THE CENTRE REPORTER! FRED KU RTZ, - - EDITOR Monroe county hasinstracted for Wal. lace, and the Clearfield man seems to be in the lead, The phrase “set.em.up” is likely to become obsolete, and hereafter it will be, “let’s break an criginal packege.” An article from the Morzing Patriot, copied in this issue, is timely, and we think it deserves the study of Centre coun vy Democrats, EE ————— Eh ————————————————— The census taker will be around in a short time—now don't any one give him a black eye or kick him on the shins for asking questions Cumberland, Frankli: asd Iodians have gone for Dalamater, and that gen- tleman is now far enongh in the lead to make his nomination a certainty in spite of the cussing it will cause. in in Will Messrs, Henderson and Decker go to inspect their bungled job, the Kart. haose bridge? A miserable job for the tax-payers, but a fat one for some pet for party service —————— Commissioners’ clerk Strohm, is a can didate for commissioner. Strohm is a clever fellow only be comes ia Johnny Decker's territory; still that won't matter as Henderson has pledged *‘all Bald Eagle” to Decker. ————————— Farmers, be on the alert for sharpers, A gang of wire-fence swindlers are fleec ing the farmers in some of the adjoining counties, Don’t let them catch yon nape ping. Remember the hay-fork swindlers and the Bohemian oals cusses, A ——— Oat in Indiana county there is a deal of a fight between the Delamater and the Hastings folks. It appears that Law. rence Brown was out there in the inter. eat of Hastings and now the Delamater sheets call him “Boss Boodler Brown.” Lawrence, that title is terribly awful. According to the Philadelphia Sanday Times the master of the Penn’a State Grange is trying to ran both Democratic and Republican politics in Huntingdon county, bat that nobody pays any atten- tion to him-—not even farmers. It's queerif any one did, more than to laogh at him-and they shou'dn’t do that. Huntingdon county by a large vote, instrooted for Wallace. It is a notable fact that the agricultural districts are fast wheeling into line for Wallace whose long record has not the dot of an { in it that is inimical to the farming interest. The farmers willnot he lad by a half witted blabberer tc oppose a man of the clear record of Wm. A. Wallace, We are pleased to note that our ese {semed friend and fellow citizen, com- missioner Decker, has gotten over his spell of rheumatism, and instead has as severe a spell as ever of roomatising each day in the court house, Things threat. ened to go to the dogs while laid four days and Henderson got all the stamps for the Forepaugh show tickets. INST Cumberland county defeated Hastings and instraoted for Delamater. Camber. land is Granger headqnarters and it seems brother Thomas did not influence the farmers to any great extent to vote against the standard oil company’s man, Bro. Thomas has about ga little influence with farmers as some other chaps—in fact Thomas belongs to the Quay crowd LTR. Farmers shonld beware of fellows who continually sing into their ears against railroad and other corporations —some of these are pharisees of the first water, and are only after office. We knew one of these blabberers against railroads and other corporations who rode on a miles age book when in his own neighborhood and on a railroad pass just as soon as he got out of the county, in order to appear as & saint at home, In last week's Clinton Democrat, “Lamar Farmer” has a column of sensi. ble advice to his brethren exposing the hypocrisy of Piolett and two other chaps who are hoodwinking farmers and gran: ger s in the interest of monopolies, and cautions farmers against these false pro phets. The farmers of Centre county are fast catching on to the ideas of the “La mar farmer” and think they see some (three) big frands in the sir crying “Lord, Lord” If recent elections in our county “are a gnide, they would show that far. mers do not take much stock in the ste reotype blabber of some and can see hy- pocrisy and thirst for office under the cloak, and this speaks wel! for the intel” "PA. Smpudent, But Amusing. One of the patriotic son-partisan gens tlemen who insist that their advice shall be taken by the democratic state conven- tion in nominating a candidate for govers nor is the Hou. Leonard Rhone, of Cen~ tre county, who in politics has been “every thing by turos and nothing long.” It appears, however, that Mr, Rhone is not only thrusting his unsought ad- vice upon the democrats, but that he also demands that the republicans shall take conusel of his wisdom. He is send~ ing out circulars to republicans in Hun. tingdon and other interior counties set- ting forth the beauties und graces and exceliences of General Hastings as a candid te for governor, Mr. R one 1s the head of the State Grange and professes to be intensely hos. tile to“ corporations.” He cannot endure any mao who was ever an officer of a corporation, except the president of a banking corporation and 8 member of the Beaver corporation administration, There is a most delightful insouciance in the pious horror with wich Mr, Rhone turns away from candidates who bave as little to do with corporations as any granger in the state, and the sweet com- placency with which he tenders the “farmer vote” to other candidates who stand in the closest sort of-relations with corporations, Indeed, as the late Arte. mus Ward would have said, the Hon. Leonard Rhone is an“amoosia cogs.” It is also very gratifying to anti-mono« polists to observe how earnestly and nos bly the Hon. R. H. Thomas, of Mecha iceburg, Mr. Rhone's politico-agricaltur- al side-partner, backs up the advice giv- én by the Ceotre county prophet to the people of both political parties. Demo- crats, especially, who know Mr: Thomas’ relations with the republican state leads ers. will be delighted with his charming effrontery in constituting himself their counselor. The damocratic candidates whose nomination is favored by the po- litical firm of Rbone and Thomas may well pray to be delivered from their friends. — Harrisburg Patriot, 28, The Patriot does not seem to know the standing of the Centre county “cuss” and “prophet,” as it terms bim, or it would not even sneer; election retarns show that he bas no following, and does not run the Democratic or Republican party, much less the farmers. Our people up here do not follow feetle minded fellows for leaders, nor take stock in soy one who is simply crazy for office without qualification for any. To sponge upon newspapers for space for a nonsensical speech, or letter, and such, to get into print, for notoriety, shows shallowness fs all that's in the Patriot's “cuss”. The Pualriof's allasions are about correct, but if it i.=4 known the subject alinded 10 would have been silent oat of pity. He is known to continually be on some self-constituted committee, to appear before legislative bodies making fools of themselves trying to enlighten legislatures and political parties, The caliber of the Paliiot's '‘cuss” can be seen at once from the fact that the only original idea he bad was to ask an ap- propriation of 85000 out of the state treasury to improve the Willlamsgrove pienic ground. He used to pester Judge Black with his fool notions, which led the judge on one occasion to remark tos bystander, “I guess he means all right, but he knows nothing and seems a little off AI MSHA Germany, with all its pauper labor will do more at some points to protect women and children if the pending labor law is passed than Pennsylvania does, Under the law passed no child can work under 13, and then only if they have been at school, while here 12 is the age and noth- ing is required as to schooling. Up to 16 ten hours is the longest day allowed, and for women over 16 eleven hours, and no women ean be kept at work after 5.50 P, M, the day before a Sunday or a holi day’ or on any day at night, Men in mines, quarries, salt works or foundries are prohibited from working Sandays or holidays, and in all trades where work is necessary on Sunday it must be done in shifts of five hours each. Germany is determined to stamp out Banday work and overwork, as all countries should, and while the hours are longer than here labor will be better regulated and pros tected by the German factory law than in this State, oy The Charleston News and Courier has taken advantage of the opportunity to reply to the Partisan republican organs than all the Southern States have pro. duced in twenty years, And yet the re. publican papers of that city preached 17 boonies of the Saiadenda of ball Gos: are not yor and a good many of Mem Mees to have | into the business Don’t Amer Them. The New York Sun: The census ene umerators on June 2, equipped with a schedule of thirty questions, Among oth- er objects of inquiry, they are instructed te ascertain from every citizen and in habitant of the United States: “22. Whether (he or she is) suffering from acute or chronic disease, with the name of disease and length of time afflict- ed, “23. Whether defective in mind, sight hearing or speech; or whether crippled, maimed or deformed, and name of des fect. “24. Whether a prisoner, homeless child, pauper, “25 and 26. Is the home you live in hired, or is it owned by the head or by a member of the family? “27. If owned by head or member of the family, § is the bouse free from wmort- gage encumbrance? “28. If the head of the family is a farmer, is the farm which he cultivates hired or is it owned by him or by a member of his family? “20. If owned by head or member of family, is the farm free from mortgage encumbrance ? *30. It the heme or farm is not owned by bead or member of family and morts gaged, give the postoffice address of own er.” We advise every citizen and inhabis tant who respects himself and is disposed to resent all impertinent, unwarranted and illegal intrusion into his private affairs to flatly refuse to answer of the questions here quofed from the schedule. Not one of them is within the constitutional scope of the federal censas. Not one of them is jostified by necessity or propriety, The censos tak. ers have no more business to investigate the chronic maladies, the bodily defects and the private account books of the people living under this free government than they have to inquire into our loves and hatreds, our moral weaknesses, our secret sorrows. convict, any - a. The claim for a solid delegation from Philadelphia is practically given up by Mr. Harrity, for he says they « 55 delegates for Pattison. This assures 14 to Wallace and leaves but 36 maj This is too low for Wallace will show in the convention. “Of the 131 delegates already outside of Philadelphia, there are 108 in- structed for or favorable to Mr. Wallace and 25 instructed for or favorable to Pat- tison, Ofthe 171 delegates who are yet to be elected 120 will probably be chosen for Wallace and 42 will probably for Pattison. This inclades those counties in which the first choice may be Rick etta, Black or Elliot and defines the issue between Pattison and Wallace after I candidates are disposed of, There are 368 delegates in a fall oon - vention, and 184 are necessary to nom- inate, Pattison is conceded Scott 8 dis- trict and every other locality in which there is doubt as to who they will pres fer. From this it will be seen that with 14 from Philadelphia Wallace will have 248, or nearly two-thirds of the conven. tion, aim 50 to rity. a8 resus elected Wy i be the wid AlAs The manufacturer paid ton of him 86. for producing a government gave enable bim to pay that §1 25, afacturer paid labor #3 for ton of steel rails, the him $17 to enable him did not the manufa the workingmen instead of turning them out of work and going on tally-ho through the mountaing of Scotland Congressman R, Q. Mills Becaose the iaboring man allows him- self to be daped by the hired orators of the protected monopolist, and the work. ingman is not allowed to see that the tariff goes out of his pocket into the purse of the millionaire, produ government gave to pay Why urer give the 817 is iv, rides ii te There are indications that the census enumerators will not receive free and cheerful answers to their solicitous guess tions regarding the citizen's mental and moral imperfections, A New York tele gram announces that a large number of people in that city have entered into an agreement not to answer the questions concerning disease, physical deformities and private debts, and will make a test case of it. It need excite no surprise if this movement should spread all over the country. If several million people were to refuse to answer, and the Government were to snoceed in collecting $100 from each delinquent, the surplus wonld get to be more troublesome than ever, ° The committee appointed to investigate | the immigration bosiness report the diss covery of a single square mile of territory in New York city gre 30.000 Justia live, whiza is 8,000 more human than zan be found dwelling in any other +| #;aare mile on the earth's surface. These are said to be all Italians, speak. only their own language and observs Reward Party Service. In every state save Pennsylvania, it is an honor among democrats to be known as one, Men are singled out for party honors not because of their never having #aid or done anything for the party, but because they had stood up and battled manfully for democratic success, In Penosylvania, however, whatever may have been the custom in the long ago, it seems to be the prevailing sentiment that a democrat who has earned the title of being one, is considered as an unsafe man to be honored with his party's nomination for office. It is useless to deny the and the sooner the thoroughsgoing, every-day democrats resone the party from its, in this respec erring course, the sooner will success at the ballot box erown the party snd coms mand for it that respect and allegiance which is now paid to the party in other clates, charge The success of the republican party is owing to the rocognition which it gives to its stalwart champions. The road nomination and election in that party must be paved with deeds, and the more radical a republican he is, the better he # liked, the more he is praised and the more certain his chances for the honor of haviog his party set the seal of its approval upon him by & nomination for hopor and And this is right and proper, and if this were the only offence of that party we would gadiy bid it God speed to victory, The soldier who is seen to perform valorous deeds for his army comrades gains promotion does the regiments {to profit, Own al colonel make a caplain of one whose chief merit consists in the fact and never that as a silent, potato- paring, besnssoup-boiling cook he had never offended the enemy, Men who bave offended ought to be promoted and and this in politi in the enemy honored too al military party that does nc nd enforce this principle overwhelming, crushing party organizations The recogni’ deserves de feat; | What ese of democratic principles in Pennsylvania where a man's f party and behalf are used as weapons by 25 well as the ECrVICS, politieal defeat, hope is there of the suce is in of the nciples are The Presbyterian General Assembly has reached a harmonious compromise at Baratoga. The creed is to be revised, bat it will take two years before the work ig done, The revision is to be on liberal lines; but the committee making it “is to be restrained from proposing changes such as will alter the Calvinistic character of the standards,” Lastly, the long dispute, whether the Presbyterian Church can after its fundamental law in government and in creed, and vhether, |’ if 80 by a majority or a two-thirds vote, is pettied by providing that its govern. ment can be changed by a majority vote and its creed only by a two-thirds vote of the presbyteries. This compromise is a practical victory for reyigion. It marks a great advance over the position taken by the Church balf a century ago in its great schism, or twenty yéars ago in reunion, when all these issues were postponed to a more convenient season. The successive votes by which a minority was cut off from the Church nearly fifty years ago, the action by which it was reunited with a tacit agreement to stand by the letter of the creeds snd let each of the two great parties in the Church cherish its own interpretation, and now the movement by which two-thirds of the presbyteries demand revision, are each the beach: marke of an advancing tide. Such an onward march bespecks the vitality and growth of a great circumstance that t reached without communion, igh water mark the disruption of the Dr. g the Van Dyke ily strong proof waracter and the and the ie ¢ of all— Patton, from Princeton, supporti as Dr, from Brooklyn, is an equa of the homogeneous cl unity of the Presbyterian oy Beware of Politics, Captain Jan Mcf general of the Grend Army, as 188 ormick, in this to all the itant slate ad] isssued a notificat aot to with poli through of the posts meddle of it appears, nature and forgetfolness he organization ome pure good ruies of 3, have, as px mended certain candidates to rages of their fell izens Sle, recom the Th ow cit his own party associates to club him to Is Mr. Wallace & bourbon democrat ? and Mr. Black, another? Be i Bat| let it pot be said to their shame, but to) their honor, The party needs bourbon democrats. It does not need the mi and water democrat who at best is but a) uted republican, strong only in thel love of these who prize him becagse of} thin gruel democracy. old fashioned democrat like Black is 3 an empire of such ocrats and no intriguery can hide this! truth from the people. The above remarks from the Morning| Patriot may be read with profit in Centre| We have seen honest and un ing Democrats set aside bere for] men fresh Som the ig ranks| with neither merit or abili and at) times wikia get nominastio ns who never) concerned themselves more for thelt party's benefit than to get an office for] themselves. This course jproved nea| wrecking the party and has caused seve. | ral defeats, t so dil Wallace or] wortl oN dem flinct : i naries to India | from and! . } on Sune flicers of the Balvation army! lodia, led at New York a § ¥ Yai Vy are Stall Jal 16 Captain Biogh and wife, Cap tain Kantahella, 8 Hindoo cadet. | Lord Ratna Pala, a converted Buddhist, priest, Lieutenant Addut Aziz, a Persian, | The object of the visit of the Indian gals | vationists is to excite an interest in the! missionary, work of the army by making | a tour of the United States and Canada. The costume they wear consisis of af Dhortie (robe) of orange-~the religions} color--a shoulder cloth, and pugbdied | for the head of the same color, 2 red jacket across the breast, on which are the words, “Salvation Army.” The most interesting group was the youthful priest, years of age he looks much younger. was ordained a priest at the age of thir teen, after which he prosecuted his studies in Pali, Ela Sanscrit and Bana books, and was possessed of such rare in- tellectual qualities that he was a veryi popular preacher and drew large muly tudes to hear him. By accident he came across some of the publications of the Baivation Army, and his conversion to the Christian faith followed. figure The grand lodge of Missouri, ent Order of Odd Fellows; has adopted a iFCUIAr BAYS, cannot be pern y that Army the organization The circu itted. BAYS po officer or comrad Grand shall in any manner, for partisan pu ar intima efiance of the notification the forfeiture of the char Gi a farth sariaer ter of the post. Rai For the privilege of Forepaugh's show, on the court. pnises, at Bellefonte, commissi Henderson secured a number of tickets poster # House palling up pre aner Od A new source of revenue for the coun ty, were it not that Henderson put the | proceeds of the tickets in his own little | pocket. On show day Henderson ran around the streets trying to sell the tick- iets to boys, black and white, What | pecple may desire to know right bere is, wil Henderson divide the profits from the tickets sold with Decker, or will he {keep all 7 Mr. Decker is entitled to a share of the proceeds, after allowing Henderson a reasonable per cent. for sel. {ling them while Johnny wes laid up — There is a steadily growing feeling of apprehension among McKinley's friends that his political brethren in the senate {The first proceeding in divesting the maj of his recently acquired gaudy plumage is to turns down his tariff, It is whispered about among politicians that the senate finance committee is seriously thinking of reporting a substitute meas. ure for the McKinley bill when it CONETOss., Senators Allison and Aldrich, the chief { members of the senate finance commits | toe are known to be very fond of the or of and Aldrich are known to hold widely civerging views on the subject of the tar iff. Senator Sherman is chiming in with his brother senators on the subject, it appears, BAAS IM ORs The largest gun yet manufactured at It is inteded to fire two shots per minute, each estimated to cost $1,500. At the Penn Township, A number of our farmers are not th rough with “ora planting yet, Several have not commenced, Too much rain is the cause, The wheat and grass looks very good, and if nothing serios turns up, we will Lave a better har- vest than we have had for years, ir. Peder Hoffer, of Centre Hall, was through here last week and suceeoded in selling seversl Osborne binders, ius Lizzie Blerly, formerly of this piace of 2 Liswritrusg was visiting in this end Bros last week, now ush vals The supervisors of Penn lownship heave oom. menced to repair the public roads The roads are in a bad condition, owing ¥ 10 the much rainfall The Evangelical oongregation of M hold a sacred concert saturday The PRcoeds ire 0 be used church Organ The Ed, of the MIL} calls sound doct gion of the mere elm will next for a evens wi pay m Journal hes what 038 inst paper for the rell Pimslorer and feriner. We know of what value shel he hant xe 0 Madison ars ago the w 1 3 aL Disagreeable Gone, Winter 5 intry wnt Pa. Ww M a Announ cements, ASSEMBLY We are authorized toa of Bnow Bhoe, will be & cas sutdect 0 Democratic asages, oe that J. H. Holt iste for Assembly, SHERIFF pounce that be a candidate for ert ect to o Dem: x rats © TISREES A. M. Bus Sheri We are authorized to annoy that John jondo, of Penn Hall, will a candidate be ff, subject to Democratie UsAgOR, noe P for We are authorized to anasounce that Tanver, of Fetfsan township, will be a cand date for Bperifl, subject to Democratic usages, We are authorised 10 announce that John oR of Spring Jha will be a candidate for iff, subject 0 Democratic usages, We are antaorized to suncunce Geo Parker, of Philipsburg, as a candidate for W. A E. sabject to n, mn REGISTER. opp Yh candida fo it a a ee Several subjects of importance are like. ly to engage the attention of the senate this week. The naval appropriation bill will come up tosmorrow as unfinished business, Thu it will bo disponed of in
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