<H)c Centre Democrat,
SHUOKRT k FORSTKR, Editor*.
VOL. 2.
flit (jJrntw flenwrrat.
Term* 51.50 par Annum, in Advance.
s. T. SHUGERT and R. H. FORBTER. Editors.
Thursday Morning, March 18, 1880.
THE lowa Legislature has passed a
compulsory education law. A little
niore education judicially scattered
around iu that locality might not be
amiss. Politically it is a dark spot, and
would improve by a little liberalizing.
TIIE Democratic committee of Mer
cer county 011 Saturday elected Beriah
Magoffin, Jr., A. F. Heulein and
William Carnes delegates to the.State
Convention. They are not instructed,
but are reported to be auti-Tilden
men.
THE Philadelphia Times believes
that one of the most solemn difficul
ties under the Empire is going to be
to find a place somewhere near the
size of lioscoe Conkling. The ordinary
glitter and pomp of imperialism will t
not begin to answer his purpose.
SECRETARY SHERMAN has written '
a letter contradicting the story put in
circulation by bis rivals that lie has
withdrawn from the Presidential con
test. He is a candidate aud intends to
submit bis claims to the Chicago Con
vention. He ouly needs a bloody
shirt now to be fully equipped for
contesting the nomination with Grant
and Blaine.
THE rumor from Washington that
Haves has come out for a third term
fur Graut needs confirmation. Grant,
ou his visit to Washington, snubbed
the de facto President and treated his
invitation to the White House with
contempt. it o<tunot therefore be
true, and the story is only a ruse of
the sly Secretary of the Treasury to !
unload aud transfer the weight he is 1
unable to bear to the third-term can
didate.
THE Collector of Customs at Wil
mington, N. C., who, of course, is a
Sherman man, telegraphs the Sherman
club at Washington, that it is not true
tha' Grant has captured six of the ten
delegates to the Chicago convention
thus far chosen from that State. The
collector being in official position, und
well informed of the political situa
tion, asserts that Sherman has seven
of those choseu, and predict* that he
will certainly have eight more. This
official is all right. He can remain
in office during the fraudulent admin
istration.
EMIL J. PCTROFF, one of the men
arraigned liefore Judge-Pearson for
corruption in connection with the riot
bill, and who did not plead guilty, but
stood his trial, has been found guilty
by the jury in manner and form as he
stood indicted. The sentence was post
jioncd to the '2Bth inst., the date fixed
for passing sentence upon the other
culprit*. This is the same Emil J.
Potroff expelled by the legislature of
1870 for similar act* of corruption, and
whs was returned by his Philadelphia
constituent*, at the next session, as a
proper person to represent them.
THE Washington Pod ha* had Ho
ratio .Seymour interviewed and an
nounces that the great New York
Statesman will consent to lead the
Democracy in the Presidential fight,
under certain circumstances. The
New York World also brings out an
interview of the same gentleman de
claring that under no circumstances
whatever will he be a candidate or al
low his name to be used in that con
nection. Somebody is mistaken. Per
haps both interviewers are drawing
upon their imagination and that the
impressions that they give to the pub
lic are the mere desires of the |>artiee
themselves. Horatio Seymour is not
the man to give an uncertain sound or
to shrink from the duty of the hour
whatever that may be. When he
does speak for the public, it will be at
the proper time and in words of wis
dom to be understood by all.
"KqUAL ANI) XXACT JUHTICK TO ALI, MKN, OF WHATRVKK STATIC OH I'KRKUASIOIf, KKI.KIIOI'H OH POLlTlCAL."—Jefferson
It Won't Do.
A certain small faction of the Dem
ocracy of Pennsylvania, actuated by
no higher motives than a determina
tion to rule or ruin in the delibera
tions called to shape the policy of the
organization, are at present engaged
in their annual diversion of foment
ing discord and strife in the party.
With the select coterie who comprise
this faction, work of this kind has be
come habitual, and they would prob
ably not be happy without iudulgiug
in it whenever an opportunity that
suits their peculiar whims and pur
poses comes to hand. The efforts of
these gentlemen to weaken the integri- j
tv of the Democratic organization
and thus destroy its power to success
fully meet the Republicans in battle
are well understood and appreciated
at their full value. Their work al
ways crops out in its most virulent
form just before the meeting of a
Democratic iState convention, and it
would be entirely too much to expect ;
that the present year should witness '
an_£xception to the rule. It does uot #1
indeed, but rather an aggravation of |
it. Iu fact the evil design assumes !
an unblushing boldness and an undis- j
guised violence far more arbitrary
and malevolent in spirit than was ever j
before manifested.
As usual the foinenters of strife be
gin this year with their habitual as
sault upon Senator William A. Wal
lace. He seems to be their standing
target, and it ajqiears strange that
past cx|>erience has not long since
taught them thnt abuse and dispar
agement of this able and distinguish
ed representative of the party will
fail to help their bad cause. They
cannot accomplish their ends by such
a course as they should have learned
long since. For his past services to
I the party, for his ability, integrity
and usefulness as a representative of
the ideas, the hopes and the inspira
tions of the true Democracy of the
State, he is so firmly intrenched in the
hearts and affections of a large major-
I ity of the pnrty that blind defamation
: and uureasoning detraction of his po
j litical character ami standing can
only bring cotftusion and defeat to
! those who arc foolish enough to be
lieve they can break him down by
such means. There can lie 110 other
motive, aside from a desire to injure
the Democratic organization, in this
periodical abuse and misrepresenta
tion of Senator Wallace by men who
cannot bend him to* their schemes
than an absurd jealousy of his attain
! ments and of the power he exerts in
the high places of the nation.
Oh, they say the Democratic party
has been wronged in the appointments
of Supervisors of the Census and in
the confirmation of a Federal marshal
in the city of Philadelphia ! There
j has been collusion between him and
Senator Cameron! Is this true ?
Certainly not. What has Senator
Wallace done in these cases that
should offend the Democracy, or bring
upon him this unjust criticism and re
proach ? Let ua see. He demanded
that Democrats, not only of Pennsyl
vania but of the entire country, should
receive a fair proportion of the Census
Supervisors and compelled an unwill
ing appointing power to respect the
demand. And now, when these ap
pointments are so divided aud both par
ties are represented in them, what rea
son is there in the drivilling sore heads
of the day assailing the man who stood
gallantly by his party in this, as be
has ever done in all things and on all
occasions f What right havs they to
charge him with collusion with Cam
eron f With about the same amount
of justice is Mr. Wallace censured for
the confirmation of Kerns. As chair
mau of a committee of investigation
Senator Wallace examined into the
acts of this man and found that his
appointments of deputy Marshals were
disreputable in the extreme. Every
fact in connection with these appoint
ments were fully reported and laid be-
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, .MARCH IK, IKMO.
fore the committee of the Senate to
which Kerns' nomination had been re
ferred, with a protest against his ap
pointment. The committer, however,
in the face of the protest of Mr. Wal
lace, reported in favor of confirma
tion and the Senate, in executive ses
sion, adopted the rejort. But notwith
standing all this, and against all reason
and justice, Senator Wallace, in the
opinion of these wise men, must be
held responsible for the re-appoint
ment of Marshal Kerns.
For the sake of harmony in the par
ty, without which we can never expect
success in Pennsylvania, these repeat
ed animal assaults upon Senator Wal
lace must cease. The men who in
stigate them must be taught not thus
to trifle with a great cause that has
higher aims and nobler interests at
stake than the building up of any one
mau at the expense of another, or the
pulling down of one leader to advance
the ambitious of others who aspire to
his honors. Mr. Wallace has given
the best years of life and all the pow
ers of his active mind in maintaining
the Democratic party. He has never
faltered in duty and devotion to the
cause, and as we approach another
Presidential campaign, in which he
will be expected to take a leading
part, it is not too much to ask that
this work of personal defamation and
misrepresentation be brought to an
end. Thus far it has been borne by
himself ami friemls without striking
back, but the day may come when
patience will cease to be a virtue.
THE Buprctne Court of the United
State* have affirmal the constitution
ality of the Federal election laws.
Justice Joe Bradley is again to the
fvre, and is equal to tbe role assigned
him in his appointment a* a partisan
Judge. The Washington Port refer
ing to this convenient servant of the
stalwart party, says:
When in the course of National events
it became necessary for the Republican
party to either steal the Presidency or
retire from power. Mr. Justice Bradley
made that theft possible, and aided in the
consummation of that crime against the
Constitution by setting up the most ex
treme and preposterous States rights theory
ever before enunciated outside of a lunatic
asylum. According to that theory any
alleged act of a State in the election of a
President, although such act was known
to lie violative of the State's laws, al
though known to be steeped in crime,
redolent of fraud and topped off with for
gery, could not bo reviewed by any pv>wer,
but must be accepted as the binding act of
the Slate, even when it decided a National
election. This was the position of Mr.
Justice Bradley a little more than three
years ago, when he held in his band the
power to put either the defeated or the
elected candidate Into office. And by this
outrageous construction of States rights, he
gave that decision in favor of the man who
had (ailed of election. But a change hat
come over the spirit of Mr. Justice Brad
ley's dreamt. The interest and purposes
of his party now demand that the recog
nized and established rights of States shall
be invaded ; that the Federal power shall
be extended into the lawful domain of
local authority. Obedient to this call of
party, Mr. Justice Bradley comes to the
front as the exponent of doctrines more an
tagonistic to Stales rights than any pre
vious enunciation of any Judicial tribunal
in this country. In fact, the opinion of
Mr. Justice Bradley as to the right of the
Federal Government to arrest, indict, try
snd punish State officials for violation of
State laws is in direct and violent antagon
ism with the precedents of the court whose
latest utterance he has dolivered. There
is no position in which a subservient tool
of party appears to such disadvantage, and
makes such a sorry record, as ho does
when a member of a court of last resort.
SENATOR BAYARD has reported
from the Judiciary committee of the
Senate a bill making it unlawful for
United Statea marshals or supervisors
of elections to arrest or imprison ou
election days, any election officers act
ing as such under authority of State
laws, for ofTcnscs against the United
States election laws, but providing
that warrant or process for such of
fenses may be executed at any time
after such election day. This looks
like a reasonable protection to State
election officers while in the perform
ance of their duties under State laws,
but that sour old stalwart, Kdmunds,
evidently thinks they should not have
such protection. He gave notice that
he did not concur with the majority
of the committee. It was hardly to be
expected that he would. With radi
cals, such as he is, centralization and
consolidation of all power iu the Fed
eral government to the detriment of
the l ights of the people and the States
are the order of the day, and of course
opposition to a law of the character
proposal by Mr. Bayard's committee
must be expected.
Grant's Nomination Aasured.
So affirms Don Cameron. A com
mittee of Republican politicians from
Philadelphia, who were in Washing
ton last week looking after appoint
ments, had an interview with Senator
Cameron, when one of tlient remarked
"that if there was a ballot at the
Chicago convention that Grant could
not get the full Pennsylvania delega
tion, hut that Blaine would certainly
receive twelve votes at least." T<f
which Mr. Cameron replied thnt his
"faith in the fart that Grant would be
nominated remains unshakenthat
he didn't believe there would l>c a
ballot, but that the nomination would
be made by acclamation. That his
information from various States was
of a most satisfactory character, and
he thought the nomination of Grant
would be assured two weeks before the
meeting tif the convention.
Tift: Harrisburg Patriot pithily re
mark* that "the liest joke of the sea
sou is, without question, the Sherman
"boom." It is really doubtful wheth
er there are iu the whole of these
United Stales a dozen individuals, in
cluding himself, who have spontan
eously thought of him as a caudidate
for the Presidency, and yet he rauks
himself among the caudidate* with
Graut, Blaine, Washburne, Edmunds
and the rest on the Republican aide, as
if there were au irrepressible conflict
gnffljpeii it* the minds of the people
a* to whether he or one of the others
should be nominatal. Of course,
some "followers of my own," as in the
case of Buckingham in the play—
some tide-waiters, collectors and so
forth—"throw up their caps and cry,
God save Kiog Richard," hut as for
the people, he is no more considered a
caudidate amongst them than any for
ward lad at school whose father tells
him, "be a good lwy and you may be
President some day." John's magnan
imous naivrte is simply delicious. Ho
says far lie it front him to interfere
with Blaine or Grant or any of these
poor people who have the Presidency
011 the brain. Let them have all the
chance they ean, poor fellows, but in
the meantime no one must forget that
he is runuiug—and if electa! (he as
sures us) he will give his very best ef
forts to fill the office creditably. Gen
tlemen, don't let us tread on each oth
er's toes, as the chicken cock said to
the horse. Was there ever such a
hallucination as that of the specic
pay-restorer, happy John ?"
SINCE the extraordinary nnd uncon
stitutional methods employed by the
late Grant administration to repress
local self-government in the States,
nothing has transpired in public af
fairs that shows more clearly and con
clusively the centralising tendencies
of Republican rule than the recent
decision of the Supreme Court of the
United States, affirming the constitu
tionality of the Federal election laws.
Under these decisions, not made with
out stern and unanswerable protests
against the assumptions of the major
ity of the court from Justices Field
and Clifford, the central government
can arrogate to itself the right to try,
convict and punish State election
officers in the Courts of the United
States for violations of State eloction
laws without the slightest regard to
the jurisdiction of State Courts in the
same matters. This is a big stride to
wards the consolidation of all power
in oue great central government ut
terly regardless of the reservations of
the constitution iu favor of the States
and the people. The people will have
another opportunity to say whether
they are ready to surrender their right
to manhge their local affairs in their
own way to a central power at Wash
ington, The verdict of the ballot box
against such a tendency should he ut
tered in 110 unmeaning terms, and if
voters are faithful to themselves and
the rights that have belonged to them
since the foundation of the govern
ment there ean be no doubt about the i
result.
SHARON, the Senator from Nevada, 1
who absented himself during the last
Congress, has appeared in his seat and
last week made a speech. He an
nounces that private business required
bis prolonged absence and will still
necessitate an absence of several weeks.
Of course lie drew his salary as part
of his private business. He made the j
announcement with the air of a Col. '
Mulberry Sellers.
STATE NZWS.
Mifflinburg lias no licensed taverns or
saloons.
A fire clay works is to be started near
A1 toon a.
The maple sugar crop will be immense
this season.
There are seven sets of twins in a
ward in .Johnstown.
Lewisburg will probably soon erect a
soldiers' monument.
All the iron works in Wilkesbarre are
running on full time.
In and around Altoona there is an
uncomfortable amount ot highway rob
bery.
Altoona's patriotic citizens are already
preparing to suitably observe Decora
tion day.
Emery works in the shape of a furn
ace in Central Pennsylvania are now in
operation.
The oil producers' fund to the relief
of Irish sufferers increases at the rate of
000 barrels a day.
_
The remonstrances against licence*
were never so emphatic in all the court*
a* they are at present.
More contracts have been made for
new buildings in Pittsburg this year
than for the past five years.
The lirtnner, Williamsport, will
soon appear as n morning paper aud en
larged to a seven-coluinn sheet.
<ne of the largest sawmills at il
iinmport started on Monday and will
oontinue right along for the season.
The iron ore of IJlair county is devel
oping new qualities of value, which are
destined to make it most sought after.
The census enumerator will find sev
enteen widows in Mhirleysburg when he
comes to make up his jewels, all eligible.
Saturday there were eighty rafla tied
up in the dam at I-ock Haven awaiting
a sufficient rise of the water to carry
theni below.
Erie furnishes a larger number of peo
ple for shows, concert, circus, theatrical
and menagerie companies than any city
in the State.
A new daily will make its appearance
in Reading about the Ist of dune with
William 8. Hitter as publisher. The
name has not yet been chosen.
A brass hand tournament will take
place at Tituaville on tbe 13tb and 14th
of May. Three prizes will be offered,
the highest of which will be SSOO.
Lawrence Shilling, a shoemaker resid
ing on the (iratfstown road, near Lan
caster, just outside the city, fell down
stairs last Monday and broke his neck.
Philadelphia has 555 churches or
places of worship. Of these 96 are Meth
odist, 84 Episcopalian, 84 Presbyterian,
67 Baptist, 44 Roman C-atholic, 36 Luth
eran, and 20 Reformed of several kinds.
The snow storm of last week greatly
benefited tbe West Branch lumbermen,
and as there are five or six inches in
the woods they hxpect to get all their
logs banked ready for the next flood to
be floated to Williainspoi t.
Monday morning about 11 o'clock a
collision occurred on tbe Philadelphia
and West Chester Railway, near Phila
delphia, by which two trains were
wrecked and six persons injured, the
latter tgsing officers and employes of the
road.
A dispatch from Carlisle stales that
the result of the election held there on
Saturday on the resolution instructing
the delegates from that Congressional
district to rote for Blaine in disregard
of the State Convention, was 4Gf> for the
resolution and 6 against it.
The Central Pennsylvania Conference
in session atAltoona, elected the follow
ing delegates to the General Conference :
Kev. W. W. Kvana. 8. C. Swallow, J. C.
Clarke,B. 8. Monroe,D. I)., K. B. Kiddie.
Alternates—Kev. Thompson Mitchell
and John J. Fieroe. Lay Delegates—
Dr. Hugh Pitcairn, AI toon a, and G. M.
Shoop, Danville. Alternates—Jona
than Boynton and Jaoob Ski lade.
In the Orphans' Court of Union onun
ly last week the contest in regard to
the will of the late William Cameron
was ended, so far as that court is con
cerned, by an opinion filed by Judge
Klwell. It refuses an issue, dismisses
the appeal and confirms the act of t|)e
Register in admitting the will to pro
bate. The magnitude of the estate and
the importanoe of tha principles involv
ed are such as to leave no doubt that
this decision will be reviewed ou appeal
to the Supreme Court,
TERMS: fcIJVO (H'r Annum, in Advanw.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
AILIOURKKD.—We have just received
information that the third week of the
r'-gulur April term of Court is adjourned,
and tin; jurors summoned for that week
need not attend.
Dkath ok Miee Gregg. —It will no
doubt cause a pang of sorrow to the heart*
of the many friend* of the late Mi** Mag
gie I. Gregg, to hear of her death, which
occurred on Wednesday of last week.
Mb* Gregg was the daughter of General
John lrvin Gregg, formerly of Mi let burg,
but who recently removed to Lewuburg.
She there became a student at the Univer
sity Female Institute. The following reso
lutions of condolence which were paused
last Friday at a chapel service of the in
stitute well eipress the high respect in
which she was held by her companions
at school as well as iter old friends in this
county:
Wiiekkam, God in his wisdom bat been
pleased to remove by death our loved pupil
and schoolmate, Miss Maggie I. Gregg;
therefore
Jtfsotrfd, That while a# a scboool we
feel that we have sustained a loss, we know
that she has gained "an inheritance incor
ruptible, undeflled and that fadeth not
away;" she has hut laid aside the cross
for the crown ; the cannot again come to
us, but we may go to her. With this hope
we humbly submit t<> this sad dispensation
ol an all-wise Providence.
!{• Htlvd, That though we cannot now
understand why one so young and full of
promise should be called from among us,
yet we believe God acts wisely; and from
the d<*pth of our sorrow we would look up
and sav, '-The Lord gave and the Lord
hath taken away, bleated be his name."
littohtd, That though Maggie * cheer
ful, happy voice will never be heard at
roll call, in recitation or in the social gath
erings, will never again mingle with us in
the morning songs of praise, yet in it*
-ilrncc it will sjieak to us; may we heed
its admonition and ho prepared to receive
with joy the summons of the death angel,
whether it come in the morning, at mid
daf or not until thr eventide.
ltfwilved, That we extend to the mem-,
liter* of the bereaved familv our heartfelt
| s\ mpatbv, and pray that lie whom Mag
g'ie loved and into whose hands she so trust-
I lugly committed her spirit may comfort
their heart* in this time of sorrow.
HtfArtd, That a copy of these resolu
tions he sent to the fatuiiy ; alo that oop- .
ias he sent to the Ji+tionml HnptLst, Oullrqr.
Hrrald, Lewisburg Chronitlt and Lcwi's
! burg Journal for publication.
Mary Hendkrmiot, Mollis Hi-mul,
; Li/7.1 e Cressingek, Hells: Stone,
M TUT (.1 MLUAI, Inn pAVRT.
—An affray which might have resulted
seriously occurred on Saturday night last
I between Mr. John Ur.r.le, of Snow Shoe,
and a man who entered his hotel. Mr.
• Uzr.le was beaten on the head with a billy,
hut is now fast recovering from the effects
ct 'he attack. The man was arrested and
i- m jail.
i— ♦
The Iron Strike.
SEVEN" THOUSAND IDLE WORKMEN IK THE
I'BHNSVI.VANIA IRON DISTRICTS.
SjsSNriml lM|utr}iM lu tlio M
Fiiii.ADELruiA, March 15.—A special
despatch from Pittsburg say*: Tha
strike of the puddler* inaugurated to
day, extending from Johnstown to Co
, lumbia, which i* the most formidable
' that ha* occurred for years, doe* oot
effect Pittsburg, the manufacturers hav
i ing agreed upon a sliding scale for all
classes of workmen. The general im
pression here is that there will be a
material decline in the price of iron in
j the near future.
There are said to be seven thousand
i men idle between Johnstown and Co
| lumbia.
Heading, Pa., March 15.— The men at
the iron work* of K. k G. Brooke did
not resume work this morning. The
temporary arrangement entered into
recently whereby they received an in
crease of 10 per cent, ended on Satur
day. The demand made was for an in
crease of 20 per cent., but the demand
of the |*iddlers tor 56 instead of $4.50
per ton seems to be the only obstacle in
the way of resumption of work.
HARRISNRAU, Pa., March 15.— The pud
dlers and helper* in the mills of Chae.
M. Bailey k Co., McCormick and J. Wis
ler have struck for an increase of wages,
lha proprietors otter 15,50, but the
striker* demand SG.OO. in this district
alone from GOO to 1,000 men are thrown
out of employment, and the strike
threatens ultimately to lead to a gener
al cessation of work from Pittsburg to
Philadelphia.
Allektown, Pa., March 15,— The em
ployees of Osgood's sine mines at Fried
, ensville, in this county, have struck for
an increase ef 15 cents per day.
PorrsTow N, Pa., March 15.—The em
ployees of the Pott* Brothers Iron Com
pany, Limited, and a number of the
heaters employed by the l'ottstown Iron
company struck for higher wages to-day.
tturrALo, K. Y., March 15.—One hun
dred and twenty puddlers and a num
ber of roller* at the Union Iron Works
■truck ibis morning for an increase of
wages. They receiv.e 15.50 per ton now
end have struck for $6.25.
Baltimore. Md„ Msr. 15 —Despatches
from Cumberland state that the antici
pated strike on the Cumberland and
Pennsylvania Kailroad between Frost
burg and Piedmont took plsoe to-day
and caused much inconvenienoe. Ten
per cent, advanoe was declined by all
except the train men on the eastern
end running from Froatburg to Cum
berland. The important coal mine lies
between Froatburg and Piedmont, sev
enteen miles.
NO. 12.