ulljc Centre &j& democrat.
SHUdKRT A; FORSTER, Editors.
VOI.. 2.
lik €nrttc jOrmotr.it
Term* 51.50 per Annum. In Advance.
s. T SHUGERT and R. H. FORSTER, Editor*.
Thnrsilay Morning, May 27, 1880.
Democratic State Ticket.
rR HI I'RfcMß JRlMtt,
UKDItUK A JKNKB, of JtflferMiti County.
ROIIKRT l. IiKCHKRT.of Phllatltlphlft.
KX-GOVKKNOK JOSEPH K. BKOWN
has been appointed by the Governor
of Georgia, Senator to supply the va
cancy occasioned by the resignation of
Gen. Gordon.
THE resolutions of the anti-third
term Republicans is powder sjient in
vain. The "man on horseback" is
fairly entrenched, .-upported by adroit
lieutenants, and cannot be frightened
or dislodged by squibs.
THE Chicago Convention will be
held on Wednesday next. Grant's nom
ination licing assured, it will lie in
order for the Rlaine aud Sherman
Republicans to commence their feast
of crow. They have a large supply of
this food on hand.
MR. JOHN IS. HAWLKY, who, with
due regard to Hayes' civil service or
der No. 1, resigned a pleasant situa
tion under the Fraud Government at
Washington, to make the canvass for
Governor of Illinois, has been disu|>*
pointed. The Republican convention
has been held and Hawley was not
nominated.
• THE Prohibition State Convention
met at Altoona on Thursday last, and
appointed- delegates to the National
Convention to lie held at Cleveland,
on the 17th of June. The convention
nominated George F. Turner, of Pitts
burg, for Auditor General, but made
no nomination for Supreme Judge,
leaving that selection to the discretion
of the State Central Committee.
'IEX. GRANT effectually spiked the
guns of the stalwarts when he said
that in his travels through the States
in the late Confederacy, he found the
people loyal and patriotic, aud as
ardently attached to the flag and in
stitutions of the country as in any
part of the North. A bloody-shirt
campaign cannot win this time, even
if tolerated, after this endorsement.
WE call attention to the communi
cation in another column, signed
''Democrat," on a subject of much in
terest to the Democratic voters, of
Centre county, at the present time.
It was written by an intelligent nnd
reliable Democrat who never falters
in duty and devotion to the party, and
we believe his expression of opinion
iu favor of the re-nomination of Gov.
''iirtin this fall will meet with the ap
probation of nine out of every ten of
the Democrats in the county.
THE suspension of the Reading Rail
road Company and the Reading Iron
and Coal Uompany, was the startling
sensation of last week, and necessarily
created considerable panic in financial
circles. Their paper was dishonored
and President Gowan briefly announc
ed the suspension without stating the
causes which necessitated it. It is to
lie hoped, however, thnt is is but tem
porary, and that this great corpora
tion will soon recover from its embar
rassments, whatever they lie. The
ability of the president, and the vast
resources of the company, would seem
a guarantee against absolute failure.
THE Galena Gazette, speaking by
authority, contradicts the statement
said to have come from G. W. C'hilds,
that Grant would withdraw his name
from the contest at the National Con
vention at Chicago. "No one," it says,
"has authority for making such an as
sertion. Gen. Grant's name has never
gone liefore the public as a candidate
for the Presidency by any word or act
of his own, and he most certainly will
not order his name to be withdrawn.
If the nomination is tendered him, he
will not decline it." No one but the
veriest jacks ever doubted the Duke's
{•oeitiou in this respect.
"EIjUAI. AND EXACT JUBTICK TO ALI, MEN, or WHATEVER HTATE OR I'KRHIJ AHION, KKLIUIOCH OR POLlTlCAL."—Jefferson
The Machine Supreme.
It' any lingering doubt remained in
tlie mind of any intelligent observer
ot the aims and purposes of the third
term syndicate, that doubt must have
been effectually dissipated by the ac
tion of the Illinois Republican State
Convention. It was universally con
ceded that if General Grant succeed
ed in securing his own State his nom
ination at Chicago, in June, was set
tled beyond dispute. The aggressive
and brilliant tactics of the Hluine
men, who utilized the manifest prefer
ence for Washburue, to break the
back of the combination for
the ex-President, at one time assum
ed such formidable proportions as to
make the outlook for the hero of San
Domingo gloomy indeed. The really
able and resjionsible leaders of Re
publican sentiment in Illinois opposed
scuding a Grant delegation toChicago
They were determined and sincere in
their desire to have the unmistakable
voice of Republican Illinois echoed
in the Convention for either Rlaine or
Wnshburne. It mattered little to
them which of these distinguished
gentlemen should gather around them
the mantle of the nomination. Their
unfriendliness to Grant was boldly
and defiantly flaunted in the face of
the world, aud in his own State he
encountered more bitter ami unrelent
ing hostility than has met him in any
stage of his remarkable canvass for
the empty honor of a third nomina
tion for President of the United States.
Rut the potency of the machine was
never more fully vindicated. Penn
sylvania ami New York outliuod the
programme of the third-termers. The
lash was laid on quick and fust,
ami Cameron and Conkling pocketed
their State delegations regardless of
the earnest protest, and, in some
isolated cases, actual revolt, of an
indignant minority. It was at once
seen that no measure would be left
untried to make Grant the uomince.
Two great States had spoken, and
the anxious gaze of the whole Nation
was turned toward the setting sun as
the hosts of Cawar gathered upon the
plains of Illinois for the finnl and
decisive struggle. The swarthy and
unbridled junior Senator from that
State was in immediate command,
while his illustrious chief calmly sur
veyed the field from the peaceful
| shade of his < inlena home. Ligan
1 never shone to lietter advantage than
he did in the turbulent convention at
Springfield, when he forged General
, Grant away to the front in the
great battle. The machine was in
perfect working order and Logan
, had his hand u|x>n the lever. Emu
lous of the fame of Cameron and
I
Conkling as matchless political man
ipulators, he endeavored to write his
name on the scroll of honor away
above them lioth, rtnd the result
of his herculean etT, iris surely en
titles him to the distinction of being
one of the most skillful masters of
political chicanery iu the third-term
Syndicate. While Cameron and Conk
ling carried their respective State
Conventions, there was little of real,
suhstuntinl satisfaction afforded them
by their triumph. Mutiny wns the
order of the day, and even now sullen
dissatisfaction is likely to develop into
open rebellion. But I.s>gan throttled
treason before it drew a ful' breath,
and as the out-come Grant will march
to Chicago with a practically unani
mous delegation at his baJk to speak
for him and his native State. There
is no indication of a lack of allegiance
upon the part of the delegates to the
great traveler. The opposition cou
tent themselves by ringing therhangcw
upon their grievances in the-news
|pera. It is only sound and fury,
signifying nothing. The omnipotence
of the machine has h?en more than
maintained. General Grant will lie
nominated at Chicago, not because the
people have clamored for him, but
'simply for the reason that modern
political leaders resort to wavs that
dark and tricks that are not vain.
UEI.LEFONTE, I'A., THURSDAY, MAY 27, IKHO.
Retirement of Senator Gordon.
The retirement of Senator Gordon,
of (teorgia, from the Senate of the
United States is universally regretted.
The Washington Pout, in noticing his
resignation, remarks that "Republican
and Democratic papers speak of him
alike as a man who has honored his
high office, and* reflected unstinted
credit upon the State and section
which, iu a narrow sense, he may be
said to have represented. It is great
ly to be deplored that such a man
should withdraw himself from a posi
tion where he was capable of doing so
much good ; where his mere presence
has been so serviceable in bringing
about a constantly improving feeling
between the representative men of the
two parties and the lately hostile sec
tions. The South can never over
estimate the value of Senator Gor
don's example, his sturdy sense, his
utter freedom from small prejudices,
his generous and hearty patriotism,
his frank aud manly abandonment of
all the issues supposed to have been
involved iu the great civil conflict.
We have yet to read or hear of the
Northern mat) who bus met him who
does not heartily respect him, and
does not, as a consequence, entertain
a higher respect for the people whom
he represents. If, therefore, it is wise
iu the South to select such men to
stand for them it does not need to lw
written how unfortunate it is that
they should lie deprived of his ser
vices at a time when they arc most
needed and most valuable. For twen
ty years Gen. Gordon has labored for
his people, and done nothing for him
self. lie finds himself surrounded by
a large family, with numerous and
growing demands. There is no eom
|M usutiuu for hitn in such nn office as
he now holds, lis h— ■> knack of
money making hv method* which will
not hear the light, and concludes that
he ha* but one thing to do —*eck hi*
fortune elsewhere. Wherever he goes
let him take with him the happy a*-
surance that thousands of friends who
know* him with other thousand* who
do not know him, and yet a* stoutly
respect and admire him, will rejoice
at hi* good luck and gladly welcome
him haek to the station he ha* so
honorably filled and so consistently
graced."
TllK profound respect which we
eutertain for our esteemed friend!) of
the Hnrrisburg Patriot, make!) us
exceedingly loth to say that they are
t<K) innocent by one-half. Of course,
the Curtin-Yocum case "turned on the
construction of certain provisions of
the constitution and laws of this
State relating to the registration of
voters," upon which, according to the
Patriot, " the lawyers of the House
disagreed;" but then the lawyers of
established character ami reputation
on the Democratic side of the House,
including men of such exalted stand
in their profession as Carlisle, Itlack
burn and Judge Phister, of Kentucky,
Mclsean, of Maryland, Judge Phelps,
of Connecticut, Judge Geddes, Hunt
and McMabon, of Ohio, Judge Birk
nell nnd Colerick, of Imliana, Mor
rison ami Springer of Illinois, Tucker
aud Goode, of Virginia, Judge Sawyer
and Phillips, of Miwouri, Gilwon, of
Louisana, Armfiehl, of North Carolina,
Ryon ami Be)Uhoover,of Pennylvania,
Manuing and Muldrow.of Mississsppi,
nnd many others we could name,
were all on the side of Curtin. Of
courw, no such consideration as the
votes of the Greenback meml>ers of
the House in favor of the bill for the
|>ayment of the trumped up IHI2 war
claims in return for votes against Gov.
Curtin had anything to do with the
position of such Democrats as Harris
and Richmond, of Virginia, and Hen
kle, of Maryland. Of course, these
honorable gentlemen stood upon high
legal grouuds in order to keep "the
record of the democratic majority in
Congress on the subject of election
contests entirely free from the taint
of partisanship." Of course, Alex
ander Stephen* stood upon the same
elevated plane, and did not |>erinit bis
avowed diirc to keep the demo
cratic majority in the House
as small as possible to control bis
course in the case. Neither did his
personal animosities have a |ier
ceptibie influence over his vote, al
though he did assert that "since the
meeting of the War Governors at Al
toona he had had no further use for
Gov. Curtin." Of course, New and
Hosteller, of Indiana, aud Bouck and
Deoster, of Wisconsin, < aldwcll, of
Kentucky, and Rothwcll of Missouri,
simply differed with the majority of
the House on a legal jtoint ami never
thought of pandering to the strong
Greenback sentiment of their respect
ive district-. Of course, Aiken, Rich
ardson and Tillman, of South Caroli
na, never thought of their ill-will to
Speaker Ruudall, though one of them
did acknowledge in answer to un earn
est appeal made to him by Senator
Wallace to vote in favor of Curtiu,
that he knew nothing about the ease
and intended solely by his vote to
strike at the Speaker. Of course, the
ease was determined on "a point of
law," alxiiit which "the best lawyers
ditfer." The Patriot says that such
w as the fact, and of course we are bound
to believe it —oulv we don't believe it,
aud do not entertain the remotest idea
that our esteemed friends of the Patriot j
believe it any more than we do.
Tire Havard Deputy Marshal hill !
passed the Senate on Friday last, by a
strict party vote. Messrs. lloar and
Edmunds formulated the Republican
objections to the bill, merely as guides
for the Fx ecu live when it cornea be
fore hiiu for approval. < >ue of these j
objections was particularly made to ,
the appointment of deputies in espial
numbers from the different parties,
of roarfThe real jist of the
proposition aud intended to eliminate
from the Federal election laws their
partisan character. The amendment
to this section, offered by Mr. Hoar,
was rejected, and the hill passed by n
vote of '2B to 17.
FKKD Dot:*it. ASH ami other distin
guished colons! men seem to be bent
on testing the sincerity of the Repub
licans for the colored brethren iu
prominiug them equal rights. They
present a good and capable candidate
for Vice President in the person of
Senator Bruce, and nre earnest iu
claiming his nomination as a recogni
tion of the perfect politicnl equality
which they have earned as Republi
can partisans aud voters.
Tire Harrishurg Patriot, following
| the custom adopted hv nearly all the
leading daily journals of the country,
:is now publisher] even* day in the
week. The first Sunday issue of the
Patriot ap|sared on last Sunday, and
Mr. Myers deserves great credit for
supplying a long needed wnnt of the
people of Harrishurg and surrounding
I towns in so acceptable a manner, and
we hope his enterprise will receive an
abundant reward.
♦
Tire apology of the rural delegates
to the Illinois convention who cheer
ed for John Sherman when his name
was mentioned, was honest, if not
satisfactory. They " thought it was
| Old Teeumseh" himself who was a
candidate for their favor.
TUB history of Col. Thos. A.Scott, late
President of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
is a bright example for the youth of the
country, and it ta for this purpose that
we allude to it in connection with his
resignation. It is a record of persistent
labor and great success. It points out
what any boy can attain if lie but re
solve*. Colonel Scott had no special
connections, wealth or influence to push
him along, lie had, however, that
whioh was far greater, he had will and
determination and laudable ambition,
aud before thia all else gave way in the
battle of life.
Tax lowa Greenback Convention
dropped into poetry. There is one verse
which sufficiently explain* itself:
GoUl-bug John Sherman-
God pity his soul-
Went out one night
On the devil's patrol.
Ma. HATES has made a complete sur
render to the HUlwarta. They are dic
tating his nomination* and hi* policy.
A Democrat's Opinion of the Con
test and of tho Duty of
Democrats.
For lbs Ctsixe DIWOMUT.
MESSRS. EDITORS: —AIIow me space in
your col urn fix to eiprcu my sentiments,
with hundreds of others in Centre and ad
joining counties, comprising the 20th Con
gressional district, in regard to the late
outrage committed on one of Pennsylva
nia's best and brightest statesmen. Have
we come to this, that when one of the best
of men in every sense of the word sees the
evil tendencies of the |>olitical party with
which lie lias heretofore been identified,
and comes into the Democratic party,
fighting with might and main for the suc
cess of correct principles of government,
not ufruid to expose politico' rascality and
corruption and denounce the party that
perpetrates them ? have wo come to this,
that such a man must be held over for a
long term of years before be can be count
ed a consistent Democrat worthy to re
ceive tho honors that the party has to
bestow ? Is fl right to treat the best talent
and statesmanship of the country in this
way ? Should we not as Democrats take
such a man as Mr. Curtin by the hand and
raise hlrn to the jiosiiion he justly merits
at our hands rather than let out political
prejudices run away with our judgments ?
in all honor and justice to Mr. Curtin
ho should again lie placed at the head of
our ticket this fall, and all who claim the
name of Democrat should in every sense of
duty stnnd by him, and not allow selfishness
and hatred t<> stand in the way of right, as
was the case two years ago. Let ol<J
grudges go. Renominate the Old War
Governor again, and let the people of the
district show those renegades who, under
the name of Democrats, voted him out of
Congress, thai the people of the district
can and will say to the people of the
I nitcd State, that they believe Mr. Cur*
tin was justly entitled to the seat now oc
cupied by Mr. Yocum. Let those of the
party who opposed Mr. Curtin at the last
Congressional election turn in and help
nominate and elect him this fall. They
will only be doing their duty to them
selves and their parly to cast aside foolish
prejudice and aid in righting a great
wronjf. By taking this course they will
place themselves back in the confidence
of their party friends—a matter of great
import to themselves in the future—and
aid greatly in harmonizing the Democrat
ic organization. Let us, therefore, join
hands and all work together this fall, and
roil up such a majority at w ill make the
rad, and the (soiling Democrats in Con
gress, understand how shamefully they have
treated an aide, true and patriotic states
man. DEMOCRAT.
fNow SHOE. —Those of our friends seek
ing healthful recreation or in pursuit of
pleasure, cannot do batter than to take a
morning or evening ride to Snow Shoe.
Either by railroad or private conveyance
it is one of the most delightful and enjoy
able that can be imagined. The scenerv
is charming and picturesque as we wend
up the mountain and look away across
the deep chasms toother mountains, with
hero and there deeply shaded g!en, and
fields and houses dotting the prospect a if
to prove that even the solitude* of the
great Alleghonios are not inaccessible to
the spirit of improvement and the energy
of man. The town ot Snow Shoe, built
upon a fiat or table land on the north side
of tho mountain about three miles from
the summit, is a hearUome place with
pleasant inhabitants and agreeable sur
roundings. A more desirable place would
tie difficult to find by those who desire to
seek relaxation or comfort during the heat
ed term in a pure and healthy atmosphere.
And certainly no inure comfortable, home
like hotel than the "Chinclala-moose
House'' can lie found anywhere. It is a
commodious building, especially arranged
with tho view of affording the largest com
fort to visitors, most admirably kept by
Mr. Kdward Nolan, who, with his pleas
ant and excellent lady, are untiring in ef
fort* to contribute thecniuforts of pleasant
home-life to its patrons.
—We would modcatly auggeat that our
rom pi aeon t counciltnen ahnuld take a little
walk aomeflne evening down the wort aide
of Allegheny atrect, from High to Biahop.
Unleaa our City Falhera are made of
unuaually patient material, they will be
apt to pronounce the low hanging aignt
before a half doxen a tore* they would nec
eaaarily have to pare, a nuiaance that ahould
bo abated. What with tho promiacuoua
diaplay of all aorta of gooda incident to a
country atorc, turpended like the aword of
Damoclea over your head aa you vainly
endeavor to dodge a pair of pan.U only to
have your hat knocked off by a gaudily
trimmed lady'a akirt, and theaigna of Iheae
ambitioua merchant# down eo near the
pavement, that it ia almoal aa eaay to jump
over them aa it ia to paaa aafely under
them? locomotion on that portion of our
main highway ia almoat impoaaible. No
other town In Pennaylvania would aub
mil to auch obetructlona. Will council
take action ?
TKHMH: sle>o jwr Annum, in AilTinee.
GENERAL NEWS.
An unsuccessful attempt WM muda
on Sunday night to burn St. Rernard's
Roman Catholic Church at Kaston.
A co-operative store will be establish
ed at Wilkesbarre by the employe* of
the Philadelphia and Reading road.
The annual buaineaa meeting of
Hicksite (Quaker* wan bcjil at New
York on Monday and was largely at
tended.
The M. K. General Conference, in ses
sion at Cincinnati, on Monday, decided
to hold the next Conference at Phila
delphia.
In round numbers the receipt# of the
May musical festival at Cincinnati
amount to #".2,(XX), and the ex|>en*e to
#3B,(XX), leaving a profit of #I4,(XX).
A new and handsome Roman Catho
lic Church, erected at a cost of i£l<X),(XXl,
on Wabash avenue, Chicago, to be
known an St. Jamea' Church, was dedi
cated "n Sunday.
< n Monday Col. (ireene, of Philadel
phia. was appointed Prolbonotary* of
the Kastern I'istrict of Pennsylvania by
the Supreme Court. The appointment
takes effect on the Ist of June.
A case of smallpox was discovered
among the immigrants on the steam
ship Parthia, which arrived at Roston
on Sunday, an<l the steerage passengers -
and crew, (XX) in all, were vaccinated in
consequence.
It is reported that an excursion train
from San Francisco to Santa Cruz, Cal.,
on the narrow-gauge road, went through
a trestle at Santa Cruz Saturday evening,
and that ten persons were killed and
sixty wounded.
The result of the primary election in
Lancaster county, Pa., Saturday, was a
triumph for the Cameron faction. This
taction carried on a "still bunt," and
headed their ticket with (ien. Grant for
President and M. N. t#uay for United
States .Senator.
bate Sunday night fire broke out in
the United States hotel, a vacant struc
ture in Kdenburg, an oil towi# in the
lower country, Roth sides of Main
street were burned. Krubbs' brick
block and the clothing store of Thomas
Tracers were the only business buildings
saved. In all about seventy-five build
ings were destroyed.
The quantity of coal and coke carried
over the Pennsylvania railroad for the
fourth week of April was 150,747 tons,of
which 11 J,26'.) tons were coal and 38,478
tons coke. The total tonnage for the
year thus far has been 2,240,145 ton*, of
which 1,618.328 tons were coal and 533,-
817 tons coke. These figures embrace
all the coal and coke carried over the
road east and west.
Michael Schall's Car Works at York
were burned lat Monday morning,
involving a loss of between #50,000 and
#60,000. About #20,000 of the projierty
i burned i* covered by insurance. The
tire began in the oil house and is
ascribed to spontaneous combustion.
The works employed about one hun
dred and fifty hands. Several small
buildings were destroyed.
The first Provincial Council of the
province of Philadelphia, embracing
all the dioceses in this State, met on
Sunday at the Cathedral, the Most Rev
erend Archbishop Wood celebrating the
mas* of the Holy Ghost and Riahop
Shanahan, of llarrisburg, preaching the
sermon, of which the tbeme was : "No
• 'hristianity outside thechurch." Rish
op Tuigg, of Pittsburg. O'Hara, of
Scranton. ami Neulleu, of F.rie, are the
other sutfragants. The ceremonies were
magnificent,
Major lavid P. Hancock, of the
Second Infantry, died at llnrrisburg on
Friday last, where he had been for the
past year on sick leave. Major Han
| cock was a l'ennsylvanian by birth, and
was about forty-five years of age. He
| graduated from West Point July 1,
1854. At the outbreak of the rebellion
the part of the Army to which Han
| cock waS attached was still in Nee-
Mexico, and on the way east was cap
lured by Texan Insurgents. Captain
Hancock was a prisoner until August
27. 1862, when he was exchanged. He
commanded a regiment in the Army of
the Potomac during the Rappahannock
campaign, being engaged at Frederick*
burg and Chancellorsville. In the fol
lowing year he commanded a regiment
in the Army ff the Potomac, distin
guishing himself at Qettysburg and
other points in the Pennsylvania cam
paign.
Tho Krammrr iiitti ChronwU, of New
York city, the leading organ of the
11*ntift Church, contained last week the
following paragraph in regard to a rain
inter about wliote shortcomings there
hare been plentiful rumor* for sereral
week* : "It is with surprise and grief, not
readily expressed, that we refer to the
deep disgrace which hat fallen on one
so widely known knd warmly esteemed
a* Iter. (1. A. Pelts, P. P., Pastor of the
Baptist ('hurch of Jamestown, New
York. The facts came out last week,
and the Pastor was under the necessity
of instantly resigning and tearing town.
It would be too much to suppose that
all the facts hare yet been made public,
but it cannot be doubted that he had
been guilty of an improper intimacy
with an interesting young woman em
ployed as his amanuensis. It is simply
horrible to think of such a fall on the
part of such a man—probably the most
widelr-known and influential Sunday
school man in the Baptist denomina
tion. We are told by friends who bar*
since seen him in Philadelphia that his
Cnitenoe is of the deepest character,
t penitence has not power to wipe
out a reproach or this kind." No other
illusion is made to the Poctor or his
1 offence in the paper.
NO. 22.