—And this is the time of year when
every little onion has an odor of its own.
—The High street sky-line is very
much improved since the stringsof cables
were removed.
—Indications are that an early crop of
dandelion will temporarily contribute to
the reduction of the high cost of living.
—Besides becoming a business propo-
sition not to be sneezed at the old Acade-
my is planning to make itself a beauty
spot on the face of Bellefonte.
——Congressman PATTON has been
heard from in Washington. The mail
carriers are staggering under the loads of
“free seeds” he is sending out.
—1If the owner of a night prowling cat
could be a mouse in the corner of his
neighbor's bed room he would hear many
things that he never knew before.
It's a sure sign that he has gotten
out of quarantine for spring fever when
you see a man in his back yard beating
the winter's dust out of his carpets.
—The average boy will soon be able to
justify his failure to wash his neck and
ears through efforts at economy in using
the high priced water that we are to have.
—A farmer near Wilkes-Barre has a hen
that lays square eggs. They are so square
that they won't roll off a table and can
be packed like blocks, but not square
enough to poach when they are a little
over-ripe.
—It is figured out at Washington that
one out of every forty-seven voters who
voted for WILSON is out for a job. Sur-
prising, the number of people who feel
that they just have to give some service
to the government.
—If they send the Hon. GEORGE Ww.
GUTHRIE to Mexico, or Russia or some
other foreign clime as Ambassador, what
are we going to do for a State chairman?
All the Reorganizers expect to get gov-
ernment jobs and none of the Regulars
are fit (?) for the position.
—Mr. JAMES PARKS and family have
closed their country place south of town
and taken a house at State College.
They will be missed, of course, but the
children have to be educated and proba-
bly the Misses IDE and SADE will take
post-graduate work in the new domestic
science course at State.
—It is intimated that Pittsburgh and
Greene county bankers, who served time
there, are responsible for the demand for
an investigation of the management and
finances - of the Western Penitentiary.
They are probably anxious to have some
reforms inaugurated that would make
the institution more hospitable should
they find it necessary to go back for
another stay.
—Brother BAILEY, editor of the Johns-
town Democrat and Congressman by the
aid of many voters who probably con-
scientiously supported Hon. WEBSTER
GriMM for Governor in 1910, slurs the
latter gentleman's ambition to receive a
federal appointment. The Democratic
party has been so good to Brother BAI
LEY that we imagined he would be look-
ing constructively, rather than destruct.
ively, toward its future.
—Such frightful storms and floods as
have devastated the middle western
States within the past week are. almost
unprecedented. Their visitations of
death and desolation are quite beyond
the ken of human mind but certainly
within the plan of Him who works in
mysterious ways his wonders to perform.
Hence the consolation that out of all the
sorrow and distress that has been occa
sioned some lesson is to be learned and
some overbalancing good accomplished.
~All cigar and other places that usual-
ly are open for business were closed tight
last Sunday as a result of a recently pro-
mulgated edict of burgess BOWER against
Sunday selling. We wereglad to observe
that some of the threats, that had been
previously made by dealers, to the effect
that they would defy the burgess and pay
their fine, were not made good. Defying
the burgess means contempt for law and
we can scarcely bring ourselves to be-
lieve that any of the business people of
Bellefonte are ready to wilfully put them-
selves in such a position.
~The latest word from Washington is
to the effect that the Administration is
conversant with the situation in the
Democratic party in Pennsylvania and
proposes to make it a compact organiza-
tion, rather than drive the wedge of di-
vision further in. This means that Re-
organizers are not to carry off all the
plums; that the Regulars are to be given
fair treatment even if an unbiased Dem-
ocrat, identified with neither wing of the
party, has to be appointed to recommend
the distribution of the patronage. While
the WATCHMAN hasno favors to ask, it
is and always has been interested in the
success of the Democratic party, therefor
it hails this announcement with hope.
For nothing could be more disastrous to
the future of the Pennsylvania Democra-
cy than the refusal to honor men who
have fought its fights all their lives mere-
ly because they were opposed to the lead-
ership of Messrs. GUTHRIE and PALMER.
In fact had it not been for their unselfish,
enthusiastic support of the ticket last fall
Pennsylvania would have made a far
sorrier showing than it did under its
new leadership.
OL. 30:
The “Big Four” Fixed.
Of those who took an active part in
the reorganization of the Democratic
party of Pennsylvania, Hon. A. MITCHELL
PALMER was an avowed candidate for At-
torney General in the cabinet of the
President. His friends say that he was
offered another portfolio and declined it
but that is merely conjectural. W. B.
WILSON has a seat in the cabinet and it
is not likely that the President wanted
two Pennsylvanians in his official family.
Mr. George W. GUTHRIE will become
Ambassador to Mexico, or elsewhere, ac-
cording to gossip, and Mr. James L
BLAKESLIE is Fourth Assistant Postmas-
ter General. These were the “big four”
in the enterprise and all except PALMER
have been “taken care of,” to use a fa-
vorite phrase.
The packed committeee {which usurp-
ed authority to elect a chairman of the
Democratic State committee was compos-
ed of seven members. Of these, three
were named by the MCCORMICK commit-
tee, three by the then State chairman,
DEWALT, and one by the Congressional
delegation. Those named by Mr. Mc-
CORMICK'S committee and Mr. WILSON,
who represented the Congressional dele-
gation, voted as a unit upon every propo-
sition and carried it. Mr. WiLsON, Mr.
GUTHRIE and Mr. BLAKESLIE have already
been rewarded. The others, with the ex-
ception of Mr. MCCORMICK, are candi-
dates for office and will probably be ap-
pointed in due course of time. Mr. Mc-
CORMICK is content to be the recognized |
ture might have been used to good ad-
| vantage in shaping the legislation of the
patronage broker for the State.
We refer to these things not in a cen-
sorious spirit for each of the gentlemen
may be admirably equipped for the office
to which he has been or may be appoint-
and sordid spirit that influenced the reor-
ganizers in their fight against the party
management. At the time we said that |
they were influenced solely by personal
ambition and lust for office and the re-
sult proves that we were right.
In the entire history of the Democratic |
party of Pennsylvania no such spectacle |
has ever been presented previously.
Every man in the reorganization move-
ment was influenced by itch for office
and if Democratic victory hadn't been
clearly forecast not one of them would |
have bothered his head about the party. |
| canonize men while living and those of
| our esteemed contemporaries who are
| going into ecstacies over the goodness of
{ Mr. JouN WANAMAKER should keep in
| mind the fact that he is human. Mr.
Nor will any of them care what comes
of it after they have gotten themselves
and friends fixed.
——Meantime the President doesn't
need to worry about Mr. Geo. W. GUTH- |
RIE. That distinguished gentleman wants |
an Ambassadorial berth and whether it!
be in Mexico or St. Petersburg makes no | of campaign funds of ; his time. He
difference. Whatever is left will serve | “fried the fat” and didn’t ask how the
the purpose.
Marshall Reveals Carnegie.
Vice President MARSHALL told a trite
truth to a big audience in Springfield,
to CARNEGIE’S libraries. “A canny Scot
comes to the United States,” he said.
“He fastens a rope about the heels of the
people and suspends them by it until the
money falls from their pockets.” Then
he goes about the country disbursing
libraries.”
That is the entire story. Mr. CAR-
NEGIE pays for the libraries he disburses
out of the unearned profits obtained from
special privileges and he hedges his li-
braries with conditions which make
them a means of impoverishing the com-
munities upon which he bestows them,
That is the fundamental principle of
paternalism. It bestows favors that work
harm rather than good and all the phil
anthropists who have acquired wealth
through tariff graft or commercial mo-
nopoly fall into this method of dispensing
charity.
Mr. CARNEGIE is conspicuous in this
form of distributing evil. He publicly de-
clares that there is no necessity for tariff
on steel but contributes generously to
the corruption fund used for the purpose
of keeping the tariff-mongers in power.
He pretends to favor peaceful processes
but encourages the waste of the people's
money in building useless battleships and
needlessly increasing the army. . In other
words the canny Scot of whom Mr.
MARSHALL speaks adds hypocrisy to his
other offenses against the public and it is
time that he should be unmasked.
Public libraries are of great benefit to
the communities in which they are lo-
cated if they are properly organized and
rightly conducted. But no CARNEGIE
library has yet measured up to these
conditions. They are provided for the
double purpose of aggrandizing CAR-
NEGIE and burdening the public.
~The Hon. J. R. K. Scot, of Phila.
delphia, might make an excellent reform-
er if it were not for his pre-eminence on
the other side before he began reforming.
As it is he gives the public a pain.
| pears to be incompetent leadership of
| the Democratic forces. At the begin-
| committee appointed Mr. HUMES, of
Crawford county, as floor leader in the
! fact it bears no resemblance to anything
' in the House and distinctly repudiated it
of a combination of Republican factions.
| direction of inexperienced men. Mr.
ed. But we desire to show the selfish | HUMES, of Crawford county, seems to be
| suffering with an aggravated form of
| “swelled head,” and under the malign in-
| bill was a Democratic measure and was
|of the party was equally wrong. The
| Democrats of the body would better se-
: | and material assistance to the sufferers.
Massachusetts, last Sunday, in referring | oo. 1; calities have been stricken within
The primary election bill which passed
the House of Representatives at Harris-
burg, the other day has little to com-
mend it to popular favor. All parties
are pledged to the principle it pretends
to express and as Representative FLINN,
of Elk county, declared many represen-
tatives supported it because no other
legislation on the subject has heen pre-
sented. But itis a wretched makeshift
and really ought to be defeated. Under
its provisions the minority party nomi-
nations may be controlled by the ma-
jority and electoral corruption sheltered
under the forms of law. The Demo-
cratic reformers in and out of the Legis-
lature are inviting popular distrust by
offering such remedies for existing evils.
One of the troubles in Harrisburg ap-
ning of the session the Democratic State
House. Mr. Humes “vouched” for the
primary election bill and baptized it as a
Democratic measure. As a matter of
Democratic and fulfills no pledge that
has been made to the people by the
Democratic party. Mr. FLINN pointed
this fact out before the vote was taken
from a party standpoint. Itis a bad bill
viewed from any angle and is the product
The Democratic force in the Legisla-
present session if it had not been wasted
by incompetent management under the
fluence of that malady he is making an
unenviable record [for the party. He al-
leged that the constitutional convention
repudiated by three-fourths of the Demo-
crats in the House. His statement that
the primary election bill had the sanction
lect their own leader at once.
——Still it is not altogether wise to
WANAMANER has got on in the world
without being a crook but the late Sena-
tor QUAY said he was the best collector
money was spent.
The Dayton Disaster.
The flood disaster at Dayton, Ohio, is
so overwhelming as to challenge instant
the few days covered by the storm period
and the distress in Omaha was sufficient-
ly appalling. But the event at Dayton so
closely resembles both in character and
result, the never to be forgotten disaster
at Johnstown twenty-five years ago, that
it seems as if Pennsylvania is directly be-
reaved* She should be both prompt and
generous in holding out the helping hand
to our suffering neighbor. Promptness
is most important under the circum-
stances.
The Legislature is in session and has tak-
enimmediate action in the interest of hu-
manity. Of course it is impossible at
this writing to even conjecture the extent
of the calamity or measure of suffering
certain to follow. But it is safe to as-
sume that it is even a greater disaster
than that of Johnstown, for Dayton is a
larger city and according to reports pub-
lished the destruction is quite as complete:
000 and will probably increase the
amount later. But the first donation
should be made available at once and
in the most accessible way.
The Legislature can’t take cognizance
of every affliction which comes upon
communities and though there may be
keen suffering in Omaha and other places
where the storm has done destructive
work, the disaster at Dayton is so over-
whelming that it takes a classification of |
its own and should be treated according-
ly. And however generous the Legisla-
ture may be its liberality will not absolve
individuals and communities from bear-
ing some of the burdens of supplying re-
lief. Every community should do what
it can in the helpful work that is essen-
tial and we hope Bellefonte will not be
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFONTE, PA. MARCH 28, 191
The Harrisburg Investigations.
There is a good deal of fun being made
of the investigations now in process by
the present trend is to check that form |
of abuse. |
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Of course the officers of the present
House are not responsible for the condi-
tions that exist. They hold offices pre-
viously created and draw salaries provid-
patronage was divided at the beginning
of the present session and no party is en- |
tirely concerned in preserving the evil. | whol
but no party will dare stand for the sine- |
cures in the future and the result will be '
in control of the next Legislature.
It is not always wise to fritter away ns gine aoe
valuable and expensive time by investiga- | -
tions of a trivial character but so far as
we are able to judge at this distance !
from the seat of the evils justly complain- |
ed of, the investigations thus far, during
tHe presant séiion, Neve buen wotth
while. They have not uncovered the
greatest offences against public morals
and political righteousness and probably
will not go so far. But they are showing
up some of the minor sources of graft
and that will open up the way for more |
important revelations later on. In any |
event it is gratifying to feel that some of |
the sinecures will be cut out.
—Several weeks ago Grant Jones was
discharged from the Centre county jail '
condition that he and his wife leave
e county. But they did not: Instead,
they sought their old locality up Buffalo
Run and a bench warrant was issued by
the court for their arrest. Deputy sher-
iff W. C. Rowe went up the valley last.
Thursday afternoon, took the couple in
charge and brought them to Bellefonte Everybody eats
on the Bellefonte Central train. On the No protective tariff is
i _ . their cultivation or
way down Mrs. Jones went into the toi bi Ee
ay originated. The epicure
Upon their arrival in Bellefonte Mr. and about the many ways in which they may
Mrs. Jones were hurried to the jail and A be prepared for food, and the working
: . | man wi ows ues them as sim-
the county. physician having. been sum » will applaud the removal of
the tariff from potatoes.
before it became evident that her fife | Democrats Head
let and drank a quantity of laudanum.
moned promptly administered emetics
to the woman. It was several hours later |
could be saved. The next day she had |
| From the Lock Haven Democrat.
recovered and the two were turned Whe | For the next four years the candidates
took thet to Port. Matilda and assured So 1 all i a Be
the court that he would have them out of th
tothe custody of Mr. Jones’ brother who |
the county within a week.
——The regular monthly meeting of
the Woman's Club will be heid on Mon-
day evening, March 31st, at 7.30 o'clock.
The conspicuous feature of this meeting
will be Dr. John Hewitt’s address on "The
Future of Woman.” Dr. Hewitt needs no |
introduction to the public, and the fact as
of his accepting this subject goes without Special
saying that he will handle itin his master- | presidential contest,
ful manner. Men and women are urged ' follows: Demccratic,
to be present and to take part in the dis- | publican, Socialist and
cussion of this up-to-date subject. The | Order named.
address will begin at 8 o'clock. | of the Roos
have insisted that
last election should
——The public sale season in Centre
county is about over and it has been one’
otwithstanding = 1d
of the best in years. N
the high cost of living farm stock and
machinery brought almost fabulous prices. |
The record price for one horse was $360
and $99 for a cow. With sales aggregat-
ing $7,750, $4,260 and many of them $3. | po
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SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
~Schools at North Bend are closed because of
an epidemic of measles “of the good, old-fashion-
ed kind.”
~—It took three days for an expert to open the
vault of the Mifflin County National bank, whose
time lock refused to work.
—Despite the fact that the “last raft” has sev"
eral times come down the Susquehanna, there is
—Mrs. Josehph Keffer died at the Williamsport
hospital Tuesday afternoon of this week, as the
result of fatal burns sustained on Monday after-
noon.
An overheated gas stove at the home of John
Bath, Indiana, caused a fire that cost $1,000. Near
the same place, about the same time William
Harmon's smoke house burned, with twenty-one
pieces of meat.
=The Methodist Episcopal church at Hunting-
don has filed claims aggregating $13,000 against
the C. H. Glazier estate. Mr. Glazier was treas-
urer of the building fund and had the money in
the bank which failed.
—Despondent from ill-health, Mrs. Mary B.
Treaster, of Milroy, 22 years old, took a revolver
from under her husband's pillow while he slept at
her side Monday morning and fired a bullet into
her right eye, causing instant death.
—Placards have been printed and distributed in
large quantities offering $500 reward for informa-
tion leading to the arrest and conviction of the
ersons who mutilated nine monuments on the
pttiefield of Gettysburg early this month.
—Exercising censorship upon an extreme of
spring styles, Mayor Lafean, of York, on Monday
ruled off the streets a pretty girl whose most con-
spicuous attire was a pair of red silk bloomers.
She was a member of a theatrical company.
—Five cases of illness at Selinsgrove of what
was thought to be chickenpox were pronounced
smallpox Saturday by State Health Inspector
Simmons, of Shamokin. The disease is said to
have been transmitted in leather shipped to a
shoe factory from Philadelphia.
~—What is thought to have been an attempt to
ruin the Greenwich Coal & Coke company’s
plant at Saxman was discovered when a quantity
of dynamite stolen from the store house and in
place where it let go, foot prints were found in
the mud. The explosion did comparatively little
damage.
—Joe Zillitti, a Mt. Union resident who at-
tempted to board a moving freight train at Hunt-
ingdon and narrowly escaped being ground to
pieces, when congratulated on his good fortune
remarked that there were lots of men in this
country and the loss of one would not have made
any difference.
—Two men had just left the railroad station at
Drockton, a mile east of Renovo, when the recent
foot embankment. A foot bridge over the tracks
at Renovo was also blown down, blocking all the
tracks for some time.
~]It is announced authoritatively that beginning
April 1, the Harbison-Walker Refractories com.
pany with large clay mines and brick plants in
this and nearby counties will advance the wages
of all employees, both at the works and the mines.
This will be gratifying news to the many persons
employed by that company.
—Grace Stidfole, shot by John Erdel at Wil,
liamsport last November,died a few days ago,after
a heroic fight for life, in which several timesit
seemed as though her constitution would tri-
umph, but the bullet in her lung was too much. A
formal charge of murder has been lodged against
Erdel, who had been in jail awaiting the result of
her injuries,
~Handicapped by having lost one leg six years
ago, Earl Wazelle, of Elk Run, fell under the wheels
of a freight train he was trying to board and lost
the other one, dying a few hours later. He was
nine years old when he lost the first one ina gun
. | accident and 15 now. A week previous tothe
other accident a little sister was born at his home
and only last week a new brother arrived.
—~Guests at an Indiana hotel had considerable
excitement a few mornings ago when a demented
foreigner thinking he was being pursued by the
Black Hand, jumped from a fourth story window
to a store roof and thence to the street. Police
caught him after three hourschase and locked him
up. He was ciad only in night clothes and es-
caped injury. Institution life will be his portion
now.
~The Biederwolf evangelistic campaign open-
ed in the immense tabernacle built especially for
the purpose, at Williamsport, on Sunday after-
noon with nearly 4,000 people in attendance. The
pastors of 22 co-operating churches were present
at the opening service and Mayor Stabler wel-
comed Dr. Biederwolf and the members of the
party. There is a chorus of 350 voices as a music™
al feature of the meetings.
—An interesting legal complication in Somerset
county is being watched with interest. Mrs.
Anna Younkin has sued out a writ of habeas
to Charles Wiltrout. The girl is 16 and was mar-
ried of her own free will. Her husband is able to
give her a good home and support her well. The
case is to be argued this weck.
years, at a salary of $3,000 a year, to succeed Fred
W. Fleitz, of Scranton, who recently resigned to
attend to his legal affairs. Focht was defeated
last fall after serving three terms as a Congress-
man from the Shoestring district.