—Who would have thought that a Phil- J —George W. Gump last week set out 40,- 000 cabbage plants in a plot of ground in i 5 2 ; 3 x EX So= Rt . : e Spawls from the Keystone. entoratic Co Ser Z HR LES = —Ed. Bitting, the young pugilist who was ~~ AR = 7 knocked senseless by Eugene Low at Wil- \ $= o liamsport Thursday night, regained con- BY P. GRAY MEEK. - sciousness Friday. He is improving and a will recover. Ink Slings. adelphia messenger boy had enough life in him to strike? —Because the price of lumber has gone up so high it need not necessarily be taken as a sign that board at the Seashore is to be higher. —1It was a bright, fresh day, was August 1st, when ALGER stepped down and out; and a new poljcy must now take Roor, if the Filipinos would be put to route. —ALGERism has cost us enough in blood and money to make post mortems a very distressing occupation. It is dead. Let it rest, undisturbed, in the discreditable grave it fills. —What are the Republicans going to do about their state administration? They couldn’t endorse it in Centre county, hence it would not be expected that they will have the nerve to ask people to support it next fall. —‘Nobody wants war,” says Sir WIL- FRED LAURIER, premier of Canada, in speaking about our Alaskan boundary dispute. If he were onlyas certain about not wanting Alaska there never would have heen any trouble. —Did it ever occur to you that the ma- jority of the prominent figures in the Re- publican factional fight in this county are Methodists. That is, they were, for the Good Man knows they all need ‘‘doin’ over’’ mighty bad now. —Are any preparations being made to receive the ‘matchless leader’’ when he re- turns from Cape May? Really there ought to be a few barrels of juice and a canopy of "long green, extending from the station to North Allegheny street, just as mementoes of the great reform (?) wictory. —SaMpsoxN has filed a claim for prize money for himself and men on account of the boats they sunk off Santiago in July, 1898. It will be interesting to discover what portion of the bonus SAMPSON will accord to SCHLEY, the man who won the vietory. —The rumor that former Governor HASTINGS is aspiring to legislative honors is certainly only a rumor. Not because the position is beneath the ‘‘unapproach- able leader’ but more so because he might consider it so since being stilted up again by his recent victory in Centre county. —QUAY is to be on hand at the coming ing Republican state convention at Harris- burg and to that end he has had himself elected as a delegate from Beaver county. It is’ quite apparent that the ‘‘old man’ no longer trusts even those who pretend to be his friends and prefers to be there, him- self, to throw the lash into his minions. — While the peace commissioners at The Hague have taboced the dum dum bullet as an instrument of warfare that has too much savagery in it for civilized nations to use, the manufacture of the rum dum beverage still goes on. The terrible kill- ing it does can not be equalled in any way by the missile that speeds from the Mauser rifle. —Mrs. George Hacket, of Brownsville, Blair county, recently gave birth to a young son and the happy father, so it is said, be- came 50 excited over the event that he told his neighbors there were seven of them. They did not believe him at first, but Hacket maintained that he was right and the report spread. Now the museum man- agers are after him and his wife and he has settled down to cold facts, realizing that one is quite enough at a time. —The idea of the Utah Mormons sending agents East to win recruits to their religion is not so ridiculous as the hasty might sup- pose it to be. Every day the papers tell us of men who are leading double lives, dishonoring their families and disobeying God, and with such knowledge so con- stantly before us it is not unreasonable to conclude that there are lots about us who would be only too eager to embrace po- lygamy, were it not for the law’s strictures upon such practices. —A noted old lawyer was once coaching a student of BLACKSTONE, whom he was pre- paring for the bar, when he gave him this advice: ‘‘Young man, the minute you find out that you have no case sail in and give the other side h——1.?” It looks very much as if all the Republican newspaper men in the country had been under the tutelage of the same old barrister. They know they have no case with which to answer the charges of imperialism, neglect of soldiers, trust pampering and money contracting that are being made against them so they, one and all, turn in and try to divert pub- lic attention by giving BRYAN h——1. —Senator BURROWS, of Michigan, is one of the first Republicans who has had the courage to talk sense on the Philippine situation. He says: “If I could have had my way we would have simply a coaling station or a base of supplies in the island of Luzon; we would not have paid a penny to Spain and we would have our footing in the East without the sacrifice of life and money.’ “I believein finding new markets for our people, at the same time we must not overlook the fact that we may run counter, at any moment,to England, France, or Germany, and I believe that England, now apparently so friendly, will strike at us the moment we cross her threshold.” Senator BURROWS appears not to be biased by the same narrow influences that seem to contract the vision of his fellow party men. He looks at the situation as an honest statesman and views it with alarm for the Republican party and his country. of eacraic: TAO! THIN f A. & STATE RIGHTS AN D FEDERAL UNION. VOL. 44 BELLEFONTE, PA., AUG.. 4, 1899. “NO. 30. A “Prosperity” That Breeds Strikes. To some it may seem strange that just when the talk about prosperity is the loud- est, and people are beginning to think there may besomething init, that strikes should break out, lock-outs be threatened and la- bor troubles loom up with alarming propor- tions. But when you come to think about it there is nothing so very strange in the sitnation. The prosperity that we now imagine we are enjoying isnot by any means a general betterment of business. It is a prosperity that, like a poor field of wheat, is only in spots. Itis seen in onelocality and un- known in another; felt in one business and has no effect upon another. It is confined almost exclusively to industries and enter- prises connected with the manufacture and use of iron, and outside of these is not felt, except in the increased prices we are com- pelled to pay for almost everything our needs require. What makes the trouble is the fact that prices have increased at a much greater rate than wages. While iron and articles made from it have advanced from 40 to 150 per cent. wages, insome instances, have not gone up at all,and in others but from 5 t013 per cent. And with this small advance the workingman’s wages are expected to meet an advance of double that amount in almost everything he is compelled to pur- chase. They don’t do it, and the result is unrest, agitation, strikes. To-day, with all our imagined prosperity there are large classes of our people in worse condition than before we heard of it or hoped for it. These are the farmers,and working men in other than iron industries. The farmer is getting less for that which he has to sell, and is compelled to pay more for everything he purchases, than he did during the depressed condition that pre- ceded this prosperity. And .the same with the laborers,except those employed in the mines or in the manufacture of iron. There has been no increase in their wages, yet every article they use commands a higher price than it did then. With more going out and less coming in, for — a majority of our people—is it to be wondered that the prosperity the few are enjoying is making the many restless and and unsatisfied? So it is not to be wondered that street car employes and others whose wages have not been advanced, but who are compelled to pay out of the pittance they receive the increased price this seem- ing prosperity has added to the necessities they require, are growing desperate and re- sorting to strikes? ——Capital is said to be falling over itself in the effort to get stock in the air- ship company being organized in New York. The proposition is transportation from New York to London or Paris in thirty hours. And it is likely to succeed if the air only holds out. The Longer the Better. Some of our contemporaries complain that President McKINLEY is neglecting his duties and deserves censure for his absence from Washington so much of the time, and at such critical periods as he has chosen for his outings. The WATCHMAN does not agree with them. It is of the opinion that the less the coun- try bas of McKINLEY and McKINLEYISM; the less interest he takes in public affairs and the less his ideas have to do with the settlement of questions that properly be- long to the Chief Executive, the better it will be for all concerned. While he is away but little will be done and because of that littleness, hut a minimum amount of evil can result from it. ; It is true that the country needs a Presi- dent—needs a wise head and a strong hand to guide it through the troublous and turbu- lent times of the present. But it is better that the present conditions—unsettled, doubtful and dangerous as they are—con- tinue than to encourgge the additional and permanent evils such as any policy Mec- KINLEY is likely to adopt or favor would inflict upon us. We can stand the present state of affairs for the year and a half that he has to serve as President, but we don’t want it made worse, and then that worse fastened irretrievably upon us,as it would be were he to forget his candidacy for re-election and turn his attention from campaigning to the kind of statesmanship his capacity under- stands and his inclinations would attempt to enforce. We know that troubles do not breed themselves, and that mistakes are fewer when nothing is being done or attempted. Consequently so long as the President is absent and not bothering about state affairs we can be happy in the thought that gov- ernmental ills are not being added to, or governmental dangers and disgraces in- creased. For these reasons we should all rejoice that the President is taking a rest. We shall hope that it will be a long, quiet and enjoyable one. It will be a rest, not only for him but for the country. A Divided Disgrace. Secretary ALGER went out of office on the 1st inst. but before going he dumped a goodly. portion of his woes squarely upon the shoulders of the President. In his ‘statement, which is put forth as an apology for his shortcomings, he makes it explicit that the appointments made for the army, and through the incompetency of which so much suffering and disease and death result- ed, was the work alone, of President McKIN- LEY; that the entire list of applications for appointment, with their recommendations, were turned over to the President and that of those named but few were chosen on the recommendations of the Secretary of War. No one doubts that in this matter Secre- tary ALGER is telling the honest truth. It may help divide the responsibility for the incompetency that brought such disgrace upon the War Department, and such dis- tress and suffering to those in the field. It may even excuse Mr. ALGER to a certain extent for the wrongs perpetrated upon the soldiers in camp, at the front and in hospi- tals; but it brings back none of our dead, it atones for none of the wrongs against those who risked their lives for their coun- try’s honor, it takes nothing from the smell of the rotten beef contracts, nor does it les- sen the crime. of the incompetency that fill- ‘ed so many graves with victims of unwhole- some food, unsanitary camp arrangements, uncared for sick, and stale and worthless medicines. Mr. ALGER may dodge some of the dis- repute that will ever cling to his manage- No Fair Election—No Honest Returns. To punish the indolence of the fellow who is too lazy to get up in time for break- fast he is usually compelled to go hungry until the hour for the next regular meal. We imagine this will be about the case with those newspapers and politicians, who are now proposing so many different plans to secure action on the constitutional amendments, about which they failed to show any interest when that interest would have been of some use. They will be al- lowed to go hungry for fair election laws and honest election returns, until the next regular time for proposing amendments such results. Three months ago the WATCHMAN called attention to the necessity of some move- ment that would test the Governor’s power to prevent, by veto, the submission of the proposed amendments to the people. If appealed to the newspapers of the State to aid in arousing public sentiment on this question, and it pleaded with those at the head of the party organization to take such action as would secure the interference of the courts in behalf of the people’s rights. But all to no purpose. With but few ex- ceptions the newspapers remained silent, and political leaders found it easier to look wise and remain inactive, than to come to the front while there was time to have a judicial determination of the matter. Now that it is too late to act; when the date fixed by the constitution for the ad- vertising of these amendments has passed, a great hullabaloo is being raised and all ment of the War Department by dividing Sorts of propositions, suggestive of punish- it, but the public cannot see that his re- sponsibility for the failure and offenses that drove him from the office in disgrace are any the less because they were shared by the President. A competent and brave Secretary would have revolted at the time, against incompetent and unworthy appoint- ments. He would have acted when that action would have saved the reputation of and respect for his department. But Mr. ALGER did not do this. Heallowed Presi- dent McKINLEY, dictated to and controlled by MARK HANNA, to fill the army with incompetent ‘‘sons of great men’’ because political necessities demanded their recog- nition. He permitted these appointees to be assigned to positions, the duties of which they knew nothing about, and to place the entire army at the mercy of such service as mercenary jobbers and corrupt contractors would furnish. In hisdisgraceful leave tak- ing of official life he has tasted the fruit of rach subservency, and no excuses that he may now make will ever restore to him either the confidence or respect of the American people. That President McKINLEY deserves cen- sure, along with ALGER, no one doubts; but few ever had any doubt about this. The latter’s statement fixes and fasters enough of the stigma that clings to the management of the War Department upon the ‘‘Commander-in-Chief’’ of the army to eternally damn any man. It loads Mr. McKINLEY down with equal responsibili- ties for acts that have driven ALGER from the cabinet, and with equal responsibilities for offenses that have made him a reproach to the people and an official disgrace to the country. The one has been driven from public place and public confidence. Should not the other follow ? -——1T4t is certainly very polite to say that if the President decides to put another General in command of our forces in the Philippines it will be done only because he ‘‘wants General O7Is to have unrestricted sway in the work in which he has been so signally successful, that is, in the forming of municipal governments over there.” We say it is polite, because we believe it is not truthful. General OTIs has been a failure in the Philippines, as was SHAFTER in Cuba, HOUIDEKOPER at Chicamauga, and ALGER at Washington. If the President makes a change at all it will be because he realizes this. And if a change is to he made why not put MILES where he be- longs and no fear for the future need then be felt? : ——Good old Republican Philadelphia, the city that always first cries out about imaginary maltreatment of the blacks in the South, has had the race question brought right home to her very doors. The white Methodist brethren down there having re- fused permission to their black brethren to picnick in their National park there has bees a great disturbance kicked up among the Zoarites up on Melon street. The very idea of a colored church on Melon street is enough to cause trouble in itself without plunging the embryonic dusky angels into further trouble by refusing them picnic privileges at the National park. . ——The recent fight in the Republican fold in Centre county : has made it a work of supererogation for the future for Demo- crats to tell the people of the corruption in that organization. ——Subsecribe for the WATCHMAN. ment for those responsible for the failure to submit them to the people, are being made. Punishment for such usurpation of authority as the Governor is guilty of, and for such failure to perform his duties as his Secretary of State has shown, is all right. But how is it to be accomplished ? By im- peachment ? This is the only method, and when one comes to remember that the Senate, which would finally determine whether tl:ese officials are guilty or not, is the subservient slave of the boss, whose dictation controlled the action of hoth the Governor and his Secretary in this matter, the chances of any punishment fades as does mist before the summer sun. Such a result is not even a possibility. And to talk of getting square with usurpers of official authority in Pennsylvania, by impeachment, so long as the State is boss ridden and the Senate is boss governed, isa waste of both time and words. The time to have demanded action on the amendment and the acts of those op- posing their submission to the people, was while there was time to get a judicial de- termination of the questions arising out of these acts. There was plenty of time and abundant opportunity for this but forget- fulness, indifference and neglect got in their work and the time has passed. It is now too late to remedy the wrong, and to redress the grievance is an impossibility. The hoss has won again and fair election laws and honest returns will not-be surs to enjoy for many years to come. To those whose positions required them to lead in this matter, but whose indiffer- ence or neglect, aided the opponents of the constitutional amendment in preventing a decision of the courts on the Governor’s usurpation are we indebted for the situation we find ourselves in. ——The HAsTINGS followers in the county do not propose to get left, if taking an early start will prevent it. They have already started Col. W. F. REEDER as a candidate for Judge LOVE'S position, al- though in the natural course of affairs there will be no vacancy in that office until January, 1905. It is possible they may imagine that in some way or other they ‘can secure the Judge’s resignation or re- moval, and with tltis expectancy are ‘‘tak- ing time by the forelock,’”’ by setting up the pegs for Col REEDER. Just how far this movement will go, or what it will re- sult in, remains to be seen, but if it is to succeed through the talked of and threaten- ed impeachment of the Judge or is to con- tinue on during the rest of his term, there is a chance for a good deul of fun and con- siderable fight before it ends. ——The Bellefonte Republican announces itself as the recognized official organ of the Republican party of Centre county and we'll have to give it credit for knowing whereof it speaks. HASTINGS is the boss, not only of the Republicans in the coun- ty, but of ourdown town contemporary, as well. Therefore it is only natural to recog- nize in his own organ the official party paper. Of course there is really not much in it, but then it just goes to show the ups an 1 downs of politics. ——Now that ALGER has gone let us have a clean sweep. Let CORBIN be given his walking papers and give us a change of commanders in the Philippines. —The United States navy has gone fairly on record as being in favor of the propagation of the kissing bug. We All Havea Right to Our Convictions. From the York Gazette. Those who assume to call traitorous any language opposing the actions of the ad- ministration in regard to the Philippines may learn a lesson from our British breth- ren. The question of a possible war with the Boer republic came up during a debate in parliament on Friday last. Mr. Chamber- lain, colonial secretary, openly avowed the willingness of the government to go to war if necessary to maintain British supremacy. This position was violently attacked hy Campbell-Bannerman, the leader of the Opposition, who said that he could see nothing from the beginning to the end of this story to justify armed intervention. To this Mr. Chamberlain retorted that such observations were calculated to em- barrass the action of the government. And he proceeded to justify the government's position and defend its acts. Over here, however, in the land of free speech, the situation is just a trifle differ- ent. Here the government does not conde- scend to explain, but insists on blind sup- port and endorsement and yells ‘traitor’ if anyone dares to express his honest con- victions. A resort to secrecy and epithets always looks very suspicious and sets serious-mind- ed citizens to thinking. An Explanation that Does not Explain. From the Altoona Tribune. The explanation which was given to the press by Secretary Alger previous to his re- tirement was one of the sort that does not explain. There was some just criticism concerning the quality of the appointments to the volunteer force of officers, but the chief complaint of the people came about because of the wretched manner in which the army was fed, the inadequate provision for the care of the sick and wounded, and the utter lack of means for landing the troops that were sent to Santiago. But Mr. Alger is now a private citizen. It is not necessary to continue to discuss his failings in the War Department. It is to be hoped that his successor will prove as efficient in this position as be has been in the other places he has occupied. That is all his countrymen will require of him. The Law Must Prevail, From the Philadelphia Record. The persistent violence of the Cleveland mohs who have undertaken to champion the cause of the street car employes is like- ly in the end to be more damaging than beneficial to the cause which they have espoused. Their resort to boycotting and dynamite is a challenge to the #mthority of the State of Ohio which will have to be met. It isthe business of the State to make life, the possession of property and safe transit along the public highways se- cure at all hazards. When the dispute takes that shape the original cause of quarrel is lost sight of, and a settlement may be reached without reference to the merits of the matter in controversy. Don’t Borrow Your Neighbor's Paper. From a Southern Exchange. A man in Missouri, who was too stingy to buy a paper sent his young boy to a neighbor’s to borrow one. As the boy was going home he fell down and broke his leg. The neighbor heard his cries and ran out to him, but slipped and fell, dislocating his knee and tore the bosom out of his ten dol- lar pantaloons. His wife ran to his assis- tance, leaving a two year old baby on the floor. Thebhaby crawled out and fell down the well, and while the mother was fishing for the child the house caught on fire and was totally destroyed. Moral: It never pays, besides it’s dangerous, to borrow a paper. The Victory Does’nt Whitewash Hast- ings, by Any Means. From the Clearfield Republican. The best citizens all over Pennsylvania are glad that ex-Governor Daniel H. Hast- ings administered such a complete thresh- ing to Judge John G. Love in Centre coun- ty last Saturday because they believe the judiciary has no right to mix in dirty poli- tics. They are not ready, however, to ac- cept Hastings as the embodiment of all that is pure and clean in politics, by a long shot. So please don’t give us so much “superb’’ business when discussing the vic- tory. i r— ‘Better Government and Clean Poli- tics,” What a Joke. From the Philadelphia Press. There is a very general opinion that ex- Governor Hastings is to be an important factor in state politics in the future. The suggestion of his candidacy for this or that office is, however, without his knowledge or consent. He is not a candidate for of- fice, but as a good citizen is not likely to shirk any duty in behalf of hetter govern- ment and clean politics. Yes, When the Time Comes. From the Williamsvort Sun. Judge Love, who was defeated with the Quay machine in Centre county, says he will retire from politics and from the bench at the end of his term. As for that, the peo- ple will see that he retires when the time comes. Entered Suits for Prize Money. ‘WASHINGTON, July 31. — Rear, Admiral William T. Sampson to-day filed in the su- preme court of the District of Columbia a suit in his own behalf and also in behalf of the officers and enlisted men of the ships of the North Atlantic station, who took part in the naval engagement off Santiago and the subsequent captures for prize money. The suit is similar to that recently entered by Admiral Dewey in the same court. ——1If you want fine work done of every description the WATCHMAN is the place to have it done. Karn’s meadows, near Everett. If the ex- periment 1s a success he expects to ship the crop to the eastern markets. State veterinarian Pearson states that an epidemic of anthrax in Bedford county is feared. Six horses have died from the dis- ease and two more are affected. The disease originally came from China with a lot of hides for a tannery in the county. —During the prevalence of a thunder storm recently, lightning struck a large but- tonwood tree on the farm of George Taylor, near Pernlack, Juniata county. Two very fine cows that were standing under the tree, having taken refuge from the scorching sun, were instantly killed. —DBrigadier General Charles Miller, com- manding Second brigade, National Guard of Pennsylvania, has been granted a leave of absence to the 15th of August, and Brigadier John A. Willey has been assigned to the command of the brigade until General Miller returns to duty. —Charles Ireland’s barn at Nesbit was des- troyed by fire Saturday morning. The sea- son’s crop of hay, wheat and oats was des- troyed, as were also the farming implements. The cattle and horses were saved from the flames, except one calf. The loss is $2,000; insurance $1500. —Harvey, the 10-year-old son of Simon Poorbaugh, was found crushed to death be- neath a rock weighing about a ton, near his home at Fairhope, Somerset county, Tuesday afternoon. The boy was fishing, and, it is supposed, went up the mountain a short distance to gather berries, when the rock fell upon him. —L gonier was the scene of a destructive fire early Saturday morning, Freemen & Son’s flouring mills being consumed, en- tailing a loss of from $8,000 to $10,000, which is partially covered by insurance. The fire department did good service in saving adjoining property. The origin of the fire is unknown. —Governor Stone has alloted the five can- non given Pennsylvania by the national gov- ernment to Philadelphia, Allegheny, Harris- burg, Wilkesbarre and Bradford. These cannon formed part of the armament of Cer- vera’s fleet, and were among the spoils of the victory of Santiago. Each bears the Spanish coat of arms, with boastful inscriptions. —Theodore Brundy, a 15-year-old son of Alexander Brundy, of Sabula, a small ham- let five miles east of DuBois, was drowned at Mountain Run Sunday. Heand a younger brother, neither of whom could swim, were bathing. Theodore went beyond his depth, and his brother, unable to offer him any as- sistance, saw him drown. The body was re- covered. —James McIntyre, a wealthy farmer, of Blair township, Blair county, recently laid out a cemetery on his farm for the free use of his neighbors, no other being near. While putting the finishing touches to the work of fencing in the plot McIntyre was stricken with paralysis and died. On Saturday he was laid in the first grave to be dug in the new cemetery. —Two freight trains were wrecked, Mon- day, at Panther Run, on the Beech Creek railroad, and a number of cars rolled down a steep embankment. Several of the cars were loaded with logs, and when the wreck occur- ed conductor Phillips, of Williamsport, was between two of the cars. He was tossed over with the logs, and, while he escaped death, was badly bruised. —While excavating for foundations for a new building a few days ago, workmen under charge of Foreman Duncan, of the Johnson company, discovered twelve feet beneath the surface, the skulls of three human beings and some partly decomposed bones that they believed belonged to another cranium. Whether the skulls are those of Indians or of some prehistoric race has not yet been de- termined. —A score of machine operators at the Ly- coming pants factory at Willlamsport, struck Saturday for an increase of five cents per dozen. This is the second strike at the plant within a week. The finishers were the first to walk out, protesting against the intro- duction of improved machinery which, they were notified by the proprietor, would re- duce their wages from eighteen to four cents per dozen. —During the heavy rainstorm Thursday evening two of dairyman William 8S. Stutz- man’s cows were knocked down by lightning while being driven from a field to Mr. Stutz- man’s barn, in Upper Yoder township, Cam- bria county. Mr. Stutzman’s son Robert, aged 10 years, who was helping drive the herd of fourteen cows, while opening the barn door to allow the animals to pass in, was badly shocked by the bolt. —Saturday morning one of the fine horses belonging to R. Widmann, of the Mountain Spring brewery at Lock Haven, was found to have a very sore and very much swollen mouth. On making an investigation, a cop- perhead snake, two feet long, was found in the manger. "It is supposed that the snake either crawled into the stable, or else was brought in with the hay. The snake was killed and tho horse’s mouth was treated. —James Robeson died very suddenly Sun- day afternoon at his home at Franklinville. After eating his dinner he went into his yard and after sitting under an apple tree for a few minutes was attacked with a hemor- rhage of the lungs, and died in a little while. He had heen a sufferer from pulmonary trouble. He was buried Monday. He was about 45 years old and leaves a wife and six children, none or which have yet reached the age of maturity. —The post office department is contem- plating the introduction of a new form of postal money order. It will te made to con- form to the size of an ordinary bank check, and the marginal figures heretofore printed on the order will no longer be used. A re- ceipt will also be given the remitter at the time of the purchase of the order. The new form will be much more convenient for handling by the people and the banks, and will be introduced about September 15th, 1899. wt] |
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