Centre Democrat. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, May 27, 1880, Image 1
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.