BY P. GRAY INK SLINGS. —The second, third and fourth entries —Mr. CARNEGIE'S advice may not al- ways be the best but his latest—"do not hoard your millions"—is pretty certain to be generally accepted by most of us. —Uncle JoE CANNON is threatening to break into the Democratic party. He probably wants to get even for the beat- ing he got the last time he ran for Con- gress. a Altoona Tribune has an idea that that city “has a brilliant future be- fore her.” Probably it is one of those “far past futures” that a Boalsburg, Cen- tre county, near-poetess once wrote about. —The Republican party in Pennsylva- nia is back in the hands of its friends. That is, if there is any party left to get back. BiLL FLINN didn't have it long, but what he did to it was good and plenty. —Did Jaco H. SCHIFF give SULZER that $2500.00 without thought of polit- ical reward or did he not? That is the question that should be answered before any weight is given his testimony before the New York court of impeachment. —After Dr. GRIM and brother SURFACE | PULOCTALLC? BE VOL. 58. The Democratic Mephistophiles ps. Hopeful and Certain Signs. Much as it is to be regretted the tem- | The most dependable sign of approach- porary arrest of the negotiations for fus- ing Democratic control in Pennsylvania ion in Philadelphia, last Saturday even- | is revealed in the action of the Pennsyl- ing, was not surprising. Those political | vania railroad with respect to its proper- moles who have been undermining the ty held in defiance of the constitution. Democratic organigation for a dozen The fundamental law of the State provides years or more literally compelled a pro- in Article XVII, Section 5, that “no in- test in some form, and the withdrawal corporated company doing the business from the conference of the self-respecting ' of a common carrier shall, directly or in- Democrats who have borne the burden directly, prosecute or engage in mining of maintaining the party through a long | or manufacturing articles for transporta- period af adversity, seemed the most tion over its works.” Notwithstanding effective method of procedure. It ie to this unequivocal prohibition the Pennsyl- be hoped that the negotiations will be yapia railroad has owned and operated resumed and the purpose consummated oa) mines, iron and steel mills and oth- in time to overthrow the Republican ma- er industrial enterprises in various sec- chine in November but in that event no tions of the State. credit will be due to the reorganizers.| Some days ago the investing public They have done their best to defeat fu- | was astonished with a notice that the sion. ' Pennsylvania was about to dispose of its it had been planned by the Democratic | shares of the Cambria Iron company. leaders of the city to unite all political | Subsequently information was given out STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. LLEFONTE. PA. JCTOBER 5, i 13. No Divided Allegiance This Year. | The Republican State committee or- ganized on Tuesday by the election of State Senator WiLLiAM E. Crow, of Fay- ette county, as chairman: CHARLES JOHN- SON, of Montgomery county, as treasur- er, and W. HARRY BAKER, of Harrisburg, as secretary. There will be no division ailegiance du:ing the year those gentle- men hold down the jobs. Each of them is an obedient follower of Senator PEN- ROSE. All of them have been in the en- joyment of the favor of the Senator for years The attempt to embarrass the managers of the meeting by projecting elements favorable to good government have finally decided who bred the para- site that will destroy the San Jose scale they might settle another question that has worried certain scientists for quite a time by telling us who struck BILLY PAT- TERSON. —Senator CROW is the new state chair- man of the Republican party in Pennsyl- vania. A chairman with such a name ought to be right useful in victory or de- feat. He could crow for the former and furnish the crow to eat in times of ad- versity. —Enough has come to light recently to make a blind man see the star of A. MiTcHELL PALMER setting. Flowery ora- tory gets the people going, but it takes lots more brains and common sense to keep them going that way than it does to get them started. in a solid body against the Republican machine. With this purpose in view it had been arranged that committees of the Democratic and Washington party organizations should come together and by making an equitable division of the offices to be filled create a formidable force. But the hungry hucksters who have been striving to destroy the Demo- cratic organization demanded equal rep- resentation in the conference and thus retarded the work. Finally the Demo- cratic leaders consented to put one of the reorganizers on the ticket as a rep- resentative of the Democrats upon agree- ment that something like fairness should be shown in the distribution of Federal patronage thenceforward. At this stage of the game Mr. A. MiTcHELL PALMER insinuated himself ~The new tariff bill will probably be |;n., the affair and announced that the that its stock in the Pennsylvania Steel | company is for sale and still later the ! news was sent broadcast that the com- pany is ready to dispose of all its Anthra- cite coal properties. No reason was giv- en in either case for this complete revo- lution in the policy of a corporation which has hitherto been able to do what it pleased with administrations, Legisla- tures and even the courts. But observ- ant business men quickly conjectured the reasons. You don’t have to tumble a brick house down upon men of keen intellect to convey a hint to them. The alert officials in the management of the Pennsylvania railroad have already discerned the fact that Democracy is coming into control of Pennsylvania, not temporarily, this time, but enduringly. That will mean the enforcement of the laws against powerful corporations as rigidly as against the most humble citi- : he following reason: the name of Cengressman GRIEST into t the running failed signally. But it indi- ho imot in good i cn to demand. tha cated the presence of “the fine Italian Tecom eaves Woy hand” of Boss FLINN, of Pittsburgh. ran. for he Js the Bemocrac Ste A meeting of the Republican State | to vote for the chief mea in iS Tffuted committee is a rare occurrence and the program proceeings of ths one on Tuesday was With utmost respect ox Mr, Pu watched with curious interest by adher- cratic , who performed a heroic and ents and opponents of the machine. | praiseworthy labor in cleansing their par- , it is pertinent to point out that his is an explicit avowal of the bar- ter and saie of federal offices for votes. Usually three or four friends of PEN- ROSE meet in his office, determine upon a course of action and “let it go at that.” [Jy jg a es of coercion or bribery But the Senator is on his good behavior witich declares in he host Hive farms now and as the law is rather exacting in t a mem such matters, a meeting was held. It Srteliies iis freedom of acta, notwith- wasn't much of a meeting but there were nearly a hundred present and all except seven of tham voted according to orders. The seven will probably be reckoned with later and they are likely to receive mes- sages more painful than interesting. : Senator Crow is a fairly capable gen- tleman with “the courage of his iniqui- ties.” During the last session of the Gen- eral Assembly he was “the mouthpiece” of the State administration on the floor of the Senate and boldly assumed respon- ' sibility for machine legislation and ma- chine opposition to such reform measures Hy gd 2 it EE: 3 he] seh ; 3 gz 328 fred gd3E § 8 f BE i 8 5 8 a cried ’ Palmer and his associates set themselves, with professed high aims, to eradicate. After making due allowance for ordina- signed by the President before the close choice of the Democratic organization of this week. Its effect upon the busi- |g, tne only Federal office yet to be filled ness of the country remains to be seen should be cast aside and a personal fa- but it is the first and most positive Step | yorite of PALMER'S substituted. This Democracy has made in its general pur-| cporpcterigtic breach of faith made it pose to legislate for the masses and the |, qgibje to continue the negotiations classes, without favor or prejudice to one | on the basis originally contemplated. In or the other. { other words the regular Democratic ——Representative DONOHOE, of Phila | |eaders arrived at the conclusion that it delphia, threatens to appeal to the Presi- js impossible to continue relations with a dent in relation to his dispute with A. ' group of men so perfidious that no re- MITCHELL PALMER in respect to the dis- | lance coul ue placed upon their pledges tribution of patronage. Representative or their honor. The only course open, DONOHOE is among those who toadied {0 | therefore, was that adopted. The only as the Democrats urged. Mr. JOHNSON zen and the greatest of all the corpora. has been in office “so long that the mem- tions is putting its house in order to ©fY of man runneth not to the contrary. meet the change. Other corporations | He is atpresent Insurance Commissioner, will follow promptly and by the time that | the fattest of all the easy jobs. W. HAR- the Ides of November next year have RY BAKER has been basking in the sun- marked the restoration of the Democrat. | shine of machine favor since he wore ic party to power in Pennsylvania the “knee pants.” It will be a PENROSE or- fundamental as well as the statutory ganization this year, beyond question. laws of the State will be respected. : Bit FOP has it that our friend, ‘Mr, PAT. GHERRITY, of the South ward, —Ex-candidate for Congress, Mr. Mr. PALMER until that gentleman came to believe that all Pennsylvania patronage peal to the President at this time would rake much difference. —M. POIRET, the French dressmaker, who is displaying his own models in Phil- adelphia this week, observes that “Amer- can women are so well constructed that they could wear anything.” He also tells us that their dress is not “daring” enough. Of course that is only the Frenchman's idea, but we have a notion that with no petticoats and a slit skirt the American woman of ultra fashion is dressed about as daringly as she dare. —Congressman BAILEY, of Johnstown, is just aching all over to get things back to that kind of public “economy which . befits a Democratic government.” He might give the movement a pretty good boost by beginning the job with a reduc- tion of the amount he draws from the public treasury for the services he ren- ders the people. But then brother Bal- LEY'S economy is like that of all the rest of us, intended only for the other fellow, and the kind that demands for himself the “highest price for the least labor.” —And still the Democracy of Centre county has no chairman. What can it expedient was to begin anew and leave | the recreants out of the reckoning. belonged to him and we doubt if an ap- | ~——Those "Republican club officials | who imagine they see a subsidence of ROOSEVELT sentiment in this State might | get some valuable information by putting mean, anyway? The campaign this fall is unimportant, of course, but the matter of keeping an organization alive and in- formed is all important. The work of building up the party ought to be in progress now so that when the import. ant campaign of next year comes on the preliminaries will all have been attended to and we can get into the contest with an organization that won't have to spend the most of its time in learning the sig- nals and figuring out which end of the enemy's liné the play is going through. —Elsewhere on this page appears an Ledger We are not particularly inter- . tertained him 2s an honored guest in his | ested in it because the WATCHMAN has | known Mr. PALMER ever since he enter- ed public life and has known what might be expected of him. We publish the editorial for the benefit of the Centre Democrat and its trailer, the Centre Re- porter. Every nice thing the Ledger had to say of Mr. PALMER before it diagnos- ed his case properly these two papers have set before you in support of their claim that PALMER is THE only man liv- their ears to the ground when the Col- onel comes into the State to “rally his forces.” Sulzer and Palmer. The news from Albany indicates that James A. GLeEasoN, of DuBois, was a brief visitor in town on Monday, but re- stricted as his time was, it was sufficient- ly long, however, for him to let those { with whom he conversed understand that his faith in the good intentions and loud- ly vaunted purposes of the leading re- organizers of the State, of which he was one, is not nearly so unlimited as i: was twelve months ago. Mr. GLEASON is one j of that bunch who hasn't got a place | yet, and from the way he talked and the \ intonation of his usually melodious voice, | he is not so confounded sure that the rest of them care whether he gets one or not. is arranging his matters to accept the position of revenue collector, now held ' by Mr. WASHINGTON REESE, of this place. 7 human ncy between profes- on and conduct, it must be admitted by Mr. Palmer's supporters that he exhibits reform in a sorry plight. Farmers and Packers. From the New York World. In sounding once more the alarm over the growing shortage of cattle, the meat packers’ convention appeals to the small farmers to save the country from threat- ened famine. “Despite the prices,” it says, “for live pls BL statistics show that the farmers not only are not increasing their production of meat-food amimals, but that such pro- Underwood Bill Through the House. the defense of Governor SULZER, in the Court of Impeachment now in session, will be a sort of “confession and avoid-| The conference committee’s report on ance.” That is to say the Governor will | the UNDERWOOD tariff bill was adopted practically admit the personal use or by the house of Representatives in Wash- | misuse of funds contributed todefray the | ington on Tuesday evening by substan. expenses of his campaign, but at that, he | tially a party vote. Three Democratic is probably no worse than some of his | members from Louisiana and Represen- accusers. Probably he isn't as bad as | tative DONOHOE of Philadelphia voted some of them but that is a mighty poor against the measure and about as many defense. He accepted money before and | Republicans and Progressives voted in after his election, from men who expect- | the affirmative. The House conferees ed favors from him after his induction | yielded to the Senate in most cases of into office and that was a moral misfea- | difference and upon the question of tax- sance which nothing some one else has | ing sales of cotton futures there was no doa can justify. | agreement. The character of Mr. MurPHY has | In the closing debate Speaker CLARK nothing to do with the guilt or inno- | stated that the measure as completed is cence of WILLIAM SuULZER. Even the | the lowest tariff bill that has been enact- causes which influenced the beginning of | ed since that of 1848. But it promises to the proceedings to impeach the Govern. afford ample revenue and that is the es- or are irrelevant. CHARLES F. MURPHY | sential matter. What is lost on sugar may be the most atrocious character in and other necessaries of life is recom- the public life of the country. But that pensed for through the income tax pro- is neither here nor there, in the matter vision and thus for the first time since of determining SULZER'S guilt or inno- the repeal of the tariff of 1848 the bur- cence. Previous to 1910 Mr. MURPHY den of the cost of government is put upon was morally as culpable as he is now. wealth rather than poverty. In other’ Yet on his way home from the Denver words the tax is levied upon those able convention WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN en- to pay. . We do not expect an immediate de- home near Lincoln, Nebraska. Mr. crease in the cost of living on account of MURPHY was good for the time being be- | the passage of this act but it is safe to cause he had supported Mr. BRYAN in | guarantee that there will be no industrial the convention which had just closed. paralysis on account of it either. It will Mr. SuLzer solicited the support of require some time to get the machinery Mr. MURPHY both for his nomination in motion but when that is done the and election, just as Mr. A. MITCHELL promised reduction in prices will be PALMER begged “BILLY” BRENNEN, of | perceptible and the wage earners will be Pittsburgh, to help him in his aspiration the gainers in consequence. That is in 1909. After Mr. SULzER had “made there will be no diminution in the pur- his calling and election sure,” he under- chasing power of a day's labor while took to destroy MURPHY as PALMER has there is a likelihood that it will be mate- since been endeavoring to crush BREN- | rially increased. NEN. This coincidence doesn't make MURPHY or BRENNEN better but it makes SuLzeR and PALMER worse for the rea. —|t doesn’t matter very much to duction is decreasing at an appalling rate.” The big cattle ranches of the west have almost disappeared, the south is wedded to cotton and neglects corn, and The same authority assures us that he has the promise of the appointment from both Mr. ZErpy and Mr. KURTZ, and | which is to be given him because of his the average farme + | efforts for the former in the recent con- | east, Yoras upon pay Jy Se | test for State Committeeman. Whether | from the point of view of milk and but- | Mr. GHERRITY accomplished much or | ter and quick returns. These conditions I 3 | are making it more and more difficult i little for Mr. ZERBY should have no bear- | every year for the packers to meet the ing on this appointment. His work for | demand for which they have so zealous | the party heretofore entitles him to its ly labored to create. recognition and the fact that he would | Twenty-five years ago Chicago beef | make a careful and worthy official should Nab SuEariod dom . fous: | be commendation sufficient to secure him | own slaughter house. Local butchers | the position. If he hasthe written rec. | drew upon the surrounding country for | ommendation of the individuals who are | their supply of meat-food animals. Now every way-station deals with the agent said to have promised him the place, he | o¢ hacking concern and the local butch- has that much certain, but if he has only | er buys dressed beef, not live cattle. “their word for it,” it would be well for | Not only did the refrigerator car and him to hang onto the job he is now fill- | the concentration of business in the ing until the signs are a little more pro- | packers’ hands Change the butcher's 14 : ! trade methods; it helped largely to drive | pitious, or more tangible evidence turns | the small farmer out of cattle-raising. up. Be the conditions as they may, the | The conditions that the packers now | WATCHMAN would be glad to see Mr. Want to see restored among small farm- GHERRITY'S expectations realized, and | > they are chiefly ble for de- . If the small farmer returns to | hopes that they will not be blasted as Br animals for food, it will not | were those of Mr. KIMPORT. be from a sense of patriotic duty, in rt answer to the Beef trust's invitation, but i —The late frosts last spring played solely under the attraction of high prices : some queer pranks. This can be plainly | 4 and handsome profits. seen as one journeys down Nittany val- | People May Furnish Tammany's Job. ley. In some orchards the apple trees ———— are heavily laden with fruit and on the | Despite the apparently hostile attitude adjoining farm, perhaps with only one | of the impeachment court which is hear- field intervening will be an orchard in 10g ac Sccutations Made gains Sovertor i { s a m which there is not a bushel of apples, in New York, which finds rather all the fruit having been killed by the | gxnyecti MMe WEY oO ers of that ' frosts last spring. Onthe whole the apple | State, that its ultimate verdict will be crop is a better one than anticipated a official. few months ago. A —— too much upon his deputy. blames that functionary for the deficit of $19,497 in his accounts but he will have | to pay the penalty himself, having been convicted of embezzlement. | to keep him company. Even the friends | of Sulzer might with comp S—— lacency accept —It begins to look as if the attempt , the sacrifice of their leader if it will ac- to get up a war between China and Japan | complish this beneficent service. would fail. The makers of war materials [sincerity of he impediment and the builders of empires are meeting called that Mr. Sulzet is charged with of- with hard luck. They can't even fool the fenses that are alleged to have been com- fools any more. mitted before he assumed office. Tam- finish the job and send ! ey oy, em and Mrs. MACKEY continue to live their od wit.. ingratitude—with lives apart there is no reason to appre- failing to deliver over the affairs of gov- hend that their children will beeome : ernment into the control of Murphy and | his cohorts—the unbiased public might charges upon the public. take some stock in the proceedings. As ing who is honorable and fair enough to lead the Democratic party. We call at. tention to the Ledger's editorial fearing that the papers above referred to might have reasons for forgetting to publish this one. ' son that it supplements hypocrisy with ' perfidy. SULZER is the living example of ‘a species of humanity that prospers on treachery and PALMER is a more polished type of the same genus. ; woke the general public which of two claim- ants discovered the parasite that destroys the San Jose scale. All the people want is assurance that the parasite will achieve the results and in that event “there will ' be enough glory to go around.” SEE —Those gentlemen who have been in the habit of hiding behind their wives’ petticoats will probably suffer most from the recent change in female fashions. jv triumph. ——— ~The best Job Work done here. the matter stands, they see a very bold _ and defiant attempt on the part of a po- ' litical faction to punish a backslider, and they sincerely hope that the backslider | ~———Have your Job Work done here. ' SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE. —Mr. Hanford, of Jersey Shore, marketed eleven boxes of strawberries at 20 cents last week. They were his second crop. —Mrs. Thomas Davidson helped her husband to strop the razor with which he tried to cut her throat a little later at their apartments in Johns- town. =Only one death from contagious disease oc- curred last week in Johnstown. There are but forty-four cases in the city, seventeen of diphtheria being the highest number. Pretty good for Johnstown. =It cost Harry Roberts $27.25 to kill a pheasant near Johnstown. Two companions escaped when the game warden came that way, but Roberts, whose shot killed the bird, was not quick enough to make his getaway. ~The Patton Fire company has begun a campeign for a municipal building. The com- pany has a lot valued at §1.000 and wants the borough to putup a $10,000 building. Citizens are being asked to express their sentiments. ~Lycoming county has ordered a recount of the councilmanic ballots in two wards and elec- tion officers in another ward are about to ask a recount on coroner and school director. These recounts are likely to affect the nominations. ~Harry Newman, of Philipsburg, finds himself rather unexpectedly in the bee business. A swarm had found its way through a knot hole in his house and the work of honey making goes merrily on between weather boarding and plas- ~Playing “hookey’’ from school ended in dis- aster for Steve Sipus, aged 12, at Clymer. He rode on the express wagon to the station, started to cross the tracks, tripped and was caught be- tween a car and bumping block. Death was in- stantaneous. —Columbia claims the record of being the largest town in the State with but orf police man. Samuel Campbell bears the title of “chief,” but he is really the whole ferce and so well has he kept the order of the town that he has not needed assistance. —C. A. Zong, of Juniata township, Perry county, had his face literally punctured by a mule a few days ago. A physician inserted silver tubes in his nose so that he could breathe, then kneaded the bones and flesh into position and he is likely to recover. ~About a dozen pupils of the Somerset school, Johnstown, were overcome by chloroform hand- ed around by one of the boys, who is thought to have been ignorant of its effects. It was poured on the girls’ handkerchiefs and they sniffed it until the mischief was done. —Ruth Williams, aged 3 years, is dead at her home in Wilkes-Barre. She ate paris green some time ago and a stomach pump saved her life. More recently she had diphtheria and was saved by anti-toxin. Her death was caused by burns she received while playing with matches. ~Seventeen cases of typhoid fever are reported in Renovo, eight of which are being treated in the hospital. The disease is supposed to have been caused by the milk supply shipped into that place from points east. The State authori- ties were notified and will make the proper in- vestigation. —Senior and junior class fights at the Indiana State Normal school were the worst in the his- tory of the institution. The seniors put hand- cuffs on one junior and two seniors were lured into the lockup. It was an all night rumpus con- tinuing farinto the day. One junior is painted green and orange. ~—Arrangements are progressing nicely for the fourth annual exhibition of the Elk county poultry and pet stock association's show which will be held in the armory at that place on No- vember 18,19,20 and 21. Entries close on No- vember 13. There are several valuable cups to be awarded to the winning birds. —William M. Lloyd, of Columbia county, formerly treasurer of Northumberland county, who, with his deputy, Mark L. Swab, of Sun- bury, was charged with misappropriating coun- ty funds amounting to $19,947.38, was found guilty after midnight Saturday by a jury which deliberated six hours. The deputy's trial has been continued. . —Rev. J. H. Keller, of Philipsburg, saved the flock of chickens belonging to his next door neighbor, Mrs. Alice Dawson, a few nights ago. He heard the thieves, jumped out of bed and shot in the dark. Two men fled and while the preacher was reloading, they made good their escape. The chickens were outside the coop, but none was missing. —Excavation on the site of u brick house destroyed by the flood of 1889 at Johnstown, revealed a sewing machine upright, with thread intact. but when workmen touched it it crumbled. Dishes and other articles of per- sonal property were found also and the Italian workmen were excited by a rumor that $1,000 had been in the house when it was leveled by the rushing waters. —Rutherford Weaver and Roy Barnhart, of Paint Borough, have confessed that they fired the shot that caused the death of Mike Whitaker, a little Slovak boy who was watching his fath- er's cow while the other boys were shooting at birds with a Flobert rifle. The boys, who are 12 years old, kept their secret as long as they could and every one is convinced that the shoot- ing was an accident. ~That Lewistown will have a large shoe fac- tory added to its industries is now almost an assured fact, according to the statement of E. C. Hall, who is registered at the St. Charles hotel, representing Pittsburgh interests. Mr. Hall is looking for a site for a factory that will employ about 400 persons in the manufacture of shoes and has already secured an option on the North American tannery buildings, which have been idle for the past fifteen years. —James H. Maxwell died on Sunday night at the Cottage hospital, Philipsburg, and four others were slightly injured as a result of an auto accident near Hawk Run. Other occupants of the car were Andrew Braid, David Lloyd, Fred Williams and Joseph Maxwell. The car in which they were riding turned turtle, throwing Max- well in such a way that he sustained a fractured skull, nose and jaw and lost one eye. He was admitted to the hospital. The other four men had minor injuries dressed and left for their —Hans Reidle, of Orviston, employed on the construction train of the N. Y. C. railroad, was instantly killed near that place Saturday evening about 9.30 o'clock, by being struck by a freight train. He was terribly mangled, his head and both feet having been cut off. From some of the evidence adduced at the coroners inquest, it was thought that he deliberately laid on the track. However the coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental death. The young man was aged about 25 years and was unmarried. The re- mains were taken to Blanchard for burial. —While Samuel Lambert, his wife and several children, of Lancaster county, were at work harvesting tobacco their house was robbed of of it. EHen Seinerling, 10 years old, a neighbor, offered one of the stolen watches for saie, and she was taken into custody. She confessed that she was the thief, and with the constable went to places where she had hidden the money, and all was recovered but $140. The girl forgot where she had placed that. She is still in custody, try- ing her best to remember where she buried the missing $140. .
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