ee NI Terms 2.00 A Year,in Advance Bellefonte, Pa. Sept. 14, 1894. P. GRAY MEEK, - - - Ebpitor a— STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For Governor, WILLIAM M. SINGERLY, of Philadelphia. For Lieutenant Governor, JOHN 8. RILLING, of Hrie. For Auditor General, DAVID F. MAGEE, of Lancaster. For Secretary of Internal Affairs, WALTER W. GREENLAND, of ‘Clarion county. For Congressman-at-Large, J. C. BUCHER. of Union County. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. For Congress—AARON WILLIAMS, For State Senator—J.C. MEYER, Bubject to the action of the District conferee s For President Judge—C.M. BOWER, JAMES SCHOFIELD, ROBERT M. FOSTER. For Jury Commissioner—JOSEPH J. HOY. For Associate Judge—THOMAS F. RILEY. For Legislators, The New Nominations For Congress- men-at-Large. The Democratic State Convention, which reeonvened at Farrisburg on Tuesday to fill the vancancies on the State ticket caused by the death of ex-Senator SLoAN, and the declination of Judge BucHER, nominees, for Con- gressmen-at-Large, did its business ex- peditiously but well. Two gentlemen were nominated, both of whom give strength to the ticket. In selecting a candidate from the western part of the State Hexay MEry- ER, Esq., of Pittsburg, was chosen. He ig well known in his section for his ability, and esteemed for his personal qualities. His position is prominent among the Democrats of Allegheny county who maintain the Democratic cause and contend for Democratic principles against an overwhelming adverse majority. He stands in the front rank of the lawyers at the Pitts- burg bar, and in those abilities which are required to make an efficient Rep- resentative he is equal to the best that the "Republicans have on their ticket. The other nominee is Mr. Tuomas CoLLiNs, of our own county, whom it is unnecessary for us to intro- duce to the people of this county, who know him so well and so favorably ; nor is it necessary for him to have an introduction to the Democracy of the State, for there is no man in the ranks of the party in Pennsylvania who has devoted more of his time and means to the Democratic cause with a purpose as unselfish as it has been unintermit- ting. Although not an aspirant for office, there has not been a state or na- tional contest for years past in which Mr. CoLuiNg’ influence was not felt in the interest of the Democratic party. As a business man he enjoys a most enviable reputation, and no man has a fairer record as an employer of labor. His business as a contractor has con- nected him with some of the heaviesg work not only in this State but in oth- ers, requiring the employment of thousands of men, with whom he has never had any trouble in regard to wages. Labor never suffered any op- pression at his hands nor any curtail- ment of its just dues ; and if all the men that have been in his employ and received fair and considerate treatment at his hands should vote tor him their votes would be sufficient to turn the election in his favor. The money he has made by operations that have given employment to labor has not been withdrawn from active usefulness by being invested in stocks and securi- ties, but it has been kept at work in operations that have furnished employ- ment, and are to-day furnishing em- ployment to large numbers of men. At this time, when the interests of labor enter 80 largely into politics, the work- ingmen could not elect to Congress a man upon whom they could depend more safely than THomas CoLLINns. ——Wool is five cents a pound and wheat four cents a bushel bigher than they were the day the McKINLEY bill was repealed. That was but two weeks ago. Possibly there are idiots in the country who will still try to make farmers believe that Democratic legis- lation was intended to reduce the price of their products. ——It don’t matter a bob-ee to the people of Centre county what the out- come of the Republican Judicial con- ference may be. They intend to vote for Bowker, and whether Love or LovELL comes out ahead at Tyrone is not both- ering them a particle, Hastings Ignores State Issues. In the speech with which Hastings opened the campaign State issues were conspicuously absent, He didn’t even as much as allude to them, and yet they are the only ones that are of ma- terial consequence in a State election. Judging from the themes which he handled in his oration one would be al- mostiled to believe that the General thinks that he is running for President, and that the subjects which will re quire his official attention in the event of his election will be tarifts and such like matters of national impor tance. The common run of voters who have read his speech looked in vain to die- cover what he had to say about State mafters, and they fonnd themselves un- informed as to what he would do in administering the affairs of the com- monwealth. He had much to say about the beauties of McKiNLEYISM ; he enlarged upon the national policy of the Republican party, and directed the thunder of his eloquence against the CLeveLaND administration ; but it would have been more satisfying to the Pennsylvania citizen if some of his talk had been devoted to issues in- volved in the State election. For example, he might have said something about the enforcement of the State constitution, much of which has been allowed to remain a dead let- ter. That part of it which requires a fair and regular apportionment of the State, and also another part, which im- poses certain restrictions upon corpor- ate power and aggrandizement, has been persistently ignored and defied by the party that controls the politics of the State. Would it have been ont of place for a candidate for Governor to have alluded to this abuse and to have said what he intended to do about it to the extent of his official capacity should he be elected ? The new election law has been per- verted from its original objects and made inadequate to the full protection of the ballot box against bribery and intimi- dation. Could not a gubernatorial candi- date have very properly spoken on this subject, and would it not have been very satisfactory to the people it he had given his views on a matter of 80 much importance as the purity of the ballot box ? Then there are other State issues, such as the unequal imposition of taxes upon the tarming community, the dis crimination practiced by railroad com- panies, the disregard with whi ch employing companies and corpor- ations treat the law which re- quires the semi-monthly payment of wages and prohibits the “pluck: me’’ store extortion and various other matters of importance to the tax-payers and working people of the State, all of which would have been proper and timely subjects for a candi- date for the chief office in the State to have spoken about, but which did not draw a single word from candidate Hastings. The position ot the Democrais of Pennsylvania on these questions 1s clearly defined and distinctly, under. stood. The views of their candidate for Governor on every one of them have been repeatedly and unmistake- ably published in his newspaper, ren- dering it unnecessary for any one to be ignorant of his sentiments in regard to State taxes, the protection of the bal- lot, the discrimination of carrying com- panies, the payment of semi-monthly wages and the “pluck-me’” stores ini- quity. The people would have been pleased to learn from candidate Hasrt- INGS own words how he stands on these questions, but inctead of giving them the desired information in his speech he switched off on McKiNLEYI3M. —If a few pretending Democrats down in Clinton county have found it an easy job to sell out the party in their Congressional district and to hand that county over to the Republicans, they will discover it to be a very differ- ent undertaking to betray and defeat the Democracy of this Senatorial dis- trict. There are too many trae D emo. crats within the limits of the three counties to allow the machinations of the gang that sold out Mort. ELLiorT, four years ago, to play a similar game now. ——If the Republicans of this Sen- atorial district expect to profit by the candidacy of Mr, Woops CaLbweLL, they will very likely waken up disap- pointed. It is one thing to be a gelf- nominated candidate. It is quite an- other, under this new system of voting —to show that every one who wants, has the right to have his name printed upon the ticket. ——C. M. Bower has hoed his own | row through life so far, but from now | until the election he will have every | man in the district, who wants to see a | good judge presiding over our courts, | assisting him to the best of his ability, He Will Get All the Fight He Wants. That some very wild talk should be indulged in at the recent meeting of Re- publican Leagues at Harrisburg was entirely natural, considering the dis- ordered condition of the Republican brain on the tariff question. It has been knocked silly by Democratic tariff re- form, and is incapable of forminga correct idea as to “where it is at’ Therefore no one who was present on the occasion had reason tobe surpris- ed at President Jack RoBINsoN’s get- ting off the following rant in address- ing the assembled leaguers: “The whole Republican party is animated with a desire to get at the common enemy—to get at the ballot-box and give the Democratic party the worst slugging ever it got.” It is quite clear that these fellows are counting largely upon the effect which the “calamity howl” will have upon the campaign, but with all the evidences of returning prosperity, with the public mind assured that a revival of the industries is atiending the opera- tion of the Democratic tariff, what will the howl amount to without the calamity. A year ago that kind of campaign tactics could be worked with advan- tage. The public mind was confused as to what was hurting the business in- terests, and a large class of voters, who never look below the surface for the cause of effects which they ex- perience, were eagily made to believe that the Democratic admininis- tration was responsible for the bus- ness depression. A few months tria] of the new tariff, however, will largely dispel that delusion, and a year will knock it higher than a kite. Unfor- tunately the time between the passage of the tariff bill and the next election is short, but even in that brief period one mill after another, going into oper- ation, with a general confidence in the revival of business will place the “calamity howler” in rather a ridicu- lous attitude as a campaign factor. Bold Jack RosinsoN, who professes to be itching to pitch into the Demo- cratic party and giveit “the worst slug’ ging ever it got,” like many another bully spoiling for a fight, is likely to find his party coming out of the scrap with a bloodier nose than he antici- pated. A Notable Omission. General Hasring's speech at Har- risburg, which was intended to be the keynote of the State campaign, is dis- tinguished by a very notable omission. It says nothing about the $40 per capi- ta circulation demanded by the plat- form on which he is running for Gov- ernor. Ee The General is elaborate in extolling McKINLEYISM, and exerts the' utmost power of his eloquence in portraying the ruin wrought by the Democratic tariff reformers, but not a word is de- voted to the scheme of providing car- rency to the liberal amount of $40 for every inhabitant of the country, which constitutes so attractive a feature of the Republican State platform. People who have regard tor a sound currency and look with disfavor upon Populistic schemes of inflation, view with no small amount of apprehension the “wild cat” declaration of the Re- publicans of Pennsylvania on the money question, while others look at it in noother light than as campaign clap-trap intended to catch the votes of those who erroneously believe that pros- perity is promoted by plenty of cheap money. It was expected that candi- date HastiNg’s would explain the meaning and purpose of the $40 per capita plank in the platform, but he disappointed public curiosity on this subject by nct saying a word about it in his epeech. ——Senator MaNDERrsoN, of Ne- braska, wants the tariff taken out of politics. That is just what the Demo- cratic party proposes to do by furnigh- ing the country with such a fair and equitable tariff, as will satisfy the peo- ple and give nobody a good reason to want to tinker with it. Tariffs of the McKINLEY variety are the kind that causes dissatisfaction with a majority of the people and sets political parties to fighting about them. ——Mr. Joan WaNAMAKER adver- tises that the Democratic tariff has compelled him to reduce the price of everything he sells, We thank Mr. W., for his honest confession and con- gratulate the people, particularly the laboring men and farmers, that the beneficent effects of Democratic legis lation are being felt and acknowled ged 80 BOON. m—————————— ——Your State or county tax amounts, at the most, to but a few revive the McKINLEY iniquity. cents. If paid you feel so much more like a forget to attend to this, man on election day. Don’t i A People’s Candidate for Judge. In C. M. Bowker, Esq., the nominee of the Democrats of the 49th judicial district, the people of Centre and Hunt- ingdon counties see a man whose qual- ifications for the exalted position of president judge are beyond question, His unanimous nomination by the con ferees of the two counties, comprising the district, is evidence that his party has every confidence in his ability to uphold the honor of our courts of jus- tice should he be elected to preside over them, Just what opposition there will be to Mr. Bower's election is not now known, as the Republicans are still wrangling about the selection of a can- didate. However, the out come of the contest between Love and LovELL may be, the effect on his candidacy will be immaterial. Should he have Love as an opponent the dirty work of the lat- ter’s henchmen in this county, when he defeated Judge FuURsT at the primaries, will turn many votes away from him. Should LoveLL be chosen by the Re- publicans his unfitness for the office would make him an easy mark for Democrats to shoot at. The question is not so much one as to the shortcomings of the possible Re- publican nominees, but rather of the exceptional qualifications of Mr. Bow- ER. His character has always been irreproachable, he has grown from childhood to a high position at the bar, before the eyes of the Centre coun- ty people. He is an active member of the Reformed church and has always been known as an unstinted giver to charities and other christian work. As a lawyer Mr. Bower has long been recognized as a leader at the bar here and his election would insure a prom pt- ness and equity in the conduct of court affairs that has not been known for years. His methodical ways comme nd him to the voters as being a man who will see to it that the court work is kept up to date and not left run behind several years as is now the case. He is a pure, clean man whose abili- ty is unquestioned and whose strength makes the out come of the Republican convention of little consequence. Our Candidate for Senator. The action of the Democrats of ‘the 34th Senatorial district in nominating Marr. Savage, editor of the Clearfield Public Spirit, as their candidate, at the conference held in Tyrone last Friday night, has given the Democracy anoth- er leader about whom it can rally with a united effort. Mr. Savage is a man well known in newspaper, political and grange circles throughout the State. His paper has ever been a fearless exponent of sound Democratic doctrines and his associa tion with the party has been as an un. tiring worker for the supremacy of its principles. He is a self made man, having risen from the vocation of a country school teacher to the position of prominence he now holds solely through indomita- ble pluck. The opposition which is said to exist to his candidacy in his own county is eimply the product of jealousy. He has always been the friend of the mining classes and in consequence there are said to be some —the oppressors of the wage earners— who look upon him with disfavor. Such tales, however, will have no ef- fect when the character of Mr. SavaGe becomes known, His nomination was effected by Centre’s uniting with Clearfield thus giving him two counties against Clin- ton’s aspirant, Mr. Woops CALDWELL. The result of the conference gives us a candidate between whom and the Re- publican nominee there can be no com- parison. The latter being in no way qualified to represent this district in the Senate. Mr. Savage can depend on a large vote in this county. ——The object of the Democracy of this State should be not only to hold every district that now eends a Demo- crat to Congress, but to gain a few, if possible. In this way thev will help to emphasize Pennsylvania's demand for free raw materials for the benefit of her manufactures and her working people. ——ARNOLD wishes now that he bad had paralysis of the tongue, twelve | years ag), when he was abusing Beav- ER from every stump that he could get a chance to talk from, He finds that time flies fast, and that the vapor- ings of a crank are treasured up against him. ——Those who sincerely desire to keep the tariff out of politics and pre vent further injurious agitation on the subject, can help to do it by putting their feet on the party that wants to ——Read the WATCHMAN, ——-1ndividually the Democrats of Penrsylvania are infused with the proper epirit, but there will be lack of effective action if there is not thorough organization. This should be attended to in every votivg district. Now is the time to perfect that work. Delays are dangerous, —— Our people, at Tyrone last Fri- day, did not see how nicely the “new rule” worked until they got into con- ference with a county that had twelve representatives to their nine. Mr. Woops CaLpweLL, of Lock Haven, has never been accusedo f being a fool. Consequently there will be no candidate for Senate in this district by that name this fall. ——HARRY CURTIN wishes now that he had dealt differently with the farmers down Nittany Valley a jew years ago. Collins and Meyer the Nominees. 1he Democratic Candidates for Congressmen-at- Large.— Nominated by Acclamation.—B. F. Meyers, of Harrisburg, Presided Over the Convention and Delivered a Stirring Address on the Political Situation, HARRISBURG, Sept. 11.—The Demo- cratic state convention reconvened here to-day to fill the vacancies on the state ticket, caused by the death of Hannibal K. Sloan, of Indiana county, and the withdrawal of ex-Judge Bucher, of Union county, the nominees for con- gressmen-at-large. In the absence of Attorney General Hensel, permanent chairman, of the re- cent convention, who was detained by an important court case, Benjamin F. Meyer, of Harrisburg, presided. NOT MANY DELEGATES PRESENT. There was a small representation of delegates, and the work of the conven- tion was gone through without any un- necessary delay. At the close of Mr. Meyers’ speech which was an able defense of the Demo- cratic party and a scathing arraignment of the Republican tariff policy, the com- mittee on resolutions presented the fol- lowing, which was unanimously adopted by the convention : Resolved, That this convention has heard with profound grief of the death of Hon. Hannibal K. Sloan, its late nom- inee for representative at large in con- gress. He was an estimable citizen, a brave soldier in the army of the union, a sena- tor faithful to his con stituents and to the state, a Democrat devoted to the princi- ples of the party. His death is a loss to the Democracy of Pensylvania and to all the people of the commonwealth. PLATFORM REAFFIRMED. Resolved, That we reaffirm the plat- form and principles upon which the can- didates of the Democratic party were nominated on June 27, 1894. We ap- rove the Democratic administration of resident Cleveland and Governor Pat- tison. We cordially commend the con- sistant attitude of the president toward tariff reform, administrative reform and sound financial policy. We refer to the fact that the repeal of the McKinley tariff and the abolition of high protec- tive duties are being speedily followed by improved business conditions and re- stored public confldence, and that the steps already taken toward lower cus- tom duties have resulted in the revival of business the restoration of manufac- turing, and the stimulation of trade. We, therefore, confidently appeal to the voters of Pennsylvania for their support of the candidates placed in nomination by this convention. Thomas Collins, of Bellefonte, and Henry Meyer, of Allegheny, were unanimously chosen ds the new candi- dates for congressmen-at-large. Adjourned sine die. WHO THE CANDIDATES ARE. Thomas Collins, of Bellefonte, Cen tre county, was born in Cambria county about 65 years ago. He is an extensive railroad contractor and builder. He had the contract for the great Brazilian rail- road built by the English government in the latter seventies. Henry Meyer is a native of Pittsburg, where be was born about 42 years ago. He is a graduate of Yale college, a prominent member of the Allegheny bar, and has a large practice. He has been his party’s candidate for the senate and for auditor general. Soldier's Home Scandal. Commandant Keatley and Adjutant Wells Sus- pended Pending Investigation. MareHALLTOWN, Ia., Sept. 8.—As the result of a week’s investigation by Commissioners of the Iowa Soldiers’ Home Commandant John H. Keatley and Adjutant Fred Wells are suspend- ed from their respective officers. Treasurer Ratakin and Commissioner Birchard, respectively, were appointed protem to the places made vacant. It is claimed by members of the board that the suspensions are made pending a thorough investigation of the affairs of the institution by an expert commit- tee. The commissioaers have been in secret session since last Sunday. They found the books of the home in a se- rious muddle. Irregularities and dis- crepancies were apparent in the re- cords of financial transactions, and Commandant Keatley's accounts show him to be in arrears several hundred dollars, poesibly over $1.000. Tbe disclosures have prostrated Col- onel Keatley, but he avers that he will satisfactorily account for everything as soon as able to go through his books. Temporary Cammandant Ra: takin says a most searching investiga- tion will be speedily instituted and the business affairs of the Home probed to the bottom. Reckless management of this State institution is openly charged and the trouble has been brewing for months, | End of a Life of Exile. The Comte de Paris Passes Away at Stowe House.—Hs Fought Under MecClellan.—His Gallant Services Won America’s Gratitude— Twice Driven Into Exile by His Couniry— A Historian of the Great Rebellion. — Lo~NpoN, Sept. 10.—The funeral of the Comte de Paris who died at Stowe House on Saturday, will take place on Wednesday at Weybridge. At Wey- bridge there is a Roman Catholic chapel in which the bodies of Louis Philippe and his wife were placed be- fore being transferred to Dreux. It is now believed that the body of the Comte de Paris will, by permission of the French government, by eventually transported to Dreux. At Weybridge the remains of the Comtesse de Ne- mours. uncle of the Comte are buried. The death scene was most touching. The Comtesse de Paris closed her hus- band’s eyes, and all the princes and princesses, in the order of their rank, stepped forward and kissed the hand of the dead man. The body of the Comte de Paris re- poses on the bed on which he died. The tri-color flag over the triumphal arch at the entrancg of the park at Stowe House was half masted shortly after the comte’s death, The Comte de Paris was born Au- gast 4, 1838. When he was but 4 years old his father was killed in a carriage accident, In early infancy his mother led him and his brother in- to the chamber of deputies, only to be expelled therefrom amid great confus- ion. Compelled to flee, they found re- fuge at Esenach in a country house be- longing to the Grand Duke of Saxe- Weimar. They subsequently joined the exiled king and queen in England. Oa the death of Louis Philippe in 1850 the comte became the pretender to the French throne, He was educated un- der the supervision of his mother, who died while he was in his 20th year. Visiting Spain soon afterward he for the first time saw his cousin and fu- ture wife, Marie Isabelle, daughter of Duc de Montpensier. Accompanied by his brother, the Duke de Chartres, his uncle, Prince de Joinville, and his cousin, Pierre Philippe, Duc de Penthievre, the comte came to this country, landing Sept. 14, 1861. The rebellion was well under way and waiting for heroism. Al- though his intentions of entering the Union army were then not generally known, he was received while on a tour of sight seeing with much warmth and enthusiasm. Returning from a trip to the chief cities of the Union he presented his sword to General McClel- lan, commander of the army of the Potomac, and he was appointed with his brother, Duc de Chartres, on the general’s staff with the rank of cap- tain. Modesty and obedience marked the duke’s service and won his chief’s respect. Associated with him as a fellow aid was General Horace Por- ter. His life thereafter was uneventful until the outbreak of the Franco-Prus- sian war in 1870. True to his patriotic instincts he offered his sword to France, but it was declined. Late in 1871, however, he obtained aseat in the national assembly and was afterward commissioned colonel and placed on the retired list of the army. > Two years later the count, as head of the Orleans branch of the royal family of France, met the Count de Chambord, chief of the Bourbon branch, which is the elder, and for- mally recognized him as the head of the French royal house and king, de jure, of France. Ten years afterward the Countde Chambord died, and the Compte de Paris was recognized with- out question by the Legitimists as heir to the throne. During his exile in England and Spain the count devoted his leisure to historic and economic authorship, his Spanish estate becoming the center of the family circle of Orleans relatives. After the downfall of Napoleon one of the first acts of the men who then con- trolled the destinies of France was to permit the Orleans princes to return to their native country and to restore the estate confiscated by Napoleon III. Some $8,000,000 was voted to them as an indemnity for the revenues they had lost during their long exile. Of this sum the Compte de Paris got his full share, and he also came Into posses, sion of his ancestral estate of Eu, near the seaport of Le Treport, in Norman- dy. Later however, with his family, he was again expelled. The Compte de Paris virited this country a second time in 1890 to re- fresh his memory on the old war scenes. He was received by Collector Erhardt at the port of New York with a welcome in the name of the president of the United States. Enthusiastic demonstrations awaited the visitor ev- erywhere, especially in Philadelphia. A touching episode was his visit to the tomb of General McClelland at Trenton, whither he was accompanied by George B. McClelland, Jr. It was rain- ing, but scorning a proffered umbrella he koelt with bowed head and clasped hands at the foot of the grave, engaged in silest prayer. With his death his royal pretensions fall to the inheritance of his oldest son, Louis Philippe Robert, Duc d’ Orleans, who accompanied the count on his sec: ond visit to this country, and was ar- rested a few years ago for returning to France in defiance of the expulsion act, His eldest daughter is queen of Portugal. Returns From Maine. Cleaves Will Have a Over Johnson. Lewiston, Me., Sept. 11.—Returns from 280 towns give Henry B. Cleaves, Republican, 54,713 ; James F. Johnson, Democrat, 23, 8613; L. C. Bateman, Populist, 1,614; Ira C. Hersey, Prohi- Very Large Majority Commercial and Grand Army Circles | bitionist, 2,723; Republican plurality, are stirred up over the relations, but | 81,100. In 1892 the same towns gave a many have faith that the suspended Republican plurality of 10,394. officers will yet be exonerated and pos- sibly reinstated. | | —— Subscribe for the WaTcrMAN,