Wits will be on the biggest job he ever | tackled and the whole country is hoping | that he will make good. —We would say more about the cut-| GBs ting of eighteen inch ice up in New York | State if it wouldn't make SNYDER TATE and BERT TAYLOR feel so bad. The ratification of the Sixteenth amend- ' ment to the constitution of the United —Voting President WILSON into a single | States by the Legislature of Delaware on term of six years looks as though there | Monday vests in Congress the power to are some Senators fearful that he might | levy a tax on incomes. Up until that get a second one of four years. | time the amendment had not received the —What's the use. January was the and | | the Legislatures three years ago. it would become an intregal part of the | fundamental law was fully expected. But Ten million parcel post stamps are | a v gt the - diss being printed in Washington every par ybody expected tinction of completing the work would go And every time the press goes round the | express company’s stocks sag a little | to Delaware. Several other States were more. in line for the honor. Pennsylvania might have secured it if her legislators were —At least our “progressive” friends, at |, .,¢ 0 alert in serving the people as they | Harrisburg, haven't exceeded the speed | 1 serving bosses. limit in accomplishing the reforms they | DS that a constitutional so loudly and vehemently promised the .....4ment was necessary to authorize people; 4 | Congress to levy a tax on incomes. Dur- —Mr. MARSHALL evidently don’t pro- | ing the Civil war such a tax was collected pose going to Washington unprepared to | for several years until it was declared perform such duties as may fall to his | unconstitutional by the Supreme court | tax law was enacted and affirmed by the | Supreme court which reversed itself next eighty-six years and nullified the Act. During the hundred and eighty descendants. He is | Presidential campaign of 1908 WILLIAM not the author of that interesting little | H. TAPT, thena candidate for President, story: “Pigs is Pigs.” declared that Congress had ample power — There might be less trouble over the | to enact such legislation. But he also question as to whether a newspaper has | reversed himself immediately after the a right to criticise the court; if the court | election and recommended an amend- were a little more careful about keeping ment to the constitution. It is suspected itself above criticism. that he was bidding for votes in the first —Too much publicity is being given instance and sparring for time later. that unexpected proposal that was made But the action of the Delaware Legis- by the Connecticut farmer to Dr. ANNA lature has settled the question finally SHAW. It will have the effect of materially oH believe forever, and settled it yous meiitgihe, filles se se Sulliagstes. It is the first substantial step in the direction of taxing wealth rather than Shey iad by Yefuaing to hold R poverty and is a final triumph of one of fundamental principles of Democracy. Beg to hold one in order to be united |] mental principles of Jemoctacy when singing the Swan song of their use- fulness. —Have you noticed how the counte- nance of the ice man has brightened up since the ground-hog's promise of six weeks of winter. After all he may come to believe, as the rest of us do, that God is good even to the undeserving. —President TAFT has returned the White House cow to her donor. The reason given is that she was falling off as a result of confinement in Washing- government which has apparently aimed to shift the burdens of government upon the poor. ment and poverty pays the bills under Republican management but the contrary will be the rule hereafter. Each class will discharge its just obligations and in that fact one of the most prolific causes of discontent will be removed. ——0Of course Turkey has ton. It is just as well, for she probably strengthening her defenses during the couldn't have given Democratic milk | period of the armistice and will be able anyhow. to put up a much stronger fight in the event that hostilities are resumed. But right minded people have the right to hope, nevertheless, that when hostilities are resumed they will continue until the last vestige of Turkish rule is eliminated from the map of the world. —Any-way while Col. GUFFEY and Sen- ator Jim HALL were looked upon as the leaders and “bosses” of the Democracy, you didn't find four of their followers openly assisting Senator PENROSE to or- ganize the Legislature and to put his friends in all the important positions that were to be filled. —Hotel waiters all over the country are preparing to strike for a straight salary for their services and to prohibit tipping. The success of their movement is devoutly hoped for. Under present conditions in most big hotels a guest rarely gets as much in food as he has to give up in tips, if he wants to get any food at all. —"Dr; MARY WALKER was _ arrested in Chicago for wearing pants,” so said a Sunday metropolitan paper. Wouldn't it be awful if the journal really meant what it said. As a matter of fact she was ar- rested for wearing men's trousers, but they didn’t know in Chicago that Dr. MARY has a permit from Congress to dress in male attire. —That big steel mill in Clearfield that has been lying idle for the past six years is being put in condition, as rapidly as possible, to resume. Of course RooOSE- vELT didn't put it out of blast six years ago, TAPT didn't keep it out and WILSON isn’t starting it up now, but the narrow minded calamity howler might be referred to the incident when he begins his usual “spiel” to you again. —Group Six, Pennsylvania Bankers Association, was to have met in Bellefonte on Feb. 22nd, but when it was discovered that some of the visitors would have to remain here all night the place of meet- ing was changed to Tyrone. We can't fig- ure out whether the bankers were afraid to spend a night in Bellefonte or whether the Bellefonte police had tipped the coms mittee of arrangements off not to have them here. —What a God-send it would have been for the fellows who are now bossing the of the State if Assurance of the Bosses. es We view with not only regret but alarm the activities of certain political bossés in matters in which they have no right to interfere. For example in the Philadelphia papers on Sunday we note a dispatch dated Pittsburgh which contains the following: “Announcement was made today that State Chairman for the long-expected joint conference on progressive legislation. Some very in- teresting resuits are expected from this meeting.” We all recall the tradition of the three tailors of Tooley street who issued a or manifesto beginning with: “We the People.” There was some excuse for these self-constituted censors of public morals and social ethics, for according to the best information attain. able, things were pretty bad n London at the time. Besides these enterprising tailors didn’t undertake to usurp the prerogatives of Parliament or any other agency of government. They simply wanted to hear themselves talk about things generally, and probably found a source of satisfaction in the comments of the public upon their absurd pretentions. But the presumption of these self-ap- pointed bosses of the Legislature is some- thing different. The people of the State elect Senators and Representatives in the Legislature to perform certain constitu. tional duties and they are presumed to to acquit themselves of their public obli- gations. Therefore the interference of these self-constituted bosses is an asper- ed at Harrisburg, had only occurred two years ago. What proof it would have fur- nished of the “incompetence or treason” of those who were then looked upon as leaders, or what evidence it would have been of the imperative need of the “re- organization” of the party, and a change of those who were in charge of its man- agement? impolite to remind them of it. ——————————————— ——A Philadelphia contemporary ob- serves that New York has spent $70,000, 000 in building docks, which reminds us that Philadelphia wants the State to per- form a like service for her. It is also a reversal of the policy of the Wealth derives the benefits of govern- would-be | have sufficient intelligence and integrity type | That party prove a valuable ly shown in the election of | of the rules committee of the House in| resolution provided for the election of six and allowed each member to vote for | two. The obvious purpose was to se-| cure a fair committee as there were three | groups of practically equal strength and each member voting for two would result , in the election of two Democrats, two, and two Bull Moosers. But the election didn’t result that way | for reasons equally obvious. The Bull burgh, was the acknowledged leader of own members and two recreant Demo- crats more favorable to the Bull Moose | other § crats to name BENSON, of McKean coun. ty, and MATT, of Bedford county, the two Democrats who had betrayed their party | in the committee of committees by giving | the Bull Moosers all the important offices SON got only four votes and MATT with. drew before the vote revealed his weak- ness. He probably wouldn't have gotten more than BENSON. i safe and better legislation, and with the ' exceptions of a small handful who desire | to sacrifice the party and buildup an, organization with BILL FLINN at its head, they are true and earnest Democrats. They will allow no opportunity to secure wise, progressive legislation escape, but they are not going to enthrone a moral | pervert like BILL FLINN as an invincible | party boss. That appears to be the pur- pose of Representatives BENSON, of McKean county, and MATT, of Bedford. They were endorsed by FLINN in the re- cent campaign and propose to recom- ' pense him for the favor by party re- creancy. But it won't go this year. : i | ——We can’t see how women advance | been ' the cause of equal suffrage by indulging penitentiary last Thursday was Jacob "in lawlessness. The way for women to’ | make progress in their suffrage move- ‘ment is to prove that they deserve the | right to vote and no man or woman can prove good citizenship by committing acts of depredation. : 1 EE Po — | False Friends of Woodrow Wilson. | The false friends of WOODROW WiL- SON continue to lament that the adoption | of the pending constitutional amendment | | forbidding the re-election of Presidents | would deprive the people of the inherent | | right to re-elect him in the event that! | his administration fulfills expectations and they desire to do so. "Before he | enters upon the duties of his office an ef- | fort is made to prevent his re-election four years hence,” writes one of them to ja New York contemporary, who adds: if their votes can effect it.” | Whether the pending constitutional | amendment is adopted or not WOODROW | WiLsoN will not be a candidate for re- ! election. The platform upon which he | was elected last fall pledged the party | against a second term and in accepting ' the nomination he ratified that and all other pledges of the platform. Men of loose morals and slovenly mental habits may evade such obligations by talking about a second cup of coffee at one time ‘ which was not desired at another. but Woobrow WILSON is not that sort of an individual. He says what he thinks and honors his obligations. He will not be a candidate for re-election because he is morally bound not to be. The pending censtitutional amendment can be so framed as to prolong his term of office to six years and within that time he will be able to put his policies to , ——Some enthusiastic Southerner as- serts that there is enough un-occupied land in South America to afford room for one half the population of the whole world. We hope that some Pennsylva- nians whom we know will take advan- tage of this opportunity to secure homes. "ern Union telegraph company, the Adams were six fusion session. The late Senator QUAY, recogniz- ed as the most cunning and capable party boss of recent years, was a candidate to succeed himself in the United States Sen- ate. He got the nomination easily and though the balloting was kept up until the close of the session, he failed of an election. Colonel James M. Gurrey, of Pitts and the active manager of the campaign against Senator QUAY. Behind QUAY was the Standard Oil company, the West- ‘Express company and all the railroads, and the corruption fund was the within the memory of the oldest politi- cian. Literally money was “as water,” and the golden tide ebbed QUAY spoils. But by sheer force of vigilance and fidelity in leadership. same number of session of 1898. Now, as then, they are divided and unable to command a ma- jority on any proposition if the elements of opposition are held together. Mr, GEORGE W. GUTHRIE is now the recogniz- ed party leader and the self-appointed manager of the Democratic force on the floor of the House. But the results are vastly different. Thus far Mr. GUTHRIE has not held the Democratic members in- ‘tact upon any publican machine has won every test that has been presented. Is the difference in the quality of leadership? ——A prisoner discharged at the new Miller, convicted in the Clinton county court of killing Hamilton Mayers, of Ket- tle Creek. A second degree verdict was rendered against him and he was given a seven year sentence, but the commutation | made for good behavior reduced his time to a little over five years. He was one of the first lot of “trusties” brought from Pitts. burgh to the new penitentiary in Benner township. Miller avers that he will go to Canada and make a new start in life. ——Mrs. General Tom Thumb and her husband, Count Magri, had a reception on Saturday that they had not contem- plated. It was given them in the parlor of the Brockerhoff house during the most of the forenoon when the various mem- bers of the Bellefonte Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, as well as many other ladies called upon them. Though past seventy-one years of age Mrs. Thumb retains all her faculties and is a pleasant and delightful conversa Tyrone council President McCann report- ed that he had attended a meeting of the trustees of the Pruner orphanage in Belle fonte last week and that it was the sense of the meeting that the auditor's report was correct and satisfactory and all ex- penditures properly accounted for. D. T, Caldwell was appointed the auditor for the current year. estes cemmn————— ——Boss FLINN threatens to take his followers by the nose and compel them to behave. But that is adangerous under- taking for FLINN. If he ever brings his followers to the frame of mind which promises good behaviour their first im- pulse will be to desert FLINN. be working and the price will be neither more nor less, merely “what the traffic will bear.” | —Whether he continues to baké good! or not the ground hog certainly made | this week look Eh ac Tao what | is expected of him as a weather maker. i m— { ——Increasing wage rates continue to | make President TAFT ashamed of the speeches he made during the recent cam- | i paign. proposition and the Re | the Solon t Bg | 5 in £ i 1 f t 2 i i g 5 : | § 4h ig g g g : : ! g g i i Ei 2 ht § 4 i § : 3 li i t i I it it fui gS 4 il EE ——— the kind he had previously u His complete point after t in the transaction he was] f in the play, the colonel had answer panic to stop, repeats vehemen “and even if I had known all of these suspicious things which you now bring to my knowledge, it would not have a of difference in my ac- the colonel g 5 i Ez i hy a: Ex 2 § g : ; i 32 £ i 2 9 2g iize : | i is ; i § g 5 Bue ! Hurts 3 £ i ih : : From the Florida Times-Union. Many a young man : midnight line that his old dad burn. ed the oil to pay for. e—— —Subscribe for the WATCHMAN. SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE. ~Typhoid fever has broken out at Johnsonburg and five members of the State Board of Health are investigating. ~—Nant-y-Glo was so over run with rats a short time ago that ferrets were imported to fight them. Over 1,400 of the rodents were killed in one day. —Fifteen men from Philadelphia sent to work for the Glass Sand company, near Ryde, said the job had been misrepresented to them and return- ed promptly to the city. ~The people of Hastings want the Northern that glace and Barnesboro. Only four miles of | to admit. But, like the countess moreland a “bountiful | William Byers, a few mornings ago to dynamite that fits all questions.” “I had a tly, | track is needed and the district is thickly popu- —According to the Indiana Gazeffe, three mur- derers are wanted at Lucerne. The county com- missioners refuse to offer a reward, stating that it is the business of the State constabulary to capture the fugitives, as they are paid by the State for the work. —As a result of the recent typhoid fever epi- demic at Troy, the cutting of ice in that region is to be under the supervision of a man designated by the State to cut the ice at Canton. The lake that has been Troy's source of supply for years will not be used this season. —Isaac Tate, aged 27, who had part of his right hand amputated by a circular saw at an Avis saw mill, has been quite unfortunate with that mem- ber. Some years ago he had the arm broken and since grown up had the hand almost severed from the arm in a saw mill accident, relatives in this country. time before she was out of danger. —Near Milton a few nights ago, Henry Zubler, aged 55 years, was sitting quietly reading the bi- . | ble when he fell from his chair, dead. On the same night, not far from Sunbury, J. D. Reigle, aged 80 years, stayed up late to finish reading a love story and died in his chair, with an apple in . one hand and his book in the other. | county court on Monday and the same day the jury returned a verdict in her favor for $2,560 damages, and that Blair and Huntingdon coun- ties pay all the costs. —Albert Kinney, of Mount Pleasant, West. county, went out with his employee, stumps.. Each placed a charge in a stump and walked off. One blew up all right, but the other didn't and after waiting, as he thought, plenty long enough, Kinney went to investigate. He reached the spot in time to be struck by a piece of | the stump and instantly killed. —Attacked by a bull at her home at Mile Run | pear Sunbury, Miss Naomi Weller was thrown to the ground. She was being trampled upon and viciously gored when her sister Mary, aged 9 years, took a pitchfork and sunk its tines into the animal's neck. The child fought the bull and kept this up until John Weller, their father, | came and chased it away. The young woman had three ribs broken and is believed to be inter. nally injured. She wore a red skirt. had apparently taken carbolic acid. The man - had been in the town for some time, employed in the marble yard. No motive is known for the . act, unless his despondency at the loss of his job was the cause.
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