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BY P. GRAY MEEK.
INK SLINGS.
—Don't forget the shower of dollars
that we are expecting about December
20th. Make it a deluge.
— After the first of Januray next the
price of this paper will be $1.50 per year,
even when paid in advance.
—Christmas turkey might be beyond |
your reach, but the “stuffin” and the
cranberry sauce are still available.
—Christmas is less than two weeks off.
Have you done that shopping or are you |
still putting it off until the last moment.
—Of course it is awful to have to pay
five cents for a guaranteed fresh egg,
but which is worth most, such an egg or
a Cremo.
—Right now is the time to tell that
friend of yours to send in his dollar for
the WATCHMAN, because next year the
price will be $1.50.
—Anyway, we haven't heard of any
country printers who are preparing to
dodge either the spirit or the letter of the
new income tax law.
——Dr. SARGENT, physical director of
Harvard, says that “the United States are
supreme in the business world because
its youths are supreme in the athletic
world.” In other words Dr.
really and truly “Uncle Dudley.”
——The wicked Republicans of New
Jersey are accusing the reform Democrats
of trying to steal a seat in the Senate.
Manifestly this is a slander. The only
Democrat in New Jersey who could be
acdused of anything that is improper, is
“Jim” Smith, and he is not meddling in
politics.
—Governor TENER introduced former
Gov. PENNYPACKER to a Harrisburg audi-
ence, the other day, by saying “he was
the most constructive of all our Govern-
ors.” Yes, he constructed the thirteen
million dollar scandal, the penny-a-mile
excursions and the fairy tale about Quay
being a greater statesman than CLAY.
~—Governor TENER will go out of his
$10,000 a year job as Governor to become
president of a base-ball league, at a sala-
ry of $25,000 a year. President TAFT
SARGENT |
would have us understand that he is
VOL. 38.
Bonniwell Charges Perfidy.
Judge BoNNIWELL, of Philadelphia, is
| rather severe in his criticism of Hon. A.
| MitcHELL PALMER and his nice little
chairman, Mr. MORRIS. Always noted
. for candor the Judge probably feels that
he has now, more than ever, a right to
express his opinions of the managers of
! his party for he has just successfully
| emerged from a contest for the bench
rand a Democrat who carries Philadel.
'phia is “going some.” Moreover the
; Judge is somewhat of a Progressive him-
self and likely feels in some measure re-
! sponsible for the present management of
the Democratic party in the State. He
| managed Mr. BERRY’S primary campaign
in 1910 and subsequently directed his
| campaign as the Keystone candidate for
: Governor,
Judge BONNIWELL formerly lived in
. Kennet Square, Chester county, and still
' retains the esteem and affections of his
. old neighbors in a high degree. Inorder
to show their appreciation of the honor
bestowed upon him Dy the people of
Philadelphia the Deraocratic citizens of
Kennett Square tendered him a compli-
mentary dinner last Monday evening.
: At the conclusion of the feast he was
' called upen to make a speech during |
i which he said “we have aristocrats in
Pennsylvania in temporary control of the
Democratic party,” and added that a
| triumphant Democracy alive to its duty,
will purge its State organization of men
{ who are not in harmony with the leader-
! ship of President WILSON.”
That is pretty straight talk but only a
: prelude. After the Judge got warmed to
his work he continued: “we all know
‘that had there been any capacity exer-
, cised in the conduct of the last State
STATE RIGHTS AND FE
BELLEFONTE, PA.. DECEMBER 12, 1913.
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the first day of January,
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Subscriptions paid in advance, at the time this
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The advauce in the price of paper and increased
cost of operation necessitates this action.
1914, at a less rate than
P. GRAY MEEK.
“Roly” Needs a Spanking.
Plainly speaking the Hon. A. MiITCH-
ELL PALMER will have to lay his nice
| little State Chairman, Mr. “RoLY"” MOR-
RIS, across his knee, and everybody
knows what follows that operation in a
well managed nursery. “ROLY" appears
| to have a genius for making mischief.
| A short time ago he put “MITCH” in bad
by sending out a begging letter contain-
ing the name of the Congressman. Last
| week we exculpated Mr. PALMER from
| blame for the incident. Mr. PALMER'S
went out of his $75,000 a year job as | campaign the electoral vote of Pennsyl. name was not printed on the letter-heads
President to become a professor at Yale | vania would have been counged for to influence contributors to liberality. It
at $5000 a year. Is Governor TENER | WooDROW WILSON. For the moment Was put there to advertise Mr. PALMER.
getting too little now? Was President | we are obsessed with a leadership both | Fie loves the lime light and no paper has
TAFT getting too much when he was our | vain and incompetent. And that is liter- 8°0€ out of the headquarters since he ob-
chief executive? We think not. These 'ally the truth. In the history of Penn. | tained control without his name on ie.
are merely examples of the inconsisten- sylvania politics no campaign was ever | somewhere.
cies that confront us in every walk of
life.
—Last week the WATCHMAN suggested | BLAKESLIE paraded around giving dinners
to a few of their most servile followers |
Justice MESTREZAT, of the Supreme court,
as a man upon whom all factions of the
party in Pennsylvania could probably unite
as a candidate for Governor. On Tuesday
the bosses of our party, PALMER, Mc-
CORMICK, MORRIS and BLAKESLIE met in
Washington to discuss the situation and
word comes from the meeting that they
considered Justice MESTREZAT for United
States Senator. The gentleman would
prove a credit to the party in either of-
fice but the WATCHMAN is of the opinion
that he could render the greater service
as Governor.
—About the cheapest things you can
buy nowadays are county newspapers. By
the same axiom about the poorest crea-
tures you find nowadays are owners of
county newspapers. During the last
twenty years the price of newspapers
has gone steadily downward, notwith-
standing the fact that the price of every-
thing entering into the production of
| 80 stupidly managed as that of 1912.
i and though the Republican party was
, split in the middle and we had a most
* popular candidate, they lost the State.
Stupidity in party leaders is a crime
but without turpitude. Thus far, there-
fore, Judge BONNIWELL has shcwn the
unfitness of PALMER and MORRIS for
leadership though not actually perfidy.
But listen. The opponents of the uni-
form primary law have two objections to
, it, he said. “The first and foremost,” he
| continued, “is the election. of JOHN W.
| KEPHART as Judge of the Superior court.
| As a matter of fact the primaries had,
| nothing to do with his election; it was be-
. cause the Democratic State Committee
refused to take any action to support
| WEBSTER GRIM, who was the Democratic
, nominee for that office, and in fact per-
; mitted him to be defeated because his
nomination was not to their personal
liking.”
these papers has nearly doubled, therefor | There the proof of treachery is made
the time has come when newspapers | plain. These ambitious recreants having
must either anticipate a visit from the ' stolen their way into power lost one cam-
sheriff or advance the price. We cer. , P2ign by gross stupidity and another by
tainly don’t court _he former, hence the treason. Yet they have taken care to
announcement that after January lst, fix themselves in place. Each one of
““RoLY” has been behaving badly since, |
| Mr. PALMER, Mr. GUTHRIE, and Mr. D v 20d tislatest offence is Slearly | Some of our esteemed contemporaries
are more or less alarmed because of a
rumor that political influences will have
| something to do with the management of
beyond condonation. Having broken in-
to a pulpit some where in Philadelphia,
recently, he expressed his opinion of
' State wide primaries and primaries of
was even enthusiastic on that point, ap-
parently.
But Mr. BRYAN achieved another tri-
umph in the speech in question. The
Democratic Senator in Congress for Ne-
braska has been “cutting up,” so to
speak, lately and the distinguished Secre-
tary of State tipped him a wink that could
be been plainly seen by a blind mule.
Senator HITCHCOCK'S term expires in
March, 1917,and at the preceding Novem-
ber election his successor will be chosen.
Now that Senatorial seat is the one
object in this wide world which Mr. Bry-
AN covets. From boyhood he has cher-
ished the fond hope of donning the toga
' and striding down the aisles of that illus.
trious chamber. In this reference he
conveyed a hint to Mr. HiITcHCOCK which
ought to bring that gentleman into line.
Partisanship in Panama.
other widths and naturally everybody | the Panama canal The source of the
who heard him or read his remarks jump-
ed at the conclusion that it was Mr. PAL-
MER'S opinion, rather than his own, that
he was expressing. Then the President
declared most emphatically for not only
State wide but country wide primaries
and Mr. PALMER was compelled to repu-
diate the views expressed by “Rory.”
Explanations are abhorent at best and
under the circumstances in which Mr.
PALMER found himself they are atrocious,
Of course Mr. PALMER protested that
the views expressed by his nice little
chairman are not the views entertained
by himself upon the subject of primaries
and equally sure he declared that he had
never said aword against primaries of
any sort. That is one advantage Mr.
PALMER enjoys over most other men in
his station. He isn’t hampered by con-
sistency or restrained by conscience. As
a matter of fact when the State-wide pri-
mary bill was pending in the Legislature
he opposed it most vehemently until an
amendment was adopted which excepted
1914, the price of this paper will be $1.50.
—Judge EUGENE C. BONNIWELL has
made the open charge that our Demo-
cratic State organization refused to re-
spond to the appeal of Hon. WEBSTER C. |
GRIM for aid in his recent contest for a
man MORRIS does not deny the accusa-
tion and we understand that the course
of indifference to the success of the only
Democratic nominee on the ticket is ex-
plained by the State Committee on the
ground that the judiciary is now non-par-
tisan and should not be made a party
issue. If this be so Mr. GRIM might well
inquire as to why the State Committee
made a political issue of the fifty million
dollar bond proposal and at the same
time could not see any advantage to the
party in having a Democrat on the Su-
perior court bench.
~The Johnstown Democrat thinks Mr.
PALMER might have destroyed himself had
he supported Hon. WEBSTER GRIM for
Superior court Judge and, for that rea-
son, he was justified in withholding the
support of the Democratic State organi-
zation from the only Democrat running
for the office. To say the least, our
esteemed ccntemporary is rather brazen
in its insinuation that Mr. PALMER had a
right to use the organization of a great
party asa personal weapon of offense
and defence. For such a statement from
the Democrat is substantially an expres-
sion of Mr. PALMER'S own view of the
matter and we regret to see it given such
publicity. Should Mr. PALMER become
our nominee for Governor, as the Demo-
crat so very much hopes, we fancy that
he may need the support of Mr. GRIM.
. them has crept into an office, thus put-
| ting a reward on perfidy. It is small
| wonder that Judge BONNIWELL is indig-
| nant and speaks plainly in protest to his
neighbors. But he is himself largely to
first placed PALMER and GUTHRIE and
blame for the conditions that exist for he
i hel
seat on the Superior court bench. Chair. | “Pe? 0 Tele then. He loined with
Democratic “party offices” from its ope-
rationin 1912. He was afaid to go to the
people then and no doubt “RoLY” imagin-
ed he was still of the same mind.
Two Big Birds and One Stone.
Mr. BRYAN availed himself of an op-
| portunity to “kill two birds with one
BLAKESLIE in position to betray the stone,” in Philadelphia, the other even-
Democratic party and sacrifice as gooda ing. He was a guest of the Delaware
; candidate as ever was nominated. "| Society of that city and though most of
Judge BoNNIWELL should be man the dignitaries of the State were present,
enough, however, to stand up and take Mr. BRYAN was the principal speaker.
his own share of the bringing about ot Former Congressman HANDY was toast-
the unfortunate condition that now con- master and in introducing Mr. BRYAN
fronts the Democracy of Pennsylvania. 'referred to him as “the next President.”
—— + | That was a ball right over the plate and
——Of course we wouldn't for anything ' to say that the batter swiped it is put-
in the world cast a suspicion upon the ting it mild. He put it over the fence
motives of so good a man as Controller for a home run and landed it so deep in
PRENDERGAST, of New York. But in the | the tall grass that it hasn't been found
manner of his announcement that he has | yet. But the game went on just as if
returned to the Republican party we are ‘nothing had happened. Great achieve-
reminded of the admonition against | ments don’t disturb Mr. BRYAN.
“Greeks bearing gifts’ ROOSEVELT is| Whatever Mr. BRYAN'S intentions or
willing to have the Republican nomina- | hopes for the future may be his present
tion stolen for him in 1916 and a friend policy is to make the distinguished gen-
at court is marvelously helpful in such
enterprises.
——The Progressive candidate for
Governor of Massachusetts spent $92,
625.00 in his campaign. These Progress-
ives may be great reformers but they
don’t decrease the cost of political cam-
paigns. :
——Mr. HUERTA of Mexico is said to
be very busy now but the indications are
that he will have plenty of leisure in the
| near future,
3
'tleman who sits at the head of the cabi-
net table, and speaks occasionally when
Mr. BRYAN wants to keep quiet, believe
that his Presidential ambition is deader
than a door nail. This he proceeded to do.
The published report of the incident says
that he spoke without emotion, but he
was certainly emphatic. He much pre-
fers to have the work to which he was
once willing to dedicate his life perform.
ed by another he declared, substantially,
and, between the lines you can read plain-
ly by “one who is willing to make Mr.
BRYAN the power behind the throne.” He
| rumor seems to be the personal organ of
' Governor METCALFE, published at Pana-
| ma. “Itis ridiculous tosuppose,” declares
i this semi-official publication, “that, with all
the pressure for patronage being brought
' to bear on him,President WiL30N will not
| use the forthcoming canal organization
las a means of reciprocating, as far as
| possible, the assistance of constituents
| who helped to place him where he is.”
| The newspaper adds that “past admin-
| istratior s did likewise.”
If there is opportunity to strengthen
his party in the organization of the Pana-
| ma canal, without impairing the service,
it is not only the President's right, but it
is his duty, to avail himself of it. The
past administrations to which the organ
of Governor METCALFE refers are those
of ROOSEVELT and TAFT. Of course
ROOSEVELT'S action could be a criterion
for no sane man. Utterly destitute of
principle he paid personal debts with
public patronage and prostituted every
function of administration to the service
of his lust for power. But TAFT paid
some respect to the proprieties in dis-
tributing the favors of office as was
shown in his selection of Justices of the
Supreme court.
Therefore the policy pursued by Presi-
dent TAFT in administering the affairs of
the Isthmian canal may justly be regard-
ed as a precedent by his successor in
office, and if President WILSON can serve
his party, incidentally, while serving his
country well, there is no valid cause for
complaint in his doing so. We are all in
favor of good government but in the
hearts of most of us there is a firm belief
that civic righteousness is in no way out-
raged by putting capable Democrats in
office. The President hasn't done that,
invariably, in Pennsylvania. At least he
hasn't, in all cases, named the men whom
the Democrats in their communities
would have chosen. But we hope he
will do so in Panama.
——The State Fisheries Department
announces that the fishway at McCall's
Ferry, nearing completion, will restore
shad to the Susquehanna river. We sin-
cerely hope this expectation will not be
dissapointed but feel obliged to admit
that the picture of the thing published in
papers recently is not calculated to in-
spire faith.
——With more light on North Alle-
gheny street and two new lights on
Spring street to brighten up the hitherto
dark allyes spooning parties will soon be
fonte, and will be compelled to strike the
trail for the open country where the
darkness is not so penetrable and cur-
ious loiterers fewer and far between.
Con-
accelerat-
Obviously it 1s
from growing,
come the t man
the area A Janufacturing
ble to
aD he
of
is
to build up the West and increase the
productivity of its farms.
event.
the bright minds now at
on the problem have taken a better
grip on it than they now have.
of the Republican
is being anxious-
personifies the ve
nishes the text in the observation that,
be less talk of Armageddon and more of
our own United States”; an utterance
which he elaborates by pointing out that
the nomination of both ve and
Republican candidates for Congress will
mean the return of another overwhelm-
ing Democratic majority to Congress.
ust so, but rather more so if profes-
sions of high principle are abandoned for
illusive hopes of vic by the amalga-
mation with all the old discredited lead-
ers in command. The trouble ahead for
the old leaders or amalgamators referred
to is the matter of fact Democratic
achievement and the popular common
sense.
With the Wilson administration win- |
ning golden opinions everywhere and the
work of the Congress steadily commend-
ing itself and refuting the dark prophe-
cies of disaster, Republican amalgama-
tion is by no means a disturbing big
word—hardly more terrible in fact than
Armageddon.
The Tariff and Prices. |
From the New Bedford Standard.
There are other factors in the present
life of the world which have more to do
with making prices than the tariff which
has just been supplanted, or the tariff
which has supplanted it. One is the fact
that under modern conditions of business
and tion the of many
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| hash
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| pany
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SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
The announcement is made that all property
| stolen in Williamsport during the month of No-
| vember was recovered by the police.
| =—Harry Graham, a Clearfield lad who has been
| in the habit of stealing rides, had his left leg cut
off when he fell from a fast freight train. He is
| recuperating in the Clearfield hospital.
{| =—Lewis J. Harris, who borrowed a horse from
| a liveryman and sold it, will spend fifteen to
| eighteen months in the eastern penitentiary, ac-
| cording to Judge Whitehead, of Lycoming county,
| ~The working hours of the employees of the
Pennsylvania Railroad shops in Renovo and Al-
| toons were redaced last week. from fifty-five
| hours a week to forty, and many men were laid
| off.
| —Justice of the Peace E. C. Probst, of Muncy,
| is in hard luck. Pour children are ll of typhoid
| fever, and = few nights age his summer home
| along the Susquehanna was destroyed by fire, at
+ a loss of $1,000,
~The falling of flaming rafters awakened the
family of George Appleman, of Rohrsburg, just
in time to escape with their lives. The town has
no fire protection and the bucket brigade hada
stiff job to save other property. .
—Mrs. Sarah Johnson, aged 91, of Clearfield,
| who has lived all her married life within a block
; of the court house, goes to market every morn-
ing and selects the beef for her own breakfast
and also assists with the house work.
| —Mrs. Andrew Deibler, aged 69, of Punxsutaw-
| ney, prepared her husband's breakfast a few
| mornings ago, called on a neighbor and returned
. home to resume her household duties. A little
! later she fell dead from heart disease.
~—While trying to learn new fancy steps at the
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| Indiana State Normal, one of the girl students fell
lhe been forbidden at the school for several
| months, but it is said the girl was learning A
and broke a leg: The dancing of the new steps
=J. V. Hepburn, a New York Central fireman,
, had taken a tight hold of a stanchion on his en-
weeks. One team killed 3,802 and the other 3,089,
, the winners being tendered an oyster supper by
| the losers. The hunts are an annual necessity.
~Natural gas will be shut off at Emporium after
1, and coal will be used as fuel. It means
the shutting down of an industry, the Novelty In-
candescent Lamp company’s plant. Failure in
supply is assigned as the cause by the gas com-
rs. Annie Keeler, wife of J. O. Keeler, who
| is Zoon to be hanged at Clearfield, claims that she
the county for the reward offered for his appre-
hension. The commissioners refused to give it
to her. .
~Jjacob Estep, Mapleton's oldest resident, was
aN found dead in his chair last Friday afternoon by a
neighbor who called to see him. The old man
| was aged 81 years and lived alone. His Bible was
lying on the floor at his feet when the neighbor
found him,
| =A county superintendent of schools will be
| elected in Armstrong county next year. So as to
bring out the best man, at a meeting of the school
directors held at Kittanning last week, the salary
| of the county was increased from
| $2,000 to $3,000 per . The new officer will be
; elected in May 1914.
| ~Two strangers giving their names as Charles
| M. Hill and L. M, Stark, took two or three friend-
knocked him down and robbed him of $65. They
, made off but were captured and sent to jail. Six-
1 ty dollars of the money was recovered.
“The time has come when there should |
—There was a rude awakening for Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Monaso, of New Kensington, when
' thetailor shop under their sleeping apartment
was destroyed by dynamite. Although the gen.
tieman does not know of an enemy, the work
was evidently malicious. The building is badly
| damaged and the escape of the occupants is con-
sidered marvelous.
| —When an officer called at the Jersey Shore
lock-up to take Harry Klosson, an 18-year-old lad,
to jail, he found him almost naked. The lad had
confessed to an attempt to rob a residence and
. when taken to the lock-up had torn his clothes to
| make ropes tohang himself with. All of them
| broke and the lad was given other clothes—but
| not to hang himself with.
—Johnston brothers, of McVeytown, hold the
season’s record for the capture of raccoon, better
known as ringtails. The catch for the season ag-
| gregates thirty-one, with a combined weight of
750 pounds. Eight of these were captured last
week, three Tuesday and five on Wednesday
night, the eight weighing 202 pounds. “Coon”
; hunting is the prevailing sportin the mountains
| at this season.
~The Buffalo and Susquehanna railroad was
| sold at Coudersport, Friday , at foreclosure sale,
| for $5,000,000 by the Protective committee repre-
senting the holders of the first refunding four
per cent. bonds. The purchaser was Alvin
Krech, president of the Equitable Trust compa-
ny, of New York. This sale will undoubtedly be
followed by a reorganization, take the property
out of the hands of the receiver and remove the
control from Buffalo to New York.
transporta
articles is fixed by far than merely |
local influences. There is hardly a cor- | —Justice B. F. Isenberg, of Huntingdon county,
ner of the globe where a product which has won on a claim on the county of Huntingdon
is of general use cannot be expeditious | for $1,348 for bounties paid for scalps of noxious
carTion 10 the best market tari efor, | ammals. Huntingdon county received $6,293 as
The erection of a tariff may serve in a its share of the State appropriation for bounties.
measure as an obstacle to aflow of pro- A The money was ordered paid by the Auditor Gen-
ducts in any given direction, and the re. eral's Department, after an invertigation in which
moval of the tariff may accelerate that it was found that the ‘Squire had collected for
flow; but, after all, so many conditions the killing of twenty wildcats, ninety-eight minks,
surround the whole business * the 559 foxes and 652 weasels. This makes him the
tariff rate may easily be of the least im- champion bounty collector of a dozen counties.
portance.
| —Suit for recovery of $145,000 in fines was
brought against the borough of Coudersport by
| the Attorney General's Depariment acting for
Many | ype Department of Health, It is charged that the
Prices | borough failed to observe a decree of the Gov-
g
economic issue. 2 simi] i
~Five years in the penitentiary for Joseph
hie Wise Courve Fos Diaz. Quigley, of Mount Carmel; three for Walter Wol.
Harrisburg Independent ian, of Shamokin, and four for John Brennan, of
Frown the Hareld Sta t has Shamokin, with heavy fines and costs, were the
Diaz off of the retired list of the | sentences imposed by Judge Moser, of Northum
federal army and him, | berland, when the trio pleaded guilty to smug-
ally, in the active | gling saws into the county jail at Sunbury to re-
tad through
y likely that his patriotic senti-
ments Ste strong ough to iiduce him
to report now for act military duty. |
In event of his failure to do so, he wii '
be declared a deserter, which would
make it all the more likely that his head
would be separated from his shoulders
should he ever attempt to return to the
Mexican capital while Huerta is in con-
we would rec-
that he seek
unable to find a safe rendezvous in Belle. trol there
Considering everything
ommend to General Diaz
the retirement of some quiet European
watering place until the Huerta regime
crumbles mnder its own weight.
! sion of Michael Pock, an accomplice, and the
finding of saws in Nye's cell thwarted them.
—Daniel Ryver, a former resident of South
Philipsburg, was killed in a barroom altercation