Sill (JKKT H POKSTKK. Editors.
VOL. 4.
Hit if nitre 50raoctat.
Tfirms SI. AO per Annum, in Ailvanco.
S. T. SHUGERT ml R. H. FORSTER, Editor..
Thursday Morning, March 2,1882.
Democratic State Committee.
HEADQUARTER* DEMOCRATIC STATE
COMMITTEE, WILKKNHAHKE, February i!:t,
1882—Thero will be meetinu of the
Democratic State Committee „t the Bolton
hotel, Hnrrisburg, on Wednesday, March
'-"J, *1 l'J o'clock, noon, for the purpose ot
lixinsr u time nod pl<- for holding the
next Democratic Slate Convention.
K. P. KISNEK, J. K. BOOKKT,
Secretary. Chairman.
CANNOT GIVE THE CODE IT. Gov
ernor Cameron, Mahone's Ueadjuster
executive of Virginia, has vetoed the
hill recently passed by the legislature
agaiust dueling.
THE Democratic State Central Com
mittee have called to meet at the Rol
ton House in Ilarrisburg, on the 22d
of March, to fix the time and place of
meeliug of the next State convention.
THE Election Committee of the
House have adopted a rejxirt in the
contested case from Utah which ousts
Delegate Cannon, and justly repudiates
the claim of Campbell. Utah is there
fore without a delegate.
EX-SENATORSAIU JEST of California,
although not entitled to a "306" medal,
i* in full accord with the Stalwart
third-termers, has drawn a prize in the
"lottery of assassination." The Presi
dent has nominated him as Minister to
Germany. __
PitoFEseoit JACKSON, of the pyro
tccnic manufactory recently exploded
i
at Chester, with such fntal results, anil
his assistant Van Horn, have been ar
rested on the verdict of the coroner's
jury, charging upon them a criminal re
sponsibility for the disaster.
1 YNCIIBACK, the notorious negro
ga\>ler of New Orleans, has drawn a
good prize in the "lottery of assassina
tion." His ticket was "306" and it
carries him through as Surveyor of the
Port. This is a favorite number with
President Arthur and never minus u
prize.
MAHONE having succeeded in
breaking the deadlock in the Vir
ginia Legislature, is now having full
sweep under his personal supervision
in changing all the officers of the Com
monwealth, from the Judiciary down
and fdliug their places by his Repudia
tion coherts. This will last for a time,
hut the day of settlement will surely
come.
ENCOURAOIKO THE MILITIA. The
House Committee on Militia have
agreed to report a hill to amend the
militia laws so as to increase the an
nual appropriation to $1,000,000, and -
to distribute to the States in propor
tion to the number they maintain. If
such a law passes, of course the Na
tional Guards of Pennsylvania will
obtain their prorata in the distribu
tion.
THE speculative correspondents arc
still active in fixing up n combination
for the Democracy in IM4. It is now
Ex-Governor Til den of New York, and
Ex-Oovcrnor Palmer of Illinois. I hey
discredit this programme however, by
claiming that Mr. Tilden has written
to Gov. Palmer that this must lie the
Presidential ticket, forgetting, perhaps,
that neither of these able and distin
guished Htatcameu are blockheads like
the average correspondent. Mr. Til
den of course never wrote any such
letter.
THE establishment of Postal Havings
Hanks is again agitated. Are they
necessary ? Certainly not,unless there
is a necessity to supply a stalwart de.
round of adding thousands of officials
to our already superabundant supply
of Federal officers. Scarcely a town
In the country where a postoffice of
any character is located, but there are
institutions in which to make safe de
posit* for the earnings of the people,
great or small.
"KQUAL AND EX ACT JUSTICE TO ALL MEN, OX WHATEVER NT AT K OR I'KIU-I ANION, EKLIOIOL'N OR DOLITKA 1, J. SI RW.I,
A Good Man Gone to Rent.
We ure pained to see the announce
meat in the papers this week, of tiic
death of Hon. Charles Mason, of lowa.
As a sincere friend and former official
associate, no man living was so dear to
our heart as this just, pure and noble
man. He was a native of New York,
and a pioneer in building up the State
of his adoption, one of the few public
men who lived emphatically a blame*
less life, whether as a private citizen or
as a public official, Rut as a contem
porary well observes Judge Mason w as
more than a pioneer of a State. "His
reputation was national ; he was a
citizen of whom the whole country
knew, and knew nothing but what was
honorable and admirable. He was
educated at the I'uited States Military
Academy, and, after graduating at the
head of his class, was offered and ac
cepted a professorship of mathematics
at West Point, which positioo he re
signed for the purpose of entering civil
life and making the law his profession.
Emigrating to lowa, then a Territory,
he was appointed to the chief justice
ship, serving in that capacity for
several years. Subsequently, upon the
admission of lowa into the I nion, he
was assigned by net of the Is-gi.-lature
to the important duty of codifying the
laws of the State. Later in life he be
came well known throughout the coun
try by his administration of the Patent
Office, as commissioner of tlint bureau
under President Pierce and Ruchanan.
In polities he always affiliated with
the Democracy,and that party in lowa
testified its appreciation of his sterling
qualities by more than once nomina
ting him for Governor. Judge Mason
had entered upon his scveuty-seventh
year at the time of his death. We re
trace the long record of his public and
private life without discovering a
blemish. He was essentially an honest
man, into whose mind the thought of
corruption found no more entrance
than conceptions of evil into the heart
of a child ; and passing as he doc*
from the city of the living to the city
of the dead, ri |e with years and the
characteristics of a blessed Christian
life, he leave* a grecti and faultiest
memory in the hearts of nil who knew
him.
Tin: President created quite a sena
lion the other clay, nod to the a<tr>i*li
nieut of everybody, ooiniontcd ICx-
Senator (oukling for Associate Justice
of t!e .Supreme Court, recently made
vncuot by the purchased retirement of
Justice Hunt. Various opinions are
expressed as to the probability of his
acceptance of the position. Home are
positive that he will—that the appoint
ment is mnde with his concurrence as
an earnest of his desire to retire
from political life ; others, that hy the
appointment, he merely seeks that
vindication he failed to obtain at Al
bany, and when confirmed by the
•Senate, will withdraw, or if he accepts,
it will only lie to await the chances for
something else. But however this may
he, few, if any, will question the ex
cellence of the selection, or, apart from
his stalwart prejudice and unscrupu
lous partisan methods, will doubt his
honesty as a public man. During his
long service in Congress his record is
uot stained hy corruption, a fact as
rare as it is true, of Hepuhlican leaders.
Senator Hoar objected to the imme
diate confirmation which is usually
accorded right who have been mem
ber* of the Senate, without reference,
making the charge that Mr. Conkling
is not honest. The nomination was re
ferred.
IT appear* that Mr. lleluhoover'*
amendment to the apportionment hill
to prevent gerrymandering in the for*
motion of Congressional district*, wa*
rejected and not ioeorporated in the
bill, a* wo slated lost week. Thattbi*
just and hone*t proposition could not
be accepted by a Republican Congress,
i* perhaps not remarkable, but it* re
jection ia positively a disgrace and out
rage upon decency and fairne**.
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 2,1882.
Evku wince Stnto Treasurer Hut L r
has been named a* a candidate for the
Republican nomination for Governor,
wo notice that the Cheater and Dela
ware county Republican newspapers
are rabid in their denunciation* of the
Pennsylvania State College. They
persistently call it "Gen. Reaver's
Agricultural College." "Gen. Reaver's
College." They make general and
sweeping allegation* that appropria
tions made by the State, ami the in
come from the land script fund of S.'JO,-
BHD per year, has been and is "being
squandered to little or no purpose."
That General Reaver is the Ross that
rules the college and who squanders
this money. They complain that tlie
committee appointed to investigate
these speculative theories, that exist
only in the ruinds of n few Chester
county people, and who originated
these stories, will not report. They
know very well that the committee
cannot report until the meeting of the
next Legislature, yet they keep a con
tinual growl at the college, at Reaver,
and at the investigating committee.
They are like a set of little dogs hark
ing at the moon. \Ve have no interest
in the matter beyond that of any other
citizen of the Slate, and are willing to
await the report of the committee, and
shall accept it* verdict a* to the truth
or falsity of the allegations made.
What we condemn in this matter, is
the perversity of these Chester and
Delaware county paper* in parading
before the public these, a* we believe,
unfounded accusations at this time. It
makes no difference to u* whether
Farmer Reaver or Farmer Rutler
make* the Republican nomination for
Governor, as we expect the Democrat*
to nominate a man who will heat either
of them, but the system of electioneer
ing adopted by Rutler and his Chester
and Delaware friend* to heat an hon
orable opjionent, is hose and unmanly
so far as it drag* in and doe* injustice
to the college, whose affairs are under
legal investigation as to the charge*
urged against its management, mere
ly because Gen. Reaver happens
to lie chairman of the hoard of Trus
tee*. It i dirty—it i* contemptible.
Fiwrr IN TIIK FIELD. The Prohibi
tionists have nominated a full State
ticket, including a candidate for Con
gressman at large. Their nominees for
State officers are, for Governor, A. C.
Pettit, of county ; Lieuten
ant Governor, Albion Williams, of
Chester county ; Secretary of Internal
Affairs, Ezra Cronmao, of McKean
county ; Judge of the Supreme Court,
S. P. Chase, of Susquehanna county.
Woman's suffrage seem* lo have re
ceived a qualified endorsement in the
construction of the State Committee,
which is con|Ked partly of twelve
ludics, among whom we notice the
name* of Mrs. McAllister and Mrs.
Kynder of Blair county. This party
are prompt year after year in present
ing their candidate. Their advances
toward* success ha not liecii very en
couraging heretofore. But there i* no
telling what courage ami perseverance
may accomplish in the inarch of time.
Ir ifl announced that the special
committee to whom the subject WJI*
referred, have agreed upon tin* com
pensation the Kurg*on* and other* at
tending tlie late President arc to re
ceive. Dr. Illisf ia to have 12-VMX);
Drs. Agnew and Hamilton, each 815,-
000; Dr*. Heyborn and Ihiynton.eaeh
810,000; Mrs. Dr. Kdson $5,000;
Mr. Crumijs, the Stewart, is allowed
83,000, ami the other employes of the
Presidential mansion two months extra
pay. Many of the items will he op
posed, it is said, Jiy Messrs. Springer
and Dlackburn, in a minority report.
A RKIMUUCAX paper in Philadel
phia believe* its party is ot lufTeriug
for its principles, but by the dry-rot of
corrupt leadership. Very true, hut
the jmrly has encouraged and profited
so long by corrupt leadership, that
grave doubts now exist whether it
ever had any principles to suffer for.
Tin: Pittsburgh JW-t speaking of
the lion. •lames 11. Hopkins, now a
prominent candidate for the Democra
tic nomination for Governor, says:
"His public life hit* been honorable to
himself and useful to the people. The
fact of residing in n strong Republican
county, has deprived him of active
participation in public affairs ; hut in
his one term in Congress lroiu this dis
trict, and activity in the councils of
the Democratic party of the county
and State, lie fas developed high
ability, a thorough knowledge of pub
lic 11 Hairs, and that sort of integrity
and opposition to jobbery which should
now he the great prerequisite of high
station. In the executive office, Mr.
Hopkins would lie a careful guardian
of the jieople's interests, and no alleged
partisan necessity would ever induce
him to traffic in the good name of the
Commonw alth. We have not had
many such Governors lately. Mr.
Hopkins has none of the elements of
the popularity-seeking demagogue. Ib
is a man of careful professi inal train
ing, with business habits of exactness
and promptness. Tboe command the
respect and confidence of all who have
been brought in contact with him. He
is well known throughout the State,
and if nominated we believe will make
a strong candidate."
Mr. Hopkins will e >nie into the con
vention with the unanimous endorse
ment of hi* own county, and most, if
not all, the western counties of the
State. At present the chance* seem
to re-t between him and Mr. Pattison,
of Philadelphia, with considerable
leaning westward. Judge Trunkey,
of the Supreme Court, is also named
in the west with favor, but it is not
probable that he would Is* willing to
desert hi* present p'e-t of duty to can
vas for the Executive office.
Tin: Senate of the I'nited Stales
have passed Isogan's hill to pension
and retire Gen. Grant with the rank
ami pay of a Major General, and for
which several southern Senators voted.
This wealthy national beggar is there
fore to draw pny fr<>m the National
Treasury during life, without perform
ing any duty or rendering any equivo
lent, for it i not to he expected that
the Radical majority of the House will
fail to ratify it. It is an outrage ujam
decency and nothing in the world to
justify it—a downright robbery to
satisfy the cravings of one whose greed
is unappeasable. If he could not get
a third term of the Presidency, he will
take the lx>t thing his sub*ervient
stalwart contemporaries can filch for
him from the National Treasury.
TLTE memorial service in honor of
the late Jantes A.Garfield at the Capi
tol in Washington on Monday last,
was an impressive and brilliant scene,
and attracted perhaps the largest and
most distinguished crowd ever assem
bled within its walls. Mr. Bliiiue, his
late Secretary of Stale, was the orator
on the occasion. Ili* eulogy no the
deceased President is published, but
is too long for our columns at present.
It is an eloquent tribute to the memo
ry of the deceased President nnd will
not discredit any previous effort of flic
distinguish**! *|K'ikcr.
Aa evidence of the tender sympathy
prevailing in the factions of the Re
publican jmrty, the exclamation of the
New York Tribune announcing the
apjHiiiitmen; of Uoaeoe Conk ling as a
Justice of the Supreme Court, is per
haps a fair sample. The Tribune says :
"Ouiteau has made* Supreme Judge
as well as a President, au<i is not hung
yet."
This is the contribution of a loyal
Republican journal, whether to the
truth of history, or a dash of wit, the
reader can draw his own conclusion.
JUIMIK TMJKKKV, of ihe Supreme
Court, has filed a dissenting opinion
ia the legislative salary case. He
liohU that the word salary in the con
stitution m an a fixed round sum for
specific service, ami that the first sec
tion of the act of 1874 clearly violates
the constitution.
The Jefferson ( tub.
Chminc; i . HU- k in X * \ 'rk fun
Mr. .leffV-rsun loved to M-C Ibc people
move in their primary capacity ; the les*
llii-v trunUul to theirrepr-<-iilHllVi-siirxl
the more they trusted themselves the
greater was the unlety. These govern
ment* wi-re their*, "by tin* |<eop!e .lid
lor tne p'ople they should mnriace
them, and ">-t-rnl vigilsnce w- the
price ot liberty." Accordingly, in ev<-ry
Hour of peril lie u<lvised tlnni lo organ
ize, to deliberate, to Ngttnte, to mine to
gether in local societies, nlnch, being
connected ' v the tie* of Irnfernal inter
est ami correspondence. might pass the
mgtials ot danger from one 10 another,
"like tiiat shepher-l'n whistle which,
sounding through the listening stillness
of the night, give* warning that the
woil i* rjKin hi* walk gin." It was
the voluntary local nssociatinn*, the
vigilance r uumilteet, the Committer*
ot correspondence, wh eh lent the
strongest impulse u> the revolution, and
it wn the voice of the people rising in
thunder tone* through the many throats
of the "Democratic societies" which
struck terror to the heartsn( the Feder
alist* in 180 >. Tb popular club it the
chosen engine of liberty everywhere;
*ml the Jelh-rsonian club, planted in
every neighborhood, is the one thing
needful lo "route the |>eop!e,' a* afore
time i hey were roused by Jefferson,
Madi.on and Gallatin. Shall we not
take this leaf also from the haudbook
of freedom which come* down to us
from the "author of the Declaration of
Independence and the founder of the
Democratic party?" A* he lay dying
on the 3d of July, IkgO, hi* nnghiy in
lellect, hall released from it* embarrass
rnent of ffesli. reverted fondly lo this
system ot popular machinery for the
security of popular rights. Fancying
the struggle again in progress he cried
out, "Warn the committees I 'and ris
ing in the bed, he seemed lo be tracing
wiih eager but shrunken hand a dis
patch to the embodied patriots. These
were almost his last words. The next
day twing the fourth, and the fiftieth
anniversary of the ! federation, he pasi d
away at high noon, and in the very hour
of its adoption. When we vhall have
"waned," when his teaching* shall have
lost their influence, w hen hi* memory
shall have ceased to be dear, the free
institutions of America will be no more.
The Republican*' Scroud Purchase.
The Republican organization of New
York .State have jut followed the ex
ample -t them l.y the Republican party
a* it i* represented in Con greet. In
IH*|, to pay for the rote of Senator Ma
hone, a Republican Ad mini* I ration vir
tually tuppreased the Republican organ
i/ation in Virginia to make certain the
election of Mabone'a candidate fortiov
ernor. Again, the Republican |lltician*
were forced aaide to make way for the
election of a Repndiator to the United
State* Senate. M..hone alone hfcbl the
control of nil legulation, arid he add it
for an abounding pr.ee, a tiovernor and
a Senator.
In New York a few day* ago the Re
publican* bought the control of the
Senate from the Tammany men, who
were elected * fl>. I hey paid
for it o*ten*ibly bv giving the control
ling vote* in the different committee* to
Tammany men, though the real pay i*
probably expected in office* far removed
trorn the Legislature, and in tbe aatia
faction of teeing I>etnocrata *born of
their power of resistance to the machi
nation* of Tammany.
The *econd purchase *eem* likely to
turn out le** profitable tt.an the firat.
ity tbe firat, tbe Republican* openly
allied themaelvo* with repudiation, but
they got what they paid for. By the
aeonnd, they won over a treacherou* lot
of politician* who knew no party but
their own interest*, but the find exhi
bition of the bargain tueeia with an
unexpected re*itance. Some young,
but a*tute. Republican* evidently think
that openly carrying out a bargain with
traitor* from another ia not a good thing.
They aay they won't have it. The old
member* of the |>arty who made tbe
agreemeot ahall not la- allowed to carry
out their part oi it, and the d *ap|>nmted
Tammany atriker* mut get their living
outside of the Republican line*.
Whatever the result of the deal, it
will have one wholesome development.
Hereafter the I>en>ocrntic voter* will
know aa well a* the Republican man*
gera have known heretofore, that John
Kelly ia no mo e intereted iu the auc
. e*a ot the iVemocratic party in New-
York than w*a M-shone in Virginia.—
AVw York Sun.
The Western Hoods.
A telegram from Coin* reports thst
: the Otiio ami Mississippi users have
i Isllen five inches since Sunday night,
nml it was Imped, although a light rain
had set in, that the worst was over.
Several hundred men were kept con
stantly at work strengthening the lev
ees. Advices from Memphis rejKiit the
river at that point at the highest murk
reached this season, and rising slosly.
The flood in the l.aconia circle i- in
creasing, and great destitution prevails.
Along the White river bottoms, in Ar
kansas, the water is Iroro two to four
feet deep, and there bve been heavy
losses of stock. Greet alarm was felt at
Helena, where a further tire wasexpeo
led. A telegram Irom Viekshurg says
there are breaks in the tViti-.H Point
and Kentuckv levees, which will flood
pertkma of llollvar and Washington
counties. The governor of Arkansas
report* 6,000 people u ceding food in the
flooded counties of tbst state. One
hundred thousand rations were ordered
by the war department to be lie forward
ed from Bt. l/>uis yesterday to Arkan
sas and Missisrtppi.
TKKMB: sl.r*o jn-r Annum, in Advanre.
DIM IIKKIDK a Party llrctik-lp.
our 01 TII r. H WIIR I-RESIDEKT AH-
Till K IN M'.klM, RKOCHE SMJWI.V.
W r..l,t' I•* f j Iff V t-ikNu*.
"<ratit s about tli" party man
there i. Hi- connn t* liia career with
, the lb-publican party MD'l hold ft to
l it. Nevertheless lie i not oblivious to
tli'- philosophy ol time and -vent*. 110
will not ulijrct to n n-w deal, since it it
I'. aine who pioposcs, l/i,gnu ha. Mima
idvanced idea*, hike Rlaine, he he
lieve. in a nevr era and i not aver** to
I it any time nor do inclined to believe it
I may < KM ROODM than some think,
-soiii" ctiriou* complication! a* to tbi*
may bed -Ol<mu <1 before long. Jtut for
tli- preeni I.oynn i not dipo*ed to
l iOoh pooh the idea of a new deal, al
beit h<* IN not exactly en rapport with
Arthur in om* important respect*."
"\\ bone influence dominate. Arthur?"
ell. it would not le right to any
any one's doe*, but (.lonkling'a counsel
,i* aoonekt listened to. Ib-tween the
two friend* there jsnn indissoluble bond.
<o ahead and do a well an you can,'
-aid Conkling to Arthur, a few day*
, after Arthur had tsk'-n the oath. 'You
nave a hrd task before you, I know
you would prefer yourself back in quiet
j life in New "i oik, but there i* no escape.
All the good I can do you shall be ren
dered, but leave rne out of your list en-
I tirely. i can take nothing. Iset that
be considered settled ' So it wa and
ha* been ever since. Gonkling, a* I
liave said, believes there is going to be
a chance, if not a break up. You see
some evidence* of it in New York even
now. Small stream* produce great
river*. Right here in Congress evidence
i* not wanting that what haK been pre
dicted ruay prove true. At present Ar
thur has the Republican* solid, but be
has the spoil* ; and let me remind you
those wiio would run away after they
obtained them will not get them. To
make *ure of this take* a good de-al of
Arthur's time."
The Fit/ John Porter ("a*e.
There in no divided sentiment in the
country, outside of a few distrusted poli
ticians and several incom|>etent Gen
erals, as to liie duty of the government
in the case of Fill John Porter.
It i now the settled judgment of the
nation and of the world, that Porter
*m the victem ola tide of passion star
led by the jealousies ot military imbe
rile, and it is no time to higgle over
the fjue>tion ot dollars and cent*. He
ha* t>een wronged, and prompt resti
tu'inn. with ail that restitution logically
and lawfully carries with it, is the scan
test measure of justice. It ia to be
expected that such Generals as Pope
and i.ngan will oppose Porter's restora
tion to honor and command must be an
a perpetual reproach ufon Pope's in
competency and integrity and a jwr|>et
ual reproach upon Logan's manliness a*
a soldier : but the nation can't pau*e in
the exercise of justice to parley with
the l'opej and of the day. They
represent only the imbecility and big
otry of the army and the disreputable
elements o( politics.
The President should promptly exer
cise the j>ower eonfered upon him to
re nominate Porter to his proj>er rank
in the army, and thus prove to the
the world tiist justice is yet or.e of the
darling attributes of the Republic.
Whether it shall give Porter one thou
sand or one hundred thousand dollars
is of little moment, compared with the
delay of justice to a most grieviously
wronged citizen snd soldier. Whatever
is lawful, is ugh ; and let the law ful
fill the clear demand of justice in the
cse of Fill John Porter. —/'AtWe/nAw
Timet.
Now mar. in the country is there more
need o( young blood in the council* of
State governments and the representa
tive* in the National Government than
it now felt a* a necessity in the south.
—Hamdmrg Trlrgrapk.
Well, now, suppo-e we pursue a lib
eral policy toward* the aouth and aend
her the young blood *he stands ao much
in need of. There it that well-known
"young blood," Simon Cameron. He it
out of business juat now, having retired
at a quite too utterly early age in order
to give I ton'* |iwerful intellect a fair
chance to expand. We might aend him
down in the perfect axaurance that the
•outh could not heat a *tove hot enough
to deter hi* voung blood from laying
bold of it. Then there's Gslusba A.
Grow, another of our young blood*. He
i out of buaine** a!*o, through no fault
of hi* own, and the man who doe* not
credit him with patriotism enough to
te willing to sited hi* young blood a*
I'nited State* Senator from a soul hern
state, doea not mm* than half know
hint. George V. Lawrence is another
frik y young blood who might be spared,
nd i! George I.ear is old enough to be
wise enough lie might go too. John
Cessna, who ia ju*t out of bia teens,
might join the procession, and if (till
Keinble in'l ao good a* to make it cer
tain that lie will die young, be would
I* a great "addiifon." John J. Patter
son is another of our young bloods who
i out of employment at pre*ent. He
g*ve the south the lienefil of lit* young
blood at one time when lie rose to high
honor*, and there can he no doubt that
if be were to go again he would attain
still higher honor*—if the rope didn't
break.
We need not give more name*. The
TVAyyean* knows our young bloods even
better than we do, and it it will just
work away at thd matter it may accom
plish great thing* forth* aouth and pro
vide employment for our unemployed
CACMAST* (f iwAwtrvc, —VmrluU IWmfcyy,
NO. !♦.