51) c iHrntrr A Democrat.
SHUGERT A. FORBTER, Editors.
VOL. 4.
sht(Crtttrt jOmtimt.
Terms St. so pnr Annum.in Advance.
S. T. SHUQERT and R. H. FORSTER, Editors.
Thursday Morning, February 9,'.1882.
Tiik last j;reat achievement of Mr.
Edward McPherson, clerk of the
House, was, the removal of an old
colored servaut of President Polk to
satisfy party pressure.
The New York Grand Jury have
found indictments nguiust the conduc
tor and train hands iu the recent
"Spuyten Duyvil" disaster, for mur
der in the fourth degree. But not a
word of censure of the drunken legis
lator who tampered with the brakes,
which, as alleged by the conductor, led
to the disaster.
The Cincinati G azetie says that Mr.
Blaine has speut a large part of his
life in defending himself. Well, who
has a better right to defend him, or
who can do it better than Blaine him
self? No one can give harder blows.
C'oukling has felt them, as well as
other stalwart bosses, and Arthur is
in a fair way to estimute their ponde
rosity.
The interesting fight over the Wil
kesbarre postoffice, which has been in
progress for some time between Gov.
Hoyt and Congressman Stanton, it is
said has resulted in a victory for the
Congressman. We believe Don Came
ron was the second for the Congress
man, aud Independent Mitchell for the
Governor. The result is not remarka
ble.
EX-SENATOR SARGENT, of Califor
nia, has not yet hung up his hat in the
Interior Department, although he has
frequently announced that he intended
to do so. President Arthur is a bitter
Stalwart, and might be satisfied with
most anything in that line, hut he is
too discreet to fill his cabinet with
such material as this California States
man.
TllK New York I<cgi.*lature have at
length effected an organization. Kel
ley's flunkies withdrew theiropposition
and voted with the Democrats, How
much they made by the operation is of
course known only to the contracting
parties. But so long a* John Kelley
can control the parties by corrupt
means, but little dependence is to be
placed upon the party in New Vork,
and less respect is due them.
THE Readjuster war in Virginia is
still developing anil promises to reach
very satisfactory proportions in a short
time. Auditor Massey does not im
prove in temper for bciog set down
upon by Mahone and intimates his in
tention to disclose some wholesome
facts touching the manner in which
the diminutive Rebel General attain
ed his election to the United States
Senate. Massey knows all about it,
and we shall have some rich incidents
yet before the readjuster war is at an
end.
JRDO K HRMDKmox, President
Judge of the Dauphin county court,
has resigned, ostensibly, because he in
required by law to give up hi* resi
dence in Lebanon county for a
residence in Dauphin county. It is
generally believer!, however, that there
are other controlling reasons in the
caae which the tinto has not yet ar
rived to be made public. The Judge
is credited at present as not training
actively with either faction of the Re
publican party, and it believed to hold
a very formidable link, whether as a
dark horse, or as an aggressive aspi
rant for the Republican nomination
for Governor. He is a 6r*t-class man,
and his accredited independence of
character and undoubted ability will
scarcely commend him very strongly
to the hemes. He would probably
think and act too wisely to need con
trol or advice from any ring, whether
stalwart or half-breed.
"KqUAL IMb KXACT JUSTICB TO ALL MIM, OF WHATKVKR STATK OR FKKM'AMON, HKLIOIOO* OR POLITICAL."— Jrrr*oii.
Blaino to Arthur.
The letter addressed by ex-Secrela
ry Blaine to President Arthur has
very much the appearance that the
two distinguished leaders representing
the stalwart and liberal, or half-breed
divisions of the Republican party are
about to lock horns iu a very interest
ing fight leading up to for ad
justment. It appears from the letter
of Mr. Blaine that President Garfield
in his lifetime determined to call a
Congress of the American Republics to
meet at Washington, with a view of
adopting a basis of arbitration for the
peaceful settlement of any internation
al trouble that may occur between
governments on the American conti
nent, as well as such measures of
agreement as might tend to cement
the friendly relations of these govern
ments and prevent the necessity of a
resort to arms in attaining a pro|>er
solution of any greviance that might
arise. The project is one which Mr.
Blaine alleges the late President had
much at heart, and had directed invi
tations to be prepared and sent to the
different governments of America,
North and South, for the call of the
Congress, but before these iuvitations
were scut out, the President was assass
inated. After the accession of Ar
thur to the Presidency, these facts
were made known to him, and he di
rected Mr. Blaine, who was still Sec
retary of State, to issue the invitations
in accordnuce with the views of the
late President, which was accordingly
done in November last. Now it seems
that President Arthur whether to dis
credit the intervention of Mr. Blaine,
has through the present Hecrctary,
Mr. Frelioghuysen, indicated a de
termination to recall these invitations,
alleging that the meeting of such a
Congress might be offensive to Euro
pean power*. On this point Mr.
Blaine comments as follows :
Thii it certainly a new position for
the United State* to assume. and one
which I earnestly heg you will not per
mit this government to occupy. The
European power* assemble in congress
whenever an object seems to them of
sufficient importance to justify it. I
have never heard of their consulting
the government of the United States in
regard to the propriety of their so as
sembling. nor hsve I ever known of
their inviting an American represents
live to he present. Nor would there,
in my judgment, be sny good reason
fortbeirso doing. Two President* of
the United States in the year ISBI ad
judged it to be expedient that the
American jowers should meet in con
gress lor the sole purpose of agreeing
upon some basis for arbitration of dif
ference* that may ari*e lietween them
and for the prevention, as fsr as possi
ble, of war in the future. If thai move
ment I* now to he arrested for fear that
it may give oflVnse in Europe, the vol
utary humiliation of this government
could not more complete, unless we
should press the European government*
for the privilege of holding the congress.
I cannot conceive how the United
State* could be plscee in a less enviabla
position than would he secured by send
ing in Novem!>er a cordial invitation to
sll the American govermenta to meet
in Washington for the sole purpose of
concerting measures of peace and in
January recalling the invitation for fear
that it might create "jealousy and ill
will" on the part of monarchical govern
menta in Europe. It would he difficult
to devise a more effective mode for
making enemies of the American Gov
ernroent and it would certainly not add
to our prestige European world.
! Nor can 1 see. Mr. President, how Euro
pean governments should feel "jealousy
and ill will" toward* the United States
because of an effort on our psrt to as
sure lasting peace between the nations
of America,unless indeed.it be to the in*
terest of European powers that Ameri
can nations should at intervals fall into
war and bring reproach on republican
government. Hut Irom that very cir
rumetance I see an additional and pow
erful motive for the American Govern
menu to be at peace among themselves.
Refering to the unhappy conditions
of some of the Houth American states,
the necessity existing for the friendly
intervention of the United State* to
restore peace and keep off war between
her weaker nicghbors as proof of the
evidence and advisability of the pro
posed Congress, he says if you have not
formally recalled the invitations to the
Peace Congress, Mr. President, I beg
you to consider well the effect of so
doing. The invitation was not mine.
It tfas yours. 1 performed only the
part of the Fee rotary —to advise and
to draft. You spoke in the name of
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, FERULARY 9,1882.
the I'nited States, to each of the inde
pendent nations of America. To re
voke that invitation for uny cause
would he emhnrrussiug; to revoke it
for tho avowed fear of "jealousy ami
ill will" on the part of European pow
ers would ap|M-al as little to Ameri
can pride as to American hospitality.
Those you have invited may decline,
and having now cause to doubt their
welcome will, perhajis, do so. This
would break up the cc.ngre.ss, hut it
would not touch our dignity.
MR. SHERMAN carries hi# Funding
Bill through the Senate after amend
ments and modification# had been
added, as to make it doubtful whether
lie can claim it# paternity. The fol
lowing is the text of the hill as it passed
and now goes to the House of Repre
sentatives :
B# it enacted, et<?, that the Secretary
of the Treasury is hereby authorised to
receive at the Treasury, and at the office
of sny A**i*Unt Treaiurerof the foiled
Slates, and at any postal money order
office, lawful money of lb* United
Stales to the amount of fifty dollars, or
any multiple of that sum. or any bonds
of the United Stales hearing three and
a half per cent, interest, which are here
tiy declared valid, and to issue in ex
change therefor an equal amount of re
gialered or cou|>on bonds of the United
Slates of the denomination of fitly, one
hundred, five hundred, one thousand
and ten thousand dollars, o f such form
as he may presenile, bearing interest at
the rateof three per centum per annum,
payable either quarterly or semi annu
ally at the Treasury of Ibe United States
Such bond* shall be exempt from all
taxation by or under State authority
and he payable at the pleasure of the
United Stales, provided that the bonds
herein authorised shall not be called in
and paid so long as any bond* of the
United Stales heretofore issued bearing
a higher rate of interest than three per
centum and which shall be redeemable
at the pleasure of the United State*
shall be outstandingtnd uncalled. The
last of the said !>ond* originally Issued
and their substitutes under this act shall
be first called in and thi* order of pay
ment shall be followed until all shall
have been paid. The money deposited
under this act shall be promptly ap
plied solely to the redemption of the
bond* of the United State* bearing three
and a half per centum interest, and the
aggregate amount ol depo*>te made and
bond* lasued under this act shall not
exceed the sum ot two hundred million
dollar*. The amount of lawful money
so received on deposit as aforesaid shall
not exceed at any time the sum of
twenty five million dollars. Keforeaoy
deposit* are received at any poatal money
office under this act the postmaster at
such office shall fila with the Secretary
of the Treasury his bond, with satisfac
lory security, conditioned that he will
promptly transmit to the Treasurer of
the Untied States the money received
hy him in conformity with regulation*
to be prescribed by such Secretary : and
the deposit with any postmaster shall
not at any time exceed the amount of
bis bond.
Sec. 2. Any national banking associa
tion now organizing or he-eafter organ
ired desiring to withdraw its circulating
notes upon a deposit of lawful money
with Ibe Treasury of the United States,
a* provided in section four of the act of
.lune 20, 1874. entitled "An act fixing
the amount of United States note*, pro
viding for a redistribution of national
bank rutrencv and for other purposes,"
shall be required to give thirty dsys'
notice to the Comptroller of the Cus*
rency of it# intention to l#|>#it lawful
money and withdraw it* mculaling
note#; provided Hist not more than
five trillion* of dollars of l-twful money
•nail be deposited during any calendar
month for this purprxe. and provided
further, that the provisions of thi* sec
tion shall not apply to bond* ctlled for
redemption by the Secretary of the
Treasury.
Sec. .1. That nothing in ilii* act shall
be so construed a* to authorise an in
crea* of the public debt.
THE contest filed presented bv I*-
nier for the seat of <'ongrcs*n>an King,
of I/Hiisiana, in the face of a majority
of 11,087, has been dismissed hy the
committee on Flection# a* presenting
no cae worthy of consideration. I#a
nier, one of Kellog's revenue officers,
is now adopting the bulldozing and
intimidation dodge so successful in
187(1,ami propose to memorialize (7>u
gress to throw out King on that issue.
These rascals, defeated hy the votes of
tile people, go toUoiigre*# to draw the
pay usually allowed to contestants,
and for no other reason. There are a
number of other contestant# from the
*outh of about equal merit, and it
would inure more to the credit and
interest of the Republican party, if
they were treated in the same manner,
aud no allowance voted tliern.
MY daughter'* Paralysis stasis disap
peared from the u*e of Pases*. R.. C.
tin *s, Pittsburg, Pa.
Tho Apportionment Bill.
Congress has commenced the discus
sion of the Apportionment hill. This
hill should have been passed a year
ago, and there is uodouht hut it would
have pawed, had there beeu a spark of
honesty and integrity in the Republi
can meml>ers of the hist Congress,and
nerve and fearlessness on the part of
the Democrats. True it is that a hill
did pass the House fixing the number
of members at .'ll9. This bill was
passed by the Republicans and a few
small Democrats from New York,
ffennsylvania and Ohio, who were in
duced to vote for it on its passage
through the House because it gave to
each of these States an increase of on e
member,aud it is well known that the
Republicans voted for that number l>e
cause it gave them more votes in the
Electoral College, and would thus se
cure to them au additional advantage
in the next Presidential election. The
i bill now before the House is framed on
the same fashion. It is expected that
the I>emoerats of Pennsylvania and
New York will help the job through,
because each of these Btates secure an
increased representation by it. Of the
kind of Representatives we now have,
there are too many there already. An
increase only swells the Republican
majority. Take Curtin, Randall,
Kelly, Bayne and Mutcblerout of our
present delegation in Congress, and
the people of the .State will never
know they have any Representatives
in there.
The present bill is a Republican job
of the meanest kind, and it is to fx*
hoped that no Democrat will so far
forget the Republican meanness of the
part, as to allow himself to be found
voting for it simply because it gives
one more Representative to our -State.
Mr. Beltzhoover, who voted for the
.8111 bill last year, ha* gone far to re
deem bis error by introducing an
amendment to the present bill, to pre
vent the gerrymandering of a .Stale in
making congressional district# by the
Legislature# of the different States.
Let the Democrat# see that that feature
of the bill i# made so clear and strong
that even Republican pervcrsenes# and
ingenuity can not get around it. Then
stand to it Have the amendment in
corporated in the bill or fight, and
parley and delay in every conceivable
manner. The Republicans know what
they arc at. The increase of member
ship in the large Republican .State#
means an increase in the Klcetoral Col
lege and the election of another Re
publican President For this, if for no
other reason, the bill should l>e fought
to the bitter end.
TIIE Washington /W think# that
the correspondent of the New York
77we who went down to Georgia r<-
cently iu search of facts that would
! bolster tip the much vaunted indepen
dent movement, did not find anything
to reward him for his pain*. A close
study of the political situation in that
stale shows that there i* no real l>a*i*
upon which an independent party < an
stand with any hope of suuee**. The
question cannot lie projected into suffi
cient importance In build a parly
round about it or even to draw a
strong faction away from the control
ling organization. The conclusion#
concerning the Movement are that it
is almost exclusively n |H>r#oual one,
and Dr. Fcltou ami Congressman
Hpeer are given the credit of carry*
' iug about all the strength it {tonstwee.
The well-known characteristics of the
former are dwelt upon, Imt thecom-lu
' sioti ia reached that he has no general
t ship or organizing power, aud that he
cannot, therefore, make iiiueh head
way against the leaders of the Demo
; crmtic party. The commanding in
! fiuencc of Senator Brown in the poli
tic* of (hat Stale is retmguizsNl, and it
•; is declared that "he command* with
the strength of a Chandler, with more
policy and finesse, and ruins with the
durability of a Cameruu, hut with
more policy ami precision." The cor
respondent frankly admits that "as
parlies are at present diawn iu (ieor.
gin, a vigorous campaign is imminent
next fall, hut Democracy seems likely
to hold its own. For Governor Brown
is in the lead, and 'while stands the
Coliseum, Rome shall stand.'" This
is not au encouraging indication that
the Mnhone scheme is likely to prove
as brilliant a siicce-s in Georgia as it
was in Virginia. The Bouth has en
tered for the business phase of politics
and is not to lie turned a ide fur the
petty ambitions of petty men, as the
condition of Georgia, where this poli
cy has been adopted with such en
couraging result", fully demonstrates.
AMERICANS, or Ht least, tliat por
tion of tlieiu who entertain any reaped
for the cause of humanity, have again
had cause to bltiah by a most' flag
rant violation of law, justice and order.
The groat prizefight in which Ryan,
of Trov, and Sullivan, of Boston,
were principals has been fought. The
details arc shocking. Mississippi City,
a suburb of New Orleans, was chosen
as the field, and at 1 o'clock p. tn., on
Tuesday,,aAcr all preliminaries bad
been satisfactorily agreed upon, the
two men took their place# in the riug.
Nine rounds, occupying twenty-six
minutes, were most pluckily fought,
when Kyan failing to come to time,
Sullivan was declared the victor, en
titling him to the championship of the
world, and a purse of 110,000. Sport
ingmen from all parts of the Union
were present and the money, that was
lost and won, in the shaj>c of bets,
would render any man immensely
wealthy. I# it possible, that men,
sons of christian parents, and members
of genteel society, will in this enlight
ened age, and in this the one country
of the world that considers religion a
fundamental principal in the govern
ment of its people, coolly stand by,
look on, and by shouts of applause, en
courage this most glaring heirloom of
harbarun# antiqniety ? This is the
effect the bmad-cast circulation of sen
sational hook# and |K>riodicnl is hav
ing. The moral# of our people de
mand an immediate and summary dis
position of the principal actors in this
and all other disgraceful affairs of the
same nature.
A WOMAN named Mrs. Howard,died
in Boston the other day by starvation-
In her room was found 640 in cash
and bank books representing deposits
of 14,600.
TIIK assault# made by the adminis
tration and its adherents upon the di
plomacy of Mr. Blaine, and his de
fence, is quite dignified now, but quite
sufficient to prove that there is fun
ahead, and that the amusement will
lead up to 1884.
I)r. MAKY WAI.KKK, the womau in
britches, who has so long favored the
people of Washington with her beau
ty and excentricitv of dress, has at
last obtained reward as an employe of
the Government. She has been ap
pointed clerk to Senator I-apham's
"committee on women's suffrage."
♦
Mr. Juwnct HUNT has finally re
signed from the Supreme Court, and
the President will now have an oppor
tunity to appoint a succcsror who is
qualifier! fur his duties. It is of litttlc
moment now that Judge Hunt was
bought off*, as the country may con
gratulate itself u|h>n its cheap deliv
erance, even from the few months re
maining until be would Ire retired un
der law.
Claims far Rebel Kal4s.
Half m \ftllinn J>,lUrs Atked Ay /Vrnuy/-
nsatdiu Ay Hay
W ssniMOToK, Feb., 5 —The commit
toe on war etnims g*v a hearing to the
Cnambersburg delegation yesterday on
the suKjecl of the eelebratsd harder
claim*. Kx-Coofreesinan Steuger gr.
plained the character of these claima
and of the gentlemen appointed by a<t
of the Pennsylvania legislature to abju
dicate upon tha cases, and their action
ih"*on.
The total amount elair'ed wss in the
neighborhood of #6.000.000, and this
was leduoed to about #600,000. The
witnesses were now mostly dead and
evidence upon which the deeisiona re*-
TKItMH: sl-JO per Annum, in Adntncc.
ted *H no longer obtainable. The ea
<• were proved while the witnesses
were alire, in the me manner at the
claim* adjudicated by the southern
claim* commis* on. The delegation
now asked the romiuiltN on war claim*
to report a bill empowering the qur
terniater general to accept there de
cision* a* final.
There i a good deal ol question a* to
whether mha bill will get through the
houie. even if favorably reported from
the committee. Southern member* rav
that Pennsylvania Union men are'no
more entitled to reimbursement for the
ravage* of war than Union in the routh.
If Pennsylvania turn are io tie paid
those aouth of Mason and Liixon'a line
will come in and burst the door of the
treasury wide open.
How to Elect a President.
Fruia 111. rii.:*!l;4s Tliuw.
A ouniberofour ablest statesmen have
devoted much of their time to the prj
duction of essays and tbe j reparation
of measure* intended to simplify the
election of President* and Vice Pre*i
ifent* of the United Slate*; but ail of
tliern have gr|ipled with the subject a*
if it wa* so abstruse that only some com
plicated m tobinery could reduce it to
practical and just result*. Thia ha*
i>een the common error of ail our states
men who hive attempted to provide
against the defeat of the popular will in
(tie choice of a President, either by the
legitimate ue or by the perversion of
the Electoral College system. The
boldest slid liahiest fraud u-ed the Elec
toral College to defeat a popular majori
ty of over a quarter of a mill.on in lSTfi.
and that ha* taught all parlies the *u
preme nece#*ity of providing some
method of choosing Presidents that wdl
make election* certainly and honestly
elect.
The Electoral College system ia n cum
brous machine that t* liable to detest
the expression of the people even with
honest direction, and open* the way for
the succeaiful employment of chicanery
or fraud. The Jefferson Burr contest
of IHOI, the Jackson Adam* Crawford
contest 'of 1825 and and the Tilden-
Haye* contest of 1877 all stand a* finger
board* to admonish the American |-eo
pie of the absolute failure of the Elec
torrl College system and the |K*ibuity
of perverting it to the meanest aim* of
mean ambition. It ia nut pretended
that any of the pur|**e* which were
intended by the fathers of the Republic
in creating the Electoral College, have
been fulfilled. Instead of Presidential
Elector* exercising a sound and patrio
tic discretion in the choice of a Presi
dent and Vice President, our Presiden
tial Elector* are the mere puppets of
party, and it would now col any one
in* life if he were to exercise hi* own
discretion, however just and patriotic,
*nd thereby elect a President against
the wishe* of bis party. The Electoral
College system i, therefore, a useless
and dangerous circumlocution, and it ia
the duty of the best *late*man*hip of all
parties to unite for it* overthrow.
There i a simple and just method by
which the |>eoplc could elect Presidents
without more than a tithe of the de
luohery and demoralisation which are
now common in such contests, and that
is for the people of the whole Union to
vote directly for President and Vice
President, with judicious safeguards for
the determination of the legal vote of
each State, and declare the men elected
who teceive the largeat number of vote*.
Therwia no reason why a "government
of the people, by the people and for tbe
people ' should have cumbrous electoral
machinery that can accomplish oothing
beyond the possibility of defeating the
popular choice; and there crh be rea
•on. outside of the exploded dogma of
Stale* Right*, to forbid a direct vote for
our highest office* or the commission of
those who receive the largest popular
support from the people of the entire an
Hon. Such a system of electing Presi
dents and Vice Presidents would end
the corruption and demoralisation
which run riot in Ohio, Indiana and oth
er pivotal State* in Presidential contests,
and it would make a lieinociatic vote
in Vermont or a Republican vote in Mis
sissippi as important a* any vote in any
other Slate. The very best system of
fleeting Preidenta i. the simpleal. and
tlo- simplest M*l em is a direct vote lor
the ondidate* and the highest popular
vote to elect.
Some Conundrum* for Earrarr llaller.
U lliitliliM| ,Sh| UnfikH,
Hf ill© Stil# r*(M?rt fr
ISM ft |i|*r* that Treasurer Butler
fine P*d members of the legislature
930.870 over ami above the amount
which the Attorney l.eneral claim* lltey
are entitled to. Thi* annnnt ia claimed
a* 'advene.-" on account of salary. At
9500 each 930,855 would just |*i shoot
seventy three membrr*. the numb, r
who stood by the i'tmrmn roinn nobly
to the end. It will be ob*erved that the
'■ honest Treasurer Butler" doe* not state
in hi* I" poll lowborn he |siif| the ex
•*•. lie carefully gives the names of
all the .Senator* and members with their
• 1 ,000 and mileage, but he does not ex
plain the "advances," The public wsnt
to know something about tbia{ aud
particularly are tho*e members and
Senator* who received no advance* In
terested in this abject. Who are the
favored "seventy three, Xlr. Firmer
Rullerf" And why do you "advance"
thiv money to "seventy three" alien
jo swore before the committee thai
yiw wt advised not to pay more than
91.000, and that you wouldn't pay more?
Ivl #r have the name* of the gang kv
all meant.
NO. 0,