INK SLINGS. . —When fortune opens her corne- ‘copia into the lap of poverty very often another snob is made. —Reports of growing strength for Frank O. Lowden in the middle west might not disturb Herbert Hoover greatly, but certainly they are not what one would call music to his ears. —You will find that people who ‘have always been accustomed to nice ‘things make less fuss about tempor- .ary inconveniences than those who experienced little else until they sud- .denly came into possession of riches. —The subscriber who sent us thirty dollars to be applied to subscription ds taking a long chance. We know we’ll use the money at once then ‘probably be sore because we have tc work so many years for him for noth- “ing. —The announcement that Lind- bergh is to receive the Woodrow Wil- son award of twenty-five thousand dollars for distinguished service to ‘humanity during the year is one that will raise no question as to its ap- _propriateness. —Harping again on our belief that ‘the liquor problem is #ne for the "home, the church, and society rather than for politics, we suggest an in- teresting subject for debating socie- ties. It is this: Resolved that Fran- cis Murphy, Dwight L. Moody, and Ira D. Sankey did more for the cause of temperance by personal appeal than has been accomplished by pro- _hibitory law. —The Rev. Rezd O. Steely didn’t ‘stay in the legislative race long. Two weeks ago he announced his candi- dacy and already he has withdrawn. We haven’t an idea of what got him into the contest or what took him out, but we can always hazard a guess on such matters. On this one ours ‘is that the parson discovered that he and the politicians didn’t talk the sane language. 3 Larceny, wife desertion and boot- legging seem to be the popular «crimes of the day. These three of- fenses are responsible for about three-fourths of all the criminal busi- ness of the Centre county courts and ‘we believe that if the larceny and ‘wife desertions were traced to their real cause bad rum could be charged with being accessory before the fact in most of them. —We rise to remark that the ban- ‘quet, Wednesday night, of the lady “politicians of the county, was the first affair of that sort that we have ever .attended where not a trace of any- “thing “on the hip” was visible. Ex- “planatory of “this b “we hope no one will be mean enough to suggest the idea that the ladies ~wouldn’t think of increasing breadth ‘of beam even to provide a cache for a gill of the best pre-war stuff that ‘could be found. VOL. 73. STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. BELLEFONTE, PA.. MARCH 2. 1928S. Quick Changing Party Conditions. It is utterly and absolutely impos- sible to hold a line on the plans and purposes oi the leaders of the Repub- lican machine in ‘Pennsylvania. Only a few weeks ago, with the amiable in- tention of refuting a false and dam- aging rumor, and upon the authority of Senator Dave Reed and Mr. Bill Vare, the Watchman stated that the personal relations between these as- piring politicians were not only cor- dially friendly but enthusiastically af- fectionate. Upon the same apparent- ly dependable authority we stated that Congressman Morin, of Pitts- , burgh, had no intention “of running for Senator against Dave Reed but was simply putting a little pressure on chairman Mellon to keep Morin in the seat he now occupies. Less than a week later conditions changed, if Mr. Reed and Mr. Vare were telling the truth then, and we feel obliged not only to withdraw our statement but to apologize to our readers for plunging into such a filthy : pool of partisan palitics at all. Re- liable authority then indicated that Reed and Vare were not on friendly terms but on the contrary were threatening each other with war in its most ruthless form, while Morin, having failed to coerce Mellon into supporting him for Congress, was striving to defeat Reed for nomina- tion for Senator. Unwisely Vare re- cently declared his aspirations to boss the party activities in the whole State and thus provoked an opposition | which, if continued, would have anni- | hilated him or wrecked the machine. It may be recalled that a month or so ago Governor Fisher, Mr. Mellon and Mr. Vare held a conference in New York at which time it was de- cided, according to Vare’s understand- ing, that the party organization and State administration would militantly support Vare’s effort to get a seat in the Senate. The plan was to have the Attorney General officially demand the recognition of Vare’s credentials and if that failed of results the Governor was to appoint Vare, or one named by Vare, to fill the vacancy which might ensue. Since then the Governor has | refused to ca out the agreement, ' orn est “Yare ‘and ‘Mayor Mackey decided to assume control of political programme,” as expressed bY, both gentlemen, aceording ‘to newspa- per reports At this versy, or scene was § cial period i i the contro- y we say.’ comedy, the. fted to Washington and icine man, Secretary of Andrew Mellon, was uncil. With ‘marvelous the Treasu called int force and 4 settled all * Flor- ‘shift oft her man must have! og at twisted in ‘handling During the early part it was unusually mild | en it is getting along ! ez we are having real idenced by most of the e past week. On Sun- , for instance, thermom- | efonte dropped to zero e places tho ghout the s four and five below. Wo appointment: has. yet * a county vocational. di- | ceed John B. ‘Payne, re- . Jeffries, of fawfc rs to be the mdst Te § 5 was here several days ' by Mr. Payne. oman’s International Peace is misdirecting its ging President Coolidge arines out of Nicaragua. ® address their geulion to who is contributing to p fund on the installment st ; Aig giving “that belonged to his nself, 7, is said he has severed Lis in with both feet so the “State as well as the Philadelphia rrsising ra. he ‘will exhaust every expedient t )» avoid i and was taken over | ience of the Philadel- | i slow as well as “small | b is showing : some signs | V with traitor John O’Don- i: chot is out definitely | g safe in the lime-light. 13 Revival of the “Draft” Scheme. The idea of “drafting” Mr. Coolidge as the Republican candidate for Pres- ident in the impending campaign has the celebrated Banquo’s ghost com - pletely “shoved off the map.” The cryptic declaration that he does not choose to run, made in the Black Hills in August, was accepted at its face value by only a few who had already grown weary of his “ponderous plati- tudes” solemnly expressed. One of two subsequent references to the sub- ject almost persuaded a majority of the people that he actually intended to eliminate himself, but by force of habit employed ambiguous language te express the purpose. * But his most intimate friends remained uncon- vinced and persisted in the e3fecta: . tion of a “draft.” “7 It is not surprising, Vsretors; that within a week, and almost within the shadow of the Kansas City convention hall, the proposition has been revived and is now under serious considera- tion. It is recalled that Mr. Coolidge has never said he would not accept the nomination if it were tendered. to him. It is of record that when Roose- velt wanted a third term Mr. Cool- idge pronounced against the breaking of the Washington tradition .and is therefore estopped from asking such a fracture in his own behalf, But it is well known everywhere and among all people that he likes his job. 1m- mensely and flatters himself with. the belief that he has acquired a front seat among the great Presidents. No man in public life has been clos- er to Mr. Coolidge during the past six: years than chairman Butler, of the; ‘Republican National committee. Few have been as intimate with him as National committeeman Hilles, of | New York, Bascom Slemp, of Virgin- ia, and Senator Fess, of Ohio. Yet all these Republican leaders have held from the: beginning that the declina- tion held “important reservations and they are responsible for the, revival of the proposition now. The oh¥i purpose of these same manife to tie up the convention in al des lock, an enterprise encouraged by Coolidge, excites the = a carefully laid plan ; fected and that it may De ly carried out. — Pittsburgh millionaires kept us "out of the’ League of Nations, accord- ing to Colonel Harvey. War is too profitable to’ Pittthurghors, to he. giy- en xp. . Ch most greouraning 2 torn that has come out of Washingtoy.re- cently is that the Supreme court of the District of Columbia has declared Harry F. Sinclair in contempt and sentenced him to six months: Sail. It ‘cannot: be hoped. that he will be brought to punishment. soon. f is “an‘artful dodger” of penaltie ‘incarceration. But the decision of the court and pronouncing of sentence ‘is an evidence of impros { recent’ years. ‘the courts. strict have seemed more Tike ref- ges” f | justice, and ‘the .new departure is a subject for public: congratulation. "More than a year ago Mr. Sin | was sentenced by another:of t trict of Columbia courts f of the Senate in refusing: | pertinent questions in_th | tion of the Teapot Poa {But by the easy but: cess of appeal the “sentes months in jail then imp delayed until now and forced for some rwill try even mo cape this time 2 0s {long a ; Bu pag my straining other nals from. -violatin land, as they seem .t ing in the ‘past. ik In pronounci dons said the a associates had a’ Si clair was _- former Seq 1 : % AE SRTE eA Pg a f light an " vana are ready . ite Fisher’s Equivocal Position. It might be unjust to withhold from ‘Governor John S. Fisher the full measure of praise that may be due bim for the attitude he has assumed with respect to the controversy be- | tween chairman Mellon and Mr. Vare | Anxious to re-elect Dave Reed to the ‘Senate, Mr. Mellon realizes that the cordial and possibly criminal support of Mr. Vare’s organization is essen- tial. To secure that he summoned Vare and the Governor to New York. Vare demanded that the Governor sur- render his prerogatives and prostitute | the powers of the administration to his sinister service. Mellon agreed to everything and Vare with an inflated chest went away satisfied. The public reaction to this corrupt traffic in official service was vocifer- ously adverse, and Governor Fisher ‘timidly announced that he had “made no commitments.” Vare’s response to this was an announcement that he and Mayor Mackey, of Philadelphia, would assume control of the party programme not only for Philadelphia but for the entire State. Interpret- ing this as a declaration of war the Governor publicly declared “I don’t “care what others may do, but Vare shall not commit me or my office to any such a thing; it is intolerable. This is a time to fight.” As Vare and Mackey were equally positive in their declarations it may be said the war is on. May it continue to. the point of extinction. While the Governor is to be. .com- mended for the courage and con- science expressed in his declaration popular admiration wil! be modified to an extent by circumstances. He sat in the New York conference with Mellon and Vare and understood that the purpose of the meeting was to di- wide the favors of the party, after the. fashion of a band of pirates, and en- tered no protest. He heard Mellon bargain away his functions and pow- ers without a word of complaint. If the public had quietly accepted the rs conditions he might have silently ac- guiesced. But the storm aroused ei- er his fears or his conscience and it 3s conjectural whether he is a beta. or by goly “the goat.” —President Codliige properly and freely exercises the women’s; privi- lege of changing his mind. In his an- nual message he said the afflicted people should pay part of the cost of the. Mississippi control. Now he says the! Eoveinment] ‘should pay all. ~~ fsa Declines to Rin: We own to a somewhat deep-seated fetes of regret that former Gov- ernor Gifford Pinchot has taken him- self“definitely ‘out of the running for Senator in Congress this year. As a candidate for the Republican nomina- tion: ‘against Dave Reed he might have contributed largely to “the gayety of nations.” . He knows so much: about. the iniquities of his party, is so fa- miliar lons and, he corrupt practices of the Vare 1 mach xs that the ‘announcement ‘perm that has t enter the race inspired a hope Pennsylvania would come to see the ° turn in the direction of po- litical righteousness. An enticing invitation had been. ex tended to Mr, Pinchot to assume the leadership of a mighty and, militant force in a. cru e for pelitical moral- ' ity. The ‘Brotherhood _ of Locomotive ‘Firemen and. Engineers is a. potent force in’ the industrial and civic! life of the Coumopwenlth, and it ‘freely tende "him its hearty and e holt astic support. Beyond the sha a doubt hundreds of th sands . publicans,- disgusted the. ~dals of ie sama ] ; : at pa : oo tical co He is influenced to his “cour impression that the. time i Js ‘not. cious. “4 he cxsniial du “au estion moment,” he write £%s ne I would ke . whether the sa “Se ah of drive out: the tion of uncléa appears fo ind everything MEARS _the ‘methods. of’ the Mel- t within this year of un- > usual aca activity the people of What Will the Republicans Do at Kansas City. oo From the Miami, Florida, Daily News. In Ohio the official Republican par- ty is backing for the phesidential nomination the Senator who made the speech putting in nomination Warren G. Harding at the 1920 Republican convantion. This same Senator is on record with the opinion that Harry M. Daugherty is “clean as a hound’s tooth.” To put it brutally, what looks to all the country like the same old “Ohio gang” is going to Kansas City to nominate another President. In Indiana, the hat of Senator Jim ' Watson has been thrown into the ring. Watson means, in Indiana, what Wil- lis means in Ohio, He i is a part of the I kind of politics now giving Indiana jts . present painful national publicity. His Indiana organization is Indiana’s | equivalent of the “Ohio gang.” These two candidates gh effort and a determination to at at Kansas City what was so brilliant- ly performed at Chicago eight years ago. It is an effort to nominate a presidential candidate on the level of the nomination of that year and sub- ject to exactly the same political in- fluence and control. This brings us to a few pertinent remarks put for- ward by the Chicago Tribune, perhaps the most powerful of all newspaper supporters of the Republican party. The current oil scandals, a malodor- ous product of the “Ohio gang” dom- inance from 1920 on, have been get- ting on the nerves of the never over- sensitive Tribune. It, therefore, ad- vances these belated opinions: For the nation and particularly for the Republican party, there is a lesson to be learned from the whole miserable business. Fall was Hard- ing’s appointee and friend and Harding never should have been President of the United States. He was nominated by a convention .. which paid scant attention to the qualifications of the candidates be- “fore it. Of all the men before it, ivHarding was least qualified by “character, attainment and associa- tion. Few could forecast his miser- able career as President, but every- one knew his limitations, which alone should have barred him from serious consideration. Another Re- publican convention is to be held this year. We can hope that the | Seer will come to it with a reater sense Sf Jesp nsibil = eight years go s While the Tribune, oppressed with shame at the record of the convention of 1920 and its still accumulating eyil ing tig Worn to dominate the one Soon to come. Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New York—the same combination is under way in the hope of ‘epeating its tri- umph of 1920. This is not a matter of interest and apprehension for members of this one party alone.: There are times, as the record read by the Tribune discloses, when this or that party is due to win Tegardiesy, of the. weakness of its can- ate and the Jpickedress of his spon- sors. The Democratic party may commit temporary suicide at Houston this year as tid at New York four years ago. In that case, the one hope «of the Caintey will be that the con- vention at Kansas City may not have another Daugherty to nom- her arding. nage ‘Mush Needéd Tmprovements in Army Yok Housing. From the Philadelphia Record. ” ‘Few measures now before Congress dre of greater i A than a bill / just introduce a propriating $12, 1" 665,000 foram i construe- | tio'n. « Drafted oy ‘Representative, | | James, of n,sas the result of | ‘at ] ‘tovering all sec ‘tion: y, it promises be- of Of ‘the count lated relief of a discreditable and ring station. the Secretary of War ar a y od Ea of officers’ and en- on a eir, families living in : + many of them ut- man habitation, ? de- | a. Ra national dis - i. General Summerall, was rebuked by the “the public that roops were forced to en- EE of prisoners of gee which constitute a re: tion. At a comn an tars artes, and Gi all’, = sti ly ally seplorgbie throughout the | d vide adequate housing for my 7 will e heavy expenditure, | ) ogra cannot be pushed too ally. It raises no issue of | ‘is more urgent. than of economy. For y and common de- nd wealthy nation epair the neglect e its defenders need- jrordshinss i: ? 1 Kiess, o illiamsport. 4 ¥ has s-been shameful neg- o tter is notorious. More | e tr is that he pe josaned public: ih in calling a7 : 5 ed ‘that 3 Conde 0» g SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE. enn —The O. D. Mussér store at South” Phil- ipsburg was entered’ recently - “by. ‘robbers who carried off much meat, flour and canned goods. They apparently’ used an automobile to haul away’ ‘their: 106; —The National Transit Pump’ “and Fa- “| chine company, of Oil City, is placing or« ders for $350,000 worth of new t enable it to turn out its products. ie and cheaper. The company is a sibsidf - ary of the National Transit company, —Mrs. Prudence Welch, 21, wife of wil- liam Welch, 23, of Castanea township, Clinton county, was killed, on Monday, when struck by a bullet from a revolver her husband was cleaning. The husband declared he thought the gun to be un- loaded, but is being held pending a cor- oner’ s inquest. % .—Snyder county boasts that it has one of the youngest, if not the youngest, sher- iffs in the State. He is Cyril F. Runkle, 26 years old. He served as a deputy un- der his father and when his father .be- came ill he carried on the work of the office. At the expiration of his father's term he became a candidate for office and was elected. —Because most of the Westmoreland county almshouse inmates are unable to eat bread erusts, Superintendent J. B. Robinson had new bread pans made for the bakery, which increases the size of the loaf by one half. He estimated that this innovation effected a saving of $406 for the year 1927, notwithstanding the fact that 2938 more meals were served in that year than in the preceding year. —Private Fred E. Getzer, 25, of Troop B, state police, who was married in Jan- uary to Miss Celeste Hoffman, of Harris- burg, died last Wednesday in the Wy- oming barracks when he accidentally shot himself. Getzer was preparing to go on duty at midnight when the light service in Wyoming borough was cut off. He is believed to have been groping his way in the dark when his shoulder holster caught on something and his revolver was dis- charged. —Raymond Daly, 68, a carpenter, col- lapsed from hunger on a street corner in Philadelphia, Friday night, although he had a $5 bill in his pocket. Daly said he went to Philadelphia from Baltimore six months ago, but found it difficult te obtain work. Two weeks ago he sold some of his tools for $20 but determined not to spend any of it until he obtained employment. Despite his growing weak- ness from lack of food Daly said he could not resist appeals made to him by men he met on the streets and gave away $15 of his $20. —Edward Hickery, a member of the Chester school board, is minus a pair of trousers and $250 in cash as the result of a visit by a burglar to his home on Broad street near Upland, early Saturday morn- ing. Mrs. Hickery was awakened! by someone ‘walking in the hallway and aroused her husband. There were no lights, as the burglar had removed all bulbs trom’ 3 the sockets. After replacing the bulbs, Hickery discovered that his trousers, which he had hung on a hook in a closet near his bed were missing with $250 which had been in a wallet in a pocket. —A bill to establish a fish cultural sta- tion and auxiliary stations in Pennsylva- nia has been introduced by Biepresentative been indorsed by" Fisheries and by various game clubs throughout the State. The bill welifd have the Federal government take over the cultural station near Harrisburg and would establish an additional spawning station from which fish would be sent to sub-stations to be placed in streams, A station in New York State supplies the dish used in Penusylvanin streams af pres- ent. . ~The Johnstown Traction company of. Johnstown was made defendant in two suits in federal court, at Pittsburgh, Sat- urday, in which damages totaling $40,- 000 were asked as the outgrowth of an ae. ¢ident in which a traction car and a truck figured. Mrs. Katie Stanislawezpy, whose husband, Joseph, according to her bill of complaint, was killed in the crash asked $25,000. Stanislawezyp was the driver of the truck. Joseph Sczepanik, his helper, asked $15,000 for injuries suffered. The arccident, it was said, occurred December 24, 1927. The complainants charged neg- ligence on the part. of the traction Sam pany. —A boy, identified as William, 12-year- old son of Arthur Bell, of Princeton, N. J., was found frozen to death in an empa,. ty freight car on the siding at the A m- strong Cork company, at Lancaster, Sai- urday morning. According to the police ‘at Princeton and also at West Morrisville, Ww here he entered the car 10 days ago, the | | boy ran away from home after being pun- ikhed for being ‘délinquent in his studies. Bruises on the body bore mute evidence of the boy's struggle to open the heavy steel [door which sealed his tomb. One ‘shoe ‘and stocking were off, apparently re- moved by him to examine injuries he had sustained. Identification was made by ‘clothing. — Miss, Iirmine Elssler, a maiden lady, sixty years! old, of Pottsville, who died Jdast week leaving a fortune estimated at $500,000 to $1,000,000, left her enfire estate te her chauffeur, James I. Curran, 40, and unmarried, of that city. Forty years ago, Miss Elssler’s mother bought a piece ‘of real estate on ‘the outskirts of Miami for $100, whieh investment wis forgotten until the Florida boom started several years ago: “when “the deed was found among some ol oe ofthe ‘mother; then. de- Grey was develaped ‘into ¢ addition. of Miami; Fla. ind sand netted a profit th had. been her the, tpast three years. 000,000" ‘which was aceumu- 1 v station agent for the raflr ad, has been left to char a! J Martin J. A revealed. “in "agent nit Cliesiid stub dred acres of, land is | park t ibe used Thy } Al it Kunuitie X Serine “and a ick. trom $ih fo, $2007] onth are;given Tel- Atives : various hs range upward Tioys 28} Catholic thurct Bake fa ns cont I Topv-thi; | iar iF 2 | it
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