VOL. LXV. DEM. TICKET AT THE CONVENTION. A Strong Ticket Prevails Throughout. Good Attend ance. Ticket Gives Satisfaction. On Tuesday there was an unusually large attendance at the County Convention. This was due the importance of the offices to be filled, to the many friends of the various Democratic tainty of the result as all aspirants came with a’ good representation from the possibility. The convention was called to order at 12:20 by Chairman J. C. Meyer. The following officers were then : chairman, Dr. F. While, burg ; roll-<clerks, Mortimer oghue, Spring township, Seibring, of Half Moon ; I. J. Dreese, Lemont. The follow were then appointed a committee resolutions: Win. C, Heinle, Esq., Bellefonte ; S.J. Herring, Penn Hall: J. C. Smith, Millheim: Orcar Holt, Burnside and W. Spangler, Potter township. The next work taken up was the bal- loting for the various offices which curred in the following order and sulted : selected K. Philips. i and J. reading cl P. erx, ing on orl ni a 0c- 3 re- FOR SHERIFF. J P Condo,... G BCrawlord, HM MeGirk Geo Parker, J Corrigan, On the seventh ballot Jno. of Gregg, was declared the n sheriff. yininee for FOR TREASURER. 1st Ind 3d 4th J Q Miles ’ H Moore, 10 J H Beek, ...... 20 W T Speer... 4 AJ Griest,.... J T Lucas, .. J F Potter, G B Johnson, - On t! ballot John QQ. Miles was declared the choice. FOR REGISTER. Ist 2nd A § th 6th Tth 5th #ioht! we SAREE v GW Rumberger,. coon C A Weaver, . W J Catlin, oinsisssmnnions A G Archey, (withdrawn On the fourth ballot G. W. Rum. berger received the majority and was 1 i wonmns bo £ the nominee for Register, BY ACCLAMATION There being no opposition W. Galer Morrison for Recorder and Messrs, G. L. Goodhard and T. F. Adams for com. missioners, were renominated by, mation, For auditors: HH. W. Bickle, Belle- fonte and W. W. Royer, of South Pot: ter were nominated by acclamation. For coroner: Dr. H. K. Hoy, of Belle. fonte—by acclamation. declares acela- reported by the committee, which after due consideration were adopted, The Democracy of Centre county in conven tion assembled resolve 1. That we endorse the administration of President Grover Cleveland as being a wise, honest, able and upright administration of the government We commend his efforts to bring the government to a sound financial basis, in order to restore confidenes to busi ness and prosperity to our industries. i. We demand the absolute and uncondi- tional repeal of what is khown as the Sherman silver purchase law, a speedy and complete revision of the tariff, and that strict shall be observed in all public expenditures, L. We insist that the congress now called in extraordinary session shall with all speed, lay ing aside every feeling of partisanship, looking only to the prosperity and glory of try. promptly and patriotieall duties for which it was assem of the President. 4. We endorse and reaffirm the declaration of principles contained in the demoeratio plat- form adopted by the demogratic national con- vention at Chicago, in 182, and upon which Died at the call and reform. Hb. We commend the patriotic and econom® cal administration of Governor Robert E. Pat. tison to the confidence and support of the peo pleot Pennsylvania. . We commend the wise, careful and faith- ful administration of the affairs of the county by the present board of county commissioners. Coming into office, as they did, when the treas. ury had been depleted. and an existing in debtedness of §5 7.68, the taxes due to the several school, poor and road districts from une seated lands Imapiroptiated and commissions thereon unlawfully taken, they paid the in. debtedness, returned to the State and the soy. eral districts the funds justly and property be- longing to them, and so managed the County finances as to have at the last Annual Sei:le- ment a balance of $88.9 on hand over and above all Habilities. We therefore with coni- dence commend them to thelr fellow citizens for re-election. 7. We commend the ticket this day nomi nated as Watthy the gapport of the eltions of Centre county Irrespective of party. The can didates are known to be men of the highest ‘nn. tegrity and honesty and well qualified for the positions to whieh they have nomicated, AMENDMENTS. The following amendment to the rules regulating the Democratic party of Centre county was adopted, That rule No. 2 of the rules governing the election of delegates and the County Conven- tion be amended to read as follows to wit : “The election for delegates to represent the different districts in ey Annual i County Convention shall be held at the usual lace of holding the general election for euch trict on the Naturday preceeding ‘he second wesday of June In each and every year, be giunhing at these o'clock, p.m. on said diy and continue until seven o'clock, p.m. The dele. iy) ao Shagtad shail att aunty Lonven- ot in the Court House at Bellefonte on day following at 12 o'clock m a LIST OF DELEGATES. Beligfonte~X, W. 1 R. J. MeR night Jr. Walter Garrity, W, Miles Walker: 8 WW: Ww, C. Heinle, Jolin Pearl, Willlam Allen, Pat. Garrity : W. W: iL. E. Fenlon, Cenire Hall-E. M. Hayett, D. A. Boozer, » Milesburg-0. P Kreamer. | Miltheim~J. C. Smith, A. C. Musser, F. K. White; 2nd W: Daniel A. Paul, Sol. Schmidt; 3rd W: W. C. Lingle, W. J. Howe. | 8. Philipsburg—H. B. Wilcox. | Undonville—E. M, Griest, | Benner Twp.~Fred Houser, James Huey, Wm Ross, | Boggs Twp N. P: Geo. Brown, E. P: Ezekiel 1 Pownell. | Burnside Twp. —~N. ¥: Oscar Holt. 1. J. Dreese, W. W. Witmer: W. PF: Walter O'Brien. | Curtin Twp. —Geo, Weaver, { Ferguson Twp ~E. P: Daniel Lowder, J. B. Ard, M. A. Drefbelbis:w. P: J. H. Mil- ler. Twp. ~N. P: John H. Gre E. P: 8 J. { College Thwop.~— Gregg toush, James P. We: Herring, Harvey Heckman, Wm. Goodheart. { Haines Twp. —~M. F. Hess, R. E. Stover: W. p i E.G. Mingle, CW. Wolf. | Halfmoon Twp.~J. P. Sebring. | Harris Twp .- James Swabb I Twp ~W. Yearick, J. L. Gardner Huston Twp. —~Fillmore Craig. | Liberty Twp.—J. B. Runner, W, W Marion Twp —~Zwingli Hoy, N. H ! Miles Ty B.P Miller, G. W W.P:J. B. Hazel. Patton Twp A. H. Hoover, Penn Twp ~Henry Zerby C. Stover, Adam Heckman { Potter Twp ~N.P: W.M fer: 8.1: W. W 8. J. MeClintiek. Th ~N.P: J.B. Long, Miles H fried: 8. P: P, R. Gorman. Sho: Twp ~E. P: R, C. Gilliland, McCann: W. P: Frank Tubridy. ™ FP. Mortimer Donahue : H.Ott Wm. Florey, H. J | Hoare Spangler Yearick. Jer. Brumgart : M. P: H. H Kreamer, Calvin Crouse Thos. B. Evert, J Joshua Pot Grove, Royer, Rush Selg Snow Thos g Twp.~N Wm riek. ring Twp Taylor Twp r n Tu 8 woe YW p ~Samuel Hoover Dominick Judge. J. Loughrey. D. Eberts tp THE TICKET. Condo for sheriff, ister, Miles for treasurer, Morrison for recorder, Adams and Goodhart commissioners, Bickle and Royer for auditors, and Hoy for coronor,—all are overwhelmingly elected. that with less grumbling, and the Repub- knew of a ticket was received licans admit they cannot defeat it. etn Mifflin County Mominations, The Mifflin county Democratic con- | vention held at Lewistown { day, nominated William J. on Blett, for urer; John C. Shahen and M. M. Nag- iney, for commissioners; John Wray, for director of the poor; William T. Shimp, for coroner; Aurand and John Brindle, for auditors. In the lively contest for chairman of the county committee, WW. W. Trout Vance Was {of 28 to 10 in the convention. — A President's Message, The special session of Congress be- gan Monday. Tuesday Pres. Cleveland selit in his message. He says the silver {bill should be repealed immediately and unconditionally, Tariff reform, i will be sound in every market. The question is above party politics. | The message is short and clear, and {will find approval with men of all | parties except the silverites, fac stm So Religious Announcements, # Rev. Fischer will deliver his fare | well sermon on Sunday morning, at (ten o'clock, August 20th, at the { Georges valley church, and the fare well sermon at Farmers Mills in the afternoon of same day, These ser mons will be the last Rev. Fischer will to take charge of his new field at Bha- mokin, Pa. in Ap A Bitten by a Copperhead, Mrs. A. Y. Chileote of Lewistown, while picking berries in her garden one day last week, was bitten in the forefinger by a copperhead snake. She sucked the wound and drew quite a quantity of blood from it. A poultice of crushed onion and turpentine was applied and the woman was only {wlightly ill for a short time. A A AY Cleared a Small Sam, The Missionary Society of the Luth- eran church held a festival on Tues. day evening on the lawn in front of the church, and served ice cream, cake, ete. The ladie: cleared a nice little sum by their efforts, no aoa ray rn ALPACA Great Cash Sale, Great Cash Sale of Btiff Hats brown, light brown, tans aud blacks for men and boys, $1.50 Hats, now $1.00 $2.00 Hats, now §1.50 $2.50 and $3.00 Hate, now $2.00 MONTGOMERY & - MESSAGE. PRESIDENTS Cause of All the Trouble, DEMAND FOR A BOUND CURRENCY. Our Gold Reserve Withdrawn from the Treasury and Exported to Increase the of Other Nations. Fivancial Strength We Cannot Sustain Fiat Money. 8 copy of the communication on the fiscal | affairs of the nation forwarded the | president of the United States and read in | both houses of congress vesterday aft | noon: To ™e Cosenress oF THE U {| BTATES—The existence of an alarming | extraordinary business situation, ir | Ing the welfare and prosperity of all our people, has constrained me to call together in extra session the people's representatives in congress to the end that through a wise and patriotic exercise of the duty, with which they solely | present evils may be mi | gers threatening the averted, by er NITED and olv- loo ORIN: ar future Cause of the Trouble. Our unfortunate financial plight is not of con- reson ross; | the result of untoward events nor | ditions related to our nor is it traceable to an which frequently check and prosperity Vith | with abundant production and | usual invitation with satisfac ASSUTE | terprise, suddenly fin | fear have sprung up on every sid | ous moneyed institutions have suspes As to natural y of the nations pientieon promise of ren pr manufacture sale ta f pun LO inves tory abundant i mediately available { frightened d tions and individuals are cor { in hand the money they a | fous to loan, and those mate bu the securities they offe i because meet epOsI tors, re enugag sines are sn heretofore satisfactory, i eepted fast 0 | failure have | business, I believe these | ehargenble to cong: {touching the Py Values st SERA becoming involved every Evils of the sherman Law, This legislation wie ipasssd on the 14 which was the tation on the | may be struggle, {| sliver cols [more cone Undoubtedly the | the government | silver, regarded by thos | duetion as erease in price | been entirely following a sg price of silve sage of ’ lowest point eve ing result has sistent effort in the direc coinage Meanwhile, not only are the evil effects of the operation of the law of i tantly accumulist] the res: | whieh Its exec | is becoming pal least heed to finan AN ei t th day of cuiminat considered betw en foroed wn or asm Tr Ox tl net ie r + praesent i iit to al su To Preserve the Parity. This law provides that in payment for the 450,000 i which the secre of the treasury is com manded to purchase monthjy. there shall be jssned treasury notes redesmable on de mand in gold or silver coin, at the discre { tion treasury, and that the said { notes may be reissued. It is, however, de {elared in the act to be | policy of the United 8 the two metals on a other upon the present legal ratio, or such ratio as may be provided by law.” This declaration so controls the action of the secretary of the treasury as to prevent his exercising the discretion nomi nally vested in him if by such action the parity between gold and silver may be disturbed. Manifestly, a ounces of sliver lion ar of the “the established maintain parity with each % tates to in pay these treasury notes in gold, if « manded, would necessarily result in their discredit and depreciation as obligations payable only in silver, and would destroy the parity between the two metals by es tablishing a discrimination in favor of gold. Gold for Silver. Up to the 15th day of July, 1808, these notes had been issued in payment of silver bullion purchases to the amount of more than $147,000,000, While all but a very small quantity of this bullion remains un- coined and without useluloess treasury, many of the notes given in its purchase have been paid in gold This is illustrated by the statement that between the 1st day of May, 1802, and the { 18th day of July, 1808, the notes of this { kind fssned in payment for silver ballion | amounted to a little more than $54,000,000, isnd that during the same period about $40,000,000 were pald by the tressury in gold for the redemption of such notes, The policy necessarily adopted of payin these notes in gold has not spared the hoe | reserve of $100,000,000 long ago set aside by the government for the redemption of other notes, for this fand has already been mbjected to the payment of new obliga tions amounting to about $150,000.00 on account of silver purchases, and has, as a consequence, for the first time since its creation, been encroached upon, Gold Reserve Depletion, We have thas made the depletion of ony gold easy, and have tempted other and more ap ative nations to add it to their stock. at the opportunity we have of the large amonnta of gold which have bean recently drawn from our treasury and ex. Jorted to increase the financial strength of gn nations, The excess of exports of its for Fo Batwoon July 1, 1800, and July 15, 1868, | the gold coin and bullion In our treasury decreased more than $182,000,000, during the same period the silver coin and bullion in the treasury increased more than §147,000,000 Unless bonds are to be constantly issued and sold again exhausted, it is apparent that the In force leads to the direction of the entire | pubstitution of silver for the gold in the government trensury, and that this must be followed by the pavment of all govern ment obligations in depreciated silver Gold and Sliver Part Company. & At this stage gold and silver must part company and the government must fall in ft est elas 0 wblished policy to y with elusive uss on & pari ench other the es: of greatly depreciated according to the stand ard of the commercial longer « among nations of the Hirst HER, raoance aver laim a place BoE can of it rgovernment cialim s obligations, so fa Ir as ition has been imposed upon he use of the people the noney fol prs it ws ATiE ds claim, silver larger place in our cu lrres ALPS i the © general obvious that the in a position to favor of such ar we are willing to accomplish the ill not be £ in an » Cannot Make Fiat Money. ige business circles our govern- to wien money on LE Own home in the thal i refn , while mill tm the ids 1 Cal hat there is no the pur- of the The very existence of this ap- inck of bow- snoe which ought not y be disregarded hand were nhdence in the government in confidence, Possibly known when our maintain such amount of silver in of $50,000,000 yearly, mination to such increase, be sald that a problem is 5 is free from a5 polation A Stable Currency Demanded. " \ . : The people of United led to 8 wm Yo States are en- und and stable currency apd recognized ss such on every ex. { the world ne ry ArEet of and in es ie reliance on lity to Jeo ple's money. the plane of OnoeTns every VWrR vy ry which overiooked. At } evils of Enecu in. gathered re 3 * ano be hreaten a harves thers, the capital if by hoarding or fluctuation on first to and ta correo He relies entures of confident thi j6* on dat $ 0 LE 1 8 enrner-4he reciated currency the benefit of defenseless ted ong ling him, condition is wit ration, for he can neither prey on misfortunes of others nor hoard his One of the greatest statesmet our country has ever known, speaking more than fifty years ago, when a derangement of the currency had caused commercial distress, said: RE labor, deepest interest in a sound currency and ' who suffers most by mischievous legisla tion in money matters is the man who earns his daily bread by his daily toil” Prompt Relief Required, These words are as pertinent now as on the day they were uttered, and ought to discharge of our duty at this time must especially injure those of our countrymen who labor, and wha, because of their num ber and condition, are entitled to the most watchful care of their government. ! gituation be afforded at once { “he gives twice who gives guickiy” Is | directly applicable. It may be true thas the embarrassomentis from which the busi ness of the country ix suffering arise as much from evila apprehended as from those actually existing. We may hope, too, that calm counsels will prevail, and that neither the capitalists nor the wage and sacrifice their property or their iuter Cewts under the influence of exngre fenrs. Nevertheless, every day's delny in | removing one of the plain and principal | causes of the present state of things en- | 1arges the mischief already done aud in. | creases the responsibility of the govern | ment for its existence. Whatever else the | people have a right to expect from con- | gress, they may certainly demand that islation condemned by the omen] of three Sears’ disastroas experience shall be * thelr representatives ean legidimately deal with it Work of Tarif Kelorm, It was my purpose to summon tember that we might enter prompily upon the work of tari f reform, which t rua interests of the country clea mand, which so large aA mw : | and expect, and to the accomplishment | which every effort of th | tration is pledged, Bu form has lost nothing its { and permanent impo: aud must in the near future engage the attention of | congress, it has me that the { financial condition of the country should at once and i 1h jects be considered by your huno I earnestly peal of the p July 1800, suit smirchase of gilver bullion, other legislative action may put beyond all doubt or take the lutention ability of the government to fullil its iiary obli- gatiows in mor cognized by all elvilized o ¢ present adminis ft while tariff re :r of its immediate secined 10 before nll other m1 able body prompt re- passed i, ng the and 1 $5. nas the ey VELANRD, rn * y LL & ¥ BXCCULIVEe MADR IN SENATE AND HOUSE. Fa Benator Hill Presents a Bill te Repeal the Sherman Act. Wasninerox, Aug. 7.—For the twelfth time in the history of the United States CiITress: was at “extraordinary’’ session the Democratic tht were promptly elected, eaker, Hon ] James Kerr, Pennsyl at-arms, Snow, of Ohio; ton, of Indiana; d of Tennessee; chaplain away, of Maryland received the Hey ub TORY Th 4) CANCUN noon © f i Os n Saturday as follows: Crisp; clerk, sergeant Herman W Lycurgus Dal. orkeeper, A. B. Hart, Rev. 8. W, Had. Ex-Speaker Reed my vote of the The new speaker was sworn i (O'Neill, of vania, the oldest member in point e and “the father of the hotse.” STOR, Aug The proceedings ate yesterday were of great public Charles of vania; ex ongressman postmaster P may ' 1 Lmeniary presentative Charles 4) © y enssage was read i attention on senalor dng the read- i to the com- immediate . YY.) was 1 for the re of the Sher. ia, fol a speech, ered Lodge tee on fina nition was ass. directing the commit ¢ repeal of the pur t and pro of such sooner supple fale ng of the row, at 11 a.m, lisoussioh o report a bill for the ney ET by s awaited by with great wit] Gn Ho] ilen interest from "hen reading ded the election h district of Michigan hours’ de was ety, Lister i io +f and afterwards privately discussed a us standpoints the he message was concl case from the Fil was taxen up, and Richard v 1 # aller two MGOCTral BH. Coleman, the “Irons King." Forced to the Wall, Hobert H. Cole iron King,” has his estate, inclad- ornwall, Lebanon ee New i Boabert rE f ips or y 8 Reading, and Henry for the benefit The d To Yesienr a COrGe of v tors, in ead of asslg: ent was entered late y afternoon in the office of the re Archibald Rogers, of New Coleman's chief cred Mr. Coleman's af ijustment during his deedn rk, is one of Mr whose fairs were put for real recent travels in Eu In the assigns Trust and Safe Mr. Coleman is presi Ky ope estate of the Lebanon deposit bank, of which lent, the court yesten day approved f Jacob M. Shenk, Christian Sheul Baodsecker, W. 8 Huber, Joseph I. Lemberger and George D. Rise, all of city, in the sum of §5.000. It was owing to the complication in fairs that the failure of this bank was occasioned It is said the liabilities will exceed the Barols, A a i w Secennrd a] ¥ of this ' Sanka dil ir. Coleman's a French Yorgers Sentenced. Pams, Aug 8 <The jury in the case of Ducret and Norton has returned a verdict of guilty against both of the defendents Norton, who is a mulatto, was indicted for a sensation in the chamber of deputies when read by M. Millevoye, a Boulangist member. These documents, which it was was sentenced for one year, Camp Relief Disbanded, Dexven, Aog. Camp Relief, which has been operated by the state for the sup- men who had been receiving food at the camp were thrown upon the city, in ad- dition to the hundreds of others already being fed by the charitable organizations, What to do with the large number of idle aud hungry men is a grave question for the authorities, Fatally Burned by Exploding Metal, CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 8. As five mon in the converting department of the Besse mer Steel works were about to make a enst the hot metal flowed into the pit un der the convertor, and as it struck the water there was a terrific on. Fore: man John Tilly, Robert laborers, nares unknown, else recsived injuries that may prove iatal CA AS SSS Fortune Quickly Disappeared, New Onugans, Aug. 9 Joseph C. Mar xe; ho ak ony To tora a husel . on Mi or forging a £2,000, was one of the best known ment in this city, He fell heir to a on the death of bis tely began =» fast hastened the NO. 31. WASHINGTON GORsIP, The Opening of « ogress Hestares Pabile Confidence, If to-day was not the proudest day Speaker Crisp ever saw, his looks be lied him, and he must differ from the average man. speaker of second His first election to be the House in authority that of President bitterest alu office only dignity to the end of one ever waged now, after i and was Contests Hues and be nomi + the is for honor for ion by the party caucus he : second time elevated to the It was aj tri- any man might well | be proud, and wh The {also elected by the House Kerr, alle siti able position, # wersonal umph of which ich few men have ut- following officials were tained, Clerk, Jas. 3 y Pe NDUesyviania f 1 Ol re-elected Sil~-Arms. £ Sergeant Arn Herman NMnow, il Poor of Tennesse © Poste of ex~-Congressman A. B. Hurt, L; is ; 1134 f Indiana Ww. Colum- yeurgus Dalton, « ( i District napiain, WY, M, f i Oi 30 » Set aw a” President Stevenson ¢ i OF 1 presided the Senate, President ft oy v KRY 18 LF Sas ii on a ieveland's message will no in un- til to-morrow, here were several good reasons why * €Xam- in an- as may tas they suggestion is is 80 much he ing ii COTh~ mittees are all practically made up ot about the same time. posed, and the pro. from many HY new come 3 ; ded to House, and that ating to reason for oimmitiee or 1 Le aly those existing is all bills rel The tant ta on i currency ref yd this proposal is the « between Wei and that on Janking and Currency, as to the refer- Should the io It i= “rie Coinage ar is clashing the commitiee Coinage, ghis and Measures ence of bills proposal be adopted those two committees would be less important, as the first would deal only with comparatively insignifi- The uld rank with the Ways and Means and Appro- cant bills relating to banking. new commitiee, if formed, w priation committees in importance. { President Cleveland returned to the | White House on Saturday but spent Sunday quietly at his suburban resi- dence. He says he never felt better, {and he certainly looks to be in the most robust health. He is very confident that the legislation of the extra session | will be satisfactory. When Secretary Herbert's annual re- port is made it will be seen that his in- spection tour of the Atlantic coast | navy gards was not a mere pleasure | junket, but was just what it purported | to be—an inspection of the yards visit- | ed, covering geveral facility and meth- {ods of working. This may surprise | sore people, but surprises are frequent under the democratic administration, Treasury officials say the scarcity of { small bills which is not prevailing is { no fault of theirs, they have plenty of | small notes and gladly furnish them to {banks which apply for them in ex- {change for notes larger denomination. | A Congressman speaking of this, said : There secing 10 be a serew [oose some where, when business men of New York pay a premiam to get small notes when by sending to Washington, six hours away, they could get ali they needed without paying anything. This matter ought to be looked into.” The administration proposes to do its part in helping the National banks to increase their circulation, and the bureau. of Lagraving sod Prioding is (now working extra tho printing | saaall notes to supply the donnd ex» pected to be made by the banka i AS a AM A A Coal for Sale,
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