INK SLINGS. —WILSON is the only real candidate | for President. The others are merely | barn-storming. —Referring again to the short skirts now worn by the girls, they at least un. cover "a multitude” of shins. —Surprising how wet those rains on Monday and Tuesday were. Have you ever noticed that a rainy washday is the one that you notice most. —Your uncle CEPHAS GRAMLEY is now | trying to strike a happy medium between the bawl of the Bull Moose and the trumpet of the TAFT elephant. —Anyway we can’t doubt the Colonel's honesty in fighting for the “recall.” That's what he's been after ever since he left the presidential office in 1909. And the Mountain city was all bedecked For blocks and blocks and blocks But the decks were swept And the people wept And knocked the equinox. ~—Talk or think about Mr. BERRY as you please, you will have to admit that he is at least proving his belief in the doctrine that one good term deserves another. —Its getting very close to the days when the coal man and the plumber will be gathering up the little that was saved from the clutches of the ice man last summer. —A Philadelphia restaurant keeper advertises “Hot business men's lunches.” What a stranger that fellow must be to the business methods of the old place he is trying to make a living in. —The foot-ball season has gotten just far enough under way to demonstrate that the new rules will not make the presence of a doctor and an ambulance on the field as unnecessary as was hoped. —Whether LAFOLLETTE is home or not progressiveness seems to progress in Wisconsin. The cost of their new State capitol has already progressed from $6,000,000 to $7,000,000 since its construc- tion was begun. —Newspaper reports assure us that Governor WILSON has gained seven pounds in weight since his nomination. But this we fear is nothing to rejoice over. Voters may imagine he is growing too much like TAFT. —That congressional investigation of campaign contributions seems to be keep- ing up the travel to Europe to the entire satisfaction of the big steamship com- panies. Verily, its "an ill wind that blows no one good.” —When all others failed a former col- lege professor negotiated that fifty mil- lion dollar loan for China. We call this to your mind merely because there is a former college professor aspiring to be President of the United States. —After all, we guess, both PENROSE and FLINN will have to be forgiven. Fach of them is lining up so well in the work of giving WILSON the electoral vote of Pennsylvania, that we'll all have to for- get the past—for a while at least. —It may not be the best policy for an aspirant for office to repel votes, but if WILSON has lost those of MURPHY, the Tammany chieftan, and SMITH, the de- posed New Jersey boss, he is reasonably certain of gaining more than be has lost. —Evangelist BILLY SUNDAY is to get twenty-thousand dollars for a month's revival in Scranton. Of course there is a great field for his work there, but think of the fun the doctors will have picking the splinters out of the back-sliders and setting the bones of those who fall off the water wagon after BILLY has gone. ~The Venango Spectator announces the fact that only about 50 per cent. of the Democratic voters of Oil City and Frank- lin have so far been registered. Evident: ly the “re-organizers” out there are like their brother blowers elsewhere—too busy telling about what they are going to do, to do anything that tells for the party good. —A few automobiles and an aviator or two properly distributed in some of those Central American States, might help considerably in reducing the number of revolutionists who are eternally kicking up trouble down there. At least, as re- ducers of the fellows who tool with them, they are proving an unbounded success in this country. —In a religious sense it may be true that ‘salvation is free.” But when we come to think of the numerous and in- creasing requests that are coming in for contributions to the campaign we are forced to the opinion that the fellows who claim to be working for the “salva- tion’’ of the country have no idea that it can be had unless paid for ata good round price. —At least the evidence seems to be “again us.” For years we have been honestly of the belief that it was the rotten politics of Philadelphia that was alone responsible for the stench that has made that city so offensively notorious. That belief must be qualified now. The testimony in the FousT—CASSIDY case forces the admission that the rotten-egg business carried on down there may have had considerable to do with the noi- someness that we always thought at- tributable alone to the kind of politics its people take such pride in. To this ex- tent we make our apologies to Philadel. —Don’t read an out-of-date paper. Get difference between the ROOSEVELT theo- p VOL. 57. We are constrained to agree with Col- onel ROOSEVELT in his statement that Governor WILSON would better not try to | express the views of the Bull Moosers on any subject. Nobody living can do that for the reason that Colonel ROOSEVELT will deny anything that is said on the subject. He doesn't hesitate to deny in one community what he decared in anoth- er or flatly contradict today what he candidly expressed yesterday. He ap- pears to have no sense of responsibility. While in office he paid no attention to the oath he had taken and out of office his word is no more to be depended upon than a rope of sand. There is no use in controversy witha man of that sort. In one of his recent speeches Governor WiLsoN declared that both ROOSEVELT and TAFT had abandoned the main issues of the campaign which are the tariff and the high cost of living. Colonel ROOSE- | VELT replies that “there is not an issue in the campaign that we have not met with entire fearlessness and at length from the tariff to the trusts.” As a mat- ter of fact the Colonel in one speech said that he is in favor of reducing the tariff rates but he didn't indicate where or when he would begin operations. On the contrary he advocated a tariff commission and insists upon preserving the protective features of the tariff. Thatis all that JoHN DALZELL and the other standpatters ask. | Colonel ROOSEVELT is very much in- | censed, moreover, because Governor WIL. | SON stated in one of his speeches that “trusts grew faster during ROOSEVELT'S | administration than in any other period.” | He insists that the trusts which were | created during his administration were | of the beneficent variety and adds that | the reason even that sort multiplied in | number was that "we were not given the ! proper law for dealing with them.” Asa | matter of fact the law was the same dur- | ing hisadministration as during that of nis | successor in office and TAFT has not only | prosecuted trusts in the criminal courts | but he has restrained them in some re- | spects and prevented their increase. {The truth of the matter is that trusts multiplied in number during ROOSE- | VELT'S administration for the reason that "however evil their purpose he not only permitted but encouraged them if those | in control of them were friendly to him. ! J. PIERPONT MORGAN, GEORGE W. PER- KINS, HENRY C. FRICK and Judge GARY, of | the Steel trust, could do anything they | pleased because they were his friends ; and though there is no record that he | ever shared in the profits of their pred- | atory operations, it is true that they al- ' ways contributed to his campaign funds | generously and are now financing his ef- | fort to destroy the most sacred unwritten | law of the land, that which limits the Presidency to two terms. What the Recall Might Do. In one of his western speeches Colonel ROOSEVELT, in the exuberance of folly, declared that he would have the recall extend even to the presidential office. In reference to this a correspondent of the Philadelphia Public Ledger suggests that |if that power had extsted during the | period of the Civil war, LINCOLN would have been recalled and the issue of the war might have been vastly different. Instead of a united and prosperous coun- try of 100,000,000 we would probably now have two or more second-rate powers constantly nagging each other and cer- i tainly impairing the influence and pros- perity of the people. It will be remembered that LiNcoLN was a minority President. That is to say the combined vote of DoucLAs and BRECKENRIDGE considerably exceeded i that of the successful candidate. Soon !after the beginning of hostilities Mr. | LINCOLN's supporters divided upon ques- tions of policy and in 1862 nearly half the States which had cast their electoral votes for LINCOLN turned over to the op- position. Even Pennsylvania which had given LINCOLN a substantial majority in 1860 elected a Democratic Legislature and State officers in 1862 and sent CHAS, | R. BUCKALEW to the United States | Senate. In the state of public opinion as it then existed it would have been an easy mat- ter to get a majority of the people of the northern States to petition for a new elec- tion with the almost certain result of re- tiring LINCOLN before he had opportunity to put his policies into operation. Does Colonel ROOSEVELT imagine that the sane people of the country favor a condition which might result in such a calamity to the country? If he does he reads the signs of the times badly. The recall of judicial decisions would involve even a ‘greater menace to the stability of the country, and the recall of judges is al- most as bad. "all the news in the WATCHMAN. Roosevelt’s Bold Misrepresentations. STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. Mr. GEORGE W. PERKINS, who stole $50, 000 of insurance funds in order to con- tribute that amount of money to the ROOSEVELT campaign fund in 1904, has undertaken to mould public sentiment against WooDrow WILSON by innuendo. He writes to a Philadelphia contemporary that Governor WILSON “evidently” “dis- approves of the fact that there have been no riots in the steel business since the Steel corporation was formed;” that “there have not been complaints from competitors that they were being crush- ed; ” that "consumers have not complain- ed of ruinously high prices;” that “wages have not been reduced; at any time to starvation wages” and that “over $20, 000,000 has been distributed to employees of the Steel corporation during the last few years under its profit-sharing plans.” Governor WILSON does not object to these things and Mr. PERKINS knows it as well as anybody else. His innuendo to the contrary is a deliberate and malicious falsehood worthy only of a miscreant who would rob orphans in order to buy favors from a corrupt official for his own ad- vantage. But Governor WILSON does ob- ject to the system of peonage which the Steel trust has introduced into its opera- tions by which ignorant foreigners are employed at wages which would starve any other type of laborers while the gov- ernment is presenting to the corporation largesses which would make pirates green with envy. Governor WILSON objects, moreover, to the robbery of the agricul- tural interests of the country through the medium of the Harvester trust. J. PIERPONT MORGAN, GEORGE W. PER- KINS, HENRY C. FRICK and other tariff- pampered monopolists are now financing the ROOSEVELT campaign as a partial re- compense for the favors ROOSEVELT be- BELLEFONTE, PA. SEPTEMBER 27, 1912. Looks Like a Conspiracy. Little evidence is needed to support the statement that FLINN isjockeying to keep the Bull Moose candidates for presiden- tial elector on the Republican ticket until it is too late to make the substitu. tions which the Republican National |! committee has demanded. An agreement had been reached at a recent conference between State Chairman WASSON and National Chairman HILLES that the with- drawals would be made last Friday. But when the Republican State committee met for the purpose on that day an ex- cuse was found for further postponement and the promise for action at that time is somewhat ambiguous. A committee was appointed, a majority of which is against compliance with the demand. At first the signs indicated that FLINN was simply striving to compel the friends of TAFT to support the ROOSEVELT can- didates for Auditor General and State Treasurer. These gentlemen are openly opposing the election of TAFT and itis natural that TAFT'S friends shouid feel some reluctance to supporting them. But in the light of recent events it may be safely stated that FLINN is playing a deeper game. In other words it is now practically certain that FLINN is trying, not only to compel TAFT'S friends to sup- port the ROOSEVELT State candidates but hopes to force them to vote for the ROOSEVELT presidential electors. Clearly that would be “adding insult to injury.” Singularly enough the proceedings of the State committee at the meeting last Friday were directed by Mr. FLINN who occupied rooms at a hotel near where the committee was in session. Chairman WassoN is FLINN'S man essentially. He is the brother of one of the Pittsburgh councilmen convicted of grafting some months ago and for some reason is under VELT'S re-election. In the single trans- | action by which the Steel trust absorbed | the Tennessee Iron and Coal company, | was sworn to enforce, these gentlemen cleaned up a couple of hundred million | dollars and by stopping the legal pro- | ceedings against the Harvester trust PER- | KINS escaped a jail sentence. Governor | WiLsoN objects, not evidently but actual- | ly, to such misuse of the government and ! the people will elect him to give his ob- jections force. ——Former State Senator MURPHY and present State Senator MCNICHOL repre- sent the rival factions on a sub-commit- tee of the Republican State committee and it may be predicted that neither will accept a proposition of the other without looking. The Campaign Opening. The notification meeting at Scranton on Monday was an auspicious opening of the Democratic campaign in Pennsylva- nia. It was largely attended and enthu- siastic. All the candidates were present and responded to the address of the per- manent chairman of the recent State con- cention in appropriate periods. The ceremonies were interesting and orderly. The event justified the most sanguine hope of the Democracy. It revealed earnestness of purpose and harmony of thought. It clearly forecast a united, militant and successful force in the cam- paign. It has certainly indicated the election of the Democratic presidential electors in November. The incident of the day, however, was the magnificent mass meeting in the evening. It was the greatest political demonstration in the history of the “Coal Metropolis.” More than 10,000 people listened with absorbing interest to the speeches of Governor WILSON, of New Jersey, and Senator O'GORMAN, of New York. The speech of Governor WILSON was especially impressive. The Demo- cratic nominee for President was in his best form and the palpable sympathy of his large audience inspired him. He dis- | sected Colonel ROOSEVELT'S preposter- , ous plan of controlling trusts and showed ! that it meant ultimately the control of | the government by the trust magnates. { “I care not how benevolent the master is going to be, I will not live under a , master,” Mr. WILSON declared, and in that sentence be expressed the keynote | of the controversy. No regulation will | make a combination which stifles compe- | tition a beneficence. The safety lies in competition in which every individual has equal opportunity. Regulation equal. izes not opportunity but results. In | other words competition creates | in opportunity and industry and inte gence secures the reward. 'tion produces equality in the slothful has the same chance reward as the industrious. This is the stowed upon them while he was Presi- | dent. Of course they expect a renewal | of those favors in the event of RoOOSE- in violation of laws which ROOSZYELT | 1 | until election day it is a safe guess that FLINN'S influence. The committee to complete the negotiations is composed of Wasson, former State Senator MURPHY and Senator MCNICHOL, of Philadelphia. They are to report in ten days and the time will expire on the last day for filing nominations by petition. If there should be a slip of a day it would be all up with TAFT. Slighting their Own Doubtless the members of the Demo" | cratic county committee up in Potter county think they know exactly how to do things. Last week they held a meet- | ing, and after passing resolutions longer than the moral law and covering every subject that has been thrashed over in politics, either in the past, at present, or may be in the future, they pledged them. | destroyi selves personally to subscribe for Mr. | gp BRYAN's Nebraska Commoner and to turn in and obtain for that paper as many sub- scribers as possible in every district of the county. They then put their own Democratic county paper off with their “hearty appreciation” of its effort in be- half of the party and a “warm welcome” | to its new editor. While its probably all right enough to do what they can for the Commoner, to us it would seem that a little of the same kind of work for the | Potter Democrat would possibly touch the | right spot much quicker than by expect. ing it to live on wind while the substan. tials are sent toa paper that doesn’t know that such a county as Potter is on the map or anything about the needs, condi- tions or works of the Democracy of that county. i i i —~Two years ago Colonel ROOSEVELT presented Secretary STIMSON as his can- didate for Governor of New York and dragooned President TAFT into support- ing him for the nomination. Now TAFT presents STIMSON as his choice for the same office but it may be set down as certain that the Colonel will not give him any help. ~It is alleged that ROOSEVELT admits now that his present campaign is only preliminary to the fight he intends to make for the Presidency in 1916. This | is encouraging for the chances are that | by that time ROOSEVELT will be so thor- oughly understood that nobody outside of an asylum will vote for him for any! office. i ~——An esteemed Washington contem- porary expresses the belief that Senator PENROSE may become an evangelist. That newspaper has studied PENROSE to poor purpose during his long residence in Washington. Er ~The controversy concerning possible inhabitants of Mars began in 1877. There is not much use of fixing the datein your mind because you are not likely to be around when the question is finally set- tied, | EE —— —]f ROOSEVELT remains in the field lie will have fewer votes than auy candi- date who has ever made a serious fight ries and those of WILSON. {or the Presidential office. 38 7iskx 2g i% : g 8g ~ 8EKS Tis 2: =i : : : 2 g : : f ! : : £3 Eye il fit i § §5 if fi i i g | E 5 oF g i is) : ER g that “Our proposal, on the con , is to help the farmer and at the same lower the prices of his products to the Pp men who actually consume them, is only fair that they should know what happened duri From the Harrisburg . In the present t could hard- ly be denied that is a model of discretion. It scouts the fidea that “if support must view you somebody you with alarm all his rivals and opponents.” Indeed any publication might favor the election of any candidate without sup- porting his whole party. This has been done many a time. What might be called Colliers confes- sion runs in this wise: The bulk of the adherents of the new are “the flower of the nation;” it will actively support the ve ti in every State in which ocratic party condi- tions are similar to those which are said say so.” That is rather a neat declaration of a more or less important issue in SAIN t jst 3 doin one. The a or Cog ri i Sa SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE. —A scarcity of miners rather than a scarcity of cars is worrying mine operators in the Somerset ~Car shortage is beginning to be felt at Du- Bois. Mines are all working full time and a pros- —The mild epidemic of diphtheria that has af- fected Johnstown is dying out, but in Windber the disease has taken a fresh start. . —Gallitzin has more than a dozen cases of diphtheria and there is considerable uneasiness: The closing of the schools is a probability. ~Mrs. Sadie Galloup, of Huntingdon, will not be tried as an accessory to her husband's murder, lack of direct evidence resulting in her release. Milton faces a labor famine with several big plants needing new buildings before fall is over. It is thought it will be necessary to import for- —Jerry McKinney, of Windber, has engaged an attorney to sue the city of Johnstown for $750, for injuries he claims were due to a banana peel on the street. —A demonstration of the methods of making ~The main building of the Kerwin glass plant at Eldred was recently destroyed by fire, at a loss was struck. ~Peter Syphert, near Derry, had at least pounds of ginseng carried off by thieves a nights ago and now is surrounding his field all sorts of devices to serve as burglar He will also use watch dogs. ~Claude Briggins, of Washington, and Edwa i finding the body of Miss Mary Shaw, of Jersey Shore, who was drowned in the Susquehanna some time ago. Her father had offered the re- —Cresson council has decided to issue $5,000 . | worth of bonds, the money to be used in street improvements. The issue was authorized a few years ago, but at that time the bonds as prepared did not meet legal requirements. In a short time they will be disposed of to the highest bidder. —A party of Williamsport young people, out on a picnic at Terrace park, near that place, were found by a party of boys who had a revolver in the crowd. There is the usaal sequel to this story. Allen Ruddy has a bullet in his right foot and the other boys are under bail for a hearing. ~The DuBois glass plant was lighted up on Monday, although a recent conference adjourned without satisfactory agreement on the wage scale. It is thought that the firing up means that by th time the plant is ready for work the trouble be settled and everybody ready for a winter's run. er Articlen of incorporation were filed at Dover, Delaware, Saturday, for Ison Coal and Land company of Indiana, Pa., to acquire by purchase or otherwise coal lands and mineral rights in western Pennsylvania. The incorporators are Harry W. Wilson and John L. Wilson, of Indiana, Pa, and A. W. Wilson, of Saltsburg, Pa. The capital is $500,000. ~—That Joseph Maus, captured in Cumberland* Md., last Thursday evening in connection with the murder, September 13th, of Harrison Brown, a rural mail carrier, near Addison, Somerset county, had been spending money freely while the officers were looking for him has been ascer- tained. The murderer got about $500. When captured Maus had $150. ~Hog cholera continues to rage in Sugar val ley. A State veterinarian recently made an inspec- tion and states that the disease had been carried tic | there by a fertilizer purchased in Buffalo by two farmers. More than one hundred hogs have died of the dreaded disease. James Rockey, of Logan. ton, has lost thirty-two hogs within a week and Harry Wentzle has lost twenty-five. ~Mrs. Lewis Moyer, residing near Freeburg, Snyder county, went out along the fence near her barn a few days ago to gather eggs. Mrs. Moyer is blind and when she reached into the nest to get the eggs was bitten six times by snakes which had taken possession. Herscreams brought her son who killed four largereptiles. The physician hopes to save Mrs. Moyer's life, although she is extremely ill. —John Elmore, the former Altoonan, who sev- eral years ago came to almost national promi- —Two German lads, Leo Sherman and Car’ Heruldt, are in jail at Huntingdon, charged with larceny. They are said to have taken $160 from
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