Sbc Centre fflrtnocrat.
■ NIUGKRT A. FORSTEK, Editors.
gVOL. 2.
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I Term, $1.50 per Annum,in Advance.
$. T. SHUGERT and R H. FORSTCR. Editor*.
Thursday Morning, October 14, 1880.
I Democratic National Ticket.
FOR I'RRNI DOT,
EjkriNKIKI.D BCOTT HANCOCK, of lVntivUanii.
roft vim PRMIDETT,
WILI.IAM 11. ENGLISH, of liidUn*.
ELECTORS.
Ijjtbrrt V. M >ngh*n, Ih-nrjr K. Pnvlw,
VfRIU ||. ft*UjrforU, tL-orn* A. Pwal,
John Ulsvin, A Drain M H-ut,,ti,
Eaflmi'i v >' John P Linl
Me M Campbell, John S. Mfll-r,
mtlc iHtiW'tt, iJohn O. Sxion,
111 John c*|%in M.
I WftMrn, Jam** A.J ItUrllADftli,
iffigSgihwii 0. Jainr*, ChrUilopher Mag**,
(£3#, rgf Fillrrt, Hubert M. Olhaon,
I'.y sttttr- 1 • MiSparnui, William H T> tin lap,
Ajtfi ft-; J. Mitrtln, Itarry W. Wil*>u,
G*ring*r, Samuel Griffith,
Rftui I i Tunirr, J ILmm Th"tuj*ot).
EHH' kJ. Ilinniiighatii, j
Domocratic State Ticket.
fuR M*RKMK Jt'tMiß,
■ GEORGE A. JEN KS. of JrfWaun County.
FoR AUDITOR OB9KR4L,
I ROiIRRT P. DEC IIKHT, of Phllftdolphl*.
Democratic County Ticket.
roR CORORTM,
Hon ANDREW O. CURTIN, of Ontr* U'unity.
FOR ASKMIAT,
Hon. J. P. GRPHAKT,of B*ll*font*,
I 1100. W. A. MURRAY, of !Urri
FOR DltTTßli T ATTORRRT.
1 WILLIAM C. HEINLE, of B*U*fonU.
FOR rot jrrr t RVITOR,
SAMUEL BRUGGKR, of Unlonvllt*.
Tuesday's Elections.
Elections were held in the States of
Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia on
H nSßsduy. The result in Ohio is in
f 1 fltvor of the Republicans as was ex
pected ami conceded by Democrats.
Tbe latest despatches from Indiana in
k dicate the election of Landers and the
Mflfe Democratic State ticket. West
Kflßpnia elects a Democratic Govcrn-
MVlt is expected that the Democrats
gain Congressmen in Indinna.and
JiirlOhio will carry Republican districts.
I Owing to the Republican gerrymander
\ In the latter State there will l>e a
I change in the delegation in favor of
I the f Republicans. The Republicans
| gain in the towns in both Ohio and
Indiana where the repeaters got in
ihfir work, but in the farming dis
.He* the Democrat" make gains. The
malt is gratifying to the Democracy
[> tpd assures the success of Hancock.
GBMR with or without Indiana, Hancock
■WI win in November. New York,
Bw Jersey and Connecticut, are sure
BMpf him, and probably California, Ne-
Hut and New Hampshire.
BTIIE Springfield H>-publican , a can
'ft Republican journal of Massachu
sums up the fate of some of the
issues injected into the catujmign
BBM : "Hancock's character came out
Sherman correspondence un-
Mmehcl: he dismissed the rebel claims
agHUI a short letter; Grant's absurd
that Hancock's ofKeial conduct
by Presidential ambition is
by the very source from which
KHBIIK. The alleged falsification of
proves to have been with
nHniasis ; the charge that the rebel
are hostile to pensions is
the record of the enormous
pension arrearages."
Hpr to last week the meanest advo
■KH of sectionalism under the banner
bloody shirt, were the Ilepubli
'l politicians of Philadelphia. Find
that it could not he a winning card
and that this issue of hate
fll lost its usefulness, and if longer
A Hjtinucd might alienate the trade of
IMUBouth to more liberal marts,
suddenly drop it and raise the
of hypocrisy. It is now
doctrine of a protective tariff 1
Kjfijjpcli they propose to advance under
leadership of a free trado
for President. Verily,
could not go beyond this.
Hj* Free Trade Cobden Club to
the candidate for the Pennsyl-
Hfilia Protectionists, is decidedly re-
BBphing, and marks a degree of con-
not to be prond of!
"EQI'AI. ANII EXACT JUSTICE TO AM. MEN, or WHATEVER STATE OR I-KKBUAMION, RELIUIOUH OR POLITICSI.."—JtItofw.n
Congress.
From all purls of the 2<)tli district
we have the most undoubted and con
clusive evidence that the Democratic
party is rallying earnestly and enthu
siastically to the support of Ex-Oov.
C'urtiu. In the excitement of a Presi
dential year local candidates are apt
to be overlooked, but Gov. Curlin is
making a thorough canvass of his
district, bringing himself face to face
with the people, and iu every locality
in which beappears he is greeted with
such demonstrations of favor and en
thusiasm as leave no doubt that he
will receive the hearty and undivided
support of his party at the polls. In
the district it is only a question us to
whether his majority shall be three
thousand or four thousand.
Between Gov. Curtin and the gen
tleman the Republicans have placed
in nomination against him there should
be no question in the mind of any
Democrat. Gov. Curtin is an able,
well-versed and experienced statesman,
has a national reputation gained by
years of arduous and patriotic service to
the country iu its greatest time of need
when the very life of the government
was in peril, and will make a represen
tative that any constituency might
well regard with the warmest impulses
of pride and admiration. With the
Democratic party he is iu hearty ac
cord, and has been a prominent figure
in all the efforts that have been made
for reform in the interests of the peo
ple and 11 pure administration of the
affairs of government. He came to the
Democratic party iu 1*72 because he
believed it was the only party that
could secure to the people of the Unit
ed States the blessings of popular rule
and freedom from the encroachments
of a centralization of power that was
and is to-day, fast sapping the founda
tions of Constitutional government as
it came to us from our fathers, and rob
bing the States nnd the people of their
guaranteed rights and liberties.
We have nothing to say against the
personal standing and character of the
man pitted by the Republicans against
Gov. Curtin. But certainly when the
relations of the two men to the public
are regarded no comparison can lie
drawn that will not show that Gov.
Curtin is an incalculable distance be
yond his opponent in ability, fitness,
experience and political belief to hon
estly and truthfully reprcscut the
principles that the jicoplc of the 20th
district wish to see enforced in Congress.
Democrats, in voting for a person to
represent you in the Congress of the
United States, you have a plain duty
before you. We know you will not be
unmindful of it on election day. Gov.
Curtin will be your representative by
a majority that will honor him as well
as yourselves.
SENATOR* BAYARD and Wallace,
in their speeches iu Philadelphia on
last Saturday evening, picked up the
gauntlet no airily thrown down by the
Republican managers aud addressed
their remarks to the business men of
Pennsylvania. The Delaware Senator!
in a masterly and logical manner, at*
swered every argument advanced at
the recent meeting of Republican bus
iness men, while our own Senator took
the people into his confidence as he
discussed the tariff question in all its
bearings and relations. When such
men as Bayard and Wallace, who are
known as staunch friends of sound
currency, safe and legitimate banking
and a taritr that will not do violence
to any interest in the laud, appear
upon the hustings to answer the John
Welshes and Joseph Whartous who
are put forward by Republican ne
cessity to alarm business, the people
will generally understand that the
danger is not imminent. Wallace
represents protection to American in
dustry on the Fiuance Committee of
the Senate, while Bayard is tbe firm
and steadfast advocate of a high
standard of fiuanciat honor. Busi
ness will not allow itself to get panic
stricken so long as such men can be
found to answer for Democratic legis
lation.
BKLLKFONTK, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1880.
Gophart and Murray.
It is most important that the voters
of Centre county should tuke care of
their legislative nominees. Without
considering either the personal worth,
stainless character or exceptional fit
ness of the gentlemen placed iu nomi
nation by the recognized authority of
the Democratic party, the great im
portance of the coming session of the
Legislature and its direct bearing
upon both National and State interests
should spur every Democrat in Centre
county to do all in his power to en
compass the success of J. P. Geplmrt
and W. A. Murray. Perhaps there
never existed greater necessity for
Democratic ascendency in the law
making branch of the State govern
ment than now. The debauchery and
crime which follow obediently iu tbe
wake of Republican domination has
deservedly made tbe very name of the
Pennsylvania Legislature a hissing
and a reproach. When sickening cor
ruption and venality held high carni
val in the halls of legislation, and
men, whose reputations were consid
ered unassailable, yielded to the temp
ter and drank deep from the cup of
personal gain, our honored representa
tives came forth front the fiery furnace
of trial, without fear and without re
proach. Every consideration of pub
lic concern demands their election,
and the voters of Centre county will
be untrue to themselves and forgetful
of their real interests if they fail
to cordially and earnestly support
Messrs. Geplmrt aud Murray. They
have been weighed iu the balance nml
not found wanting, aud considering
the peculiar relations that John P.
Harris and W . J. Thomjison liear to
the tuatcfifl ioArt- of the people, it
is best to keep them as far removed as
! possible from contamination with
what these aristocratic representatives
lof Republican exclusivcnes- might
call —the masses. Our Republican
friends have only followed their gov
erning instincts by placing in nomina
tion these very clever gentlemen. \f .t
simply recall the truth of history when
we say that the Republican party have
ever been careless of the interests of
the people, ami we are certain thnt in
all our county there can not bo found
two men who arc less interested and
acquainted with the necessities of the
Jieople, than John P. Harris and Win.
J. Thompson.
Significant Figures.
•329
marks the Credit Mobilier perjury,
•5.000
the I)e Golyer bribe,
7 to 8
the consummation of the fraud pre
parer! hy Garfield and his pals at
New Orleans, nnd ratified hy Garfield
and his seven associates in the capitol
at Washington, stamping
Fraud
in indelible characters upon the AM/
Republican to occupy the Presidential
office.
THK candidate set up in opposition
to Gov. Curtin hy the Republican
Congressional Conference of the 20th
district, which met at Lock Haven on
Friday last, is Thomas 11.
Esq., of Clearfield. Mr. Murray is a
lawyer by profession and a man of
some ability. He is a bitter and ma
lignant politician and should not com
mand a singlo Democratic vote in the
district. His speeches are extreme in
radicalism—the bloody shirt, ridicule
of the Houth aud vile abuse of Demo
crats being the burthen of all be ut
ters. At Lock Haveu, and also at
Bcllefonte, he had the monstrous au
dacity to compnre Gen. Hancock, the
hero and the patriot, to Benedict Ar
nold,. tbe traitor of the Revolution,
and a man capable in a public speech
of an outrage so insulting to decency
and intelligence should be remember
ed and treated accordingly at the bal
lot box. Mr. Murray will not repre
sent the 20th district in Congress.
Garfield and tho Election Laws.
One of the most eloquent and tell
ing speeches ever made hy Gen. Gar
field in Congress, remarks the Washing
ton Pout, was his caustic review and
scathing condemnation of the election
law which the Administration is pre
paring to use in his interest. General
Garfield frankly admitted that it was
a partisan enactment; that, while pur
porting to he in the interest of justice,
it was in the interest of the party in
power. He proposed to make it non
partisan, and the Iletnocrutie majority,
desiring only common fairness, cheer
fully acceded to his suggestions. Gen.
Garfield said : "I>et us have the Fed
eral officials who are to surround the
polls selected from both parties and
| appointed hy the Judiciary, HO that
they cannot exert all their influence
j on one side."
The Democrats in both Houses of
!<A)ugrcH* commended the proposition
aud put it into a hill. .Mr. Hayes, in
obedieuce to the demands of the Rad
ical element of his party, vetoed this
1 suggestion, on the ground that it was
a rider to an Appropriation bill. The
Democrats scut it back to the White
House, solitary and alone, ueither
riding nor ridden, and Mr. Hayes
vetoed it again. He professed to find
| reasons fur this high-handed, unpre
cedented and unwarranted use, in
abuse, of the kingly prerogative of
| his stolen office. But there was not a
man iu Congress, or iu any intelligent
j community, who did not know that the
; reason assigned by Geueral Garfield
| fur amending the law—the fact that
it was a Republican election ma, jne
—was the sole cause' of Mr. Hayes'
determination to keep that infamous
statute unaltered. Thrae are the fact*
in relation to the Federal election law
under which the right of self-govern
ment has been trodden under foot for
years past. The statute is covered all
over with General Garfield's emphatic
condemnation. It is a Republican
device to enable the minority to keep
on top. But the majority will not he
put down this time. All who are en
titled to vote must ami will deposit
J their ballots, and woe betide the men
who try to impede a fair election in
any State. ,
DEMOCRAT#, whenever Republicans
talk to you about the tariff, and ak
you to vote for Garfield on the ground
thnt he is a tariff man and in favor of
protection, call their attention to the
following facts in his record as a mem
lier of Congress:
In IH/W! he made a speech in favor
of the British free trade system of
'collecting im|>ort duties fmm *as few
articles as possible, including, how
ever, such articles as tea, coffee and
sugar. It was in consideration of the
doctrines advocated in this speech that
Mr. Garfield wa made nti honorary
member of the British Cobden Club.
In 1870 be said in a discussion with
Judge Kelley, of Philadelphia, ti|on
the question of the tariff that "As an
abstract theory of political ecoaomy
frcc trado has many advocates and
much can be said iu its favor ; nor will
it be denied that the scholarship of
modern times is largely on that side;
that a large mojority of the great
thinkers of the present day are leading
in the direction of what is called free
trade."
In 1870 he voted to reduce the duty
on pig iron from td per ton to •7 per
ton, which was a direct vote against
protection and the iron producers of
Pennsylvania.
1871, he voted for a joint resolu
tion which passed the house of repre
sentatives providing that after its pas
■•Rc no tax or duty should be levied
or collected on foreign coal.
In 1872, be voted against the pro
position to place tea and coffee upon
the free list, and in the same prear vot
ed for a ten pei cent, roductiou upon
wool, iron and steel, and tqion all
manufacturea of iron and steel.
This ia the record. Read it, and
then say whether Garfield should be
classed a* a protectionist or a free
trader.
Democratic I'eiision Itecord.
It in a principle with the Radical
; party that pensions arc an act of
sovereign gratuity hy the government.
'I he Democrats believe that pensions
are not a gratuity to the soldier, but a
debt due him from the government.
Hence the difference between the two
parties in dealing with {lensiouers.
I The Democratic position is infinitely
the most lilo-rul. As an indication,
1 note the following record of the brief
1 period during which they have hud
1 control of < Congress:
Ist. Ity act of August 15, 1876, pen
; doners were allowed, whenever needed,
artificial limbs or commutation there
for, at expiration of every five years,
I and the necessary transportation free
j to have such limits fitted.
| gd. Jty act of March 1878, the pen
sioners of the war of I*l2 and their
i widows were all allowed the sum of
| sß.l*) per month.
3d. Jty act of .June 3, 1878, pension
; ers who hnd lost both feet, both hands
or sight of both eyes were allowed and
raised to #72.(* l per month.
•111). Ity act of March 3. iB6O, all pen
sioners were secured arrearages of {ten
sion to date from the time of wounds
received, or disease contracted while in
1 the service.
sth. Ity act of March 1, 1879, aoldiers
who were deprived of their {tensions by
reason of being in the civil service of
the United Mutes were under said act
| allowed their {tensions.
] 6th. Ity act of March 3, 1879, the act
of .fune 7, I*7B, was extended so as to
include a!) soldiers and sailors, who lost
both feet, both hands or sight of both
I eyes, which entitled all such soldiers to
#72.00 per month.
"j 7ih. Ity act of March 3, 1879, ail pen
i sioners, either on the rolls, or thereafter
; put on, for amputation of leg at hip
joint were allowed a monthly {tension
; of #.;7.60.
The lower branch of Congress l>e-
I came Democratic ia 1875, and the
j Senate in 1870, and the above arc the
seven acts as they appear from the
records of a Democratic Congress, for
I aud in favor of the peusioncd soldier,
during and since the year I*7B.
F •it A NTs silly talk about Gen. Han
cock, through the medium of the
| Rev. C. 11. Fowler, is receiving alsiut
the same fate that followed all the
! other attempts to discredit the public
jor private record of the Democratic
candidate for President—total failure
to obtain the political capital desired,
but positive disgrace and discomfiture
to the |<arties seeking it. After the
experience of the New York Tribune
and other stalwart papers in demand
ing the private letter of Gen. Hancock
to Gen. Sherman, one would have
supposed that even Grant, in nn ajier
dinner interview with a Iwsotted
preacher, might have been more dis
creet. Trying to belittle a man whose
intellectual endowments the (lower of
his party bad already tested aud whose
character as a soldier and officer they
found to be impregnable in its purity
and patriotism, Gen. Grant only ex
hibited his own intellectual littleness
and dishonor as a soldier, without
adding anything to his partv to avert
the doom which awaits it. "this inter
view has called out The correspondent
between Grant as General of the Army
and Hancock as the General in com
mand of the sth Department at New
Orleans, which cqaMsnly reflects no
marked credit upon the former, nor
does it detract from the well-earned
fame or statesmanship of the latter.
If the Republicans are satisfied with
this contribution of Grant to the
, campaign, the Democracy may be
equally satisfied that there was a rol
licking preacher on hand, possessed of
more teal than discretion, to place his
crazy criticism upou record.
- ■
THE bloody shirt being no longer
available as a party issue, our Repub
lican frieuds have discarded it, and
taken to hard lying as a substitute-
One of the orators on a recent occa
sion, wc understand, asserted broadly
that the aoldiers in the late rebellion
from the North, with very few excep
tions, were Republicans, and that the
l)eraocrats who were present in that
unpleasantness, and so unfortunate as
to fall in battle, "were all shot in the
back." The fellow who is credited
with making this assertion could not
speak from personal observation, for
during the entire period of the war,
though he was a healthy, able-bodied
young man, no power" could have
forced him withiu filly miles of a |
battle field. But it is common for
those who know least of battles to
prate the most about them.
TERMS: #1.50 jmt Annum, in Advance.
The pitol in becoming a recognized
instrument of jh>l iti<-al warfare in In
<liunn. The shooting Jat week of
Sheriff Mt< lorkle, at Shelbeyville, ly a
Republican rough, i* evidence of that
fact. Had the same thing occurred
in the South tije change* rung uj*on
Southern harharisrn ami the shot gun
bv Republican spoolers and editors,
from now until the November election,
would be without limit.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
—There urn good* at the Philadelphia
Branch .tore that will suit everybody.
—The ladie* of Howard have presented
the Hancock Club, of that place, with a
! beautiful flag, which I. rendered doubly
i valuable because it it the production of the
ladies' own skillful fingers.
—A brilliant wedding between a hand
some and wealthy young lady of Snow
Shoe, this county, and a young gentleman
of iiarrisburg, will occur at the former
place to-day. Next week we will have the
I pleasure of announcing the names of the
| contracting parties.
' —A frame dwelling house situates! along
the side of the mountain in the vicinity of
the toll gate, between this place arid Miles
burg, caught fire on Saturday from an
J over-heated stove pipe protruding through
the roof and was burned with most of iu
contents to the ground. Because of it*
elevated position it was found impossible
to reach the house with a sufficient supply
of water to produce any effect. The build
; ing was owned and occupied by Mr. An
drew Kmmcl.
Mr. Isaac S. Frain, one of Marion
, township s enterprising citizens, made a
visit to Canada last fall, where he purchas
ed a large number of the excellent sheep
I for which the Queen's dominion is so
famous. If is success at that time was to
satisfactory that he has determined to re
|.cat his visit and will start next week on
a similar errand. Those desiring to add a
few thorough-bred sheep to their present
n rk should await the return of Mr. Frain
j as be will be able to supply them with the
very best to bo procured in the world.
| —fearful lest the good people of Belle
! fonto might Dot know of his august and
imposing presence in their midst, Old
Frenchy duly announced in the Morning
i Sew of Tuesday that he is on hand. Ho
1 makes his arrival public by low and scur
| ri'Ous abuse of one of our citizen* in tbe
| columns of the .Vwi-i journal to which
, he is an important and valuable attach,,
b"t!i in its editorial and local departments
It is to be hoped that Old Frenchv sup!
plied himself during his absence with a
supply of perfumery that will last, at least
until after the November election, and that'
there will therefore be no further occasion
lor bit absence until then.
—Under the caption of "A Model Vet
eran the Morning New of last Tuesday
was guilty of an outrageous wrong to Mr.
Kmanuel Noll, of Hoggs township. Be
fore giving publicity to the foul charge
made against Mr. Noll by some petty, ma
lignanl political partisan, willing to In
jure his neighbor to gain a small party
advantage, the editor would have done
well to inquire into iu truth. Fortunately
Kmanuel Noll stands prepared to vindicate
himself to the complete satisfaction of any
one who will examine his discharge papers.
He served two eniistmenU in the army—
the first being for nine months in the 181 st
I'ennsylrania regiment and the rswond in
the 1H1 Pennsylvania cavalry. While in
the latter regiment he participated with It
in every battle and skirmish in which It
was engaged from Cold Harbor In IW to
fSs* " , ™* nd ' r • Appomatox in April,
iw>.s, and yet, because an unfortunate cir
cumstance, after there was no longer an
armed foe in Virginia, placed him for a
JT in t * fal * >e must be
libched for the sole reason that be prefers
to be a Democrat and is not ashamed to
show the fact by parading in Democratic
processions.
DBATB IW A TRRXSBIHO Machine.—
John A. Buck, son of Mr. David Buck, of
near Warriorsmark, Huntingdon county,
mot his death on Thursday of last week in
a very horrible manner, of which Mon
day's issue of the Daily Nrv, gives the
following account: "Mr. Buck b(tf
his premises for several days past a ten
horse power threshing machine, and at the
time of tbe accident his son was etigagwl
In pitching wheat from a mow \o the
men below to be fed into tbe tbrmher.
Whether he attempted to jump u> the
floor, or approached too near tbe edge of
the mow and dipped off, ft is not known
The men beard e cry, and on looking up
were horrified to see him descend feet
!T W \! h * Bouth wf T*rator.
At the machinery was running at full
!jVi- _ anfortonsie m „n met a
terrible and almost Instant death. The
lower part ef bis body, up to his waist,
was actually torn Into shreds and distrib
uted through tbe machinery, making a
spectacle both ghastly and shocking to
look upon," "
NO. 12.