Slje Centre A Ocmucrat.
SHUOERT \ FORBTER, Editors.
VOL. 3.
®ltt Centre democrat.
Term. SI.AO per Annum, in Advanoe.
t. T. SHUOERT and R. H. FORSTER, Editor*.
Thursday Morning, February 24, 1881.
MR. HAYES recently nominated
George H. Foster, an anti-Conkliug
man, for District Attorney for the
Southern District of New York. Tin
Senator fired orfb of his broadsides at
the administration, and the Fraud
wilted and withdrew the nomination.
THE election of Mr. King as Mayor
of Philadelphia is decisive of one re
sult, at least, that the (Quaker city may
well rejoice in. It is the banishment
of the police from active participation
in manipulating its elections, and con
tiuiug these officers to the jierformauce
of appropriate duties on such occa
sions.
GKN. HANCOCK has advised the In
augural Committee that be will be
present in Washington to participate
in the inauguration of his successful
competitor to the Presidency. Such
a determination is creditable to the
great soldier, and just what might lie
expected of him. He is incapable of
sulking over disappointment, or indul
ging in small resentments.
IT is said Boss Cameron has retired
to Washington entirely disgusted with
the Senatorial wrangle at Harrisburg
and says he don't care whom they
elect. Perhaps he don't, but such in
difference is not usual in the Cameron
dynasty. Don should not lose both
his head and his courage iu the ab
sence of the old chief, merely because
the ranche is somewhat demoralized.
THE recent change iu the Spanish
cabinet it is said hodes no good to tiic
owners of slave property in Cuba.
Many of these owners are American
citizens who shriek for equal rights to i
the colored people here and vote the
Republican ticket all the time. It is
from slave labor they derive means
to buy up states and districts for Re
publican candidates. John Welch, the
Christian statesman of Philadelphia,
knows how it is.
Mr. BI.AIR, the Senator from New
Hampshire, proposes a Constitutional
amendment prohibiting the manufac
ture aud sale of intoxicating liquors
iu the I'nited States, and forbidding
their importation, transportation, or
exportation after the first of January,
1900, except for medicinal or scienti
fic purposes. This is prohibition at a
long range, about as sensible as most
the legislation we have had on this
subject.
THE colored Republicans who have
been so earnest in presenting their
claims for recognition in the Cabinet
of Gen. Garfield are despondent, and
have come to the conclusion that they
arc not to be represented. They can
still be permitted to vote for and elect
Republican Presidents, members of
Congress, Governors, and Legislatures,
but they must be satisfied with co Id,
lunch upon the door stoops. In other
words, no nigger need apply.
THE item of $4,836.50, which Mr.
Bherroan included in his estimates
for appropriations to pay the ex'
penscs of the visiting statesmen who
went to Louisiana in 1876 to steal the
Presidency and defraud the people,
failed. The appropriation committee
refused to insert it in the bill. Mr.
Bberman was one of these statesmen,
and for such service is only modest in
askiiy pay from the Government.
BY the visit of Conkliug to Mentor
it is Mid that Gen. Garfield has pass
ed the roost serious question facing
him in the construction of his cabinet,
whatever that is, and that Conkling
and Blaine are to be brought into per
sonal friendly terms after Garfield
reaches Washington. That is, the "lion
and the lamb are to lie down togeth
er," and Garfield with the public pat
ronage is to lead them.
"KgiJAI. AN I) KX ACT JI'HTUK TO ALL MKN, OF WHATEVER STATIC OR PERM! ANION, KKLHIIOVS OR POLITICAL."—J.fIron
The next in<|ttiry in order will bo
"who is Charles .1. Folger?" This
gentleman is named for the position of
Secretary of the Treasury in the Gar
ficld cabinet. We reply in advance
that he was a State Senator in New
York under the rule of Tweed and
was one of his most trusted hench
men.
In imitation of the precedent cstab
tablishcd by the stalwarts to pension
Grant, it is now proposed to raise
funds for Mayor Slokley of Philadel
phia, who has also been defeated of a
re-election. There is merit in this
case. Mayor Stokley was a good offi
cer, and baring bis adhesion to the
bosses and permitting a partisan po
lice to degrade his administration, uu
exceptionably honest.
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Tiik annual steal, called the River
and Habor bill, passed the House of
Representatives on Thursday last. It
appropriates ten millions. It is be
lieved the bill will meet decided oppo
sition in the Senate, nnd may fail of
passage, or at least be largely modifi
ed. Mr. Yocuni, our Representative,
voted against it, and it is much to his
creilit that he did so. He did not ask
appropriations for Spring Creek and
Moshannon to make them navigable
for steam boats as many members do
for streams of similar capacity.
On the second page of this week's
Democrat will be found the able
speech recently delivered in the Senate
by the Hon. William A. Wallace in
advocacy of an ameudment to the Con
stitution to change the manner of elec
ting the President and Vice President
of the United Status, so as to bring
the selection of these high officials of
the government nearer to the people.
A chnngo in this respect is attracting
public attention, and the speech of Mr.
Wallace is an interesting and valua
ble contribution to the discussion of
the subject. It should lie read by
every one.
In the (South, as in the North, there
seems to be a stalwart ami conserva
tive division in the Republican party,
both claiming recognition of the ad
ministration in the diviaon of the
spoils of office. At present they arc
wrangling for the Collectorship of the
sth District of North Carolina. Geo.
li. Everett, wh > has the nomination
from Mr. Hayes, is a friend of Mr.
Sherman ami is urged by the conserv
tives, and Dr. W. It. Wheeler, the
present incumbent is his competitor, n
Grant stalwart championed by Logan
and others of that ilk in the Senate
Tiie Hon. David Davis' head is
always level. To support the Repub
licans in the re-organization of the
Senate he believes would lie entirely
and essentially partisan, while in vot
ing to continue the present status of
that body he maintains his position as
au independent senator. Davis will
vote with the Democrats on the organ
ization. Will Gen. Mahonc vote with
the Republicans? His vote will prob
ably decide the result. Although he
'claims to he a Democrat, he is opposed
to his party on local' issues, and the
Republicans claim him.
MARRYING by telegraph is becom
ing one of the institutions of this pro
gressive age. Several such marriages
have recently occurred. One took
place last week on the line between
Dakota, Illinois, and Bismark. The
groom was Frank M. Shoppie and the
bride Henrietta J. James. The, cere
mony was performed and the blessing
pronounced by a clergyman aL Ilis
inark, and the questions and responses
witnessed by parties at each end of
the line in the usual form. Who can
overestimate the blessings of the tele
graph, or the glory which should at
tach to the genius of Prof. Morse, when
it provides facilities for a disconsolate
■wain who cannot reach his beloved
in person to secure the prize against
poachers, even if be has to await a
convenient season to enjoy the honey
moon in the society of bis wife.
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1881.
Garlleld'a Inauguration
The ceremonies which will mark
the induction of James A. Garfield
into the chair once occupied by Wash
ington, Jefferson and Jackson will he
the most imposing und elaborate ever
witnessed at the inauguration of an
American President. The stately sim
plicity nnd decorous forms which pre
vailed on these occasions in the purer
and much better days of the Republic
have given way in recent years to the
imperialistic tendencies of Republican
teachings. The love of show, the vul
gar ostentation of questionably ac
quired wealth and the cringing obse
quiousness of the swell mob to power,
have usurped the honest pride with
which the people of this country in
the days gone hv saw the man of their
choice take upon himself the responsi
ble duties of their Chief Executive.
The pomp and circum-tauce which
marked the entrance of victorious con
querors into imperial Rome will Ire
reproduced with added splendor in
Washington on the Ith of March,
when the simple cit'zon of Mentor,
Ohio, will assume the care of a Re
public. The regular army will be
drawn upon to swell the pageant, and
the dangerous precedent of concen
trating a large military force nt the
seat of government will be established
for future exigencies. General Sher
man has ordered the troops in New
York harbor to re|wirt in Washington
to participate in the inauguration
while the National Guard of the sev
eral States will he mobilized there in
immense numbers. The American
people as a body are not in love with
these ostentatious displays, and do not
believe in making the inauguration of
their President an excuse for mar
shalling in view of the multitude the
power nnd magnitude of governmental
authority. General Hancock, in his
admirable letter to General Sherman,
written in 1876, emphasizes the incli
nation of the people when he declares
that there should be as little vaunting
show a* possible at these recurring
ceremonies. lie rites the example of
Jefferson, who-rode quietly to the Cap
itol on horseback, took the oath of
office, delivered his inaugural address
and returned unattended to the White
House, and entered on his functions a
Chief Magistrate. We do not object
to making these occasions of interest
and pride to the people, hut a it is an
entirely civic matter we deprecate the
introduction of flashing bayonets and
glistening sabres. It will only delight
the office-holders, aud those who wit
ness or. participate in the pageant are
of necessity of the wealthy classes.
It would at l**t be more seemly for
I'residcnt Garfield to assume his duties
with as little public notice as possible.
He goes into office with the eyes of
suspicion upon bim. His record in
the past doesn't prepossess the people
in his favor, and his official actions
will be closely scanned. His election
was purchased in ojien market, and
the men who consummated this crown
ing disgrace will be chief among those
to do bim honor on the 4th of March.
They will "crook the prcguant hinges
of the knee that thrift may follow
fawning," or openly and boldly de
mand the price of their treason to the
American people. In any case the
position of the President-elect is not
an enviable one, and it would be more
fitting that he should court obscurity
than revel in a display that will he
bought and paid for by those who
will court his official favor.
The New York Nun wants to know
"what is the lower class in Washing
ton," to which the Washington Part
replies, "the Nun could safely start
with Rutherford B. Hayes and work
it up, if he is really aoxious to find
out." That is starling low enough to
take iu the meanest of the mean. The
fellow who would steal au office and
then draw the salary in advance, con
trary to law, to obtain the usury it
would bring him, stands in the lowest
grade to be found.
Garfield's Oath
In one week from to-morrow James
A. Garfield, the President-elect of the
United States, will take the following
oath, to wit: "I do solemnly swear
that I will faithfully execute the office
of President of the I'nited States and
will to the best of my ability preserve,
protect and defend the Constitution of
the I'nited States." An oath is n
solemn affirmation made with an up-
I peal to God for the truth of what is
i affirmed. If Garfield is to be judged
by the manner in which he has vio
lated oaths heretofore taken by him
when sworn into office, no sane man
will expect him to observe the solemn
obligations of this one. Eight differ
ent times did he swear that he would
not only protect and defend the Con
stitution of the United hut that
he would hear true allegiance to the
same; that he took the obligation
freely, without any mental reservation
jor purpose of evasion, and that he
would faithfully discharge the duties
of the office on which he wns about to
eutcr —"So help in<- (iod." To recount
how he supported iu Congress every
measure to plunder and oppress the
| people of the South ; to deprive them
! of the writ of hnt>eas corpus; to pack
juries and thus deprive the citizens of
a fair and impartial trial ; to use the
military and naval forces of the
I'nited States to control elections ; to
permit citizens to le torn from their
homes by irresponsible marshals and
tried in United Stales Court- for re
fusing to eat, sleep or ride with a
negro ; to permit Federal partisan
officers to lie appointed to interfere
with State elections, and to intimidate,
|(crsecule and control duly qualified
electors of the State, all of which is
either prohibited or guaranteed by the
Constitution, is to demonstrate how
often this man has committed perjury.
This is ouly a tithe of the ful-e
swearing that James A. Garfield did.
Hinsdale, in his life of Garfield, pages
178-9, says that on the 1 Ith of Janu
uary, 1873, J. A. Garfield, a member
of the House of Representatives from
the State of Ohio, having been duly
sworn, made the following statement:
"I never owned, received, or agreed to
receive any stock of the < "rcdit Mo
hilier or of the Union Pacific Railroad,
nor any dividends or profits arising
from either of them." The same book,
page 173, quotes as follows from the
report of the committee that had heard
all the testimony on both side*, a- fol
lows : February 18,1873, "The facts
"in regard to Mr. Garfield, n found
"by the committee, are that he agreed
"with Mr. Ames to take ten shares of
"Credit Mobilier stock, but did not
" pay for the same. Mr. Ames re
"ccived the eighty per cent, dividend
"in bonds and sold<4hem for ninety
" seven per cent., and also received the
"sixty per cent, cash dividend, which,
" together with the price of the stock
"and interest, left a balance of $329.
"This was paid over to Mr. Garfield
"by a check on the Sergeant-at-Arms.
"and Mr. Garfield then understood
" this turn im the balance of dividends
"after paying for the stock." Even
this is not all. Garfield was one of
the visiting statesmen to Louisiana, iu
1876. There, he confederated with the
returning board which had been char
acterized by Mr. Wheeler as a "dis
grace to civilization." In an inner
room in the custom house he was in
collusion with Eliza Pinkston and
Amy Mitchell, prostitute negro wench
es, preparing affidavits aud making
testimony to overturn the will of the
people of Louisiana as expressed at
the election then recently held. He
came to Washington, and when through
the consummation of the Louisiana
fraud the grave apprchensious of civil
war led to the proposal of the Elec
toral Commission, Garfield opposed it
for two reasons : First, on the ground
that the Vice President had the power
to oount the vote and declare the re
suit. Second, that it would enable the
Commission to go behind the returns
and sift the real facta in dispute. He i
said, "It grasps all power and holds
States and electors in its grasp." It
assumes the right of Congress to go
down into the colleges and inquire into
all the acts and facts connected with
the work ; to review the act of every
officer, to open every ballot box, ami
pass judgment upon every ballot cast
by seven millions of Americans."
i This was his expressed opinion of the
i bill. When it became a law and he
became a member of the commission,
I lie took the following oath : "I James
• A. Garfield do solemnly swear that I
j will impartially examine and consider
all questions submitted to the commis
sion of which I am a member ami a
j true judgment give thereon, agreeably
to the Constitution and laws, mi help
me God." In every instance he voted
to conceal and supprc-s the very facts
j which on his own showing he was sol
emnly bound to aid in uncovering.
In closing his argument on the Florida
case he said, "I shall vote against re
ceiving the evidence offered." "I will
add that the prc-ervation of the right
of the States under the Constitution to
appoint electors and declare who have
been appointed, is, iu my judgment, a
matter of much greater importance
j than the accession of any one man to
j the Presidency." This is Garfield.
1 his is the man who will swear that
he will protect, defend, and preserve
the Constitution of the United States,
j litis i- the man for whom Christian
'John \\ elsh, of Philadelphia, raised a
fund to corrupt, and succeeded in cor
rupting and intimidating the people
jto snpjMirt, as against a great patriot,
a hero among heroes, one who was pro
nounced "superb in Imttle." And this
man i- to In- our President. We leave
it with the people. Dors any one ex
pect him to krep the solemn obligation
: he shall take ou the 4th of March
next?
♦
A Senator Probable.
The dead lock iu the efTort of the
legislature to elect a United States
Senator to succeed Mr. \\ allace seems
at last to la- broken. The Republican
< oinrnittec of twenty-four agreed hv a
unanimous vote on Tuesday night to
1 present the name of Hon. John I
Mitchell, of Tioga county, to the cau
cuses of the two wings of the party,
and the indications were strong that
lie would la- accepted a the candidate.
| At the time we go to press (Wednes
day afternoon) we do not have the
result of the ballot, hut presume that
Mr. M itcheil has been elected. Mr.
Mitchell is not by any means a man of
pre-eminent ability. He is merely re
spectable, but ha had considerable
experience iu public life. He was for
some years n member of the legislature
and at present represents the sixteenth
district of the State in Congres-. In
( his four vonrs of service in (singreas
. lie has not succeeded in making much
of a mark, and will not be likely to do
t>etter as a Senator.
P. S. —Since the above was put in
type Mr. Mitchell has been elected by
a vote of 150 to 94.
In the Pennsylvania legislature lat
week a hill was favorably reported
from the committee, appropriating a
sum of money for the relief of the es
tate of the late R. W. Mackey. If our
recollection serves us aright the only
estate Mr. Mackey left wa a disputed
claim to an interest in a Philadelphia
faro bank, and .an undisputed claim
to a woman and two children in Pitts
burgh. We are not informed by the
title of the hill to which part of the
estate the money appropriated is to be
applied. We do kuow, however, that
the impress Mr. Mackey left upon the
politics of this State was a most scand-'
alous and disgraceful one. We do
not wish ta defame the memory of the
dead, but the lews the name of* Robert
W. Mackey is mouthed the better for
his posthumous reputation. It has
Ireen said Simon Cameron was the
first man to resort to the use of money
in Pennsylvania politics. If so, Mr.
Mackey must have been his first and
most promising pupil. Occupying an
honorable position in a large banking
institution he entered the political
arena only to smirch every thing with
which he came in contact. His abso
lute mastery of the Republican ma
chine was only obtained by resorting
to the most disreputable practices.
His whole career was a blemish and a
shame, and we hope the lull will not
paas.
TKHMN: |H*r Annum, in Advance.
ADDITIONAL. LOCALS.
—GIm mjU—four pieces—for 30 cU., at
Valentin'.'*' store*.
Men and boy* are wanted i purchase
clothing at the Philadelphia ISranch.
—Our friend Jack Greiat, of Union villa,
was observed in the Hush House office ye*,
terday occupying a included corner and
deeply engaged in poring over the page* of
a book. Investigation developed the fact
that he wa* d' "p in the rnyileriet of "I'm
fur Him ; or Solid for Mulhooly."
—\ alentin'-a have rented the three
room* immediately above their store*, for
i rnerly occupied by the Library Aatoria
tion, and are erecting a *uirca*e to con
nect with the store* below. Thi* will give
them an opportunity to diaplay to better
advantage their irnrnenee itock of good;.
(.ourocM. Bllpr or Tan, Hoxir ASH
Blooiiboot. —The advertisement of thia
valuable preparation, compounded by Dr.
I. I' Green, may be found in another
column, and it it not only on that account,
but also because of the real value of the
medicine, attested by peritonei experience,
that we call attention to it here. It ia mild
and agreeable to the taste, and alwaya
prove* successful in checking the moat
aggravated cough. Although it it rec
! ommended as a specific to cure persons
of all age* who are afflicted with cougha,
we believe it i* peculiarly valuable for
I young children. Very many people in thia
place c an unite with u* in recommending
thi* raodicine.
Harry \\ elch, a 10-veer old son of
Mr. 7. S. Welch, of Marsh Creek, wa* re
i cently the victim of an involuntary coast
ing accident. In pasting over a high
eminence known a* Buck * Hill, hi* feet
►lipped on the icy crut and be rapidly de
; S' " Tided the abrupt declivity a distance of
1 hundred yard* or more, bi* onward course
at last being checked by a fence which ex
tended acroas bi* j,aih. Hi* face wa* con
tiderably bruised and cut by contact with
the sharp ice. but at last account* he wa*
recovering. It was one of the coasting
experience* which are not entirely pleasant.
Tut SroKTswtw'* Ctrl!.—Thi* very
uieful and ornamental organiaation of tb
' 'porting gentlemen of Centre county held
meeting ist Monday evening and re
elected the following list of officer*
Prrrvimf—U C. Valentine.
I .CC J'rrKirlrnt —Samuel F. Foster.
7 vasarrr—Tlovdore Drwchner
Secretary J. D. Gaiesinger.
Now that the Club i* again well organ
ised for the year lhM, we hope they will
deTote themselves to the work of making
all kind* Of excellent fiah abundant in our
stream* and will cover every tree of the
' f. rest with game bird*, so that poor editor*
can make a repast on trout or pigeon pie
occasional.y. That certain member* of the
( lub *how conider*b!e dexterity in pigeon
•booting wa* well attested by a trial of
• kill on Ibn Fair ground last Tuesday
afternoon with the following creditable
•core:
IWhn*/ 1 i i i t
Wilkinson - . , J J I !
-How would it do for their Honor* the
Judge* of the Centre county court, sitting
in equity, next April, to issue a manda
mu now and perpetually hereafter restrain
ing the water from standing In pool* on
the Diamond at the foot of the Jail hill in
the horrible manner it ba* continued to do
| ever since the soft weather began two
weeks ago? Of course, if there was any
| other mode of doing away with thi* nui
sance the borough authorities would have
accomplished it long ago, and thU measure
is only suggested as the demirr retort.
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sand*. It i* not generally known that a
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been manufactured in England, and 100-
000 are said to be already in New York
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They are awaiting a telegram from the
ftuthoriiiai in Kngiund authorising their
issue. The first copies can only be bad at
the extravagant price of $lO per copy.
The Literary Revolution propose* fully to
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