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Look out,
—Josgry FogHORN
announced for McKINLEY.
NAPOLEON.
— Between 1ts $10,000 mystery story,
Bion BuUTLER's tour in Asia, and find-
ing out whom it favors for President
the Pittsburg Times has its hands full.
—Why for all this blow about Cuban
women taking to arms ? There are very
few girls in this part of the country—
of the right age of course—who haven't
been in arms often.
—1Italy is in & predicament. Her gov-
ernment is likely to fall and her credit
iz broken, all because she couldn’t lick
a hundred thousand Abyssinians with
fifteen thousand Italians.
—Everything seems to indicate that
McKINLEY will be the SANDOW of the
Republican nationa! convention, but
that doesn’t deter de boss from rounding
up county organizations in Pennsyl-
vania right along.
— WALTER LYON, the lieutenant gov-
ernor of Pennsylvania, eays MAGEE has
not only voted for, but used bis in-
fluence for the election of Democrats.
‘What if he did ! It was one thing that
he should be given credit for.
— Plant City, Florida, has a man in
the person of BowEN SYKES, who has
discounted the awful crime of Centre
county’s WiLLiAM ETTLINGER. On
Saturday a posse broke into his house
to arrest him and before they could get
out he had killed four men and wounded
six others.
— We can’t exactly explain what it
is, but something seems to tell us that
Democratic prospects are getting bright-
er everyday. Don’t you feel the sen-
sation ? It is in our bones, some strange,
inexplainable, feeling of assurance that
seems to be contracting the distance be-
tween a Democrat and the Presidency
more and more.
—The reports of the great battles be-
ing fought in Cuba are strung out to fill
columns of our daily papers, but, hap-
pily enough, there are rarely ever any
fatalities. BILL ETTLINGER killed and
wounded more people in one day, right
here in Centre county, than the Cuban
and Spanish forces, combined, do in a
week.
—With a law making body com-
posed of 220 Republicans and 84 Damo-
crats Governor HASTINGS had to veto
128 bills, the largest number ever vetoed
by a Governor of Pennsylvania, and
how much more this one would have
been thought of had he made the num-
ber 129, by including the MARSHALL
pipe line bill in the list of vetoes.
—Mr. Mark A. HANNa, the gentle-
man who has McKINLEY’S boom in
charge, has injured the chances of his
map by writing letters to Pennsylvania
protectionis. asking for subscriptions
of money with which to buy southern
delegates. The trouble with Mr. HANNA
seems to be his inability to realize that
Pennsylvanians want no more of Mc-
~ KINLEY'S protection.
—The convention now holding in
Pittsburg for the formation of a new
political party is not likely to disturb
either of the two old organizations. Only
a tew people are in attendance and they
had to import Mrs. MARIA FREEMAN
GRAY, clear from San Francisco, to tell
them how much a new party is needed.
With the populists, silverites, anti-
silverites, b1-metallists, and mono-metal.
lists the coumtry has about as many
fanatics as can be watched just now.
—Senator BLACKBURN came. nearer
being elected Senator from Kentucky,
on Saturday, than he has at any time
during the exciting contest now going
on in the Legislature of that State. Had
the Democrats all voted for him on that
day the fight would bave been over,
but five of them voted for CARLISLE. It
might turn out that CARLISLE will be
elected. Such will surely be the case if
the sound money Democrats unite with
the Republicans, who are inclined to go
for the secretary of the treasury in the
hope of ending the fight. -
—1t bardly seems possible, yet it is
the fact that Republicans value the ser-
vices of their own party men far higher
than Democrats do men of even superior
calibre. Take, for instance, the respective
administrations of ex-Governor PATTI-
S0N and Governor Hastings. Under
the former’s regime the budget for sal-
aries for state officers carried an amount
of $552,659, while during the first year
of the present administration it required
$1,369,816. Just $817,157 more for ex-
actly the same service to the tax-payers,
but apologized for by explaining that
new and pecessary offices and depart.
ments were created. The people ought
to be ready to vote as to how well they
like these expénse making Legislators
by next fall. Itis just possible that
they won’t think much about it. Times
are 20 good, you know, and the little
matter of $817,157 is nothing for the
happy working classés in’ Pennsylvania
to contribute to the poor politicians who
must have places.
Reed's Declining Boom,
There is evidently a slump in the
Reep boom. The presidential-..pros-
pects of the Czar are not a8 promising
as they were at the openingof the
present Congress when the portly figure
of the fat statesman from Maine was
reseated in the speaker's chair amid
the plaudits of an admiring majority
in the House, and most Republicans
thought it was a preliminary perform-
ance to his being seated in the presi
dential chair.
That the present outlook does not
comport with those early promises is
apparent to most observers, and particu
larly to Mr. Joserr H. Ma~iEY, of
Maine, who, as manager of the Rkep
boom, is reported to be ‘worried over
the slump in the speaker’s presidential
prospects.”
There is certainly good cauee for his
worriment, as the fact cannot be dis-
guised that the longer this Congress is
in session the worse it will be for the
bvom he is managing. When the
speaker took the chair it was con:
sidered a sort of party endorsement of
bis claim to the presidential nomina-
tion, but it will prove to be the most
effectual way of killing him as a candi-
date. He has made more enemies
than friends since the opening of the
session ; that result was unavoidable,
both by reason of his natural disposi-
tion, and the impossibility of satisfying
the conflicting claims of such a con-
glomerate majority upon his attention
and favor. The members who have
been disgruntled by his rulings, or
soured by his not recognizing their
importance in making up the commit.
tees, are not displaying any marked en-
thusiasm for the speaker as a presi:
dential candidate, and in all proba-
bility will turn up at the St. Louis con-
vention working for some other candi
date. Jor MANLEY sees thedecline of
Reep's presidential popularity among
the members of Congress and is ac-
cordingly worried. :
There are other causes for the de-
cline of the Regp boom, which not
only interfere with his nomination,
but would contribute to his defeat if he
| should be nominated. This Congress
is making a most disgraceful record, { advanced that missionaries would be
and its speaker will be heid largely
responsible for its disreputable char-
acter.
of the session, declared that it would be
a do-nothing Congress, consuming its
time merels in playing at legislation,
with no other object than to serve a
political purpose, and the people will
remember that his program was
carried out to the letter, although the
interests of the country demanded that
there should be legislation for the cor-
rection of defective currency laws, and
for the assistance of the administra:
tion in maintaining the public credit.
With such a record for Reep and
hie Congress it is not surprising that
the Reep boom is overtaken by a
slump,
—————————————
A McKinley Boom in Pennsylvania.
Appearances indicate that Quay will
not be allowed to walk off with the
Pennsylvania delegation to Bt. Louis
without opposition, there being a prob-
ability that a kick will be made
against its being cast solidly for him
a8 Pennsylvania's favorite eon. Dave
Marin, in Philadelphia, and Cris. Ma-
GEE, in Allegheny county, are organiz-
ing a McKinney movement which
may give the boss some trouble in
maintainiog his control over the dele-
gates whom he counts upon taking
to the national convention as a unit
and using for trading purposes. No
intelligent politician believes that he
entertains a serious intention ot being
a candidate, his only object being to
make terms for the distribution of the
spoils.
Martin and Macegr, however, will
interfere with his designs to the extent
of their ability, and in doing thie they
will be merely carrying on the factional
fight in which they were knocked out
in the first round last summer. They
are now applying themselves to the
work of getting up a MoKiNLEY hoom
as the most effective way of getting
square with the boss. McKINLEY's
candidacy affords them good material
to work with, as he is the leading rep-
resentative of the tariff policy that has
80 strong a hold on Pennsylvania Re-
publicanism. No other candidate ap-
« ' peals go directly to the interest of the
It was he who, at the opening |
BELLEFONTE, PA., MARCH
|
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
manufacturers whose profits were
swollen by McKiNLEY's monopolistic
duties, and it is to this clase that the
two anti Quay leaders may look for
assistance in getting up a McKINLEY
movement that will interfere with
QuaY's going to St. Louis with an un-
divided delegation to be used at his
pleasure. HANNA, who is the manager
of the McKINLEY campaign, has writ-
ten urgent letters to the Pennsylvania
manufacturers to contribute liberally
in the aid of McKiNLEY's nominatiou,
as the best thing fortheir own interests,
and he is in communication with
MarTiy and Maceg, and will supply
them with money contributed from that
source to head of Quax's intention of
slaughtering the author of the MoKix-
LEY tariff in the St. Louis convention.
It is thus geen that the fight between
the Pennsylvania Republican factions
bas broken out in a new form, and in
the three months between this time
and the meeting of the national con-
vention it may be-expected that it will
become exceedingly lively and interest.
ing. :
For Partisan Effect.
That the enemies of President CLEVE-
LAND are hard up for subjects upon
which to abuse bim, and will avail
themselves of anything that may give
them a chance to make him the ob-
ject of their malignant misrepresenta-
tion, has had a further illustration in
the eagerness with which they have
laid hold of his address before the
Presbyterian missions convention and
used it for their purpose of abuse.
The President's remark concerning
the necessity for home missions and
the call there is for missionary work
in some sections of the far West, is
represented as having been a defama
tory statement involving the reputa-'
tion of that section, and is tortured |
into a slander upon its entire popula: |
tion, If Mr. CLEVELAND's remarks!
had been a good deal more pointéd.
than they were, they would not have
been too strong as portraying the |
necessity for missionary effort in Chi-
cago, for example, where the conditions |
of morality and religion are not so far
out of place. Farther west, in the
mining camps, the cattle ranches, and
among the loose characters that lead
lawless lives upon the plains, mis-
sionaries would find ample employ-
ment tor their evangelizing efforts .
acd yet when the President truthfully
called atteation to that field for mie-
sionary work, the rascals, who make
it a point to abuse and misrepresent
him for political effect, proclaim that
he slandered the West. One particu-
lar congressional whelp, who had no
other than a dirty partisan motive, got
up in the House and offered a resolu-
tion that there should be inquiry into
the manner in which the President
had elanderously misrepresented a eec-
tion of the country.
No high public officer was ever sub-
jected to such dirty treatment from the
malice of his enemies as GROVER
CLEVELAND has been, but none ever
went out of office with a purer record
and a cleaner character than CLEVE:
LAND will take with him when he
shall retire to private life.
—=A number of the Demc-
crats in this end of the cou...
recently met in the office of coun-
ty chairman N. B. Spangler to
talk over what would be the most
satisfactory way of chosing delegates
to the State convention to be beld at
Allentown, on Wednesday, April 29th.
As there were no representatives chosen
at the last county convention who
would be properly accredited to repre-
sent the county at the State conven-
tion new ones will have to be selected,
else Centre will not be represented. It
was thegense of most everyone there
that the most satisfactory way out of
the strait would be for the county
chairman to call the standing commit-
tee of the county together at an early
day and ask that body to name dele-
gates. It will be done.
—— Captain General WeyLER, who
has charge of the Spanish forces in Cuba,
has turned out to be a real fine fellow.
He certainly can’t be the atrocious
butcher they say he is. Why he has
erally been magnanimous enough to
give the insurgents down there fiftean
days in which to surrender.
The President's Discretion.
That public feeling in this country is
strongly in favor of the cause of the op-
pressed people of Cuba cannot be ques-
tioned. This fact is demonstrated by
the general expression of the people,
by the tone of the press and by the
action of Congress, a united demonstra-
tion which clearly shows that if the
feeling of the American people could
settle the question the liberty of Cuba
would be fully assured.
Upon reflection, however, thought-
ful citizens will appreciate the delicacy
of the question of Cuban recognitiox,
and will give due consideration to the
responsibility that rests upon the au-
thorities who will have to decide this
question. Allowance must be made
for the difficulty of securing such a
knowledge of the facts actually ex-
isting in Cuba ae will afford a basis of
action that would not conflict with the
requirements of international law and
our treaty obligations to a nation with
which we are at peace.
If the entire responsibility in this
matter is thrown upon the President,
it should be borne in mind that his
official oath requires him to act within
the limit of international , as well as of
national, law and that his duty to the
country prohibits him from involving
it in unwarrastable difficulties. The
act of recognition would be exclusively
an executive act. Congress may urge
it, and that is about the extent of its
responsibility, but the definite action
would have to come from the Presi
deat, end therefore it is no more than
just that he should be allowed to use
his discretion as to whether the actual
situation in the island would warrant
his taking so decisive a step, and
whether there would be sufficient justi-
i fication for interfering in a matter that
might involve the country in war.
If the President, without a sufficient
koowledge of the facts, should reck-
lessly make a movement that would
wrubject the American people to the loss
and expense incident to hostilities with
another power, the very men who "are
urging him to interfere in the Cuban
difficulty would be the first to de-
nounce him for having done an injury
"to his country.
Slower ction in Regard to Cuba.
It is apparent from the character of
the proceedings in the Senate, on Mon-
day, on the resolution recognizing the
belligerency of the Cuban insurgents,
that there is a growing disposition to
go slow on that matter, which is be-
coming recognized as a subject that
should be handled carefully. It can
not be said that the sympathy for the
struggling Cabans is not as strong as it
wae, but it is checked by the prudent
doubt whether they have established a
condition of affairs in the island that
would justify their recognition as
belligerents. If their military achieve-
ments amount to no more than the
deeultory movements of guerrillas; if
they have vo regularly organized gov-
ernment, no capital, no courts, and no
ports through which they can be com-
municated with, it is reasonably ques.
tionable whether they are entitled to
recognition.
This covsideration seems to have
bad its effect upon the Senate which,
on Monday, took up the recognition
resolution with a spirit that was great-
ly tamed as compared with the fiery
proceedings of that body when the res-
olution was originally introduced.
Recognition was not rushed through,
as was expected ; it met with decided
opposition. Senator HALE particularly
making an exceediagly strong speech
against it, the result being that it was
laid over for future consideration.
While there is an evident reaction on
the Cuban question, it isto be hoped
that the out-come may be for the best,
not only for the honor and interest of
the United States, but also for the
benefit of the fairestisland of the West
Indies.
——The Democracy of Peonsyl-
vania is to be congratulated on the ap-
pointment ot James M. Beck Esq., to
the office of United States district at-
torney in Philadelphia. It is & just
recognition of merit by the President
and will be an incentive to the young
men of the party, as an evidence that
worth will sooner or later receive its
reward. Mr. Beck is one of the most
brilliant of the young men of the State
and is widely and favorably known for
the effective work he has done in past
campaigns.
13, 896. XO. 11.
l A Great Tobacco Chewer.
i
From the Harrisburg Star-Independent.
A Bostonian writes home
Cairo :
! “The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough are
staying in the same hotel with us. The
Duchess has three rooms—one for herself and
two for her clothes.”—New York World.
TLis reminds the writer of an inci-
| dent in the life of the late judge Black.
The great jurist and statesman on one
occasion left his residence at Brockie,
near York, for a professional visit to
| Harrisburg and Philadelphia. The
i late mayor Calvin B. Rhoads, of Wil-
; mington, Delaware, who was then a
resident of the pretty and bustling lit-
tle city down by the Codorue, met the
judge’s son, ex-leutenant governor
Black, the same day and said:
“Chauncey, I saw the governor going
away this morning and be had a trunk
and valise.” The genial ex-lieutenant
governor was much surprised and-nat-
urally asked what his father wanted
with so much luggage. “Oh,” eaid
Rhoads, “he carried his tobacco in the
trunk and his clothes in the valise.”
The point of the joke will be perceiv-
‘ed when it is stated that judge Black
was an inveterate tobacco chewer. Hie |
son gave one of those contagious laughs
of his, told the judge of what had oc-
curred, and the latter greatly appre:
ciated the joke at his expense.
from
A Time for Discretion.
From the Altoona Times.
It is quite certain that Mr. Cleve-
land will not agree to the recognition
of the belligerency of the Cuban in-
surgents at the present time. He may
see differently in the future. Just
what are the reasons for the President's
opinion are unknown. But, with many
others, while sympathizing with the
cause of human liberty everywhere, be
is inclined to be conservative, especial
ly when there are so many wild-eyed
jingoiets in both branches of Congress.
Yes, a Great Deal Depends on the Age,
From the Wilkesbarre Sun.
Miss Emily Lee, a 16-year-old girl
of New York, has sued Dr. Louis Tibl,
a dentist aged 60 years, tor kissing her
against her will, claiming damages to
the amount of $20,000. A mighty
high priced kiss. but if the doctor had
been about thirty years younger it
would not have been so .expensive.-
When old chaps persist in kissing
Yousg girls they wust expeét to pay
or it.
Right, You Are.
From the Williamsport Sun.
Senator Ingalls says Quay’s candi
dacy 18 not taken seriously ; that it is
part of the scheme to beat McKinley.
Well, all good Democrats could wish
for nothing better than Quay’s nomi-
nation, as we are quite confident that
Governor Pattison could beat him as
badly in this State as he did his crea-
ture, Delamater, a few years ago.
Why Not Supply Newspapers Also ?
From the Walla Walla, Wash, Statesman.
Secretary Morton may be unpopular
with the selfish demagogaes in Con-
gress, but he did just right in saving
the government the appropriation that
Congress wants to annually squander
in shipping seeds around the country
to constituents. The government has
just as much right to supply the peo-
ple with groceries as seeds.
Here, This Will Never Do.
Frcm the Philipsburg Ledger.
Handsome Burgess Gray, of, Belle-
fonte, had his picture printed in the
Philadelphia Press.
Fair Editress, don’t you know that our
“handsome burgess Gray’ is married
and has a family.
It Would be Like Making Smythe out of
: Smith,
From the Columbia Herald.
If the weather continues to confirm
the ground hog’s meteorological prog-
nostications, the next thing we know
he'll get conceited and spell his name.
“Hough.”
Allison is Towa’s Favorite Son.
Dgs Moings, Ia., March 11. — The
Republican state convention met in
this city to-day to .eelect delegates to
the national convention at St. Louis
and to formally inaugurate the candi.
dacy of Senator William B. Allison, of
Iowa, for President. The convention
was ooe of the largest ever held in the
State and hundreds of people were
turned away from the tabernacle in
which it wae held.
Senator John H. Gear, Congressman
W. P. Hepbura and David B. Hender-
son and J. S. Clarkson were named as
delegates-at-large. There had been a
movement to keep Clarkson oft the
delegation, but it was promptly equelch-
ed before the convention came to order.
The resolutions are in a form at
variance from the ordinary declara-
tions of State conventions ; they are
in the nature of an address to the
country on the claims of Allison for
the presidential nomination. The
platform, briefly, is the public record
of Allison, with which alone the plat-
form deals. It formally presents hiw
to the nation as a candidate and calls
‘attention to the part he has taken in
' national legislation.
Spawls from the Keystone.
—A fall of coal in Hazle colliery killed
Joseph Ferry.
—Tons of coal crushed to death Joseph
Coffet in the Avoca mines.
—A premature blast in an Ashland mine
killed Michael Perkins.
—A train at Pittsburg ran over and
killed captain James Boyle.
—Plans have been accepted for Brad-
ford county’s new $100,000 court house.
| —The body of Jonathan Schreckengast
was found hanging toa tree at Kittan-
ning.
—Falling down a deep mine hole at
Gilberton, Martin Olivette was fatally
hurt.
~State veterinarian Pierson killed 60
cattle in Bradford county that had tuber-
culosis.
—A plank from a scaffold at Palo Alto,
fell upon and crushed to death Gottlieb
Schimadt.
—There are one hundred scarlet fever
and measles cards posted upon houses in
Huntingdon.
—It is estimated that during the rafting
season, soon expected, about 100 rafts will
pass Clearfield.
—A vicious bull dangerously gored
Ulysses Ackerman, at Factoryville,
Northampton county.
—Highwaymen held up William Brewer
and William Howells, at Shamokin, and
robbed them of $200. ;
—Governor Hastings has fixed May 14
as the day for the execution of Abram I.
Eckard, in Luzerne county.
—While serving a term in Northumber-
land jail for fraudulently drawing a pen-
sion. Joseph Conrad expired Monday.
~Jacob Zilling, a well known German
mechanic, of Huntingdon, claims to have
discovered the lost art of hardening cop.
per.
—Joseph Johnson, an inmate of the
Delaware. county almshouse, cut his
throat with suicidal intent, but will re-
cover.
~The common council of Williamsport
has killed the ordinance which provided
measures of protection for that city
against future floods.
—W. H. Dill, the ex-banker of Clearfield
who moved to Philadelphia after his fi-
nancial troubles, is said to be gradually
failing in health with little hope of recov-
ery.
—Frank C. Mercer, who attempted sui-
cide by shooting himself in Williamsport
Friday, died Saturday afternocn in the
hospital in that city. He was 50 years
old.
—The lagge saw mill of Howard & Per-
ley, at Gléhsonton, near North Bend, re-
sumed operations this week. A large
number of men will be given employ-
ment.
—Tne paper box factory at Williams’
port was damaged to the amount of
$1.000 Thursday. A spark from the
smokestack set fire to the roof of the en-
gine room.
—Renovo’s council is considering prop-
ositions to refund a $2,000 bond issue
and also whether the berough can in,
crease its indebtedness to improve the
water system.
—In Welshan's mill at Rauchtown a
few days ago the piston rod while in mo-
tion was released from the strap holding
it and knocked out the cylinder head. No
one was injured.
—Northampton county court cut down
from $2000 to $800 the bill of the Provident
trust company, of Philadelphia, for ser-
vices as guardian of FHenry A. Mun-
pher, of Bethlehem.
—The Wilhamsport Tizics has increased
its size from a four page to an eight page
journal. This isan evidence of progress
on the part of our exchange that will
heartily be applauded by its many read"
ers,
—At the entertainment to be held in 3f.
E. church, at Lamar, Saturday evening,
March 14, Miss Kreamer, of Lock Haven,
and Miss Shira, of Mackeyville will re
cite, L. IL. Eddy, of Milesburg, will
sing.
—Louis Myers, who was arrested in
Lock Haven several weeks ago for steal”
ing an overcoat from a liverymanin Ridg-
way was sentenced by Judge Mayer at
Ridgway a few days ago to two year's im-
prisonment in the western peniten-
tiary.
—Rev. W. H. Clipman, Baptist minister
of Curwensville, has accopted a call from
the Tabernacle Baptist church, Harris-
burg. Rev. Clipman will remove to the
state capital in April. He takes the place
of Rav. F. L. Bardens, who went to
DuBois.
—Clearfield has been chosen as the next
place of meeting for the Woman's For.
eign Missionary society of the Hunting
don Presbytery. The same officers were
re-elected with, the exception of Mrs.
Orbison, who resigned as vice president.
—The Guarantee gun club, composed of
a number of the most prominent gunners
of the upper end of Harrisburg, will short”
ly receive a number of quail from
Wichita, Kan., to stock the woods inad-
joining counties. Last year the club re-
ceived a large number of birds, but they
refused to stay. The members hope for
better success this time.
~The stone.cutters in the region of Cur.
wensville, among whom are many Ital
ians, held a meeting in Schnarr's hall, the
above place, Thursday afternoon for the
purpose of endeavoring to secure an ad-
vance of wages. A strike was not order
ed but should one occur about 200 men
willbe involved, among the number are
those at Bloom's Run.
—H. A. Graham, foreman on the J. T°
Tolbert job at Lick Run, in ther Beech
Creek region, reports that so far this year
150 car loads of prop timber have been cut
and shipped. The engine and cars which
were wrecked on the 3d of February, are
still lying at the bottom of the embank-
ment, where they lodged when the wreck
occurred.
—A few days ago Elmer Holt and War_
ren Williamson were on the mountain
near Jersey Mills running logs for Frank
Torbet, of Jersey Shore. While hammer-
ing on a stump a bear jumped from the
inside of the stump and alighting near
Williamson, gave that man a blow on the
face with his paw. The force of the blow
sent Williamson down the side of the
mountain, with the bear in close pursuit.
Holt hastily ran after the animal and
chased it away by punching him in the
side with a hand spike.