sD a i . Pili n i : —Of coarse the National City bank of ‘York is in favor of a ceniral bank be- it would probably benevolentiy es- o the central institation. —It you want a man who has led a blameless life, is an able attorney and a splendid type of citizen vote for CYRUS LARvuE Mussox for Supreme court judge. —There are lots of places pleasanter than the Bellefonte lockup, yet a few fellows about town no sooner ges paid for a few days work than they put up for lodgings there. : : ~The Hon. THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S articles on hunting in Africa are very en- tertaining, bus they would be far more instructive if the'anthor fully realized that few of his readers have been there. He leaves too many of the names uninterpres- ‘ —=In this issuewe publish the picture of the two nominees for Supreme court Judge. Look atthe two men. Les your honest judgment of types be the judge and we'll bes you would pin your faith to Mr. MuUR- 80x, lor intellectuality and honesty every time. + «==The Baltimore hubby who was so happy over the twenty-fifth sopiversary of bis marriage that he hugged his wile until tie oraoked her ribs had his oop filled with bitterness when she had him arrested and placed in jail. What's the use of affection anyway ? #0 be keeping up their reputations as lead- ers. Their being first in divorce prooeed- ings is a position, thaok the Lord, that the great mass of common people of this coan- try bave no euvy whatever for or no desire to emalate. ~The rather astounding announcement that many of the lepers in the colony of out caste on Molokai island, Hawaii, bave been oured will bring joy to the hearts of others affected with that dreadful malady. It is evidence that there is a remedy, after all, for what was sopposed to be an incur- able disease. —Are you a real Republican or are you merely one of the kind that the machine that bas tradnoed your party uses when it needs help. If you area real Republican you will not vote the machine ticket next Teesday. You have t00 much respect for your party and its principles to vote for men who are merely political soldiers of fortune. —NorMAN E. MACK'S National Monthly which assumes to be the official organ of the Demooratio party ie exploiting Governor JupsoN P. HARMAN, of Obio. Some seem to see a presidential boom in the effort to bring Mr. HARMAN into national notice. However that may be there isn’t much better timber to be found in the presidential woods. : —When President TAFT came face to face with Uncle Jor CANNON, at St. Louie, he was as agreeable as you please. He talked about everything else but the sariff aod was all in accord with everything Usole Jor said. It is evident that the President doesn’s take much stock iu the Hon. WiLLiaym ALLEN WHITE'S predic: tion that the, CANNON wings are to be clipped by the next House. | —The fearless, frank statement of State Tr SHEATZ to the effect that he the machine in Philadelphia cheated Mr. GIBBONEY out of the Republi- can nomination for District Attorney of that oity should convince you thas she tiok- et named by thateame machine is not the one for decent people to vote. Mr, SHEATZ is “the Republican Treasurer of Pennsylvania, yet he says he won't vote it. You shouldn't either, if you bave any respect for honesty in government. _ Teading article in the Bellefonte a t There is a chaooe to elect good clean State officials next Tuesday. We need but dall your attention to the headline on tha Republican of ‘yesterday. It reads: ‘‘Aodrews Warne Party of Over confidence.” ANDREWS is the state ohairman of the machine, one of the most notorions political roosters in the State. He warns hie party for fear good olean men may be elected inctead of his machine candidates. He wouldn’swarn if there were not danger, therefor we say there is a chance to throw off the yoke and we oall upon every Democrat and every decent Republican in the county to help do it next Tuesday. Get Ome the Vote and Win. “This is the Jast chance the WATCHMAN will bave this year toappeal to ite Demo- oratio friends to perform their full duty to the party in the coming election. The preliminary work is practically com- pleted. Between the date of this issue and the opening of the polls on Tuesday morning every Democratic voter may stir up some apathetic friend aod influence bim to go so the polls. Bat we take is that there is little now to be achieved in the interest of the success of our candidates exoept that which may be dene on elec tion day, and that is much. We don’t believe that the Democrats are indifferent this year. On the contrary we know that the correspondence and other work of the campaign shows a measure of zeal and aotivity that bas not been revealed ina dozen years. In the cities the registration is probably thirty per cent. lighter than that of last year bat the ratio of loss, on this account, is much greater for the Republicans than for the Demoorats. In Harrisburg, for ex- ample, the obairman of she Demooratio City committee assures the State commit- tee that fully eighty-five per cent. of the Demooratio vote is registered while [the total registration is less shan sixty-five per cent. That means that lessjthan ball the Republican voters of that city are register- ed and twenty per cent. of that remnant will vote for some or all of the Demooratio candidates. Reports trom the otherjoities of she third olass are of the same tenor. The Democrats bave been working bard and fotelligently aod the resalt will be satisfactory if the work on Tuesday is “To secure a Demooratic victory on Tues- day, however, it is necessary for every ‘individual Demeorat in the State to tll! his party obligations to the full measure. That is, he must vote for the candidate of his party himself and prevail on as many others to do so as is is possible for him so do. This may involve some trifling eacri- fices in some instances. That is to say it may require a little time and powsibly a trifle in cash to pay the expeuses of getting invalid and other voters to the polls. Bus every property holder will gain more than it costa him in the improved methods of government which will follow. Get ont the vote and victory is cer tain, bed -—The important duty on Nov. 2nd is to go to the polls and vote. fir. Sheatz Has Burned the Bridges State Treasurer JOHN O. SHEATZ has simply fulfilled his obligations to con- solenoe and goo citizenship in announcing his purpose, the other day, to vote against the Philadelphia machine. The elestion of a capable and courageous prosecuting at- torney in Philadelphia or any other city of considerable population, is an important public service. But is will not destroy the power of she machine, and thas isan ob- jeos for which all good citizens should strive. It ie of little practical use to scotch a venomous reptile. Saoh creatures ought to be killed and the defeat of the Republi- can State ticket will achieve that result so far as the machine snake is concerned, with absolute certainty. Men like JouN O. SHEATZ bave nothing to gain by condoning the iniguities of the Repablican machine this year. If Sisson, S1oBER and VON MOSCHZISKER are eleot- ed, the machine will bave no farther use for gentlemen of his type. They will be ad completely eliminated from the political equation in Pennsylvania as if they lived in Egypt or South Africa. They were nominated swo and three years ago because the machine managers were then in a state of panic. After the election, if they are sncoessfal this year, they will paturally reason that anybody marked with the ma- chine brand can be elected and thas there will be no use in taking the bazard of subsequent disappointment by electing re- formers. It the entire Republican ticket is defeat- ed this year the better element will logical ly assume control of the party organization. The MoNicHOLS, VARES and others of that iik will be so completely disoredited that their leadership io the fatare will be im- possible. It will not necessarily make the State Demooratio but is will admonish the Republicans that if they nominate bad candidates they will be defeated and the earnest and honest men of the party will thereafter see to it that good men are chosen. All Republicace of character ought to the Repablican ticket this year in order to give the better element a ohance in the fatare. BELLEFONTE, PA., STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. An Appeal to Democrats. DEMOCRATS OF CENTRE COUNTY, you bave a solemn obligation to meet next Tuesday. It is the obligation of patriotism, tbe paramount duty of good citizenship. It not only affects your own interests bas those of your children and yoar children’s children. The State of Pennsylvania bas been for years the victim of a piratical orew of political freebooters. Four years ago pablic conscience was aroused and by the election of WiLLIAM H. BERRY to the office of State Treasurer, some of the iniguities were exposed. But be had neither the power nor the oppor- tunity to completely eradicate the evil. All be could do was reveal and olieck. Both of shese things be did courageously and well. The Republican machine bas recovered from the panic of fear with which it was overcome following that incident and bas nominated a ticket more ser- vile to the machine and objectionable to moral principles than any ever be- fore named. It is the duty of citizens now to defeat that ticket as it was to defeat the candidate of the machine in 1905 and it is the daty of the man- hood of Centre county $0 coniribute to the result this year as it did on that occasion. The Auditor General and State Treasurer constitute the majority of the Board of Pablic Grounds and Baildiogs and it James Woop CLARK and Go. W. Kipp are elected to those offices there will be such a cleansing of the Augean stables as will guarantee honest government for a generation. Sach a reform in the methods of administration will save millions of dollars to the people. It will redoce taxes correspondingly and to that extent en- rich the earners and producers of wealth. The Sapreme court of she State has been prostituted to the basest level, as is shown by the recent decision in the interest of the capitol gratters. The Republican nominee, for a seat on that bench, is a creature of the machine, the candidate of the gang that bas so debanched Philadelphia and disgraced the State. His opponent, C. LARUE MUNSON, is a lawyer of the highest obaraoter and moss eminent fitness. The people of Pennsylvania are throughly aroused. The Democrats of Centre county should not prove delinquent. No county bas bigher stand- ards to preserve or better traditions to maintain. Let us, therefore, do our part in the work of political regeneration which is now in process and will be consummated next Tunesday. It is the duty of every Demoorat to vote. Is there one in this county who will shirk that daty when a full Demooratic vote means Demooratio sucoess ? LET NOTHING PREVENT YOUR VOTING ON TUESDAY NEXT. The proposed Amendment No. 7, to the oconstisation, will accomplish, if adopted, what the Republican machine has been striving lor, for many years. That is so say it will dispense with minority repre- sensation on election boards in the cities. No matter who conceived the idea or who voted for the proposition in the Legisla- ture, the abolishment of this wholesome restraint upon partisanship in election boards would work evil consequences. The Republican machine has appreciated this fact. Aslong ago as 1903 an attempt was made to ennos legislation authorizing the oity commissioners in Philadelphia to fill vacancies on election boards. II that soheme had snceeeded moss of the minority election officers would have been appointed by the commissioners. It failed only for the reason that legislators oatside of the big cities were unwilling to vest in the political machine so vast a power. From the beginning our electoral sys tem bas aimed to make election boards non-partisan by making them bi-partisan. The coustitation of 1790 provided for the election of inspectors of election in practically the same lan- guage of that of 1873. The constitution of 1838 contained an exactly similar pro- vision, and in each case the purpose was to guarantee minority representation on the boards to the end that the minority might exercise the power of a check upon the majority. The purpose was defeated in some instances, by mavipulation under both the present constitution and that of 1838, bus in cases of appeal to the court the purpose of thote who introduced the system was upheld. If Ameniment No. 7, of those to be voted oa next Ta~sday, is adopted this wholesome principle will come to an end. So far as the cities are concerned there will be no more minority representation on election boards. This amendment provides that ‘‘the General Assembly may require said boards to be appointed in such manner as is may by law provide.” In other words the General Assembly may require the Gov- ernor, the Board of Pablio Grounds and Buildings or the presiding officers of the two branches of the Legislature, to appoint the election officers. Or is might authorize the mayors of the cities to appoint them or devolve that duty upon the presidents of councils. Io either event the principle of noa-partisanship would be promptly eliw- inated from ihe boards and the spirit of fairness as quiokly disappear forever. The election boards may be delinguent in some cases under the existing system of creating them and partisanship may obtain here and there. Bat under the present system thas is tbe exception rather than the rule and under the proposed method is will be the common result, For these reasons vote against Amendment No. 7. ~The important duty on Nov. 2nd is to go to the poils and vote. than that of C. LARUE ML.UNSON, our nomi- nee for Justice of the Supreme cours, and no party has ever presented to the people a SON has visited pearly every county in the State. He bas mingled with tbe people of every seotion, greeted old friends, made bosts of new ones aod disoussed with oii zens in all walks of life the topics of the day and the issaes of the campaign. Bus be has in no respect impaired the dignity of the office to which he has been unavi- which be is being supported by thousands of citizens irrespective of party. Ms. MUNSON is a gentleman of splendid ability, profound iearniog and wide exper- fence. He is widely and moss [avorably known as a lawyer, having practiced in all the leading courts in the Commonwealth, tried important cases in other States and is a familiar figure in the Sapreme court of the United States. He is a conspicuous member of the National Bar Association sud has been President of the Pennsylva. nia Bar Association. He bas been for some years ove of the principal lecturers in the law department of Yale University aod is author of some of the most highly prized legal text books in present popular use. Such a man would adorn the bench of oar highest court and deserves the support of every oitizen. The advantage which the minority party has in the selection of candidates is that there is no selfish strife for the favor and the party convention is free to select from all its ‘members the fittest. Io the nomi. nation for Justice of the Sapreme court this year the Demoorats exercised this privilege to the fall measure acd to the best advantage. Within the length and breadthiof the Commonwealth a better man, an abler lawyer or a fitter candidate could not have been found. He dido’s solicit the nomination and be has wvever ‘“‘log- rolled” for any political favor. Bus he bas manfally responded to the call of his fel- low citizens to serve them in a most im- portans capacity and he ought to be elested by an overwhelming majority. —— If the 7th amendment passes judg- will not be elected, but appointed, by some political power, that will seek to corrupt elections and make frauds easy. —— Naturally the biggess consideration given the election this fall is on account of the state ticket bus with thas, we want to ask yon not to forget the fact that J. ADAM Hazen is the Demooratic candidate for Jury Commissioner. Of course, there is no question about him beiug elected but then be has made such a good official during the yast three years in office that he is ensi- tled to a good vote as an endorsement from bis own party. Therefore don’t fost to vote for him as well as the balance Demooratio ticket. has ever made a better or cleaner campaign mously nominated by his party aud for | P® es of elections and inspectors hereafter | OCTOBER 29, 1909. I fi i i HE | deed, charitable, yet there ground for so believing. Mr. Taft's attitude on the tariff question jronghout, even in his cam ing days, when he ad- mitted thas he dido’s know aboat it are outworn wrong in privoiple. We should have a non- commission to e facts, rather shan SC————————————— —1{f the 7th amendment passes judg- es of elections and inspectors hereafter will not be elected, but appointed, by some political power, that will seek to corrupt elections and make frauds easy. ——— Caw We De Without Him? Aha ges along at all. It gives us a great trouble 80 elect him and costs a great deal of money ; aud the question whether we o0ao do without him is one of lively inter- fister candidate for any office. Mr. MUN. | est We are all, outside of England, unable tosee why she cannot get Alaog_yitsou: ber costly royalty ; which Eug seems to consider indispensable. We anderstavd that the king over there is very much a lay figure in the governmens, aud only of par- ticular account in the social side of it ; a side on which our ent is not partio ularly valuable to us ; bus we bave thought that as the country’s executive be is indis- uaable. Still, if be can stay away from the oapi- tal a month at a time, without barm to the country, it is a fair inquiry as to whether we cannot do altogether without him. He was away when important action was taken by the state department, in the mat- ter of Chinese mission, pitobing out head over hee's the president’s appointee to the ambassadorship ; which seemed io gests ly put in absolute ¢ r departments ; the president be oonuted a useless member iu the govern. mens. Mr. Tals is enjoying himself in the bosom of his brothe:’s family iv Texas and in the solitude of his 200 000-acre pilanta- tion, aud we rejoice that be is; as well as that the country is getting along’ wishout him. And why vot make the arrangment permanent ? ——What is the use of your calling yourself a Democrat, if you don’t vote, when that vote will make your partya winner. A full Democratic vote means a would actually ‘‘ball up” “‘m And why this? Simply so exol floial shouters to recall dency in 1912. One erworker to see soufirmation polioy of the present admin tion in dealing with the conservation nataral resources, and the loyalty of Raasvels “Old Gaard” in stant their old obiel against their presen They are forerighted h to know that Roosevelt will i Hi § enoug| be the next Republican nominees and thas Tafs will not get a look R —— Has Something to Count Omn, From the Buffalo News. The Milwaukee Sentinel thinks ‘‘there is nothing sare in this life.” Tut, brother; there is! For instance, shore Thi Sie rR wn ev sok ragrapl De acl ars of wie Winn CERT on aby pum nge world are ya death and taxes. fz2f iis | was in sSpawis from the Keystone. ~‘There are thirty cases of measles in Hastings and an equal number in St. Boa- iface and Thomas’ Mills. The physicians are overworked. The schools may be closed to prevent a spreading of the ailment. —(ver the present 1.235 saloons in Schuyl. kill county, according to the Law and Order society, there will be 400 more applications for licenses at the coming term of court. The society will try to have the number made 400 less. ~Thirty acres of ground, producing 4500 bushels of apples, which sold at the orchard for $5000, and from trees which were abse- lutely worthless three years ago, is the ree ord of C. C. Gelwick, of St. Thomas, Frank. lin county. —A new way to get rid of women students bas been found by the University of Pitts burg law school. Mrs. Mary C. Collins, of Tyrone, passed the examination and was ad- mitted, but she attended only three lectures and quit. Mrs. Collins said that with 123 boys laughing at her she was scared away. ~David Wise, of Jordon towaship, Clear— field county, bas dug some potatoes that weigh two and one-half pounds and they are considered small in the region where he fives. James L. Weaver, of Burnside town- ship, reports a crop of 1,500 busheisSand H. Bowman, of Pike township, one of 1,000 bushels. —Mrs, Sarah Todd, who died in Carlisle last week and whose will will be probated in court this week, is said to have left $500,000 to build a home for indigent women over 55 years of age and $30,000 to Todd hospital, She lived for forty years after her husband's death in a handsome home in the midst of @- | sach squalor as could have nothing but pov erty for its excuse. —One hundred and twenty-five car loads of sewer pipe for export to Manila, Philip~ pine Islands, was just completed at the Pat ton Clay Manufacturing company, at Patton. The works have difficulty in keeping up with the number of orders they are receiv~ ing. The average daily shipment is fifteen car loads and it is sometimes necessary to load up twenty-five car loads. ~Jn Somerset county a suit of ejectment was instituted by the heirs and devisees of John Witt against the Somerset Coal compa~ ny for the undivided half of all the coal and other materials underlying 150 acres in Black township, The plaintiffs eet forth that the right of title and possession is in them, having been purchased by John Witg who left the property to them. —McVeytown is to have a new sand man~ ufacturing plant, Samuel Hatfield, of Ma- pleton, who for many years operated the Glenlower works at Mapleton and was later superintendent of the Pennsylvania Glass Sand company, has purchased a large tract at McVeytown. He will in the near future erecta large plant at that place and fit is with the most up-to-date machinery. ~—Hearing a noise in the night, Campbell Patch, of Morrellville, a suburb of Johns. town, went to investigate and found a bur. glar tryiug to gain entrance. Although he night gown the man pursued the hp took to bis heels, The would-be : ‘heavily’ during the chase. Patch was forced to stop when the chief pali- ed & revolver on him. Patsh made the chase in his bare feet. —Fish Commissioner Meehan has announe- ed that he is ready to receive applications for brook trout and other fish for delivery from the state hatcheries during the seasom of 1910. All applications for trout must be in by January 1, in order that there may be a certainty in filling them. Immediately after that date fish are apportioned among the applicants. Applications for other spes cies of fish should aleo be gent in a tthe same time. ~—Prepa rations are being made to start op. erations again at the Juniata Furosce and Foundry company’s plant at Newport. A force of men has been busy at work on the place and the bricklayers’ improvements are all that remain to be finished. Seventy-five or eighty men will be given employment when the work starts up again. In the uvexs three or four years the masagement expects * | to enlarge to correspond with the mammoth enginea aod stoves which were put in last year. —As an evidence of the depletion of the forest in the region around Lock Haven tbe New York and Pennsylvania company is re- moving the six or seven miles of railroad that have been in use in the lumbering ope- rations at the north fork of Scootac creek for many years. The company has 9,000 or 10,~ 000 acres of land covered with growing pa-- per wood in the Beech Creek region and the rails and ties of the road now being torn up will be used to build a line down Big run to connect with the Beech Creek brauch of the New York Central road. —Raymond Rumley is under $500 bail for trial at court charged with stealing 75 ser~ mons valued at $375, from the Rev. V. T+» Rue, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, at Waynesboro. Ho is also accused of stealing jewelry valued at $35 from the minister's home. Just what Rumley wanted. with the sermons is not clear, It ix said’ he burned some of them. The others znd most of the jewel:y have been recovered. Rev. Rue mentioned above is a brother of Rev. Rue, a number of years ago pastor of the Bellefonte Methodist church, and at one time was locateed in Tyrone. —Three men made an attempt to rob the Jersey Shore postoffice and were kept from. the fulfillment of their purpose by Orville MeAllister, a messenger of the New York Central railroad. He saw two men at work on the safe and went iuto a telephone ex. - change across the street where he looked on and made sure of what they were doing. I$ did not take him long to discover their mo= tive and procuring an insulator he hurled it across the street and through the glass wine dow in front of the office. A’ third man on watch on the outside fired shots in the di rection of the exchange and succeeded in piercing several windows on that side of the street. The boy called up two constables. It was some time before the officers came on the scene and they then took up the trail. The chase was made in an engine, The cule prits were traced to Avis, where two of them were caught after a running fight had been kept up for fifteen minutes. The third man was found afterwards hidden under a barn, W. B. Masters, says that not get anything. The postmaster | the intruders did
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