| SRE CRA RS ! Demoraic atc. | - . ~~ en am same em ovember 4, 1910. Bellefonte, Pa., —— Webster Grim’s Splendid Record. Life of Achievement in Every Line of En-| deavor Touched. Sketches of Other Nominees. i s— i m was born at Revere, | ! i mn Webster Gri Bucks county, Aug. 11, 1866, and is 8 son of Dr. George W. Grim, who was 8 prominent physician of that locality. -He was brought up with the family upon the farm. In 1887 he was grad- ‘mated with honors at the Keystone Normal school and delivered the polit. ical oration. He then entered upon the study of the law and was admitted to the bar in September, 1889, and has practiced his profession at Doylestown since that time. Although his county (Bucks) is largely Republican, such 18 his standing among those who know him that he has twice been elected to the state senate by good majorities. He was unanimously nominated by the Democratic state convention of 1908 as its candidate for superior court Judge. Webster Grim assumed a leading position among the senators from first. He entered upon the service at the opening of the session of 1903 and was assigned ‘to the committee on ju- diclary general, to which four-fifths of all legislation is committed for exami nation. At his second session he was | unanimously chosen chairman of the Democratic joint caucus, thus becom- ing the leader of the minority upon the floor of the senate. During his first Grim procured the passage of his auto. mobile law. This was an entirely new subject for legislation, and a high or ' der of ability was required to draw a constitutional bill which would com- serve the interests of the state and protect those of the motorists. Subse quently it was attacked in the courts and its constitutionality was afirmed. During that session he attacked the measure known as the “press muz- zler,” making a speech against it that commanded the attention of the press of the state and compelled the bosses to make such amendments as mater- ially modified its iniquities. He was also the foe of all measures multiply- ing offices, increasing salaries, pen- sioning judges, appropriations of wa- ter rights and all other forms of job- bery. During the session of 1905 Senator Grim was equally alert in the interest of the people. The same bills for the increase of the number of offices, the increase in the volume of salaries, the pensioning of judges and the creation of corporations to steal water powers and usurp utilities were brought for- ward, and as the leader of the minor- ity Senator Grim fought the .. '~ith re- lentless energy and vigila: That was the session made famo.. by the establishment of the “House of Mirth” in the Boas mansion, Harrisburg, and under pressure of greed and graft, inf. quity was rampant in the capital While Senator Grim and his minority colleagues in the senate were not able to stem the tide of vice they did suc- ceed in exposing it so as to compel the political revolution that followed. The acts of the special session of 1806 are fresh in the minds of the peo- ple, and Senator Grim's active work in shaping the legislation of that ses. ' sion need not be commented upon. Suffice it to say that practically every measure then enacted had been intro- duced during the previous session by the Democratic minority under Sena- tor Grim's caucus direction. He was one of the prime movers in the ipsur- ance investigation disclosing the graft in that department. With the session of 1907 Senator Grim entered upon his second sena- torial term. He at once assumed a foremost place among the minority senators and led in the debates relat- ing to the Investigation of the capitol graft, speaking frequently and force- RN tor Grim voted for the Columbus Day A miners’ unions In the an““racite coal bill, for civil service in cities of the | regions. He has been the willing and second class, for the taxation of ex | apable connsel of labor men and press companies, for payment of Na- | strike leaders in nearly every case in tional Guardsmen for time at drill, for | Which they have been brought iato increasing the pay for soldiers’ head | court and stands as among the most stones. for a state fair appropriation, earnest champions of labor in the providing for the health and safety of | country. ’ miners. to prevent. infections, author- tzing trolley roads to carry freight and ' JAMES |. BLAKESLEE Democratic Candidate for Secretary of Internal Affairs. the | session Senator . for all the ‘epartment pure food laws, He supported. the bill providing for the | nomination of candidates for United | States senator by popular vote, that | protecting minor children, compelling | Hon. James |. Blakeslee, Democratic hospitals to furnish sick and injured | nominee for secretary of internal af- firemen with beds, regulating the sale | fairs, was horn at Mauch Chunk, Pa., of cocaine, all department health bills, | Dec. 117, 187... He was educated in the | the soldiers’ pension bill. the rights of | labor unions and the school code. In | fact he was the champion on the floor | of these measures, and particularly of | the employers’ liability act of June | 10, 1907 | Senator Grim was equally alert | against vicious legislation. He was | against the bill for the inspection of | weights and measures that increasing i the salary of governor, against ben- | zoate of soda, against a-sistant district | attorneys in certain counties, against | the Philadelphia and Pittsburg boule | vard, against the increase of the salar | les of judges, against the resolution to place the Quay statue in the capitol | corridor, against additional stenogra | phers in departments. against increse- ing the salary of the auditor general, | against additional messengers, against : the pawnbrokers’ bill, against the bill { allowing unbelievers to testify, and | against all the machine measures to | grab franchises and control utilities. Mr. Grim has always taken a lively ! interest in the affairs of the commu | nity and has probably made himself as ' useful as any person in it. For twelve years he was the superintendent of the Reformed Sunday school, during which time the school was completely reorganized, departments ostablished and the graded course of instruction and examination introduced by him was perfected. Since his resignation he has served continuously as advis- ‘ng superintendent and teacher of the advanced class in the senior grade. : He conducted the first annual insti- tute in the county. He has taken active part in a number of Sunday school conventions, usually conducting the’ song service, until he was relieved at his own request. He is an active mem. ber of Salem Reformed church, Doyles- | town; was the secretary of the build. ing committee of the new church and organ committee, and has contributed | much to the material success of the church. He has for years regularly | presided at the organ every Sunday. He is a successful choir leader, as the renditions from time to time attest. THOMAS H. GREEVY Democratic Nominee For Lieutenant Governor. Thomas H. Greevy, the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, was born April 4, 1850. He was reared in Williamsport, Pa., where his father was employed in a mercantile house. He received his education in the public schools and the commercial college of that city. In 1871 he entered the law office of Samuel J. Morrison, Willlams- port, as a student at law. In 1873 he removed to Altoona. where he com- pleted his studies and was admitted to the Blair county bar in 1874, soon af- ter which he b» ame a partner of his preceptor in the practice of his pro- fession. In 1877 Mr. Greevy was elected re-' corder of the city of Altoona. His’ election was subsequently contested and pending the contest he was sum- moned to Bedford to testify as a char- acter witness in a pending trial. Ac- cording to custom he was admitted to the Bedford bar and upon his return home criticised the action of the court ; In a newspaper of which he was part owner. In resentment of this Judge | Hall had a rule issued summoning him | “to show cause why he should not be disbarred for contempt.” This case | attracted state-wide attention and at | ! ter a hearing the rule was dismissed. | i public schools and subsequently took special courses at the Bethlehem Pre | i paratory. the Cheltenham Military | ' Academy and the Hill School, Potts | town Pa. i Mr Blakeslee entered the rallroad service early in life and served in various capacities, from brakeman up, | with the Lehigh Valley and Pennsyl | vania companies. On the breaking out of the Spanism-American war he en- tered the volunteer service of the United States army as second lieuten- i ant of A Company, Eighth regiment of ' Pennsylvania. | In 1905 Mr. Blakeslee was elected chairman of the Democratic commit tee of Carbon county and has been an- anally re-elected since In 1906 he was a member of the Democratic stats executive committee. He is a splen-- 1id organizer and has effected a 6 pert organization of the Democratie forces of his county. Mr. Blakeslee is a successful busi cess man and since 1899 has been suc. cessfully operating the Lehighton Electric Light and Power station at Lehighton, where he resides, as iessee and part owner. He has developed the property into one of the most com- plete electric properties in the state. Mr. Blakeslee was elected a repre tative in the legislature for county in 1906 and served during the session of 1907. He was a vigilant and militant Democrat in the body and a terror to the Republican machine. His great delight was to puncture the machine tire whenever the managers imagined things were running smooth. iy. He is thoroughly informed on cor- poration law and methods and if he is elected secretary of internal affairs the corporations will have to obey the law no matter how rich and powerful they happen to be. THE STAND-PATTERS No Republican Congressional Candi. | to the northeast. ‘From the Eiffel date Favors the President's Idea. [From the Philadelphia Record.] There are a good many members of the Union League, the Manufactur- ers’ club and the Patriotic society whose keen sense of the ridiculous cannot but be quickened when contem- plating the attitude of the Penrose machine in Pennsylvania toward the Republican party at large and toward the Republican administration of Pres- ident Taff. i While the president, in letters and speeches, is proclaiming the purpose to revise the tariff one schedule at a time, so as to reduce “exorbitant and unreasonable profits” not a candidate of the Penrose machine for congress can be heard making a favorable re- sponse to his plan. Not a Republican candidate in Pennsylvania will give his assent to putting the barbarous duties of 100 per cent on the woolen clothing of the people first in the door under the proposed process of tariff revi:-jon. Neither Senator Penrose .or Sena- | tor Oliver nor any Republican candi! date for congress in this state will | agree to subject the steel schedule first to this mill, with the view of re- ducing the prohibitory duty on build- ing materials of steel to its former place in the tariff. Why, if Senator Penrose were asked, he would not con- sent to the slightest reduction of his favorite protective duties on umbrella sticks and Myrobolan plum trees! Taking the Account. The Republican party has beem In | thin married man, but when he is a A Bad Man. | Guadaloupe, the mandador on one | plantation at which Mr. Whitaker | stayed, was iaformed that he was to i one of the characters in his story. e¢ never failed to question me each y as to the things | had made him in the story,” sald Mr. Whitaker. n one morning | informed kim t | had killed him off, be expressed | i t surprise. | *‘Porque, senor, porque? I © “‘Because you are a bad man, Gua- | : laloupe.’ Which was perfectly true. | | “I, senor? he questioned, greatly | surprised. “ *81, Guadeloupe, you are bad. Think of how many men you have killed, ac- rording to your own count.’ “He thought for awhile, then looked ap with a humorous smile. ‘Oh, well! Did 1 put up a good fight? “You bet you did, Guadaloupe.’ “Whereupon eyebrows und shoulders went up in a shrug. ‘Bueno! Bueno! Then it ees all right.’ "—8t. Louis Post- Dispatch. The Colleges of Oxford. | Each college is built round a quad- | rangle with a large entrance gateway | which often rises into a quasi tower. | The rooms immediately over the gate- | way are invariably designed for the residence of the warden, provost or principal of the college, so that the eye | of the master may be over all who en- | ter or leave. the place. This mode of | building still exists in India, baving | been ‘Introduced into Europe by the | Moors when they conquered Spain, | where we find that the compound, or | quad, is still used for the tethering of | all kinds of animals. Around the quad ! are arranged the chapel, library, hall | or refectory, president's lodgings. but- tery and kitchen. The students’ rcoms generally occupy the upper floors. | Willlam of Wickham, the celebrated architect, wisely placed his taller bulld- Ings—the chape! and hall—on the north | side to keep off the cold winds, the lower buildings on the south more free- ly admitting sunshine. gF 37 1 | | T; w Rainbow Upside Down, Not very many persons have ever seen an Inverted rainbow. although the phenomenon sometimes appears. At the Italian gecdynamic observatory of Rocca de Papa not long ago the di- rector and a party of visitors were | fortunate enough to see one. The , morning was showery, and as the party looked down from an elevation of 2300 feet they saw .ln the Cam- pagna a perfect rainbow with its con- cave side up, the middle point bearing tower in Paris one has also been seen, {in this case the rainbow being dou- ble and extending above and below the horizon to form two concentric circles nearly complete. Generally the inverted rainbow Is to be seen only in the mountains and then very rarely. The phenomenon, of course, is due merely to the position of the observer, which must be above the refracting agent instead of below.—Pathfinder. An Old Ash Wednesday Custom. At one time it was on Ash Wednes- day the custom to appoivt an official of the English palaces to crow the hours of the day, like a cock, as a re- minder of the denial of St. Peter. This practice excited the furious indigna- tion of George II. His ignorance of English made it very difficult for the courtiers to explain that the royal cock crower was not making fun of him. The cock crower was a salaried officer at the English court as late as 1823. A Boy's Idea of Parsons. Not long ago a class of boys in an elementary school had an essay set, the subject being “Clergymen.” This is what one youngster wrote: “There are 3 kinds of clergymen, Bishups, recters and curats. the bishups tells the recters to work, and the curats have todo it. A curat is a recter he gets fuller and can preach longer sermons and becums a good man.”—London Scraps. | { ! | ! | But it brought about the passage of fully in favor of a thorough probing. | the act of assembly which gives law. | Power since March 4, 1897. For seven Hie supported the soldiers’ pension bill, | yers, when disbarred, the right of ap- intmaduced a bill to regulate telephone | peal to the supreme court. .charges and led the fight in behalf of | Mr. Greevy has always taken an ac- the farmers requiring milk botties to | tive part in politics, and has frequent. | "be stamped. He introduced an import- | ly represented his county in state con- . ant amendment to the election laws, ventions. He held the office of re- opposed the graft producing measure | corder for five years and was tendered @roviding for a geological survey, and | a unanimous renomination but declin- | initiated the plan to have additional ed. In 1838 he was delegate to the * members of the commerce commission | national convention at St. Louis which elected instead of appointed. He aiso | nominated Cleveland. He was that wigesrously supported the proposition | year the nominee of his party for con- to hawe United States senators elected gress in the 20th district which gave Dy popular vote. | an average majority of 6500. His op- During that session Senator Grim ponent, Hon. Edward Scull, of Somer- tnade an effort to have excessive salar- | et county, had 4200 majority. In 1890 {es reduced, to create a state civil ser- | he was again nominated for congress vice, to repeal the bill exerapting rail- | in the 20th district and was defeated roads from liability for accidents to employes, to give trolley companies the right of eminent domain, to estab. 1ish the referendum, to prevent unfair discrimination of rall.oad companies and other corporations. 17> fougat the bills for the inspection of tenements, Fahey's bill for the government of wtreet railways, the district attorney's fee bill, and the measure proviling for eminent domain for electric light com- panies. He introduced a resolution to force action on the bill defining trusty and defeated the bill for the reorgani zation of the banking department thal created n lot of new offices. “The session of 1907 was a strenuous and significant one. The Penrose ma- chine had about recovered from the fright caused by tke political revolu- tion of 1905, and was there with bills. But the minority led by Senator Grim was equally alert and determined. All sorta of graft bills were introduced, and the sturdy Democrats fought them vigorousiy. During that session Sena- by 526 votes. In 1902 he was elected city solicitor of Altoona and filled the | office until 1905. In 1904 he was nomi- | nated as the Democratic candidate for state senator against J. 0. Stineman and ran several thousand votes ahead of his ticket. All these nominations were literally forced upon him. i Mr. Greevy has an extensive law' practice in Blair county, principally in the civil courts, although he has been | engaged on one side of the other of every important criminal case in the county for many years. He is con.’ nected with severai benevolent and fraternal organizations and takes an ictive interest in them. ~~ From early manhood Mr. Greevy . has taken great interest in the im- provement of labor conditions and at the outset was among the most active participants in the organization of la- bor labor union in Williamsport and sub- sequently widened his activities and assisted In the organization of the When a mere boy he joined a ~ | years five months and eighteen days ‘ of that time Theodcre Roosevelt was | president of the United States. The Sherman anti-trust law is “a criminal statute.” How many men did Mr. Roosevelt send to jail for violating it? —New York World. i | The “Colonel” Is Doing the Work. While he was president it was not always possible for obvious reasons light. By his coarse abuse and plain falsification he is now rendering that service himself.—New York World. The New Club. “The Crook and Jackass Club” 18 which will make the possession of a duly incorporated, with a federal judge A as the charter member. Open only to| fortune superfluous.—Saturday Even members of thc bar.—Springfield Re- publican. Very Gently. “How do you tell bad eggs?" queried the young housewife. “I pever told any.” replied the fresh grocery clerk, “but if 1 had anything to tell a bad egg I'd break it gently."— Christian Guardian. The Very Highest. “What is the highest form of animal life?’ was a question set for the pupils in a school some time ago, and one 1I%- tle girl was heard to reply, “The j5i- raffe.” If the new tariff law is “the best Re- publican tariff law ever enacted,” why is President Taft so anxious to have Republican candidate promise to amend it plecemeal? to show up Mr. Roosevelt in his true | A Dreadful Analogy. The hypothets=! question had just been asked. and the prisoner fell for- ward in a faint. All was confusion in the courtroom. “What is the matter with the pris- oner?” demanded the judge. hammer- ing his desk madly. “Nothing. your honor.” groaned the unhappy man as he came to. “lI was only thinking how long I should have to serve if my sentence was as long as that.” —Harper's Weekly. No Price Limit For Brains. If a young man develops a first class business ability he needn't bother about a fortune. His professional tal- { ents will find employment at rates i | i { | Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, 1 Yeagers Shoe Store WALDORF $3.00 Shoes For Men. The Waldorf is the only shoe in the world sold direct from maker to wear- er and independent of the shoe ma- chinery trust. This is the reason for the very good value in the Waldorf $3.00 Shoes. They are made in all kinds of leather—Goodyear welts and oak tanned soles. Every pair guaran- teed. Yeager’s Shoe Store, Bush Arcade Building, BELLEFONTE, PA. ———————————— — " ——— —————————— Dry Goods. Dry Goods. LYON & CO. PEs We are showing the largest line of Furs in town. All the new shapes in Palerine, Shawls and Throws, handsomely lined and trimmed in heads and tails, Mack and Soles. Muffs $0 lth in the new Pillow Shapes ot rices t every one. Misses JE eo al Tos viack and colo TS. Childrens Fur Sets in white and colors, all prices. Coat and Suit Department. Our Coat and Suit department has again received the newest models. Every week style models from one of the largest New York manu- facturers. we get the latest Silks, Messalines, Crepes and Marquesettes. Our line of Dress Silks, Messalines, Crepes and Marquesettes was never so large as this season. All the new colors and blacks, and a great many more than we have space to tell about. Wool Fabrics. The Woolen Dress Weaves, in heavy and light weights, is just as complete as any department. Trimmings. Trimmings. new in All-over Nets and to silver, black and all the new E match, in gold, Comfortables and Blankets. Comfortables and Blankets to suit every one. UNDERWEAR. Men, Women and Childrens heavy Cotton and Woolen Underwear. No to say more. A call at our store will mean the assortment to select from, and at the lowest prices. LYON & COMPANY, Allegheny St. 4712 Bellefonte, Pa.
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