■Xi)f OTl'ntt r Democrat.
SIIIUERT & VAN OHM UK, Editors.
VOL. 4.
Xlir Crattr § mortal.
Tonus 51.50 por Annum.ln Advance.
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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.
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Democratic ( ountj Ticket. |
FOR CONGRESS. ,
lion. A.G. t TUTiN. of Centre.
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K"K UTATK SKNATK
W.M. A. WALLACE, ofCiearticld. (
FoR ASSEMBLY. I
HENRY MEYER, of Miles,
11. F. HUNTER, of Benner.
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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- - *
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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.