THE CENTRE REPORTER FRED KURTZ, - - EDITOR Taxpayers, when your tax rate is raised on account of Henderson's man. agement, try and remember the second commandment. Mr. Meek has been placed on the fols lowing senate committees: Apppropria- tions, Banks, Federal Relations, Iosur. ance, Con. Apportionment. Th» mischievous Force bill, thanks to the belp of Cameron and six other Re. publican senators, is dead. Now let congress go to work and legislate for the good of the farmer and other toiling masses, and woe to the member who will not heed the cry now goirg up for relief, Farmers meetings are being held in nearly all counties of the state. Pine Grove Mills, Howard, Lamar and Mill hall had largely attended meetings with- in the past three weeks, A very popular and instructive lecture at these meetings was that of D. F, Fortney, esq., subject, “Dati-s and Powers of Township Of 3 ficers.’ The new depaty secretary of the com- monwealth under Pattison, is likely to be A. I. Tilden, a promin nt granger of Erie county. The same is true of W. T. Reber, of Bellefonte, who has been se lected assistant executive clerk, which place has been created since Pattison's previous term, The assistant executive clerk must be a stenographer, who, with a type writer, lias proved a valuable ad- d tion to the executive department. The Illinois legislature in joint con- vention up to the adjournment on Satur- day, had taken 22 ballots for United States senator with the unvarying result of 101 for Palmer, 100 for Oglesby and 3 for Streeter. The Republicans, it is said are preparing to cast their votes for Bireeter this week, but there is a pos. sibility all of them will not consent to this performance. In the Kansas legislature there does not seen to be much Lope for Ingalle, as the Alliance men are shy of him, Representative Holt is placed upon he following committees: Miners and Mioing, Judicial, Apportionment, and Agrieaiture. Representative McCormick is upon the following ccmmitiees: Congressional Apportionment, Federa!, Relations and Geological Sarvey. Senator Meek was a member of the Ia. auguration Commitee. Ex-Commissioner Henderson came back to the court house, a ehort time ago, aud claimed the chair he used while cominissioner By all means give it fo him, or throw it into the back yard, Io- beled, “This ic the chair Heoderson used when he put out bridge jobs, prints ing steals, and raised the valoations'’ Henderson should also go to Blackfords and ask for the dish and spoon he nsed in eatiog b cent soup. He should also get the boot John Decker wore when he put bis foot on the pretiy steal in blanks, to favor Fiedler. Some of tbe Democratic states have HENDERSON'S LAST. Or the Last of Henderson. Ex-commissioner Henderson came down to Bellefonte the other day, and advised the county officials, then at work upon the annualstatement of the county finances, to make up their account in such a manner as would hide the fact that the county was left without means, when he went out of office. He said, ‘make out the statement the same way we did," —anod the way ‘we did” was to bide shortages from the eyes of the taxs payers. The monies belonging to other funds —township and slate —~were used by “we” for county purposes, in order to hide the fact that the county was strapped under Henderson's management, and the soup statesman had the cheek to ask the new officials, to do it that way now. Henderson thought that by his way of making out the annual statement the ugly truth would remain in darkness another year and then the blame could be thrown upon the new Democratic county officials, and if the tax rate were raised he wonld have dodged his respon. sibility for it, Great John! This is Henderson's last—and, we opine, the last of Henderson. If the new board of commissioners sre forced to raise the tax-rate to make up for Henderson's bad management, let it be put out under the title of Henderson's special tax, so the tax-payers know just what this statesman did. We are reliably informed that Hen. derson advised treasarer Goss to use some of the township and state fands for county purposes and he would see him through, Bat now Mr. Goss sees through it, but differently from what he expected. Two Years of Chaos! Philadelphia Times If the Force Election bill shall be made a law, there wili be political casos for at least two years. The North will be cone vulsed by Johnny Davenport's desperate political methods; the South will be halt. ed in industry and thrift by a wanton race war, and political chaos will prevail in every section of the country, If the Force Election bill shall become a law, there will be business disturbance and finaocial distrust until after the nas tional election of 1892, There can be no business tranquility; no financial confl- deoce; no industrial, commercial or business growth, when political chaos rales throughout the land, and when Force 1s expected to defy the popular will in elections, The Force Election bill means that fifteen millions shall be taken from an aiready bankrupted Treasury to pay three hundred thousand Federal officials to carry elections by force and fraud: and there can be only chaos in politics and paralysis in business while soch revolutionary laws teach a nation laws lessness. —————— i “Closure,” said Senator Gray on Fri- day, opposing the gag law the Republi- cans are tryiog to impose on the minors ity, “bas been adopted in England in the house of commons when they at~ tempt to assert that freedom of speech that belongs them as representativies of their nation.” It was adopted there to destroy home rule in Ireland. It is to be adopted here destroy home rule in all the States that do not contentedly give HALL. PA. Some Proposed Legislation, Captain Johnson, of Cameron county, has introduced the House bills carrying out the recommendations of Governor Beaver, Auditor General McCamant and State Treasurer Boyer, to wit, one sur~ rendering to the counties the share of the retail liquor licenses the Commons wealth now receives, and another pro- viding for a return to the several coun ties of one-half of the State tax on per- sonal property instead of one-third, and still another providing for the assign- ment to the sinking fund of one~fourth of the capital stock taxed, instead of one- half, The first two bills if enacted into laws would add to the county revenues $1. 500,000 annually, and the third would make available for general purpcses at least $500,000 that under existing laws is applicable ondy to the payment of the interest and reduction of the principal ol the public debt, The school appropriation will doabt less be increased $500,000 or $1,000,000 beyond what it now is, and such in- recommended by the Goveraor, Auditor | 500,000 without serious impairment the revenues of the Commonwealth the Legislature keeps within reasonable bounds in the matter of appropriations to publie institutions that are now seek. ing State aid. The Auditor General, at the request of the Tax Commission, has prepared a bill providing for the taxation for county purposes of moneyed capital, shares of stock in corporations, investments savings in mercantile and commercial pursuits, profits derived from business investments that are not otherwise taxed and on gross earnings of private bankers! savings institantions, It was estimated by the commissioners that those measures would yield annnally $3,600,000, It is possible that this bill through the efforts of the minority of the commission, may be accepted by way of} compromise, It is also suggested by some Senators and members that the fourth proviso to the twenty-first section of the revenue act of 1889 be changed 80 as to authorize the taxation of the assets of all corpora tions, in addition to the tax on their imposed upon all corporations that poss | sess and exercise the right of eminent domain, The free text book bill was read in place by Mr. Lytle. It designates the gover nor, lieutenant governor and superintend- ent of public instruction as a board of EAM Sa | 2 What Beaver has Done \\ Harrisburg Patriot, The administration of Governor Beav- er has passed into history, A review o its conduet of the affairs of state would discover sufficient grounds for eriticiem but de mortuis nil nisi bonum. If any good could come of it, it might be said that the departure from the policy ins vesting the treasury surplus in State or United States bonds was the chief miss take of the late adminictration. That policy was inaugurated by Governor Pattison and will, no doubt, be resummed from after this date In most respects Governor Beaver has administered the laws in a conservative epirit. He has not given the Btate a bril- liant administration nor has he accom- plished anything to distinguish bis in- With the exception of the deplorable Johns town disaster no ooceasion arose during his term of office calling for the exercise of extraordinary sdministrative powers He acted promptly in that terrible erisis legislature the act bas been condoned in be general opinion because of the ex- y be performed. The payment of the tate debt during the administration was while he failed to accomplish his pur. that direction. Doubtless he was handicapped by the dictation and But he Beaver has so in the discharge of Governor conducted his his retire- respect and good wishes 5 i official the of While there are aod while his potical little to approve in his ; there are fow who will bid bim fsrewell with their best wishes for Lis health and happicess, The South and the Fair, The indications are that every BSouth- ern State will decline to have anything nad the force bill pass, Missouri, Texas, Alabama, Arkavsas Tennessep and Kentucky have held up their appro- priation bills for State representation at the fair until the fate of the force bill is tions prepared by these Slates was con. books and provides the necessary to carry the law into effect, BSeanor of Indiana is opposed to the free book feature of the bill, and in truduced one to provide a uniform series mission of superintendents one to be appointed by the governor from each siderably over a million of dollars. They reason that the force bill is an sdvertise- ment to the world these Bouthern States are lawless and turbulent, and therefore Therefore when such Yet the South is very important ele- commitiee, ment in the progress and prosperity of the Union. The exports of its great staple, cotton, alone amount to one-third in value of the aggregate of our foreign ex~ porte. The total value of foreign exports from all Southern ports for the first eleven months of 1850 was $268,203 000, aq increase of $24,141,010 over the cor- The Force Bill Dead, By a sudden move on the part of the opponents of the Force bill the cloture resolution was lail aside by senate on Monday. The democrats have been cons templating the move for some time, and it was delayed until now only by the lack of one more vote that they could surely rely on. While the Force bill was under cons sideration it was expected that a motion would be made to lay it aside the second time, as was done in the interests of the silver bill, and at one time they laid nec- cessary votes, but a tangle occured, which for the time blocked them. Since then tremendous efforts have been made to get the one recruit necessary, and opponents of the Force bill have stood in readiness to act as soon as they should-get word, For some days the democrats have had reason to believe that before a direct vote on the cloture resoltion the Was reach ed they would sunceed in laying it aside For this reason they were not much dis turbed by the ruling ofthe vies president which seemed to indicate that a vote on cloture would be reached, Before the senate met on Monday a few persons were given in confidence to understand that the time had come and that on Monday would be witnessed the killing of the cloture and the side -track~ ingof the Force bill. The friends of these measures were not go informed however, and when the senate met there was nothing aousaal in the appearance of things. At haifspast 1 o'clock Mr. Morgan Anti-Dressed-Beef Laws. The United Btates Supreme Court at Washington, on Tuesday handed down an opinion affirming the judgment of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, directing that a writ of habeas corpus be granted to William Rebman, convicted in Nors folk of violation of the Btate Meat In- epection law, This"is one of that are know as the the dressed-beef cases, ariging out of Btate legislation to restrict the sale of meats by firms located ontside the State in which the meats are offered for sale, The statutes of Virginia make it an offences to offer for sale fresh meats glaug. tered more than 100 miles from the place of'sale unless first inspected, provision for which is made on the petition of not less than twenty persons, the compensation to the inspector to be It was contended that with commerce, and therefore unconstitutional! and void. The Court, in an Justice Harlan, and ower court ne cent a pound, this law was in in< terference Inter State opinion by sustains this affirms the j contention idgment of the ordering Rebman’s release. The Court says that the only question in the case is whether the statement is liable to the objection that its neces essary operation it interferes with the enjoyment of rights granted or secured by the Constitution, The ‘ says, admits of but one effect Ly question, it iswer, The a prohibition upon the sale in Virginia of beef, veal or mais if it be the prodoct of animals slaughtered statute ie, in ton, although entirely wholesome , yielded the floor to Mr Wolcott. who prompliy made a motion that the senate | eideration the apportionment bill, cansed a sensation. i 3 There was evidence | of surprise and excitement on the re-| publican side and the democrats almost trembling with anxiety, There | was a dramatic pause of an instant and | then came confusion, Mr. Dolph moved to lay the motion of | Mr, Wolcott's on the table. A vote on t 3 3 i This} i i 3 { : Were this motion resulted nays 35, yeas 34, and | Mr, Dolph's motion to table had failed. | There was much confusion and a general discussion of pairs. Mr, Stanford was | not paired, and there was about that and a number of transfers of | pairs were made, The announcement of the vole settled this discussion , and the vole was then taken on Mr. Wolcott's motion to take up the apportionment bill. This passed, yeas 35, nays 34. This lays aside both the Force bill and the cloture, and they are not apt to come up again, In the house during the call of the roll information wasreceived that the elec- tions bill was defeated in the senate, and cheer after cheer arose from the de- mocratic side in response to the welcome intelligence. Was pp ” George Bushman is engaged this week in removing his jewelry store from the present location in the hotel build« ing to the old bank building around the corner, which was recently remodeled nd enlarged for him. ——A skin grafting operation was per- formed at Altoona a few days ago. Lewis Casey, a young man employed in the Pennsylvania railroad shops, fell some time ago and injured kis right leg below the knee. The flesh became deadened. and his case seemed hopless. Dr. J. M. Sheedy secured about 30 young and 100 miles or more from the place of sale, in effect a prohibition, because ivy charge 10D persons outside the State cannot compete upon equal terms in the markets of Virginia meats do not have to be inspected. Undoubtedly a State may establish regulations to protect sale ‘of unwhole« , under the POWEeIrE or the people against the some meats, but if y not exerting ils police enacting inspection laws, make diss criminations ainst the products and tates in favor ag of some of the & of the products and industries of its own r other States. The statute under cone sideration, by reason of th ture of the tax imposed in the name of e onerons nats compensation to the inspector, goes far beyond the purpose of legiti tion to determine dition of meat brought from a distance, male INEpecs the quality and cons and by its necessary operation obstructs freedom of commerse among the States, It is for all practical end a statute to prevent the citizens « he f distant States, having for sale fresh meats, from coming into the competition upon terms of equals ity with local dealers, and 2s such its res pugnancy to the Constitution is manis fest, In the outslart two years ago, the Red porter alleged that the beef bill was une constitntional, - -Call at . amie his stock aud pr - « store; exs —==]}3 not fail to read notice and ad’ vertisement of Simon Loeb in this week's issue, ~The sleighing is rapidly disap« pearing from under the shining countens ance of Old Sol. —The Philad, Branch is thoroughly reliable, and Lewins has in stock a line of clothing that leads in quality and low already taken measures to have no part I'he Farmers. responding months of 1889, while the in- in the Chicago world’s fair if the Force Lill is passed. This bill is a thrust at the entire south, its progress, its iaduos- tries, and its rights, and aa insalt and outrages agaiost the great Democratic party of th. nation, in that the Repub li caus iutead by the Force bill to keep their party in power, The stand of the Democratic states, as above stated, is right, the worid’'s fair is in Republican Laads anyhow, The Force bill and cloture are now dead. They were killed in the seoate on Monday. The republicans voting with the demo- crats were; Messers Cameron, Jones, of Nevada; Stewart, Teller, Washbarn, and Wolcott, Mr. Standford, who would have voted with the democrats, was absent and not paired. The addition of Mr, Cameron to the list of the republican opponents of the Force bill gave them the necessary num- ber to lay aside the cloture, Mr. Cam- eron has been in boubt for some time as to how he would vote on this suoject, but since Satarday he has been by strong argument, brought over to the democratic side, The death of Mr, Hearest should it oo- car soon, us is expected, would give the republicacs another vote; bat it is likely that Mr, Standford would then be on hand to vote with the democrats, and the relations of the two parties would cons tinue as they stood, There seems to be £2 possible change of cloture and Force vg agaio revived, The senate is now engaged in the consideration of the ap portionment bill, : Republican majorites. The Demoeratic senators in the debate have shown re- peatedly that when this closare proposi- tion came defore the British parliament a few years ago it was debated from Febroary until November, after baving beea additionally considered during the entire year previously. And yet the radical Republicans, in their mad basten the obnoxious force bill upon the coun try, are trying to pass the closure with not to exceed four days, debate, or until they cau recall their absentees or ginger and coach the imbecile Morton, a te a A —“—- The Pittsburg Post is of the opinion that it looks very much as if the Granger element of the Republican party in this State bas been wold out and done for in the election of Thompson, of Warren, speaker of the house, His make-up of the committee to investigate the State treasury, ia view of recent losses of pub lic money, a most important question, aad especially his exclusion of Mr. Wherry from the committee, shows that Speaker Thompson “has ‘been seen.” At the last vession Mr. Wherry made himself obnoxious to the treasury ring, aod the demand he made for an investi. gation of the sinking fund, backed by a strong array of facts, was ruled out by Bpeaker Boyer, SHR, A SYA wwe Boots and shoes below actaal cost at Musser's shoe store, Bellefonte. Get » bargain before it is too late, ~rlowiog wakes suits to order, par- ties can select their own goods from samples. Satisfaction guaranteed in ali respects, and at prices 25 per cent lower The farming interest has some good and true friends in congress and in our state legislature, and the newspapers are in sympathy with the agricaliurist, with such support there should be legislation that will lesson the burdens resting upon the farming community, Let the tax laws be so formed as to take off from the burdens of the farmer ~-this can be, and in justice, should be done, The Farmers Alliance, in a short time has grown to be a mighty power, whom demagogues and offico.seeking spoils. men most heed, the real backbone of the country’s pros perity, and the sooner the truth is rece ognized, the bet or, The millionaire can take care of hime self and has been preying long enough upon the farmer and workingman. The Alliance snd Grange are working inthe siuie direction, mainly, and as long as they do not fall into the hands and control of mere officesseckers mueh oan be done to help the toiling farmer and laborer, Ingalls Defeated. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 27 .—Both houses of the legisiature to day voted for United States senator, with the following result. Houge, Peer, alliance, 96; Ingalls, 28; of the senate declining to meet with the| house in joint session, Judge W. A. Peffer is a native of Penn- Northern ports. More than one-half of what we send abroad is the products of that section in all the elements that go to make up the sam of our national wealth. the last ten years has been the wonder of the world. Is it any wonder, then, that the South ligent Southerner believes will check its prosperity, precipitate race conflicts, and 110 Men Killed. Premsnana, Jan, 27.—A special from Soottdale, Pa, says: By an explosion of fire damp io the Mammoth shaft of the H. O. Frick company tosday, eighty sturdy miners were ushered into eternity and a number seriously iojured. The explosion occured this morning shortly after 0 o'clock and it is supposed was the result of the ignition of a miner's oil lamp. The after damp which followed the explosion suffocated nearly every workman, A few men, realizing the awful situation, fell to the ground; theres Not a soul ia Jott to tell theltory of the ala The pear ory a healthy men who were willing to give ap some of their flesh to save their friend's life. They met at the sick man’s bome and the physician operated on them. Over 100 pieces of flesh were ap. plied to the injured limb. It is thought the operation will prove succesful, Colonel Anthony C. Simpson, for over thirty yearsone of the leading law. yers of Central Penna has arcived in South Bead, Ind. from Kalamazoo, Mich - igan, where he had been detained in the hospital for the insane since last October and from which place he escaped om Sunaday night. He denies that he is in sane, saying that whatever mental diss tordance be may for the time being have suffered was entirely doe to a mild attack of paralysis two years ago. ~The Clinton County Commission~ ers have filed their answers to the charg, es perferred by a commitiee of citizens as to extravagance or malfeasance in the office of the late Board of County Com- missioners with reference to the building of bridges. The present commissioners recommend that action be taken by the citizens who have made the investigation and promise to lend all possible as sistance They contribute $50 out of their individoal means, claiming that they cannot make an appropriation for the purpose. It is expected that the lawyers interested will push the matter in behalf of the people, not in , expected, Y to this wri pile of Pepper. ab prices. Satisfaction always given. a —— —— When Baby was sick, we gave her Cnetoris, When she wae » Child, she cried for Castoria, When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, When shohad Children, she gave them Castors, i ono Well nOWn. There is probably no business house in Wesmern Penn's 80 weil anown to the public in this and adiotning states as the one we are about 16 speak of, Well known fr square and honest dosling well known for Xoeping the and complete stock fn his line, well known for Jeompt shipping and safe dell ®ither by hs or ex , We refer to ostabl sh - mont of Max 52 Fedora tract with > ir wil a aii 1 fer B wafer Penn's Sfo the Lest busines, you will siways send for stimulant you may, want to, » 82 Federal Street, Allegheny CORREOTED WEEKLY BY KURTZ & SOK, I wheat. 3 wer REAP RERI Er ae Barer eS
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