sl)f Centre itifa. ilrmorral.
BHUGKRT \ FORSTER, Editors.
VOI,. I.
fhe (Crntrc JSUraectat.
Terms SI.AO per Annum, in Advance.
a. T. SHUGERT and R. H. FORSTER. Editor..
Thursday Morning, September 11, 1879.
Democratic State Ticket.
STATS THKASL'RER,
DANIKL i>. BAKU, Allegheny county.
OHIO and lowa will BO the next
States to vote.
SENATOR TURKMAN liegan his cam
paign work in favor of Tom Ewing, at
Columbus, on last Saturday evening.
His speech was one of great force and
will not fail to exert a powerful in
fluence upon the voters of Ohio.
Two friends of Mr. Rlaine were dis
charged from the Treasury Depart
ment a few days ago —C'apt. Howard,
a gallant, one-legged soldier from Con
necticut, and Col. Davidson, formerly
an editor of the Washington Republi
can. They arc said to be efficient offi
cers, but could not prefer Sherman
against the Maine aspirant for Presi
dential honors.
TrtK Democratic State Convention
of New York met at Syracuse, yester
day, to nominate candidates for a num
ber of State offices, including that of
. Governor. At our hour of going to
press we have no news from the Conven
tion. It is generally conceded, however,
that Governor Robinson will lie re
nominated by a large vote, notwith
standing the violent op|>ositiou that lie
has received from the Tammany Dem
ocrats of New York City.
FIGURES will not lie, says the Ilnr
risburg Patriot. In 1876 the Repub
licans of Maine cast 7G.SfiT votes and
the op|>sition in a total vote
of 136,823. At .the last election on
Monday the Republicans cast only
about 69,000 and the opposition nbout
71,000 in a total poll of 140,000, the
largest ever given in the State. The
Republicans, therefore, have lost
nearly 7,000 votes since 1876, while
the combined opposition have gained
10,000 since then. This proves not
only that the changes have been
against the Republican party but also
that the new voters have enrolled
themselves with their opponents.
AT the Republican State Conven
tion, of New York, which met last
week, Senator Conkling, fresh from
his brilliant exploit at Narragansctt
Pier, proved himself to be still "the
mnster of the situation." The Conven
tion bowed in humble submission to
his dictation, and nominated a ticket
headed by his favorite political hench
man, Cornell, for Governor. Curtis,
Wheeler, Fenton and the other repre
sentatives of Hayes and Sherman play
ed second fiddle to the imperious Sen
ator, and from now until the election
may lie expected to eat their boiled
crow as meekly and submissively as
tlicy always do when Conkling chooses
to sit down on them.
AND now Mr. Wheeler has fallen
under the ban of Administration dis
pleasure. It may he remembered
that Mr. Wheeler is from the State of
New York,and is sometimes ironically
called the Vice President of the Unit
ed States. This gentleman was a del
egate to Senator Omkling's recent con
vention and was made its permanent
chairman. Things didn't pan out
very well for what little there is left of
the administration, and now an omi
nous growl is heard from Washington,
and we are informed that Mr. Hayes
thinks a proper regard on the part of
Mr. Wheeler for the policy of the ad
ministration, and above all, respect for
the administration's notion of civil
service reform should have suggested
to him the propriety of attaining
from any active part in the State con
vention. Well, that's richness. If
any living human being knows what
the de J'ado President's "notion" of
civil service reform is, he has carefully
kept it from the public.
"Eqt'AL AND KX ACT JVHTICE TO ALL MKN, or WIIATKV Kll HTATK OK I'EBJfI'AMION, KKLKIIOUM OK 1-OLITICAL. "-JvUnvn,
Tho MasHiichuaotts Plan.
Wo print on t'ac third page of
tbia week's DEMOCRAT, supplemental
to the report of tho Hhode Island in
vestigation lttiil before our readers
two weeks Ago, n comprehensive and
compact summary of the evidence
taken before the Wallace Investiga
ting Committee in Massachusetts. Mr.
Wallace encountered the jibes and
sneers of the entire Ktqiuhlicuti press
of the country a* he ami his committee
wended their way to the Ray State to
look into its election machinery. It
had been specifically charged that in
timidation ami coercion had becu used
by the great manufacturing corpora
tions toward their employes with u
view to directly controlling their
votes; and that the various Federal
offices were used solely to further the
success of Republican candidates, to
the detriment of the public service.
With great unanimity the subsidized
party organs have endeavored to be
little the investigation, and to convey
the impression that the evidence as
adduced before the committee did not
justify the charges previously made.
In order that our readers may read
and judge for themselves we have
taken the salient features of the evi
dence and lay it la-fore them this
week. They will observe that in Man
chang employers used the most dan
gerous and disreputable means to
"influence" the votes of their
employes. They threatened them
with dismissul if they voted against
their wishes, and actually did dis
charge large numbers of the poor
laborers who dared to vote as they
pleased. They refused the use of the
town hall to a Democratic candidate
for Congress who came there to speak
upon the issues of the day. And not
coutent with dismissing men from
their employ who refused to IKW in
submission to the dictation of these
Yankee bulldozers, they afterwards
tried to drive them from the town
before the election. In Chelsea and
Gardner the same disgraceful state of
affairs existed. In Gardner the agent
of a national bauk operated openly
and boldly, offering money in large
sums for the votes of the poor opera
tives. In Plymouth a nAtive-horn
citizen was compelled to take out
papers of naturalization before he
was allowed to exercise the right of
suffrage. The evidence also shows
that a Republican collector of cus
toms dismissed a large number of effi
cient officers, among whom were many
ex-Union soldiers, with no other appa
rent cause than that they were not in
political sympathy with the collector.
Altogether the evidence as taken by
Senator Wallace discloses a most dis
heartening picture to every lover of
pure, fair, untrammcled elections, and
that such things arc to be found in
the puritanical State of Massachusetts,
which we have always been taught to
look u|Kin as the seat of morals and
the home of political purity, is not
calculated to imprem any one with
complacency. If such thiugs had oc
curred in any of the States of the
South a hurst of indignation from the
radical press would have informed all
maukind that such a thing AS a free
election was unknown there, and that
deputy marshals and the soldiers of
the government were essential to the
purity of the ballot-box. One thing
is certain that whatever intimidation,
if any, is used in the South, it is done
openly and in the glare of day and
not iu the insidious, underground way
adopted by the White I>eaguer* of
MaosochusetU and Rhode Island.
Refore the Republican organs get
tuned up to fresh Southern outrages
let them explain, if they can, this
damaging indictment as it cornea from
Senator Wallace's Com mi ttee.
VOTK for that able and incorrujiti
ble Democrat, Daniel O. liarr, for
State Treasurer. Elect him, voters of
Pennsylvania, you will effectu
ally bar tlfe doors of the Treasury
against the return of the old ring.
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 187'.1.
ManaclOß.
Tho Raltitnore Sun remarks that
"Senator Conkling, in his speech in the
New York Republican State Conven
tion, ou Wednesday, in enumerating
the various sins of the Democratic
party said that ' the army was mana
cled, not only on all days, but on thut
very day when it should he most
ready to act in support of national
liberty.' It was assigned as one of the
reasons, iu the Declaration of Inde
pendence, for dissolving the political
bonds which connected the colonies
with the mother country, that King
George had ' kept among us, in times
of peace, standing armies without the
consent of our Legislatures.' It was
also alleged, as a substantial griev
ance, that 'he has affected to render
the military independent of and supe
rior to the civil power.' In George
Washington's farewell address he de
clares the constitution and Union to
be 'of inestimable value' to the
country, la-cause the people of the
country derived from these the means
to 'avoid the necessity of those over
grown military establishments which,
under any form of government, are
inauspicious to liberty, and which are
to lw regnrded as particularly hostile
to republican lilx-rty.' Why, then, if
it u allowable to interrogate such a
personage as Mr. Conkling, should
not the army la- manacled? In this
country we have free sjatch abd a
free ballot, and we propose to main
tain our liberties by the unobstructed
exercise of these unrivaled privileges,
without the interposition of the bay
onet. In order to do this effectually
it will be the business of the Congress
of the United States to continue to
'mnnncle the army,' and to strengthen
the fetters just in proportion as Mr.
Conkling and those who think with
hint show that they have forgotten
the constitution and art! ignorant- of
the underlying principles of our gov
ernment. The army had la-tter lie
manacled than that the people should
la- manacled by the army. In this
way only can the military remain sub
ordinate to the civil power."
The Late Elections.
California elected State officers and
members of Congress on Wednesday
of last work. In this State the old
political parties have been badly shak
en up and disorganized by the lalair
party, which in itself was also divid
ed. The result of the election shows
that the Republican party, with the
corporate wealth of the State ln-hind
it, has been able to maintain a strong
er organization and a firmer hold upon
its supporters than the Democratic
party, and therefore the Republicans
come out of the contest with substan
tial fruits of victory, electing their
candidate for Governor, and all four
of the mcmliers of Congress. The Su
preme Court of the State will be divid
ed between the parties—some of the
Democratic candidates who were upon
all the tickets in opposition to the Re
publicans receiving a majority over
the candidates of that party. The
labor victory is principally confined
to tho city of San Francisco, where
Kalloch, the Kearney candidate, has
been elected Mayor.
In Maine, which voted on Monday,
there has been no election of (tovcrnor
by the people. As near as can bo
ascertained at this writing Davis, the
Republican candidate, has received
about 68,000 votes, while the com
bined Democratic and Greenback
vote is about 71,000. By this esti
mate Davis lacks 3,000 of a majority,
and the election of Governor will
therefore go to the legislature.
A "RWBBPIMU VICTORY" in Maine
was predicted and confidently expected
hy the Republicans. To find them
selves in a minority of 3,000 on the
largest vote ever polled in the State,
with a falling off of 7,000 on their
vote of 1876, is not exactly the kind
of a sweeping victory to jubilate much
over. At any time in a quarter of a
century pant it required but little ef
fort on the part of the Republicans of
the Pino Tree State to give from 10,-
000 to 18,000 majority a* circum
stances might demand.
DANIEL O. HARK, Esq., the Demo
cratic caudidutc for State Treasurer,
in his letter of congratulation to the
Lancaster Intelligencer, gave expres
sion to sentiment* which every good
Democrat ought to lay to heart. He
said:
Itsoemsto me that greater activity
on the part of the Democracy of the
State to sustain and extend the circu
lation of their paity journals, the wide
reaching country press, as well as the
dailies of the cities is demanded by the
necessities of the times and the grave
importance of impending political
events, particularly those of next year.
Tho country press is a direct local edu
cator of the people in current events
and contending principles. The one
hundred and thirty Democratic news
papers in Pennsylvania reach or should
reach tho voters, whose presence at the
polls determines elections and the pol
icies of tho State and Nation. It is a
business proposition that the press will
be effective, capable and influential,
just in proportion as it is liberally and
justly sustained. Without its active
co-operation, our political organization
would lose its efficiency, discipline an,/
courage wulcr ilcfeat. As we have had
something more ttian our share of de
feats in Pennsylvania, the duty of far
ing reverses with manliness and deter
ruination has tieen the touchstone of
fidelity to tho party, and in doing this,
and in encouraging the Democracy to
renewed exertions for the cause, the
Democratic press has rendered its most
oonspictions service. Especially in view
of the great battle of next year should
the active Democrats of every county in
the State set about the practical and
iui|>ortarit work of getting a Democratic
journal into every Democratic house
hold of the commonwealth, as well as
into the households of as many of our
Republican snd National friends as
they can accomplish. It is the best
mode of electioneering, as it eleratesail
efforts in that lino to the plane of reas
oning and thinking.
Of It friend Shortlidge is this week
sadly afflicted with rumors. Hoc B<-De
finite Republican. It is scarcely neces
sary to snv that they arc the mere fig
ments of an unduly exciu-d bruin, and
of that vivid imagiuatiou with which
Mr. 8. is so largely endowed.
Senator Bayard Heard Front.
New Tort W.-rM. Aon>t W
Senator Bayard, in a letter to a friend
in this city from Carisbad. expresses
himself as to (he "shameless speech"
with which Secretary Sherman opened
his href campaign in Maine with all
the indignation aroused by that speech
in the breasts of honest business men
as well as of honest statesmen through,
out this country. No man strove so
hard in the Senate as Senator Bayard to
bring Mr. Sherman to plainness of
speech on the vital question of the can
cellalion of the redeemed greenbacks,
and no man, therefore, can denounce
with tnore authority the scandalous im
posture of which Mr. Sherman is guilty
when he now parades himself all over
the country as the author of resumption.
CLAT was used first in the arts in pot
tery, next in hrickmaking and third,
for modelling the forms of the physi
cal world. Clay, in modern times, was
very much used by the Whigs. It is
only in the matter of bricks that we
rival the ancient manipulators of this
kind of earth, for their potters and
sculptors beat ua all to pieces. The
Israelites took straw in theirs, and they
grumbled meanly when the supply fell
short. Some of the taskmasters of to
day don't furnish so much as the clay,
hut expect the tale of tiles all the same.
The man with a brick in his hat, of
whom we soaietimcs hear, finds his use
for straw in illustrating the law of at
mospheric pressure over the toothsome
cobbler or the fragrant julep. Now and
then we call a man a brick to distin
guish him from a man of straw.
♦
CTXSR* day will be June 1, 1880. On
that date in the neighborhood of 20.-
000 enumerators will commence their
labors—those in the cities being requir
ed to complete their work in two weeks
time, while others will be granted lime
during the whole of the month of June.
Persons alive on the first of June (but
dying before the enumerator reaches
them) will be counted in the census.
Births subsequent to the Ist of June
will not lie counted. Special agents
will be employed to collect statistics re
lating to education, mining, manufac
turing, agricultural and various other
departments of trade and industry.
M una PINTO, the Portuguese explorer
of Africa, describes a race of white men,
hitherto entirely unknown, which he
found in the interior of the "dark con
tinent." They are called Caaaequerea.
They are whiter than the Caucasians
and have their heads covered with
small tufU of very short wool. They
live on roots and animals, and are the
only people known in Africa that do
not cook their food in not*. They never
sleep two nights in the same encamp
ment, bat wander about, in groups of
four to six families, over all the territo
ry between the Cuobi and Cubango.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
DEATH OK ROI.AKO D. CcHTi.*.-On
Saturday afternoon of lat week, at half
pant four o'clock, all that was mortal of
the Into Roland 1). Curtin passed away
from earth. Jie had been ill hut a short
time, and ere tho summer leaves had scarce
began to color, the great reaper, Itcath, cut
him off, and the tender Father saw fit to
gather him in to be forever in the garner
of the redeemed.
No one could have been taken away
whose loss will be more universally felt
than that of "Koly," n ho was called by
everyone. The children will have only
tender, regretful memories of him whom
they used to regard with all the familiarity
of a brother; those of maturer years will
miss sadly the little lorm which they were
never accustomed to pass without the inter
change of some pleasant remark ; and the
aged will always give his memory a prom
inent place among the many which lliey
hold in pleasant recollection.
But if his acquaintances miss hirn thus
how much more will the IOM be felt by
his near friends and relatives! The fact
that he wa* a care to them has but bound
them closer to him and will make the sep
aration so much more difficult to bear with
resignation. The vacancy thus created will
ho felt the most in the family circle.
Funeral services over the body of tho
deceased took place on Monday afternoon
at •'! 10 o'clock, from the residence of his
mother. The body rested in an elegant
casket stationed in the parlor on tho south
side of the house and surrounded with
beautiful floral offerings. Friends thronged
to the house eager to mingle their sympathy
with the deep grief into which the afflicted
family w.-re plunged. Rev Hewitt, of the
Episcopal church, qicn"d the service* with
the annnouncement of a hymn and an
earnest prayer. Key. Yocum, of the M
K. church, read some appropriate selections
of Scripture, and was followed by Rev.
Schaffer, of the M. K. church, Milesburg,
with the announcement of a second hymn.
Rev. Wm. Laurie, of the Presbyterian
church, made a few earnest, sympathetic
remarks, when the solemn services closed
with prayer by Rev. Schaffer. All the
music was rendered most impressively bv a
choir composed of Miss Orbison, Miss Clara
Lyon, Mrs James Potter and Messrs. Hal.
Orbison and Frank Keller. Then the
friends took a last, long, lingering, sad
glance at the body of little "Holy" and the
ball bearers bore him away to the silent
resting place of tho dead in Howard street
cemetery. [The usual death notice of de
ceased will be found in another column.]
To the above notice we append the fol
lowing, written by a friend :
" He wa* taken sick Tuesday night,
August 26, 1879, and kept growing
worse until <leath ensued on September
6th. He suffered vib-)-much until a few
hours Before his death, when mortifica
tion beginning he was more ea v. Ilia
death was peaceful, calm and quiet as
of an infant. <o Friday
fl!flH|r he said lie was not afraid to die
®fJy"od would take care of him.
UtP. inaciousnnas remained until some
time on Saturday morning, after which
time he did not notice much nor talk
any. No one in the household will be
missed as be will be -regular, method
ical, kind, loving, quiet, good, careful,
having few wants, no vices, fond of hia
family, his friendshi|> strong; he
scorned to do wrong; his utmost en
deavor was to do right. He was a great
comfort to his devoted mother: he was
always at home, alwaya cheerful, always
ol>edient. His death will leave a void
never again to be filled in the family
circle. He had not been, since two or
thtec years of age, strong in body, nor
was he strong in mind ; yet hia useful
nnss has been and is being felt, and will
redound to his honor. There arc many
to-day in the Centennial Temperance
Club that will bear record to hia useful
ness. Nothing but aickneaa in lied
would prevent his attendance at these
meetings. In thia, as in all else, he was
conscientious as to hia duty. It ia a
comfort to hia family and friends to
think and, in fact, to know that Jesus
walked through the dark valley and
shadow of death with him, and that
His rod and staff comforted bim. A."
TRIKUTK or RESPECT.
At a meeting of the Centennial Tem.
perance Club, held at their hall in this
place, the following preamble and resolu
tions were unanimously adopted :
Wit ERE AS, It has pleased Ood to re
move from our numbers our late member
and co-worker, R. I). Curtin,
Kfolwtd. That in his death the family
has lost a kind son and brother, and the
temperance cause, for which he labored so
earnest'y, one of its beat advocates ; and
hruotred, That our hall be draped in
mourning for the unexpired year, and the
members wear badges for the space of
thirty days; and
/feso/eed, That we deeply sympathise
with the family of our deceases! brother,
and tender them our sincere condolence In
their great bereavement; and
Nesofeerf, That a copy of these resolu
tions be sent to the family of the deceased,
and that they be published In the IbwdW
oss, CENTRE DEMOCRAT and Watchman.
A. MORRISON,
K. A. SMITH.
TERMS: fc1.50 |mt Annum, in Advance.
A Dinner and a Klm.
"1 have brought your dinner, father,
The blackxnitfi'* daughter *aid,
A# she took from her irroi a kettl"
And lifted it# shining lid J
"There'* not any pie or pudding,
(So I will give you this—" ,
A nd upon hi toil-worn forehead
Hhe left r childith kisc.
The blacksmith tore off hi* apron
And dined in happy mood,
Wondering rriu' h at the favor
Hid in hi* humble food,
While all about him were viaion*
Full of prophetic hli* ;
But he never thougnt of the rnagic
In hi* little daughter'* kiat.
While she, with her kettle swinging,
Merrily trudged away,
Stopping at right of a squirrel,
Catching *om<- wild bird'* lay,
And I thought how many a rhadow
Of life and fate we rhould tniwi
If a!way* our frugal dinner*
Were seasoned with a kia*.
GENERAL NEWS.
It in not expected that the Cabinet
will meet again before the middle of
October, when Mr. Hayes returna from
his western trip.
Thirteen young men, of good family,
bave lately arrived in thia country from
Brazil, for the purpose of receiving the
advantage* of our best schools.
Mr*. Catherine Chare Np rag lie has
filed a petition in the Supreme Court,
of Khode Island, asking for the appoint
ment of a trustee of her protierty and
estate in South Kingiton, in that State-
A new vein ha* been dineovered Ist
the Lehigh Zinc Company's mine near
Friedensville. The company is taking
out a very peculiar kind of ore, which
is ca|>ahle of being used when worker!
up into brass tor purposes for which
ordinary zincs are not available, among
others that of making metallic cart
ridge*.
General 'rd. of Texas, recently sent
to the artnory a piece of rneteorolite
picked up in Mexico acme time ago,
with the request that it be made into a
aword for himself. The piece is com
posed of iron mainly, but is so soft and
brittle that the water-shop folks find it
very difficult to harden the metal suffi
ciently for the blade, though they will
probably be able to finish it in good
shape. The sword will not be ready for
some time.
Fight cases of yellow fever, seven
white and one colored, were reported to
the Hoard of Health on Monday morn
ing. Nine interments hsve been report
ed since Sunday night, among the num
ber Maggie Sullivan, Annie M. Camp
bell, Archie Mills, Mrs. htnms Arnold
and .lame* Houck. Jr. The latter died
at Buntyne station. Twenty-five cases
in all—fifteen white and ten colored
were reported on Monday. Two addi
tional deaths have been reported.
Another widow has mysteriously dis
appeared, the remarkable feature of it
being that she was a Maryland widow
and about to be married. With the
Georgia widow who disappeared a week
ago this makes two widows now miss
ing. At this rate it doesn't seem aa
much fun to be a widow a* some folka
bave supposed it i*. There is a chance
that the Georgia widow will soon turn
up, a* she has written that revenue offi
cers have carried her off for unpaid
whisky tax, and the fact being that tho
government doesn't take widows in
payment even of the whisky tax ahe
will no doubt be finally returned to her
children and friends. If there are any
more handsome widows left it might tie
worth while for them to lock themselves
up before it is too late.
Mr. Charles Francis Adams celebrat
ed bis golden wedding on Wednesday
last. Ihe yuincy (Mass.) Patriot ob
serves: "It is an interesting and very
unusual fact that three golden weddings
of successive generation* of the same
family should have I>een observed in
the same house. That of President
John Adams and hi* wife was celebrat
ed on the 25th of October, 1814. That
of their son, President John tjuincy
Adams and his wife, on the 26th of
July, 1847. The third has just taken
place. It will l noticed that the in
tervals between these occasions were
respectively thirty-three and thirty-two
years—almoqfr exactly the lifetime of a
generation. Tit the lime of their gold
en weddings President John Adams
was seventy-nine, and Preeideot J. Q. **
Adams had just entered hut eightieth 'jj
year. Mr. C. K. Adams is seventy-two."
Pope Leo is said to look taller than be
really is because of his extreme slender
ness j his figure, however, is elegant,
in spite of his leanness. Ife has a
splendidly shaped head, fringed with
silver hair, and a kindly face, healthy
in coloring. His mouth, chin and jaw
express strength and firmness. Ha
wears a sou tane or close redingote of
soft, white woolen cloth, taking the
form of the figure at the waist and held,
there with a band of embroidered silk,
and buttoned quite down in front, show
ing the slippers of red silk, embroidered
with a golden cross. A cape of tha
same color and material falls from the
shoulder to the elbows, similarly but
toned to the coat in front, with some
soft substance, like down or
edging the cap# around the neck, but
not closely, and down the front} e
golden cord hangs around the Bfcck,
resting on the shoulders, and depends
ing in front is a golden aud jeweled
cross. His white hands are narrow*and
the fingeis long and beautifully rounded
and the nails are perfectly almond
shaped and pink-tinted, (in his head
he wears a white skull cap.
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NO. :\7.