Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, June 15, 1894, Image 4
oe Benoa at terms 2.00 A Year,in Advance! i Sugar Trust by the provisions of a Bellefonte, Pa., June 15, 1894. P. GRAY MEEK, - - - Eprror Democratic County Ticket. ; JAMES SCHOFIELD, For Legislators, { ROBERT M. FOSTER. For Jury Commissioner—JOSEPH J. HOY. For Associate Judge—THOMAS F, RILEY. The Ticket. snr, It was a good convention that met in this place on Tuesday last—a convention of representative, earnest Democrats, who did their work well and gave to the people of the county a ticket, and a platform, that every Dem- ocrat within it will endorse and sup- port with hearty good will. There is noneed for reference now, to the choice of the convention for Governor, Congressman, Senator or Judge. These have all to go through the ordeals of state aud district con- ventions before they can be considered a8 nominees ; and until they are such, words of commendation, such as the Warcaman feels they: are worthy of, would be useless and out of place. It is not out of place in this connec- tion however to say, that in presenting Mr. SiNeerny for governor, Mr. WiLLiaus or Mr. HeINLE for congress, Mr. MEYER for Senate and Mr. Bow- ER for judge, that the Democracy of Centre have done so in the best of faith and in the full belief that they have named for these positions, candi- dates worthy the honor they have bestowed, and who, if successful, will give to state, and respective districts, a ticket that will do credit to the party and the principles it represents, and will receive the cordial, earnest and united, support of the Democratic voters of the county. In naming that portion of the tick- et that was completed the convention made no mistake: Mr. SCHOFIELD who heads the ticket for Legislature, is well known and popular throughout the entire county. The public places he has filled, he has filled well, and his course during the last Legislature, in standing by the interests of the tax- payers on all questions, would entitle him, even if the usages of the party did not, to re-nomination and election. It is conceded on all sides that he made an attentive and active member, watch - ful of the interests of his constituents and was on the right side of every question that effected the welfare of the state. Upon his record Mr. SCHOFIELD can go to the people of the county with an assurance of a re-elec- tion by a larger vote than was given him in 1892. Mr. Ror. M. FosTkR, the new mem- ber, is the youngest son of Capt. Rosr, Foster who fell in defence of the flag and his native soil st the battle of Gettysburg. He was born near the State College and was brought up as a farmer. For some years back he has been a travel ing salesman, and in that capacity has made a large circle of acquaintances, and friends. He has the ability and integrity to make an intelligeng and reliable representative, and his knowledge of the wants of the people, with his disposition to do creditably what he undertakes, will secure to the county an other excellent and faithful member in the next Legislature. His nomination was a good one as will be shown by the vote he will poll in Nov- ember. For Associciate Judge the conven- tion gave us Hon. Tos. F. RiLey who has so conscientiously and satisfactor illy filled this position for the past five years. To the voters of the county itis useless for us to say aught of Mr. RiLey. He is known to be one of the most fearless, faithful and popular, officials that has ever been chosen in the coun- ty. The fact that he was renominated without opposition shows the esteem in which he is held by Democrats gen. erally, and gives the assurance of his re-election by an overwhelming ma- jority. The Jury Commissionership was given to Mr. Josern J. Hoy of Marion township, one of the wide-awake, pushing and successful farmers of the county, a wheel-horse of the Demo: cracy in his section and a man who does what he undertakes with all the energy and earnestness of his dis- position. His large acquaintance with the people of the county, his intelli. gent discrimination as to the fitness of men for Jury service and his fearless- ness in performing any duty imposed upon him, makes him particularly tke man for the place. The party can con- gratulate itself that it has so good a man and so worthy a candidate for the position. —Squelching Populist PENNOYER in Who Favored the Sugar Trust. There is something amusing in the wail of the Republicans over the favor which they allege has been shown the Democratic tariff bill. Any one giv- ing heed to this clamor would think that the sugar schedule of the new tar- iff bill, was the greatest outrage that was ever committed in the way ot leg- islation ; but the Republicans in mak- ing a fuss about it ouly expose the measure of condemnation thatis due them for what they did for the Trust in the McKinLEY bill. How stands the account between the two parties as to the amount of favor shown the Trust? The McKINLEY bill gives it the advantage of a duty of one half cent a pound on manufactured Sugar, or at the rate of 50 cents a hun- dred. In addition it gives the Trust the benefit of its raw sugar free of duty. On the other hand the Democratic tariff reduces the advantage of the Trust by putting a duty of but the eighth of a cent a pound on mauufac- tured sugar, or at the rate of but 12} cents a hundred. And further more it imposes a duty of about 40 cents per hundred on raw sugar. The latter ar- ticle free of duty, as in the McKinley bill is almost entirely for the benefit of the sugar refiners, for consumers use little or none of it. It is the tariff on manufactured sugar that the people feel, and the Democratic tariff takes off three-fourths of the duty imposed on that articleby the McKINLEY measure. Now what conclusion is reached by this comparison? If the Democrats have committed a great offense in giv- ing the Sugar Trust the benefit of a duty of an eighth of a cent a pound on refined sugar, what was the extent of the Republican iniquity in giving it four times as much ? It is but a ques- tion of simple multiplication. And yet the impudent rascals who are sup- porting the McKINLEY extortion are howling about Democratic favoritism to the Sugar refiners, and even say that that the Trust contributed to the cam - paign fund of a party that has cut off three-fourths of its tariff advantage. The duty in the Democratic sugar schedule is strictly a revenue measure, and therefore is in perfect line with the object of a revenue tariff. Every cent derived from it goes to the gov- ernment while most of the proceeds of what are really protective duties is en- joyed by the parties protected at the expense of consumers. We would have preferred dispensing with sugar duties entirely believing that an in- come tax is sufficient to make up the deficiency resulting from the loss of that source of revenue; but circum- stances have been such asto induce the retention of a duty on sugar, but it has been so much reduced that it can- not be said that its retention conflicts with the Democratic promise of tariff reform. In the case of a high tariff, reduction 18 the realization of reform, and that is all that the Democratic party guaranieed. Free-trade tariff smashing is a scare-crow invented by the Republicans to frighten the igno- rant and to deceive the unwary. Itis not in the Democratic programme. They Are Grieved About It. After having thrown every possible impediment in the way of the tariff bill the Republican obstructionists in the Senate acknowledge themselves beaten, but they give up the fight reluctantly. Hoar, of Massachusetts, whimpers over it, he being greatly grieved that the Democrats should be able to pass a tariff bill in less time than it took the Republicans to pass the MoKINLEY enactment. This is a double grievance to him considering the desperate ex- pedients that have been employed to prolong ite passage through Congress, in comparison to which the opposi- tion to the McKINLEY bill was moder- ate in its methods. Yet the McKin- LEY measure was oot passed until nearly the close of the summer. Hoar sniffled his regret in a remark that Senator CampeN, of West Vir- ginia boasted that ‘this tariff bill would be passed in a shorter time than any other tariff bill since the war.” He admitted with evident regret that this would be the fact, and ‘that the Democrats were going to take the credit of it on the stump.” The latter remark lets out the whole secret of the Republican filibustering against the Democratic tariff. They have been willing to keep the business of the whole country in a State of sus- pense and to prolong the general dis- tress in order that they might be able to go on the stump and say that the Democrats could not pass a tariff bill. But fortunately they have broken down in this purpose and are forced against their will to admit that while it took the Republicans until Septem- ber to pass MoKINLEY'S monopoly measure, the Democrats enacted their tariff reform bill in June, in the face, Oregon can’t be counted as a Democratic | too, of the most desperate and unscru- defeat. pulous opposition. The Issue of the Campaign. The Democratic campaign in this | State this year will have to be fonght out on the issue with which the pas- sage of a Democratic tariff bill will supply the party. The Republicans, by the declaration of their convention plainly indicate their intention of making McKiINLEYIeM their shibbo- leth in the fight, and the Democracy will not be backward in accepting such a challenge. The fact of having accomplished the tariff legislation for which they so long and arduously struggled ; the at- tainment of such an end without im- pairing a single interest of the people ; the triumph of attaining it in spite of an opposition that was willing to keep business in a state of prostration in order to prevent that Democratic measure, and the orderly resumption of industrial operations after its pas- sage, giving the lie to the charge thai reform tariff legislation meant ruin to business, all these circumstance? will be powerful assistants to a Democratic campaign conducted on the issue of the WiLsow tariff. The material of the ticket should conform to the advantage that is pre- sented in the issue. There should be no mistake in selecting the candidates. They should be reliable and unques- tionable representatives of tariff re- form as embodied in the enact- ment of a Democratic Congress. The campaign must be an aggres- give one—an assault upon the strong- hold behind which the favorites of a monopoly tariff have been so long en- trenched in Pennsylvania. There should be much talking to the people and it should be right to the point. There will be many exploded Republi- can tariff lies to be held up to public scorn, contempt and derision. In such a contest, in which the ad- vantage of the issue will be on the side of the{Democrats, that advantage will be greatly increased by candidates, on the State ticket, who will be real represen- tatives of the principles contended for by the party, and who will command its confidence and solidify its strength. The party in the State has the mate- rial for such a ticket, and we are confi- dent that the nominating convention will find it and present it to the voters. Governmental Agriculture. It was questioned whether there was a necessity for an Agricultural Depart- ment, as it was thought that a bureau connected with the Interior Depart- ment was sufficient to serve the agri- cultural interests. If, however, any benefit is derivable from the depart- ment that directs the seed business of the government and devotes its atten- tion to the various diseases that afflict the cattle of the country, it is certainly being furnished to the fullest extent by Secretary Morton, who has not only brought the business of the Department of Agriculture down to a practical basis, but has greatly reduced the ex- penge of running it. By changing ite methods without affecting its efficiency, and reducing an unnecessarily large force of assistants, he has in seven months saved the handsome sum of $383,000. His economical manage- ment, doing all that is necessary to be ata less expense, is in marked con- trast with that of old Uncle JERRY Rusk, whom everybody liked, but whose management of the Depart- ment was decidedly more picturesque than efficient. - The way that Secretary MoRrToN is conducting his Departinent leads some at Washington to think that by his showing that it can be run effectively at a comparatively small expense, Congress may be induced to put it back to its old position as a Bureau. Bat it is not likely that Congress will do anything of the kind. Con- gressman have a decided partiality for the Agricultural Department. They thik it pleases the farmers to have a whole department devoted to their al- leged interest, an honor that has been paid no other branch of industry, and the honorable gentlemen would not have it appear that they went back on the farming interest by wiping out the agricultural member of the Cabinet. They are not going to do an act that might offend a class that casts a mighty big vote. Besides, the average Congressman appreciates the advan- tage of being able to go to headquar- ters, where the seeds are kept, and or- der a liberal number of packages, bearing the label of the Agricultural Department, to be sent to the farmers of his ‘‘deestrict.” We do not believe that Congress will ever reduce the standing or curtail the functions of that branch of the goveran- ment. The farmer will stay in the Cabinet. ——If you want printing of any de- scripton the WATCHMAN office is the place to have it done. Stopped Only By Defeat. While employing every expedient to obstruct the passage of the tariff bill, and being the actual cause of its delay, the Republicans have censured the Democrats for inability to expedite tariff legislation. Now when their dilatory efforts have been eventually defeated, and it is certain that the bill will be passed, those who fought it with desperate and unscrupulous op- position are beginning to claim it as gomething of a Republican measure, and after it has been in operation awhile and the country has experienc: ed its beneficent effects, it would not be surprising if they should claim that they passed it. We already see the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin asserting that in con- sequence of the bill being “as a whole a moderate Protection measure,” and the Democrats haying “abandoned the most dangerous parts of their tariff wrecking,” the Republicans have desisted from their original scheme of opposition. The fact is, they continued their resistance as long as there was a possibility of retarding the bill, and ifit has ceased it is only because they flod that their original plan of opposition is bound to bea failure. This oposition did not spring from any fear of ‘‘tariff wrecking” by the Democrats, for no person of intelli gence ever entertained the idea that the Democrats wanted to wreck the tariff, and there was not a Republican Senator who did not know that the Witson bill, even before it was amended in the Senate, furnished all the protection that the industries re- quired. Republican resistance sprang from a political motive. The interests of that partly required that the Demo- crats should not be able to pass a tariff bill, and particularly ‘one that would be satisfactory to the country. It was solely for party interests that obstruc- tion has been thrown inthe way, and all the harm inflicted upon the busi- ness interests by keeping the settlement of the tariff question in suspense. After fighting it to the bitter end it won’t do for the Republicans to claim credit for discontinuing their opposi- tion. When their resistance stops it will only be because they have been whipped. SETAC How They Should Be Treated. People of correct views can have but one opinion in regard to the newspa- per correspondents who have been pub- lishing damaging charges against Sen- ators and Members of the government. Their statements involve matters of great public interest, and therefore they are not justifiable in withholding any knowledge they may have concerning them. After having impugned the official character of high functionaries it ill becomes a truthful correspondent to plead that what he has published was obtained from a confidential source which he will not betray, and he is but skulking when he shields himself be- hind the liberty of the press. An honorable man making such charges would be eager to give his authority. It being a matter of the highest public importacce, his regard for the public interest would prompt him to make a full disclosure. He would withhold nothing if the truth were his object and the public good were his aim. On the other hand, if he is a mere sensationalist, or it he is a partisan hack, writing to suit the pur- pose of a partisan paper, reckless of his statements and indifferent as to whether they are true or not, his only object being to injure the party against which he is employed to write, he will naturally and necessarily take just such a position as that of the corres- pondents who have been hanled up betore the Senate, and claim that Aonor forbids their disclosing the soarce from which they obtained their alleged ia* formation. Now, when aoy one of the im- pugned, by the secorrespondents, refute the imputation, the refusal of these writers to give their authority for the charges they have made, simply amounats to contumacy, which calls for correction. Neither the Senate nor the public should be trifled with in this way. Statements for which au- thority cannot be given must be re: garded as falsehoods, and should be punished as such. That is the way ordinary newspaper publishers are treated for indulging in unsubstantial defamation, and newspaper correspond: ents have no right to claim immunity for such an offense. A Commendable Restriction. What a comfort it would be to this conntry it other nations would adopt | a8 sensible a regulation in regard to | emigrants as has been adopted by the | Japanese government. Japan has ! passed a law to the effect that none of her people can leave her dominion witbout a paesport, and no passport June 30 to July 6 inclusive. shall be given if the emigrants inten- tion is to goto a country whose gov- ernment objects to the influx of Japa- nese laborers. This regulation not only shows a regard for the feelings of other countries, but also a degree of self-respect that will not permit the in- trusion of Japanese where they are not wanted. Such a regulation should commend itself to the authorities of China whose overflowing population is a danger, and a nuisance, to countries that do not want to be flooded with Chinese cheap labor, or burdened with an undesirable race of people. But the Chinese are not as sensitive as the Japs, and are willing to unload their superfluous hordes up- on countries that most decidedly object to their immigration. It would also be commendable, and a great advantage to this country, if European nations would follow the ex- ample of the Japanese and restrain, from coming to our shores, the class of emigrants who are not wanted here, Bat instead of establishing regulations that would prevent or limit such unde. sirable immigration to this country, it has been their policy to dump even their criminals and paupers upon us, in addition to their cheap laborers. But it is a good deal the fault of our own government that this imposition is practiced, as no effective measures have been adopted to prevent it. ——T'he fight between the two Re- publican candidates for Judge in this county has reached that point in in- tensity and meanness of methods that decent men should blush to have their names connected with it. In fact,if half that is said of either of these aspirants istrue, by members of their own party, neither should be considered for a moment for the honorable and digni- fied position of judge: The attempts of Mr. Love's friends to drag the church, which he professes to belong to, intothe fray is an insult to thatdenomi- nation that will be remembered and should be rebuked. ADDITIONAL LOCALS. ——Mr. Harry McD. Loraine and Miss Maude Holt two well known young people of Philipsburg were mar- ried in that place last Wednesday. The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Mary Holt. ——One week from to-night, Miss Minnie Brew will givea fare well dance for the members of her class and their friends. Stopper and Fiske, will furnish the music, and over two hundred invi- tations have been sent out. hot ——1It is said that in 1816 there was not a month during which there was not a frost. Fruit was imperfect and no grain ripened to fall before the harvester. Flour jumped up to $20 a barrel then too. What if this year should follow that precedent. ——Mattern. and Stuart, the Pennsyl- vania State College base ball battery, who have done such good work for the collegians this season, will finish with the Demorests of Williamsport. They left yesterday morning to join their new comrades at Renovo. Circus TRAIN. —The Central Rail- road of Pennsylvania, will on Monday, June 18th, run a special train from Bellefonte to Lock Haven on account of Forpaugh’s circus, leaving Bellefonte at 12 o'clock noon and returning leaving Lock Haven at 11 P. M. It has also been arranged to run the morning and evening regular trains through to Lock Haven, thus avoiding transfers at Mill Hall. : —— Wes. Smith, the horse thief who was arrested at Loganton, was tried and found guilty in the Lycoming county court last week. He was sentenced to $100 fine and five years in the peniten- tiary. His first sentence was only for five years because the Prothonotary had re- ported him as having plead guilty but he denied it and demanded a trial of his case. The court then put on an extra year for perjury. —— Philipsburg is to have its prin- cipal streets paved with vitrified brick, and have awarded the contract to a Pittsburg firm, for doing the work. in- dependent of excavating, at $1.68 per yard. The excavating is to cost 24 cts. per cubic yard and setting curbs 8 ects. per lineal foot, additional. Considering the fact that the foundation for the paving is to be concrete our neighbors over the mountain, think they have a “puddin’,” in the contract. ——The G. A. R. semi-annual en- campment will be held at Gettysburg, Dress parades, picnics, concerts, campfires, illustrated lectures and fire works will be the interesting features of the pro- gram during the week. A band of twen- ty-five pieces will furnish the music. The department chaplain, Rev. John W. Sayers will be in attendance. Ex- cursion tickets will be sold at all sta- tions by the railroad companies for one fare for the round trip. Tickets to be sold, and good going June 27 to July 6, returning to July 9, inclusive. ——A little daughterof J. W. New- son, of Clearfield, formerly of this place, fell into a kettle of boiling soap last Tuesday and has since died. ——The next event of any import- ance in this section will be the field day at Hunter’s park by the Y. M. C. A. athletes. All the out-dcor sports are on the program. Refreshments will be served in the pavilion and the Belle- fonte band will furnish music for the day. A general good time is anticipated as it is expected to be a picnic for all. The glorious Fourth has been selected as the day. ——The Johnstown Cycle club, ac- companied by the Star Bicycle club of Altoona, which combined are said to number about seventy wheelmen, ex- pect to make a run to this place, to- morrow, Saturday. Efforts are being made to have the Bellwood and Tyrone clubs, accompany them. Whether they will reach our place in time to make a street parade, we do not know, but un- derstand the Bellefonte club, are arrang- ing to give the visitors, be they many or few, a hearty welcome. Goop 1F TRUE.—A short time ago a tramp became sick at Lewistown with a mild attack of smallpox and the board of trade isolated the case and hired an- other tramp to take care of him. As a matter of course no one went near to see how he was getting along and accord- ing to tramp No. 2 in a few days No. 1 died. The board of health notified tramp No. 2 to bury No. 1 and present his bill for the same. Tramp No. 2 followed directions and presented a bill for $115 which was promptly paid. It has since transpired that tramp No. 1 was only sick for a few days and that the scheme was con- cocted by both to beat the borough. The grave was opened and the coffin was found to be empty, so Lewistown is wiser if not richer than it was.--Philips- burg Journal. News Purely Personal. —Miss Miller, of Huntingdon, is the guest of Mrs. James A. Beaver. ’ —Misses Anna and Grace McBride, of Wil- son College, are visiting friends in town. —Miss Sarah and Bessie Linn, of Williams- port, are visiting their father, Hon. John B. Linn. —Miss Merriman, of Bradford, N. Y., is the guest] of Mies Bessie Muffly, at the Bush House. —Mrs. Samuel Reynolds, of Lancaster, and her daughter Mrs. Montgomery, are visiting at W. F. Reynolds’. : —Miss Caroline Harper of Thomas St., has gone to New Berlin, to attend the College Commencement at that place. —Miss Myra Holliday is entertaining two of her Wilson College schoolmates, Miss Wood- side and Miss Damon, both of Philadel- phia. —Miss Alice Bentley, of Houston, Tex. who has been visiting Winifred Meek, sails Monday for Europe where she will spend the summer. —Miss Blanche Bridge and Miss Irene Sny- der, of Clearfield, attended the State College Commencement, with their hostess Miss Elsie Weaver. —Squire Porter, of Mackeyville, with his two pretty little granddaughters Bessie and Annie Dornblaser were among our visitors yesterday. —Miss Mamie Jackson is home from the Woman's College in Baltimore, for her sum- mer vacation and is spending part of it with her sister Mrs. W. F. Reeder. —G. G. Hutchison of Warrior's Mark was a delegate to the State Beard of Agriculture meeting at State College, on Tuesday last, to elect trustees for that institution. —Mrs. D. H. Hastings has been entertaining this week, at her home on Allegany street, and at the University Inn, at the State College, Mrs. Gilkinson and her two daughters. —Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lilly, Baby Lilly and Miss Mary Olewine, who, during the recent flood, were taken from their home in Sunbury in boats, are visiting relatives in town. —Mr. and Mrs. W. Frank Strouse, who came on to attend the College Commencement, will spend some time with friends throughout the county before returning to their home in Baltimore. ——Mrs. Greenland, wife of Adjt. Gen. Greenland, of Clarion, and her daughter tar- ried in town a few hours Wednesday morning, on her way to the commencement at the State College, where her son is a student. —Hon. Charles W. Stone, of Warren, who was elected trustee of the State College in the late Judge Orvis’ place, had quite a reception tendered him Tuesday evening, at the Bush House, where he staid the night. —Mr. Will 8. Furst, who is amply able and who is doing well his part to keep up the repu.- tation of Bellefonte, for its clever and honest men, is home for a short vacation from Phila- delphia where he is practicing law. —Distriet Attorney John 8. Weller, of Bed- ford, W. B. Hawk of Johnstown, Alec Patter- son, Walton Mitchell, Walter Stevenson and Charley Aull, of Pittsburg, are some of the graduates of the State College who attended commencement at their alma mater. —Mr. and Mrs, W.T. Speer started Wed- nesday morning to drive to Reedsville for a few days stay with their daughter Mrs. Harris Mann. Their trip no doubt will be delight- ful as the mountains over which they go are covered at this season of the year with blooming laurel and rhododendrum. The Columbus Agreement. PITTSBURG, June 13.—District Presi- dent Cairn, of the United Mine Work- ers’ union, returned to Pittsburg this morning and at once issued a call for a district convention to be held in Pitts- burg on Friday. At this meeting the district officers will explain the terms of settlement agreed upon at thu Columbus conven- tion, and the miners will be advised to accept them and go to work on Mon- day. There is a great deal of indigna- tion among the miners and reports of indignation meetings are numerous. It is confidently believed, however, by the mine officials that the nien will ac- cept the terms offered, and that they go to work on Monday morning next. -—