■Xi)f OTl'ntt r Democrat. SIIIUERT & VAN OHM UK, Editors. VOL. 4. Xlir Crattr § mortal. Tonus 51.50 por Annum.ln Advance. ( S. T SHUGERT &J. R VAN ORMER. Editors. j Thursday Morning, October, 2C. 1882. 1 Democratic State Ticket. FOR GOVERNOR, I ( KOBKRT E. I'ATTUSON, of Phila. } FOR LIEUTENANT OOVEIINOR, CHAITNCY K. ISLACK, of York. s FOR Jl'MB of lli. SfPREMKCOt'RT, I SILAS M. CLAKK, of Indiana. 1 H>R SECRETARY INTERNAL AYF-llß* t .1 SIMPSON AFRICA, oflluntin'g. < roil CONGRESSM AN-AT LARGE, MORTIMER F.ELLIOTT, of Tioga. t Democratic ( ountj Ticket. | FOR CONGRESS. , lion. A.G. t TUTiN. of Centre. \ K"K UTATK SKNATK W.M. A. WALLACE, ofCiearticld. ( FoR ASSEMBLY. I HENRY MEYER, of Miles, 11. F. HUNTER, of Benner. 1 FOR JI'RY COMMISSIONER. , .1. H. TOLBERT, of Walker. FOR CORONER. | 11. K. HOY, M. I)., of Bellefonte. TIIK last Presidential election did not bankrupt Wm. 11. English of In diana. lie is assessed on tio2,olHl. THK Hon. John I). Defrees, late I . S. Public Printer died at llerklev Springs, Va., after a lingering illness, on the lDth inst. Ho was 71 years of ogo. •. U, BEHAVES who was booked to succeed Senator Pendleton, says he is out of politics, and will not l>e a randi- | date. Burglarized offices does not 4p|>ear to lie an inviting business this season. P<TM AATI-.K PIKRSON, of New- York, has sat squarely down on Jav Huhlielism. He announces that no employee of his office must either soli cit political assessments or pay them, under penalty of dismissal. SFKAKKR KEI FEU, has taken the stump in New Jersey to aid the re-elec tion of Robeson. Of course. Hav ing survived the Ohio deluge it is but natural he should desire to have his pal with him in the next Congress. 'DO O /I'T/ with thr Grrrnbark ram jtaiyn, and I frill foot thr hill," was the instructions of Boss (juay to his cmis" •aries in 1878 in order to elect GoV Hoyt. It is his instruction now to elect Beaver, with the same injunc tins"! will foot the bill." WE have it from a reliable source lhat the the Republicans have endeav- 1 ored, and are still trying, to buy votes in Centre county. Ifemocrats be on your guard, exp'>*e any one who may approach you with a tender of money or any other valuable consideration to influence your action at the polls. Senator MITCHELL has rctured from the western wilds, and has enter- ; el the canvass, and is bearing aloft lha Independent flag with great ear - and effect. IJe spoke the nth- 1 er day in Wellsboro and is hooked for active work up to the election. CHAIRMAN IIENSEI. of the Demo-1 eratic State committee offers a rewwrd of 5,000 dollars for the prosecution j and conviction of |>er*oii* who violate any of the statuDs of the Common wealth against bribery or corruption at elections. He will give 81,000 for the first conviction ; 8500 for each of the next t*o ; 81 Op for each the next ten; W0 for each of the next twenty and 110 for each the next bund red! These rewards arejo apply to any offences against said astute* committed between now and the time of the return cf the mdejay the elec tion officers, the in all eaaes to go to the party totffhnee efforts the proßecuting*otficer will certify the coo vi< lion is due. f- - * if - Tho Next Governor at Ilftmabursr. Robert E. Pattison, the Domoernfic 1 candidate for Governor, was given one of the most triumphant ovations at the home of the Cameron's on Friday eve ning last, that 11 a - been eonfern d upon any man in tlint city for many years* So great was the desire of the people to see the honest face of the accom plished reformer and hear the words of w i-doin and true Democracy which so distinguishes all his utterances in J his brief canvass of the State, that a : largo crowd was attract!d. Before the time for opening, the auditorium of the commodious Court house was tilled to its utmost capacity and hundreds were unable to gain admission,necessitating the organization of two meetings. The meeting in the Court house was presid ed over by the lion. Hamilton Aldries, who without any extended remarks introduced the Democratic candidate for Governor to the audience. Mr. Pattison made oneofhis most admirable and telling speeches in the interest of reform in our State Government, leg islative and executive —referring to the many abuses the people have endured by the boss rule and the loose manner of administration. The crowd who were unable to gain admittance ti the Court house, suffi cient of itself for a large mass meet ing, organized in the square in front, ami were addressed by Geo. \V. Huff man, of Philadelphia, anil bv Mr. Pattison after bis release from the meeting inside. This was undoubtedly a most significant and striking demon stration. Made in the citadel of the Camerons, it serves notice that the people are Resuming their own mastery and that the Boss ring and the dynas ty approach the end. THE Philadelphia Timm recently reviewing the political situation in Pennsylvania, comes to the conclusion that Gen. Beaver will In l Ix-atcn in more thao two-thirds of the counties, and remarks : "No intelligent and dispaasir.nate estimate based on the IK—t evidences now within reach, can give lb-aver a majority, or plurality over Pattison, in more than twenty of the sixty-seven counties, and itisquite possible that lie will not carry over fifteen counties. Stewart will poll lullv 30,000 voles in the three strong Republican counties of Philadelphia, Allegheny and Lancaster, and there will he comparatively small plurali ties for Beaver in the strong Republi can counties of the North uud North west. Beyond Bradford, Erie, War ren, Allegheny, Indiana and Somerset* he wiil have only nominal pluralities, if any, until he strikes the Republican line east of the Alleghenies, and in the counties conceded to liirn he will have a most lieggarly show of pluralities a* compared with the'old fashioned Re publican majorities. His defeat may l>e n*-tinted as assured unless some political miracle shall come to his res cue, and all signs must Ire at fault if he can escape with less than 50,000 plurality against him, with a combin ed jropular majority of 800,000 in pro test ngninst his elevation to theOuber- • national chair." Tut-; Republicans clnim the election ; of three incmliers of Congress in Ohio !by an aggregate majority of sixty three—Morey by 42; Hart by 13, nnd M'Kim by 8. These will proba bly Ire contested and if the Democrats have a majority in the next Congress, as they bnqtiestionahly will have, we trust they will not be influenced by the infamous example given them by the present Congress. This is an extra ordinary campaign in which millions jof dollars have Ireen fiweed from the employes of the Government, to de bauch elections. Contest* will afford opportunity for searching investiga tion of the expenditure of Hubbel's corruption fund which it is said was freely expended in Ohm, and no doubt went'to the relief of these gentlemen now famous narrow margins. S- ,0 . JL .f " 3b— TR ... "KqOAL AN'Il RXAIT JUSTIF K TO ALL MKS, OK WHATEVER STATE <>K I'KUSCASION, RKLIOIOL'S OR H I.ITH A!..-I.fT.-r ...I, BKLLKKONTK, PA., THURSDAY, <)< TOHKR, 2<;, 1882. Philadlcphia'a Tweed Major Phipp's tlud'ta arc mounting up to immense figures. It tippf-m* from an expose in the Hrrnrd tl at. the stealing* aggregate the MIIII of 8fi<O,()0U extending over u JK I. IJ OF nine years; that I'liipp* made a >.ar gain when he was elected siipeiintend cut of the Almshouse in July to divide the profits of his office with four members of the board o| guar-l iiuis of the poor, and that under this agreement 875, 0DD was stolen every year. During the present year IV- m January to .July by means of dupli cate lulls and by lbrgery and coimi vanee w itb i otitraetors, I'hipps nuiii aged to steal 840,000, this theft hav ing oeeurrnl i fter city councils ha 1 iustilutrd an invi stigutioii into nlicgn tioiis of irinni. I'hipps k pt fifteen families going, among these being the houses of four poor guardians, five con tractors, two discharged employes and four other persons, offi*-ial and other wise. who had obtained a hold on the su|M*riiileiideiit s fears or affections. A pass hook lias la-en made public in which A|i|M-ar the entries for market ing supplier! to various [x-rsons at the Major's ex JM-tise, aggregating a tot;:! ofs2D,DDtt. The article says that in l*7t! I'hipfs ex|M*ndisl in cigars which he scattered with lavish hand —this being hi- favorite mctliod of electioneering. Tilt; result of the late election in < >hio should be a faithful lesson of the fact that decency ami fairness iu politics is a paying investment that no party can eutirely di-rcgarn without discmlit and jwsilive injury a- iu any otber bu-incs in social life. Bui a few months have elapsed since the Repub lican legislature of Ohio, with a chuckle over their ingenuity, gerry mandered that State so as to secure the election of sixteen Rep.. Congressmen out of flic twenty one districts into which it iva divided, with fair chan ce*, as thev suppiserl, of carrying'four of the balance, Such uufairness could not otherwise than disgust fair minded men ami render then indifferent to success obtained at the expense of hon or nnd decency. The crop produced to the Republicans, by the arrange ment, is five mem tiers of ( ongress, out of twenty-one, just the reverse of what wa* intended, nnd may well serve* n a warning t e>thers. and particularly t the legislature of IVunsylvaois, no matter upon what party basis it may IM* constructed. The people will not be snti-ficel with any unfairness in ar ranging the representation ofthe state. An honest apportionment all are en title-el to, and no either iheeuld be* accep ted without placing the severest re huke upon the party guilty of perpe trating it. I/et us have an apportion ment just to all parties, fair anel lion ' oralde. Tilt: Republicans eif Ohio, says the Cleveland f/ero/e/, M Finel nothing in the present situation of things tei en onr nge thoen. They have IMNMI disgusted and demeiralizeel by the scramble for spoils in Washington." This is a mel iirichoiy tone tei eolne from such high llepulilicnu authority, nuei is evidence of the general disgust whith honest Republican* can no longer stipprc** when they are the b-ad of the Admin istration the mere tool of di<cri tlitnhl,, IMISSCS in N irginia and IVnuylvauia, and wliicli even the great office failed to raise from the party slums and dis honorable trk'ks of •• —'-inn paitDxil l New York. THAT wns a brilliant reception giv en to RrtiiKHT E. PATTISON, the Dem ocratic candidate for Governor, at the hopie of Don Cameron, on Friday evening la*t. The honors of the oc casion were not done by the Ih>* in person, but Ids ue'ghbon* turned out in great numbers to see that nothing was tenting to make the visit of the distinguished reformer a very enjoya ble nft'v it* ill call again about the first nf January next. Democratic Candidatoa. i The time is now near at hand wh<n the Democracy of (Yntre county will J again have the privilege in their sov- j ereigu capacity of eho-iug theirofiicinl representatives. It is a high privil- i ige a* well a-an important duly which should not be lightly neglected or i careh..s|y performed. W'c have a gtssl j ticket, composeil without exception of honest, upright men, capable of appre ciating the high trust conferred upon them by the party rnd competent to p< rform the duties imposeii by the irn-t iu an intelligent and satisfactory 1 manlier. <>f the very distinguished ami accomplished statesman named to rcprc nt u- in the C'ougiess of tlie I uited States and ill the senntc of iYtin-ylvnnia, Ex-Goveronr A. <. Curtiti ami Ex-Senator William A. Wallace, it is unnecessary to speak in this community. Their known ability and established patriotism in many years of accept able service iu public life i ample assurance that no mistake i- made in choosing them to carry the standard of the people in this struggle for honest Democratic Government. I or Keprc-eutative* in the general As-embly we have Prof. Henry Mey er, of Miles township, and Kcnjmitin F. Hunter, of Bonner township, both of whom nro gentlemen of character, fresh from the ranks of the people, na tive* of the county and both possessing as thev deserve, the confidence of their fellow-citizens, and capable* of rendering good, intelligent services as Representatives. Prof. Meyer was for several years Superintendent of the public school* of the county in which capacity he distinguished himiw-lf not only n* an accomplished edueator, but as a most faithful, efficient and obliging official. He possesses the in tellectual qualifications for prom ineocc in the public councils of the Stat*. Mr. Hunter is a progres-ive farmer of large experience and uninijieacbed character, possessing in an eminent de gree that excellent virtue of aound common sense and discriminating judgement which will enable him to represent hi* constituent* in a most satisfactory and intelligent manner. For thc*c gentlemen we invoke the cordial and hearty support of every Democrat. Captain J. H. Tolhert, of Walker township is the candidate for Jury Commissioner, and Dr. A. K. Hoy, of Spring township, candidate for (xrroiier. Both these gentlemen are coin|ieteut and deserving the entire confidence nnd support of the Dem ocracy. THE HON. MoxmoHtßv Bi.sia, of Maryland, who w* a member of Mr. Lincoln's cabinet, having received the Democratic nomination for'Ymgress in his district writes an aide and suggestive letter of acceptance in which he pre sents a startling array of facts showing the extrsvsgsnoe of the KepuLlinan party. He thinks a continuance of the enormous appropriation* which mark the return of Dial psriy to ihe control of Congress, and the exhausting lax* lion trow impo-ed. will soon precipitate a rrn-h upon us similar to that which I these eau-es brought upon Ihe countrv in IK7I He shows that Hrant's roiht yr.iri of prn'oiind peace coat 49.*, 40—nliuo-t * much as the govern ment hd eos| fo- itrnty ant yran —from 17k9 fo I*oo—rvhirli p'ccede*l rtie ad vent of the Itepubpean party to jiower au-l amounted <mlv our ol which sum wc pi l for the wais wiib KngUn*l. Mexico and Trl|ioli, an-f i Hie nitny war* • ih the fudiatt tribe-, j lieside* me amounts paid in acquiring the territories of Louisiana, florid* and ; California. The experienced and xrn ' ertrhlp statesman snows whereof he • peaks, nnd a* a inertD-er of the nexl f'mgreas will have the ability a* well a* Ihe will to discus, the svtravagincea of Republican rule intelligently. Bt.t'MDKITINN HTATEMKX! The I-cgialature of Tennessee iu passing a law at their las! sessiou forming (Vrn j grrasional districts, omitted to provide for three counties who cannot vote for Representatives. The Republican National Committee advises the Gover nor to call an extra session of the I-egillaltire to repair the deferW^ It w 1 J Senator Alexander Decline*!. i Below we insert the letter of Senator Alexander, declining the nomination given liiin at the conferee meeting nt Lock lluvcn oil the Dili inst. The lute period of it- reception before go ing to pres, prevents remarks upon the subject, other thuu to sav that we cannot too earnestly commend the no ble unselfish position lie ha> taken in the interest of harmony. He wu-> fair ly and honorably in |Mi*s-.s.ii>n of tin party nomination,and any supposed ir regularity, or action in the conference of doubtful propriety, wu. not charge able to hitn or to bis conferee*. Mr. Alexander and his conferee* deserve well of the Democracy of Centre couu ty. Mr. Wallace, being a highly ac ceptable candidate, will of course re ceive the hearty support of ever good Democrat in old Centre: BLI LtroNTE, PA.. <cl. .12. I**2. I T thr ltrmi-rrncy of thr Thirty Fourth Srn atonal Jtutnrt : 1 respectfully decline the nomination for Senator given me by the conference at 1/ock Haven on October 6, I**2. 1 am actuated in this purpose by the con dilion of the party in the district, re suiting from the action of some of th e i conferee* who participated therein, but with which I was in no manner implira , led. and by the apprehension that] the cause may suffer by my continuance in j the field as a candidate. My conferees | were present in the conference held at ' Tyrone on the 19th of October, at which Senator Wallace was asked to accept the nomination. And as I know there is great disaalisfactioD with the manner of rny nomination at Lock Haven, and lhat the public enemy are attempting to profit thereby to the detriment of the great cauae of Democratic reform, 1 have come to the conclusion to decline the honor conferred. After a consultation with many lead ing Democrats whose advice and coun •el 1 highly appreciate, I now suggest that the Hon. William A. Wallace t* the accepted candidate of the parly for Stale Senator. His long service in tie party {mints to him a the only roan who can relieve us of our present confusion, j With many thnaks to the warm, kind hearted Democratic friends who have stood by roe in this unfortunate atf*ir, ' I tender my heartfelt thsnks. Hespectfully yours. I". T. A LEX axwta, We the undersigned conferees, ap- ( pointed by the authority of the last Democratic County convention of Cen tre County, most heartily ap prove of tl e course adopted by the candidate n m.i- ■ nated by this county, Hon. t'yrus T. Alexander, as set fotth in the foregoing letter and join lim in asking all good Democrats to give a united and cordial support to Hon. William A. Wallace s the only randi date of the Democratic party for the office of State Senator. Wa C Heinle, -I. C, Harper, 'The Poor Man's Country." The Washington l'n*t pertinently remarks that "Persons who arc old enough to remember what a splendid country this wa for poor men laddie the Republican party wn hotu, will IM* surprised to loaru that, according to one of its agile and robust orga..s, "the Republican party bn made America superlatively the home of the poor man. where he can enjoy vl van* j Ug** afforded nowhere else. Ameri can workingtnen live Utter, dress bet- j tor, and have more money than those of any other country under the sun." It is an incontrovertible fact lhat the advantages"nf the poor in the Uni- i ted State*, a* compiled with those of the rich, have been rapidly diminish ing for twenty years. It is known of all men that the legislation of the past twenty two years lias luiilt upptgat for tuoca for UiS favored few at the ex p.use of the toiling many. And while it is happily true that the working people in this young country, incal culably rich in itst natural resource*, tre still better off than the working classes in Europe, there is cot the slighted ground for claiming lhat the | Republican party has produced the jiexceptional advantages that our work- A ssk TKIJMN: 51..10 |.t Aiiiuim. in Adutiri . iiigmen po*e<*. When John Sher man claimed the glory of great cro| he wax not more abxured tl.au ix tbi* |)fe|oterou assertion. il the present poliev of enriching the few out of the earijingof tlie work ing man-fa i- ci uiinucil, ami if our public land*—what there in left of them—arc to Ik; given away to cor jKiralions in the furure, as they have been in the part, we shall soon hear a ci v frotu the to Mop 'immigra tion. The truth ix that, in spite of hail law- that rol> labor for the benefit of capital, our working people have prospered anil .till prosja-r to some ex tent; for in such a conn try a* thin even systematic injustice can he bravely surmounted. Frotu the extract above quoted one would euppoae thut the Jiepublicau party invented thie country andgeoer ouely gave it a a boon to the poor. I here arc fifty millionaire* today where there was oue in 1860. Then are a hundred owner* of vat tract* of W e*tern land.- to-dav where there wa one in I*oo. There are a million dol lar* of untaxed capital to-day where ■ there was one doilar in l&K). But the I chances for poor men in this country I will continue to grow small by degree* and gloomily les, until the power that produces tbeae re*uli* i disarmeil and I broken. A Stalwart Council. It hi* leaked out, says the Harrisburg r<tfri f, that there was a quiet gathering of Stalwart politicise* in tbi* citjr on | Sunday last to take counsel in regard to the political situation. Boss Corner on at last recognizes the desperate cor. | iition of bia canvass and sees the nec essity of making.an extraordinary effort Ito stem the tide of fmpalar feeling * hicb threatens to overwhelm his ticket, lie thinks there it hat a single chance for Bearer inn that is in the diversion of I>emocratic votea to Armstrong. In order to accomplish his it was agreed at the Sunday council that a large sum of money should Ik- raised, not leas than f .Kin,o(lo. It was stated in that counci that the green hark leaders are willing to work exclusively among Democrat* | if the money they require is furnished ! them. The requisite fund is to be raid ed b_v an appeal to the mauufacturei and business men on the ground thst i the success of the Democrats will ruin trsde. The "business" scare of 1880 is ! to tie rej>eated if possit.le. Boss Camet I on left'for Philadelphia on Monday in j puieuar.ee of the plan agreed upon at I tba Sunday council. Me will attempt at once to atart a "busincaa men's move ment with the "t*rifl" as ilt ostensible inspiration, tht real purdose being sim plv to frighten the timid and uninitiat ed into contributions to his greenback corruption fund. Of course there will be willing contributors to this infamous purpose, but it is hardly credible that the plot can succeed with upright men who have their wits about them. The trick is too transparent and the method of it perpetrit ion too desperate to coir.■ mend it to |cnple of ordinary sense and prudence. It is more than likely thai llos Cameron will be affl.cted with an o' her toot hacbe before he succeeds in (•utiles up his contemplated job on the l.nines men of Philadelphia. JMmojc Camkrow recently express* d hi regret that Mr. Tihien hud not Ken allowed to take tlie Presidential office instead of conferring it upon Have, fhr defVti/ed ramiiiiiit*. He makes this (tidid ndmi-rion of the rillanv of hi* party associates, not Iterance of di* gust at the w i.nig and fraud committed I upon the people, Kit because he allege one Democratic administration would lie n much a* the country would bear, ami lieitig now over thing* would be more pleasant for the Heputdican thieve* and bWK*. At the time the great fraud was perpetrated, he was in the Henatr, and hi* acknowledgment then of the great crime would I nv< bceo more creditably in order, than it ia in Mrtobfr lHft'l Wa are informed bv tha aide corres pondent of the New York TW/wsx,wnt. ma from Indianapolis, that the Hepnb loans ot Indians rely entirely for sue ee** upon the justice of their cause. Since it happen* that their <ou*e has no justice to spesk of it wilt be seen tbtt this lets them out.—o*s*w*ft' ft yuc-er. XO. 12.
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