aljr Centre Democrat. SHUOERT X VAN ORMEK, Editors. VOL. 4. sht tCmttr gl mortal. Turmi SI.M) per Annum.in Advance. g T. SHUOERT A J- R- VAN ORMER, Editors. Thursday Morning, October, 12. 1802. Democratic Stale Ticket. FOR GOVERNOR, ROBERT K. PATH SON, of Phila. rOU LIEUTENANT OOYKUNoR, CHAUNCY F. BLACK, of York. FOR JUDGE of lh SI'PREUK COURT, SILAS M. CLAIIK, of Indiana. FOR SECRETARY of INTERNAL AFFAIRS. •J. SIMPSON AFRICA, of Hunting. FOR UONGUES3MAN AT LARGE, M( )RTIM KR F. ELLIOTT, of Tioga. Democratic County Ticket. FOR CONGRESS. Hou. A. G. CURTIS, of Centre. FOR STATE SENATE 11. .11. C. T. A LEX AN DEU, of Centr e- FOR ASSEMBLY. P HENRY MEYER, of Miles, B. 11.I 1 . IILNTER, of Renner. FOR JURY COMMISSIONER. J. 11. TOLBERT, of Walker. FOB CORON KR. H. K. HOY, M. D., of Bellefonte. Leonard Rhone Declines. We have received the following letter r>f declination from Leonard Rhone, who was placed in nomination by the Repub licans, at their convention, held some lime ago, for the Legislature in which lie returns the empty honor conferred wiiii a genteel "No, thank you." | FCOPY.) CENTRE HALL, Pa., Oct. 7, 18*2. A. 11. FIRST, KMJ, < CHAIRMAN CENTER COUNTY REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, DEAR SIR : Your letter, of September 26t0, announcing my notni i-alion as a candidate for the House of 1,-presentatives of the general Asaem b!y is received. I'nder existing circumstances I can- M iiot accept the jtosition tendered n.a, ■t and hereby respectfully decline it. LEONARD RUONK. j Tin Hon. J. I'. Wickersbam, late SuperintendenV of Public Instruction, who was recently appointed Minister Resident of the.United -States at Copen hugan, soon tired of his mission. He has resigned and returned last week to bis residence st Lancaster, in this State. SENATOR LEE, of Venango county, has received the Republican nomination for re-election in the forty-eighth district This Senator was one of the few who spat upon the authority and dictation ol Cameron. His nomination has been holly contested by the boss ring for some weeks. TIIE stalwart report put in circulation that the clerks in the Philadelphia Con troller's office were each assessed SSO for campaign purposes, ia authoritative' ly denied. Controller Pattiaon says no such assessments were made, nor will be allow any to be made by any party upon the employes of his office. CONOBEASNAN KASSON, of lowa, seems to be a very hopeful stalwart. He can see nothing in the situation in New York and Pennsylvania "at all discour s aging." His parly in these .Slates would -* be glad to look Through his glaases, and we have no doubt Secretary Folger and * Gen. Reaver would be willing to part with a considerable amount of flubbell and Cooper's assessment plunder, to obtain duplicates of these glasses. AMONG the articles sold on the slh H Inst., says a Washington correspondent of the World, of condemned property of g the Treasury Department, was a lot of I cologne end bay runr, the relics of the Sherman administration. There were also some finger bowls disposed of which ware used in the lunches given at night in the Department to the friends of Secretary Sherman while they were waiting for the returna of the Cbioago convention. These were sold of course ss government property, having been paid for out of the contingent fund, and charged respectively as disinfect ant* and etndles. Tlio Senator. ♦ _ Tbo Hon. Cyrus T. Alexander, of this place was tiomiruded for reelection to the Senate by the Ih-moerntic Conferees of this district on Fiiday Inst. This I conference has been in a dead-look for the last two weeks. Centre presenting Mr. Alexander, Clearfield, James Flynn : and Clinton S. Woods Caldwell, and is another evidence of the rotten method so generally Adopted, of the personal I choice of conferees to represent the in : dividual aspirants, instead of being the representatives of the party to act for ; the interests of the party. We have he- i fore expressed our unqualified dissent i from this practiceofallowing candidates to select conferees instead of the Coun j tv Conventions performing this duty. They should be party representatives, not the representatives of personal am hitioh, and should he chosen with care for their discretion and ability to ; di-cover the interests of the party, and the opportune moment when individual j preference should surrender to the gen eral interest. In the nomination of Mr. Alexander, however, we believe the pub lic interest has been largely subserved, ; by the choice of the most capable and experienced man mentioned. His re- ! turn to the Senate at this particular time when familiarity with the rules and the necessities which require vigi | lrntcare and discreet ami intelligent action to obtain a fair representation in Congress, as well as in the legislation of the Common wealth, in both of which the Democratic party of Pennsylvania has ' been shamelessly deprived for many years, pointed to the choice mule w lb j peculiar emphasis. And while we con gratulate the party on the result, still : we cannot but regret that this con sum j mation, has been attended by a disgrace- | ful transaction the result of the vicious system before alluded to, in which we are bappy to know Mr. Alexander is en tirely exempt and had no agency what eve. The disreputable transaction to i which we merely allude, rest* entirely i tietween the candidates or their repre ' sentatives, of Clinton and Clearfield, which will probably lead to legal investi gation and forever stain the record of the men engaged in it as unworthy representatives of a great party, wliode. sire no machine work in which money or dishonor.-sb'e truckstering forms the ba sis. The disgrace thus entailed upon the parly, rests with Clinton and Clear field for its proper treatment U|x>n the parties participating. It is just to Mr. Flynn to say that he was absent, and unless the impropriety committed was the result of previous arrangement, may not have been personally responsi ble for the act of those conducting his ransa*. Put thisis for him to explain. Mr. Caldwell, however, was present, and if the fscts are not dilOrent from what has been represented to us, his record | certainly is not clear and al>ovn suspi cion. If, as has been stated, he invited reimbursement for withdrawing from the canvas in favor of the nomination of Mr. Flynn, and then using that as a means to enforce his own nomination, then his conduct was reprehensible. Put this may not be correct. For his sake as well as for the sake of the peo. people who honored him, we hope ii is not. The noble Democracy of Clinton ; are the last people in the Common wealth who would justify and sustain a trickster. Put however the facts may be between the parties implicated, Mr Caldwell in his article published in the Ari/y Jour nal, ol Dock Haven, on Saturday las', said "There is not a breath of suspicion against Mr. Alexander who knew noth ing of the affair until informed by Mr. Caldwell." We might add that from the. published statements of both Mr. Caldwell and Mr Flynn "there is not a i breath of suspicion" against Mf. Alex' i ander's conferees, and therefore the i nomination being made "without a breath of suspicion" being attached to him or the conduct of lift cofifere, why should it not stand unchallenged? if, aa it ia believed that the County committee of the several rountiea are to be convened to deliberate on the sub ject, we see no reason why Mr. Alexan der should be a victim of irregularities in which he bad no concern. Tin Democratic majority in Georgia at the late election, it is believed will I e sixty thousand. Governor-elect Steph ens hewing sent in his resignation of the office of Congressman an election to fill the vacancy baa been ordered by the Governor, to take place on the 7th tf November. "KqUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE TO ALL HEN, OK WHATEVER HTATK OB FKKHUANION, RELIGIOUS OK KoLITK AL."—Jefforw-r, BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 12, 1882. Base Slander Promptly Refuted. I 'elany nn,l oilier ilirtv dog of the ' machine Republicans have been private ly circulating a story among Iri h citi. ! Den* to the rff.-ct that Mr. Pattison tie nouneed the Irish in a speech on the steps of Independence Hall in iNHI. This being reported to Mr. Puttison by , a friend in Pittsburg, h • wiitea this em- | phatic denial: CITV CONTROL!.tit's Di rut. I'iim.a October til It. IN.S2- Mv RMRSIK: —I thank \>>u for your friendly teller of the lith. Let me answer your inquiry directly ; You want to know if a< I am charged by one tjallauher (said t be n ,vntch man at the Public Roihling* in liarri> burg). 1 made a speech in Philadelphia, ill which it is alleged the following lan j guage was used : "The M and the ll' must go to the rear. Honesty and de eency have come to the front and the j It's and the MO D can go to their old calling of cariying the hod." I never ' made any such speech, ill whole or in part, and never tittered at nnv tone nnv such language or anv • ntonco that could tie so construed. The whole mat ter i an en'ire fabrication designed to i irijtire nie with a |e>rtin of mv fellow citizens, and is tlie last elFirl o( ttie Hose* ati'l their corrupt employes to , mislead the people and titns prevent an j honest expression of public opinion and aid them in ret lining their control of j power. I cannot believe, however, that j it can have any such i licet at this time, j Respectfully. etc., KORXRT K. PATTISON. TO .TARES IRW IN, Esq. This denial is supported by the report of the speech male by Mr. Pattison, as published in the 7 \mrt, the I'rttt, the 11/mri and the Is igtr at the time of it* delivery. . In this the hand of Itoss who degrades the office of secretary of Stale is plainly seen. Wholesale falsehood and dishonorable method* constitute the capital lie relies upon. He has practiced it before and had the same sneaking, cowardly curs to peddle hi* | lie* among the Irish citizens. He did no when Hill was a candidate and hi* subservient tool* were then a* now I te tany and Gallagher, and for which ser vice they nre retained in position* at Harrisburg and fed on the plunder \ stolen from the people. The Irish citi 1 ten* have liecmne fsmihsr with the ; character of these scoundrel* ar.d know just whit credit to give the n. It will not win this tune. Startling Facts For Taxpayers to Consider. " The ordinary expenditure f >r State government in IWVO was $'.M7.91 I.HJ. Thi* af'er the wr's close was annually rapidly iin teased, so that IHNO, includ ing half the expenses of Legislature for lf>79, properly chargeable to |r>SO, it reached the enormous figure of $1,962, 10.*) VJ, the fraction nl>ove its nnliions being more than the entire co*t in lftfiO and the entire u:n ju*t about five and a fourth times greater than twenty year* before. This sum, extravagant a* it is. doe* n it include the extraordinary payment* (or pur|io*e* resulting direct ly from the war, nor payment of inter est and princi pal on public debt. A like ratio of increase would eighteen j year* (ruin now make the annual ex | penditurn for ordinary State purpose* over twenty six million* of dollar*. No m in can—no tnan ought to —justify such I uncalled for and such unwarrantable ; lavishnes* with the people'* money. * a • • • • 1 'T admit that extravagance in expen j diture i* to-day tbe chief *in of nil del egated rule corporation, municipal. State and national. The Republican | party, being in power in State or nation I is properly held re(ion*ible, and mu*l purge itself from the ju*t charge of waste or early fall beneath the condem nation of a frugal people." The almve startling statement we give without comment. It i a statement that come* not (ruin a Democratic, or a Democratic writer, but from no lea a personsgi-than Hon Kli. Slifer, ex Sec" j retary of State under Governor Curlin. It is taken from hi* speech at a Stalwart meeting at Lewiaburg, on Monday, Sep teiulii-r IH, and conlaina much for the overburdened taxpayer to ponder over. PRTIR Court it in discussing tbe tariff question txdore the Commission, stated that what the country want* I* "a per. manent and stable tariff thai will not lie broken up every ten years," Yea, that's it. One baaed on common sense, and within the liinita of the Conatilu. lion, with honest and fair diacrimlna lion in favor ol our labor industries, and not exclusively in the interest# of monopolies snd corporation*, as at pve sent. The Keveiinea nud Debt. - The proposition of Senator .lone*, -< tionlo Sen ator .1 ones' programme, and although tie hints at s- me devtce for removing it lie full* to iibow any g >d reason to be -1 lieve that a practicable an I acceptable plan can be d -vised. Through the op : eration* of the various refunding larty and men and measures : baa bcc.me a necessity in the work of 1 reform and economy. The misgovern - ment of twenty year* of uninterrupted 1 plunder and extravagance cannot he i corrected by tbe parly who has been engaged in end tolerated it. Tnx official authorities of William , sport appear to he in trouble again, f This time the mayor and council ar* • indicted for not keeping tbe streets in {useable order. .A * A Golden Texts. Ihe great speech of Mr. Pnttissri is | full ol golden texts that may be read with profit by all thinking men desirous of reaching the best tet-ults by an hon e-t ex< rcisc of the elective frunchiie' We give a few of these : i "One of the greatest evils in our pulili i '•) system i tin- low estimate of duty held j by public function*,let. This arise, from their failure to r. rogni/. • this fundati ■ i tal . -b-a ■ f our government That n publt, office l n public trust, to fie executed t-r i the benefit of the whole (ample, to whom alone officials owe responsibility and of ; whose will they shoti d b<- the fhitljf .'. , x ponents. When this - nr-jiti-n ofdutv l b-M siglit if i r modified, the wav is open for an immedinla, certain and < -t.- -tant degeneracy of the pub': scrv e, "Aw ISK economy must I enh-n din i the public expense. Profuse ex(n-'iditure j by government i not only b /-,)■ i..-.tit- in i itself, but generates in otn, i!. „ s|,irit of j profligacy w hit h |.<-rm<-ates even j-rivst'- j life. Extravagance breed, i-xtrnvi gance ■ Every usele*s ,*xpcriditur,.- treat- - ~u -x --| ,-use. if it do--, not cause a : I --nity I r : further watte " , "THE abolition of unnec,- -arv ~l!i cople of Philadelphia from the bondage of the bos* ring, and dis|-crscd J the robbers who w*r<- annually bank j ruptiug their public treasury. - Tnr Independent Republican* held a | mass meeting in Doylestown on Thur* ' day, at which Gen. Koontz and Tho*. M. Marshall were lb* )>rincipal sj-eakcrs. j They both handled the f'amr-ron ring j without gloves. We quote from the brief report of the T.mtt ' Gen. Koootz asserted that there has not been a Republican State Con rent inn |in tbe last fifteen years where the ! nominees were not the cho re of the people, but that the nominations were made beforehand by <'anieron and his petty henchmen in a room in iheLocbiel llotel, at liarfisburg. There was no place in this State, he said, for master and slave, and the Independent* in tended to stand up like men until the system of |fer#onal dictation in politic* was stam|>ed out forever from the an nals of the State. General KoonUspoke over an hour. "Mr. Marshall followed in a speech of over an hour's duration and when be stepped to the front of the stage he wa greeted by a storm of applause. III* sfseecb was a plain, vigorous and earne*t effort. He denounced Cameron and hia political methods in term* of un measure,! ssventy. S.nron Cameron, he said, wa* courageous, cunning and smooth as a kid glove, while Ikin bad been in politics so long that he looked dowQ on the people in disdain. The manner of Rawle'a nomination for Su preme Judge seemed particularly odious to Mr. Marshall. 'lkin Cameron,' said Mr. Marshall, 'bribed the delegate* to that convention for William Henry Hawle and I am re*|>onaihle for what I say when I make thi* assertion. Alto . gether that wa* a queer convention. The head i* here to-night seated upon the stage,' pointing to Ex Attorney General Lear. 'So is the tail,' said the ■ speaker, buttoning up his eoat and drawing himself up in a defiant attitude. 'lt is not often you see th* head and tail both in opposition to tbe othet parts of the organisation. The dele i gates to that convention were bought.'" "It is good for brethren to dwell to gether in unity." ia an ancient proverb very happily illustrate! by the enemies 1 of Democracy to day. , FRANK JARVS the celebrated Mosouii , outlaw has voluntarily surrendered , himself to Governor Crittenden and , wrote a letter that be is prompted to , thi* act through consideration 'or his wife and children and a desire to clear his name from the sbadowa upon it. , be ia not so bad as he ia painted ; that be ' has the thoughts and impulses of a man and that he desires to gnin the rcsjiect oMiis fellowmen lie ask* amnesty if , possible, and suggests that Frank James humbled, repentant, and reformed will he an example before the world more fraught with good to the rising genera tion than Frank -lames the outlaw nnd . wanderer. After a verdict of a the i Court the Governor assures him if the i question of a pardon seem* justifiable he will consider it? TKHMS: $1.50 JU-I* Annum, in Advance. AN OHIO TRIUMPH! The State *ftol!s Up a Demo crat. c Majority." Returns from over Five Hundred Districts ifivo a Trcmendottn Gain for tho Democracy. The Majority Estimated nt 9.000. riTi I .',!] 1.1, (j,, Ctttiui 'mi Mlu ' October JO. - Returns 'nirii tin* i ii* election. an* coining in rapidly Jin* gain* and losses icported .in* I* !ij a K r -mparison with the voii' (or gown I, when the re tid j .-.n majority ■. 'J. Tlirm liuii'iia.l > TI • 1 -i* tv two precincts give a •l-morratieg.in of f. 207. At the Name i ti<* tin- democratic majority in the state will be **l ►IN.I. UETIEX. MI Ml.' , Oclol'l*R 10.— Fire hundred and forty*five precincts and ward* ►how a net democratic gain of 12,-78. Tbn reports already received are from all parts of the Hate and indicate a gen eral democratic gain. In I'incinnati, Columbus, Cleveland and Toledo the democrats gain largely. MEFKR'S wotrri. HLICIII. WSHIIMCROK, < ictober 10.—The follow ing telegram WH. received here to night from Speaker Kiefer: "Springfield, O. I " ill certainly be elected but reports from the state are not encouraging." Kicrta. Still better. Later rej>ort run the Democratic triumph up to twelve or fif teen thousand. II arki \\ niTt is again the Republican candidate for Goongres* in the twenty sixth district, and it i reported is in dan ger that his party will run away from him and elect the other fellow. THE absenoe of the President from bis official duties at the seat of govern ment for two or three months, is of little importance to the {-eople, but when all the cabinet and bead officials are also absent on political junketing, it don't look well. Arroavrv Gtar.iui. Hat WSTEK is on the stump. He made a speech in Philadel phia on Saturday evening last, in which he denounced -Senator Mitchell as an ingrate, and made a strong appeal m favor of the bossism of Don Came • ron and the elect ion of Gen. Leaver. THESE is much said in the paper. about the comet splitting up into parta. Nothing remarkable in this. It is only following the example of the Republi can party, and probably, like the ; "grand old party" has became so rotten, corrupt and tyrannic*! in its progress, that it could not hold together. Boas Qt;xr, it appears, has become : chief engineer of the Cameron machine. Cooper baring done the dirty work and collected the corruption plunder, tbe experienced and accomplished Quay it called in to put it where it will accom plish the best results for the Loaa ticket. He is an adept in the business, and if Gen Leaver is not elected under his methods, it will be because this year tbe market it not healthy for machine pro ! ducts. Tut tails to Loss tickets this year seems to have Wen very insecurely at tached. First the machine ticket of Pennsylvania lost its nether extremity by the withdrawal of Mr. Marshall, and now the machine ticket of Sew York is destitute of thai appendage by tbe refusal of Mr. Hepburn to accept tbe nomination of Congressman atdarge. From the refusal of prominent gentle* men'tci lend tbrmselvr* in the repara tion of damage, it is natural to ooncluwfe that the fimnrnt f.mily do not els m residence in that Ktata. Tut Republican*conferees ,nf this Congressional district met at this place on Tuesday and nominated .Samuel H . Grtig. . of t'nion oounty, as their osndidale for Congress, Mr. Or wig in at present a practicing lawyer at Iwia burg. Some years ago he opened as* office in Philadelphia, but was obliged to quit practice in that city under die creditable en cum stance.. Mis repute Uon it notsuoh to inspire a belief tbnt the Republican* of the 20th district will I he very earnest in the support the* ' give him.' NO. .10