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VOL. LXVI.
CAPITOL GOSSIP orto isamniatins mens | SDRTN G ELECTIONS
|exclusively of New Yorkers, with |
NEWS OF A WEEK AT THE NA- Tammany atthe head. There is much | | SYNOPSIS OF THE PROVISIONS OF |
TION'S CAPITOL. | rivalry between military organizations | THE NEW LAW.
of various states for the honor of acting | —
{as Mr, Cleveland's personal escort in| | How to Prepare for the Spring Elections
rison and His Secretary of State, The | the parade, I Under the Australian Bal
Anti-option Bill Disposed of,
as i ee asian
Mr. Harrison and his Secretary of | ' THE CRISIS IN KANSAS,
State 1 Bad's very lous di oo The Somerset Herald has prepared |
State have had a very serious disagree |
’ | The Populist a synopsis of the provisions of the new
ment, and nothing but the nearness of |" ° 'oPulist House Recogaized by Both | ! i :
. . : . the Governorand the Senate, { ballot law applying to spring elections
Secretary Foster's resignation and de-| | i i : as
: I'he crisis in the legislative conflict | in boroughs and townships, which we |
parture for Europe, where he goes ns A . a .
y . that has been waging between the Re- | appropriate, with a few changes, for |
counsel for the United States before : i .
. . publicans and the populists since the | the information of our readers in the |
the Behring Sea Arbitrators, has pre- : : :
: day the legislature assembled has fin- | boroughs and townships of this see-|
vented an open row much more serious j Nr |
: ally been reached. The Populist house | tion:
than that which led to the retirement ; : 5 i 3 it
its has been recognized by both the gov- I'he elections on Feb. 21 next will
of Mr. Blaine from the Cabinet last al i a :
~ : ernor and the senate, and the Populist | be conducted precisely as was the elec- |
summer. The disagreement between oy | . : i
\ , . state government is in a position to | tion on Nov, 8 last. So far as the act-
the President and his premier was over : rr : :
. { turn the Republicans out. The only | ual voting and the duties of officers on
the policy which this government : a . iY ; :
. . . way, to pass the erisis without serious | election day are concerned the provi-
should pursue in South and Central : va.) od ;
trouble is the acceptance by both sides | sions of the Baker ballot law in both
America, concerning the efforts of var- | 4 : . bags ;
: " re of some compromise measure, and that | these elections are identical. But with
fous European nations to acquire inter- : rs = os ‘ :
. : . 1 how seems the remotest possibility, | regard to the preliminaries there are
ests there. Mr. Harrison believes in ™ . : rl ren . :
{ The only step wanting to bring the | differences’of the utmost importance,
an aggressive enforcement of the Mon- | | : j yt . : : ts .
. . A 4 situation to a crisis was the recognition | The method of nominating tickets for
roe doctrine, while Sec. Foster believes . : . . .
fn t tain ‘axteit Jettis thit ot the Populist house by the senate. | the February election, and of prepar- |
0 a ax te etting things y iia
mn serun « . ; ng E% | After an extended debate in the latter Ing the ballots for the third Tuesday
alone, and he carried his belief to such | : es : A ah
body the desired recognition was ex- | of that month, are so radically differ-
an extent as to actually obstruct cer-| : na
ee re .. | tended. ent under the new law from the cus-
tain plans of Mr. Harrison's. Then it . . a : *
: Attempts are being made by the tom of long standing in many districts,
was that he discovered that Mr. H. 1 i : : 4 es . A
: i . eaders of ench side to bring about a | that officials upon whom duty is de
was bossing the machine. it issaid to SE ! . : : tel
) ; compromise, Both houses adjourned | volved by the new law, as well as citi-
be a direct result of Mr. Harrison's ac- : T 5 We sda
: 3 : s to Monday afternoon in order to give | zens interested in local political affairs
tion that the Republic of Columbia has : : :
. 4 ample time for the conduct of the ne- and in the promotion of good munici-
positively refused to renew the French 33 re : : ag
iy gotiations. The governor has delayed | pal government, should lose no time
concession for the Panama canal, : : 3 . i Re ord : th
: : hi { the transmission of his message for the | in familiarizing themselves with the
which will shortly expire by limita- te ' Pa ai
ti ’ same purpose, new requirements, To aid in the dis
on. ’ . . : : !
: : . For near two weeks the Republicans | semination of information on this sub-
Representative Bourke Cockran, of Ta : . . . 3 as
- ’ and Populists, each claimed the house | ject, we herewith present an epitome
New York, who has come to the front Aa
Sh) and both sat In the same chamber, | of those requirements of the Baker bal-
with a rush during this Congress, says | : 3 : aa el aniatls attuat
: . . ¢. (each had a speaker occupying seats!lot law which will materially effect
the talk about his going into Mr. | ar ” toth " :
Cleveland's Cabinet ts t . (side by side. They slept on the floor | the election districts of Centre and
lev « § e i 1wih- : : ; :
i . sony CE ie Hun ) 0 ROU of the house and grub was brought by | Clearfield counties in preparing for the
i ee 18 SL where he wants ge x t " t..4 \
ng, an a8 just where © messengers. The sitaation was a funny February election, and which differs
to be, in the House. ’
Is the country on the eve of another
whiskey ring scandal ? There are peo-
ple here who believe that it is, and a |
resolution has been introduced in the
House providing for the appointment
of a select committee of five to investi
gate the various charges that have been
made against the whiskey trust of de-
franding the government of money by
the use of poisonous drugs in adulter-
A Serious Disagreement betwen Mr, Har. |
of System,
one, from the provisions that controlled the
i preparation for the election in Novem
The Mother of 24 Children ber.
Springfield, Ohio, should draw the IN THE BOROUGHS,
premium at the World's Fair for have In boroughs one primary and one
ing the most prolific mother. On the | certificate will suffice for each party. }
morning of 7th inst., the birth of a
daughter to Mrs. Riley Yates of that nished in blank by the county come
city was an event in a remarkable fam- | ;missione rs, must be filed with the bor-|
ily history. The latest addition makes ough auditors, and it then becomes the
ating the liquor manufactured, and $he swenty Tonreh Shild sors. to Ms. duty of these offices le, after foe Lirne
specially instructing the committee to There are five pairs of twins. BE. for filing o nee Rone re Expiret, to see
ascertain and report the names of all Yates was 1 years old when she. ‘was that proper anc egal ba ols, the cost
Sond of which Is to be paid by the county,
persons connected in any way with the married, and she is now but #4 year sd i i }
& : # tee, 1 2 Ww ¥ AIS are » wr Fy i
trust. According to rumor this inves- : ¥ are prepared and rendy for election
tigation, if it be ordered by the House, | 210: 8 healthy happy woman. The|day
0 ordered F the House, t xe wi
ga ! wy Wh father of this multitude ix now 50
will result in bringing to light a very 3
gphg wo I's * years old. The first child born of boroughs is not less than ten days be-
sensational scandal, involving the good
! their union was when Mrs. Yates was . : 0 V be w 0
name of many men not suspected by | yeats old, 15 years after wun erin fore the election, but it will be well t
: . ot 13 wo { re, “ wr ier
the general public of profiting by the g have all the primaries much earlis
But one of the two doze ‘nn children 3 i: odd
dealings of the whiskey trust. Let died at birth. - All the livis 2% childre: than this (many jon wh Mp have fixed
. ) ; } ee ng en » 2 fil as {
the investigation proceed, and in the are robust and healthy. Afother r on the ei Saturday ie Anuary as a
. . . aie ust and 4 the Ce . tor g q
language of Gen. Grant at the begin-| kable fict. accord suitable date) so as to allow ample time
o markable fact, according to the state- | for the dischurge of the responsible du-
ning of the exposure of the old whisky | __ tof Mrs. Y } a
i “ i " ment of Mrs. Yates, is that she has | ties with which the auditors will be
ring, ‘Let no guilty man escape. es ad huata
: never had a physician in attendance charged
It is probable that the House com- he birt ’ > 94 ahi :
. / : at the birth of any of the 24 children. Nominations for any borough office
mittee on Commerce, will favorably | pp. nother and baby No. 24 are doing y Iso 1 ade |
report a bill providing for an amend- . once may also be made by nomina-
ment to the Interstate Commerce law Hicely.,
permitting railroad pooling whenever |
in the judgment of the Interstate com-
merce Commissioners it will be to the
interest of the public to allow it, and
authorizing the commissioners to put
a stop to it whenever it becomes nec-
essary to protect the interests of the
public.
Hon. Henry Villard, who has been |
conspicously mentioned as a probable |
member of Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet is |
in Washington, endeavoring to per
suade Congressmen to support a bill |
for the suspension of the purchase of |
silver. He says that whatever his per- |
sonal inclinations might be his large | Good Mill Property For Sate.
business interests would compel him |
The Centre Hall Mill e offe
to decline a seat in the Cabinet, should | wivale ev] oy I abe Sifered po
it be tendered to him by Mr. Cleve- |! 1¢ location is one of | cates or papers must be sent in writing |
| the best in the county. Mill is kept | to, and determined by, the borough |
running constantly, and a competent | auditors. The time for filing such ob- |
party can readily double the trade if | jections is within three days after the |
desired. Trade in grain and cosl in-| last day for filing. Objections as to!
cluded. Has all conveniences, siding, | the validity of certificates or papers in
and only few rods from railroad” sta- | boroughs are filed within the same pes
tion. Only resson for selling, to be riod, but with court of common pleas,
relieved from business, If not sold, | to be determined by it.
the mill ean be rented for a term of WHAT TO DO IN TOWNSHIPS,
Fou ct Addai u In a latge number of the townships
Tha of the county the new law works a
oi We trillg ovat of farui vg w brews in revolution in the method of naming a
farming in the east, and the low freight | eket- It makes mandatory, in order
h ¥ gi
rates: from the west to the cast on 10 get party fepresentation on the offi-
grain, is what depresses the eastern clal ballot, party primaries. There is
farming interests, and keeps down the no other way for political parties to
prices. But it Is our sons who are do- jet Tepresetitntion on the offisial bal
ing the western farming, and we can't | 1% Heretofore in many of the town.
shut them out. ships primaries have not been held,
but in lieu thereof one ticket was made
up, having printed on it the names of
all who desired to run for office,
whether Democrat or Republican, and
then the voter on election day made
his choice. This was very easy, sim-
ple and satisfactory, but the new law
sets it aside and puts in its place party
primaries or nominating meetings,
In undivided townships, only one
The time for filing certificates ind
tion papers or petitions signed by at
least three per centum of the largest
entire vote cast for any officer elected
The idea of making corporations | 4¢ the last election in the borough.
bear the brunt of taxation is gaining 7, get a name on the official ballot for
ground, and is in the right direction. school director in the borough of Ches-
Corporations are making big money | ter Hill, for instance, by virtue of nom-
(off of the people in general, and ean | ination papers, or petitions, such pa-
| afford to carry a big load of the publie | { pers must be signed by at least three
expenses for the franchises they have. | per centum of the number of votes cast
Railroads, the telephone monopoly, { for school director at the election last
telegraph companies, coal combines, t ‘ebruary. Such nomination papers
and the like are reaping a rich har- | { or petitions must be filed with the bor-
vest, while the farmer and working | ough auditors not less than seven days
| man can scarce make enough to make | before the election, but should be filed
{ ends meet,
ss Ay i ———
A Wide Difference
much earlier for the reason heretofore |
stated with the regard to the certifi- |
cates of nominasion.
Objections as to the form of certifi-|
nc ton A A AA
land.
A report that President-elect Cleve-
land was considering the name of
Benator Morgan, of Alabama, for See,
of State was received with pleasure
here. Senator Morgan's long and con-
spicous service as a member of the
Benate Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions has qualified him to make an
ideal Secretary of State, if he would
consent to leave the Senate,
There is an evident intention in Con-
gress to go slow in that Nicaragua
Canal legislation. The last move was
to direct the Senate committee on For-
eign Relations to ascertain the exact
amount the Canal Company has spent
up to this time, and what it was spent
for. This is on the theory that “it is
better to be slow than to be sorry.”
Benator Caffery, who will by the ap-
pointment of the Governor of Louisiana
fill the vacancy caused by the death of
the late Senator Gibson, took his seat
Baturday, He made a very favorable
impression upoh his colleagues,
Everybody around the Senate is glad
i mr 3 ug huion DILL 10 | Courts and sentenced 2,000 criminals
Inposed to jail and penitentiary imprisonments,
Decidedly the busiest place in Wash- instances, and three murderers were political party. It will be filled with
ington at this time is the headquarters the township auditors. But in town-
sentenced to capital punishment, The
large force is now constantly at work more election districts, such as Potter, |
et man ever sentencing an |i; wi be the duty of the ofiersaf the
esis P. Tong & Cori the suconss- trict first to certify to the township
oro D. E, Bible, of Spring Mills, Pa wudiious the party nomines for Judge
inp
Jupar DEAN, in giving his reminis-
cence of twenty years on the bench be-
fore the Blair County Teachers’ Insti-
tute at Hollidaysburg, said that during
his judicial career of twenty years he
took over 2,500 verdicts in the Blair,
‘ambria and Huntingdon County
lana inspector of elections and also for
registry assessor and then to consoli-
| school directors, supetvisors, constable
{and the other tow nship officers and |
| jointly certify on the blank form fur-|
| fore the e lection, But it may be well |
regard to this matter under the head
of boroughs, that in order to give the
auditors sufficient time to properly |
discharge their duties the primaries
| should be held not later than the last
cates filed immediately thereafter.
Nomination papers or petitions may
the candidates thus petitioned for are
entitled to be named on the official
largest entire vote cast for any officer
elected at the last election in the dis
trict or township for which the nomi-
nation paper is intended. Such nomi-
election, but should be filed much
sufficient time to prepare for election
day.
Objections as to the form of any
township certificates or paper must be
but no objections as to the validity of
such papers or certificates to the ecom-
mon pleas court of the county for de-
eixion within the same limit of time.
It then becomes the duty of the
township auditors to arrange the data
filed with them for the official ballot,
the expense of printing which is born
county.
illot will be necessary in each
#
of Potter for instance two sets of ballots
each elec-
iTily bie exercised by the auditors in
doing this work. A mistake in the
validate the election. Application at
the county commissioner's office for
proper blanks and instructions will
doubtless aid auditors mgterially in
oncluding their work in a legal man-
ner.
AA
Elevtric Bitters.
This remedy is becoming so well
known and so popular as to need no
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song of
praise. —A purer medicine does not ex-
ist and it is guaranteed to do all that
i® claimed. Electric Bitters will care
all dicenses of the Liver and Kidneys,
will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt
Rheum and other affections caused by
impure blood. Will drive Malaria
from the system and prevent as well
as cure all Malarial fevers, —For cure
of Headache, Constipation and Indi-|
gestion try Electric Bitters. —Entire
satisfaction guaranteed, or money re- |
funded.—Price 50 cts, and $1.00 per |
bottle at J. D. Murray's Drug Store. |
ibaa
CHic aco finds the fun of having |
the fair an expensive thing, going far |
beyond the five millions at first caleu-
lated upon. Mr. Burnham has made
money necessary to finish the World's
Fair buildings. Much to the surprise
When Chicago was making a cam-
paign before Congress to get the prize
5,000,000 was considered a tempting
bid. Later $10,000,000 was named as
the figure. After the scheme of the
Fair was prepared it became plain that
more than $10,000,000 would be needed.
Another budget was madeup. This
one called for $15,000,000. It lasted
about six months. The budgets that
have sinee been prepared varied, rang-
ing from $19,000,000 to nearly $22 000,
000, but a compromise was reached on
$19,600,000. This was supposed to be
enough to open the Fair, but Burn-
ham’s Intest call shows that it will be
$20,000,000,
i ———
Tue CommissioNurs of Schuylkill
county have been surcharged by the
County Auditors with upwards of§37000
illegally paid out on contracts for the
new Court House. It has been found,
too, that while they traveled on free
passes, they at the same time charged
for railway tickets. and that included
in their traveling expenses, which were
not itemized, were several hundred
dollars for drinks taken by themselves
and friends both while at home and
abroad. The drinks have been disal-
lowed.
Fivecont extracts are too cheap to
be of any value. They are “knocked
out” every time they come in compe
tracts. Price of the latter 10 cents.
w——— NO. 3.
The Road Question,
Following is Governor Pattison’s
m——— views of the road question as express-
| THD LONG CONTINUED SPELL UN- ed inf his message:
PRECEDENTED. There is no doubt of the popular de-
The Severest und Longest Continued Mand which exists for the enactment
Cold Weather Known Since 1857, of legislation on the subject of roads
Much Suffering. and road making. This sentiment
—— has appeared in popular discussion
Tm y # i Fr y t z
he cold spell which set in over two | 4nd taken form in attempts at legisla~
weeks ago has been unusually severe | tive enactments. Its agitation has
on suffering humanity, and there been a stimulus which has already
seems to be no let up with it. The ydded to the improvement of our ronds
sleighing has been of the best. For | number of several hundred, governing
over two weeks the thermometer has | 4 many townships of the state. In
| hovered near about zero, and not once! some instances localities are satisfied
in that time has the temperature risen | with them and unwilling to enter up-
on a change, In others there is a re
luetance to surrender the privilege of
A highand | the right to work out the tax; while
sharp wind has béen blowing, which | jy; ynany the increased taxation of real
cuts clean into the marrow and chills estate. necessitated under any system
| the mercury has dropped below zero,
and the cold was intense,
one to the bone. suggested, presents insuperable objec-
It 1s said that the present spell of (jones, At the last sessioh of the legis-
cold weather has been the most severe | |uture the act passed for the improve-
we have had since 1857, when just | nent of our road system was so unjust
such another winter was had. The | jj its distribution of state aid, and its
thermometer has registered much low- purposes so numerous and diverse, as
er other winters, but it was only fora ¢, expose it to the constitutional objee-
day or so, and soon a thaw set in, but tion of containing more than one sub-
we have not had the least intimation ject, and 1 felt constrained to withhold
of a melt for over two weeks. my approval. The basis of distribu-
Much suffering has been caused by | tion which it proposed was the
the cold and many found it almost amount of road taxes collected and ex-
en up and many families are put to or of rich and populous districts, such
great inconvenience by pipes bursting, | 4¢ adjoin large cities and boroughs, to
and being competled to earry water paepive a large share and possibly the
from neighbors. We have never had | 411 amount of state bounty while re-
a winter in which there was such a mote districts where road improves
general freeze-up, and the prophet ments were most needed would have
would probably be mobbed if he should | of eon roads, in their relation to trav-
!
encounter some of our frozen up eiti-| oling, traffic and economy is conoed-
zens. The frost has penetrated to ned, Questions as to methods of cone
depth of over three feet, and ifa heavy struction are not difficult of adjust-
thaw does not soon set in, it w ® iment. Attachments for old ways can
«till deeper, and it will be hand to tell | bo broken. There rem pins, however,
inst where it will end, the financial probie 1. With it solv-
3, By? gh ’ ‘ ws }i dee : !
Sunday night was the eoldest | of the way to improve roads is with
we have yet hd and by Monday out obstocle. Under existing laws the
morning the thermometer registered | oxpense would largely fall on the farms
al some places in town ten degrees be- | of th e commonwealth. These already
low zero. It was a hummer, and | have more than their share. There is
made one step lively when out. a very outspoken demand for relief.
TE At this time to add to their burden by
Tae Coal Combine, large expenditures on roads, would be
Messrs, Coombs and Patterson have | ,,, injustice. To construct a desirable
practically completed their report 10 nud under the most improved method
the special commitee on Investigation | guid cost at least £3,000 per mile.
: The re will show the 8 .
tion. The report will show that the |. netrocted by the United States gov-
aim of the combination is to drive out ernment and ranning through Somer-
independent coal operators and obtain | 4 Fayette and Washington counties
a complete control of the anthracite |, ur state. cost 59.200 per mile. It is
industry and that it is sought to do ,f sure much wider than necessary
this by fixing a high freight rate on ig, (he avernge country road. To
coal so as to make it profitable for .in-|,,,ke 4 road of one-third the width of
dividuals to turn in their product at |. National road would entail an out-
. | he o Hina: i s Gy mT
the mines to the combination. The lay of $3,000 per mile. To construct
report will recommend the passage of fifty miles of such roads in a county
the bill heretofore agreed upon by the “wd cost 215 3,000, and in sixty-five
ii
commerce committee, which gives the
counties $10,000,050). In some coun-
ties fifty miles would barely cross the
In addition to the cost of the
contemplated to recommend legislation | o. ruction must be counted the an
for the divorce of the transportation | 4,4) expenditures for maintenance.
and coal-prodacing industries, but the | guon an expenditure under existing
two gentlemen found it impracticable | venues of county and state could not
| by constitutional means to deal effect- | je ade in a period of two, five or ten
{ually with the matter, tho itisof the years, and if made would largely in-
opinion that it is really the most effi- |, 0 the tax on real estate. I will
| cacious remedy possible. | cheerfully co-operate with you in any
- | legistation which will bring about a
mit wan't Opps Cleveland | uniform road iaw, and at the same
The New York Herald, publishes |g... adjust our system of taxation so
the following from ite correspondent | i q¢ all shall contribute alike for the
at Washington: | cost of improvements.
“Mr. Cleveland, as President, will]
have no trouble by opposition.” This | It Should Be In Every House,
statement was made by Senator Hill, | 8 B. Wilson, 871 Clay St., Sharps-
who says that the assumption that any | burg, Pa., says he will not be without
combination will be made to oppose | Dr. King's New Discovery for Co
Mr. Cleveland or his nominations for | sumption, Coughs and Colds, that it
Cabinet or other positions in the Gov- cured his wife who was threatened
erment is absurd. “The presumption, | with Pneumonia after an attack of
said Senotor Hill last night, *‘that there | “La Grippe,” when various other rem-
would be a combination between Sen-|odies and several physicians had done
ator Murphy and myself is preposterous | her no good. Robert Barber, of Cooks-
Mr. Cleveland has been elec ted Presi- | port, Pa, claims Dr. King's New Dis-
dent bythe Democratic party, and as| covery has done him more good than
Democrats both Senator Marphy and | anything he ever used for Lung Trou-
myself are obliged to support him | ble. Nothing like it. Trey it. Free
whether we want to or not. Trial Bottles at J. D. Murray's Dray
Lf Ap Store. Large bottles 50, and $1.00,
The records in the department of in- elaccsednienlisellyiostl htt
ternal affairs show that in Pennsylva. | About all the questions in which the
nia during the year ending Juno 30 last | farmer is interested, will be discussed
there were killed on the railroads of the | 81 the Farmers’ Institute at Centre
state 42 passengers. Of this number 14 | Hall, 26 and 27 inst, and also the two
were killed in the wreck on the Penn. | previous days at Rebersburg. No in-
sylvania railroad near the Dock street | terest is of greater maguitude or im-
bridge. The number of passengers in. | portance to the mass of the people than
jured during the year wero 633, The | the agricultural interest. :
total number of passengers, employes | re
and other person killed were 1,489, at wild lu ty
The total number injured was 8 825, the question arise where can it be pro-
The whole number of parson killed cured'ut a low figure and at the
ho were not passengers or railroad . is sing
w time receive goods that ure not shod
Suployol was BE gpfgeniny > dy. Lewins, at the Philad
their lives while lying on the railroad
tracks while under the influence of
liquor,
interstate commerce commission pow-
cA Pa
nani SM AA ————
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