Bru td. INK SLINGS. "—Crushed by the most overwhelm- ing defeat it has ever suffered the Democratic party is far from being ‘the cadaver some probably imagine it to be. ” —We are not going to search the returns for any crumbs of comfort. It would take a microscope to find them. —We're licked. Licked worse than we've ever been before and we know it, but don’t you think for a minute that there are not a few good fights left in us yet. —You remember that Tunney was down a little longer than he had ever been before in that seventh round, out in Chicago. You remember, also, what he did when he got up and at the Manassa Mauler again. —While it really wasn’t necessary to make a slaughter house out of a field of battle, they did and we're not the kind to squeal. To us a political lickin’, more or less, means about as much as a wilted cabbage leaf to a blind cow. —If it was a fight between Demo- crats and Republicans (which it wasn’t) we hope Mr. Hoover’s prom- ised prosperity will greatly stimulate the infant industry in our party, for more Democrats will have to be made some how. —If it was a fight between the “wets” and “drys” (which it was more or less something of) it is apparent that the bootlegging industry is as- sured of four more years of prosper- ity. —If it was a fight against the Catholic church (which candor com- pels us to admit had something to do with it) then the fellow who spread the story that Col. Boal is buying all those farms over in Harris township so the Pope can come over here and run things need have no further con- cern. ‘—As a matter of fact it wasn’t a fight at all. It was partisanship stampeding fanaticism and prejudice into an unreasoning avalanche that rolled all before it. —If partisanship wasn’t exploiting the guileless let them ponder over the fact that down in Philadelphia the machine elected Matt Patterson to the Legislature again, notwithstanding he has just been sentenced to five years in prison for accepting bribes from saloon keepers? —If partisanship wasn’t exploiting fanaticism and prejudice how in the world could such a worthy christian gentleman as Andrew Curtin Thomp- son have ben overwhelmingly de- feated by a third termer in a county that has never before given any pub- lic official more than two terms? —It's all over and done now. Al carried only three precincts in Cen- tre county and eight States in the Union. they could from him but his brown derby and his self respect. Certain- ly he has the latter to comfort him, for he was as fearless and frank as any man who has ever submitted his cause to the electorate of the United States. Sap SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE. —Despondent over the death of his land- lady, Frank L. Wohr, 55, of Lancaster, went to his room and ended his life by shooting himself through the head. Wohre had boarded at-the house for twent years. : ‘—Bids for the longest single section road in ‘the last two years will be opened at Harrisburg on November 23 by the State Highway Department. The project is in Warren county on Route 93 and is more than fifteen miles long. The day's letting includes about thirty miles of STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. road and the construction of one bridge. —William Hale, 18, strolled up to: Jailer VOL. 73. BELLEFONTE. PA.. NOVEMBER 9. 1928S. Infamous System Revived. The election is over and within a few days anybody you meet on the street will be able and willing to tell you how and why it happened. But the sun will rise and set in the future very much as it did in the past and most of us will have to struggle along to earn a living after the manner we have been accustomed to. Some ex- pectations have been fulfilled and some hopes disappointed by the re- sult but “the government at Wash- ington still lives,” the prudent will prosper and the profligate suffer af- ter the fashion of the world since “time out of mind.” But methods of the campaign will disturb the minds of thoughtful and fair-minded men and women of Pennsylvania for many years to come. Under a pernicious system estab- lished in this State many years ago, the dominant party machine annually but clandestinely levied a tax on the | public officials to create a slush fund for campaign purposes. It was so | repugnant to the sense of decency {that the utmost secrecy was observed in imposing it. Several efforts were made to forbid it by legislation, but the potency of the machine prevented iits passage. When Mr. Pinchot be- i came ‘Governor he publicly prohibited 'such a levy upon the servants of the people and was rewarded by the cor- _dial approval of every self-respecting iman and woman in the Common- wealth. But in the campaign just (ended the despicably larcenous sys- tem was revived. And it was placed on an entirely | different basis. There was no secrecy .in the operation this year. A mem- ber of the Governor’s cabinet made i the demand with the open endorse- ment of the Governor and women who scrub floors in the capitol earning notified that unless they paid three missed from service. Even teachers in the State-controlled schools and nurses in the hospitals were compell- ed to pay, and some of them dismiss- ed because they failed to comply. ! probably thirty dollars a month, were per cent. of their meagre wages to the slush fund they would be dis-: | Official Conduct Compared. In his report of the election in Nicaragua, held on Friday last week, Brigadier General Frank R. McCoy of the United States army said: “The ' American mission is deeply grateful to President Diaz for his fine co-op- eration in making the election free and impartial. He has acted not as a party leader but as the President of the Nicaragua people and has done everything in his power to insure fair- ness without regard to interests of either party.” That was certainly a fine exhibition of executive discretion and from an unexpected source. The public has not been taught to expect amenities from people of the Latin- American republics. It is commonly believed they are incapable of self- | government. During the past four or five years a considerable force of American ‘marines have been stationed in Nic- aragua to maintain a semblance of civilized government. It has cost a good deal of money and a lot of hu-' man lives to prevent what we have ' been led to believe are a bunch of semi-savages from murdering each other and killing all outsiders whe happened to come within gun shot of their shores. Brigadier General Mes Coy was sent there by the adminis+ tration at Washington to conduct the election just held under the pretense that the natives could not possibly hold a peaceful and honest election. But his report puts a different face “on the affair. The President of Nic- 'aragua gets generous praise from the man sent to keep him in restraint. | { On the day upon which the Nica- ragua election was held the President of the United States who represents the highest standard of civilization availed himself of an opportunity to’ create a contrast between our ow methods and those of the Southern people. Calvin Coolidge President of the United States the most enlight- ! party leader but as the President” of (his people joined in with the big- | ots, the fanatics and the snobs to { boost the candidate who was commit- a Sellars at Uniontown, on Saturday, and requested that he be put back in jail, ~ NO. 44. Encouraging Progress of Improve- ment On Friday of last week five police YTom the Philadelphia Record. officials and one representative in the Legislature were sentenced to prison for terms ranging from five years to eighteen months for grafting, in Philadelphia. Fines ranging from $10,000 to $2,500 were also imposed. But that is of little importance. The “rum ring” will take care of the fines and the “hijackers” and racketeer or- ganizations will see to it that the pris- oners will be supplied with all the “comforts of home” in so far as that is possible. In Pittsburgh, on the same day, 224 policemen, bootleggers and gamblers were indicted by the Al- legheny county grand jury for similar tail shakers were made an indispens- crimes. The same system seems to ‘have obtained in both cities. , The apparent purpose to break up these criminal systems in the two big cities of Pennsylvania is en- couraging. In Philadelphia the re- medial movement set in two months commendable energy and skill, in the face of discouraging conditions, ever ed among the youth of the country the since. The Mayor of the city has given little help and the police depart- .ment absolutely none. But a cap- ‘able and conscientious district attor- ney has persisted in his righteous . crusade with the result that the be- ginning of the end seems to be within view, In Pittsburgh the progress has been less rapid for the reason, probably, that is has been pursued ! with less energy. It might be said that it has been reluctant. With the jail doors opening for the : gang in Philadelphia and the courts in ia receptive attitude in Pittsburgh, there is but one “fly in the oint- | ment.” That is, there is a suspicion , that the reform movement in both of improvement may have been made to create the belief among disgusted ened and progressive Republic in the voters that the men who orgarized (world, instead of “acting not as athe criminal operations may bz de- ' pended upon to stamp them out. In other words, having prevented a i threatened exodus from the party by | prosecuting a few of the small-fry of- Pennsylvania has often been shamed ted to serve the monopolists against fenders the plan is to abandon the ' i i ago and has been prosecuted with spectacular opponents to drink, var- cities is a “smoke screen” to serve a until after the election. The promise 4d p. m, * #he night from which he escaped October 13. Hale, with three companions, was arrested sev- erai weeks ago, charged with robbing a store at Sullivan. After escaping he re- turned to his home in Alton, Ill, but his 2 . mother sent him back to “take his medi- ithe be win soni RR : cine,” with the hope he would lead a bet- . ! _ ter life. 3 19%. There has 3lso been a Steady | past year the schools of Pennsylvania ne In the amount o T sold an- made a State-wide search for the white nually. England, without giohibition, ‘ pine blister rust and reported their find- without cven local option laws, is be- ings to the State bureau of plant indus- coming really temperate. . | try. Following this successful project the Various causes contribute to this . bureau, with the approval and co-opera- praiseworthy condition. The first 18 tion of the Department of Public Instrue- that drunkenness is no longer fashion- tion, has this season issued another call able. This, of course, held good in the to the schools to search for wheat smut, United States before the Vols gad ack a disease which causes tremendous losses nia that the great demand for | Wheat growers, ornate pocket flasks, suitable for use at highly fashionable functions, be- came the thing, and that silver cock- England Makes Progress Toward Temperance, —I. Clarence Yeager, 62, of South Dan- ville, was a Democrat and took his pol- itics seriously. He revered his party, his friends say, but did not want to vote for Governor Smith, as he could not square able article in every smart home. i Smith’s stand on some issues with his The days when the alcoholic breath : : bef {own views. His friends and mneghbors was diss ised] ore a man went to teased him about his predicament. Yeag- p . ‘ er worried and became despondent. ' Early Education also has played a large part in reducing the consumption of strong beverages in England: Dis- pensing with the tactics of the more on Saturday he died from a self-inflicted bullet wound in the right temple. —Samuel Sipling, of Midway, York county, who is in his eighty-first year, believes he has set a record as a corn husker for a man of his age. Mr. Sipling Th ; has been assisting Samuel 8. Therit on number of total abstainers has in- | the C. J. Delone farm in the West End creased, according to the best author- , to shuck his corn crop. In fourteen days ities, from 2,000,000 before the war | Mr. Sipling threw out 587 bushels of corn to 10,000,000 today. In England few- and bound all his own fodder, averaging er of the new generation are drink- | forty-two bushels per day. On no day did ing. In the United States the advo- jhe husk less than forty-one bushels. cates of prohibition declare that| —Vincenzo Loise, 23, of Ambridge, as- drinking among high school girls and serted by federal officers to be the head bogs is common. of a gang that had passed counterfeit mon- e hours at which drink is obtain- iey in Fayette and other southwestern able have been shortened and the Pennsylvania counties, is in the Allegheny price of all beverages has been great- county jail in default of $5.000 bail. Vin- ly increased in England. Prices have cenzo is charged wth possessing spurious gone up here, too, but so have the Federal Reserve Bank notes. Four other standards of living and wages. The men were committed to jail at Uniontown price the ordinary man pays for his on similar charges. Loise has not divulg- liquor is not much higher, compara- | ed the source of the spurious money, Fed- tively, than it was before prohibition "eral officers say. came. And, while in England the, grieving over the fact that he had majority of public houses close before been left with strangers by his mother, over here the Speakeasies, William Painz, 12 years old, committed clubs and the roadhouses in ‘suicide by hanging himself in the barn many places are just beginning the farm of Joseph Santee, at Ta- y on liven up at that hour. {tamy, near Easton. Hs mother, a widow The public houses are growing few- | with four children, had been striving to er in England. Licenses are lapsing, | keep together her brood, but had not been and exceptional reasons must be Pre- ' meeting with much success. A few days sented before the authorities will al- ‘ago she left William at the Sautee farm low new bars to open. Here, where upq departed for parts unknown. The there is no control, when a speakeasy father died a few years ago in a State is closed it opens again just around pogpital, the corner. ious societies have quietly emphasiz- evil effects of overindulgence. —QGeorge Gardner, of Blanchard, aged They took about everything : ‘cial customs we might take pattern from our less cultured neighbors. ——If we could hope that “whis- | pering campaigns” passed out for- | In taking Harry Tucker and ‘ever with the close of the polls on Captain Collyer, heroes of the Yankee i Tuesday what “a grand and glorious” Doodle plane, death has sustained its {thing it would be. | Hpuiation of “seeking a shining i mark. moustaetion “caps the climax.” Success of the Graf Zeppelin. | No Immediate Cause for Alarm. by criminal, or at least immoral, ac- his opponent who was the champion movement. So far as Philadelphia is tions of high officials but this infa- of the people. In the matter of offi