hi. has ‘Carolina handily. © gentleman, but politically so full of tricks —Alcohol and gasoline usually make a fatal gas for an auto to run on. —Autos are getting so common that we are seriously considering a proposi- tion to swap the “old green wagon” for a CurTiss bi-plane. —It isn't the size of the circus that makes the small boy happy. It is the tellin’ next day how near he came to sneakin' in under the canvas. —Governor WILSON carried New Jersey easily and goes into the National con” vention with both the States of his birth and adoption solidly supporting him. —Analysis has revealed the fact that 12 per cent of the street dust in New York city is pulverized rubber. The other 88 per cent is probably dessicated gasoline stink. —Commencement puts the finishing touches on many a boy and girl who imagine that the rest of their way through life is to be as flowery as was the day of their graduation. —From one of the best Bellefonte has passed into rank as one of the poorest circus towns in Pennsylvania and we are at a loss to know whether it is a matter to be proud of or one to regret. —If RooseEveLT gets the Republican nomination and should get elected TiF- FANY should start his most expert de- signers to work at once on a crown; for one will surely be needed later. —Dr. PUTMAN, of Boston, advises par- ents to let their children go barefooted in summer time. We publish this as an argument for the kid who can’t persuade his mother to permit him to do it. —We used to sing about "potatoes they grow large in New Jersey.” If President TAFT ever sang that old ditty he will probably feel like adding: Votes for TeDDY, they grow large in New Jersey. —Talking about the Fountain of Youth that our ancient friend DE Soto sought had he found it the smell of the later day circus menagerie would have it skinned a mile in making the average old boy young again. —Senator LORIMER evidently prefers being fired out to accepting the hint to gracefully retire. Anyway the seat cost him enough to get some sensational ad- | vertising out of it and evidently that is | what he wants. —If President TAFT had as little regard for the Constitution as Colonel ROOSE- vELT has had he might persuade Con- gress to rush through a bill making it an impossibility for a man to be President of the United States three times. ——They have offered Senator LORIMER an opportunity to resign but he prefers to be “fired” out of the Senate. LORIMER is wise. The effect would be the same so far as he is concerned but vastly dif- ferent in relation to some of the others. ——The front pages of Monday's papers were covered with stories of fatal acci- dents that had happened to Sunday auto, boating and picnic parties. Not one of them, however, recorded an injury to those who found pleasure occupying one of the seats in the good old gospel chariot. —Governor WiLsoN carried North In fact he received eighty per cent of the vote polled. He lived in that State once and was graduated from one of her colleges so that Old North State has spoken to the world of one of her sons in a way that Ohio didn’t speak for TAFT. ——Poor Uncle Sam! Poor Mr. Com- mon People! They are starting up another fuss in Cuba and SAM has to send war ships and soldiers down to make them be good. And Mr. Common Peo- ple will have to foot the bills for coal and rations all because he tried to protect a lot of ungrateful niggers. —Reorganization will be making a pitiable start in Clearfield county if it selects Mr. JAMES D. CONNELLY for coun- ty chairman. Personally a very clever that we fancy even his friends are not able to keep their fingers on him long enough to discover which shoulder he has the water on. ——Still there might be some public advantage in having Senator CLAPP as temporary president of the Republican National convention. Some weeks ago he was appointed chairman of a com- mittee to investigate the expenses of the last two Presidential campaigns and has never told the public anything about it. As temporary president of the conven- tion he would have a rare chance of tell ing about the deal between ROOSEVELT and the late Mr. HARRIMAN. —The coming Republican National convention promises to be a great, double, mammoth affair with two Uncle Toms and two little Evas. Already the TAFT forces have asked ELIHU ROOT to act as temporary chairman and the Colonel has just sent an invitation to Governor HaAp- LEY, of Missouri, to act in the same ca- pacity. Which one of them will finally land in the chair depends entirely upon which side will control the convention, but the incident serves to show that neither side proposes a middle ground on which a harmony platform might be built. | SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE. ~—A small piece of lead was found in the appen- dix of Grant Verner, of Eiton, Cambria county, who was recently operated on at a Baltimore hos- ~The body of Clarence Lloyd, drowned in Stonycreek river last week, has been recovered. It had floated cut into the Conemaugh, near Sang ~—Work on Punxsutawney's new $65,000 govern- ment building will begin July 1. Former owners of the site have been notified to remove the build. ings within thirty days. VOL. 57. What do the so-called Progressives complain of? They say that the constitution is not adapted for government under present conditions. In what respect is it defec- tive? When it was adopted the United States consisted of thirteen States with an aggregate population of less than 4,000,000. Now we have forty-nine States with a total population ot upward of 95,- 000,000. Then the wealth of the country was a negligible sum. Now it is more than $123,000,000,000. We have developed resources with marvelous rapidity. We have made splendid progress in educa- tion, art and morality. We have grown faster and better in every respect than any other country in the world since the beginning of civilization. All these results have been achieved under the preseat constitution and through the agency of our present form of government in so far as government has anything to do with the matter. It is true that the industrial and com- mercial life of the country has been ex- cessively taxed as the result of profligacy of administration and inordinate ambi- tion to figure in world affairs. But these evils have not been because of the constitution or by reason of our form of government. On the contrary they have been in spite of both and are attributable mainly to failure to adhere to the provisions of the constitution and the requirements of our form of govern. ment. If we had been faithful to both there would be nothing to complain of in these respects. THEODORE ROOSEVELT appears to be the principal protagonist of the theory that our form of government is defective or inefficient. He has been disappointed in his ambitions and wants to do away with what he imagines is the cause of his dis- appointment. In this State BILL FLINN and WILLIAM T. CREASY appear to be the leaders in the movement to abolish the constitution and alter our form of government. Both are discredited politicians. So long as the Democratic leaders paid CREASY for re- maining in office after paying his ex- penses in getting elected to office he was a very docile and placid party man. But the moment they left him to his own re- sources he failed of election and turned reformer. ——After all a good deal depends upon the nerve of the Republican National committeemen. If ROOSEVELT can brow. beat them TAFT’S cake is dough. Rough House Probable. Really the prospects for “a rough house” at the Republican National con- vention are growing beautifully bright. As long as the talk was simply of contest- ing delegations and bolting candidates little interest was taken by the average citizen. Those things are tame and un- exciting. But when the managers of one faction talk of overthrowing the action of the National committee in the per- formance of its usual work, by force, and those of the other declare that they “will put their backs against the wall and fight to a finish,” we have no alternative except to “sit up and take notice.” If such talk means anything it implies a physical encounter between the forces. The National committe has selected Senator Root of New York as tempor- ary chairman of the convention. Almost since time out of mind the National com- mittee has exercised this power. In fact the rules provide for such a disposition of the question. But Mr. Root is not agreeable to THEODORE ROOSEVELT. The “Coinel” once said that he “would crawl from the White House to the Peace Monument on his hands and knees if he could thereby make RoOT his successor in the Presidency.” Later on he changed his mind about ROOT because that gentle- man wouldn't give approval to some of ROOSEVELT’S absurd caprices and now he will convert a National convention into a mob in order to show his antipathy to Roor. Of course these things are disgraceful. They indicate a complete abandonment of all ideas of propriety and decency which brings the blush of shame to every sane citizen of the country. But what else can be expected when a man, drunk with ambition, is put up on a pedestal and fairly worshipped by millions of men who either do not understand or don't care for the consequences. The most avaricious grafter who has ever polluted the public, THEODORE ROOSEVELT ought to be held up to public execration instead of being supported for President, in con- tempt of the admonition of WASHINGTON and the traditions of the country. Itis lamentable. ——If drinking milk makes intemper- ance of language like that which RoosE- VELT uses the benefactor who invents a substitute will be forever blessed. | not take place until the third Wednesday . of the coming July. Surely our Philadel- STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. BELLEPORT®, What’s the Matter with tha Government? | Prostitution of the Press. The new scandal in Pittsburgh promis- es to surpass in sensationalism anything of the sort which has preceded it, and that is saying much. Some years ago a considerable number, if not a majority of the members of council of the city, were indicted and half a dozen of them sent to the penitentiary. A number of bank- ers were also involved in that corruption and convicted. But the present scandal leads closer to the seat of power. Two members of the Mayor's cabinet are di- rectly accused of crime and the Mayor is involved to an extent. But the gravest of all the charges, made by those claim- ing to have investigated the matter, is that all the newspapers of the city have been muzzled in order to conceal the in- iquities of the municipal mal-administra- tion. The Pittsburgh Post, which is general- ly known, and announces itself, as a Democratic newspaper, is among the publications thus aspersed. For more than sixty years our Pittsburgh contem- porary was an honored leader of thought in western Pennsylvania. For more than half that span of time it was edited by that sterling Democratic philosopher and statesman, Hon. JAMES P. BARR. During the period of his management of the property the finger of suspicion was never pointed toward the Pittsburgh Post. It was not only reliably Democratic but it was earnest, honest and able. It was as fearless as it was earnest, efficient and faithful. But according to the evidence, said to be at the command of the Voters’ League, an organization created for civic better ment in the community, this organ of PAs Democracy has been prostituted. Ever since the death of the lamented Colonel | BARR it has been degenerating in its po- litical principles, and within the last few years following false doctrines and polit- ical heresies of the most absurd sort. We are not surprised at the aspersion | against the other Pittsburgh papers. Most of them are controlled by Senator | OLIVER and some of them by "BLL" FLINN, one a pensioner of privilege and | the other a beneficiary of graft. But the | alleged prostitution. of the Pittsburgh | Post is a subject both of great surprise | and deep regret. We earnestly hope it may be able to save itself from sucha fate, as proof of this allegation would justly bring upon it. ——Of course it is impossible to have any real sympathy for TAFT. A selfish | pleasure seeker he has never cared enough for the welfare of others to enlist a kindly sentiment. But one cdn readily excuse his resentment of ROOSEVELT'S vituperation. That traducer of men is absolutely unendurable. True, But Also Applicable to Others. The insolence of someof the representatives of the Pennsylvania Roosevelt Machine is well illustrated by a part of them who claim Dauphin county as their home. Recently the Republican county committee held its annual meeting, when the members elected at the late primaries or. ganized the body and elected officers, including a county chairman. The leaders of the Roosevelt movement were not satisfied with the selections made by the majority, and have organized anoth- er committee for which they make the claim that it is entitled to be recognized as the regular or ganization. This is typical of many of the “holier- than-thou" breed of politicians who have sprung into prominence under the Roosevelt banner’ They demand all of the rights of party when they win a popular verdict, no matter how small the percentage of those who attend the primaries, bug whenever they lose what they want under their party rules they demand it shall be turned over to them. They seem to think that they can bulldoze their opponents into giving up under the threat if they do not they will call Mr. Roosevelt or ex-Senator Flinn or both to help them take it. The above we get from the Philadel phia Record. While there are “lots and gobs” of truth in its criticism of ROOSE- vELT Republicans down in Dauphin coun- ty, it looks to us more like an exposition of the doings of certain Democratic State the party organization, in the regular way, at its last meeting, “organized another committee” and have since, and still are, claiming to be the only simon— pure Democratic State committee in Perinsylvania. And this, notwithstanding the fact that the election of a chairman and the reorganization of that body will phia contemporary must have had in mind the work of the “holier-than-thou” politicians in our own party, whose “in- solence” has disorganized and disrupted the Democracy of the State to such an extent, that with all the opportunities for success the Republicans are giving us, the chances are ten to one, that we will get a worse “lickin,” in the Congressional, Senatorial and Representative elections in November next, than has been admin- istered to us in the last century. But if the Record did mean the tri. umvirate of Democratic disorganizers it de- | vention and the disgusted Republicans | who refused to vote for either TAFT tor ROOSEVELT at scribes so correctly, why didn't it say so? The Presidential Situation. | tion of TAPT impossible, either, if he is, foolish enough to take it. But it makes | the election of either TAFT or ROOSEVELT | out of the question. Both together scarce- | ly polled more than half the Republican vote of the State. The difference be- | tween the aggregate vote polled and the | full poll represents those who are dis- | gusted with both candidates and refrain ed from votingon that account. If there had been an opportunity to vote for any | candidate of the type of Justice HUGHES | or Bos LiNcoLN both ROOSEVELT and TAFT would have been “snowed under.” The present situation is anomalous. If TAFT withdraws from the field the chances are ten to one that the Southern delegates will be bought up for RoOSE- VELT and his nomination will thus be made certain. If TAFT remains in the running, on the other hand, it is equally certain that ROOSEVELT will bolt and justify the actby claiming that the South- ern delegates are held to the President through the cohesive force of public pa- hopelessly split and inevitably beaten. It is impossible to reconcile parties to such a quarrel. Every man of decent impuls- es whether the friend of one or the other would be disgusted with such an exhibi- tion of criminal commercialism. But happily the people of New Jersey have pointed the way to safety from the danger which the Republican muddle presents. The Democrats of that State have voted with practical unanimity for the nomination of the distinguished ‘Gov- ernor of the State by the Baltimore con- the primaries will vote for Wooprow WILSON at the MAY LINZ, —P. E. Griesemer, a DuBois photographer, will on Saturday close a dead fly contest. He will give five prizes, aggregating $20 to the persons bringing in the largest number. —A stranger with “W.C. M.” tatooed on his arm died at the DuBois hospital a few days ago. of pneumonia, less than a day after he had walked in and announced that he was ill. Peo te Northumberiznd county will be saved f The Roosevelt w! Tet nm y sa rom down in ho. will go bankruptcy by the settlement of twenty-one tax appeals, which have been pending since 1910. Within ten days $21,000 will come into the treas- ury. —A dictograph was used in the Westmoreland county jail the other day, to record a conversation between Dominick Patrelli under arrest for shooting his son-in-law and his wife. Valuable information was obtained. —Fred Daner, of Trauger, near Latrobe, was caught in a haulage rope at that place, and wound round the drum until his body was twisted out of all semblance to a human form. He was in charge of the hoisting engine, —A large barn and tobacco shed on the farm of Andrew Ferguson, near Jersey Shore, was de- data in the archives of the Department of Justice in Washington whichshow beyond successful con on that Roosevelt is allied and always has been with the Morgan interests which are financing with a most lavish hand his campaign for TO nar the ex-President may be abl ex- t may e o Dough the ox of voters to believe that he is against the great trusts which the Ervewrs on the American pUBlic ang send: ME Eooacveie may be le. temporary the | to fool the majority of the people in this will not be able tling business in That Perkins Mr. t end to investigate the Harvester trust; that Townsend general election. This is scarcely a mat- i ter of conjecture now for on the day of | the Jersey primaries the Texas conven- | tion decided to give WILSON a unanimous | delegation and as the political hucksters | of Pennsylvania are bound to him to the end his nomination is made certain. ——In the event that the Republican National convention is “rough-housed,” | the police of Chicago will have an oppor- t tunity to prove its merit. As Chicago | has a Democratic Mayor the chances are | that it has an efficient police force. | i i Congress Getting Ready to Adjourn. | Reports from Washington are to the | effect that an agreement has been reach- | ed among Senators to hasten the adjourn- | ment of Congress. Votes will be allowed on the various tariff bills without debate and other necessary legislation will be “jammed through,” so as to permit ad- journment before the Republican Na- tional convention. The touch of thermal temperature of a week ago probably worked this result. The Senators have an aversion to discomfort and Washing- ton is an exceedingly hot city. But let it si go at that. It is impolite to “look a gift horse in the mouth,” and we should be grateful for the result without inquiring too closely into the cause. Some of these tariff bills have been tied up in the Senate committee on Finance for four months. During that time the people of the country were being robbed of a million dollars a day by the excessive rates of the PAYNE-ALDRICH tariff law. During the late winter and early spring months thousands of chil- dren were infected with tubercular mala- dies because of insufficiency of woolen clothing on account of excessive tariff taxes. But these facts made no impres- sion upon the minds of the Republican Senators who controlled the action of the committee. It was the tired feeling which | to comes with the advent of torrid weather that worked the determination to do | factionists, who, failing to get control of | things. Yet there was another cause which had its influencing effect. The predatory barons who have been taking the toll from this harvest of death and distress have come to realize that political ex- igencies require action on the tariff bills by the Senate. It is no longer possible to fool even a majority of the people all the time and the suffering voters are be- coming incensed against a policy which works evil all the time and good never Therefore inthe hope of saving the party they have concluded to allow their Sena- torial servants to act for the public good now rather than a few months later when tariff reform would become as certain as the change of the seasons. ——Possibly Mr. PERKINS of the Har- vester trust will get the worth of his money in the event of the nomination of ROOSEVELT but the farmers of the coun- try will have to bear the expense in the end. ~—=Subscribe for the WATCHMAN. from him. No word ever came and the Harvester trust was not prosecuted. George W. Perkins, who organized this t in violation of the law and who might be in the penitentiary if the crim- inal provision of the anti-trust law had been enforced against him, is now con- tributing the money bei by Roose- velt to secure a renomination. If all this is true, it might be asked, why is Roosevelt so popular in many sections of the country? The answer is because not one out of athousand knows about the action of Roosevelt in giving Perkins and the Harvester trust immunity from prosecution. Education of the pub- Vein a matter like this is slow and diffi- cult. Lewis Against Wilson. From the Harrisburg Star-Independent. Mr. Alfred Henry Lewis, who has writ- ten much that is good, much that is easing, and much that is remarkable, s come to the assault of Woodrow Wil- son at the behest of William Randolph Hearst, who, having decided that he is a Democrat this year, is hitting Democratic heads that are carried too high to please him. In lending himself to this service Mr. Lewis, who has had many admiring friends, cuts a sorry figure. It is to be that the man who censures Mr. Wilson for applying for a Carnegie pen- on, because the Carnegie gi is “tainted,” could himself to write a denunciatory article for Mr. Hearst. In that article Mr. Lewis condemns Mr. Wilson for everything he did and for everything he omitted doing. The Gov- ernor's intentions and motives are twisted and distorted to fit the pu of Mr. Lewis, and some of this gentleman's state ments are almost childish. In the mat- ter of this Carnegie ion, for which Professor Wilson applied when he retired from the presidency of Princeton, Mr. Lewis says: "No two men, as to any subject, are ever found to think alike, and all depends upon a point of view. For myself, I do not q n the purity of Mr. Wilson's motives.” And then he proceeds to flay him for applying for the pension, and that: "I confess that I cannot see how he brought himself to do it.” Itis hardly worth while to pursue the subject further after that. bring his literary ability to such a market. Itisa e on which man who have DE os ery e deserved something better for the books he has written for American read- ers. The Result in Ohio. From the Pittsburgh Gazette Times. begin with the ultimate result in Ohio is not written in the returns. We shall never be able to measure it by the election figures ur estimate it by the com- plexion of the delegation chosen for Chi- cago. It means more than that and goes deeper. We have withesoed ai} astouid- looked upon a | con be- tween two Presidents of the United States —the two who sec a vote in their favor than any in the history of this country. i gg may may have been regarded hitherto by or by men of other polti- ical future jidsment, regardiéss of coming events, will be more or less in- The data at the Department of relating to the Har- vester trust case too Jlaif The data referred to this: That about the year 1907 a financier of the name of J. Pierpont Morgan was throt- nominated the boards of directors of all lines, in- companies, as well as those of the t Caste: That. MOIgGAn seidom a Dl Poe ows oan Gores man, tronage. In either event the party is| W. Perkins. one That this man Perkins and President Roosevelt were in frequent conference. obtained Roosevelt's per- mission for the Steel trust to swallow its principal competitor, the Tennessee Coal and Iron company, which was admittedly in violation of the law. That W. Perkins, acting for Morgan, the Harvester trust in organized direct violation of the law; that upon complaint of the farmers of the country ordered Burdette D. Towns- reported it was a trust of the most vicious character, recommend- ing civil and criminal prosecution; that Roosevelt thereupon ordered Townsend | to the Pacific coast, so that he could do no more work on the Harvester trust and ordered his Attorney General not to start suit against the trust without hearing stroyed by fire supposed to have been caused by tramps. The trolley line stopped operations for a time, owing to burning of poles along the line. —Mrs. Mattie Crise of ‘Middlecreek township, Somerset county, recently celebrated her 9th milestone. For 96 years she had been compelled to use a crutch, buthas been remarkably active and expects to reach the century mark in another year. —C. S. Middaugh, of Mifflin, and Thomas Derr, of Carlisle, own a race horse in partnership. Re- cently the horse disappeared from the Carlisle stable and Middaugh is under arrest for stealing half a horse. Legal complications are likely to be complex and comical. —George Bender, of Lewistown, while fishing along Granville run, came upon a den of copper- heads. He tackled the bunch but finding them too numerous, started to back away. In so doing, he fell, and his right hand was bitten. Prompt treatment saved his life. —Some time ago Paul Smith, aged 30 years, obtained employment in the mines at Bakerton. As he was on his way to work for the first time he fell on his pick and sustained a puncture of the heart from which he died at the Spangler hospital, after protracted sufferings. —A petition has been presented to Judge Doty, of Westmoreland county, asking the appointment of J. G. McGeary, of Vandegrift, as commission- er. It declares that the absence of ex-Sheriff Shields, who is serving a term in the western penitentiary, makes his place as commissioner vacant. The judge made no comment. —~Twelve-year-old George Berger, of Johnson- burg. has been missing from home since May 8 and no trace of his whereabouts was obtained until some days ago a letter was received by his parents from New York. It stated that he was in a Newsboy's home and would be sent to them if money was sent to cover expenses. It was promptly forwarded to the police chief, but nothing has since been heard of money or boy. —A few days ago it was reported that 9-year-old Theodore Wiseman, of Marysville, had been drowned in the Susquehanna. Whilethe search for the body was going on a boy came along the road and joined in. After atime he asked the name of the drowned boy and was much startled to find that, while he had been away from home playing, his mother had taken it for granted that he was drowned and that he had been helping to search for his owa body. —While attempting to arrest Dorsey Stoner, a negro who was acting ina disorderly manner, chief of police Hiram Yeaman, of Lewistown, was shot in the chest by the colored man and fatally injured. The bullet passed close to the heart, but at this writing Yeaman is still living and has a fair chance of recovery. Stoner es’ caped and has not yet been captured. Some months ago Yeaman shot and wounded Stonerin an effort to arrest him and the latter had sworn vengeance. —One of the greatest annual gatherings at Lakemout Park is that of “Methodist Day.” This occurs this year on Thursday, August 1, and will be truly a great denominational rally, bringing together over regular and special trains thous- ands of Methodists and their friends from a radius of fifty miles and more from Altoona. The Al- toona Methodist Ministerial association which has charge of the arrangements for this day are now busy with their plans, and will be ready ina few days to make interesting announcements concerning committees, program, special trains, ete. Meanwhile keep clear. the date, Thursday. August 1, 1912, —The State Live Stock Sanitary Board, through State VeterinarianC. J. Marshall, has sent a letter to all tax collectors and constables in the State, calling their attention to the act of 1911 requiring all dogs to wear a collar to be provided by the owner, together with a tag to be attached thereto showing payment of tax, which tag must be sup- plied by the County Commissioners. It is the duty of constables to look after such dogs as have not been tagged or on which there has been no tax paid, and if the tax collector cannot collect the dog tax then he must inform the constable of the district, who shall get out his trustv gun and shoot the untagged dog and the owner has no redress. ~The contract for the last of the buildings at the Cresson State tuberculosis sanatorium has been awarded to the Altoona Concrete Construc- tion and Supply company. This includes twenty cottages, two bath houses, four pavilions and the stable. The amount of the contract price is $61,- 975. Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, commissioner of health, made an inspection last week of the build- dle of September. —Susquehanna Chapter, D. A. R., of Clearfield * in order to protect it from relic hunters, has just enclosed with a neat iron fence the old Indian 3 g : Eg : i EF 2 g fF : | 2 : gk HE E : HT 2% i! i: Ei 4 i g i i i 4 : : Ht: