VOL. LXIV. Democratie State Ticket For Auditor General, ROBERT E. WRIGHT, of Lehigh Co. For State Treasurer, A. L. TILDEN, of Erie County, Delegates to Constitutional Convention, Chas, R. Buckalew. Chauncy F, Black, George A. Jenks. Geo. M. Dallas, Samuel G, Thompson, David W. Sellers. Heury N. Scott. Robert E. Monoghan, Wm. 5, McLean, F. M. Vandling, John Latta. Rodger Sherman. William Welhe, Thomas Lazare, Samuel Griffith. Grant Weidman, George W. Zeigler. R. Morgan Root. Democratic County Ticket. For Delegate to Constitutional Convention, ELLIS L. ORVIS, Subject to action of district conference Jury Commissioner—GEORGE BOWER, The sua serpent was seen at Scranton last week. The Republicans of Union-Mifliin district know a good judge when they have him, hence will support Bocher again, altho he is a Democrat, Clearfield county with many licensed saloons has a corresponding crop of com- monwealth cases, Centre, with no sas loons, has a small list of such cases, Judge Bucher will be re-elected by a larger majority than ever before. He will carry every county in the distriet. People of all parties should vote for a good Judge regardless of politics. Reciprocity cheapens sugar by letting it come in free of daty. That reminds us that no treaty is necessary to cheapen any other necessary of life in the same way. An act of Congress is sufficient, When Kemble wrote his “addition, division and slience” letter to Quay, it was only an allusion to transactions similar to Bardsley’s, who carried on the same game afterwards. The small county tax which qualifies a voter must be paid on or before October 3. Itshould be paid by the voters and not by ccmmittees. Any man who is unwilling to pay a trifling tax should be disfranchised. The peop le of the Union, Mifflin and Snyder judicial district, take the correct view of the Judgeship question, narrow- ed down to three points, viz: 1, Bacher is fit, 2, He bas been tried. 3, Politics has nothing to do with it. Clearfield bas a population of 2,700 in- habitants. It has thirty practicing law- yers; what town of its size in the United States can beat this? Oar legal repre- sentatives are all happy and prosperous too. Perhaps some of their clients are not so happy aod prosperous since going thro their hands, EE ————— In the Lycoming court, last week, Judge Metzger issaed a decree approving the recommendation of the Grand Jury that all the riyer bridges be made free, This action will do away with the obnox- ioas toll-gates in that county and give the people three more free river bridges, at a cost of about $200,000, The matter has been steadily agitated over five years, Pennsylyania's Independent Republis cans are indastriously perfecting an ors ganization which is to reach every coun-~ ty and every legislative district in the Btate to prevent the possibility of the election of a majority of Quay men to the next legislature, and to elect, if poss- ible, a Republican majority to the legis. lature which will elect sn anti-Quay United Btates senator, Chris Magee the Philadelphia Press and James Me: Manes, exleader of the Philadelphia Res publicans, are working effectively in the same behalf, I————— From Berlin is announced a case of sonversion to Protestantism. The ans nouncement says: There is much diss cussion going on in Catholic and Protest ant circles in this and other cities on account of the fact just made public that Professor Winschied, of Leipsic, who belongs to one of the most noted Catho~ lie families of that city, has snnmounced his conversion to Protestantism, This in itself would have crested a sensation io religious circles, but ite effect upon Catholics may be imagined when it is coupled with the statement that the pro. fessor attributes the change in his reli gicus views to his disbelief in the au thenticity of the garment known as the holy coat, which is now on exhibition in the Cathedral at Treves, and his consci- entious scruples against supporting a church that would lend its sanction to such an exhibition, A Puerile Defense. The deeper the investigation goes into the corrupt practices of the Auditor General and State Treasurer's office in Philadelphia, the more appalling the scandal grows, Notwithstanding the mancwavreing of the Republican execu tors of the law, notwithstanding the Herculean efforts that are being made by interested parties to prevent further investigation, the fact is still apparent that two officers of the government, high in official positions, representatives of the Republican party, stand convicted before the people of gross negligence and malfeasance in office. One has taken the safer course of evading the legal pro- cess of the State and keeps himself out of its jurisdiction, thus avoiding the uns pleasant necessity for testifying to damaging things. The other in his weak struggles to extricate- himself from the toils, bas belittled himself to that extent that he is the laughing stock of the busi- ness men of the community, How puerile is the defense which he makes in claiming that the Treasurer of the City of Philadelphia acted as his agent for the purchase of neckties and other nick- packs, giving this an explanation of his acknowledgments of “favors received, in his letters written to Treasurer Bard sley, What a strange coincidence it is that whenever City Treasurer Bardsley made an entry in his private books, charging Auditor General McCamant with his share of moneys received out of the ad- vertising pools, and wrote his name upon the stubs of his check book to keep a record of the fact, that Mr, McCamant should just at that time need a necktie of a peculiar pattern and capacious length, and that his eye should just have fallen upon some late publication in book form of some noted work that he desired lo possess, and forthwith the spirit should move him to ask his friend Bardsley to purchase it for him and send it by return mail. “Chops and tomato sauce,” there is something wonderfully significant in this. But these are danger- ous times. The people of the State of Pennsylvania have learned to read, and reading and studying current events, have learned to think intelligenty. Such an attempt as this made by a high of- ficial whom they have trusted, and who has hoodwinked them and played upon their credulity, will be taken as an open insult. It is all well enough to charge that the system of the collection of the Mercantile taxes in Pennsylvania, pars ticulary in the city of Philadelphia, offers a premiun for this kind of work, that through lapse of time it has grown rotten to the core, nevertheless in such an attack upon the system, no justificae tion can be found for the public official or public officials who have, because of the opporinnity been led into dishonest practices, and because private aggrandize- ment was insight, have forgotten the in janction, “Thou shalt not steal” No matter if justice has gone astray and these delinquents have escaped punishment in the courts of justice,they have nots withstanding been adjudged guilty in in the higher tribunal of public opinion. pins To those who are not wilfally blind the correspondence just printed between Honest John Bardsley and Auditor General McCamant and the then State Treasurer Livesey is subject to only one constraction, snd that is they were hand and glove with each other, There was an interchange of confidence, of money gifts, of presents of costly household articles, of valuable hints on financial affairs, balances, loans, deposits, ete, To one of his most suspicious letters Auditor General McCamant borrowed an idea from Mr, Blaine and added the post. script: “P. 8, Bara this after reading.” In their letters the managers of the Re publican machine held a suspicious rela tion with Bardsley, McCamant and Livesey, Toe two latter acknowledge remittances from Bardsley, and Honest John's check book stubs show the send- ing of the money, We don’t suppose all the facts have come out by a long shot, nor will they until Wright and Tilden are installed in the auditor's and treasurs or's offices. Then look out for breakers. Eleven million bushels of wheat bought at 687¢c, and pulled down to 53¢ in ten days was the cause of the failure in New York and Chicago the other day of firms of which 8. V. White was the head. He was a noted and daring operas tor. Long operations in corn did the business, The exagerated reports of grain deficiencies in Hyops, with a probable reduction of well-founded estis mates for this country—all for speculas tive purposes—have brought a good more caution hereafter. The failure works no special harm to general busi. ness interests, There is just as much grain in the country as ever, and just as great need in Europe, but people who gamble on speculative values will ooca~ siovally make mistakes, and so take their places with the crippled ducks. Possibly the incident will clear the at E. William Bigler and Ellis L. Orvis Elected Delegates, The Democratic conference to name two senatorial delegates to the State Con- stitutional Convention, met at Lock Ha- ven Clinton, Clearfield and Centre coun- tiss being represented. The following are the names of the candidates and the cenferrees from the seyeral counties: Clinton—William H. Clough, represen- ted by 8, W. Caldwell, this city; John U, Shaffer, Renovo, and B, F. Geary, of | Lock Haven. Clearfield—William Bigler, represen~ ted by A. Reed, of Clearfield: W. C. Pentz, of Da Bois and Charles Dickinson of Osceola Mills. Centre—Ellis L. Orvis, represented by J. H. Holt, Snow Shoe; W. J. Singler, Bellefonte and John A, Woodward, How- ard. The conference met in chamber at 2 o'clock snd on motion, which was seconded, Hon. John A. Woodward was elected President of the body, and Hon. Johd U. Shaffer, Becre~ tary. The three candidates, Messrs, Clough, Bigler and Orvis were then placed in nomination by their respective conferrees, after which the «conference adjourned for twenty minutes, Conference re-assembled atthe expira tion of the recess and proceeded to ballot each conferree voting for two persons, as followea: BIRIAE ...coversesssrnssssssmmsentsnesersssnnsons 2 CONSTITUTIONAL CONFERENC the Judge's Messrs William Bigler, of Clearfield, and Ellis L, Orvis, of Centre, having re osived the necessary number of voters, were declared elected delegates to Cons stitutional Convention and their selec- tion was made unanimous. Conference then adjourned sine die. css tii— The Presbytery of Rochester The Presbytery of Rochester has held its stated fall meeting at Nanday, N.Y. The matter of chief interest asd imports ance that came up for consideration was the Confession of Faith as revised by the committee of the General Assembly, In chapter third, the clause “God hath pres destinated some of mankind unto life" was changed to predestinated a mulls titude whom no man can number.” The last sentence in the sixth section of the same chapter was struck out, to wit: “Neither are any other redeemed by Christ effectually called, justified, adopted, sanctified and saved, but the elect only.” The most remarkable thiog done was to vote that the seventh section, chapter 3, both in the original form, which de- clares that “the rest of mankind God was pleased to pass by and to ordain to dis. honor and wrath,” and the revised form should be omitted altogether and the following adopted as a substitute for it: “The decrees of God concerning all man- kind are to be 80 construed as to be in harmony with these declarations of Serip- ture, viz: That Christ is the propitis« tion for the sins of the whole world and that God is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to re pentance and live.” Parallel Cases, No protectionist has yet explained why the tariff on sugar was a tax while the tariff on tin plate is not a tax. It will not do to say that we could not grow enough sugar to supply the couns try while we can manufacture enough tin plate to supply all consumers, and for those reasons the tariff was a tax in the one case and is not in the other. The tariff on sugar was an outrageous tax which has been removed only in part by allowing the free entry of foreign sugar and granting a bounty to domestic sugar growers, including Vermont sap boilers. The tariff on tin plate is also an outrageous tax that home consumers of tin and canned goods must pay. Boulangers Dramatis Ead, Brusskis, Sep, 30.~General Boulanger committed suicide to.day on the tomb of Madame de Bonnemain, who died re cently in this city, Madame de Bonne- main has been known as the mistress of the dead general, General Boulanger committed suicide at about neon. He stood alone by the grave of his mistress for some time, aps pearing to be deeply affected by sorrows ful recollections. An attendant of the general, who had respectfully remained some distance from Mme. de Bonne. main’s tomb, suddenly heard a sharp re- port in that direction, Running to the anger lying dead u the ground, with a Ning feud upon his right hand, hasty examination of the body show- that he had placed the w n to his right ear and fired the fatal shot. Ha A IAP SA In view of the astounding robbery of city and state monies by Bardsley with the aid of treasurer Boyer and Auditor General MoCamant, and more of the Quay officials, if the people of Penney» Yauia do not give that set a cleaning out at the Is next Nov Bt ged Satemr de mosphere and put lid op pu on a 80 " Co, Chairmen Agreement. Sehaefler the Dem. Co. Chairman, and Dale, the Rep. Chairman, have entered into an agreement, which is intended to abolish the two practices mentioned be- low: It bas been the custom of the county commitiees of Centre county for several years past to examine the lists of tax payers each year and to pay the poll lax of all voters who had neglected to pay their own tax. The amount of this tax is 80 small to the individual that no vo- ter could possibly complain of paying it himself, and yet the total amount is a very considerable expense to the county organizations, It has also been the cus tom of the committees to spend a large amount of money each year in procuring railroad tickets to send to absent voters 80 that they could come home to vote on election day. This has perhaps been the greatest expense in the conduct of the campaigns of the past few years. A fair proportion of the money so spent each year has been simply wasted aod bas produced no results in swelling the vote of the two parties, for the reason that a considerable number of the tickets 80 sent have not been used by the voters or have never reached them, Now let the Chairmen farther agree there shall be no more extortionate as- seasments of candidates to be spent for whisky and drunken sprees, and that only legitimate expenses shall be paid for campaign purposes, and it will be a step in the right direction. Campaigns of late years have been a shame and a crime, A Mistake, It is a mistake of the Republican or- gans to cry out against Gov. Pattison for calling an extra session of the senate with a view of removing the Auditor General and Btate Treasurer for com« plicity in the grea! steal of public funds by Bardsley & Co. The people will stand by the Governor. All connected with this astoundiog robbery of the peo- ple’s taxes should not only be promptly removed but go to states prison where sardsley now is, The cry of the Republican organs that Pattison's move is a partizan one, shows that those organs desire to shield the greatest robbers of the century. Parti- san or not partizan, let the thieves be punished. tilieina Supervisors Take Note. At Clearfield court, last week, one of the most interesting cases tried before Judge Krebs, was that of John Glaub va Goshen township: This was a soit for damages, brought against the road su. pervisors for injuries received by the plaintiff driving over an embankment. The court in charging the jury stated very plainly the duties of township road supervisors, and said that the plea of poverty should not be considered, as they had the privilege of appealing to the county for amistance in maintaining proper roadways if they felt burdened by taxation in that direction. The jury awarded the plaintiff a thousand dollars damages. We understand the case will be appealed to the Supreme Court, - A — sn ——— The Hospital Site Seleetid. The commission appointed to select a site for the proposed State Hospital for the Chronic Insame, has selected the Bouth Mountain site, eight miles from Reading, between Warnersville and Robesonia, and three-fourths of a mile east of the station at Robesonia. There are 545 acres in the site and price is $77, 000, Dr, Carwen, a member of the commis sion, writes to Governor Pattison pros testing that the site does not meet his views, Showed the Steal Leng Ago. Judge Orvis, when a member of the legislature, over a dozen years ago, in a speech at the close of the session plainly showed from the official documents, that a million dollars of the public fands were missiug then, As this stealing has been going on for (25 years, if due attention had been given to Judge Oryis’ exposure, the robberies might have been checked. But it is well the thieves are now cornered, "Any for You, Following is the list of letters remain” ing uncalled for at the postoffice, Centre Hall: D, K. M'Clain, Mrs. Maggie Wil liams. When called for please say adver tised, Applied for a Charter, An application will be made to the Court of Common Pleas of Centre coun ty, on Monday, November 7, for the charter of a corporation, to be called the Reformed and Lutheran Cemetery ciation of Centre Hall, Who Can Beat This | Mes. D, F. Luse, of our borough raised 62 quarts of little onions or sets on a patch of ground 12by 17 feet. At five cents per quart it would amount to $4.13} ture as they Were inthe cont . per rod or $660.80 per acre, oi PATTISON ASTER THEM Charges Against M’' Camant and Boyer to be Investigated, Governor Pattson has issued a procls- mation convening an extra session of the Senate, to look into the charges against Auditor General McCamant and State Treasurer Boyer, implicated in the gigantic Bardsley steal of public money, one and oneshalf million belonging to the state besides what was stolen from the city of Philadelphia, The governor intends that the officials connected with this robbery shall be tried and removed, The people, of all parties, will say, Amen. The Senate is to convene for this pure pose on October 13, The following is the proclamation issued by Covernor Pattison. “In the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. PROCLAMATION, “Wuzreas, The Constitution provides in Article VI, Bection 4, that all officers elected by the people, except Governor, Lieutenant Governor, members of the General Assembly and Judges of the Courts of Record learned in the law, shall be remove by the Governor for reasonable cause, after due notice and full hearing on the address of two- thirds of the Senate: “Wnereas, Grave charges have been perferred, involving the Auditor General and Btate Treasurer and most seriously reflecting upon the manner in which their official duties have beeu performed. “Wuxgneas, It is proper that diligent inquiry should be made to ascertain whether or not ‘reasonable cause’ does exist for their removal; “Wuxngas, There is in the public mind a profound convention that the of. ficials referred to and some of their subordinates, have been grossly ineffi- cient, shamefully negligent and entirely wanting in due fidelity. “Wazaeas, It is the prevailing opinion that some of the officials connected with these offices have been guilty of absolute faithlessness and downright dishonesty, in violation of their oaths of office and of the criminal laws of the Common- wealth ; “Wozanas, If auy one of the charges s0 made should be established, appro« priate action looking to the officials in- volved should be taken by the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, sa a daty to the people of the State, whose good name bas been dishonored and whose money has been stolen, squander- ed and lost, “Wuzrzeas, John Bardsley, iate Treas- urer of the city and county of Philadel phia, is now & convict in the Eastern Penitentiary for embezzlement and mis- use of public money, a large portion of which would have been in the State Treasury long prior to an exposure of his transaction had those charged with the administration of the "daties of Auditor (General and State Treasurer performed them with dae fidelity ; - Wazezas, John Bardsley’'s stubborn refusal to disclose any information what. ever as to the condact of these officials bas compelled the abandonment of pro- posed criminal prosecutions at least for a time. “Warazas, A proper inquiry by the Senate may develop evidence sufficient to satisfy its members that ‘reasonable cause exists for the removal of the Aud- itor Generel and State Treasurer, and “Wuxnzas, Under the Constitution the duty and responsibility of making dili~ gent inquiry and of taking appropriate action in the premises are devolved upon the Senate and the power vested in the Executive to give the Senate the op» portunity to act; “Now, therefore, I, Robert E. Pattison, Governor of the said Commonwealth, in the discharge of what I conceive to be my duty to ‘take that the laws be faithe fally executed’ and by virtue of the pow- er vested in me by the Constitution to convene the Senate in extraordinary session by proclamation for the transac tion of exective business, hereby com- vene the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in extraordinary session on Tuesday, the thirteenth day of Octobs er, anno domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, “Given under my hand and the great seal of the State at the City of Harrie barg, this tweniywixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninity-one and of the Commonwealth the one hundred and sixteenth. “By the Governor : Ronzxr E. Parison. Witiiax F. Harniry, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.” RXacurive Cmaxnes Harrisburg Sept, 26, 1891 , Ee —. Could Only Be Expected. Beveral young men of Sayre, Pa, have been buying bicycles for a dollar much to their sorrow. They sent the dollar for the machine and in return received # larg picture of a bicycle, with the ao compauying inscription, “Foola are not ~ NO. 38 ¥ Valuable Property at Private Sale That desirable property, situate in the village of Potters Mills, Potter township, Centre county, Pa, and for many years occupied as the residence of the late Dr. Wm. J. Wilson, dec'd., is offered at pri- vate sale, Baid lot contains five acres and 117 perches fieat measure. and has thereon erected a large two story rough cast house, & two story office, a large sta- ble and other outbuildings, This is s desirable home, and will be sold at s bargain, Terms. —One-half of the purchase money to be paid April 1st, 1892: when possession and deed will be given. The balance in two equal payments, to be se~ cured by bond and mortgage on the property, with interest from April 1st, 1892, For further particulars, apply to the owner, Dr. Thos. C. Van Tries, Belle- fonte, Pa. or to Jas, C. Boal, Esq., Cens tre Hall, Pa, - ——— A Clearfield Bank Closes The firet national bank of Clearfield, of which William H. Dill is president closed its doors Wednesday morning, much to the surprise of many but not to others who have watched the course of the bank daring the last eight months. There has been a ooutinuone run on this bank since December last. This was occasioned by the fact that A. F. Joynton, formerly vice president of the bank, sold his stock. As a brother in. law of the president, this, of course, crea- ted a distrust and made a run. The best informed and thore close to the officers think the depositors will get dollar for dollar, and everybody Eympa-~ thizes with Mr. Dill, ts ~= Large Buttons, Narrow Gimps, and all the latest dress goods = Gary. ans, ~The report that Mr, Jobn Cox bad been recently shot at Chicago, 111, is in- correct, ——Who Jost a pair of spectacies—the writer found a pair. Owner call at this office. ——That apples are mighty plenty is indicated by the boom at Luse’s cider mill. ~C. W. Derstine is spending several days with his brother, M. 8. Derstine, at Lewistown, ~The Odd Fellows of Bellefonte will dedicate their new hall on Wednes- day, Oct. 14, with imposing ceremonies. ~The reason we lead the shoe trade 8 because we best satisfy the people for a genuine bargain.—Mingle, Bellefonte ~Mrs. Leah Spyker, widow of Geo. Spyker, of Mifflinburg, wee stricken with paralysis, one day last week, but is im- proviog again. ~—For the money already spent on streitening the road the job should pre- sent a far more creditable appearance, is the opinion of many tax-payers. ~The trial of Mike McDonald for the murder of Israel Mazeral, in Leidy township, Clinton county, last May, will begin at l.ock Haven this week. O. 8, McCormick wii defend the prison.r ~—]f in need «funvthing in the boot or shoa line don’t forget (nat Mingle, Beliefonte, bas the finest line in the state from which to select. He guaran- tees all goods and you have good returns for your money ~——No services next Sonday in Georges valley or at Farmers Mills on sccount of my absence at Synod, Next regular service will be in Georges valley at 10a. m. and Farmers Millis at 2.30 p.m. W.E. Fiscuzs, —Mrs. Susan, wife of John Deihl, of Laurelton, Union county, died in that place Saturday evening last very sudden- ly. Her age was 71 years. She was the mother of Alfred, Henry, William, Sams uel, Charlrs, Caleb, Tamer and Matilda, most of whom are known in this valley. —Lf in need of Fall and Winter un« derwear, don’t forget the fact that the Philad, Branch has received a full and elegant line, Call and examine quality and price and you will be convinced that better cannot be done elsewhere. ~—(irapes are plenty too—the vines everywhere sre groaning with tempting clusters, not as big as the Sunday school clusters of Eschol, however. Grapes, when fully ripe, are wholesome, and nourishing, like all fruit. ~September was the hottest month this summer. There was considerable drouth and the roads began to be uns pleasantly dusty, Showers on Friday and Tuesday last broke the spell, and Wednesday morning set in near the frost line, Every well dressed gentleman gets his clothing from the Philad. Branch, Bellefonte. They can fit you out in any- thing you want, at a big bargain. You'll miss it greatly if you don’t call to see his stock. x w= Town was short of water last Bun day morning, but the defect was soon remedied. The scarcity was caused by shutting off the new reservoir and tara ing on the old, which was leaking quite badly. This was dooe to test the capac all dead yet.” ity of the springs. They filled the res ervoir in about twenty-four hours,
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