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dacy and already he has withdrawn.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
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