VOL. LXIV.
CENTRE
THE CENTRE REPORTER
FRED KURTZ, - - EDITOR
Democratic 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. Buckalow. Chauncy F, Black.
George A Jenks, Geo. M. Dallas
Samuel G,. Thompson, David W, Sellers.
N. Scott. Robert E. Monoghan,
F. M. Vandling.
Rodger Sherman,
Thomas Lazare.
Grant Weldman,
George W. Zeigler. R. Morgan Root.
Demoeratio County Ticket.
For Delegate to Constitutional Convention,
ELLIS L. ORVIS.
Babject to action of district conference,
Jury Commissioner—GEORGE BOWER.
They bad three feet of snow in Mon-
tana, last week,
“Another bank wrecked” —is the way
the news keeps coming in.
The cry, “Turn the rascals out,” will
have to be changed to, Tarn the rascals
in—to the penitentiary.
Charles Stewart Paroell, the great
Irish leader, expired unexpectedly in
his wife's arms, on Tuesday.
Mrs. Cleveland, on Saturday, gave
birth to a six pound girl baby—mother
and child are getting along finely, and
Grover is a happy pappy.
The big crop of banks busting keeps
pace with the big crop in all else this
year, What bank is going to tarn up
next, looted, robbed and then closed ?
Bardsley made McCamant presents of
neckties of fancy styles. Then McCam-
ant wonld shut his eyes when Bardsley
stole, Then Bardsley would send to
McCamant & Co, checks for divies,—
Bardsley now wears the stripes, while
McCamant still has his neck in the ties.
Republican organs now raise the cry
that Pattison has called for a trial of the
implicated state officials out of partisan
motives. Granted, what of it, il the
thieves are convicted? Was not the
robbery going on for a score of years
not only for private but for partisan mo-
tives?
A number of our exchanges are find.
iog fanit with the picnic, as though the
editors of those papers considered them
selves competent to run a picnic because
they can run a newspaper, It is a big
thing to run a picnic, and a bigger thing
to rup a big picpic. Just try it, you
wouldn't botch the job.
insane,
sion should have visited all the locations
to which it was invited. He is of the
opinion that the site offered near Belle
fonte was more desirable because it was
central and could be purchased for a sum
not exceeding $30,000, A delegation of
Bellewood citizens called on the gover
nor to protest against the report of the
commission,
SE
The Mianesota supreme court has des
cided that dealing in grain futures is ils
legal. The Bupreme Court finds as fol
Jows: “Contracts for the sale and deliv-
ery of grain and other commodities to
be delivered at a future day are not un
lawful where parties in good faith in-
tend to perform them according to their
terms. Bat contracts in form for future
delivery not intended to represent actu
al transactions, but merely to pay and
receive the difference between the
agreed price and the market price at a
fatare day, are in the nature of wagers
on the fature price of the commodity,
and void, :
The Patriot says the Pennsylvania Legis-
jature is an expensive luxury. The Legis-
lative Record, containing the proceed-
ings of the last session, which closed May
28, and the index thereto was completed
a few days ago. It requires 5,504 pages
of the Record te cover the entire pro
ceedings. Clarence M. Busch, of Phils
sdelphia, has the contract for printing
this document st $4.90 a page. The Ree
cord this session therefore cost the Biate
$20,960 60. The of the ses~
The Dilemma of the Bosses,
Day by day the situation with respect
to the defrauded Treasurer of the State
of Pennsylvania, and the State, grows
more interesting. The publication in
the public prints, of the correspondence
of the Auditor General and the State
Treasurer with the convict Treasurer of
Philadelphia, was speedily followed by
the proclamation of Governor Pattison
calling a special session of the Senate to
take action in the premises. Among all
classes alike, without regard affiliations,
men who think, were convinced by a
perusal of this correspondence that the
accused officials were guilty of grossly
improper conduct, although there might
be a question as to whether the proof
was sufficient to convict them of their
misdoiogs in the courts of justice.
In striking contrast with the diplom-
atic conduot of District Attorney Graham
and the Republican managers ia Phila
delphia who had original control of the
case, is the conduct of the fearless Dem-
ocratic Governor in applying the heroic
remedy to this malady which has
brought the body politic nigh un to death.
The situation is extremely alarming to
the Republican leaders of Pennsylvania.
They may be able to delay investigation
in the case and postpone and possibly
avoid entirely, final action upon it, but
the great tribunal of public opinion will
pass judgment upon the party which
they represent, and it will be no longer
an individual of two who will be held re-
sporsible for the wrong. but the party
itself will stand convicted of attempting
to cover up the crimes of its representa
tives and to save itself at the expense of
the public weal,
Itis to be expected in this trying
dilemma, the Republican managers wil]
rase the cry that this is simply a piece of
political clap trap on the part of Gover-
nor Pattison and his advisers, and that
the special session is part of the political
campaign now being waged by the Dem-
ocratic party, but the fact still remains
that Governor Pattison is too well known
to the people of Paansylvania for them
to believe that unless he was convinced
by a conscientious sense of his daty, and
impelled to action by higher motives
than those which inspire the partisan,
he would have ever called into play the
machinery of the office which he holds,
Recognizing that the best interests of the
people lay in this direction, he has not
hesitated to act. Knowiog the sigaifi-
cant character of the evideace which has
already been presented and is likely to
be brought out, the defenders of the ace
counting officers of the commonwealth
are already beginning to pat in the plea
of confession and avoidance. They can
not help bat abmit that there has been
gross negligence on the part of theses of
ficials, but they are charging that it has
been the custom of the accounting of-
ficers, in this particular, Bat the law
which has been laid down for the guid-
ance of the Aaditor General and State
Treasurer is a piain one. It was the duty
of these officers to see to it that no coun«
ty ofivial charged with the collection of
State funds, failed to report the smount
colleced by him quarterly, sand to make
payment to the Treasurer of the State of
all moneys in his hands on this account,
quarterly or oftener if the accounting of-
ficer saw fit to demand it.
The friends of the State Treasurer are
naturally very mach incensed that he
also has been included in the proclamas
tion of the Governor, but no other con-
sistent course lay open. The same law
which applies to the Auditor General,
applies to the S'ate Treasurer. If the
one was derelict in duty, the other has
been #0 also, Herein lies a little history
which dates back to that period in the
financial affairs of Pennsylvania when
the once powerful Mackey and Quay
ring were first obtaining a foothold in
political affairs, It was found convenient
when the Auditor General of the State
was not willing to be a party to all their
schemes to devise legislation which gave
to the State Treasurer equal powers with
him and #80 it was that as time went on,
the Btate Treasurer came to have full
power to compel setitioments from couns
ty and other officials with that possessed
hy the Auditor General. These “chick ens
have come home to roost.” It is un.
fortunate now that the State Treasurer
has been clothed with equal power with
the Auditor General, for it would be a
most convenient way of escape for him
to simply claim that he was but the
custodian of the funds, and that the Au-
ditor General was the collector.
Taken all in all, the Republicans are in
a dreadful dilemma. Which horn they
will seize, they are at a loss to determine,
If they cast obstructions in the way of
investigations, they will be crushed by
the condemnation of the public, If they
conclude to make a sacrifice of the Au-
ditor General, they loose their political
power, It remains to be seen what
course in their wisdom they will pursue.
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I regret exceedingly to say that I am
placed in an embarrassed position toward
those with whom I am associated as a
Burton exmdfeCamant by Bardsley Moy
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HALL. PA.
Bhort but Vigerous.
The Democratic State campaign in
Pennsylvania will be short, vigorous
and entirely confined to State issues,
Messrs. Wright and Tilden expect to
visit every section of the State during
the next three weeks. State Ohairman
Kerr is now engaged npon their itiner-
ary, and while itywill not be so extensive
as last year, when Governer Pattison
visited every county in the Btate, it will
be so arranged that the candidates will
meet the people representative of every
interest in every part of the State.
Much of their time will be spent in the
northern tier and the counties of the
northwest, which were in revolt agaiuet
Senator Quay and where the discontent
over the failure to give recognition on
the Republican ticket to the agricaltural
interest is very strong. A. L. Tilden,
the candidate for state treasurer, is ' pars
tisularly strong io that section because
of his connection with the grangers.
Chairman Kerr has not engaged any
outside speakers for the campaign, The
fight is to be made upon State issues sna
tirely, the feeling being tbat Pennsyls
vanians can talk best upon the subjects
now uppermost in the mind of every
voter in the Keystone State. The Re
publican campaign will be waged upon
much the same plan as the Democratic,
80 far as meetings are conoerned. The
policy that is to be pursued by the Res
publicans is one of explanation and
deception, Instead of meeting the ques-
tions of the hour that are sgitating every
voter in Pennsylvania, it is the intention
of the Republican managers to pull the
wool over the eyes of the voters by fight.
ing the campaign on the tariff, the silver
and everthing else which the people
don’t want bear about and ignoring the
great question of treasury reform,
Quayism Photographed.
The issue in Pennsylvania this fall is
Quayism as illustrated by the boss,
Bardsley, McCamant and Boyer, or hon-
est administration ss championed by
Governor Pattison and illustrated by our
State candidates, Wright and Tilden. It
will break down partisan division as it
was broken down lsat fall. Hampton L.
Carson of Philadelphia, the most elo-
quent of the young Republicans of Penn-
sylvania and one of the most sincere and
earnest in his Republican faith, draws
the most appalling picture of the degrad.
ed political rule that now masquerndes
under the once honored Republican flag.
Hear Lis terrible arraignment of the so
called Republican reign in this State.
As to State matters. The present cons
dition of public affairs in Pennsylvania
justifies revolution. Fraud, corruption,
theft collusion, ignorance and neglect of
duty, evasion of law, hard swearing, shal
low inventions, conceal!ment of books
and papers, and feeble as well as follish
efforts to delay or resist investigation,
have supplanted honesty of administra
tion, integrity of conduct, protestion of
the people's rights observance of the law,
truth, honor, fearlessness and a bold
challenge to public scrutiny, These we
virtues of which Republioans could once
proudly boast; but now spology, excuse,
cowardice, superstition and paralysis
have afflicted the leaders, On all sides
the figures of officials are observed skulk-
ing in the dark, crouching from the
public gaze behind hastily constructed
barriers, or burrowing beneath heaps of
registered letters containing “neckties”
and silk handherchiefs.
It is the duty of all men, whether Re-
publicans, Independent Republicans,
Prohibitionists or Democrats, to save
Pennsylvania from the fate of Actacon,
who was devoured by his own dogs,
cM I MARSA
Congressman Mills is making a lively
canvass in Ohio. He is a man of infloite
variety of argument aad illustration, and
doesn’t repeat himself, Addressing a
big meeting at Delaware on Monday
evening he declared that to execute the
Republican idea of importing laborers to
consume our surplus agricultural pro-
ducts would require 36,000,000 persons
the first year to dispose of our surplus
wheat and all of Earope to use our cot-
fon. As to tin plate be said: “If we
have not the skill, the labor, nor the
material to make tin in this country
without the tax of $22,000,000 annually,
I say lot the infant industry die.” Well
it is not born yet. It bas not attained
the dignity of an infant,
Whenever W, W. Story appears in
print, whether in prose or rhyme, liters
tare is enriched. He contributes “The
Corso of Rome” as the leading article in
the October Scribner's. Stevenson and
Osbourne continue their serial, “The
Wrecker,” and Archibald Rogers gives
personal and thrilling experience in
“Hunting American Big Game.” Dr.J,
N. Hall bas a paper on “The Actions of|
Wounded Animals.” “The New Lake
in the Desert” is treated by Major J. W,
Powell, “The Biography ot the Oyster”
“Captain Black” is a show
sea story by
Charles E, Caryl,
What Polling Booths Will Cost,
Secretary Harrity, Anditor General
McCamant and Secretary Stewart, of the
internal affairs, who are constituted by
the ballot reform act as board to select
booths for voters at the general elections
of next year and subsequently, have been
examining various designs. Several
of these made of steel are on exhibis
tion and Secretaries Harrity and
Stewart bave made a thorough inspec-
tion of them. The cost of the booths
would average nearly $8 each, and the
total cost of those required in Philadels
phia would be nearly $40,000, as about
6,000 would be necessary to sccommod-
ate the 200,000 voters of that city. In
the state including Philadelphia. be,
tween 20,000 and 25,000 would be requir-
ed, at a cost of from $160,000 to $200,000
ifthe steel pattern is adopted.
A Correction.
0 the Editor of Centre Reporter,
Sin:—I see an article in the columns
of your paper headed, “District M, E,
Conference.” Allow me to correct said
article. The author certainly did not
stale facts. The district has about forty
ministers with their delegates. The
“dismal failure,” as to the number of
ministers present is another misrepre-
sentation. There were twelve ministers
and as many lsymen in attendance. As
for the little work transacted by the
Cenference and baving adjourned be-
cause of the slim attendance is another
misrépresentation of the trath, I will
enclose you a programme that you can
see that the conference closed and ad-
journed at the time specified on pro.
gramme. Yours,
W. H. Barruoroxzw,
Getting Ready te Go.
World's Fair tickets on the installment
plan are the latest, Tickets are now on
sale at some of the railroad offices here-
abouts to the World's Fair and return
for $46. The purchaser pays $6 down
and $1.20 per month until the balance is
met. This ticket includes care fare,
meals enroute, six days admissions to
the exhibition and a week's board in
Chicago.
Julgment Against Bardsley,
Judgment for $394,010.40 was secured
against ex-Treasurer John Bardsley, of
Philadelphia, for lack of an affidavit of
defense in the common pleas court of
Dsuphin county yesterday. This sam
represents the license money collected
by Bardsley for 1800, and includes the
ailorney general's fees and interest from
May 18, 1881,
Heal Estate Sale.
esars. J.J. and B. H, Arney, ex
tors of estate of Jacob Arney, dec'd., will
again offer at public sale the valuable
real estate of deceased on Nov. 7, The
tracts offered embrace the fiuest farms
in the valley, well fenced and with ims
provements thereon. An elegant oppor.
tunity is offered for one to make an in-
vestment or to purchase a home. LJ
BI Whar ca a tint
“Presented With a Gavel,
At the close of the Lutheran Synod at
Dancannon last week, the body present.
ed the president, Rev. W, E. Fischer,
with an elegantly carved and engraved
gavel of mahogany wood, and block of
colored marble, as a a testimonial i» the
ties of his office.
Has a Hot 1,
The Millbeim Journal says: Squire
Reifsnyder, of Main street, is absent this
week on a trip to Coudersport and Buf
falo, N. Y., and on his return will stop
at Bradford, Pa , to look after “The Hen-
derson,” a large hotel which be owns in
that place. He expects to get home the
last of the week,
Notable Events,
The king of Wartemburg is dead.
Mrs. Cleveland has a baby.
We have a severe'attack of hay fever.
The bank troubles at Houtzdale and
Clearfield are looking a little more
| vorable for depositors.
ow ——
Fine Display.
and nntrimmed hats ever opened in
this county is on display at Soyder Bis
ter's, at Bellefonte, Allare invited to
call and examine goods, style, work and
prices and compare with others,
Served Them Right,
Two Clesrfleld fishermen recently
caught twenty-four pounds of fine trout
on Pine Run, in Centre county, which is
a private fishing stream. They were ar
rested and fined to the extent of costing
the anglers over five dollars per pound
A MI IMLS,
wee Heavy Curtains ar low as $2.25
~—We are now having heavy frosts
and fall is here,
~— The Union county Fair began on
Wednesday, Oct. 7th, to continue until
Friday evening, the 9th,
~The Christian Endeavor Society
Convention is in session at Williamsport
this week. Over one thousand delegates
are in attendance,
~—lowins, at the Philad. Branch
Bellefonte, is disposing of stock very
cheaply to make room for fall goods, A
bargain is offered among his large stock
~—(}oe of the old fourshorse leather
spring coaches passed through town on
Bunday to Bellefonte from Milton,
These coaches were quite common
through this valley years ago and were
run principally from Bellefonte to Lew-
istown,
~The Central Penna. 8ynod of the
Lutheran church which met at Duncan
non, last week, elected Rev. W. E. Fisch-
er, of this place, as president, a compli.
ment well bestowed. The next meeting
of Bynod will be at Reedsviile, Sept, ‘92.
~The Greenlee and Forest oil wel
at McDonald, eighteen miles from Pitte-
burg was drilled deeper Monday and the
flow increased to 14.400 barrels a day.
This is the largest oil well ever struck in
American and believed to be the largest
in the world.
~— If the hospital for the chronic in-
sane should yet, in obedience to Dr.
Cuarwen's recommend, be located at Me-
Bride's Gap, it would be 53 miles from
Centre Hall and 8} from Bellefonte,
The committee has reported favorably
to Wernersville, Berks county, which
some think will yet be upset.
~A certain Centre Hall gentleman
took umbrage at an article in last week's
Reroxrer and waxed wroth, but be
was not aware that it was a question of
veracity between himself and a reverend
gentleman. The Rerorrter always for
reliable and substantial news,
lf in need of Fall and Winter un
derwear, don’t forget the fact that the
Philad. Branch bas received a full and
elegant line, Call snd examine quality
snd price and you will be convinced
that better cannot be done elsewhere.
—Huogh Larimer, years ago farmer
and merchant at Centre Hill, now of
Nebrasks, called at our sanctum Monday
morning. Mr, Larimer left here fifteen
years ago, and located near Lincoln,
Neb., where he is a prosperous farmer.
He gave us a glowing sccount of his
adopted state; altho he thinks a heap of
old Penn's, be has gotten along so finely
in Nebraska, that he would not enter-
tain the idea of coming back here to
for any one who has sand enough to re-
msin and take hold with a will—luck is
abead for all such—fortunes are not
there to be handed you when you step
off the cars, but with a strong arm, good
mavagement and perseverance, Nebraska
will reward the settler without « doubt,
SAVE
ELECTION PROCLAMATION. GOD
the Commonwealth, I, Wm. A.
aforesaid th
county of Centre, on
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1891,
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For the borough of Howard, st tbe public
school ho use in ssid bo: bh,
For the township of Rush (northern precinct)
in the school house at Cold Stress
For the township of Rush (southern precinet,)
i2 the public school house iu the village of Pow-
elton,
For thatownship of Snow Bhos (esstern pres
Sinct,) ai the school house fn the village of fnew
Of,
For the township of Snow Bhoe (western pre-
cinct,) at the school house iu the village of Mo-
shannon,
For the townphip of Marion, st the school
house in Jacksonville,
For the borough of Milesburg, at the school
house in Milesburg,
For the township of Boggs (eastern precinct)
&l Cartin’s school house,
For the township of Boggs (western precinet)
al the school house in Centra: City
For the township of Boggs (uorthern precinet )
ai the public school house known as * Walker's
school house.”
For the township of Huston, at the Silver Dale
school house.
For the township of Penn, at the public house
kept by W. WW. Rishel, at Coburn.
of ihe borough of Millheim, at the school
house opposite the Evangelical church in ssid
borough.
_ For the township of Liberty, at the school
houns in Eagleville,
For the township of Worth, at the schoo! house
in Port Matilda,
For the wownship of Burnside, at the house of
J. K Bosak,
For the wwnship of Curtin, at the school
house near Robert fans.
For the township of Union, at the school house
in the boro of Unionville
For the borough of Unionvill, at the new school
house in said borough
For the First ward of the borough of Philips
burg, at the Wheelman's Club House' corner of
Beaver and Becond streets
For the Becond ward of the bo hh of Philips-
burg, at the public building, st the corner of
North Centre and Presquelsie streets.
For the Third ward of the borough
burg, at the store of Wim. Hess, at the
Bpruce and Ninth streets
of Philips
corner of
Notice is hereby given, “That every person ex-
Sepiing justices of the peace, who shall hold any
08 Or appointment of profit or trust under the
government of the United Slates, or of the State,
or of the city or incorporated district, whether a
omnm officer or other w ise, 8 subordinate
officer or agent, whois or shall be employed un-
der the slative, executive or judiciary departs
ment of this State or of the Uniled States, or of
any city or incorporated district, and aiso that
every member of Congress and of the State Legis
ature, and of the select or common council of
any city, or commissioners of any incorporated
district, is by law incapable of holding or exer
cleing at the same time, the office or appoints
ment of judee, inspector or clerk of an election
of this Commonwenith; and that uo in tor,
judge or other officer of any such election shail
be eligible to any offi“e then voted for
Al all the elections held under the law of this
Commonwealth, the polls shall be opened st 7
o'clock a. m., and Ciosed at 7 o'clock p. m.
TICKETS TO BE VOTED.
The qualified electors will tae potice of the
following Acts of Amebl spproved in March,
1866. An Act reguisting the mode of voting at
all elections in the several counties of this Come
monwesith
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senste and
Bouse of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met and it
is hereby enacted by the authority of the same;
That the qualified voters of the sevessn! counties
of this Commonwealth, at all general township,
borough and special elections sre hereby author
ized and required to vole by tickets, prinied or
written, severally classified as follows: One tick.
ol shall embrace the names of sll Jodges of
Courts voted for, and to be labeled outside Jus
diciary."” one ticket shall embrace the names of
all State officers voted fos and be labeled “State”
one ticket shall embrace the names of all County
voted for, Schuiling officers of BSesators
and members of Congress if voted for and be la-
beled “County.” one ticket shall embrace the
names of all Sownship officers voted for and be
iabeled “Township.” one ticket shall embrace
the names of all borough officers voted for and be
labeled “Borough and each class shall be des
posited in separate ballot boxes,
To the SBherill’ of Contre County, Pa
In compliance with the provisions of sn Act of
the Geners! Assembly, entitied “An art 0 pro-
vide for a Convention amend the Constitution,
and the election of delegates thereto,” approved
ihe nineteenth day of June, Anpo Domini one
thousand eight hundred and nineiy ope, the due
Iy qualified electors of this Common wes lth shall,
ibe governs election to be held on the Tuesday
next following the first Monday of November,
next, vote for or ageing holdings conven ton to
amend the Constitution, and for members of said
convention, if a majority of the voters in the
Commonwealth favors such convention, scoond-
ing io the regulations provided in the several
sections of said sot as hereafter set forth, Ww wit
Bection 1. Be & enaded by the Senate and Howse
of resentation of Ue Oommonwealth of Penneyl~
vania in General Assembly met, and i is hereby on
addled by the avthority of the same. That at the gen
eral election w be held on the Tuesday next iol-
lowing the first Monday of November next, the
duly qualified elecuos «of this Commonwealth
shall vole for or sgaius boldly convention to
amend the Constitution scoo diug 1 the regule-
tions provided In the subsequent sections of this
ae
1
Section 2. If at the said general selection to be
held as aforesaid a majotst) of the electors of
this Commonwealth shall are in favor of a
convention to amend the Constituon., the said con-
vention shall be composed of delegates duly elects
ed, and shall assemble ss hereipafler provided:
Section 3. At the general be
on the Tuesday next foll w
of November next, there shall be elected by the
ualified electors of this Commonwealth, del
mine
t with the provisions of this
Second. The tickets to be voted for or
Sun Sion shail haven in inside, +