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SHUdKUT \ FORSTKR, Editors.
VOL. 2.
5k (Centre democrat.
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Trm 11,50 per Annum, in Advinoc. t
8. T. BHUOERT and R. H. FORSfER, Editor.. *
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Thursday Morning, August 12,1880. j u
Democratic National Ticket.
ro nmnm,
W INFIELD BCOTT HANCOCK, of Prun.)lroni*. J
,. vies rsmniot, t
WILLIAM 11. EMILISH, of Indiana.
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ELECTS IKS- AT L A Rll R.
R. Funnel Mi-imtfhan, William 11. I'Ujfonl. II
KLRCTOR#. •
lHit. Did. i K
1. John Bl#tin, IV GiHif|{<* A.
2. lidvln A. Pur, l* A. M It* nton,
Jolu M. CitniptaU, IT. J P. l.lnUtn. I ..
4. tiill*-* IHillct. I*. John S. Miller, i 1
f. Johti N. I'*. J. O. Savti.n, | .
f. Klwln Walilut., ill. C. M Bower. *
7. Nathan (' Jati.en, *il. I A.J lltichanan, ; .
H. Ofur|9 PilWrt, '/2. Christopher I
Jam* 0 Mrgpmtii, £l. Rohan M.OtWoft, r
|. Alfred J. Martin, 24. Thoniaa BrmUvrd, |
11. AtUm tlernticer, iV llarry W. Wll*n, v
12. Frank Turner. 2*l. Samuel Griffith,
It. IV J.
11 II K Dftt m.
Democratic State Ticket*
rut at mint Ji'Wi, i '
OKuIUiK A. JEN KM. of Jaflaraon Count jr. j
r.R At'MTnft ocsifttl*
ROBERT r. DECBERT, of Philadelphia.
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Democratic MUSH Meeting. \
We are requested by J. L. Spangler, 1
Ksi|., Chairman of the Couuty Commit- '
tee, to announce that tin usual annual '
mass meeting of the Democracy of,
Ceutre county, will he held in the i 1
court house, in Bellefonte, on Tuesday i 1
evening (the first week of court), Aug. i'
24, I*Bo. The announcement of the
speakers from abroad will he made in
our next issue. The meeting will also
be addressed by ex-Governor Andrew .
G. Curtin.
j i
Oub thanks arc due Hon. Samuel (
J. Ilandall, Speaker of the House of |
Representatives, for valuable public ,
documents. 1 ,
_ 11
Tn Y: Republicans have brought to ;
bear all their guns, of both great and i ,
small calibre, ou Gen. Hancock's let-j,
ter of acceptance, but witfiout being
able to make a breach in the struc- ,
ture, or weaken a point in the defences ,
which that noble letter sets up as tbe ! I
sum total of Democratic principles. •,
WHEN our esteemed friend, Mr. A.
O. Furst, next airs his views upon the
taritr question in public, we trust he
will not try to show intelligent farm- j
ers bow dreadfully they will be affect- i
ed by a repeal of the duty on uheat/ j
They will certainly largely discount
his intelligence, or believe that he en- ;
tertains a very poor opinion of thcir'a I
if he does.
AN Ohio Republican newspaper
gravely remarks that Gen. Hancock
may be more popular in Texas than :,
Jefferson Davis. No doubt of it. He
is also more popular than De Golyer j,
Garfield, the bribe-taker, in nil the 1
States where any intelligent apprecia
tion of Republican sentiment is the ;
ruling motive to govern the people.
SENATOR WALLACE opened his cam
paign at Reading, on Monday last,
where he addressed an immense meet- ,
ing of the sturdy Dcmocrncy of "Old
Berks." Like all the efforts of Mr.
Wallace, bis speech fairly bristled
with facts and figures showing the
extravagance, profligacy and corrup
tion of the Republican party and
proving the absolute necessity that
now exists for a change of adminis
tration. We will publish an abstract
of the speech next week.
THE Bellefonte Republican does not
reassert its little lie about the appoint
ment of a registration assessor for
Ferguson township with quite so much
directness as it did last week and the
' week before. It now resorts to inuen
do. "We are not persuaded that the j
record of the court did not on Tues
day, the 27th ult., show the appoint
ment," Ac. The writer of the Repub
lican articles knows, as well as he
knows his own name, that no such ap
pointment was ever made; that there
is not and never was a " record of tlie
court" on the matter, and that no
such decree as he alleges was ever
signed or made by tbe court This is
all we shall say on the subject, wheth
er the Republican persists in repeating
the falsehood or not
"■QUAL ANM KX ACT J VATIC* TO ALL MEN, OF WHATEVER STAT* OR PKISUASION, KM.MiIOLn OR POLITICAL. "—Jrfffrtoa.
Credit Mobilicr.
The sons of Onkcs Amos, remarks |
the Harriaburg Patriot, have perform
ed n pious duty in an effort to rescue |
the memory of their father from the
odium that has been cast upon it by
the Credit Mobilicr scandul. Tliey u
have just published in the Bostou "
Herald a communication in which the
history of the Credit Mobilicr is re- "
luted at length and the argument j
made that (Jakes Ames did nothing U
throughout tbe whole transaction that '
was not entirely consistent with up- "
rightness and honor. Tbe immediate (
occasion of this production is the ap- j
pearance of extracts from a forth- '
* • t
coming biography of Gen. Garfield in |
which a labored uttcnipt is made to '
controvert the testimony of Oakes
Ames before the investigation com- „
mit tee as well as the proofs of his ; f
fatal memorandum book.
After reviewing the history of the ; t
construction of the Pacific railroad "
with all the financial difficulties at- t
tending it, and with the distribution ! '
of Credit Mobilicr shares among me in- ,
here of Congress "as an act o r friend- j'
Iv good will," the sons of Oakes Ames J
tell how tiie transaction was divulged I
through a suit in a court. When this '
controversy became known tlicy say (
" most of these Congressmen to whom 1
,„, i t
Oakes Ames bad agreed to sell stock t
became alarmed. Sonne returned their '
stock and got back their money with j ,
interest; some declined it, and some ' c
afterward* denied that they had ever 1 j
agreed to take it." To this last class ' |
bclougs Gen. Garfield who swore he '
" had never owned, received, or agreed
to receive any stock of the Credit t
Mobilier or of the Cniou Pacific rail- f
road, nor any dividends or profits 4
arising frwio either of tlicm." The
memorandum book i-f Oakes Ames
showed the payment to him of a divi- !
dead of $329, and the Poland eom- '
mittee so reported. Garfield further !
swore that he never heard of the !
Credit Mobilier until told of it by '
Judge Bluek in 1870, when the roc- J
ords of Congress show that he had
participated in a debate with Wash
hurne ami others in the House in
which the whole character of this
construction company nnd their prof- <
its are reviewed. In this debate Gar-1
field was on the side of the Creslit ;
Mobilier. j
The pious sons conclude that there
was a panic in Congress under the
influence of which, " brave men be
came cowards, truthful men prevari
cated, honest men acted like convict
ed pickpockets, while the meanest
men in Congress assumed airs of
pharasaical superiority," and that in
that panic there was " but one man in
Congress who would neither lie, nor
prevaricate, nor conceal." That man
was Oakes Ames. Without pausing
to inquire here whether the Republi
can candidate for President became
! " a coward " or " prevaricated " or
"acted like a convicted pickpijcket" or
was otic of the Pharisees, it must be
regarded as strange that these gentle
men should at this late day attempt to
brave the public judgment which at
the time rightly estimated the corrupt
character of the Credit Mobilier trans
action. They do not regard it as
General Garfield and his defenders do.
Whilst the latter deny and resort to
every device to escape from the re
proach of the Credit Mobilier the
former come to tbe front anil argue
that the transaction was fair, honest
and legitimate in every respect
GENERAL WEAVER, the Green
back candidate for President, will
soon be as noted for his verdancy as
he was before tbe Alabama election
for his pretensions. He was in Cin
cinnati last week, and was utterly
credulous as to the great Democratic
triumph in Alabama. He claimed
that his party was re-enforced by 90,-
000 Republican vote* and 25,000
Democrats, and Democratic sucoem
conld only be obtained by fraudulent
ly counting out.
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1880.
In 1870 a plot wan successfully laid
and carried out by the Republican* to
defeat the will of the people and pre- (
vent the installation of the Democrat* (
legally elected President aud Vice (
President of the United Ktatcs- . To (
avoid another civil war the Democracy
allowed tho fraud to be cousuinmated. ;j
Forbearance in this WHS wonderful |
aud perhaps criminal, but it can never ]
be reiH-atiil. An uttempt now, under ,
any pretence whatever, to abridge the ,
proper expression of the people's will, <
or to prevent due weight aud inttu- (
once to that expression, will fall with ,
dire punishment on the party which t
puts it in motion. A correspondent of
the Brooklyn Ragle refers to the last i
method that is to be tried to defeat I,
the popular will. He says :
" It hits leaked out that an infernal
and infamous scheme has been set on
foot by the Republicans to subvert the
will of the people and carry the Stale I
for Garfield, it is this: That a law is j
to be passed by Gov. Cornell's extra ;
session ot the legislature, to bo called |
ostensibly to patch up the lax clause of
the corporation law, passed during the
last session, so that a majority vote of
counties shall control the Presidential
vote—that is. we will snv, King's county
will pive Hancock 20,000 miyority; j
thee 20.000 votes will not count any
more than the majority in State. The '
Republicans know lull well that the
vote Hancock will get in New York '
and Kings will give him the State by an j
overwhelming majority, hence this sub-'
tie and ingenious mode of destroying
the majorities, for with them destroyed I
they have good reason to hope the j
country counties wilt easily be carried
for Garfield. It seems to me this con
templated proceeding by the Republi
cans ought to be and can be so thor
oughly ventilated that they will not
dare to carry it out, or attempt to per- j
pet rate another such a fraud as in
1870."
GiuFIELD swung far enough around j
llie circle on hit homeward journey j
from New York to reach 'the great
Chautauqua camp meatiug of the
Young Man'* Christian Aaaociaiion,
on last Sunday. Schuyler Colfax was I
also there and was one of the orators '
of the day. Garfield was satisfied
with a simple introduction to the vast |
audience. Colfax was presented by t
Mr. Stuart as " iny dear brother in j
the Ixird," while the Presidential nom
inee was only our "Christian brother, j
Gen. James A. Garfield, of the United j
States Senate." It was exceedingly
appropriate that Christian brethren
like Colfax and Garfield should thus j
come together, but it may be consider
ed doubtful whether their presence on .
the Lord's day at a religious gather
ing was any credit to the occasion.
Roth were brethren in their dealings
with Oakes Ames and their consequent ,
connection with the Credit Mobilier
scandal, though Colfax has shown a
slight degree of modesty by retiring
to a certain extent to the shades of
private life. Garfield-Colfax, Colfax-
Garfield ; a noble pair of brothers!
The Republicans have at least the
good taste to ascribe the authorship
of General Hancock's letter of ac
ceptance and of Order No. 40, to able
aud accomplished statesmen. The
Dayton (O.) Journal believes that ;
Samuel J. Tilden wrote the first for j
Northern consumption, and the New j
York Tribune charges the other to |
the fertile pen of Judge Black, for the j
Southern market. Now, who wrote j
his letter to General Sherman? It
seems to have an authorship equal in
ability to the others and is good read
ing for all times. Garfield and other
prominent Republicans of loose polit
ical morals, might study it with profit.
The fact is, General Hancock ha*
kindly furnished some very valuable
literature lately, embracing whole- |
some views of constitutional Republi
can government, and it is to be regret- |
ted that the stalwart advocates of a
strong government, and bayonet con
trol of elections, do not s£etn to
appreciate hia efforts in that direction.
But the masses do, and are preparing
to give emphasis to their approval in
November, and " don't you forget it."
"We are in a state of profound
peace ; banoeforth let it be our purpose
to cultivate sentiments of friendship
and not of animosity among our fellow
oitisens,"— f/aneoek'i Latter of Accept
ance.
A Presidential Hippodromo.
General Garfield has returned to
the peaceful quiet of his Ohio home ;
after having been exhibited to delight
ed audiences from the lakes to the
seu. Marshall Jewell is to lie con- j
gratulatcd upon the unmistakable gen
ius he possesses as u caterer to the
tastes of the amusement loving pub
lic. He succeeded in pluciug on the
road one of the most unique and
startling combinations that ever con- i
fronted the American people. Of
course, De Golyer's attorney was the
chief attraction, and the honor of lead- j
ing him out and showing off his paces
before the multitude was carefully
divided among those who arc known
as of his own political household.
There was Con irer with his storied fog '
horn, Ren Harrison in faultlessly j
fitting kids, Godlove 8. Ortli, redo- ,
lent with the aroma of Venezuela
claims and the immaculate and irre- ,
preamble Murat Ilalstcad, who tele
graphed to his pn|>er from Chicago
that Garfield could not be nominnted
i _ i
because bis record was against liim. j
These were the incn who did the
grand and lofty tumbling and pre
vented the whole show from being
absolutely stupid. This trip of Gar
field's to the Last to confer with the
j magnates of his party was Jewell's
dernier reeort. Kverything was at
sixes and sevens and nothing but a
heroic remedy would meet the cac.
Had Alabama cooed like a sucking
dove instead of thundering her indig
| nant protest against unholy alliances,
the pilgrimage of Garfield toward the
rising sun would never have become
j necessary. The result must have been
i a great disappointment. He had hied
{himself to New York upon the prin
-1 r iples of Mahomet and the mountain.
| lh- u.-H,otain was there, noly across
1 the hall from the room of the Re
-1 publican Presidential candidate, but
it might as well have been in the
j clouds. The great accidental was
! denied even the jwor privilege of
kneeling at the feet of the lordly
Conkling. True, Blaitic was there,
, Cameron was plainly visible and
i Digan was oppressively present, but
nowhere could be seen the Seuatorial
Adonis without whose help the battle
in New York is hopelen*. It was the
' play of Hamlet with the Prince of
j Denmark closely immured in the
I green room. The decision of the
conference was that the campaign
j should be conducted a la Killpatrick,
with the bloody shirt and plenty of
money, and this in face of Garfield's
declaration that the man who would
attempt to ride into power bv the re
vival of sectionalism would find him
self without a party. The whole
thing was a political exhibition of
weakness, and a the Republican can
didate turned his face toward the
father of wnter* he must have been
oppressed by a feeling akin to that
which burdened the spirit of Richard
lefore the battle of Rosworth field.
1 The show is over and the curtain falls
only to be lifted again in November
' as the actor makes his last bow to the
public.
'
THE friends of free trade in Eng-
I laud and Scotland are quite jubilant
over the nomination of Garfield as the
Republican candidate for President
Being a member of the "Cobdcn Club,"
it is not surprising that the British
free traders should be elated with the
hope that one of their number may be
President of the United Bt*tes, even if
he is to reach that exalted station by
I 9
| the votes of the American protection
! ists. But they had better not build
their hones too high. There arc many
1 formidable obstructions in Mr. Gar
field's road to success that will never
he surmounted.
Gen. W ii.v.iam O. Butler, of Ken
tucky, died atCairolton that State, on
Friday, at the age of eighty-seven.
He served at the Battle of New Or
leans, and in the Mexican war, where,
for a time, he commanded the Ameri
can army in the Valley of Mexico.
He was in Congress from 1839 to 1843,
and waa the Democratic candidate for
Vice President, on tho ticket with CAM,
in 1848.
AT last our excellent contemporary,
the Bellefonte Republican, condescends
to admit the words "Credit Mobilier" i
and "De Oolyer" into its columns. In
a burst of uugry indignation at the
wicked Democrats, it asserts that
J "when asked their policy npon the
tariff they answer, Credit Mobilier;
upon finances, De Golyer," uud it is
"upon these two falsehood* they (the
aforesaid wicked Democrats j expect to
win public fuvor." It will be in order
for the Republican now to explain to
its readers how "these two falsehoods"
1 originated. 8o far as the Credit Mo
' bilier is concerned, we would respect
fully refer our contemporary to the
rejKjrt of a Republican congressional
! committee, of which one Judge Poland,
' of Vermont, was chairman, whenever
I it desires information in regard to that
particular "falsehood." lu the mean- '
; while it can digu-t the following ex
j tract from the report of that commit- j
j tee :
"The fact* in regard to Garfield, as
found by the committee, are that be j
agreed with Mr. Amen to take ten shares
of Credit Mobilier stock, but did not
; pay for the same. Mr- Ames received
the 80 per cent, dividend in ironda and
sold them for 97 per cent., and also re
ceived the GO per cent, coh dividend, j
which, together with the price of the I
stock and intercut, lett a balance of $329.
This turn was paid over to Mr. Gertield
by • check on the sergeant-alarms, and
; Mr. Garfield then understood this sum
was the balance of dividends after pay
| ing for the stock."
For information in regard to the
| De Golyer "falsehood" it may refer to
the report of the evidence taken before I
the Glover investigating committee.
It will there lie seen how Garfield re
ceived a five thousand dollar fee for his
official influence as chairman of the
committee on appropriations, and that
"he spoke to Hbeppard a Unit it." That
is, aUiut the paving contract that was
awarded to the frieuds who so kindly
paid him the $5,000.
TifßOtmtt the kindness of J. G.
latrimcr, Esq., of Pleasant Gap, we
are enabled to lay before the readers
of the Democrat a letter received by
• him from Gdonel John W. Forney, in
which Mr. Forney gives his old frieud I
two strong reasons why he is to-day !
supporting Winfield Scott Hancock j
for President. The following is the J
letter:
Philadklpni a, August 7, 1890.
Mr Dkir Larimer:—l have your kind
letter of the 3d of August, dated at
Itellefoote, and I answer it by sending
r it to your old home at Pleasant Gap,
Centre county, Pa.
! I return to the democratic party aim
, ply because 1 am animated by an irre
sistible sense of gratitude to the man .
i who, I believe, saved my native Stale
from Confederate invasion, and to an
' equally irresistible desire to promote
' peace and reconciliation between the !
i North and South. And if our people
do not carry out the idea, I shall then
believe that the Republican party wo*
• insincere when it offered pardon to the
South.
I send you several papers, and am
! always glad to hear from yon. and desire i
p you to remember I am.
Sincerely your friend,
J. W. FOMXIT.
J. O. Larimer, Esq., Pleasant Gap,
1 Centre county, Pa.
| Examinations or Teach ers for 1880.
, —County Superintendent Henry Meyer,
I has issued his usual card Announcing the
' examinations of teachers for the various
i schools of Centre county. They will be
held a* follow*:
IWUMont., Tmki, Auftral 8.
I'hlllpat.urf ud Rash, Phlltpabsrg, Waduaadav, An
ful XV
I Taylor, lli.r.l. Furnara, Thursday, Anns! IS.
Worth. Fori Matilda. Friday, Aucu.r *7.
! Ilusu.ii. Julias Fsmerr. Saturday, Aucual J*
Snow *!.. and Ihirustdr, Snow Sboa, Tuasday An
rt.
, Csiourllla and futon, folonitll., Wednesday, Smtaa
ber I.
Mltsaburv sad Milest-urg. Thursday. Saptaru-
I bat 2.
Librriy, Ractrrllla. Friday, Saptarnbre X.
5 Walkar. lluhlaraUnr (. Monday. Sapr-mlar S.
How-ard and Osnla. Howard. Taaaday, *a,Haw.bar T.
! Martun. Jarkwwrllla, Wadnaadar, Srnfawla-r S.
p Sprliif. Valaalinw' aebw.l houaa. Thursday, Safdaar
Aanuar, Knot 1 achnal bowaa, Friday, *n*,rHilar la
' Fattou, Waddla'a at bond b-aaa, Tarda/. Sayoaaihar 14.
llaMoona, StoratXowa, Wadnaadar, SryNel-i IA.
Farfoatn. Plna Hrura, Thursday. Siyt—Our IS.
I (V.llasr, Laiuont, Friday. *(duahrt IT.
Harria, ttnalaUwrg, Saturday. Mrftaarhor IX
I lladsaa. tunjaSsr*. Monday, S|dawr|ioi SI
Millhatm and Pann. Mlilbatm, Tui day. Saptaaaltar tl.
times, Pann Hall, W—iaauJar. Saylamtur U.
, P-utar, Orrtra Hall, Thnmdsy.SapManlur A
Mllaa, Ralrrahum, Salarday, Saftaaahar IX
A special examination to All vacancies
will be held at the Superintendent's office,
Bellefonte, Friday, October 8: but anpli-
I cants must come recommended by at least
four directors of tha districts in which
they intend to teach, and give a reason for
not having attended the district examina
tion*.
Examination* each day will commence
at 9 A. M. -, applicant* will have to be
present in time, and some of tba director*
should also be present in time to make out
a list of applicants to he examined.
' H. Meter
, County Superintendent,
Rirsrsbvru, Pa., July SI, 1880.
TEHMB: $1.50 jmt Annum, in Adtaiice.
ADDITIONAL. LOCALS.
iJr.ATii <ik KX-Guvkkkok "Wittjam
: Biui.kh. —A tcli-grsm to Kx-Gov. Curtin,
on Mondtj, Announced tbe death of Kx-
Gov. Win. liigler, winch sorrowful event
occurred wt hi* residence in tbe borough of
Clearfield, at about nine o'clock that morn
ing. Gov. Bigler wu well known in
Centre county. At one time he "lived in
1 Bellefonte, learning the trade of a printer
1 in the office of hi* brother, John Bigler,
I who at that time we* the editor and pub
| linker of tbe Cmt re Democrat. WhiUt
J a resident of Bellefonte William Bigler
' formed many warm friendship* and pleas
nut a-sociation* which lasted throughout
hi* active, honorable and useful life, except
a* the year* grew apace and one friend
after another would drop by the wayiide
and pan to another world. He alway* m
teemed it a great pleasure to visit Belle
fonte and wu ever a fkvorite with our
i people, and nowhere wil! more profound
| sorrow he felt for hi* death than in Centro
county. lie had been in feeble health for
sotue time and bia death *s> expected.
Hl* funeral took place ycfterday, and
' amongst thou; of our citixen* who went to
I Clearfield to pay the last tribute of respect
| to hi* honored remain*, we noticed Ex
i Gov. Curtin, 8. T. Hhugert, of the DEMO
i'lai, and I*. Gray Meek, of the VcfcAmaa.
! The following sketch of his life we take
j from the ilarrisburg Patriot :
William Bigler waa born at Shermans
burg, Cumberland county, Pa., in Decem
ber, I*l3. Hi* parent* were of German
extraction, and whilst he vu very vouag
• they removed to Mercer county," having
pure hand a large tract of land there. The
, title of tbi* land, however, proved defect
ive, and tbey loft all but a small farm.
This reverse of fortune *o affected the fath
| er that he did of grief, leaving hi* wife to
j bring up a family of nine children.
In 1830, after receiving a m<derate edu
cation. young William entered tbe print
| ing office of his brother John, at Bellefonte,
Pa. Prom tbi* office was issued the
i Crntri Ihanorrat newspaper, and remained
|in it until 1833, when, by the advicw
of hi* friend*, he removed to Clearfield.
I There he commenced the publication of
the Clearfield Dttnoerat, which he oontinu-
I ed to manage until tbe year 183fi, when he
wa married to Maria J., daughter of
Alexander B. Rood, and by whom be had
five *on, three of whom are living. After
disposing of tbe Democrat he entered into
the lumber bonne**, in connection with
hi* father-in-law. He we* eery successful
ia this enterprise, being, in the year 1860,
the largest producer of lumber on the west
hank of the Susquehanna. Previous to
! this, in 1841, be wis nominated to tbe State
senate, and w* elected by a majority of
over 3,1*10, having received eTery vote but
i one in Clearfield county. In 18*43 he was
j aire tad Sf*aker of the Senate; was re-elect
ed in the session of 1H44, and in the follow
ing October was returned to the .Senate
for a second term, although he had repeat
edly declined the nomination. In 1848 fa
was brought forward as one of the demo
cratic nominee* for the governorship, but
was defeated by Morri* Longstretb, who
also suffered defeat at the election. In
1849 he was appointed one of the revenna
commissioners, whose duty it was to adjust
the amount of taxation to be raised in tha
different section* and counties in tbe State.
In 18.31 be was nominated by acclamation
by the democrat* for the governorship,
and after a canvass which was warmly
contested he was elected by a large majori
ty. It is worthy of note, at the same lima
i his brother, John Bigler, was elected Gov
! ernor of the stateof California In March
1834, he was again unanimously nominat
ed by the democrats as their candidate for
governor, but tbi* time was defeated by a
large majority by the candidAe of tha
Native Aroe ican party. In January,
1882, at the fjjgptration of bis term as gov
ernor. he wat v lected the president of tha
Philadelphia and Erie railroad, and at tha
same time was elected to represent tha
state of Pennsylvania in tbe I'nited States
senate, in which body be served for six
year*, and took quite a prominent part ia
all it* proceedings, being on several im
portant committee*.
In 1864 be was one of the delegates to
tbe convention that nominated General
George B. McClellan for the Presidency.
He was elected In June, 187S, by the dem
ocratic delegates, a member of the consti
tutional convention for remodeling tha
law* of the state, to succeed the Hoa.'S.
H. Reynolds, who bad tendered hi* resig
nation, and shout the same lime he became
a member of the United States centennial
commission, to which bodv his services
were very valuable. He had entire charge
of tbe centennial matters ia New York
city, and through bis efforts a number of
large subscriptions were obtained. Ia the
democratic convention of 1876, held at
Erie, he was a candidate for the nomina
tion of governor, hut the choice fell upon
J udgo Cyrus L. Pershing.
An Indignant Colored Voter.
Editobs or Crran DtMoraAT—Air* .•
Are the White Republican* of the Gar
field Club of Bellefonte ashamed to ha
seen marching through the streets with
colored members of the Club ? It looks
that way to me, and I overheard a leading
member of the Club say at the last meet
ing when the report of the Committee
was read dividing the Club into thtea
companies, " that's a good plan, we now
wont here to march around with the
infernal nigger*.'' That's good doctrine
for men who are so kind to us now. Kor
my part If 1 am not good enough to march
with these men I am not good enough to
rote for their candidate*.
Cohoaso Rirvni.tcAK,
NO.