EE eeeemserer emt eters aA as
—In four weeks the Great Centre
County Fair will be in full blast.
—New York boasts of having 11,463
lawyers, and yet there are people who
wonder at the lawlessness reported from
that city.
—Bellefonte women are bound to have
a “Mother’s Club.” Other towns are sat-
isfied that a “slipper” is best to accom-
plish the same end.
—Unprecedented wind-storms are pre-
dicted for the neighborhood of Chicago
about August 5th. Yes, that’s the date
that Mr. ROOSEVELT is scheduled to break
out again.
—Evidently some army officer has been
enjoying beef-steak for breakfast at Fort
Harrison. Over $7,000 have mysterious-
ly disappeared from the government safe
at that post.
——Judge ARCHBALD denies the
charges against him in the articles of
impeachment. He admits that he did
some of the things he is accused of doing
but declares he meant no harm.
—And vet there are people who com-
plain because Senatorial baths cost $6.00
each. Evidently these public economists
never think of comparing that price with
what a Senatorial white-wash would cost.
—Mr. PENROSE'S part of the Republi-
can party, here in Pennsylvania, now pur-
pose holding another convention. And
we don’t wonder. It's about the only
thing the other Republicans seem willing
to allow them to hold.
—If we were seriously asked about the
kind of a defense the Republicans are
making, the decision would have to be
that they are making no defense at all
To us it appears like a clean case of
"making for the woods.”
—That KELLEY automobile from Snow
Shoe that killed a mule one week and
seriously injured two ladies the next
needs a less careless driver soon or the
cost of its up-keep will more than coun-
terbalance all the pleasure its owner has
gotten out of it.
—Since chairman GUTHRIE has an-
nounced the names of the men who com-
pose his new finance committee there are
people unkind enough to suggest that a
tight lid on the contribution box, when
there is a full meeting, might not be an
unwasted precaution.
—A Connecticut Congressman an-
nounces the fact that he will quit public
service at the close of the present ses-
sion. There are a number of Pennsylva-
nia Congressmen who have no, need to
make any such proclamation to convince
the people that they will do likewise.
—It is only a suggestion, but possibly
if our Republican friends out in Ohio
would get a few foot-warmers they might
be able to keep some of their nominees
on the ticket, for a while at least. From
this distance their trouble looks very
much like an epidemic of cold-feet among
their statesmen.
~The new regime in the Democratic
party in Pennsylvania asks us to go too
far when it demands that every Repre-
sentative and Senator pledge himself not
to support any appropriations to institu-
tions other than those controlled by the
State. We're for the Bellefonte hospital
and against the election of any Member
or Senator who isn’t free to be for it too.
—One of our innocent but curious
Democratic exchanges says: “Many
Democratic voters are now wondering
from what point or at what time the
‘voice of the Democratic people’ was
either sought or heard in the formation
of the numerous, and heretofore unheard
of, committees that have lately been an- |
nounced by chairman GUTHRIE as having |
been formed and selected to manage and
conduct things for the Democratic party.”
Evidently “wondering” Democrats forget
that Mr. GUTHRIE really believes himself
to be the people and that when he speaks,
their voice is heard in every point to
which it penetrates.
—The Bull Moose party in Centre
county has adopted the name of Wash-
ington as the title by which they will be
known. Former Recorder BiLL BROWN,
president of the school board Dr. LOCKE
and ROGER BROUSE are the reputed lead- |
ing Bull Moose of the community and
whether “once a Moose always a Moose” |
will hold good in their case remains for |
the future to reveal. Their patron Saint
ROOSEVELT has had to do with Ananias
clubs so much recently that we presume |
they selected the name “Washington” as
a sort of hint to TEDDY that it might
strengthen their cause if he were to re-
member the cherry tree incident and tell
no more stories.
~The indictment of a New York police
lieutenant for the murder of a notorious
gambler has uncovered a system of graft
in that city that is almost unbelievable.
It is now declared that Lieut. BECKER re-
ceived no less than $600,000 a year as his
share of the rake off of protected gam-
bling houses and that it was at his order
that ROSENTHAL, one of the gamblers
who was about to squeal, was murdered
to keep his story from coming out. It is
to be hoped that the clean-up in the New
York police force will be complete enough
to insure the world thatthe men uniform-
ed to protect the public in that city are
not worse thugs than those who do not
| affirmed by the court of last resort. |
PAYNE-ALDRICH law imposed
tions‘and
wear the badge of authority.
VOL. 57.
"STATE RIGHTS
AND FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFONTE, PA. AUGUST 2, 1912.
The New Excise Bill.
Of course those who are opposed to an |
income tax will contend that the excise
law which passed the House of Repre-
sentatives some time ago and was con- |
curred in by the Senate, the other day, |
is unconstitutional. It provides for a
graduated tax on incomes in excess of
$5000 and the Supreme court decided
that the income tax feature of the WiL-
SON tariff bill was unconstitutional. But
Congress has since enacted a law impos-
ing a tax on the incomes of corporations
and the constitutionality of it has been
Therefore there are no perceptible rea-
sons why it should be assumed in ad-
vance that this law is unconstitutional.
The most perfect system of taxation |
that can be conceived is that which puts |
the burdens on those most able to bear
them. But the opposite policy has been |
the rule in this country for a half centu- |
ry and the poor have paid the expenses |
while the rich have enjoyed the benefits
of government. It is true that when age |
and infirmity render men incapable of
paying or earning asylums are generous-
ly provided under this system of pater-
nity. But if the poor were obliged to
pay less when they are earning there
would be fewer of them subjects of char-
ity later. In fact if they were only re-
quired to pay their share while able to
earn most of them would be able to take
care of themselves after their capacity to
earn had been exhausted.
During the campaign for the Presiden-
cy four years ago Mr. TAFT declared
that no new legislation would be neces-
sary to validate an income tax law. After
his election he inferentially reversed
himself by recommending an amendment
to the constitution authorizing Congress
to levy an income tax. Again he revers-
ed himself two years ago by recommend-
ing the excise law which was a feature
of the PAYNE-ALDRICH tariff law, for it
achieved, so far as corporations are con-
cerned, what the WILSON income tax law
contemplated. The new bill simply ex-
tends to individuals the tax which the
upon cor-
interest the action of the President up-
on it.
——
——The decrease in the rate of tariff
tax on sugar is so slight as to be scarcely
perceptible but the Democrats in Con-
gress will insist on something better on
the wool schedule. Sugar is an important
food product but clothing and blankets
are essential to life and health.
Hilles Squelches Roosevelt.
National chairman HILLES, of the TAFT |
faction of the Republican party, makes a |
complete and convincing answer to the
ROOSEVELT charge that the nomination
was stolen. He says, as the WATCHMAN |
declared at the time, that the 238 contests
instituted in the interest of ROOSEVELT
were “not for the purpose of really se-
curing seats in the convention, not for |
the purpose of adducing evidence which
would lead any respectable court to en- |
tertain the contests, but for the purpose
of deceiving the public into the belief
that Mr. ROOSEVELT had more votes than
he really had, as the conventions and
primaries were in progress for the selec-
tion of delegates.” This is a very old
and shabby political trick.
Having thus exposed the political im-
morality and personal hypocrisy of Mr.
ROOSEVELT, chairman HILLEs proceeds to
a statement of the facts in detail. Be-
ginning with Arizona he lays bare the
circumstances in each case to the last in |
the Texas list and concludes with the |
emphatic allegation that “the action of |
the ROOSEVELT men in bringing 160 con- |
testis that they promptly abandoned |
strongly tended to show the lack of good |
faith in the prosecution of all of them.” |
Mr. RooseverLT himself admitted that
the 160 contests withdrawn had been en-
tered without expectation of favorable
consideration. Mr. HILLES shows that
the seventy-four which were not with- |
drawn were equally without just reason.
There is absolutely but one reason for |
ROOSEVELT'S candidacy, and that is his |
lust for power. When he relinquished |
the office to his self-appointed successor '
four years ago he believed that there
would be no difficulty in getting back
this year. The panic of 1907 had made
his re-election then an impossibility and
he appointed the easy-going and pleasure-
loving Mr. TAFT to hold the place for
him for a time. When TAFT refused to
get out of his way, therefore, he became
incensed and determined to run anyway
and take chances of success because
there was a certainty of defeating TAFT.
But the people will not gratify his ambi-
tion. They know that if elected this
time he never will give up the office.
—The cost of politics is certainly
high this year but politics is less a ne-
cessity than potatoes.
Wilson’s Democratic Idea.
On his return from his voyage of rest, the
other day, Governor WILSON was informed
that political gossip had it that he was
“keenly dissatisfied with the way Congress
is acting on the battleship matter.” To
this the Democratic nominee for Presi-
dent promptly replied: “My attitude to
Congress is that I have no right to inter-
vene in the program of the Democratic
majority of the House." In other words
Governor WILSON believes in the literal
construction of the fundamental law |
which forbids executive encroachment
upon the legislative prerogatives of Con-
gress. Each of the co-ordinate branches
of the government has its duties and ob-
ligations and is responsible to the people.
If there were any doubts in the minds
of any men as to the pure Democracy of
Woobprow WILSON, that answer should
at once and completely remove them.
That was the policy rigidly adhered to by
all Presidents of the United States pre-
vious to the lamentable elevation of THE-
ODORE ROOSEVELT, whose abnormal lust
for power influenced him to not only
usurp the prerogatives of Congress but
to try to brow-beat the Supreme court.
President TAFT in his weakness has to
some extent followed the malign exam-
ple of his predecessor but upon the in-
duction of WoobprOW WILSON into the of-
fice that evil will be eliminated entirely.
The old-fashioned ideas will be restored,
to remain for all time.
No better or more comforting message
could be conveyed to the Democratic
people of the country than this. It indi-
cates tranquility for the present as well
as safety for the future.
With the executive dominating Con-
gress whether by the use of patronage to
bribe or threats to coerce, disorder is in-
evitable and well meaning citizens of all
political opinions must be gratified that
such danger is past.
Wooprow WILSON will be President,
after his inauguration next March, but
he will not undertake to legislate or in-
terpret. Those duties will be performed
by Congress and the courts and they will
be performed the better because therm.
will be no executive interference.
——The Arbuckles say they wanted
free sugar five years ago. Most of the
suga: refiners, according to court records,
have been getting it nearly free eversince
1907, by cheating the government. Mean-
time it may be said that the people have
been hankering after free sugar for thirty
years.
: Bill Flinn’s Early Troubles.
Poor BILL FLINN is already encounter-
ing opposition in his own faction, His
scheme to steal the Republican organiza-
tionto use in fighting the Republican
ticket is being repudiated on every hand.
He was able to convince ROOSEVELT, who
is a moral pervert, but the more con-
scientious ROOSEVELT followers in the
State refuse to agree. They reason
wisely that ROOSEVELT would be stronger
running on a purely ROOSEVELT ticket
and FLINN cannot refute the proposition.
But if FLINN adopts that plan he will be
obliged to relinquish his control of the
Republican machinery and that is what
he is reluctant to do. The Bull Moose
party will not survive defeat and FLINN
will then be a dead one.
If FLINN could carry out his perfidious
plan, and ROOSEVELT is not averse to it,
he might carry both his electoral and
State tickets to success and he would cer-
tainly defeat TAFT in the State. But
TAFT as the nominee of his party and his
friends as stalwart Republicans will not
allow FLINN to thus betray them. Mr.
YounG and Mr. POWELL are Republican
candidates, not Bull Moose representa:
tives. If they support or even acquiesce
in FLINN'S perfidy, PENROSE will be liter-
ally obliged, in the interest of TAFT, to
nominate candidates against them. Every-
body knows what the result of that will
be. The candidates of both factions will
be defeated and W. H. BERRY and ROBERT
E. CRESSWELL elected.
This would really be a fortunate solu-
tion of the problem for the people. We
have no doubt that everything FLINN
says of the PENROSE machine is true and
are equally confident that what is uni-
versally said concerning FLINN'S political
immorality can be proved. There have
been all kinds of corruption in the de-
partments at Harrisburg and the villainy
ought to be exposed and cast out. The
election of BERRY and CRESSWELL wil}
give the genuine opposition to machine
government a majority on the Board of
Public Grounds and Buildings and the
revelations will certainly follow. For
these reasons FLINN'S present discomfiture
is a cause for popular felicitation.
~The ladies of the United Brethren
church will hold a social and sale on Sat-
urday evening, August 3rd, in the room
adjoining the church. The public is in-
vited.
; 5 r resources will make us better able
The Question ot Battleships.
m—
To
0. 30.
Create a Diversion.
We sincerely hope that the Democrats | From the Johnstown Democrat.
in Congress will not find it necessary to Wd HEPES, both roa.
recede from the position taken in caucus | creating poli tal
|
on the subject of battleships. By a con- | sages from the
son, of twenty years and com
| I
siderable majority it was decided to re-
fuse to authorize the construction of any
tional toys but it is said is willing to com-
promise on one. A few Democrats in
graft, favor the compromise upon the ©
ground that the last Democratic National
minds of the majority of the House. The
navy is amply adequate now.
The only excuse which can be given
for additional battleships is that they are |
a source of graftto those who build them
and the maintenance and manning of
them keep the people poor. The build-
ing and equipment of two modern dread-
naughts will cost in the neighborhood of
$40,000,000. The manning and mainte-
nance will cost well onto $5,000,000 a year.
This burden falls upon the taxpayers,
already staggering under the load of tax-
ation, direct and indirect, and the high
cost of living. Men thus hampered are
not independent citizens. They are simply | like
slaves to conditions and obliged to yield
obedience to the masters who control
them. A hungry stomach is the most
tyrannical taskmaster.
It is the first duty of the Democrats in
Congress to lighten the burdens of the
government wherever and whenever it is
possible. We can imagine no place so
available for substantial economies as in
the matter of naval construction. At
best a battleship is efficient for only a
few years. We have enough of these
play things of plutocrats for a dozen
years to come and by that time the devel-
opment of marine engineering will have
evolved an entirely new type. That be-
ing the case why not make our present
supply serve the purpose until we really
need others? Meantime the development
ear the expensé of construction and
the cost of maintenance.
2 i —_" i
ROOSEVELT doesn’t dispute the evi-
dence presented by National Chairman
HiLLES in support of the integrity of
TAFT'S nomination. But he declares that
TAFT is a thief and in the minds of Bull
Moosers that is a sufficient answer.
Here Are the Platform Pledges.
At the request of a number of our
readers, who were interested in an arti-
cle published in last week's issue of the
WATCHMAN, under the head of “Not For
It By a Long Shot,” we give the resolu-
first place,
new battleships. The Senate jnsists on | Susie | }
two of these enormously expensive na- | stable; their real purpose is to divert at
! tention from the real issues of the cam-
Lo pm ges glo Lo Maia
: jing suit interests
the body whose constituency might be | ftir an br Gi Thy TEI For 3
benefitted by such an opportunity for | discussion of economic principles
f personal vilification and slander such
Their 4
vert the issue from the legitimate field of
Rincple to ities.
Course they have adopted, however,
to accomplish this la is
very foolish, to say the least.
they will not be permitted to
From the Harrisburg
ae ga
. which the contests at
wriines
. as the Taft-Roosevelt primary campaign,
one of mere
issues; and, in the
the
of Woodrow Wil
to one
the
t which to the
the White House Monday, in
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Centre and Clearfield county Red Men will
hold their annual reunion at Houtzdale on Au-
gust 7.
—Work has been started on the new boiler
shop at Avis. [It will take nearly a year to com-
plete the job.
—A largely attended farewell reception was
tendered Bishop and Mrs. W. P. Eveland at
Williamsport last Thursday evening.
—Citizens of Defiance and surrounding country
are losing porkers by hog cholera. State authori-
ties are aiding in combating the disease.
~The Cambria Steel company has been sued at
Ebensburg by East Taylor township farmers for
$25,000 damages to their farms because of fumes
from the dumps belonging to the company.
~The government has suspended mail delivery
in York township, York county, on account of
bad roads and farmers living along the route are
threatening to take the suspension into court.
—Coke ovens are being used by the Latrobe-
Connellsville company to dry out a large quanti-
ty of wheat that was thought to have been ruined
by the recent heavy rains falling while the grain
was in the shock.
tuday, Thew —When J. O. Ikeler's barn, near Bloomsburg,
is to Gov. | was burned by lightning on Saturday, forty pigs.
inconsistent, and therefore un- | ninety tons of hay and a iarge quantity of grain
were consumed. Mr. Ikeler was badly burned
getting out his horses.
—Justice J. H. Pisel, aged 80 years, heard thir-
teen suits in one batch a few days ago. They
were against people who hadn't paid stock they
subscribed in a manufacturing concern. He will
think over the matter before deciding.
—Philipsburg pastors have united in open air
meetings at South park on Sunday evenings. The
first was held last Sunday and they will be con-
tinued through August. The band leads the
music, oid hymns are sung and twenty-minute
sermons are the rule.
—Maynard Deal, near Wilcox, is being hunted
by potice of Clearfield and Jefferson counties.
He shot his wife, they say, after a quarrel, with
intent to kill. She threw up her hands and dodg-
ed sothat the builet, instead of striking her
head, went through her thumb.
—There is an epidemic of cholera infantum in
the Eighth ward, Johnstown, and blood poison
from mosquito bites is also prevalent. One wom-
an is in a serious condition. Another narrowly
him | escaped having an arm amputated from the ef-
fects of having herhand cut on a tin can.
—Mrs. Elizabeth B. Strohm, who died at her
home in Lucknow following an operation for ap-
pendicitis at Harrisburg weighed 318 pounds,and
the casket was so large that funeral services
= | could not be held until the door jambs and much
of the surrounding woodwork had been removed
by carpenters.
~The State pure food division has ordered
prosecutions in sixty cases of men in Philadel.
phia caught selling soft drinks that were adul-
terated with sacharine aad flavored with coal
tar dyes and other deleterious matters that are
considered unfit for food. The penalty is $60 fine
or three months in prison.
~Charles Mack is in jail at Brookville, with
two bullet wounds in his right shoulder, under
charge of murdering Frank Gelleto. The two
franchise. The company said ‘no’ and the ordi-
- | nance died Then the company put a lot of
men to work. A fire alarm was sounded and the
firemen turned on the water. They kept it on
until the borough authorities got back from Sun-
bury with an injunction.
—A one dollar bill was the reward which Clay-
ton, son of Henry Kaseman of Shamokin, receiv-
ed for his honesty in returning to its owner
$2,500, which he had found on the road between
Fisher's Ferry and Herndon last Friday. The
,_ | money was in a coat that had been picked up by
the young man and was the property of George
R. Philios, of Fisher's Ferry.
—Farm labor is so scarce in Lawrence county
that farmers are calling up Sheriff Whaley to as-
. such is not li to sa certain if there are any prisoners to be discharg-
tion of the Democratic State platform re- | the interests of —_—— Juything against ed soon who might likely io to take a
ferred to, in full, as well as the resolu- | admitted that he makes a strong and | jobat$2 a day and board. Several such applica-
tion of the State committee, demanding jest ¢ i But it does fot SV SY She Sheil within he
“ Son wi by ew days, as there have prison.
the pledge that our “progressive” friends | coo no ores much of fact that | ers in jail no help has been secured. ji
purpose having each Democratic candi-
the 238 contests were reduced to 7. ~Byron
date for Senate or Legislature subscribe | says that “the very fact of Wi 6 tron C. Barviey, suv) 3S years, vie)
to prior to the election: frivolous contests uel? reflects upon the | ype top of a pole at Barnesboro and was electro-
PLATTORN PLEDGE: gen fdity Of The T€| cued. He would have graduated next term
“With a record of pledges kept and promis. | That will not be accepted as a_10gical | rurion and was etn Suplcaing a
es redeemed and with an organization freed | conclusion. It was never admitted by the Selon apd wis butyoried 10 = Saried wirl, Se
from all corrupt alliances, and responsive to | Roosevelt people that the 164 contests | i; yi; nome at Clearfield for the balance of the
the will of the voters, the Democratic par- | Were because they were friv-| on
ty again asks the suffrages of the |Olous, but that they were dropped in
citizens of Pennsvivania. It will enter in- t business of the convention | —T.S. Bratton, of Huntingdon, while taking
to no obligation which it cannot meet. It | might be ted and because the seat- | an evening stroll on the hill back of the town,
pledges itself as soon as it attains power in | ing of the 74 would give the Roosevelt | was hit on the back of the head and knocked
the State to pass the necessary measures to undoubted control of the conven- | unconscious. After three and a half hours he
make elections free and easily expressive of | tion. The entire strength of the Roose- | revived and found himself lying in a small stream
the popular will, and in particular to repeal Yuit Ii Wa3 COUCSTIe OA the Hain wis We vee sed. He had left his gold
those provisions of the law permitting the as- $he hope tiiat these ugh be seated: watch at home and had but 50 cents in his pocket-
sistance of voters not physically incapacitated. | Taft decided against them, but | book. The iliness brought about by the shock
“To provide for the effective control of all | that did not settle the question of their | and chili was more expensive than the robbery.
utilities, and to amend and reform the .
tie” “UF 25 of the White Hows statement Hendler ok ci (oo
“To abolish the present corrupt and extrav- | the will go on. It will mot| (i, 1g 4 suggestion from the State Board of
gant system of State appropriations for char- Shake 3 single Roosevelt man nor BRING | yooun all money passed out by the banks in
itable purposes, which has been sucha potent | to the Taft a single Progressive. | yo gevitle is chemically treated before being
agency to coerce the Legislature, and to pro- -_— given out on checks or for change. The process
vide that hereafter no appropriations of State Crooked Police Officials. is simple, the banks being provided with a large
funds shall be made except for purely State EE tin box, which is filled with an antiseptic germ-
controlled charities. From the Altoona Times. killing fluid that has no bad effect upon either
“Whereas, the people of Penneylvania Bave | oo ean sone Of eI Cenc | the bankit is entirely free from contagion.
a right to know the position of any candidate was aiding the attorney in | —Carrolitown has an epidemic of measles that
for the State Senate or for Representative in the between the | iscausing the health authorities of that place
the General Assembly concerning any meas- | authorities vice, gives form | considerable work to get the disease stamped
ures that will be brought before the Legisla- ' and substance to charge that the out. There are some fifty cases in the town but
ture to enforce the declarations made in the | lice TE now that a quarantine is being enforced the
various party platforms, now therefore, heinous crime. While t Beck- | physicians are successfully combating the dis-
Be it resolved, that we call upon each and ' er has been under from the be- | ease. Measles got a good start because of the
every Senatorial and Legislative nominee of | ginning, it has been a matter of adverse failure of the people to report their cases and
the Democratic party in this State to file with | comment that his superiors have permit. | children, ailing with them, were permitted to
the chairman of the State Central committee | ted him to pursue his duties as a police | roamabout the streets and mingle with other
for publication a written declaration of his ap- defiance of senti- | children. The situation is now well in hand and
proval of the various progressive measures | ment has aroused the most intense hos- | the physicians hope to soon stamp out the epi
advocated by the Democratic party, and his | tility against the police of New York, and | demic.
Pledge tat if stacked, be wil wippert the lee. that th y have i compel} to cord ~Thomas Urell, aged 45, a business man of
ih . ,
affect, unity. indicates that eventuall Tioga, is in the Blossburg hospital with both
. . . . . .
“And should the candidate fail or refuse to
file within thirty days thereafter, such writ-
ten declaration or pledge, the chairman of
the State Central committee is authorized and
is hereby directed to publish the fact for the
information of the electors.”
-—Meantime it might be well to keep
in mind the fact that BILL FLINN ‘cares
more about the leadership of the Repub-
lican party in Pennsylvania than about
either TAPT or ROOSEVELT. FLINN is
nothing if not practical.
men.
those who have maintained illicit rela-
tions with crooks must make way for
~The MIKADO is dead, long live the
Mikapo. He was fifty-two years old, be-
came Emperor at the age of fifteen and
has done more than any one man for the
progress of his country and people. Such
examples of imperial life in contrast with
the cavorting at Oyster Bay tend to rec-
oncile one to that form of government,
He is succeeded by his son.
arms and both legs broken and may die from in-
juries received in an automobile accident. Ina
runabout owned and driven by Clarence Davis,
were Mr. Urell and another