SHUGERT & VAN ORMER, Editors.
VOL. 4.
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s. T. SHUGERT & J. R. VAN ORMER. Editors.
Thursday Morning, July, 13, 1882.
Democratic State Ticket.
FOR GOVERNOR,
ROBERT E. PATTISON, of Phila.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
CHAUNCY F. BLACK, of York.
FOR JUDGE ortlie SUPREME COURT,
SILAS M. CLARK, of Indiana.
FOR SECRETARY of INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
J. SIMPSON AFRICA, of Huntin'g.
FOR CONGRESSMAN-AT-LABGE,
MORTIMER F.ELLIOTT, of Tioga.
THE prospects for a large peach
crop in Delaware and Maryland were
never so flattering as at present. It
is estimated that it will exceed by
over a million baskets any proceeding
year.
THE committee on Commerce in
the Senate add two millions to the
River aud Harbor bill steal, as it
passed the House, making the amount
to be appropriated by the theiving
hill 819,400,000.
NEARLY a thousand Mormon con
verts arrived in New Y r ork on Sunday
of'last week by steamer from Liverpool.
They are mostly seandanavians, far
mers aud mechanics, and tolerably
well off* for meaus.
IT would be interesting to know
how William Henry Rawle, likes his
Christmas gift obtained through the
"damnable methods" of Boss rule. It
must possess a disagreeable odor now,
that the demand is made to surrender
it to Boss Cooper.
CONGRESS is still after the surplus
revenue, and have forced through
Robeson and Keifers big job of re
pairing old worthless monitors, re
fusing to accept any guards over the
expenditure of the money or its ap
plication to party uses.
Gov. CURTIN authorizes a contra
diction of the report put in circulation
that he expressed dissatisfaction in the
nomination of Mr. Pattison, or pro
nounced him a weak candidate. The
report is without toundation. He
thinks Pattison a strong candidate
aud will he elected.
THE HON. WILSON MCCANDLESS,
a retired Judge of the United States
District Court died at his residence in
Pittsburg, on the 90 ult., in the seven
ty-third year of his age. He was ap
pointed judge by President Buchanan,
and served until retired on full salary
by special act of Congress in 1876.
THE Senate has reduced the bill of
expenses incured by the illness and
death of President Garfield as presen
ted by the committee, from 8110,000
to $57,000, and still the charges of
physicians and others can only be con
sidered an extravagant and extortion
ate plunder. Dr. Bliss' allowance at
the reduced rates is SIOO,OO per diem.
GUITEAU was huDg at the time ap
pointed on the 30 ult., and after the
Doctors get through with his brains to
determine whether he was a fool or a
stalwart knave, or both together, it is
to be hoped the country will be reliev
ed of further notice of the assassin.
He has expiated his part of the great
crime—its effects will remain until
1884.
BLACKGUARDS IN CONGRESS. On
Friday last, Butterworth.a Republican
member of congress from Ohio, he
came excited over the strictures ofMr.
Baine, a Republican member from
Pennsylvania, on the Republican Presi
dent, indulged in indecent remarks —
so indecent and of such a blackguard
character as to be unfit for publication.
The brute didn't appear to realize the
impropriety of"his speech until a Dem
ocratic member moved that the ladies,
who were in the gallary in large num
bers, be requested to retire.
"EQUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE TO ALL MKN, OK WHATKVKH BTATK OK I'ERHI'AKION, RKLIOIOUB OR POLlTlCAL."—Jefferson.
The Convention and its Work.
The late Democratic State Con
vention was undoubtedly one, if not
the most intelligent and harmon'ous
political body ever assembled in the
Stale. But one purpose animated
all, and that was to place before the
people such candidates as could be
relied upon by their intelligence and
the purity of their records, to work
out the reforms so much needed to
restore the government of the State to
the economy and simplicity of honest
administration in all its branches.
The long decade of Boss and Machine
rule, by which peculation and fraud,
and a disregard of law and the rights
and equality of representation, has
become such a reproach to the Com
monwealth that honest men can no
longer tolerate the degragatiou, or
endure the lash of the boss ring to
continue them. Hence, the Demo
crats, as well as honest men in the
the Republican party, are earnest in
the determination that the reproach
shall be removed and reform be in
augurated. It is this that brings to
the front the best men of either party
in protest against the methods of the
machine corruption instituted by the
Camerons and maintained by their
adherents and dishonest henchmen.
To affect this great object, the Inde
pendent Republicans have presented
candidates pledged to partial reform,
or at least claiming equal rights in
the management of the party
machinery and participation in the
spoils of office at present monopolized
by the Stalwarts to their exlusion.
And now, the Democrats present to
the voters of tire State candidates
whose record in public aud private
life, is ample guaranty of faithful,
devoted, intelligent administration of
public affairs for the general good of
all alike without regard to political or
individual supremacy of any one man
who may assume to own and control
the organization of party. They are
before the people and challenge the
most searching investigation as to
their fitness to give emphasis to the
reform so much needed, aud so loudly
demanded.
The candidate for Governor is
ROBERT E. PATTISON, of Philadel
phia. lie is yet a young man, in his
thirty-second year, but has achieved a
record for honesty and efficiency in
public life that might be envied by
any man in three score years of
service. He is a lawyer aud was in
practice of his profession in 1878,
when the people of Philadelphia
began to realize that they were un
necessarily plundered and robbed by
the corrupt ring control which per
vaded all the departements of the
city government, called Mr. Pattison
to the front, anil although a Demo
crat, elected him controller by a
majority of 1962 over James W.
Sayre, the Republican candidate. So
satisfactory was bis terra of office and
so powerful an auxiliary in helping
Philadelphia to honest government,
that in the party excitement of the
Presidential election which gave to
Garfield 29,889 majority and to W. E.
Little, the Republican candidate for
Clerk of the Quarter Sessions 21,766
majority, Mr. Pattison, the Demo
cratic candidate was re-elected con
troller by 19,594 majority. Mr. Patt
son is a reformer.
Our candidate for Lieutenant Gov
ernor is CIIAUNCY F. BLACK, of York
county, lie is the worthy son of the
Hon. Jeremiah S. Black —a gentle
man of fine intellectual attainment, an
accomplished writer, a most graceful
orator, if not possessing the aggres
sive force of his illustrious sire,
comes as near him in power to enforce
the principle of Jeftersoniau Demo
cracy as the true creed of the Demo
cratic republican government, as any
other man of his age aud experience
can. Mr. Black's nomination was ode
entirely creditable to the convention
that made it, and is a fitting second to
the aggressive reformer first named.
He is about forty years of age.
EELLEFONTE, l'A., THURSDAY, JULY US, 1882.
Our candidate i'or Supreme Judge
SILAS M. CLARK, of Indiana county,
is one or the ablest jurists in
the State. He was a member of the
Constitutional Convention, in which
he took high rank among the
able men who composed that body.
He is in the prime of life, studious
and earnest in his profession, and will
be an ornament to the bench, if
elected, as his nomination is creditable
to the convention who bring him to
the front.
Our candidate for Secretary of In
ternal Affairs is J.SIMPSON AFRICA,
of Huntingdon. This excellent and
fitting uomiuation was made by accla
mation with au enthusiasm highly com
plimentary to the nominee. The office
was in pursuit of the proper man and
it is gratifying that it found him in
our ancient neighboring borough
among her very best and most es
teemed citizens. Mr. Africa possesses
rare ability for efficient and valuable
service to the Commonwealth in the
department for which he is designated.
He is a gentleman of fine culture,
purely honest aud honorable, with
the education and experience to as
sume at once intelligent control of the
office, iu which he formerly served so
acceptably as deputy under Gen. Mc
Cundless.
Our Candidate for Congressman at
large is MORTIMER F. ELLIOTT, of
Tioga county. He is a lawyer of con
siderable eminence, large practice and
and great personal popularity. Like
Mr. Clark he was a member of the
Constitutional Convention of 1879,
and took au active part in its dclihet'i
ations. He is an able speaker, an ag
gressive Democrat, and will he heard
from iu the discussion of the issues of
the campaign, as well as in the < on
gress of the Country at Washington.
His home is in Wellsboro.
Take the ticket, all iu all, and the
platform of principles to which it is
pledged, the Democracy of Pennsyl
vania cannot too highly commend the
work of its representatives. It is a
grand selection, and and will be grand
ly sustained and ratified at the polls.
Tho Bosses in a Quandary.
• Chairman Cooper of the stalwart
Republican committee is making vig
orous efforts to compromise with the
Independent Republicans. lie propo
ses that the candidates on both the Re
publican tickets withdraw and submit
to the arbitrament of a new conven
tion. It is said he has obtained the
consent of the candidates composing
the Cameron ticket, to this course, and
has called a meeting of the committee
to consider the subject aud open nego
tiation with the Independents. This
proposed dicker, while it shows weak
ness and alarm on the part of the stal
warts, with a reasonable appearance of
humility, will not he available. The
time for effective political diplomacy
passed over with the 10th of May con
vention. Harmony now is impos
sible until one or the other of the con
tending factions are victors. Cameron
cannot afford to allow Gen. Ileavcr to
be retired, as that would he tanta
mount to his surrender, under compul
sion, of all leadership of his party in
the future. Nor are the Independents
in any better position, as their demand
is the unconditional retirement of
Gen. Beaver, who is considered, wheth
er justly or Dot, the only one who re
presents Cameron's controlling power,
und upon whose candidacy rests, whe
ther in success or defeat, his hopes
of continued supremacy in the party
councils, or a chance of re-election to
the Senate. This see ms to be the situ
ation, aud it does not promise a favor*
able outlook for reconciliation.
IT is proposed to hold a National
Labor Convention in the city of
Washington, with a representation of
the Labor Uniuns throughout the
country to appoint a committee of
seven to make arguments before the
committee recently ordered by the
Senate to investigate the relations be
tween Capital and Labor, the subject
of labor strikes and the causes thereof.
Why Pattison is Strong.
Phil. Tinifn.
It is conceded on all sides that Mr.
Pattison is a very strong Democratic
candidate for Governor—stronger even
than his party. It is known that he
will lose some so-called Democratic
votes. There are a few ragged-edge
Democrats who have the best reason for
opposing Pattison. They know that he
is inherently and resolutely honest,
and honest Governors and Controllers
are not to their liking. They are mere
tenders to the Republican boss, and
can be commanded at any time for the
Republican machine ticket when their
aid is needed.
Hut the fact that Mr. Pattison is not
the favorite of corrupt Democrats, is
one of the chief elements of his popular
strength. The open, malignant opposi
tion of a few Democrats co-Republican
Bosses of Pattison's re-election in 1880,
made him thousands of honest Repub
lican votes, and the Republicans who
then sustained him are more than grat
ified with their work by tho blameless
official record inado by the Controller.
There have been times when a union
of Democratic and Republican Bosses
was omnipotent, hut now there could
be no surer persecutor of defeat than
such a combination in favor of any can.
didate. Pattison and Stewart are not
threatened with such a peril, but Beaver
js not entirely safe from it.
There is another reason for Pattison's
popular strength in the present quick
ened demand for reform, that has thus
far played only an unimportant part in
the campaign. The Republican State
platform congratulates the party on its
•'honesty and economy in the national
and State administration," and this is
one of the years in which the people
are carefully reading party promises
and severely testing them. The Re
publican party came into power in this
State in 1861, and the cost of the State
government then was $947,911.83, ex
clusive of interest and reduction of debt.
The Republican administration of Gov.
ernor Curtin, even with all the enor
mously increased expenditures of war
and the highest inflation of values |
known in this age, increased the State
expenditures to only $1,431,45G.G7, in
1565. In 1860 the Cameron machine ]
entrenched itself in the Republican
citadel and for fifteen years it has been
supreme in every channel of Republi
can power in the state. With it came
reckless profligacy; the creation of
offices for favorites ; the lavish waste of
public money to reward partisan
henchmen and the absolute subordina
tion of Republican integrity and man
hood to the cohesive power of public
plunder.
In 1870 after three years of machine
rule in the State, the annual expendi
tures in time of peace, had grown to
$2,228,970.27, being an increase of
$1,281,,058.44 over the expeses when
the party assumed power, and an in
crease of $797,436.60 over the expendi
tures under Governor Curtin with.the
extraordinary demands of war to meet.
But the profligacy of Boss government
was not content with the expenditures
of 1870. The Auditor General's report
shows that the cost of the State govern
ment for 1880, including its share for
the Legislature, foots up the enormous
amount of $4,962,195.59 —the fraction
over its millions being more than the
entire cost of the government in 1860,
when the Republican party first attain
.ed power. This expenditure does not
embrace either interest or principal of
public debt. It is simply the regular
annual, and presumably legitimate, ex
penditures of the State government.
There is a legitimate increase iu schools
ftnd judiciary, made by the constitu
tion, but that is little more than half a
million, and tho other expenditures are
mainly or wholly the creation of ma
chine legislation.
Tho people of Pennsylvania have
lately been carefully reading and con
sidering the record made by Controller
Pattison in Philadelphia, and they have
learned that his entry into the Controll
er's office dated the beginning of the
practical reform that has changed the
city from a $2,25 tax rate and threo
millions annual increase of debt with
little or no improvements, to a $1.95
tax ruts, an annual surplus of a million
and substantial improvements in every
department, and that is just the sort of
an administration they want in Penn
sylvania. Tbey see the State expendi
tures mora than double the first ten
years of Kepublican administration and
then more than double again iu the
second ten years, swelling the expendi
tures from $947,91 I.S.'J in 18G0 to $4,1(02,
105.59 in 1880, and when they study
the history of Philadelphia under Con
troller Pattison they will strongly in
j clino to the opinion that he has just
about the qualites for their complaint.
As a mere regulation Democratic candi
date tor Governor Mr. Pattison would
have few elements of strength. He has
never popularized himself in the regula
tion machine way : but as the most
! stubborn and successful representative
of honest government the .State can
boast of he is certain to prove the most
formidable Democratic candidate pre
sented by that party for many years,
and frieuds and foes may as well look
the tact squarely in the face,
TIIB Philadelphia Times thinks the
organs are sorely pressed these days to
earn their share of the party crumbs,
but they shoulden't get clear out of
sight of common sense in their blunders.
.Secretary Dunkle's Sunday Republic
admits that Pattison '"has made a good
Controller," but it insists that he "has
not a single qualification for the posi
tion of Governor, except that he is in
telligent, has a High School education
and is honest." If Pattison has made
a good Controller and is intelligent and
honest, why won't he make a good Gov
ernor? Is it because he won't steal and
won't pardon to oblige Bosses? The
people want an intelligent and honest
Governor, and it looks as if they were
about to get one.
TIIE Philadelphia Record of yesterday
says: Kx-Governor Curtin arrived at
the Continental hotel last night on a
flying visit from the national capital.
From what he knew of the political sit
uation in Pennsylvania the outlook was
exceedingly promising for democratic
success. "The ticket is a strong one,"
said the ex governor, "and will win.
Pattison, I understand, is a man of
ability and will grow in strength as the
campaign progresses. The convention
voiced the sentiments of young and pro
gressive democracy, and it did its work
well." The ex-governor expressed his
willingness to do all in his power to
elect the whole democratic ticket.
AT a conference of the Democratic
candidates, placed in nomination at
the late convention, on Tuesday last in
Philadelphia, W. U. IIENSEL of the
was unanimonsly
of the Democratic
State Committee. This is a
noble selection, and means intelligence
and life in the struggle now opening
for reform Democratic government in
Pennsylvania.
"BARKUS IS WILLING." Mr. Brosius
formally accepts the nomination for
Congressmau-at-large on the Cameron
ticket and approves the platitudes of
the 10th of May Convention as the
"highest code of political ethics ever
promulgated by any political organi
zation." Of course he means that por
tion of the platform derived from the
Independents, and adopted with diris
ivc sneers and laughter as "baits to
catch grudgeons." This "high code of
political ethics," do not compare favor
ably with the assessment circulars of
Chairman Cooper and the Congres
sional Committee. But Bro
sius has never made the comparison.
OUR friend Gen. Beaver, is quite a
funny man and could not refrain from
perpetrating a good joke, even when
speaking seriously to his Republicans
friends in West Chester, the other day
Refering to the Republican party he
said "Whenever that party becomes
corrupt, I shall no longer have any
affiliation with it." The joke was good
but was it not somewhat unkind to
call up the recollections of 187(1-1880,
as well as many other events "that
party" desires to be forgotten.
A TERRIBLE steamboat disaster oc
curred on the Ohio River, near Mingo
Junction, on the Fourth of July. Two
vessels under full headway came in
collision, oue of which, the Sciota,
heavily laden with an excursion party
was so seriosly damaged as to sink im
mediately with all its living freight.
Many floated upon the water and were
rescued, but the dead bodies recovered
and the missing, will number in the
neighborhood of one hundred. Great
efforts are made to recover the bodies
of the dead, many of which are sup
posed to be in the bottom of the l>oat.
TEIIMS: $1.50 per Annum, in Advance.
(.'ONOKE6SMAN WALKER of'Lycorn
: ing is ii candidate fur re-election, but
: will be hotly opposed by aspirants in
| other counties of the Districts from
| which the votes are derived to elect a
| Congressman. Walker will have a
; prominent compitition for the nomi
nation in W. L. .lordon, proprietorof
; the Bradford Era, or Wallace Brown
jof iMcKeau eounty. Quinine v.ill
scarcely save Walker from a fall chill.
As EXAMPLE J;Y A SENSIBLE COL
ORED MAN'. Peter Griffin near Ameri
! wis, Ga., owns a farm of over .100 acres
1 all of which is under cultivation, lie
has 100 acres in corn this year, and
| will make 50 bales of cotton, ile has
|2O acres in oats, and raises on his
I place everything he needs,with a home
! fitted up with every convenience and
j comfort. lie has fine credit, but does
I not need it us he has more cash then
;he needs. The extent of his participa
| tion in politics is to vote for the best
man presented for office without regard
to color. Here is ail example of in
dustry and good sense that challenges
the emulation of his race everywhere.
THE twentv-two contested election
cases pending at the opening of the
present Congress have all been acted
upon by the Republican seating com
mittee, except six, Cook vs. Cuttefrora
the sixth district of Iowa; Anderson
vs. Reed, from the first district of
Maine ; Buchanan vs. Manuing, from
j the second district of Mississippi ;
Scssingham vs. Frost, from the third
Missouri district; Lee vs. Richardson,
from the first Sofftli Carolina ; and
Stovall vs. Cabell from the fifth Vir
ginia. Two cases are pending before
the House. Smalls, colored, vs. Till
man, lroin South Carolina; and
Smith vs. Shelly from Alabama. In
the case of Small vs. Tillman the com
mittee rccornend that the contestant
be seated, and in the other case that
the seat be declared vacant, the con
testant having died.
THE trial of the star-route thieves
which for some time past seemed to
look farcical and preseusious, has sud
denly assumed a startling aspect to the
theives. The discovery of important
documentary evidence is likely to
lead to serious results to Brady, the
Dorseys, and others, implicating Sena
tor Kellogg in the robberies. The
Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Times says: "Among the
testimony that will be presented for
the information of the grand jury will
lie a number of checks, showing the
disposition made of the illegal gains of
the riug, together with the names of
all the parties whose influence was se
cured. There has been great activity
observable to-day among the leadiug
members of the ring and secret confer
ences have been held with their coun
sel at the hotel where many of theni
are stopping and at Brady's private
residence. A strong pressure has been
brought t bear upon the President to
induce him to iuterfere and prevent
the reassembling of the grand jury,
ami it is said that Senator Kellogg
begged this boon on bis kuees. The
latest phase of these cases has struck
terror to the hearts of the defendants,
who have so frequently and openly
boasted that there would not be a con
viction by the jury, for the new evi
dence is stated to he substantiated by
the most unimpeachable witnesses. The
lriends ol Senator Kellogg resent the
idea of his complicity, and sav if he
was guilty ho is too sharp to have ever
put his name on a check of this kiud.
Senator Kellogg, on being interview
ed to-night, said that he had been in
directly connected with certaiu finan
cial contracts betweeu Walsh and
Price, but his connection was perfect
ly legitimate. Ile bad acted as an
arbitrator, and if his name appeared
ou any of the checks there would
no difficulty in showing to t lie sat infec
tion of the most prejudiced thai itc
was clear of nuy. conspiracy or fraud.
Attorney General Rrewster said day
or two ago that documentary evidence
had been discovered which would place
every one of the Dorsey and Brady
crowd in the penitenliary.
NO. 27.