Centre A Democrat
SHUOERT \ VAN ORXEK, Editors.
VOL. 5.
Che Centre jPmccrat.
Terms tl.&Opar Annum,ln Advance
8. T. SHUOERT A J. R. VAN ORMER, Editor*.
Thursday Moraine, April 12, 1883.
Oontre County Democratic Com
mittee for 1883.
Burster. RAM*. r. o. AM>*SSK.
BsllsfcoteN. W. J. M. K.lchlln. BHlofoots.
•• 3. W Cb*. Smith "
•• W. W. 8. A. MrVluutton. ...
ll w.r l toro. Ira<\ Lr.th.ia ... lL,.r>L
MHral-urg " Jm<- I' Jon<- Mllmhurg.
Mlllhrlm " F P. MIIOT Millhtii
I'hilip.t.nrf 1 W. ('. (1. l'htlii-eairß.
■I W a,.1 Schmidt
•' 3W. ... A. V. C.rprtitrr. "
UalnnYtlle boro. P.J. McDonald SWntnit.
M.nn.r twp. Wm. Ishlsr It, tjr.ntr.
Ki*K" lp Frank T. Ad.m* ....MlhwLurs.
Barn-He twp Ilnirjr Meeker Pin. Ulwin.
rtallr*. twp. . John Rna.p Lemonl.
Curtin twp. John Mri'l—kcy BomnU.
Ferguson O. P J. T MrCortulck.. SUlr College. j
•• S|> L. W. Walker. Rock Sprln*..
Or..* S. P. John Coldrun Sprln* Willi. (
•• VP. Wui l.n*e ...Farmer Mm. .
iu,„.a K. P I. n. Mevsr Woodward.
" W. P. <}eo B .wer . l*roit.tirit. j
lUir Moon twp. J. II Orlflln .... Storm.town.
Il.rrta twp H W Meyer Ikml.bnr*
Howard twp John Glenn Ilowa 1
Huiton twp. John 0 Mil,-. Julian.
Liberty twp. Jain.. P. Linn HUnrhsrd. j
Man 11 twp. J J Hoy .... Walker*
Mile. ;twp. Kill. K Shafer XwUsonhnrs.
P.tton twp. Airnew Seltpri Jr Ktlmore,
P.m. twp. P. ll.Sta.Yer C.ilmrn
Potter N P 1> J. Meyer Centre Hall. ,
" S P. . Samuel Slack. Tuaeeyyllle. (
Btiih N.p William Citll.n Phlll|burr
S P J.T Kr-rly aandy HI la-
Snow Shoe iwp. Win R H.ynea Snow Sno
Spring twp K C. Woad Belle ftoite
Tarlor twp. Ilepbnrn Blower. Fowler
tJalao twp, s K ICm.rick Flrsntnf.
Walker twp J.waeph Ktnertck llnblerabitr*
Worth twp. M 8. Spott* Port Matilda
W*. C HEINLE,
Chairman.
Yi MILM WKLNTM,
SWWRRURY.
BARNVM has had one of his largest
elephants shot. It became so vicious j
anil iutractableas to make it necessary
to protect the lives of those compelled
to be in attendance.
CARTER HARRIRON who was the
other day elected to a third term as
mayor of the city of Chicago, by a
majority of ,10,000, is prominently ;
named as the next Democratic caudi
date for Governor of Illinois.
THK tkmte lair of Nebraska makes
81,000 the minimum price for a liquor
license, and in some of the cities it is
proposed to raise it to $2,000. It will
require active drill on part of the
liquor seller to whip in customers to
pay the license.
THE Legislature of Wisconsin ha=
passed a labor bill making it unlawful
and imposing a fine and imprisonment
for the employment of children under
the age of fourteen years. It is said
that in Milwaukee alone this prohibi
tion will throw 8,000 out of employ
ment.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has gone on
his fishing excursion to Florida. He
took Secretary Bill Chandler with
him as an expert sailor to mnnage his
boat, and cut bait for the executive
hook. ItilTn former experience in
Florida may he valuable to the Presi
dent now.
THE movements of Mr. Parnell, the
Irish leader, is variously reported— ;
some claiming that he will positively j
be present at the Philadelphia conven
tion soon to come off to deliberate on !
the affairs of Ireland. Others assert,
with equal positiveness, that he de
cline to be present.
' THE Russian Czar has repeatedly
shown his regard for Americans. The
other day he decorated the local chief
of police aud other persons, as a mark
of his gratification for their kindness <
in contributing to the comfort ami
extending courtesies to those members
of the Jeannette and Rogers who were
saved.
FAPPARENTLY, " says a contempo
rary, "the salvation of Indiana is a
thing President Arthur has more at
heart than the redemption of Ohio,
I but it may turn out in the trial that
the Post-Office Department is not so
all-powerful in that region as it proved
to be jn 1880. Judge Gresham will
scarcely attempt the sort of work
Brady and Dorsey did in the Garfield
campaign, nor is he the man to achieve
the same success, eveD if be were in
clined to the attempt. However, it is
possible President Arthur, in the ap
pointment of Gresham, thought only
of the nominating convention and not
pf the campaign that would follow.
"K)UAL ASH EXACT JUSTICE TO ALL M KN, OK WTIIATKVKR STATIC OK BEMUASION, REI.KJIOUS OK FoLITIUAL."— JtBtnua.
A Foolish Voto.
The Oovernor for some unaccofinta
blo reason has seen fit to exercise his
power and veto the bill lately passed by
the (ieneral Assembly increasing tlie
pay of assessors from one to two dollars
per day. The veto was put upon the
ground that there was no public do"
aisnil for the increased pay provided
for by the act of assembly. It is not
unfair to say that the Governor never
undertook to inquire whether or not j
there was a demand for this bill. If he ■
had done so he most certainly would
have learned from representatives from ;
all parts of the State that their conslit
uents did honestly demand the passage
of the bill, and that lor the work to be
done one dollar per day was entirely too
poor pay.
All assessments should be well done- !
\ To have them faithfully and honestly
made, men who are responsible and
| competent should be chosen. Men who
: have good sound judgment and at least
i fair business qualifications make good
! assessors, but bow cau we secure such
| men unless tbey are fairly paid. At
this season of the year when our assess
ment has to be made, the men engaged
in if from the day laborer to the thrifty
farmer can make at anything else from
j two to five dollars per day. To do what ;
' they hare to do they must give their
! time, find a horse and bear their own
: expenses, all on one dollar per day.
: Surely the Governor knew not what he
; was doing. Beside all this the bill was
| simply carrying out the principles of
' our constitution. To prevent the evil
of special legislation on subjects of this
kind, the constitution provides that
the Legislature shall not JMS* any local
or special law "regulating the affairs of
| counties, cities, townships, Ac. This
I bill made the pay of assessors uniform.
• There area large number of special acts
| passed before the adoption of the pres
ent constitution relating to the pay of
: assessors, and to show bow utterly uu |
reasonable the Governor has been in his
veto, we givea list of the counties which
they relate to and the pay per day al
lowed by each.
In the counties of Allegheny. Leaver,
j Crawford, t'learfield, Cumberland, Erie,
Lawrence, Luterne, Venango. Mercer,
Montgomery, Washington and Lehigh
i assessors are paid two dollars per day.
In the county of i-chuylkill it is three
dollars per day. In ten other* it --
dollar and fifty cents per day.
This list shows two things. first,
that in at least fifteen counties beside
! the large cities, public sentiment has
long ago compelled an increase of ns
| sessors pay to the exact amount fixed in
the vetoed bill. Second. That there is
i a great inequality of the laws in force
' relating to the pay of aseors. In
j equality before the law is one of the
| evils the constitution of I*7.i was made
I to break down, and here is the very
Governor elected on that direct issue
j and sworn to carry out the provisions of
the sacred instrument, blocking the
way to this happy consummation by the
j injudicious use of the veto power.
When the act of the loth of April,
j 18.74, under which our assessors are paid
was passed, the salary of the Governor
; was not over twenty five hundred dol j
! lars, to-day it is ten thousand dollars
I We believe in public as well as private
I economy, but when it it calculated that
' the Governor receives thirty-three and
| one-third dollar* per day, counting three
1 hundred working days to the year, he
, ought not to complain when the repre
j sentatives of the people pass a bill fix
I ing assessors pay at only two dollars per
j day. The bill vetoed did nothing more
I than allow a fair day* pay and it de i
, manded a fair day* work in return.
MR. COXK, the alert and able Senator
from Luzerne called the attention of
the legislature to the necessity of pro
Tiding a more suitable building than
the present inconvenient tender box
arrangement for the safety of the value
hie collection known as the State libra
ry. Tbi* library possesses great value
to the people of Pennsylvania, and its
distraction by fire to which it is expos
ed, would be irrepairable. It is grati
fying that both houses promptly reepon
ded, and adopted measures for the erec
tion of a new library. There should be
no unnecessary delay in carrying the
resolution into effect nor no parsimo
nious expenditure that would defeat
the object of it* erection as a place of
■afety for the valuable collections of the
Commonwealth, in one building at leaat
worthy the great state.
BKLLEFONTK, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 12, IHH.'{.
i THE recent political arrests matin in
South Carolina, so discreditable to the
government official* acting under the
direction of Attorney•(ieneral Brews
ter, has called forth a sharp letter of
instruction from Judge Bond, the I .
S. District Judge, after being called
to his attention by the attorney of the
defendants. He say*: "it low been
brought to the attention of the court
that in several instance* in cases of
misdemeanors the United States com-
I missioners have issued warrants of
i arroet upon affidavits made upon in
! formation and I relief merely, without
any inquiry as to the sources of tlie
1 affiant's information, on the grounds
t of his belief and under the impression
| that the commissioner bad no right to
make such inquiry. No warrant of
arrest or seizure for any offense against j
the laws of the f oiled States, upon
the mere belief or suspicion of any
person, should l>e issued. The court
!
desires that you inform the commix- ,
sinners that it's not only their prero
gative hut their duty to examine into 1
the sources of the affiant's informa
tion aud the grounds of his belief. If
| other proof is at hand or accessible it
-hould be hud and examined. Tin
issuing of warrants of' arrest and
seizure is not a mere ministerial act
hut a judicial function, and should not
lie done until the commissioners' judge
ment is satisfied that there is probable
cause, and the court desire# the com
missioners also to know that for the
safety and protection of the commu
nity aud the orderly conduct of judi
cial proceeding-tall proceses i*-u-d hv
them, except under extraordinary
circumstances, ought to In* served by
the marshal of the United Mates or
I his deputies. '
THE Department of Agriculture
has opened an ex| erimental farm in the
District of Columbia, to • infinite the
investigation and treatment of the
disease* of domestic animals on an
extended scale. The peice of ground
leaded for that purjiose, will he placed
in charge of Dr. I). E. Salmon, who
for many year- ha- le-en employed in
the investigation of animal disr-ases,
and the Past* ursv-teni of innoculati -i)
will f>o adopted. The origin and na
ture of the Texas cattle b-ver, pluro
pneumonia ami hog and chicken
cholora, and the mean* of prevention
ami cure will receive attention.
TIIE news from England ln*t week
possess intense interest. The import
ant arrest of members of the Infernal
Machine brigade, and the discovery of
the secret manufactory where the ex- j
plosive implement* are made, have
filled the public mind with horror and
alarm. However much the people of I
Ireland mny sutft-i wrong from the
English policy, no manly Irishman
can sympathize in the work of this
1 dung roil* t-IH-s of nsHsin-, who do
| not scruple to slaughter innocent men,
women and children, for the in*re pur
|H> of terrorizing the officials of gov
ernment. These are not friends of
Ireland but the worst enemies, aud
the method adopted is calculated to
deprive that oppressed people of the
sympathy that all civilized nations
i accord them.
At the latest date there is no abate
ment of excitement, but is on the in
crease. Detectives are active and
every day add* to the impression that
extensive preparations were made nnd
being made by the revolutionists for
great destruction of life ntid
Many arrests are being made of sus
pected parties. It is also said that i
English detectives are in this country
searching for accomplices, all of which
may be the mere out-crop of the scare.
MRS-. BETTY MAIHIN publishes a
letter in which she says she does not i
propose that the grasping lnwysr who
Hues for one-half the fund raised for
her and the baby, shall have any part
of it —that she never employed the
man, nor did he ever do any service
for the imprisoned Sergeant to entitle
him to it,
Hands Off
The liPpuhlican press do not seem at
all gratified at the idea (list the demo
cratic House in Congress may not con 1
aider it expedient or desirable to waste
its time and strength in a hopeless con
test with a Kepuhlican Senate and d
ministration over another tariff bill.
The bait was YYCII set for such a result
by the last Congress, but it is not like
ly that any considerable number of
I"einocrats will nibble at it, merely to
oblige the opposition. The present out
look is all that the democrats could
desire for the campaign of 188f, and
certainly cannot l> improved by tack
ling the tariff and allow the Itepubli
cans to repair their work, or throw the
onus of its failure upon the majority in
in the next House. The last ICepuhli
can t'origress passed a new tariff bill. It
jis all it was intended to bo a thing to
! cstch gudgeons. It pleases nobody.
Let them revel in it, and enjoy it. Hut
let democrats keep their fingers out of
j the trap.
♦
We take thd following from a l'hila
j *
Jelphia correspondent of the St Ji /,< i
' j'r, at Jackson, Miss., purporting to
convey the preferences of nearly all Un
democratic editors in Pennsylvania,
and elsewhere, in the choice of a Presi
dential candidate. The editors of the
dzaocßAT are put down thu*
"The lt*morr<x'. at Hellefonte, Pa., is
for Tilden. and it* editors says they
will carry Pennsylvania without a
doubt
Now. merely to show how unreliable
such correspondents are we slate that
the drxiM R\t ha- not expressed a prefer
ence for any person, or uttvred an
opinion on the chances of any prosper
live candidate in Pennsylvania. While
we enter tun the most profound respect
and admiration for th<- ability and bon
••sty and patriotism of the aged but
(great man turned, we cannot allow an
irresponsible correspondent to pledge
us, or credit us with views we have not
expressed, and scarcely dare entertain.
Ex GOVERNOR CORAEI.I. of New York
suggests a conference of prominent He
publicans at Saratoga next June over
the |>olitirai situation to deliberate
upon the vital question what can the
Kepuhlican party "do to be saved. 1 '
Ihe "grand old party," has already
sinned away its tlay of grace, and is
perhaps beyond tbo pale of hope, but,
if it vrero possible, under its present
leadership and management to culti
vate honesty for a term ol year-, it might
again acquire some degree of respecta
bility.
Tnx>outh Pensylvania railroad have
contracted for the erection of a 4 l.OfKi.
i*K bridge over the Susquehanna river
from Harrisburg to the <'uraberland
side, and it is supposed wiil be nearly
two miles in length.
Tur. late elections in all the principal
cities and towns of the west, do not en
courage a glimmering hope to the He
publicans of any abatement in the
"tidal wave 1 ' that caught them last fall.
The "grAid old party," as Hubble
chose* to designate it, has again met
defeat at all |>oinLs where it formerly '
triumphed. Succews in anti-Republican
Ithode Island is about the onlv enlace
that spurious Hepublicanism can now
count upon as endorsing the usurpation
and proscriptive tendency of the party,
or rather ila leader* and basse*. The
reckless extravagance and fraud u|>oii
true Republican principle* and the
rights of the people a* expressed
through the ballot which has so distin
guished the present organization, is now
being revealed to the sober reflection of
the true lirptMieant, who have been
drilling with the federal party under
an assumed and usurped name. The
theft of the Presidential office is bear
ing fruit.
IN New York they propose to crush
the drama called the pasaion play,
which Morse hs* beon so persistent in
introducing to the public for the last
year, by legislative action. A bill WAS
introduced in thelseuste tha other day.
and immediately ordered to a third
reading to prevent any attempt to per- i
sonate or represent Jesus Christ, the
Savior, by any show, play or dramatio j
representation. The bill prevenU any
such representation, whether free or for
admission fee under it, and make* it a
misdemeanor punUbabte by a fine not *
lea* than |uoo nor more than IJJMKV or
imprisonment not lee* then eix month*
nor mora than one year.
TKKMS: JMT Annum,ln Ativans.
GAI.VKHTON, Texas, on Saturday
laxt, wan the Hceiieot'a'Tlutel Horror,"
in which many live* were lo*t by the .
• falling wall* and lir<\ The disaster i"
( supposed to have occurred by the ex
! plosion of powder in an adjoining
hardware store, which blew out one of
flit! wall* causing the building to fall.
THE Standard <>il company got a
damaging blow in the Senate on Fri
day hut, hy the passage of the Free
Pipe bill. < oojier made a desperate
effort in the interest of that infamous
monopoly to avert it, but without suc
cess, in which he r>-ci ived some telling
shots from ls-e ami Emery for his
pain*.
Ex • Pit km I* ENT DIAZ, of Mexico,
having spent some time in Washing
ton and New York, where be was
liandsomt ly feted and entertained, is
now taking in the lmJ> and will make
a general survey of N<-w England.
Thin di-tinguished Mexican -oldie/
ami statesman is making a good im
pression, and itppere- to be v< rv earn
est to establish plea-ant commercial
relations with the United Statin, alike
conducive to the prosjierity of both.
JAY Got I.H at a < ost ~f B>oo
ha-provided hiin-lf with a n-w pleas
ure yacht ju-l launched, which for
beauty ami elegance, it is said, will
not IHI equaled in the world. < iould
ha- schemed and labored for imtneuse
wealtli and having got it, he may as
well enjoy its luxuries, lb-will pro
bably la- as happy in his way, as the
grand old philanthropist, Pt nrt xiper,
who hn- ji;-t g- ne to hi- reward in an
other and l>cttor existence, was in con
tributing to the w. 11-lx ing and happi
ness of the needy who surrounded him
: here.
"ONI M.-V-ON," truthfully -av* the
Boston Transcript, "of recent wc-tcrn
elections is that temjH-rance cannot lie
advanced by blending it with j>-litic*.
The underlying reason for this inay
la- that the reform strik'-- at a habit
from which no power outside of the
individual can ho held re-jsinsible.
Primarily, the question of drinking i*
settled within the province of private
judgment, and external politics can
not enter there except by infringing
on a domain where its presence excite
enmity and resentment. When a
community attempt* to control indivi
dual choice* through the suffrage th->-e
advocating this procedure are sure in
all large communities to find them
selves in a small minority.
E\-CY>M.KE>*MAN Rr< lIAKH CKOW-
I t.Y.-HVsa Wasl ington correspondent,
is -aid to have left the White House
last week forever, Mung by what he
considered disrespectful treatment
from the President, ile has, it is said,
resigned his position a- I nited Stan *
special counsel in charge of the South
("nrolina election cases, giving up #8(1,-
tHHI in fees. The Stalwart organ here
attacks the President bitterly to-day.
It says Crowley wa* the resjieeta
ble Stalwart who maintained relations
with him.
Whether or not Arthur desire* to
get rid of "'respectable Stalwarts' 1 •>
it is quite certain there are a nutn-
IMT of disreputable ones lie could di*-
penee with much to his credit. He
might begin on his present fishing com
i |>aiiion.
TMR Kusian C*ar must be looking for
want with much pleasure to the cere
' monies of his ooronalion, soon to come
j off, w hen he read* the announcement
of the revolutionist* to make the occa
• ion a tragic affair by explosive* similar
; to those which ended the reign of his ,
j father, the late F.mperor Nicholas.
1 They claim to have full preparations
I made, and warn all persona to keep at
a distance from the Cxar during the
ceremony, if they value their personal
satety.
BRIG. GENERAL J. K. BARNES, late |
Surgeon General of the 11. S. Army,
i died at hie residence in Washington
city on thS &lh inet., of Brights disease.
He WM buried on Saturday last with
military honor.
XO. I;>.
CoN<;NE<UIUM Hoi MAN, of Indiana, who
perhaps "known whereof he speak*
(Jiecrflit a the published rumor that he
i will he a candidate for speaker of the
I House, and declare* himself in favor of
Mr. itandall for that position
'1 HE J'renident'N appointment of .Judge
Gresham, of Indiana, a* J'ostmaster
General appear* to meet the commen
dation of all partie*. Tbi* approval i*
probably enhanced by the fact that the
choice of the I'resident did not fall
upon 1 alico Foster or some other played
out statesman from Ohio.
I lIE following sentiment*, coming, a*
they do, through the column* of that
staunch Republican paper, the Philadel
phia /'■ ' i'i) -A, should have weight with
that class of thinker*. The editor, in
comrneuting upon the Stalwart attempt
to defeat certain J'emocratic reform*
by an early adjournment, wisely say* :
An early adjournment, in accordance
with the demand of the people for
short Legislative session*, is said to be
the latest scheme of certain Stalwart
leaders at Harrisburg, who are more
anioui for smartness than for sincerity.
This won't do, and such a project cer
tainly will fail if seriously attempted.
The people do want an early ad
journment, as early as posaibld, the one
hundred day* having nearly expired,
but they more earnestly desire certain
reform legislation and will hold to a
•tricl accountability the party leaders
wiio try to defeat the same. Let the
apportionment, ) propriation, and re
form bills be pushed through without
further delay, and then let there he a
speedy adj ournment.
I HE Malwart Republican* of the ."sen
ate are groaning over the apjortion
rnent bill, in an < tfort to fix up some
thing that will answer the purf-oaes of
the shameless gerrymander which ha*
disgraced the "-late and wronged a very
large number, if not a majority, of the
citizens for the last ten year*. They
evidently do not propose to allow a fur
and equitable apportionment to be
male, if they can help it. The oath
taken to support and defend the Con
stitution niu-t have been accompanied
•y a mental reservation, else how can
an honest representative, if there l-e
uch among them, disregard its imper
alive mandate t<> make an apportion
ment equal and jU't according to the
letter and spirit of that instrument.
J-quality of represention is a* ciwaiiy
demanded as the apportionment itself,
and no mental reservation or other con
sideration can excuse thejduty in either
cae, or justify wrong in the minds of
others. The people, not party, de
mnnd an hone.t apportionment, and
will not IK> satisfied by the continuance
of the present fraud or the substitution
of another. <>f this the legislature may
be assurred and profit accordingly.
SN tit W T MEET A- SIN. —The following
is one of the most brilliant paragraph*
ever written by the lamented George
I •. Trent ice
"The fiat ol death i inexorable.
There i* no appeal for relief from the
law which dooms us to du*t. We flour
ish and fade as leaves of the forest, and
the flowers that bloom, wither and fade
in a day have no frailer hold upon life
than the mightiest moti.rcu that ever
shook thia earth with hi* footsteps.
Generation* of men will appear and dis
appear a* th„ grass, and the multitude
that thror.g the world to dsy will di*
appear a footstep* on the shore. Men
seldom think of the great event ot
death until the shadow falls across flieir
own pathway, hiding from their eyes
the f ree* of the loved one* whose living
snnic *M the sunlight of their existence.
Heath i the antagonist of life, and tne
thought of the tomb i* the skeleton of
all feast*. W edo not want to go through
the dark valley, although the dark
passage may lead to paradise; we do
fiot want to go down into the damp
grave, even with prince* a* bed fellow*.
In the beautiful drama of 'lon' the bo)>e
of immortality, no eloquently uttered
by the death devoted Greek find* deep
response in ever thoughtful soul. When
about to yield his life a sacrifice to fate,
his Ciemaulhc asks if they should meet
again, to which he respond* : 'I have
asked myself that dreadful question
of the bills that look eternal—of the
clear streams that flow forever—of start,
among whose fields of exure my rased
spirits walk in glory. All are dumb
But a* I gate upon the living faee 1 fees*
that there it something is love that
mantle* through it* beauty, that cannot
wholly perish. We shall meet again,
Clemen the.' " .