Centre Democrat. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, October 18, 1883, Image 1
<II)c Centre t§£h Clemocrat B.T.BIIUUEKTA: K. L. OltVlS, Editors. VOL. 5. Che Centre democrat. Term* 11.50 par Annum in Advsnoe. Thursday Moraine, October 11,1883. STATE TICKET. FOR AUDITOR ÜBNKKAL, Capt. ROBERT TAGGART, of Warren County. Ron srvTK TKKASURKR, Hon. JOSEPH POWELL, of Bradford County. . COUNTY TICKET. FOR ASSOC!AT K Jit DOE Dr. ,1. It. SMITH. of Ferguon Township. FOR DISTRICT ATTORN KY W. C. HEINLE, of Bellefonte. FOR cor NTY SURVEYOR ELLIS L. OR VIS, of Bellefonte. FRANK HATTON, the first assistant postmaster general, recently expressed his opinion that the "civil service re form is a fraud." It looks so, while such frauds as Hatton are kept in re sponsible positions to gabble his deli ance of the civil service law. THE Ohio Republicans are dared and cannot make out what did it. Deacon Smith charges the defeat to the wool growers ; Marshall Halstead to the wine growers; Senator Sherman to Calico Foster, while Foster is so dumbfounded that he cannot think nt all. It is simply reaffirming a decree registered a year ago that the Repub lican party must go! THE election news in low a improves as the smoke of the campaign clears. The Democrats have elected Judge Cook to congress in plnce of Cutis, deceased Republican, The Republi can majority for Governor will be small, and the chances even for tbt legislature, "This result from a ma* jority of 80,000, is not a Republican victory to be proud of. THE Democracy of Onio have done nobly. It is now the turn of the Democracy of Pennsylvania, and the honest men of all affiliations, to strike for good government and honest rep rescutation. The revolutionists and ultimats of the senate who have usurped control and degraded the "g, o. p.'' of Lincoln and Sumner, mu.*t go! Tom Cooper's incapacity to lead an honest party is becoming more ap parent every day. THE Hon. Edgar A. Marble, the commissioner of patents, has resigned although repeatedly requested by the secretary to remain. Mr. Marble is an able man and administered the affairs of that great bureau in the interiordepartment with signal ability. He is to be superceded by Mr. But terworth, of Ohio, who will bring to the discharge of the duties a vigorous mind and great legal attainments and experience. THE result in Ohio left some mourn ers among those who went to that state to aid the triumph of the "g. o. k p." Of these Senator Plumb, of and Register of the Treasury, Hfex Senator Bruce, of Mississippi, PlWcems to need consolation. A corres pondent savs: "The first is quite crushed. He speaks of the disaster as a perfect cyclone. 'Now, in Kansas,' he Mid, 'we only got hit just a little bit, and on the next rouud we will have recovered our wind, and we can floor our e.oemy. But ycu in Ohio have been knocked down, and the D mocrats are on the top with both knees on your stomach and tbeir claws on your wind pipe. And what ia more, it looks to me as if they'll stay there. Massachusetts will be the next to go.' Ex-Senator Bruce is almost dead, and says he will take the first train for His compa triot, Walter 8. Thomas, the colored orator and a clerk in the last senate, tried to cheer him with quoting some lines beginning with 'Truth cruhed to earth will rise a.ain,' hut the Missis sippian evidently did not view it in that light.' 1 Our Rail Roads. Oil Tuesday the 9th instant, there was a meeting of the directors of the Bald Eagle Valley R. It. Co., held at the office of the Pennsylvania It. It Co., in Philadelphia. At this meet ing the directors who are in the Penn sylvania Co submittal a proposition, that the Bald Eagle Valley Co. should endorse or guarantee the Bunds of the new company organized to build the rail road from Bcllefoiite to Lemnnt. This was opposed by the county directors to wit; Messrs. Cur tin, Irwin, Blanchard, Gamble and Duffey, unless the Pennsylvania Com pany would agree to finish the Peons valley It. It. from Spring Mills to Lemont; so there would be a rail road connection for the new mad at its Southwestern terminus. Mr. Mackev, the President of the B. E. V. It. It., took no decided stand, hut oscillated. Finally Geo. B. Roberts, President of the I'. It. R., was called in and he admitted at once, that the conditions required by Gov. Curt in and his fel lows were reasonable and altogether proper. Whereupon the committee previously appointed, consisting of, Messrs. Kca-s, Greco and Curtin, was j continued, and enlarged by the addi- , tion of Mr. Roberts, and the powers of the Committee extended so as to include the right to select the must feasible routes. This latter is by some supposed to look towards the possible purchase of the Bellefontc and Buffalo Bun Bail Road. Since the meeting in structions have been received by Mr. Mackey, to proceed at once to secure the right of way along the Igao Branch route. This would indicate that the Pennsylvania B. B. people do not expect to get the Bellefoule and Buffalo Bun roads. Oue thing however is clear from this action at Philadelphia, or rather from the want of advice, that the P. B. B. people do not intend to do any thing during the year 1883. They have spent the whole working season I of the year in talking and suggesting : and provising, until winter is now nearly upou u, and are evidently de termined to bridge over the few re maining weeks of working weather, ami then they will commence prom ising loudly what they will do as soon as spring comes. During the winter they will study up plausible excuses for doing nothing in the spring. On Saturday night a meeting of the j directors of the Bellefontc and Buffalo Bun Bail Iliad Co., was held iti Bellefontc, at which the company adopted the line located from Belle- j fonte to Mileshurgnn the East side of Spring Creek, a branch of the B and B. B. Bail Bond. This insures them a connection with the Vaudcrbilt road either by the Nittany Valley or Bald Eagle Valley routes. A few days ago Judge Mayer filed an opinion in the case of ihe Susque i haima and Southwestern 11. B. Co. vs. Pennsylvania and Western B. 11. Go., ami granted an injunction to re strain the latter from interfcreing in any measure with the coustructiou of the Beech Creek Bail Road. The survey of the route from Bellefonte to Beech Creek, wo under stand, has been completed. What next? It has not yet been determines) when the new depot for the B. E. V, R. R. at Bellefonte will lie commenc ed, but we are assured by Mr. Roberts, President of the P. R. R. R. Co., that it will be completed for the tri-cen teunial of the lauding of the Pilgrims which will occur in 1920. CnAtRMAtf HENSF.L has made ar rangements for an active and vigorous campaign during the next three weeks. Candidates Powell and Taggart will give active attention to the work through the state, and Ex-Speaker Randall, Lieut. Gov. Black, Senator Humes, Attorney General Cassidy and Senator Wallace are booked for the war. , | "Kql.'Al, AND KXACT JUSTICE TO ALL MKN, OK WIIATEVKH NTATK OR TKHRUARION, KKI.IOIOUH OB POLITICAL."— Menvn. BKLLEFONTE, l'A„ THURSDAY, OCTOI'.ER IK, 1883. Why Ohio IN a Drniucrullc State, Because the old iu*K of tlio great reputdican party, which used to roll up H* majorities hy tens of tlinuxandn in Uliio, nre dead and gone. BCCHUKO the reputdican leader* lIHVO proved fl*e to ihe principles ef freedom and equality which captivated the western heart and placed Lincoln in the presidency. lo calise long power has made them inlol erani, avaricious, corrupt. Because they have shown a di-position to hold on to power against the will of the pen pie and in violation ol the principle which demand* a change of parlies as Ihe basis and the bulwark of republi can litierty. The verdict of < thio speaks the doom of this parly of dead isues and perverted principles. The victory is indeed a glorious und important one fur the democracy, because it shows that the people arc not afraid to trusi that prty with power. Yet it is not alone or altogether a democratic victo ry. It i* fur better. It is a victory for honest government, for real reform, tor economy in public expenditures, for equal taxation ; a victory of the people over corporations, monopolies and priv ileged wealth. It is a viclorv shared try men who. having been republicans on principle, are now democrats on principle, and won under a leader who was a sturdy champion of human free dom and a staunch supporter of the 1 Union cause in the dark hours of the nation's peril. Such a victory is trul) a triumph of reputdican government over the jaiwer of patronage, of preju dice, and of corporate wealth. I' proves that when the people's liberties and rights are threatened their patriot ism can manifest itself as effectively through their ballots as through their bayonets.— AVir Itiri World. THE fanatical fools who had control of public affair* in the days of rccou struction, immediately after the war passed in Congre*# w hat they called a civil rights bill, which proposed to | regulate social customs and senti menu. This law has been pretty cs setitially a dead letter, made so by the I good sense cf the colored man whom it was intended to capture for political ues. failing to demand forced admis sion to societies where unreasonable prejudice debarred bint. This law which only intensified this prejudice, lias now Ieen declared unconstitution al and void by the Supreme Court of I the United States, ami it now remains for the colored man to wrork his way I tip in the social standing of citizen ship, by g<N>d conduct and intelli gence, which he is rapidly doing. COOPER, the red-headed chairman, affects to In- jubilant over the result ill Ohio, a* a harbinger of triumph to the "g. o. p." in I'ctinsylvania in Movent j Iter ! No one but the stupid ultima tum leader in the Pennsylvania senate, will see it in that light. The ultimat s defiance of the constitution and their di-regard of the political rights of the people, may be more potent than the I Ohio election, but both together the blow to the Republican party will |e j crushing in Pennsylvania. The revo lutionists are crated in their folly and now perhaps ran do nothing to avert the doom. But still they might take Ohio's hi..t and plead for mitiga tion. * Jl'txtE HoADLY is the first Demo cratic governor ehosen in Ohio on the eve of a Presidential election, since the Republican party came into exist ence. This is a significant fact full of hope I Allen and Bishop were elected during the life of the Republican party, but the election of neither of these preceded a presidential election or held their office* during a presiden tial campaign. The cloud is breaking! THE malaria which prostrated Judge Iloadly during the canvas in Ohio, is now transferred to his compet itor, Judge Foraker. and his friends An extended residence at the head waters of Salt River may give health, is not contentment and wisdom. THE Boston Advertiser thinks poly, gamy should be "torn up by the roots." SUBSCRIBE fur the DEMOCRAT. Republican** Must Face tho Huoioa Law The Philadelphia Record remarks : "Mr. Secretary Stenger, who is er officii) a member of the Board of Sinking Fund Commissioueti, made a speech in Pittsburgh on Saturday night, which will require soute attention from liis political opponents. Ilechargid ibat bis associates in the Board, State Treasurer Baily and Auditor General Lemon, are not carrying into effect the Humes law in accordance witb it* letter und spirit. This law provides hat the unexpended balance in the Sinking Fund shall hereafter be in vested in state loans, if practicable, and, if not, in United States bond*. The average balance in the Sinking Fund is about two million dollars. In *tead of investing this, or anything like this amount, Mr. Stenger charges dial the inajoiity of the board have inaugurated a [ml icy of investing only i wo hundred thousand dollars a month, and that thus fur only four hundred thousand dollars have been invested under the law. State Treasurer Baily. when asked why he has not executed the law, declares that it is "impracti cable," and the Secretary of the com. monwealilt, a* a member of the Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners, con tends that it is not impracticable. Mr Stenger asserts that if Joseph Rowell, the Democratic candidate, becomes "date Treasurer he will execute the law in its true spirit, and that Mr. Lirsey, if elected, will follow the ex ample of his predecessor. In this is at least one issue joined in *tatc politics, and it will have to he met. Mr. Stenger charges that Sta'.e Treasurer Baily, Cashier Livsey and ' Chairman Cooper were all actively ( opposed to the law when before the legislature, and that Mr. Kites, the Republican candidate for Auditor General, "stole away from his seat and dodged the vote." From this Mr. I Stenger conclude* that in the election of Livsey and Niles this important law would be left to the tender mercie* of its enemies. If the law cau be evaded now. the Secretary fears that some device will be adopted, under i the pica that the law is impracticable, to prevent any further investments of the balance in the Sinking Fund. He therefore urges the election of a State Treasurer and Auditor General in ; Piwell ami Taggart who will cordially unite with the Secretary of the com monwealth in ordering the entire sum in the Sinking Fund, together with what is in the general Treasury in ex cess of five hundred thousaud dollars ! to l>o invested in bonds of the United J States without any delay. THE seventeenth anniversary of the i establishment of tho Grand Army of | the Republic in this state, will be cele brated in Philadelphia on the 24th inst., by a grand parade to take place atone o'clock. Posts from all part* of the state, as well as from the de partment* of New York, New Jersey, Maryland and iKdaware,are expected to be present. The commander in chief and staff will be in attendance, and in the evening there will be a gen eral camp fire at Industrial Art Hall THE New York Tribune takea a philosophical view at least, when it . says that "the Republican who build any hope* on Democrat tic dissention is almost invariably a disappointed nian . on the moruing after the election." This fact was pretty clearly illustrated in Ohio last week. "How IS THAT FOR HIGH F ' The Democrats last week elected a Demo cratic governor and both branches of the Ohio legislature. This affords food for reflection to the ultimatum revolu tionists at Harriahurg. They will do well to heed the warning. Gov BUTLER, of Massachusetts, has opened his campaign for re-election with three speeches a day only. But he will be able to increase the number < to a dozen as he becomes interested in the canvas*. |l Evidence of lt* |> ult I f *a n Statesman ship. Secretary Folger tell* the Dewipipcri (hat the balances in the treasury are now upward* of $15.1 (XXJ COO, and re nue* continue to pour in to the amount of about $1,000,000 a day. "We continue to have an overflowing treasury and more money than we know what to do with,'' says the secre lary. This money come* out of the pockets of the people. Every man who buys a pound of (Uigur, a suit of clothes, a p„ir of hoots, a gallon of whbky or a paper of tobacco, contributes towards th i - overflowing treasury and add* to the government puzzle of what to do with the money. Every man who feela the pressure of heavy rent knows that he pay* more than he ought to pay because of the taxes which are imposed to swell this enormous and embarrassing surplus revenue. What will the government do with it? Hush the payment of a debt *1 ready too greatly reduced at the ex pense of the taxpayers of today? Lavish it on extravagant and corrupt appropriations? Squander it in vision ary and impractical schems ? Steal it ? It will le disposed of in some such way, and for this the people are loaded down with taxation, industries are par aliied and the progress of the couniry is retarded. This is republican states mauahip. iVmc York World. HON. JOHN H. OKVIK, cf Helle fontc, President Judge of the Forty ninth Judicial district, has declared his intention of resigning and of re suming the practice of law. It i intimated that he will become the law partuer of Senator William A.Wal lace. We clip the above paragraph from the Pittsburgh /Vf. Not having con sulted Judge Orvis on the subject, we cannot vouch for the truth or fiction of the rumor floating about and now given by the /W. We can only 'ay that if true, the 'JIHh judicial district will lose one of the brightest judge" in the state, while the profession will gain a legal mind in practice equal to the best, one capable of grasping all the intricacies of the law with a master hand. We do not credit the story of the partnership, however, as neither of these distinguished lawyers would lie likely to pool their issues in practice. CHRIS. MAKEE'I man, Livsey, and John Stewart's man, Ntles, ledh agree as to the manner of disposing of the state funds, and are both hostile to the Hume's law, which requires the money to bo invested for the benefit of the (seople in state ornatioual bonds. This large sum in the sinking fund averag j i"g $2,000.000, has boon usei hereto fore to acruminulate interest for the Treasury ring and pet Iwtikors. It is the people's money, and the Dcinqf ! crarv favor the law which gives to the I people its acrumrnulation to relieve their burdens. The SUIT way to effect this desirable ohject, is to let Livsey iand Niles severely alone and vole for ("apt TAUOART for State Treasurer, and JonF.ru POWKM. for Auditor Gen oral. They favor the Humes' law, and will carry out iu provisions in 1 good faith. THE g. o. p. have been very em phatically admonished both in Ohio and lowa, that the tidal wave of last year is still onward. The t iftimatistA of Pennsylvania are now in the swell, with breakers ahead that menace ab solute destruction. THE Democracy of Mifflin county have placed a good ticket in nomina tion. North A. Stone, for prolhono- 1 tary; T. 11. Sherman for register and recorder ; M. M. McLaughlin for dis trict attorney ; K. M. Taylor for poor director; John Hwartrell for county surveyor,and C. T. Waters for coroner. The reaolutions adopted endorse the reform admiuialralion of Gov. Pallia soo, and commend his courageous stand for eronomy and a just appor tionment; condemn the obstructive and revolutionary course of the Re publican senators; approve the action of the Democratic house, and endorse the course of Governor Curiiu in con gress. TKHMS : * I ..M ) JH*I Annum,ill Ailium-n. The I iii< rmil Tixti. L* Speaker Rinduir* speeches in Ohio, wherein he look grouri'i for the extinguishment of the internal revenue •yatem, have attracted much attention in tha country, and hate not lessened the perplexity ol the Republican man gi-rs on the subject. What attitude to lake hn for nome tirne been a trouble •oraa question. million* on mil lion* in the Treasury that are not need ed, why should not these taxes be wiped out ? Were C'ingress, a* it should. Ie I fore Christmas, to repeal the internal revenue laws, the rno-t potent political i agency in the hand* ol liie Republicans would be drairo)ed. 'I he revenue i* not needed, and the machinery n most pernicious. Ihe collecti-.n of the tax f give* employment to an army of official* 1 How to manage u with reference to the j grand reckoning of the Presidential ! campaign i* troubling R -publican lead era not a little. Ihe New York <SW Washington correspondent aay there ,* no doubt ih.it the Republican policy will bo • lisped to favor these taxe*. Tbia la no ; time to dispense with tiie machinery or i iurn out the army of offi ml*. 15- 'idea ] the Wniaky Ring, between whom and the Administration there I* an under •landing, are opposed to the removal o' the tax. That done, the whiaky mo | nopoly would be ended. V.ewing the ; question in this aspect, a high revenue official, according to the coricpondent, was emphatic in <xpressing the belief tha; the whisky tax would not he touched. I his, there is good ground for believing, i to be the Republican Administration policy at the coming I I session of Congress — PtU-'mrj Post, for Cooper's Conveniences The two session* a week scheme of 1 , the Senate i probably arranged for ■ i the convenience < I It >* < jopvr, who is • at pre-ent giving much m >re aliention i ! to the campaign work for the mac itne r ■ -iste ticket than the per f ormnc of . hi* sworn duty hs a member of ibe Sec I ate. I bu* the work imposed upon the | legislature tiy the Constitution > made to await the piea'Ute of the Stalwart i manager. -iiator < ooper spend* four or five day* a week *1 the headquarter* of the Republican state Commute* j n Pbila- I J-lei, hia and give* from thirty to sixty [ Hi iijtes weekly to the work which the , special session of the Legislature was j called to perform. Thus the people of | the State are robbed of the time which i their representative* should devote to leg isi a I ion, in order I ht Senator < nope r niy proceed with hi* electioneering of the Stalwart tick- t. Tin* sort ot thing must 1-e very agree able to I lie tax payer* who are to loot the 1 bill of expense which the mumm Cooper and hi* le||ow conspirator* sp*in*t *f portionment *re piling up. It must be exceedingly edifying, too, to the Inde pendent and reform lb put I rat,* w hose creed require* that psny interest mint i be subordinated to the popular wed- I ""mall wonder thai the lr.de| endent* o' | la*t ye*r complain of the appointment ■ of Co'-per a* Chairman of the Republi can State Committee.— //amdur? /V j trior. Urn African fellow-citizens of Ohio | fiMthcd Ihe color line in that state considerably tbia fall. Many ol the colored people voted fur liondly, the Democratic candidate fur governor. It *i the most sensible act tbev evt r did. The colored voter* are beginning to realise the fact that they owe no gratitude to the Republican partv — that they are uot mere slaves but men and citizen*. THE following nml similar resolu tion* have been pn--nl by the house : "That the *enatc be earnestly and respectfully requested to npfeitut n conference committee to act with a similar committee on the part of the house, to adjust the dillorcnocs existing Itetwcen the two bouses on the subject of senatorial apportionment, to the end that the people he secured their representation in the legislature." llow ia it received by the Republi* can senate! Cooper and Stewart shouts "ultimatum." All the mulea kick and the performance closes. No respect is due to public decency. Trick mule performance a few minutes twice a week, is all that is left now of the respectability of the Pennsylvania senate. NO. 11.