SHUBERT He VAN OKXKR, Editorn. VOL. 4. She ®tntw democrat. Terms SI.AO per Annum, in A- litical contests I may have leen un kind and ungenerous towards political opponents; and if there are any offen ces of that kind standing against me, I now express my sorrow for them and crave pardon. With my brethren of the local press there have been some disagreements, hut it is a pleasure to realize that our differences of opinion were never aggravated by harsh epi thets or angry personal abuse, and in my leave-taking, I can truthfully avow, that for each one and all of them, I entertain only the sincerest sentiments of regard and friendship. To conclude, 1 would ask a fair trial for my successor, and the same friend ship, forbearance and good will that have always been so kindly given to me. I now make my bow, and say, Fnrc-wfAl! 11. H. FGRRTEU. A Card. To the friendii of the DEMOCRAT : Elsewhere you will notice the formal announcement that Maj. R. H. Fore ter ha)) severed hi* connection with tbia paper. Aa hi* successor I expect to be able to compensate for lack of ex perience by a continued effort to faith fully perform all duties devolving upon me. This step has not been tak en without a proper reckoning of the difficulties to be met and overcome, and I am prepared to declare my beat efforts enlisted in the furtherance of the principles that have been so ably defended, and warmly advocated by the CENTRE DEMOCRAT in the past. I can at this juncture do no more than request the kind forbearance of all, and assuro you that your good shall ever be uppermost in my mind. J. It. VAN OKM ER. Gov. CUKTIN'H speech on the Chi nese question will be found upon the second page of this paper. AT the corporate elections the other day in Cincinnati, the Democrats ob tained a brilliant victory by majori ties ranging from seven to eight thou sand. Good for the buck-eyes! THK small-pox plague at South Bethlehem, Pa., seem to be in full vigor yet. On Sunday, six new eases were reported, live iu quarantined families, aud onq iu a house not pre viously restricted. There were also three deaths, making the total number of death in the town up to that time sixty-one. THK Legislature of New Jersey broke up in disorder on Friday last, iu which the members resorted to filli hustering to prevent the report of the bribing committee being read. It was known that the report sustained the charge made by the atlidavit of Mr. •Shinn, in which more than one New- Jersey statesman would probably have figured unpleasantly. TIIK Harrisburg Patriot came to us on Wednesday morning, enlarged i n form and printed on beautiful new type. The Patriot ho* always been a favorite with us, and it is indeed gra tifying to notice this sign of enterprise and prosperity on the part of friend Myers. The Patriot, with all the tel egraphic news of the day, r eachc* this place many hours in advance of the Philadelphia dailies, and fur that rea son our citizens should give it a lib eral support. A HIM. ha hen ininxfuccil in Congress for the reduction of the inter nal revenue taxes. The Treasury is already overloaded with money, and all manner of schemes by the lobby and corruptionists to capture it, arc being matured nnd urged. There is too much money going into the Treasury for the necessities of the Government, and rather than permit this incentive to legislative dishonesty longer to ex ist, the reduction of the internal reve nue tax, and consequent lightening of the burdens now bearing so heavily upon the people, is advisable aud ne cessary. TIIK confirmation of Mr. Hound a* Public Printer is opposed by Senators Anthony and Hawley, on the ground that he is largely concerned in the manufacture of types at Chicago, nnd that he would make unjust discrimin ation in purchasing supplies of that material. On the other hand it is claimed by the friends of Hound that he has retired from the business, which is now in the hands of his son. In these days of discrimination by offi cials in the interests of their families and favorites, this kind of opposition will amount to little. Discrimination may as well be in favor of Chicago as New England. THE Bona CONFIDENT ! Senator Cameron says a Washington corres pondent, "is now positive in the state ment that W. Henry Hawle, of Phila delphia will be nominated for Supreme Judge. He regards Beaver's nomina tion as fully assured by not ICM than a two-third vote ; and he believes that liuwle's nomination is a necessity to give Beaver strength among the Inde pendents. In a quite recent conver sation, not intended as at all confiden tial, he declared the nomination of Hawle a necessity, and said that it would be made by the convention, re gardless of divisions in Philadelphia. The positive Beaver, Davis and Grier delegates will all be combined upon Hawle. Many of the Beaver delegates in the West will be Brown men, and can't be transferred, but all the others are counted on for Hawle. The Boss's slate is fixed and unal terable. Mr. Hawle is the man of light-weight that is to relieve the back of the camel. * "ZQUAI, AND KXACT JUSTICB TO ALL MKN, OK WIIAUVKK STATE OR I'KKST.'ANION, RELIGIOUS OR FOLITICAL."— BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 1882. Tho Chinese BUI Vetoed. President Arthur, on Tuesday, re turned the Chinese bill to Congress without his signature, claiming a* his reasons for so doing that if the bill he came a law the obligations of the country would IK: conflicted with and the fuith of the nation violated ; that Chinese labor had built the Pacific railroad, and that the representatives of the United States and China had not contemplated any such pro hibition when they entered into the treaty of 18H0. The jswilion of the Presi dent is now clearly defined—he would, if he could, precipitate a flood of this undesirable race upou the heads of the laboring classes of our own jteople. The vain boasting of the Republican leaders indulged in during each suc cessive campaign to the effect that that party is the friend of the laboring masses, is now given a most emphatic and conclusive denial. This action of our Chief Executive is iu perfect ac cord with the conduct of the political orgauizatiou of which he is the ac knowledged head, in times past; and even though it will excite the utmost indignation wherever the supremacy of the interests of the bone aud sinew of our country is a reality, it will be a matter of no surprise. There is hut little chaiiec of the pa-sage of a modi fied hill. Later, wo learn that the President's veto has been sustained by the Senate. The vote upon the passngo of the bill over the veto was tweuty nine in the affirmative, and twenty one in the ne gative, the bill failing for want of the necessary two-thirds. Of the tweuty nine affirmative votes, twent y-tbree were Democrats and six Republican", while twenty-one Republicans made Of fl's W! Tfi m nejjaftve. ?*cveu .Senators on each side were paired, and did not vote. Thk Dauphin County Court has de cided against the Standard Oil Com pany in the suit brought by the State for the recovery of hack taxes and interest due the Commonwealth. Judge Simonton tiled a lengthy opinion in the case on Tuesday that the Common wealth is entitled to $ !•'., of which sum, with interest payment is directed to lie entered, unless exceptions are filed within the time limited by law. The proportion which investments in individual partnership in Pennsylva nia bear to the entire property and asset* represented by the company's capital stock alone is held to lie taxa ble. The original claim of the com monwealth was $3,145,000. It wa reduced by agreement with attorney geueral and counsel for the common wealth to a short time before the trial was begun. The claim was baer cent, from June 21, 1881, to April 4, 1882, $2,690; attorney general's commission 5 percent. $1,466. Total, $33,277. URAtrtgrt was visited on .Sunday last by a destructive wind and rain storm, resulting in the lues of several lives, and the destruction of property. George Shellhron and family consist ing of his wife and two children beiug out riding were overtaken hy the storm and drove under a shed for protection. This shed stood near a large water reservior about ninety feet high. This was blown over upon the ahed under which the unfortunate family, and two or three others, had taken shelter, and crushed it, killing all but two of the party thus sheltered, and they were severely injured. It is said that Hon. A. G. Olmstead of this State is to be amputated Assist ant Secretary of the Treasury. Republican Raid. The Washington I'out speaking of the attempt made hy the Republicans inCongrea to obtain a secure majority by fraudulently ejecting a number of Southern members from their scats, says: "One by one the elcctiou cases iu favor of Southern Republicans, black and white, aguinst Southern Demo crats, have been decided by the House Committee on Elections in favor of the former. Iu u few iustances, which cannot be called exceptions, such as the cases of Lanier vs. King, in Louis iana/and Stolhrand vs. Aiken, in South Carolina, where the majorities were respectively 12,000 and 18,000, the Democratic members were permit ted to retain their seats, especially as there was not the slightest particle of testimony to indicate that tln v ought to be disturbed. Instances like these, however,do not serve to lay the toutida tiou even for u claim to anything aj>- preaching justice and impartiality on the part of the Republicans. The work of the Elections Committee is most done ; but a few mere cases must be acted upon before the House will be asked to put the stamp of approval upon its labors. The Republican majority, of which HjK-aker Kfifer is so fair a representa tive, is strong neither iu brains nor votes', and needing at least all it has of both to carry out measures which appeal for support to parti-ans alone, it does not necessarily follow that the House will seat a Republican contest ant simply because the committee so recommended. Republican leaders, knowing their weakness, arc reaching out after assistance, and hope to secure •vary Greenback Representative to aid them iu all case*. In order to do this they propose to wait until a re port shall be made iu favor of Ixiwe, in bis case against General Wheeler, from the Eighth Alabama district. Then, by pledging Republican votes to Lowe tbev expect to secure in pirn Greenback support whenever needed. If successful in this bargain they will have on their side, including the two Keifcr Readjustcrs from Virginia. 158 votes, 11 more than a quorum. With ibis margin they expect to succeed in the course of time in turning out every Southern Democrat branded by the committee. This plan may or may not work. It will be no light task to throw the net over all nine of the Ureenbackers, no one of whom, from Ford with two majority to Rrurnm with a thousand, would be socurr in his holding a mom ent if Mr. ( alkins's committee wanted the seat for a friend. TIIK majority of the committee in the Senate, by n strict party vote lias reported a bill for the ail mission of Dakota as a state. The Democratic minority of course, makes an adverse report. The impelling cause for rushing this "rotten borough" into the family of States is the belief that it may be needed by the Republicans in the next count for Presidential elec tors. The act itself besides showing weakness is evidence that Republicans may be expected to adopt any expe dient, however wrong, to retain the power they now hold by the frauds of 1876, and the purchase of 1880. TIIK indications gathered from the buds and trees in the peach growing districts give promise of a large crop this year. Reports from Delaware and Maryland are highly iucourag iog, and the peach growers correapon dingly jubilant The almost total failure last year prepares them for the enjoymeut of a large crop this year. A REPUBLICAN Senator who haa dined with every President from Bu chanan to Arthur anya that the latter haa given the beat dinner he ever raw t the Executive Mansion. We may conclude therefore, that Arthur's li quors were well selected, and from the beat manufheturea, in the market Workmen Claiming Justice. Labor strikes appear to be the or der of the day now, all over the coun try. Workmen are not realizing the advanced wages they were promised when they turned in to elect a Repub lican President and Congress. With the Treasury overflowing and all busi ness of trade and manufacture active and remunerative to the capitalists, the workmen are taxed by tarilf assess ments upon everything they consume, and yet their wages do not go up. Wbyis it thus? To us it seems that there is method and reason in the madness of strikes, which ought to command more attention than our statesmen seem willing to give to the subject. The follow ing brief messages of April Ist are only given tosbow the restless spirit prevailing everywhere : I'ATTERAO*. N. J., April I.—The moul der - of the diHi-rent shop* tins evening resolved to strike for 16 per cent, in crease, excepting at Ranforth's, where the wage* were advanced 10 per cent, to-day. W ATERBCRV, Conn., April I.— All the trackmen in the employ of the Nanzatank Railroad Company struck this morning for an advance of 25 cent* j-r day. The company will not accede to their demands. F ALL RIVER, April 2. —The spinners at the >aganiore Mill this afternoon deci ded unanimously not to go to work to morrow morning. A* there is but lit tle filling on hand this will throw the weaver* out of work and necessitate the shutting down of the mill unless new spinners are secured. While the spin ners allege that the mules have been too heavily weighted, the management of the mill gives another explanation of the difficulty. Until recently the spin ners have been permitted to use wrench es themselves. it is claimed that they abused this privilege and they were for bidden to use wrenches, thai duty be ing restricted to "second hands," hence the dissatisfaction. The cotton brokers •ay that the cotton used at Sagamore, which ihe spinners claim is |>oor, is equal to that in general use here. I.AWBEXCE, Mass., April I.—A mass roes-ting o' Weaver* and spinners was held at the City Hall this evening. About 1200 persons were present. There was much enthusiasm and a number of addresses were made. The strikers greeted with hisses sny novice to re turn to work at the Pacific Mill, and cheered the speakers who counselled standing out. John O. o cents more than their present wages. No definite action was taken. CAMTOM, 0., April 2. About 250 skill ed workmen employed in the factory of the Ihebold Sate anil Lock Company struck at noon yesterday against a re duction in their wages, but they met last night and aptminted a committee to meet their employers with the view of effecting a compromise. CORN EI. TUN J. VAHDF.RIIII.T, of New York, committed suicide at a hotel on slh Avenue, where he boarded, on Sun day last, by shooting himself through the head. He was a sou of the late millionaire, Commodore Yanderbilt, and brother of \V. 11. Yanderbilt, the same who contested the will of the for mer, and com promised with his bro ther for 81,000,000. No cause is given for the suicide, other than feeble health and that be was to some extent an out east from bis family. Tfldea on Jefferson. natnixo HIM A MAM or ninn POIITICAL MORALS AMD rRRSOMAL INTEURITT. New HAVBK, April 3. Kx Governor Tilden has written a let tor to the Jefferson ion Club, of thia city, in answer to their invitation to be present thia evening at their com mem oration of the birth of Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Tdddn saya: "Mi. Jefferson gave to our administrative system an aapeol of republican simplicity ; repressed job bery as well as all perversion of power, and by his preoepW, his ioflueooe and his example elevated the standard of political morals, in his personal prae tioe he was not only pure, but to make his eaample more effective ha refrained, while administering the greatest of ofß cial trusts, from all attempts to in era as* bis own fortune, even by method* open to every private citisan. "In a period when there seems to bo 1 TEKMN: $1.60 per Annum, in Advance. little respect for the limitation* of pow er proscribed by our written oonstitu tion ; when s**umption* of uogranted authority are rife in all the department* of the Federal government; when that government i* heing gradually changed into an elective denpotiam, meddling in everything belonging to the State* or to individual*; when every new assumption of ungranted rower create* new oppor tunities, new facilities and new incen tive* to favoritism and jobbery; when ■ the civil service ha* been converted in i to a balance of [tower to determine the election* by pecuniary and other illegit . imate influence* ; when the perversion of high public truat* to the private gain ! of the official in frequently committed with apparent unconsciousness of wrong and pause* almost without rebuke, it i* time that the teaching* and the exam- I pie of Thomas Jefferson be invoked to keep alive the glimmering ipark of ofli ! cial virtue and public honor." A (reut Outlaw'* Career Luded. AMARMKATED IS A SHANTY IK ST. J OFT 111 Willi.! PREPARING roa ANOTHER RAID. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., April 3. .le*e lames, the notorious outlaw, is dead, lie was shot down in this city thi* morning by two men who were in hi* confidence and who had planned a raid for to night. After the Blue Cut robbery in September last Jatnea wa* in biding at hi* mother's house at Kear ney, near Kansas City. He remained there for a few week* and kepi very quiet. Some time in November he came here to St. Jonepb and established himself in a little shanty in the south eastern part of tLe city. Hi* wife, who wa* devotedly attached to him, and who is young and rather pretty, came with him. Although there ha* long been a price upon the head* of the James boy*, i'e**e paid no attention to it. His many hairbreadth escapade* had made bun oblivious to danger. Instead of going to 'lexas, an had been bis custom when hunted down too closely hereto fore, he remained in Missouri, only tak ing care to keep out of sight. He had been living very quietiv in this city, al ways kept himself well armed to guard against surprise, and his shanty was a regular arsenal. TUE HEN WHO KILLED J*ME*. Since the shooting it is learned that Jc*se had been planning another des perate raid, with the help of two broth er* named Robert and Charles Ford. Just who these men are is not known. It i* believed they have been engaged in robberies with him before, but they cliim that they have been on hi* track for a long time, with the intention of rapturing him and claiming the heavy rewards offered by the express com |>snies that have suffered from bis dep. redation* and the State authorities However that may be tbey were in his confidence, Charles had been at his house for several weeks and Robert came a week or ten days ago. These two men are the ooe* who shot down their chief to-day without giving him a second's warniug. James always wore belt stuffed full of revolver* of the Istosi pattern. They were always loaded and he never took a step without them. If the ford brother* had given him eaue for the slightest suspicion he would have shot them down without hesita tion. He had often treated detectives j who had tried to gain his confidence in just that manner and he would not have hesitated to do it again. It is thought for this reason that the Ford* had been with him before and were well known to him. and it i not impossible that they tw-canie frightened at the general breaking up ot the band and tbe many arrests of late, and sought to cover their own track* and make themselves right at the same time with the authorities by taking the life of the great outlaw. Where Women Yete, WYOMING'S UOVERNUR TKLLS HOW THET EX ERCISE THEIR RIGHT OP SITTRAGR. "Women don't w*nt to hold office," said Governor John W. Hoyt, of Wyom ing Territory, in hi* lecture on woman suffrage last evening before a large audience in Association Hall; "they do not care for public life. l>uring all my experience in Wyoming Territory. where women are ciiiteiis and bold tbe same civil right* a* men. I have not heaid of one woman who desired active public life. A man may think one way and hi* wile another way, and yet they can get along harmoniously. The pres ent Wyoming delegate in Congress is the strongest kind of a Democrat and hi* wife i* one of the liveliest Republi can* I ever saw. In many instance* within my own observation the husband and the wife hold different political views. "It is interesting to know how woman w*s obtained in Wyoming," continued Governor Hoyt. "A saloon keeper one day said to hia wife : 'Betty, it is a shame that I should be a member of the Legislature and make law* for fou when you are *o much better than .' Of course Betty agreed with him. When this man went to work at hi* bill for woman suffrage people smiled and the member* of the Legisture smiled. Rut he was a shrewd man. He went to the Democratic member* and said : 'Here, you may a* well vote for this, be cause even if it done pern, which ia doubtful, the Republican Governor will veto it and you can thus show your liberality.' He told the Republican members that tbe bill wouldn't pas* and that tbey bwl better put themselves on the good lid* of tbe record anyway. Tbe reeult astonished everybody. Tbe bill peased by a great majority, and tbe Governor, John A. Campbell, signed it. Tbe next Legislature tried to repeal the bill, but oouldn't. Yon see, the women voted tbe wrong ticket,'' NO. 14.