<£ljc Centre A Democrat. SHUUKRT A VAN OHM Kit, Editors. VOL. r. Tarm* il.ftO per Anuam.ln Advnc 8. T. SHUOERT A J. R VAN ORMER, Editoi-t. Thnraday Morning. April 26, 1883. Centre County Democratic Com mitteo for 1883. MKTAICT. KAMA. F. O. AClp****. Rsllsfunl* N W J. M. Ki'i.hlln. Ik-llsfußt*. " g. W. . Smith... .... " •• W. VV. H, A Mi'Wm.Ootl... " Hiiwaril hum. tr c L.thr ....Howard. Milsaliiirs JRIIIA. I' Join. Milxtairg. Mltlhslm " F. t' Muwr Mtllhslm fhilito! utrt 1 W C.O. Il*rlln(*r .. I'lillijisluri:. •J W. ~ Sol Schmidt " W A. V. Cn*nlr... . " I'm.iiolllo U-ru. I' J. M. Ftsmln*. 8.M111.T t*l. Wm. I.tiler Il.'llefunlc. Il.i£K l"t>- Frank T A.Urns Mllsshiiru. Ilnrti.lde twp Ilenry Meeker t'lne Olrnn. COLLEGE Iwp. J.ihn ll*T UIII.IIII. Curtin twp. Jnliu Mr.'lnekey KofimU Kerinison O. P J T MrCrmlck Hl*ls C.illngn. jf p. 1.. W. Wnlker lli'k Spring.. Hrecg H i". JiihnOildri.lL Spring •• \.i'. . Win Luee ...,Krmei Mill, llatiie. K. I" I. B. Hti.rei Woodward 1. \v. p. He.. Bnwer An.n.hur llalf Moon twp. J 11 flriffln... gtnrm.towti llarrl, twp t. W Meyer ..HuoMiurjc. ||..w*r.| wp John (llenn. Il<-<*rd Ifii.lnti twp. J.din If Mile. Julian. I.ll.ertv tap. J amen I' Linn tlßnrliar I , Marina in. JJ. Hoy Wlkar. ; Mile, ;i| Kill. K Sharer Mailia.nl urg. Patlnti tap. . A*e Sall-rn Jr Film.ire. 1 PW lA V HI.WoW C-l nrn Pmler VI". D.J Merer Centre llall. •• S P. Samuel Hlai k TtiaieJVllle K MII N.P William Cullen PhUlpahiirg p. .I T Kierly.. Handy Ridge, in..* Hhne lap Mm R llayne. Snow Hnne. Spring lap. F. C. w.iad Belief,.llle. TarWir lap. .Uepliorn llh.wer. F,. I t I'aioa twp I K F.merlek Fleming | Walker tap J.mepk Kmeriek llul.leral ,ir< W,.rlh twp. M H. SpofU p.ut Matilda W a C HKISI.K Cbairnin. W, MILS. W.IHIII, Heiretary. ARGUMENT of counsel, in the Star route cases is now progressing ; slowly of course, but reaching out to a con clusion some time, of these expensive ami tedious trials, A BILL abolishing the mercantile appraiserships outside of Philadelphia, I has passed both houses, it provides that the duty will hereafter he j>er- j formed by the tax assessor*. CIIAUNCY I FILI.KY, the geniii* ! who got up the 3')6 (irant medal, and was a candidate for the Postmaster fieneralship, has got an office. He is appointed collector of water rent* in Bt. Louis. A SOUTHERN editor say* that the presentation of the tirt weeks hotel I bill to a Northern invalid in Florida, i pi i - esses a wonderful curative quality. He i immediately convalescent, and prepares to return borne. Tut? Democratic State Convention will meet at Harrishurg on the first Wednesday of August. It will !>e the first convention held under the new rules, and wilt he comftosed of three 1 hundred and fifty-nine delegate-. ENGINEER.-* are now engaged in sur- \ Toying the new Susquehanna and Al legheny railroad route to run from ! Milton to Punxsutawney. At the rale new routes are being put in oper- j ation, Pennsylvania will soon lie so covered with railroads that no other | means of locomotion from one town to another will be needed. THE Texas Cowboys are 011 n strike j for increase of wage* from #'lo to $ >0 per month, nnd being • well armed threaten to kill any one who may be ; employed at a less amount. They are j generally men of desperate character and will no doubt keep their promise, unless overpowered. Some of the j stock companies are asking for troops to protect their stock. THE committee appointed to count the cash in the United States Treasu ry, and examine the books, have, after four or five weeks of unremitting la bor, completed the task assigned them, report that the cash in the office was found to aggregate $13,460,297.&1, yith a reserve fund of #7-">,440,'218. The committee found an excess of three cents in favor of the Treasurer, Mr. Oilfillin. THE COALITION horses in Virginia and elsewhere are beginning to realize the grealness of the contract they have undertaken to deliver the votes of Dem ocrats who have acted with them on certain issue* to the itepublicao man agent for 1884. Mahone, in Virginia, and Chalmers, in Mississippi, are doomed to discover that duplicity is a hard road to travel under the electoral light* which have Hashed over their reoords since the meeting of the last Congress. Explanation Donmndod It is some time now since the Con gressional apportionment bill passed the House of Representatives and was certified to the Senate, yet it Bleeps quietly in the committee of that body The Patriot very properly demands why this is HO, and the people of Penn sylvania will reiterate the demand with emphasis at the polls, it any un fair trick of the bosses is to b<; euacted in surprising a fair, equal and ju*t apportionment of the congressional representation according to the letter and spirit of the constitution. 1 hat i this has been submitted to in the past, j should not encourage the belief that it will he tolerated again. Honesty j will assert itself, even if legislation obligation and honor fails of appreci ation. A Stale Lie Nailed ! An old stale lie of the campaign of I H <7, having been revived by a r rupee ■ table paper in Philadelphia, an oppor tunity is afforded to Senator Wallace to give a Hat contradiction to the old " coffee pot" slander which lias fur | nished small politicians a text to abuse him in petty paragraphs and senseless harangues at Republican gatherings. If, in that campaign, fraudulent natu ralization papers were used, they were not chargeable to Senator Wallace or any of his political friends, hut were (he work of an adroit and unscrupu lous personal and political enemy of the Senator, who took that method of charging to him and the Democratic party votes which were positively and absolutely thrown against them. This man had entire control of the little squad of scoundrels who were alleged to have east fraudulent vote* ai that election, and were selected by him tor the pur [>-!'. Tiii* fact was made -of ficii HI Iv apparent in the investignti -M, and all Ii -nest committee, tree from purrha*r, having H decent regard for tin solemnity >f an oath, could not have found other* i*> This man i>-- ing 10 ii-- _-r.iv atfi r aekn- •*"!• -! --g the 1- 1. I|io| |l|- lllilgl— , .S ma: ,r Wallae-, 11 1- i -i pi-a-um to r t* r to tin oi l H -I- •{ R publican 1 | fraud iri l i- ; i he act-d so iui|sirtant | a pert, not oldv in it* ineipi- in v hut in the final :• rm.nnitoii Bui N-natnr | Willmh'h coutradirtiiMi i •nfflcient to | stamp tin- -InruV 1. Hi* t-hnraeter i | ini high an I is no' - e a- a gentleman ot un-taine I wraeitv, to is-rinit of It 1 further leiterafil.ll of the vile false- I hotnl. It i trio- ihi* lie has been often repealed by low grade newspa pers, n* well as by puppieM on the stump in the la-t sixteen years,hut we la-lieve this is the first time it ha* ap peared in a resectable and responsi ble newspaper which would warrant the Senator's notice. No one ha* ever charged that the I individual who wa fairly and honest* ; ly elected Senator at the election re ' ferred to, had anv connection with, or adopted any unfair or fraudulent I means to secure his election. It is true, he was unseated at tho close of the first session, but if the Republican party can taka pride in the disgrace ful and corrupt manner it was accom plished, they are welcome to it* en joyment. The following is Senator Wallace's 1 card : To the. Khlor of thf. Evening Telegraph : In a lead njt editorial of your paper of Thursday, April 19, th crime* of forging Aturalualion papers and t*( receipt*, And of their use for political pur|M>se(Lre charged upon tiie, a* they repeated® have been by other netvep* 1 hirflliorns these libelous charge* in long as my duty to myself j snd to Ae who sre to come after nie , pel rnits.K I deoHli complicity with or re*|>on sibility nniy such action by any one. i At no tißi in either my professional or jioliticalflfe have ( ever aided, aliened , or knoaHgly permitted tbecrime* thus chargedßmn me. If they were com milled Bine my Chairmanship of the I -State Committee of Benn- was without my knowledge and in of my plainly defined policy head of my parly. There are plenty of witnensee who can aftlßatively prove my innocence of repeated falsehoods. "KQUAL AS II KXAT JL'MTICK TO ALL JIKN, OK WIIATKVKK I-IAI KOH I'KIIM' ASIO.V, RF Motor* OR J-OL.LL I< A 1.. J,RRT*N BELLKFONTK, L\\., TIIUKSDAY, APRIL *JF>, IHKL. j In lining silent hitherto I hove act ed jon th* belief that the people among I whom I live were the best judge* ol ; thuir truth or tal-ity. Since their origin i in u hcatedv of responsible turn under re*trieticns t-c make it extremely dang- r--u* t tielray the trust, Wr are not among those wh-c le-lic-ve that constitutional amendment or legislative ena-intent will ever IK- effective t- banish the great evil, hut that ntilr d ol it mu-t 1 lie obtained by a uiiere- potent influence —that of well educated puhlic senti ' mcnt, and determination to enforce the laws wliich may IK- adopted to r<-train the tie- and • ! in lawful j limits. POSTMAs! I t! (it.M.KAI. (ittl.-lIAM seems to think he ha* a right to exer rise hi* own judgment of propriety in hisap|oiiitment*of IVotmasters At least he is not disposed to look withfa ' vor upon the oreh rs of Hilly Mahone ; of Virginia, or Chalmers, of Missiasip pi, a-to win-m he must appoint. He cxpre*e* the determination to give the purchased bosses the same considera tion only that he will accord toother citizen*. This will not suit the Vir ginia t 'ojifederate General, who now claims to be the boss of the Kepubli jeans, by virtue of his position to con trol the majority of the Senate, and his bargain to lead Democrats to the Republican majority 'In F. Convention of representative Irishmen meeting in Philadelphia this | week, is probably the largcat and most intelligent body of the kind ever as sembled in the United States. It ia ; to be hoped that wise counsels will prevail, and that such measures may he adopted as will lead to aoroe satis factory solution of the difficulty Btid | distress now surrounding the "Green Isle" by the intem|icratc act* of in discreet friends. £ A iiKM.mKitAXT female lawyer, Kate Kane, the other day at Milwaukee, j threw a glass of water in the face of Judge Mallory, iu the criminal court. Hhe was finest fifty dollars for con tempt, hut declare* hu will not pay it* and will go to jail unless released of the penalty. Hhe claims that the judge insulted her. Senator Orcer'a liill '1 he following sen ihle remarks of llie Philadelphia l\trnrt all sump tuary laws inte rli-ring with the rights and customs of the people, ami which cannot he enforced, or receive? decent respect : "The flreer Anti Treating t-ili i an ; other of the many futile devices for sup pressing bad popular eii-toui* by luvv. j There is no doubt that the habit of so ; cial treating in the extent to which it is carried in tin* country s fiord* a temp tation to excessive indulgence in intox ' icsting liquors, as the man who i* treat ed will olten dr.nk more than he would buy for himself. Liquors <-t the tamil iar "t >. I'." brand are supp-m-d to have a peculiarly seductive quality for a good many persons, Jiut the statesmen who passe-i this 101 l do not recognize the fact that in social matter* bk<- tin* c.j* torn is more j-otenti d than an act of i Assembly. A conqueror or a legislator may change the government of u people but In- cannot -uppre** r. custom*. A an argument tor tl> - la-v it i* urged that the custom of treating does not prevail in Kurope, ami that there lore it should be prohibited by law in tin* country. Yet by all accounts the people of Knglatiil. frame -ml Merina ny are no more sober for that reason, nor se the custom suppressed, if t everexisted, by mean* of legal restraint. A man in Kurope may invite hi neigh tsar to share in i bottle of wine ' r beer, and sorm-tim- * do- -, witle-ut *ul -.-ting llimsa-lf to a p-'flalt V. or usp- • 11. 'be is guilty of * moral wrong ao poten tate of the trid World woul-t dream of sueh an interference with the - i-tom of his sut'i-'ct* lut tie -or! ' i tgging enactments i* the | ecu • V.j u_• of -lemocru'-:- .n the-r,super* 1 ; i* th ill tll- ornnij >t- r -• of 1•! I te I hey forget that tb > bring th- r f.-tirh ,r to ■ lirepute t.v - xre,*iv— stidulgin - H it worshij *- k • ii- jure -i"i,it to do in | iinisliu g crimes ost -o-u i ty au'l elf being, .-!ioit ni-,t'.i| U mg ai * >ru ; ft - i • t.t The f-eiirliar absurdity • t bill, apart from all other c-oi* i-m n. . in tin- -bvi(H>* impost' ,i 'v - or- iig it. "senator 'ireei sr>-i ti- - - ••--rn- n who s*-ite-| htin might te* ng to live up to the law, .ami r either treat nor be treated. Hot won!J snr ■ them make a criminal inform n sgau 1 any one else who should s-k a ru-igb • -r to share w,th him a bottfe of ■ ■ - r ' If the-, would not -<• to itie enforce merit of such a Uw on w tn- ■ ing its vi olation, do tbev expect lh-.t other peo ple would l-e inesn- r or more meddle Kirne thill themselves The tendency 'if this kind of paltry legilation is to bring -11 law into rontenipt >; I tin.* l inrre* • the (liffisullio tl. it I" e! il a Im.r.'-tratu r . I here *no d".j'-! if,at the Hon** will throw out ~"i,tor -•reer bill, it tor no -ther reati to prevent one mre utterlv 'rom ericumt-erir.g the statu!- - -k • f I'ennsv Irani*. Scatnialons atnt shanirb** The Itacordcr - !• 1! an one of the m- -t scandalous ami shame!- * r-i. . ■if legislation that ev--r -taine-i tiie stat Ute lemk of I'ennay h am. It Violated nearly every j rinciple of honest ?n /.r /-*- . Sr. PAUL, Minu., may be consider ed a growing town, when Iter stafiatic* show ouch evidence of prosperity. The figure* show a wlmleoale trade an increase over the previous year of $20,000,000. They show - the manufactured good* at $2'2,800,- i "I.LO, IK ing an excess of the previous i year of $7,000,000. The population j in 1880 was 41,498, nnd is now e*li-1 j inateii at from §O,OOO t-i 70|00Q> VAH„ VICTOR K. PIOFFTTK, the dis-, tinguished (Iranger, is mentioned in connection with the Democratic nom ination for State Treasurer. lie is ex tensively known in the state and hi* qualification for the office cannot Ikj discounted. Tho Itceordor Act Repealed Tin; hill rejx'tiliiig tin- Recorder act • originally enacted by the most corrupt 1 power that ever as*emhled at the capi tal of I'T iinsylvaniu, to pension Boss - aud afford capital to corrupt 1 elections, ha.* par.-cd both Houses of • the legislature, and received the ap proval of < iovernor I'attison. Mr. I-nne, tin- succc-sor of the oiiginal hen ificiaiy i- therefore reduced loan in -ignili'-aiit office ami trilling salary in -1 -1• si-1 of oin- ranging from fifty thou sand to a hundred thousand dollars ' annually drawn from the tax payers of Philadelphia, even if he ronlinu-- ■ to hold tie- reduced office in -pile of ' the (iovernor by decision of the • courts. The Harri-burg Patriot of the action in '.his t-a-c remarks : "This re r -ult iia- been iiuehed after a prolong '' ed and masterly struggle in the int r -1-t of good L'oVeriinii lit. Tin- main - battle ground wa* cm the fl or of the -c-nate, w. t:.- • -1. it-t from 1 • the fourth di-triei, l'iiiladelphia, .Mr. Kennedy led the juri lor teform. ( (iordoii, Stewart, Wallace, Hall, lA<. Mel-arlane, < \e and other* made a courageous stand to uMain him, and ' ih< fruit of tl.i ir ,:nt 1 ff-irt lie r it of the ring. I f The Dei italic house did justice - tfi it-elf and the psrly reprt.-ei.ied by " f its mnjoiily in the prompt correction 1 of i:- previ-u< mi-lake. The nine ' meml>er who t!- w iu the fac- of juh liess-ntimeiit wi re ail Repuh'i ■aus nnd ' the ! lernoerat ic re- ord i-c]<.r 'I hi* lerminat' - tl •• lifi of one ,f the most gig.iiitie a]iii-< - that ha- v- r out ng<-d t free [l. iple. It. -tin wlou the e .rrnpt ring which ha- f r v-ar* bur dened tl,: - mini in wealth with it* plun dering power, its henefieiarie* have rc vellesf in liccncwl robber v. In everv joe of husim-s* and j iticnl life it* nri<- have ohtrudi 1 tint ,-elves 1 i venaliiv hr< adi a*t. Kh c t hue. been debauched by the mD' V wrung from small shop koepi r* in unjust ti* * and the fountains of jus tice (mlluted in order that theruinou* rule might fw- perf>etuat'-d lint the •nd ha* come. The r- • r nh r - otijee r ntinu'-* hut it* po;*on 011* fang* are drawn and henceforth it i* n harmles- ami unrcnumerafive -ta (ion wl.i. h will IH" nliandoii- 1 1 v the Lam-- and ljuay, who made it od, ui-. No on- will r grit the < nd hut tho-e who shared the plunder, and there i a iDi'-asure ef poetic t-tice in the fact that in an effort to erect entrenchment* agiiio-t repeal, th<- iat- reeorder wa-ted hundred- of dollar* of the money he had extorted from hi* victim- In f re. fill: snti-faetorv sore, - which ha reAtilient c*on, one i to he opencil in Kansas, one in Nehra-ka, and one in ' the Indian Territory. Those school* will aeeomoilate oOH students, and it i* annoiinonl that otlu r- will Is- opened a- exigent ie* reuiiires. This i* c r ( tainiv the nv*t 1 a-ihie and m nihle plan ever yet adopted by the govern ment to civilize the Indian- and for 1 which the Secretary of the Interior . deserve* much credit, THE air is rife wiili rumors that the disgruutllcd Republican party are la boring to make a general reorganiza tion in the several states where recent j elections indicated a growing and alarming weaknrwi. The trouble is the boucit tank and file have lost con fidence in the methods and mensur* of the leaders and bo*o*, nnd unles* these can lie hid out of sight, the final liisto- j ry of the spurious Republican party, j like its predecessors, the Federal par" ' ty, the Whig parly, the Know-Noth ; ing party, is about written and be- 1 yond resurrection. -lAWSS MARSII AM, A Co, iron |>ije man ufacturer*, of I'itithurg hve failed | with lishilitie* of #1,900,000 aud aastf* to cover #.i00,000 of it. The failure w the re*ult of speculation, and the con dition of the iron biuine**, ia in no way responsible. < T Kit MS: per Annum, in A (I van re Strik t>> again appcarto lie in or der. Ihe ironworker- are out at •Springfield, Illinois, demanding in creuM of wag. •, the bricklayer* at <"hi t-ago, the shoemaker*, painter- ami carpenter* in New York, the tanner at J'ituhurg, the cigar packer* anil _ gilders in Cincinnati, and the eoai miners in different point- in Ohio, are all dissatisfied mi prefer idlene-- to low wager. J nr. panic- in Ohio are pretty g-'ti ■ ' rally discu—.itig tlie Hluation and the ■ firoja-r men to select a- candidate* for < lovernor, to lea.l tie-in to victors - . Many liar,)' - are rio-ntioned, hut the i Republii an- will undoubtedly concen trate on Senat '.I ol n >b< rnian, j#r vlditig that nor -it political juggler - i can (ttiuif victory in the air. Judge iioadly an i o'i.• r are named by the • I>.-in ocratv, ami the < incinnati En■ 1 .. i /o, urge- tla uotninatiori ot tha. truly great man Ex ."N-nator Tburman i a- th< riian to - ail the Democracy to victory Mr. Ainoi.k, the late postmaster at \\ aabingtoii who was removed for i alleged sympathy with the Star-route J robbers, haa returned to his home in ill'liigan. where h la- .rnmenc-d , the puhlieat: of i m-wfqafK-r. The President and rmmlxr* < \ the cabinet, ( particularly tin < x jui-ip bead of the Department • • Ji-t < • are nt *pok-n Jof iti verv flattcrn g term-. This is another evidence, sbght it t- true, of the general harmony : tin Kepubli , can- i that >\cc. Ainger will be a vaiuah • a ! : tin r rgauiziog pr CCS". I HI. Si cat.- iave passed the anti trat;ll.• !• \n iff -rt was made to except \ u-. malt or brewed liquors from the pr< vi un< of the not, but it *• lot h.tc.ml to, The bill provide* :.i-.t i.er sftyr .: * all he unlawful fur any ;> :• nt • treat oroffi-r to treat another {wr- n to any drink of spiritu ■■ !-, riii >u, man or brewed liquor-. r admixturi t;. re -f. or to pay for any >; i r- a.a tore-aid uw-d by an" other jr-masa t>< vimge, and any |" r- Hi ' r p r* ■ • - • offending shall be dem< 1 .-u.lty . : n n.sdrmeauor. and on conviction thereof Ik- —-ntenced t' pay a fii ■ of twenty-five dollars." Ibe > mile i 1! i pne.l a nil] f,, r . bidding tie* ci nnge ot text Ik> .k- in the public M*h'il* oftener ilian once ill five v ir- Thi lb rivi r TV. . • think- that the State e! I' dorado is t-xtremciv •i iibtlul Ir : Republican-, and for that r< ,i- it a| * e;< - to tie National Repubii- an c> otnitte. !•• select lb-n -ver a the jdii c to h' i the National Republican convent! ut, in order to t "a larg- share ..f that enthusiasm whit It i-calculated to strengthen Re publicans in the faith and make rori vcrts to the cau-e e, hut while getting up a boom of rnthusiasm to save Colorado, what i to become of a number of other doubtful Republican State- in much nii-d of being largely • nthu-ed? Micliigan needs a conven tion badly, and < thio and Illinois niav ban n similar claim, a- well a- several ■ lor States who have recently ex hibited a creditable degree of inde pendence of mat hint rule. Sr.NATon Woi.vrrton has reported with affirmative recommendation a hill establishing a Circuit Court of Ap | peals, consisting of tire judges to Ih | elected tnxt tall, each voter having I the privilege of voting for tbtec. Two <>T them to hold office for five vears I J and three for ten years at a salary of The court is to sit in Phil* jilelphia, Pittsburgh, 1 larrishurg, William-port and Wilkesbarre, and will have appellate jurisdiction in case to the amount of 11,000 on appeal by rsrtiorfln from the Couniou Pleas ex. eept in cases of equity, and in eases of general jail delivery and constitutional question*. Its decisions are to be final when the lieuch it unanimous hut if three of the judge* dissent, n case may Ire certified to the Supreme Court. NO. IT.