—Roquefort cheese is made from
sheeps milk so it is wrong to guess at its
ingredients by the smell.
—Anyway LORIMER would probably
never have been in the Senate had the
women of Illinois been given the franchise
sooner.
—As makers of love verses Governor
SuLzer, of New York, and Miss BLANCHE
NEevIN, of Lancaster, are in classes all by
themselves.
—State-wide primaries are now the
law. No more state conventions. No
more nice little trips to Harrisburg for
the faithful.
—Tuesday was St. Swithin’s day and
as it did not rain those who believe the
old proverb will be looking for forty days
of dry weather.
—The Hon. A. MITCHELL PALMER
seems to be breaking his political neck
in Washington about as consistently as
egoists usually do.
—Between the heat and the auto the
population of the country is being re-
duced almost as fast as if we were en-
gaged in a terrible war.
——The Mannfactures’ association ap-
pears to believe that the weight of evi-
dence is measured by avoirdupois. It
has sent 1200 pounds of documents to
Washington.
—Chautauqua is in full swing. Every-
body seems to be enjoying it to the full-
est as well as the thirty gentlemen who
obligated themselves to make up what-
ever deficit there would be.
—Specialists advise us that fried
chicken is a splendid brain food. Almost
we would be persuaded to put credence
in the report if there were not so many
poor preachers pounding the sacred
desk.
—The crop reports are embarrassing
to the calamity howlers and those who
want to create a panic for political pur-
poses. With bumper crops a panic is
impossible for the reason that people
must eat and farmers will spend the
money they get for their products.
—Of course we have no desire to dig
up unpleasant memories, but we just
can't resist the impulse to ask Bro.
WARREN WORTH BAILEY, of the Johns
town Democrat, whether he was sore, or
sulking or working for the good of the
Democratic party when he was putting
in those big licks to defeat Secretary
WiLLiAM B. WiLsoN, when he was an
_ aspirant to succeed himself in Congress.
—Of course its everybody's business if
Secretary BRYAN goes on a lecturing
tour in order to replenish the family
exchequer. If Uncle SAM doesn’t pro-
vide enough salary to keep his Secretary
of State in grape juice and other nec-
essaries why certainly he should lecture
or do anything else that is legitimate on
the side. Up this way fellows in that
predicament usually do a little life in-
surance business.
—From our point of view Sunday ball
playing, Sunday horse racing, or Sun-
day fishing are no worse than Sunday
golf playing, so long as they are purely
amateur and not indulged in for money.
Yet Sunday golf playing is becoming so
prevalent as to appear a serious entering |
wedge with which to split open the old-
fashioned notions of the sanctity of the
Sabbath. Of course it is largely an indi-
vidual matter, every person being a law
unto himself, but we deplore the latter
day trend that is making Sunday more a
day of revelry than of rest; more a day
of pleasure than of prayer.
—Democratic county chairman KiM-
PORT made no certifications to the Coun-
ty Commissioners on Tuesday as requir-
ed by law. While it will probably not
prejudice the opportunity the Democrats
may have of naming tickets for the fall
primaries on September 16th, owing to
the fact that the new law was signed too
late for the State Department to send
out instructions to the various counties,
yet that would probably have made little
difference to the chairman. Incidentally,
it would be interesting to know what the
chairman proposes doing about his suc-
cessor. Under the rules of our party in
the county his term will expire on Jan.
1st, 1914, and his successor should be
elected at the fall primary, or the county
committee should be called together to
provide for the vacancy that will occur
on January 1st.
—PALMER and MCCORMICK'S state re-
organization butted into Clearfield coun-
ty’s fight on a county chairman and W.
A. HAGERTY Esq, was re-elected by a
vote of 92 to 6. The State Committee
actually sent letters over GUTHRIE'S
signature to the committeemen in Clear-
field county and VANCE MCCORMICK sent
them the Patriot for two weeks before
the meeting all beseeching them to vote
against Mr. HAGERTY. But the Demo-
crats of Clearfield county already knew
what the Democrats of Centre are
gradually finding out, that PALMER and
MCCORMICK are not re-organizing for the
good of the party, but for the good of
themselves. We contratulate Mr. HAG-
ERTY and we congratulate the Demo-
crate of Clearfield county for taking such
a decisive step in rebuking the meddle-
some silk-stockinged gentlemen who
imagine they own everything with the
word Democrat attached to it.
According'to our esteemed contempor- |
ary, the Clearfield Republican, the Demo-
cratic State Central committee has been
cutting up some “high jinks” of late.
There has been more or less of a faction
fight in the party of that county for some
time. In this quarrel alleged party lead-
ers outside of the county have been ' Pardonable
“butting in” more or less offensively. |
Mr. VANCE C. MCCORMICK, who rarely |
votes the Democratic ticket when the lusion
winterests” need his help, has been con. LAND'S !
spicuous in this respect and some of the | Was made to stop it
the Midvale Steel company were
officers of the committee have made
pilgrimages to the county at irregular
intervals when they imagined they were |
needed by the party wreckers. But in |
the recent affair all disguises were cast |
off.
The chairman of the Democratic coun-
ty committee of Clearfield county during
the successful campaign of 1912 was W.
A. HAGERTY, a lawyer of ability, a gen-
tleman of character and a Democrat of
the most substantial type. But Mr.
HAGERTY has not been enamored of the
new party leaders. Always faithful to
party obligations he couldn't quite under-
stand why party wreckers like GEORGE
W. GuTHRIE and VANCE C MCCORMICK
should be made party dictators. More-
over Mr. HAGERTY resented some cor-
rupt party traffic between those gen-
tlemen on one side and a few party re-
creants in Clearfield county on the other.
For this independence in thought and
action he was to be punished by defeat
for re-election and in pursuit of this pur-
pose, according to the esteemed Republi-
can, letters: were mailed to every county
committeeman in the county, from the
headquarters of the State Central com-
mittee at Harrisburg, imploring them to
vote against Mr. HAGERTY for chairman.
In the entire history of the politics of
Pennsylvania there has never been so
dastardly an exhibition of political bos-
sism. It may be recalled that years ago
party managers were denounced more or
less vehemently for secretly trying to in-
fluence the results of factional fights in
sections of the State in which they had
no local intetesi. The late WiLLiam A.
WALLACE, of Clearfield, during his long
and honorable career as party leader,
suffered especially from such accusa-
tions. But even the suggestion of inter-
ference by the State committee, in a
local quarrel, while he was chairman or
leader, would have been denounced by
him as an outrage inexcusable and un-
pardonable. But these party factionists
do it.
—-Speaking of the Balkan war it may
be remarked that interest in the future
of professional ruffians is never enduring
and the average observer is growing
tired.
Opposing the New Primary Law.
The so-called Democratic club of Phila-
delphia is preparing to test the constitu-
tionality of the State wide primary law
recently enacted by the Legislature and
signed by the Governor. This club is
composed of Democrats in that city who
rarely vote the Democratic ticket but
constantly knock on the party organi
zation. These gentlemen hope to ac-
quire control of the organization within
a year or two by trading in federal
patronage and they are afraid the new
primary law will defeat that purpose. It
provides for the election of party offices
by the vote of the people and these
dilettante politicians are not popular with
the people.
On ‘he last legislative day of the ses-
sion Hon. A. MITCHELL PALMER publish.
ed in the Harrisburg organ of the party
wreckers an appeal to Democrats in the
General Assembly to defeat this primary
bill. It is in line with what the reform-
ers have been demanding for years and
Mr. PALMER'S opposition to it caused
much surprise. He was unable to ac-
complish his purpose, however. Only 2
very few of the Democrats in the Legis-
! lature followed his advice and they are
only near-Democrats at best. The real
leaders of the party held to their promise
of enacting a reform primary law and
succeeded in getting a measure which
will put into the hands of the people ab-
solute control of the party organization.
BiLL FLINN'S opposition to the law is
easily accounted for. During the recent
campaign he held in the chairmanship of
the Republican State committee a man
who was almost openly opposed to the
Republican candidates. The new pri-
mary law will prevent the recurrence of
such an absurdity in any party. Under
it the Republicans will elect their own
chairman and the Democrats and Bull
Moosers will enjoy the same privilege, as
they ought to. But those who recently
stole the Democratic organization and
used it for personal aggrandizement and
to get offices for themselves do not want
such a condition of affairs. It would not
inure to their advantage.
|
paring to deprive them of
toloot. Probably he is. At
letting the people know what is making
the expenses of the government so high | ticket, however. Everywhere he went
in order that they may make recommen- | he spoke against the party organization
dations. We are not in favor of govern: and openly admitted that his purpose | del
ment activities in that direction, as a | was to get himself elected State chair-
rule, but the robbery of the people must | man.
——Meantime Colonel ROOSEVELT is
enjoying himself in the wild and woolly
west, partaking of the hospitality and the
adoration of the gh Ri But. bis | Democrats have been “outlawed.” Unless
campaign angels are on the job where
the most good. he has been misrepresented he told the
er
Colonel Mulhall's Testimony.
In his statement to the effect that the
Manufacturers’ association
had been perniciously, as well as cor-
ruptly, active in politics and legislation
during the past several years, Colonel
MARTIN MurLHALL added little, if any-
thing, to the store of public knowledge
Every observing citizen has long under- |... ;
Dy cory |= imaging vat &
a conspiracy to debauch the politics of It may be remarked, incidentally,
the country in the interest of graft and, that LAMAR, “the Wolf of Wall Street,”
grafters. Membership in that organiza- | is the logical product of Legislation pro-
tion ought to be as odious as association cured through such lobbies as that main-
with pirates or burglars. But Colonel tained by the Manufactures’ association.
MULHALL'S testimony is not altogether By the same token MULHALL is much the
without interest, nevertheless. Some of same type of man and the wonder is that
Se desale of re operations of these they weren't working together.
For example most of the time in which
Colonel MULHALL was in the employ of
the Manufacturers’ association endeavor-
ing to defeat legislation in the i
labor he was a member in good
ing in one of the labor organizations and | ,
striving with main and might to keep the
labor vote solid for the Republican party.
This proves that the Colonel was a
“many-sided man,” as was said of BEN
JOHNSON by one of his flatterers. It also
shows that the labor agitator who deals |
with politicians is a fraud and traitor, ray) the state road between Bellefonte
fair sample of the type. He is neither
better nor worse than the average and
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same moral fiber.
Of course we all knew at the time that
the efforts of the Republican machine to
nterest of de
then pending. If he could have secured
them through the efforts of MULHALL he caped even the rain but lower Bald Ea-
would have been satisfied. But he was gle valley got a part of it and Nittany
quite as well satisfied to get them through valley from Hecla down and the lower | op
ROOSEVELT as he did. And his concern
and that of the machine was not for the es were blown
coal miners. It was for QUAY and the | roofed, one or more barn roofs blown off
| and shocks of wheat strewn all over the
= x i Considerable and
Ee Wn ding Sne t | 8, Cotsiierntle corn a es
the reports that he spends time playing
golf may seriously impair his popularity |
in certain sections.
Republican party.
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Why Daniels is Unpopalar.
The reasons for the wide-spread criti-
i of Secretary of the Navy DANIELS
are plain. The Secretary has been
| tramping, rather heavily, upon the toes
of some of the pet interests. He has been
| investigating the causes of the high
prices of armor plate and that is an un-
crime. The Carnegie Steel
company and the Midvale Steel
ny have been looting the treasury
JULY 18, 19138.
Mr. Palmer's Change of Heart.
The protest of Hon. A. MITCHELL
PALMER that no Democrats have been
“outlawed” in the scheme of the new
bosses to organize a personal machine
reveals a wholesome sign of tempera-
mental improvement. He admits that
most of the favors of the administration
have been bestowed upon men who voted
against the Democratic nominee for Gov-
by col- | ernor at the last election for that office
for many years. During CLEVE- but adds that Secretary of Labor WILSON
last administration an attempt and Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
and the projectors of BraxesLiE voted for GRIM and therefore
induc- | the regular Democrats have no cause of
| ed to equip a plant capable of competing. complaint. Both WiLsoN and BLAKESLIE
But soon afterward the Midvale was were on the Democratic ticket that year
en in” by the others and competi- and could hardly have been recreant
The plan adopted by the armor plate
makers was to make the same price for
plate and then by arrangement with the
naval authorities divide the work equal-
ly among them. During ROOSEVELT'S
first administration Congress authorized
the Navy Department to create a plant
in order to check the robbery. But the
MORGAN concern which had been “so
friendly” to ROOSEVELT didn’t want a
government plant and it was never cre-
ated, though the prices were largely in-
creased subsequently. One of the first
things Secretary DANIELS determined up-
on was to stop this robbery and for that
he has gotten himself very much disliked
by the Steel trust and its sycophantic sat-
elites and hence the ridicule that has
been so insistent and the criticism that |
has been so severe.
In a report to Congress the other day
Secretary DANIELS shows that by erecting
a plant of capacity to make 10,000 tons | Allentown and was
of armor plate a year the government . his refusal to withdraw from the ticket
will save $1,400,000 on work now requir- | in order that fusion might be effected.
ed and though he hasn't suggested the | The editor of this paper, then Secretary
creation of the plant, “a wink is as good
as a nod to a blind mule,” and the inter- | candidates to adopt that course and when
ests probably think that DANIELS is pre- | a meeting with that purpose in view was
their franchise | held in Philadelphia, Mr. BLAKESLIE pro-
least he is | tested vehemently against withdrawal.
| enough to bolt.
The truth of the matter is that until
Mr. WiLsoN fell under the hypnotic, in-
fiuence of Mr. PALMER at Washington,
he was a pretty regular Democrat. He
! was ambitious, no doubt, which was
laudable, but he invariably worked in
harmony with the Democratic organiza-
tion which conducted two successful
congressional campaigns for him. When
he came under the spell of PALMER, how-
ever, he adopted different ideas of duty
and his ambitions took on another slant.
He wanted to be chairman of the House
Committee on Labor and because there
was a hope PALMER could get that favor
for him he turned upon his old friends
and “outheroded Herod” in the bitter
ness of his fight against them.
As for Mr. BLAKESLIE “the least said
| is soonest mended.” During what must
be regarded as a lapse from reason he
was nominated on the State ticket at
most determined in
| of the State committee, importuned the
He was not loyal to his associates on the
| But even if Mr. PALMER'S opinion that
| the division of favors has been approxi
mately fair is admitted, his personal ac-
| tions since the inauguration of the Presi-
! dent refutes his statements that no
chairman of the County committee of
| an adjacent county that no man would
| be considered for appointment to office if
"he was supported by the editor of the
leading, if not the only Democratic paper
"in that county and it was plainly inti
mated to Democrats in this county that
no men would be appointed unless they
wore endorsed by a certain individual.
If this is not outlawing Democrats we
|
| ——The tariff bill is now fairly before
the Senate and the question of how long
| the looting of the public will continue |
also bitterly opposed to the proposed cur- | little
| rency bill. But then MANN would op-
' pose the Ten Commandments if introduc- |
' ed by a Democrat.
{and Milesburg aver that it is badly in
need of repair. It is full of holes and
| of public road in the county. A force of
| pairs in a few weeks and inasmuch as |
this piece of road is now under state
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! ——A terrific rain and wind storm
passed over portions of Centre county
late Sunday afternoon. Bellefonte es-
part of Pennsvalley suffered most. Fenc- |
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Elliott Powsy, of Saville. was badly bruised
and cut when he was thrown on the knives of a
binder he was riding when the team scared and
—Barney Monahan, a section laborer in the
Avis yards, crawled under a train while his com-
panions were crossing over to go to another part
of the yards. After a time his body was found,
a shifting engine having struck the train before
he was clear of the track.
—E. W. Reed, of Ralston, is in the Williamsport
hospital with a porcupinequill in his abdomen.
It pierced him while in his bunk and when he
tried topull it out it broke off. Since then it has
apparently been traveling, and it will take an
X-Ray photo to tell which way it is headed.
~The Altoona Coal & Coke company has a
strike on its hands at Coupon. Three hundred
men quit work last Thursday because of the plan
to double shift a heading. The miners only want
to work a single shift while the operators want
to work three shifts as soon as another heading
has been finished.
—Judge Harry Alvin Hall Monday issued a
bench warrant for the supervisors of Fox town-
ship, Elk county, to appear before him and tell
why they have failed to improve the roads with-
in their boundaries this spring and summer.
The roads in that township have been the de-
spair of motorists and drivers all summer.
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Lilly, has sued a doctor and his wife, of that
place, tor $50,000. He says the woman charged
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~The West Virginia Pulp & Paper company
controlled by the Luke interests, which have
large operations at Tyrone, has just closed a deal
with interests controlled by ex-Sheriff Henrv G.
Davis and the heirs of Stephen A. Elkins for
10,000 acres of Virginia timber land in the Gauley
Mountain sections of West Virginia, on the Up-
per Elk, for $750,000
~Walter Tubbs, of Utahville, aged 49 years,
was killed one day last week while at work in
Hagarty's saw mill, near that place. The edger,
through which he was pushing a board, got ou
of order and threw the board with terrific force
against his breast, causing internal injuries from
which he died a few hours later. The deceased
is survived by five sisters,
—*Jack.” a bear dog valued at $50 belonging to
will | J- K. Gorman, of Coalport, went suddenly mad
some days ago and bit a number of other dogs.
upon For several nights he worked before being de-
tected and when his owner shot him an analvsis
developed the fact that he had rabies. A gener-
al dog quarantine was ordered, as it was not
known how many he had bitten.
—[t is believed that a personal enemy was re-
sponsible for the dynamiting of the home of
Samuel Heckman, a lumber mill worker at Mas-
ten, a village in the northeastern corner of Ly-
coming county. He and his wife, who lived in a
one story frame house, had just retired when an
explosion threw them from their bed and wreck-
ed that part of the house. Strangely enough
they escaped without injury. The explosive had
been placed without cover, which sent its force
downward and their lamp had been extinguish
ed, which fact prevented fire.
~—Bert Cox, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cox,of
Williamsport, received a shock from 25,000 volts
of electricity while working on a pole about ten
miles from Bloomsburg Friday, and died that
evening about 7 o'clock. Cox was working ona
pole and just above hishead ran a high tension
Con- | wire carrying 25,000 volts. While at his work
his hammer slipped and he fell backward,
his head coming in contact with the high tension
wire. When contact was made a flame 15 feet
high shot from the unfortunate man's head and
he dropped from the pole. He was aged 28 years
and leaves a wife and two children.
~Albert Fisher, a private in Company D,
Twelfth Regiment Infantry, Williamsport, in
camp at Selinsgrove, was drowned in the Sus-
river,two miles from the camp ground
Thursday. The body was found at noon and
from aopearances had been in water 12 hours.
ry will be held on
September, as will be the case in all odd
years.
will be held on the
y. This will be a unique ex-
for the voters of Pennsylvania,
most of whom never have known any
other method of making
other than the old way of letting some-
a oujlown so them
w a farce primary,
thorized to attend the state convention
dictated nominations Then
to the polis and vote
ad been set up for
The new law is a marked advance in
the right direction. It
control from begin
the politicians will
mary it looks gl
gratulations to the
for a ticket that
gives the voters
to end. May be
a way to continue
the state-wide pri-
oomy for them.
voters of Pennsyl-
|
pends upon the disposition of Republi- | From the B Post.
stand- ' can Senators to prolong the debate. The resounding crash
| ond National bank of Pittsburg, with its
——Representative MANN of Illinois is | $30,000,000 deposits, suggests again the
uestion: What is a bank?
of the First-Sec-
| workmen could make the needed re- | From
down, outbuildings un- | it with his finger.
——
Militants Think It Is.
Indianapolis
It doesn’t seem as
county crops were also badly damaged. gette ought to
| —=m=Have your Job Work done here.