Slje 2rntrc Prmocrat.
SHUGKRT k FORSTKR, Editors.
VOL. 2.
Ctntrr
Terms Sl.ftO per Annum,in Adrnnee.
S. T. SHUQCRT and R. H. FORSTCR. Editor*.
Thursday Horning, July 22, 1880.
Democratic Nutional Ticket.
FQS PMDIIIIXT,
WTNVIKLM SCOTT HANCOCK, of PuyW*i.
*os VICE PBfMDrxT,
WILLIAM H. RNOLIHH, of Indian*.
KI.ECToKBATI.ABOK.
K. F.mniPt Mfiaghaa. William 11. I'Uyfnnl.
KLKCTORS.
l>Mt. I>Ut.
I. John Hlevili, I V (leurgf A. PiH,
i Edwin A hie, li A. >l. Benton,
X John M. rmi>l*ll, 17. J P. Linton.
4. OillM Dnllwt. |H. John S Millr,
.V John N. Sluffel, I'J. J. (I fhxtun,
. feW in WAMOII. (' M llower.
7. Nathan C JAIIH*#, .'I. I. A. J. Unuhaiian,
K. fletirge TiUnrt, Tt Chrt*to|hfr Map*-**,
Jamtufl Mrgpariu, £t. Robert M.UHIMIII,
I" Alfrsni J, Martin, "!4. Thomas Bradford,
11. Adam (WrrtnKfr, £". Harry W. Wilaou,
1.1. Prink Turner, Satnui4Ortrtlth,
I I. IV J. Birmingham, */7. J KOMI Tlitni-son.
II II K Davie.
Democratic State Ticket.
roR fu-rntui junoi,
(iKoKGK A. JENKB, of JrfTwraoii County.
roR Al'MTom URHRRAL,
SOBBM IV DBCHBBT, of noieielphie.
DK. TANNER, the footing man in
New York, it appears is growing fat
on air and water diet. He has now
reached the 23d day of his fast, and
is represented to be in good condition.
THE Washington Poet thinks that
sections of the De Golyer pavement,
with extract* from the Poland Credit
Mobilier report neatly engraven there
on, would make nice badges for the
Garfield campaign clubs.
THE Hou. F. E. Beluhoover, the
talented young Representative of the
IJUh Congressional District, has been
unanimously nominated for re-elation.
The Democracy of Cumberland, York
aud Adams honor themselves by re
turning so capable and honest a man
lo Cougress.
SENATOR DON CAMERON, who was
last week represented as being dan
' geroosly ill at the Warm Springs in
Virginia, has returned to his home at
Harrisburg in full vigor of health, and
it is said with a stomach fully equal
to the crow diet he is expected to live
UJKHI during the summer and full.
ARRANGEMENTS are about com
pleted at Chicago, for the grand con
clave of Knights Templar to come off
in that city next month. No pains
have been spared to make this the
most imposing demonstration ever wit
nessed in the United States. It is
said that 30,000 knights and 12,000
ladies have been provided quarters by
the committee in charge of the ar
rangements.
HOT WORK in Ohio! The Demo
cratic editors of the State of Ohio
met at Columbus on the loth instant
and formed a State Association. They
determined on an aggressive campaign
in solid column, which will lie direct
ed by a Central Executive Committee.
We may therefore expect to see the
principles of the Republican party and
the record of its candidates systematic
ally and thoroughly ventilated.
THE Republicans have not yet ex
plained what honest act Gen. Garfield
was expected to perform in considera
tion of the So,<XK) fee he received
from De Golyer, who had important
interest* to be passed upon hy the
Appropriation Committee/ of which
Mr. Garfield was chairman. Of course
he was too' pure to be corrupted by a
paltry sum like that, but still explan
ations are in order.
THE running of two electoral tickets
in Virginia, both pledged to Hancock
and English—one by the Democrats,
and the other by the Mahone Re-ad
justers, will of course give that Btate
to Garfield, unless a compromise is
effected. We trust, however, that the
Democracy of " old Virginia " will be
equal to the occasion, and will not
permit her electoral vole to be fritter
ed away merely to promote the ambi
tious views of contending demagogues.
But whether or not, it is fortunate
that with General Hancock as a can
didate, the State of Virginia can be
spared without endangering the gener
al result.
"EqUAL AND EXACT JUBTIC* Tft A 1.1. MEN, OT WHATEVER HTATK OK I'KRHI! AHION, HKI.IOIOim OK fOMTK'A 1.." Ji fTrfton.
Oumpuiyn Proprieties.
Tiio leaders and the newqtapers of
the Republicau party, painfully aware
of the vulnerable characters of their
candidates for President and Vice
President of the United States, ure
Ix'ginning to exhibit an undue amount
of anxiety over the proprieties that
should be observed in conducting the
great political campaign that is now
before the people of the country.
They deprecate a campaign of "mud
throwing," and plead for "decency,
decorum uud dignity" with a pathetic
earnestness that is surprising when
we eousider how little they have prac
tised those virtues in their dealings
with political opponents. They pre
tend to forget the past, and in this
mood of forgetfulncss to ignore the
cruel, indecent and unjustifiuble man
ner in which it has been their habit to
assail Democratic candidates, general
ly on the most tlimsy of pretexts, and
often on the vilest of fabrications.
They are sorely troubled in spirit,
and show signs of distress and vexa
tion at the mere thought of the pres
ent contest degenerating into one of
personal abuse and slander that would
certainly excite profound compassion
were it not entirely too apparent that
all their tender appeals are merely a
shallow and transparent mockery of
sincerity.
But however that may be, we kind
ly entreat these over anxious patriots
of the stalwart persuasion to permit
their excitement and distress to be
soothed into calmness and resignation
by the assurance that the Democratic
party does not require a campaign of
slander to achieve success. With can
didates in the field whose characters,
public and private, are irreproachable
and above taint or suspiciou, the De
mocracy will prefer to rely upon more
commendable methods than any of
which it is possible for the Republicans
to boast of in their past treatment of
political opponents. Democrats realize,
that against Hancock the usual appli
ances of abuse and misrepresentation
fall harmless to the ground. He
stands before the people without a
tain or a blotch upon his fair fame
either as the superb soldier in the
field, battling for the life of the gov
ernment, or as the military governor
over a large section of the South, en
forcing the principles of law, justice
and freedom, upon which our republi
can institutions are founded.
How is is with his opponent, Mr.
Garfield? It is not for "Democrats to
throw mud at him. His own political
friends have told the story, and they
told it with emphasis. It was a Re
publican committee of Congress that
fastened upon him his connection with
the Credit Mobilier scandal, not the
Democratic party. The Do Golyer
fee was made known to the public in
the same way, and it was a Republi
can judge of the Supreme Court of
the United Htates, Justice Sway no, who
refused to enforce a contract between
the parties to the iniquitous job for
the reason that the taking of five
thousand dollars by Mr. Garfield "as
" a contingent fee for procuring a con
" tract, which was itself made to de
" pend upon a future appropriation
"of Congress which appropriation
" could only come from a committee
" of which he was chairman, IMI a
" tale of official influence, which no
" veil can cover against the plaiucst
" principles of public policy." When
these things are repeated against Gen.
Garfield they must not l>e charged to
Democratic account. If they are un
founded and untruthful, it is for Re
publicans to contradict the records
of Congress and the Federal courts
which they themselves have made.
They must settle the matter them
selves and not charge Democrats with
dealing in abuse and slafider for call
ing attention to the grave charges
made by their own party in proof of
the unfitness of James Abraham Gar
field to fill the great office for which
he is now a candidate.
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 22, IBKO.
So too with Chester A. Arthur. It
in not Democratic "mud throwing" to
say that he is an unfit person to (ill
the office of Vice President. It was
the Hayes administration that drew
the picture of an unfaithful public
servant, and not the Democratic pur
ty. .Mr. Arthur was a short time ago
collector of customs at the port of
New York. I'ndor his control the.
affairs of this ijnportaut office be
came so inefficient and corrupt that
the administration was compelled to
remove him, and it was Mr. Hayes
who wrote that " with a deep sense of
" my obligation under the constitu
" tion, I regard it as iny plain duty to
"suspend you in order that the office
" may be honestly administered." This
damaging charge against the official
integrity of Mr. Arthur was supple
mented by John Sherman, Secretary
of the Treasury, who wrote as follows:
" Persons have been regularly paid by
" you who have rendered little or no
"service; the expenses of your office
" have increased, while its receipts
" have dimiuished. Bribes, or gratui
" ties in the shape of bri!>es, have been
" received by your subordinates in
" several branches of the custom-house
" and you have in no case supported
" the effort to correct these abuses."
These are the men placed before the
country by the Republican purty for
the most exalted positions within the
gift of the people, and we ask in all
candor whether it is Democratic abuse,
slander or " mud throwing" to prescut
their records as drawn by those iu
political sympathy and affiliation with
them? If the facts are dishonorable
and damaging to Garfield and Arthur,
it not Democratic ingenuity or
malevolence that invented them.
The Republicans them?elve have for
mulated and spread thorn upon the
official documents of the country, and
surely it is no violation of the pro
prieties of campaign ethics" to refer to
them to the end that voters may know
just exactly the kind of men for whom
they arc asked to cast their ballots.
TIIK re-union of the Pennsylvania
Reserve Corps at Ilßrrisburg, last
week, drew together about three hun
dred and fifty members, Gov. ('urtin
presiding. Judge Henderson, of Car
lisle, was the orator of the day and
addresses were made by Mayor Pat
terson, of Harrisburg, General S. \V.
Crawford, U. 8. A., Geu. Robert Pat
terson and Col. W. B. Mann, of Phil
adelphia, and Gov. Curtin, the Presi
dent of the Association. The pro
ceedings, published at length iu the
Patriot, were highly interesting and
evidently ufforded great enjoymeut to
the veterans participating in them.
TIIK colored people of New Jersey
recently held a convention in which
they decided to adhere to the Repub
lican party, but demanded represent
ation proportionate to their voting
strength. This is but fair. If the.
colored people of Pennsylvania were
to make a similar demand the Repub
lican party would be compelled to
divide the offices with this important
element of their strength, which they
have never yet done. In Philadelphia
alone they would be entitled to several
members of the legislature.
■■ ■ • ♦ —•
CHAIRMAN JEWEI.I. of the Repub
lican National Committee and candi
date Weaver of the Greenbacks, seem
to be playing a game of brag for the
Presidency. Jewell has got all the
Northern Stales solid for Garfield, aud
Weaver has fixed six or eight of the
Southern States and a sufficient num
ber in the West to secure his election
beyond pcradventure. Gen. Hancock
may perhaps see them both with a
pretty strong hand before the game is
played out
AOCOKIMNO to Justice S wayne, of
the Supreme Court of the Unitod
States, a contract procured through the
"sale o' official influence" cannot lie
enforced In the courts. Garfield will
be wiser the next time be is offered a
$5,000 fee to negotiate a paving job in
Washington City.
THE RELATIONS of the Credit Mo
bilier and Dc Golver incidents in the
career of General Garfield to the
Presidential contest, remarks the New
York World, are not agreeable, but
they are much too important to be
overlooked, nod the extraordinary
prominence into which they have been
recently forced by a new and labored
attempt of General Garfield himself
to explain them will, probably enough,
result iu making them u decisive
eause of his defeat at the polls. Gen.
Arthur, who no doubt regards these
incident- as relatively trivial, muv
smile at such a statement as this ; but
the simple fact that General Arthur
is at the foot ami General Garfield at
the head of the Republican ticket
shows that the time has gone by when
a -majority even of the Republican
party can be relied on to vote for can
didates on the ground of their pas
sions and their prejudices, and to ig
nore all consideration of their fidelity
or infidelity as stewards of a public
trust. 1 lie campaign has hardly open
ed, and vet it is already quite appar
ent that a ticket of Arthur and (iar
field would IK- stronger in the field
than the uctual ticket of (iarfield and
Arthur. General Arthur makes no
concealment of his contempt for civil
service reform or of his cordial sympa
thy with Flanagan, who angrily asked
the Republicans at Chicago "what
"they were for if not to get the offices ?"
But nobody has accused General Ar
thur, as General Garfield stands accus
ed by an Ohio Republican Judge of
the I uited States Supreme Court—
Mr. Justice Swavne—of "a sale of of
"tieial iuilucnce which no vail can cov
"er, against the plainest principles of
"public policy."
Vii ILK the i'emocrstic party is on
thC defensive, iu organs might as well
tew the people of the country how
roach money Hancock made out of the
1. ni lyd Service I'oiroleiim and Mining
Company of New York, of which lie
was president, and in which so many
hundreds of soldiers lost their all.—
liellcfonte Republican,
And then it will IK- in order for the
Republican organs "to tell the people
of the country" ull about Garfield's
connection with the Venango and Vir
ginia Oil Company, a swindling con
cern iu which he jiersunded a large
number of his Christian brethren to
invest. The lands of this eompanv
were represented as lying on the "Hog
Back" that runs through western
Pennsylvania ami West Virginia, und
as Mr. Garfield is reported to have ex
plained to bis credulous victims, it was
only necessary to bore a hole through
this "Hog Back" in order to strike
flowing wells. The oil, however, was
never struck.
"SCRELT no man should be the in
cumbent of an office the duties of which
he is for any cause unfit to perform,
who is lacking in the ability, fidelity or
integrity which a proper administration
of such office demands.— Arthur, in hi*
Idler of Acceptance.
When Mr. Arthur wrote the above
extract from his letter accepting the
Republican nomination for Vice Pres
ident,*did lie intend to pay a compli
ment to Haves and Sherman for kick
ing him out of the New York custom
house in order, as they said, that the
office of collector of customs might be
"honestly administered ?" It reads
that way.
THE formal letter of Chester A.
Arthur, accepting the Republican
nomination for Vice President, has
been given to the public, aud it is gen
erally conceded to be a much stronger
exposition of Republican sentiment
than the letter of Garfield* It is
"stalwart" throughout, and as a ma
chine document will not fail to delight
the followers of Conkling, Cameron
and Logan. It waves the ensanguin
ed garment in true regulation style
and sneers at the civil service princi
ples of the Hayes administration in
a heartless and cruel manner. The
"old crowd" comes to the front.
ALAS! fbr poor Garfield! Now it
is "Hog Back" and the Venango aud
Virginia Oil Company.
JIJIMJE MM AI NK ON OAltFIKI.l).
A .luilleiiil Opinion, Hell ven d In
I |ni the $5,000 He
Oolyer Fee.
1 GENERAL <1 AKKIEI.B'N ACCEPTANCE Of TIIE
PEE IIKI.D TO LLE "A SAI.E or OP
IK IA I. ISPL.CKX E WHICH NO
VEIL CAN COVER."
, Pfiiin B|.wll to tlir N-w l urk World.
, WASHINGTON, .July 18.— A decision
rendered in 1875 by .Justice Bwayne, of
the United States Supreme Court, lias
| been called into prominence by the fact
j that it settles the quextion of fieneral
I Garfield's position in the He Oolyer
matter beyond a doubt, anil exposes
the weakness and absurdity of the
arguments employed by his adherents
i in the vain hope of purifying his rec
; ord upon the $5,000 tee matter. The
i ease in which this opinion of Justice
; Swayne. win rendered was that of Chit
tenden against McClellan and others,
j It was tried in Cook oounty, 111., in
May, 1875, and was decided on appeal
| in October. 1579, in the United States
{Supreme Court. It may be said that
Justice Kwayne is a thorough kepubli
| can and an Ohio man. The Supreme
Court opinion was delivered in the case
of Burke against Child, the case of
I Chittenden against McClellan being
submitted on the arguments anil briefs
filed in the former suit. Justice Swayne
say* :
" The agreement ueith tjcneral fsarfie/d, a
i member of Congress, to pay him $5,000 a* a
\ contingent fee for procuring a contract which
i teat i Uclf made to depend upon a future
j appropriation by Congee**-—which appropr'ia
j tion could only come from a committee of
\ which he was Chairman —teat a wile of offi
! rial indue nee, which no veil can cover, against
I the p/mncst principlet of public policy. Mo
counsellor at hue while holding high office has
i i right to put himself tn a position of tempta
tion, and under jwetence of making a legal
j argument exert his officialinfluence ujxin put,-
I lie officers dependent upon his future action.
i Ccrtain'g the court* of Justice will never lend
themselves to en force contracts obtained by such
I influence "
Ihe ellect ol this disclosure on the
men here who have endeavored in one
form or another to paiiate General
(iarfield* offence cannot be overesti
mated. 11 ia a shock so severe that
they are as yet unable to meet it.
GENERAL NEWS.
John Steele, well-known as "Coal Oil
Johnny," is farming near Franklin.
The steamer iMssouk with the Egypt
ian obelisk on board arrived at New
{ York yesterday.
Ihe Milton car factory, which was
j burned iu the fire which destroyed the
town, will be in running order by Au-
I gust 1.
I he State Census has been sufficient
ly made out to indicate that the aggre
gate population will amount in the six
i ty seven counties to 4.226,000, a* against
| J,521,950 in 1870, an increase of 704,117,
! equal to 20 per cent. This will do.'
bast week extensive fire* again occur
! red in the oil regions of McKean county
near Bradford. A number of oil tanks
were struck by lightning and destroyed,
and it is estimated that 1.15,0 CX) barrels
; were consumed, involving a loss of
I $175,000.
Ir. Turner, Secretary of the National
Board of Health, at Washington, receiv
ed a telegram this afternoon Irom K. ft.
I Thornton, President of tho Board of
, Health of the Memphis district, stating
that there is no case of yellow fever nor
: anything resembling it in Memphis.
Thursday of la*t week was the annu
al celebration throughout France of the
, destruction of the Bastile. The prep
arations for the fete were made in a
i manner not excelled in the history of
the Republic, and greatly delighted
the people. Ihe French residents of
Philadelphia also united in the general
rejoicing
(hiring the reception to the Cornell
crew at Ithica, N. V., on Monday night,
i a sky rocket miscarried and was dis
charged into a stage containing the
committee and a quantity of fireworks.
A terrible explosion followed. Two
men were seriously injured, vii: H. T.
Hehbard, of the Savings Bank, who
had one leg broken, and F. M. Sever,
telegraph operator, who was internally
injured.
A violent wind stotm passed over the
southeastern portion of Chester county
on Friday, In South Chester thirty
five houses were damaged, and seven
partly completed dwellings were blown
down. Many tree* were uprooted and
much damage was done to barn*. In
the country a man named Boulder was
nearly killed by a falling shutter, and
another roan, a stage driver, was seri
ously injured by his stage beipg blown
over. Ihe track of the tornado waa
very narrow, taking a northeasterly
course and passing over the river. It
was several minutes in passing.
William ('aider, whose wealth is com
puted at $80(1,00(), died in Harrisburg
on Monday morning. Beceased was a
Kepuhlican Elector in 1872, and stood
high with his parly. He waa very char
itable, having distributed at least SIOO,-
000 to various eleemosynary institu
tions. He owned half* dozen of the
finest farms in the county. He acquir
ed much of hia money during the war,
when he supplied the government with
horses and mules. He waa probably
the most extensive contractor of the
kind in the country. Mr. Cslder was
Proaident Of the First National Bank,
Harrisburg, at the time of his death
and a member of the Select Council.
He was identified with nearly all the
principle business establishments in
that city.
TERMS: #1.50 jur An mini, in Advance.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
TAKK NOTlCE. —Persons desiring to
; obtain copies of the report of the committee
appointed to investigate the financial con
dition of the I.)' CM mi tig Fire Insurance
Company can do HO hy calling at the office
of THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, on Friday
afternoon, after the report has been sub
mitted to the meeting of the policy holders.
It i neatly printed, in pamphlet form, and
will be sold at 1.1 cents a copy.
Robert (. Jirett, Ksq., has been ap
pointed a member of the Democratic
county committee for the old precinct of
Ferguson township, in place of Daniel
DreibelbD, who does riot wish to serve.
We are authorized by Chairman Spangler
to annonnce this change 5n the committee.
—We learn from the Harrisburg Tele
graph that Mr. Robert A. I.ueas, formerly
of Howard, in this county, but of lute
years a resident of Harrisburg, has been
appointed a postal route agent between
Lock Haven and Harrisburg. We are
gratified U> hear of Robert's appointment,
and congratulate him on his good fortune.
—The four thousand people who attend
ed Coup's circus on the occasion of its er
hibition hereon Wednesday of last week
were all delighted, and would go again if
they could. A remarkable coincidence
tnay be found in the actioua of those who
deal at 8. A. Brew & Son's store. They
always go to that store when they want
anything in the grocery line.
e were pleased to receive a call on
last Tuesday from our excellent friends,
N. Cassanova and L. G. I.ingle, KMJ'S, of
I'hilipshurg. Mr. Cassanova continues to
he as enthusiastic for Hancock as be was
at the Cincinnati convention, in which he
HO faithfully represented the sentimejU of
the Democracy of Centre county, flbth
gentlemen predict good result* from "over
the mountain' this fall.
—Barney, son of Mr. lb-tidy Powers, of
this place, met with an accident on Satur
day afternoon last while employed in Wm.
P. Duncan it Co's machine shops. He
was engaged upon somewhat dangerous
work and was warned to exercise great
I care. But unfortunately, bis leit hand
| was caught by the cog wheels and hi* liu
[ tie finger and the one next to it cut off,
: while hi middle finger was badly mutilat
i cd. He was taken to his home and his
I wounds dressed hy Dr. George Harris.
Harney had been employed in the shops
' but a short time. The accident, although
not so dangerous as that which occurred
ito William Fellenbam on the previous
week, is, nevertheless, quite painful.
AKNOINCEMENT— Life of General IF.*-
I field Scott Hancock. —We are glad that the
well-known publishing house of Hubbard
Bros., of Philadelphia, have in preparation
and will soon issue the "Life of General
Hancock. ' written hy bis old-time friend,
Hon. John W. Forney. The career of the
brilliant soldier who is soon to be trans
ferred to the White House furnishes ma
terial for a volume which, in deep and
thrilling interest, has rarely been equaled
in the annals of American biography. It
is fortunate that its preparation has been
assigned to Col. Forney, who for twenty
five years has been known as one of the
ablest editors and most brilliant writers in
America. His known ability, and his per
sonal intimacy with Gen. Hancock, are a
sufficient guaranty that the book will he
full, complete and authoritative—a volume
of permanent value, and in this respect
widely different from ordinary campaign
literature. It wilt he sold onlv bv sub
scription, and must meet with a verv laree
sale. * *
DEMOCRATIC MEETING AT BIHERSRVRO.
—The friends of Hancock and Knglish
rallied in strong force at Uebersburg, Miles
township, on Saturday evening last, for
the purpose of holding a ratification m*t
ing. Kariy in the evening a procession,
headed hy the Rebersburg Cornet Band,
and a drum corps under the direction of
Mr. Samuel K. Faust, was formed and
marched to the school house where the
meeting was held. The meeting was call
ed to order by Mr. 8. K. Faust, when Mr.
John Mallery moved that W. H. Corn
man, Kq., he elected chairman. The
motion was unanimously adopted and Mr.
Cornman took the chair. After the usual
number of Vice Presidents and Secretaries
had I wen appointed, the meeting was ad
dressed by Messrs. Heinle, Fortney, Spang
ler and Forster, of Bellefonte. The speech
es of these gentlemen throughout elicited
great applause, every mention of Hancock 's
name being greeted with hearty and earn
est enthusiasm. It was a cheering sight
to observe such veterans in the cause as
the venerahlo John K reamer, Henry Corn
man, William Walker, Samuel M. Win
ters, ami many others that we might
name, taking such an active interest In the
proceedings. It | a sure sign that Miles
will roll up a glorious majority for Han
cock and Knglish.
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