur back ain’t it?
—Twenty million hogs annually
slaughtered in this country and BILL
ANDREWS still alive? Impossible sir,
impossible.
—It may be true that Pittsburg is
the most moral of the cities of the
United States yet there seems io be con-
siderable smoke about it yet:
—Its MAXWELL of the good Demo-
cratic doctrine “to the victor belongs
the spoils,” to see the rascals going out
and the hope of the land going 1p.
~- Anarchists usually ‘try the same
remedy to people they dislike that the
long suffering house-wife finds so effec-
tive with her erring hubby—a blowing
ap.
~-He laid down his fiddle and his
bow, he picked up his shovel and his
hoe; but not to dig garden for his wife
did he go: He went to hunt fishing
worms, he did, don’t you know.
—Kaiser WILHELM, of Germany, has
decreed against sermons of more than
six minutes in length. Oh, that we
had such a Kaiser ruling some of the
long-winded przachers in this country.
—1If modern millinery keeps: on ad-
vancing in price there will be but one
thing left for the hushand to do, and
that: Send his chickens through the
KEELEY cure so they will lay golden
03gs.
—CArRLYLE W. HARRIS, the wife
murderer, awaiting electrocution in
Sing Sing has given up the use of cigar-
ettes. It is evident that he intends the
law to take its course and will not con-
tinue his self-destruction.
-—This is the ninetieth day of the
year 1893 and there yet remains two
hundred and seventy-five to live.
What has good Democratic government
instore for us? We fgel sure it will be
nothing but prosperity.
—-Itis a mighty good thing that
GROVER CLEVELAND hasn't a big fam-
ily connection like Mr. HARRISON, for
with his ideas about nepotism there
would have been a horde of relatives to
“fix up” when the next election comes
around.
—If things keep on moving in the
right direction it won’t be long until
we'll have all we can do keeping that
Ohio river—Lnke KErie ship canal
straight without running clear over to
I'rance to poke our noses in the Pana-
ma scandal.
— Wonder if D:mocratic papers used
to have as much trouble fixing up Re-
publican governmental troubles as the
Republican papers now find in looking
after our supposed weaknesses. If they
did it must have afforded lots of amuse-
ment for tha Republicans.
—If you can think of no other way
of playing a trick on yourself to-mor-
row just tell some girl who is not bless-
ed with as much good looks as good
sense that she is ‘‘the fairest thing you
have ever seen’’ and see how you will
feel after she has sat upon you.
—From the present rate it is not at
all probable that Uncle Sam will be
compelled to buy a new album in which
to exhibit the pictures of the celestial
children he coralled by the recent act
of Congress requiring them to register
and have their photographs taken.
—The faculty of the Bloomsburg
Normal school has just sat down upon
fine dresses for graduating exercises.
The result will be that the embryo
school marms will hereafter display
more brains and less bare skin when
they come to the commencement per-
formance.
—Philadelphia street cleaning con-
tractors will soon cease to be the source
of so much annoyance to the good peo-
ple ot that city. The women down
there have organized an anti street ex-
pectorating society and they look for-
ward to such a reformation in the filthy
habits of men as to render the need of
street cleaners unnecessary.
—The Pittsburg Dispatch thinks be-
cause Mexico has a compulsory educa-
tion law Pennsylvania should have one
also. While we are entirely in sym-
pathy with any movement to improve
the intelligence of our commonwealth,
yet weare at a loss to. know what
Pennsylvania has in common with
Mexico.
—If our State legislators would com-
pel teachers to instruct their scholars in
the common branches —reading, writ.
ing, spelling, arithmetic, grammar,
geography and history, thoroughly, in-
stead of monkeying around with “‘¢om-
pulsory education,” free textbooks,”
and “vocal lessons,” bills they would
do more for the. proper education of
our children than they are by encour-
agin zy the “high flyin’ ” ideas of theor.
ists.
indifferent,
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STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
VOL. 38.
BELLEFONTE, PA., MARCH 31, 1893.
NO. 13.
Formulating Measures of Reform.
After the election of a Democratic
| President was assured last Fall on the
principle of tariff reform, and it became
evident that he would have the: co-op-
eration of both branches of Congress,
the impression largely prevailed that
after his inauguration immediate ac-
tion would be taken by a special ses-
sion of Congress to revise and amend
the preseat tariff laws. This was
scarcely warranted, as the question
was not so urgent that it could not be
delayed until Congress came together
at its regular time. There is no pres-
ent Imperative necessity for action in
this matter requiring a convening of
Congress, but between now and the
time for its meeting, much will be done
by some of the ablest men in the Dem-
ocratic party in formulating a measure
of tariff reform which will relieve the
country from the excessive taxation of
the present system, and carry out
the Democratic policy of limiting pro-
tection to the necessities of revenue, It
is all idle to assume that where there
are such immense revenues to be raised
as are required by the government, a
tariff laid for the purpose of raising
them will not afford incidentally all
the protection that our industries re-
quire,
Secretary Carrniste will have much
to do with this great work during the
recess of Congress, a duty to which bis
unusual ability so well adapts him, and
no doubt there will be a number of bills
drawa, from all of which the best feat.
ures will be adopted oy the final action
of Congress. Chiet among them will
be the relief of raw materials from tar
iff exactions. The imposition of duties
upon these necessaries of industry has
been the perfection of industrial folly.
It has vot only handicapped our mau-
ufacturers by increasing the cost of
their products, but it has burdened con-
sumers with an unnecessary expense
and diminished the opportunities of la-
bor. The best measure of protection
will be to'give our manutacturers free,
untaxed materiais to work with, It
will enable then not only to furnish
their commodities at lower prices in
our own markets, but enable them to
compete with foreign producers in their
own markets. The tariff of course will
be maintained on manufactured arti-
c'es, but at a reduced rate of duty. It
is given out that 1t will average 25 per
cent., the rate being lower on articles
ol greatest necessity to the people and
higher on luxuries. The average of
the present tariff is about 40 per cent.,
with the remarkable discrimination of
being heavier on some of the common
articles used by the generality of the
people, than on the luxuries indulged
in by the rich. For example, plush
used by the poorer class for articles of
clothing is tariffed higher than silk
velvets in which only the rich are able
to array themselves.
The leading object of those who will
engage in formulating the reform tar.
iff will be the raising of revenue, and it
has been asceriained by experience,
that for this purpose a 25 per cent,
schedule is the most effective. Mair.
tained at this rate on articles of manu
facture, without being high enough to
encourage monopoly, it will be more
than high enough to make up the dif.
ference between the price of labor in
this country and Europe, affording in-
cidental protection while it furnishes
the revenue needed for the purposes ot
government.
IE ———————
——Preparations are being made in
all the churches for special services
Sunday and while it is possible that
many will go through curiosity to hear
the beautiful music and see the exqui
site decoratione, both floral and person
al, Easter and its story will awaken
new thoughts of present duty and fut-
ure accountability in every heart. The
frost is not out of the ground by any
means,—and it will never be out of
some hearts; bat it is an idle ceremony
and a weak sermon that does not im.
press even the careless. If Easter cere-
monies and observances can attract the
with how much greater
force ought they to appeal to profess.
ing Christians, for behind the flowers
and music, prayers and sermons is the
great cardinal doctrine “Christ is risen
from the dead” without which their
faith would be vain.
“Time waits for no man"—The
couvict excepted.
Capitalistic Aggregations.
Every great business interest now
seems to be tending towards monopoly.
Individual enterprise is being either
supplanted by or absorbed in the oper-
ations of vast combinations. This
tendency of the age is showing itself
in almost every line of business, pri-
vate operations yielding to the over-
whelming power of trusts.
_ Itis needless to particularize as this
centralizing tendency is seen reaching
through all grades of business, from
the refining of sugar to the distilling
of whiskey. There are some advan-
tages in it, in that the concentration of
capital makes it more effective in its
results, and its operations being less
diffuse are more easily regulated; but
the effects of these great combinations
are not promotive of the general inter-
est. They are not intended to be, their
object being rather to increase the ad-
vantage of those who go into them.
The latest capitalistic aggregation
of this kind is the sole leather trust
which is being organized with a capital
ot $75,000,000. The vast amount of
money 1t represents shows its gigantic
character. And if anything wore is
wanted to convey an idea of its immen-
sity it is but necessary to consider what
an interest is involved in the produc:
tion and control of the sole leather in
this country. The ‘rust that shall con-
trol it will indeed be an immense af-
fair. But not only is it the purpose ot
this combination to monopolize the
production and disposal of the mana-
factured article, but it intends to have
the mustery over the mea. s of produc-
tion, and for this purpose is securing
possession of the hemlock timber lands
of the country, much of which is al-
ready owned by the parties who have
combined, while the balance is in shape
to be scooped in. Surely our people
are being brought under che control of
trusts down to the very soles of their
feet.
Acknowledged Rascality.
A statement made by a Kansas Leg:
islator named BurGaro relative to the
corrupt means that were attempted to
be used to influence the recent election
of the Uunitel States Senator in that
State, is another illustration of the
manner in which ambitious wealth as-
pires to intrude itself into the higher
branch of our national Legislature,
The statement is not creditable to Bur-
GARD, as it is an admission that he was
willing to take the money offered by a
rich banker named Watson, who want.
ed to buy his way into the United
States Sevate, and after getting hold of
it fail to carry out his bargain, The
amount offered was $7500 in consider-
ation of BurGarD and two other mem-
bers absenting themselves when the
voting should come off, but as War-
SON's agent insisted that the absentee-
ism should occur before the money was
paid over, and the other party wanted
to get hold of the boodle before the
vote came off, the disreputable trans-
action was not brought to a head.
The occurrence as told by Burearp
is alike disgraceful to all parties con-
cerned. Itleaves the impression that
if there had not been such an intense
feeling on the part of the Populists,
which would have made it very un-
healthy for BurearD to have voted
against his party nominee, he would
have taken the bribe and carried out
bis contract. As it was he wanted to
get the mouey without fulfilling the
bargain. Such incidents as these chow
the demoralization that has become
connected with the present method of
electing United States Senators. In
too many instances money is the chief
factor in determining the election of
those high officers, with the result that
plutocracy has become entrenched ‘in
the higher branch of Congress, an evil
that can only be corrected by entrust-
ing to the people the election of those
officers.
A ————
April 13th will be the anniver-
sary of the birth of THoMas JEFFERSON
and in the hope that the day will be
commemorated by the Democracy
Major. WoRrMAN, secretary of the
Democratic societies of the State, has
issued a circular to that effect. It has
been customary to observe a Jackson
day. Why not honor the other father
of simplicity, purity and fragality in '
politics in a similar way ?
Coincidental Difficulties.
The straightened situations of the
governments of both France and Ger
many, simultaneously, is a coincidence
that is calculated to arrest the atten:
tion of the observer of current events.
In France political conditions bave
been made: precarious by the loss of
confidence in the government in conse
quence of the astounding revolutions,
which have connected most of the pub-
lic men and political leaders of the
Freach Republic with the Panama
swindle. The people of France, who
contributed their millions to a frandu-
lent enterprise, having been misled by
false representation, have discovered
that the men who were instrumental
in defrauding them ave the men to
whom they entrusted the management
of their government, and that with but
few exceptions, the high places in the
government are filled by men who en-
gineered the greatest swindle that was
ever perpetrated upon any people. It
is this alarming and humiliating dis
covery that ‘is shaking the French Re-
public to its very foundation, and it
will be fortunate if the crisis arising
from such a cause shall te passed and
leave the government in its present
form,
In Germany the danger that con-
fronts the ruling authority, arises from
a different cause. Public sentiment
bas set strongly against that despotic
military policy whieh aims at convert
ing the German people into a vast body
of soldiers and bearing them down with
the load of taxation required to keep
up such a gigantic warlike establish.
ment. Although the standing army
already approaches half a million men,
the government of the autocratic em-
peror insists that it should be made
still larger. Upon so oppressive a de-
mand the representations of the Ger- |
man people in the imperial parliament
have taken issue with the government, '
and have gained a signal victory by
scoring @& majority. This popular
movement shows a revolt against the
imperial measures, which is likely to
overthrow the present ministry, and
there is no telling to what revolution.
ary results it may lead.
The Germans certainly have reason
to be dissatisfied with the immense ex-
pense which a sianding army of halta
million men imposes upon them, but
when we look at our own country we
find that in a time of profound peace
our people are annually paying expen: |
ses, banded down from a war that has
been over for nearly thirty years, which
equal the annual cost of maintaining |
the great German army-—expenses in
the shape of indiscriminate pensions
which have been entailed upon our
people principally by Republican poli-
ticians with the main object of secur
ing the soldier vote. And furthermore
when we look at the million dollar ex-
penditures of Republican congresses,
with their schemes of subsidizing tavor-
itism, imposing obligations which a
Democratic Congress is compelled to
meet, we find that the American peo-
ple, by regular process ot legislation,
have been swindled out of more money
than the French people have lost
through the Panama rascality.
The Germans and the French, it is
to be hoped, will eventually work out
their relief from the wrongs under
which they aresuffering. The Ameri-
cans resorted to the ballot—-box = for
their relief from the evils of Republi:
can misrule, and have succeeded in
that object by putting a Democratic
administration in power.
——Governor Pattison has proclaim:
ed that two days, Saturday, April 15th
and Saturday, April 29th, are to be
observed as Arbor day throughout the
State. That is but one day need be
observed, but two special ones have
been designated on account of climatic
difference in the State. Each commu:
nity is expected to decide on the day
it will observe and then ‘carry out the
purpose for which it is set apart. Ar-
bor day ie destined to be one which
coming generations will look back to
as'one of the blessings of the age. If
some step is not taken to replace our
forests, so fast being destroyed, there
will soon be a time when timber tracts
will be unknown in the land. Let
every one who is able prepare for ar.
i bor day and plant a tree.
| S———
——Good times ahkead, Democracy
Should Young Men Go Into Politics ?
From the Easton Argus, :
The question is answered in the
March number of Donahoe’s magazine
by Chauncy M. Depew, Frederic R. |
Coudert and Joseph J. ©’Donahue.
Chauncey M. Depew is not.only a
witty after-dinner speaker, but he has
ideas on almost all questions that in-
terest the public,. which be is able to
express ia a mos¥entertainiog manner,
Assuming that the question means,
should he adopt politics as a career,
Mr. Depew answers, emphatically, no.
He says every young man should start
out in life with three definite objects : |
First, to earn an honest living; second,
to secure an income large and perma-
nent enough to support a family, and
third, to lay up semething for old age,
and the care of the helpless ones he
may leave behind when he dies. He
regards politics as an adventure, not a
career. An office, at first, may yield a
larger income than some vocation, but
but to political influence. The longer
a man is in office, the greater the dan-
ger of losing his position and the more |
unfit he becomes to do anything else,
and when he gets turned out of office,
as he will be in time, by the changes
in politics, bis experience is of no use
in any other business. He cite the
instance of twenty politiciang of
National reputation who came to him
after the overthrow of an administra.
tion and begged nim to aid them in se-
curing employment, and says they
were glad to get anything to do. :
Whtle polities should not be followed:
As a career every man should take an.
active part in the political aftairs of his
neighborhood and give anch time as his
business will permit. The time to 20
into politics as-a career is when a man
has earned enough woney to aflord it
as a luxury without injury to his busi- |
ness. If he has to depend upon poli-
tics for a living, the chances are greats
ly in favor of failurs,
—————
Put Thurman in But Put Grant Gut.
From the Western Press, Mercer, Pa.
Allen W.. Thurman, son of the grana
old Democrat of Ohio, should be ap
pointed Minister to Germany, for which |
distinguished position his friends are
pushing bis claims. As the son of such
a futher there can scarcely be a question
as to his fitness for the post. [f Fred
Grant is to ba kept in the Austrian mis.
gion out of respect to the memory of
Obio’s greatest soldier, 1t wouid be en-
tirely proper to give young Thurman
the German mission as a tribute to
Oaio’s greatest Democrat
——————
Give Us Reform as Soon as Possible.
‘From the Pittsburg Post.
The announcement is made, not offi
cially, however, that the President will
call an extra session of congress to meet
1n September next. We believe this 1s
extremely probable, and itis said Mr.
Cleveland has declared his purpose to a
number of congressmen who desired
information on tne subject, so as to reg
ulate their personal engagements. A
Sepiember session will probably result
in the passage of the reform tariff bill
| befure the first of the new year.
————
Two Good Ones.
From the Philadelphia Times.
F-eding pigs in confinement instead
of allowing them to pasture in the fields
is on the principle that the pen is
mightier than the swapd.
Up to a certain period there's not
much choice 1n boys, perhaps, but
around Easter the egy is the pick of
the whole lot.
IR
Why Didn't Your Republican Congress
Do Tt.
From the Philadelphia Lequirer.
Do the Democratic politicians know
what they mean when they talk about
the free coinage of both metals without
discrimination against either ?
Ifthe next Congress will pass a free
coinage act putting a dollar's worth of
silver in a silver dollar nobody will ob-
ject.
There, now !
SAAT NE
Not So Easily as After They Have Been
Appointed.
From the Williamsport Republican.
The base ball season will soon open
and as Washington has a club ihe
grand stand ought to draw a good num-
ber of the office seekers away from
Cleveland afternoons. If thers isany-
thing that can draw people away from
office it is a game of hare hall,
Yes, This Country Had But One Pap.
From the Connellsville Courier.
The proposition to abolish all names
of Washington as applied to States,
counties or towns, saving and reserving
only the Capital of the Nation, is a
good one. There is something ridiocu:
lously irreverant about the abbrevia-
tion, “Wash,”
But Thomas Brackett Reed is Not Its
Ruler, Thank Heaven.
From the Columbia Independent.
The trifle of $2,000,000 lost by: aa
improper ruling in the Pension Depart.
ment is a small matter, according to
the ideas of the Republican leaders,
“This is a billion-dollar country,” says
Mr, Reed, of Maine.
ETA SITan {
~— Subscribe for the WarorMAN. ;
is bringing them.
Spawls from the Keystone,
—Snow drifts seven feet high still block
Northampton County rouds:-
—Bethlehem with a population of 13,000, has
secured 58 retail liquor licenses.
| —Hugl O'Donnell, of Homestead notoriety,
has taken to the lecture platform.
—The closing Friday of the Tamaqua Knit-
ting Mills made 115 hands idle..
—A railway car at Lebanon cut in two the
11-year-old daughter of Jacob Miller.
—Smallpox broke out-.anew in Reading
Tuesday and two cases were reported.
—St. Patrick’s, Pottsville’s new 15,000
church, will be opened next Sanday.
—Itis said that 98. inches of snow fell in
Wayne eounty during the past winter. |
—Lehigh University, at Bethlehem, will
have a new laboratory, to-cost $200,000.
—The Philadelphia Coal. Company, of Phila"
delphia, eapital $50,000, was- chartered Friday.
—Although : 80 years old,. Henry Botts, of
Reading, Friday, took his first ridein a rail-
road car.
A Philadelphia, supposed. to be a seafar-
‘ing man, died in the New York Almshouse
Friday.
—The City Hall in Williamsport will cost a
trifle over $57,000, and wilk be compieted in 15
mooths.
— contract will soon be awarded for the
bullding of the German. Reformed. Seminary,
in Leneaster, i
—Lineoln National Bank, Pittsburg, with a
capital of $200,000, was Friday suthorized to
begin business.
—Potisville Electrio Railway employes
threaten to strike for 15-cents. an hour and a
‘nine-hour day.
—Robbers stole $300 worth of goods Monday
night from the Enterprise Manufacturing
} 1 2b f.Com Manheim,
promotion is net accorded to merit, |
—J hn Hegley, who resided-in. Philadelphia
‘a North Penn: Brakeman, was. killed by his
‘train at Shelly Station.
—With the gallows staring’ him: in the face,
Pietro Buccieri, the Reading murderer, reads
the Bible two hours daily.
—An attempt was made to assassinate Jing
Kee, a Shamokin laundryman, by shooting ab’
him through a window.
—The body found near Hazleton lass Sun-
day was Tuesday identified as that of William .
Vogel, of West Hazleton.
—The Rev. W. F. Basten, of the Troy Bap-
tist church, has tendered. his resignation, to
take effect in June next.
—On his way home from: church at Odens
weldentown, Northampton County, John P:
Farley was killed by a train.
—To avoid a freight train, James Winters, a
railroad employe at Portland stepped in fromt
of an express and perished
—Board of Pardons Tuesdag-heard the case
of Editor James M. Place,. of the “Reading
Telegram,” but no decision. was made.
—Twelve-) ear-oid Irvin Freeman, of Lees-
Port, tried to run across. the Reading Railroad
tracks in front of atrain sad was Billed.
—Oilie Emery had one arn nearly torn.off
by a vicious stallion; near Uniontown, and had
to knock the animal's.eyes out to get free.
—A Pennsylvania Railroad freight train. ran
into a crowd of Lialian workingmen at €olum -
bia, killing one and injuring several others.
—Thirty girls in Mrs. Rsubenbush's sewing
establishment, in. Reading, were stampeded
Tuesday by a slight fire on the second floor.
—*“TI’ll be dead. before night,” said Nicholas
Trasqualla at Pittsburg, and although then
feeling well, he dropped dead 10 hours later.
—Eronomites have been told that Trustee
John Duss is trying to sell 5.00 acnes. of val-
uable oil and timber land in Warren. county.
—The two Towanda banks have $1,(00.000
dep sits. These figures tell only apart of the
story of our wountry’s wealth and prosperity.
—Ignored in. the will of her father, John B.
Bratton, the old Carlisle editor, Mrs... Laura 8.
Morton, now.of New York, will try to. break it,
—Harrs Harsh, aged 73, for many years a
lead ‘ng hotel proprietor at Shippeusbarg and
Newville, died at Newville yesterday morning:
—While hanging a flag in the belfry of the.
Ebensburg school building Tuesday, a boy
dropped alighted match and. the edifice was.
soon ashes. }
—The banner cigar-making.county in the
State last: year was York, which rolled 269;~
542, 919-cigars, and the cigar.stamp receipés:
were §808.628 75. ;
—Enraged over a bar room. dispute, James
McLaugnlio beat in Jamés Gilmartin’s skull
with an.iron bar, the vietim of bis fury dyiog
Monday night.
—A swindler of Atlanta, 3a., informed. Mrs.
Mary J. Fish, a Reading widow, that he would
sen her the body of her alleged husband on
payment of $60. :
—The Berks County Auditors yesterday
filed their reports. The-present indebtedness
of the county is 855,823.41, and the balance in
treasury is $21,301.21.
—George Becker, who. claims ts live at
Fourth. and Lombard. streets, Philadelphia,
was caught while trying to rob Werntz's jew-
elry store, in Lancaster,
—Slipping from tie steps of the- last car ow
a Reading Railroaditrain at Gordon, Brakeman
Anthony Guy was crushed to death by an. en-
gine following closely after.
—The managers of the Ridgway Driving
park are making preparatins for a summer
meeting, July 4th and Fth. Ome thousamd-dol-
Jars in prizes.will be offered.
—A self-confessed: burglar in Reading hag
charged Policemen Tolbert and Rightmore
with having played cards in a questionable
club house when they should have been on
duty.
—Adam Senseman, aged 78, “ex:Couaty
Treasurer of Cumberland county and for
many years Carlisle’s leading coach builder,
fell dead at his shep yesterday afternoon of
apoplexy.
—Judge Peck, of Bradford eounty, has de-
eided that the expenses of the Spring electicng
must be paid by the several townships of that
county, under the special act of 1846, which
was not repealed by the general act of 1851.
—A quantity of Elk county timber will be in
the forestry exhibit at the World's Fair.
World’s Fair commissioner, J. K. P. Hall, of
Ridgeway, has been actively engaged in pro-
curing specimens of all woods that grow fn
that county.
—Auditor J. Q. A, Fox, of Northampton
county, has in his possession the eastern
market prices of Aug. 81,1843, as published in
a newspaper of that date. Eggs sold at 8 cents
a dozen ; whisky, 25 cents a gallon ; butter, 10
cents a pound ; wheat flour, $4,62 a barrel ; po
tatoes, 20 cents a busbel, and drossed beef 4
cents a pound.