REE ay a gi Ar a SY Bellefonte, Pa., October 17, 1902. P. GRAY MEEK, - - - Epitor Terms or SusscriprioN.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates : Paid strictly in advance...... .... $1.00 Paid before expiration of year.......... 1.50 Paid after expiration of year............ 2.00 Democratic State Ticket.. For Governor: RoBERT E. PATTISON, of Philadelphia. For Lieutenant Governor: GEORGE W. GUTHRIE, of Allegheny. Secretary of Internal Affairs: JAMES NOLAN, of Berks. The County Ticket. For Congress : D. E. HIBNER, of Clearfield. For State Senator : Wu. C. HEINLE, of Centre. For Assembly : J. W. KEPLER, of Ferguson Twp. J. H. WETZEL, of Bellefonte. For Sheriff : H. S. TAYLOR, of Bellefonte. For Register : A. G. ARCHEY, of Ferguson Twp. For Recorder : JNo. C. ROWE, of Philipsburg. For Treasurer : W. J. CARLIN, of Miles Twp. For Commissioner : E. A. HuMPTON, of Snow Shoe Twp. P. H. MEYER, of Harris Twp. For Auditor ; J. H. Bick, of Walker Twp. W. H. TiBBENS, of COLLEGE Twp. Democratic Meetings in the County. County chairman BOWER has arranged to hold meetings at various places in the county during the time that will elapse be- tween this and the election. Able speak- ers will be in attendance at each meeting, to discuss the questions that every Penn- sylvanian should have so much at heart this fall. If a meeting is scheduled for your locali- ty you should not fail to attend it. Every good citizen should be anxious to uphold the honor of Pennsylvania and for that rea- son he should lose no opportunity to hear a fair and dispassionate discussion of the wrongs that are dragging the old State down. The meetings are scheduled as follows “# 17— * Yarnell and Spring Mills. ‘“ 20— * Pine Grove Mills. ‘¢ 21— ‘ Boalsburg, Scotia and Mt. Pleasant in Boggs Twp. ¢ 22— ¢ Julian and Grove’s School House in Benner Twp. ¢¢ 23— ‘‘ Bellefonte. ‘“ 24— ‘ Ripka’s School House in Gregg Twp. tt 25— ‘‘ Potters Mills. ¢ 27— ‘Sandy Ridge, and Mann’s. School House in Curtin Twp. ¢ 28— ‘“ Woodward and Snow Shoe. ¢¢ 29— ‘ Millheim. Heinle Has Always Been the People’s Friend. During every session of the Legislature the corporations are represented not only by their paid agents in the lobbies but by mem- bers of both the Senate and House, who have heen elected for the sole purpose of having enacted laws in favor of the corpor- ations and against the common people. La- bor is never represented in the lobbies, while the number of Legislators who are trae to the laboring man’s interest is small. Senator HEINLE, during the past four years, has been thoroughly tested. Against formidable odds he always stood up for the welfare of the mechanic and the farmer, the tradesman and the Jaborer,and his influence was felt and recognized frequently. Is it not then better for the district, better for the lahorer, better for the whole people to re-elect'such a man than to vote for a man who is himself allied with corporations as is Mr. PATTON, and whose natural interest would be with the corporations and against the common people. The people are beginning to note the dif- ference in the attitude of the candidates. Senator HEINLE bas been tried and the la- boring men know he is with them. The people’s interest is his interest. As to PAT- TON, the DuBois Fvening Express, in the October 10th issue, gives the following ver- sion of what he would do, if elected. ‘Alexander PATTON would probably rather be beaten than to be elected to the office of the State Senator with a Democratic Governor and a Democratic house. Some of his friends | can’t understand why he turned down the nomination for an office that pays $10,000 with just as good chance of election as the one he is running for now which pays $1500. Is PATTON, if elected, going to Harrisburg in the interest of the people? Will he go there and fight the corrupt politicans whose dis- graceful actions have caused this State to blush? ‘Will he go there,as did HEINLE,and, become the most feared man on the floor by the QUAY followers? No! PATTON is a coal operator and has nothing but selfish motives in asking the support of the people. If it was glory he would have taken the nomina- tion for Congressman; if it was salary he was after, he would have run for the other office. PATTON sees where he can fill his own cof- fers at the expense of a miner, in getting pas- sed the kind of state legisiation that will make the operator, more completely the mas ter of the common miner.” For Congress, D. E. Hibner. There are many reasons why this, the new Twenty-first, congressional district, should not be represented by SoLomoN R. DRESSER, the tooth-pick candidate from Bradford. In the first place he represents nothing more than the moneyed aristocracy Having neither qualifications of mind or tongue to recommend him as a desirable representative on the floor of Congress. We need not go further for conclusive proof of this than the recent Granger’s pic- nic at Centre Hall, where he made a piti- able spectacle when called upon to speak for himself before the Republican gathering there to meet him and other candidates that day. Many of them went away dis- gusted with their party for having permit- ted a man of such small calibre to get a position of such bonor on their ticket. When he was not trying some drivel in rhyme he stated that he was an inventor. As to the truthfulness of his assertion we are not in position to argue, but it is cer- tain that there is a story going the rounds that DRESSER is not an inventor at all and that the invention he claims and has grown rich out of is the product of the mind of a poor Swede, who is still poor, while DRESSER reaps the benefit of it. At all events his connection with the Holmberg-Anderson patent was of such a nature as to call forth a letter of explana- tion from him to the Swedes of McKean county, who seem to be greatly disaffect- ed ; and, very likely, for some good reason. To make such a letter of any value it was necessary to get the signatures of the men he is supposed to have wronged. He ae- complished this, as the following will show, by paying large sums of money for them. MrT. JEWETT, PA., Oct. 1st. 1902. The day the Republican club met at Mt. Jewett—Sept. 10, 1902—Fred Miller and Carl Engstrom paid me $100, and a like amount to Fred Anderson, and promised us that we should each have $50 additional af- ter election. In consideration of the pay- ment of the above sum, myself and Ander- son signed a certain letter which Mr. Dresser has since put forth in connection with a cir- cular letter issued under date of Sept. 22, 1902, to the Swedish voters in their language. (Signed) AuG. HOLMBERG. JESSE BOYLE, witness. Paying hundreds of dollars for signa- tures for letters bears out the statement made early in the campaign that DRESSER is ready to buy his way to Congress at any price. Can it be possible that the people of this district will permit such a man to carry out his mercenary purposes. He is not fit for Congress and insults the district by his attempt to make money to substitute for brains. In Deros E. HIBNER, you have an as- pirant who reflects honor upon his con- stituency. He is in his thirty-ninth year, just the prime of vigorous manhood. From youth he has been a resident of DuBois; having begun life as a clerk in a store there and by the indefatigable efforts of an am- bitious, conscientious, sterling character he has come to be one of the leading busi- ness men of the place; sound in judgment respected by his neighbors and open asa book. Mr.§HIBNER is in every way qualified to represent the district in Congress. He is a man of the people ; fearless in the pur- suit of what he believes to be right and with a conscience too sensitive to attempt to buy his way into such a position of dignity, even were he in possession of the means to do so. Vote for HIBNER. Arrogant Law Breakers. That excellent Democrat, Hon. RICH- ARD OLNEY, who was Secretary of State under President Cleveland, made a most truthful remark in an address delivered in Boston last week, when he said: ““The signs of the times are that under the regime of the Republican party and through the national government, forty years of partnership with the protected in- dustries, we have come to a pass where public officials as well as private citizens deem themselves above the law.”’ A conspicious example of this disposition to hold themselves above the law is farnish- ed by the coal operators in the anthracite region, who do not recognize the restraint of the law, and by their disregard for it prove themselves to be lawless. These ar- rogant barons of the coal trade demand that the state and general governments shall suppress what they designate as the law- lessness of the mine workers. They would enroll the military power as the means of bringing the working people info subjec- tion. But who are the parties that make this insolent demand ?° The heads of the an- thracite coal combine, including the rail- road magnates and the colleagued@ opera- tors, are conspienous and systematic vio- lators of the law. They regard with con- tempt and treat with defiance that provis- jon of the state constitution which pro- hibits the managers of railroads from en- gaging in the mining and selling of coal. They violate the inter-state commerce law in discriminating between shippers in freight charges on their railroads, and by monopolizing the inter-state coal trade they ‘violate the Sherman anti-trust law. These parties, who are made insolent by their unchecked usurpation of privilege and power, have become habitual law breakers, encouraged in their lawlessness by those in political authority who put no restraint upon them. Traced {to its real cause: this state of affairs, so injurious to public interests and oppressive to the lab- oring class, is attributable to the fact that for the past forty years the party in power has been in partnership with these arrogant ATA TA TA TATA TA TAT ATLA VAT 4 Some Reasons Why Meyer and Hump- ton Shoutd be Elected. Of all the offices to be filled in Centre county this fall not one is as important to the tax payers as that of Commissioner. Through it all the business of the county is transacted, tax rates fixed, money col- lected and dishursed, public improvements made ; in fact it is the great clearing house of the people of Centre county and it is to their interest to see that the best manage- ment possible is in control. Experience is the only informant as to what is best. From the records of the past we glean information that should direct us in our selection of Commissioners for the future, and from these records we wish to present a few facts that should convince you, bevond all question, that it will be a matter of economy for you to elect MEYER and HumpTON Commissioners. Both of them, because they represent the party that has been most economical and careful of your money while in office. Individually there are still stronger reasons. MEYER should be elected because he is an old Com- missioner and one old member is always needed on the Board for his experience and acquaintance with the people who have business in the office. HuMPTON should be elected for reasons that will appeal to every man of intelligence in the county. We have no man eligible for the office whose life shows him to be more fit than Mr. HumprOoN. Keen, practical and hard working the young Snow Shoe school master and carpentér has shown extraot- dinary ability and tact in his conduct of the office of tax collector of his home town- ship and the record he has made in that office is a sufficient recommendation for any other he might aspire to. But to return to the broader, less per- sonal reasons why MEYER and HUMPTON should be elected Commissioners we want to direct your attention to the great sav- ings of Democratic boards. They spent less money, and made more public improvements in 1900 and 1901 than did a Republican board in 1898 and 1899. Refer to the county statements and verify it for yourself. In two years time they paid off a debt of $8,352.10 left by Republican predecessors and at the same time cut the per capita tax down to the lowest figure ever known in Centre County. During the years 1897, 1898 and 1899 the RIDDLE and FISHER REPUBLICAN BoAarp SPENT $817.80 OF THE PEO- PLE’S MONEY FOR OUTSIDE CLERK HIRE. While during the years 1900, 1901 and 1902 the MEYER and HECKMAN DEMOCRATIC BOARD HAS SPENT ONLY $10.80 and that was caused by the necessity of getting out monopohistic and plutoeratic interests’ that | = have been given the privilege, if not the right, to violate and defy the law. PHILIP H. MEYER, The Men You Should Support for County Commissioner. was aman ws i the assess books just at the time of the | death of the late MATTHEW RIDDLE. Figures won’t lie, and the books are open to you. If you wonder how Democratic manage- | ment of the county affairs is made so profi- | table for you as a tax payer we need only | recite one of the many instances of watchful- ness on the part of the present board. Some time ago it appeared that preced- ing boards had been losing considerable taxes through the fall assessment law. By that plan a man’s property was assessed in the fall and'shonld he happen to move in spring there would be nothing against him at his new abode, consequently he would evade paying his fair share of the burdens | of government and the loss had to be made | up by assessing that much more on those | who did pay. This appeared manifestly unjust. Accordingly the present board sent out assessment blanks and instructed assessors to go over their distiicts again, after all the movings had occurred about April 1st, and in this way uo one escaped and the county sustains a loss of no conse- quence in its tax levy. This is only one of the many evidences of Democratic attention to your interests and for that reason, if for no other, you should see that Democratic control of the Commissioner’s office is continued by voting for MEYER and HUMPTON. | | { — i A Bogus Friend of Labor. | Boss QUAY just now wonld like to be | considered a great friend of ‘labor. He played this role in his attempt to bring the coal strike to a close when he saw that if the strike continued it would be likely to defeat Cousin SAM'S election to the Gov- ernorship. His friendship for the laboring people goes no farther than is necessary to serve his political interest. When polities | are not the object his consideration for : those who make their living by their labor was exemplified by his action when a bill | was before the Legislature requiring the platforms of street cars to be enclosed for the protection of gripmen from the pierc- ing winds of winter. On this subject the honorable MATTHEW STANLEY QUAY wrote the following letter to State Senator H. C. CHISHOLM : WASHINGTON, April 20th, 1897. My Dear Chisholm: A number of my friends are very much interested in the bill compelling the street railway companies to enclose the front platforms of cars. The en- actment of the bill will prove a great hard- ship to them financially, and I will be great- ly obliged if you will use your influence to defeat it. Yours very truly, M.S. QUAY. Who were the ‘‘friends’’ alluded. to in |. this letter whose interest QUAY wanted to gerve by having this bill defeated ? They were principally the capitalists owning the D. E. HiBNER FOR CONGRESS. E. A. HUMPTON. NA VA V AV AV AV AV AV AVA V AV AT AINNA TATA VT LT LHF 4H Philadelphia Union Traction Co. Those who were to suffer by the defeat of the bill ; were the poorly paid gripmen, whose serv- ice exposed them to the inclemency of the weather. The ‘‘hardship’’ which the street railway magnates would suffer from the expense of enclosing the platforms of their cars touched QUAY’S heart more keenly than the hardship of their employes shiver- ing in the wintry blasts. His friendship in this case was displayed in behalf of capital as against labor, as it has always been, except when he has pretended to be friendly to working people with the object of getting their votes. Dresser’s Agents Buying Certificates of Character for Him. ( Concluded from page 1.) translation of an open letter issued by Mr: Dresser to the Swedish citizens of the dis- trict explaining his connection with the Holmberg: Anderson patent. The Smethport Miner, and possibly oth- ers of our Republican contemporaries, have been pleased to borrow the translation from oar columns, which was perfectly proper, . and we make no objection even though a formal acknowledgement of our service in behalf of Mr. Dresser was‘ denied. But, now, having performed ‘our duty to the candidates and voters,and supposing. natuar- ally, that our friends, the enemies, are ac- tuated hy like motives, we suggest that they give publicity to the following: Mt. Jewett, Pa., Oct. 1, 1902. The day the Republican club met at Mt. Jewett—Sept. 10, 1902—F red Millerand Carl Engstrom paid me $100, and a like amount to Fred Anderson, and promised us that we should each have $50 additional after elec- tion. In consideration of the payment of the above sum, myself and Anderson signed a certain letter which Mr. Dresser has since put forth in connection with a‘ circular letter issued under date of Sept. 22, 1902, to the Swedish voters in their language. (Signed) Aug. HOLMBERG. Jesse BOYLE, Witness. Farmers for Pattison, Chairman Creasy, of the Democratic state committee, has received this let- ter from J. A. Herr, a life-long Repub- lican, member of the ‘state board of agriculture for 23 years, and a promi- nent member of the Pennsylvania State Grange: Cedar Springs, Pa.. Oct. 5, 1902.—As the senior active member of the Penn- sylvania state board of agriculture, I have been in a position to study the actions of the governors of the state relative to our agricultural interests. I can testify to the great attention and consideration accorded us by Governor Pattison. During the eight years of his administrations he missed but one meeting of the board, and when favor- able legislation was enacted it always recei A his active support and ap- proval. During his term of office he gave proper consideration to all the agri- cultural organizations of the state, thereby endearing himself to the entire farming eommunity. I am confident that if elected governor our agricul- tural interests will be given proper: consideration and receive generous treatment at his hands. Very truly yours, : . J. A. HERR. Let every householder in Pennsyl- vania remember that he is indebted to Quay and his hirelings in the legisla- ture for $30 coal. If the miners’ bill which passed the house had not been throttled in the senate there would have been no strike and no million dollar extra burden on account of ex- penses for the National Guard. Vote to smash the Quay machine for good this time. : If Pattison and Guthrie could speak twenty times a day they could not comply with all the requests for their presence... The people are intensely in earnest in their desire to hear the questions of the hour ably discussed. See that your fair-minded Republican neighbor gets the facts straight. ‘The only hope of the Quay machine is to once more fool the people. Governor Stone got his work in at last. Sending the National Guard to the coal regions upset the old Quay apple cart at a perilous time. There are no sounds of mourning in the ex- ecutive mansion at Harrisburg—and | there won't be on the night of the elec: tion, either. __Subsoribe for the WATCHMAN. A Thrilling Appeal. The Democratic campaign in Phila- delphia was opened on Monday even- ing with enthusiastic meetings in Ger- mantown and Manayunk, where busi- ness men and workingmen united in remarkable demonstrations. At the conclusion of his address in German- town Governor Pattison said: It has often been said that a larger measure of the virtue, intelligence and patriotism of a commonwealth is to be found in the rural regions than in the cities and towns. Whether this claim is well founded or not, so far as Penn- sylvania is concerned, the uour is near when the test will surely be made. I want to say to you tonight, my fellow- citizens of Philadelphia, amongst whom my life has been spent since childhood, for mose than two score years, save the time that you called me, by your generous confidence and suffrages, to responsible duties else- where, that never in the history of our great state has its patriotic citizen- ship beyond the borders of this city been so thoroughly aroused as at this time. It has been my privilege, and under the call of the Erie convention— a nomination I did not ask nor seek— my duty the past month to meet and look into the earnest faces of a multi- tude of men representing all classes, the farmer, the mechanic, the mer- chant, the laborer, the miner, the pro- fessional man, the mill worker and therein I have read an uncompromising determination to overthrow and crush the combined forces of political in- iquity and official maladministration. There can be no doubt avout it, my friends; the issue is now squarely with you. The voters of Pennsylvania to whem I refer thoroughly understand the situation. They cannot be deceiv- ed nor led astray. Mightily in earnest, they are looking to you, with anxiety and intensity of desire for your most zealous, courageous and effective co- operation. They are more than ready to do their part. Will yoi do yours? They will come to the polls, on the 4th of Novem- ber, a united and invincible host, standing up for that which is right and true, upholding the honor and dig- nity of the commonwealth, sustaining its constitution and laws, demanding their faithful, impartial and effective enforcement, to the end that the rights of all the people shall be maintained. Will you do the same? They will roll up a great majority for clean politics and honest government. Will you bravely and loyally meet it by your ballots as freemen worthy the heritage bequeathed by the founder of the city of Penn? They will send you greet- | ing for the redemption and political | regeneration of our long disgraced and enthralled commonwealth. Will you likewise answer it? They will elect a sufficient number of honest and intelli- gent members of the legislature, with your co-operation, to repeal vicious legislation and tc enact wise and just laws. Will you stand by them in this? Will you join hands with them in this imperatively needed work? : appeal to you in the name of all that you hold nearest and dearest of your rights of citizenship. I appeal to you for the honor and welfare of the great city which we all love. I appeal to you in the interest of your wronged firesides, for the sake of your young men, who must meet the responsibili- ties, bear the burdens and undergo the temptations of the future. I appezi to you as honest men, as intelligent men, as patriotic men, not to be blinded by false pleas of partisanship; not to be turned aside from the pathway of duty by the cunning wiles of the alarmed and desperate servants of unscrupulous leaders, who will hesitate at nothing to accomplish their selfish and base purposes. . : In many ways you have felt the bur- dens and realized the bitter fruits of bad government. With a model city charter, you have witnessed the flag- rant misuse of official power, the de- gradation of the public service, the plundering of the municipality. You now full well how elections have been made a mockery, how your will has been defied, how the ballot box has been debauched. The amazing state- ment of the self-blinded candidate of the machine that he knows nothing of these things has met your withering contempt. And you know that the same crimes will be brazenly repeated, unless you patriotically resolve that they shall cease and bravely defend and uphold your inalienable rights. Do not be deterred from the performance of your bounden duty by the sinister threats of political outlaws; do not be kept from the polls through fear of banded criminals. Go straight for- ward, as self-respecting, courageous American citizens, determined that this time there shall be an honest election in Philadelphia, and all will be well. Should the expressed will of the peo- ple in 66 counties be defeated through the work of a corrupt machine here, and your failure to do your. part, you would not recover from the disgrace and the shame for a generation. I re- joice in the hope and the belief that ou will meet the demands of the our. Four times you have given me your high commission to execute your sovereign will, and I appeal to the record for evidence of the fact that the trust bestowed was sacredly kept, the duties placed upon me faithfully discharged. If you will again do your duty I will do mine at all times and under all circumstances. ADDITIONAL LOCALS THE OPENING OF THE HUNTING SEA- SON.—The first day of the hunting season in this section turned out very much like the opening of the fishing season last spring. So little game was reported that our gunners would all be embarrassed to death and worn out with apologetic ex- planations were we to tell the contents of the bags of the many weary fellows who slipped into town after night-fall on 'Wed- ‘nesday. A few squirrel, some pheasants, and quail were shot, scarcely enough to men- tion. Several wild (?) turkeys were ‘brought in, but they bore the marks of the ,barn yard so plain as to cause nothing more than a laugh. CLEVER LITTLE Essavists.—Recently in one of the Howard schools the teacher dropped the regular recitation and told all the children to prepare a brief essay, de- seriptive of their home town, to be read in class. The result was surprising. The little ones of not more than 12 years show- ing an unexpected nicety in the continuity and expression of their thoughts, as well an observation that showed them to be: thoroaghly alive to their environments. The two Lest ones were read by Josephine Muffly, a dauoghter of C. M. Mufily, and Rhue DeHass: Both little ones are just twelve and in reading over their cleverly written, concise little sketches of Howard .one could scarcely realize that they were- the work of such youthful essayists,
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