<Xljc gcntrc A Scmocru}.
S. T. SHUUKItT A K. L. OHMS, Editors.
VOL. 5.
flic (Crntrc gcmocrat.
Terms tI.AO per Annum In Ailvnnoe, :
Thursday Moraine, October 25, 1083.
STATE TICKET.
VOIt AUDITOR URNKRAL,
('apt. ROBERT TAGGART,
of Warreu County.
roll STATE TKKASt'KKK,
Hon. JOSEPH POWELL,
of Bradford County.
COUNTY TICKET.
FOR A9SOCIATK JUIXIK
Pr. .1 K. SMITH,
of Ferguson Township,
roil DISTRICT ATTOBNKV
W. C. UKINI.K,
of Bellefnnte.
FOR IOI'.NTT SURVEYOR
ELLIS L. OR VIS,
o' R*lle(onte.
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The Cainuron-Co-per li ii k mules of j
the senate are still kicking at the Con
stitution a few minutes twice a week j
at 835 each per day.
The Chicago AVici aecounta f>>r a
recent visit of 15 B. Hayes to New
York thus: Mr.Tihlen was elected u
member of a Yucht club, and the |
Presidential thief was supposed to he
anxious to get hold "f the certificate, j
Neal Dow, of Maine, the acknowl
edged head ot the Prohibition party, ;
serves notice on the Republican parly
that the teni|>eranee people will run a
Presidential ticket of their own next
fall, and will not be diverted Irom
their purpo-e.
John W. Hei ley, one of the Com
mon Pleas Judges elected by the Hem
ocrats of Cleveland in the late Ohio
election, is a native of Williamsport,
in this state. He was an old iiue j
Whig, but joined the Dcinncrney be.
fore the war.
Don Came kon- heavy boots ore
quite too much lor Sub-boss Tom
'Cooper t' carry. He blunders under ;
them at a fearful rate, and it now links
as if he would fall by the wayside
from pure exhaustion l>efore the 2d
Tuesday of November.
"Oklauama Payne," so tailed,
who has made such protracted and
sleterinined efforts to colonize and steal
the Indian reservations, has been in
dieted by the United States. The
question will prohablv now be decided
whether Payne or the Government
governs the country.
Tit P. Supreme Court of Massachu
setts has allirmcd a decision that a
hotel keeper is guilty of keeping a
"public bar" because he sold liquor
without selliug anything to cat at the i
same time. Hereafter when a hotel
keejier sells a driuk to his customers'
die must also sell him a cracker.
The Democrats celebrated their
great victory-in Ohio, at Columbus,
on fsaturday last in royal style. Dem
ocrats were there from all parts of the i
state. Nothing, says a correspondent
like it has been seen there for many
years. The victory they celebrated
was the first clean sweep thev had fi>r
hr quarter of a century, at least, ami
they had cause of rejoiciug.
Let no Democrat in Centre county
fail to attend the election on the first
Tuesday of November, and record his
•vote for the state and county ticket. :
Tbey aie good men and true. If'cver
there was a time when a Democrat
failing to record his vote proper y for
the state offices was criminal, it is n.w-
The great issue pri seated and demand- '
ing these voles is one of commanding
interest and carries fearful resjHiiisi-1
bility. It is no less than a question of
tbe integrity of the constitution, which
is defied by the opposition, and the
equal political rights of the citizen
placed in jeopardy by a corrupt cabal
of Republican senators to whom Boss
sJamerou lias committed the work of
preventiug a fair and just apportion
ment, and whose command is held by
them as more bindiug than an oath to
their consciences.
Tho I hiuio Against the Oovornor. j
The Htrrisburg Patriot thus accepts J
the i**ue, to which every Democrat
w ill gladly respond. "The enemies of j
the Democratic party iusist that the
result of the upproacbing election in
this state shall be taken as the judge
| ment of the jieople in regard to the
I acts of Governor Pattiaou'a adminis
tration. They choose to make this a j
I prominent issue in the present canvass
The Democracy gladly accept it and
return their sincere thanks to their !
political adversaries for introducing it |
iuto the contest.
"It seems then that the people of |
Pennsylvania arc expected by the ;
i Republican ho,--es to condemn the
watchfulness and fidelity ol Governor
| I'ultison in the exercise of the veto'
j |H>wer; that the Republican state j
ticket is to be supported ou the ground
that tbe governor is to be rebuked for
cutting off extravagant appropriations
aud putting an erd to legislative jwli- |
| bery ; that the firmness with which j
the governor re fusel his signature to |
I unconstitutional enactments and hill
of doubtful propriety is to le used a- J
mi argument lor the election of Nile* i
i and Livsey ; and that the repeal ofj
odious laws and (lie abolition of use"
less Hiid expeii.-ive offices which hav<-
: Iw eu conspicuous features of (iovernor
; Paitison's policy are to be made odious
by the success of the K<-puhlicaii party.
"Welcome be the issues! The in
tegrity of the people a* reflected in j
the faithful aud fcurleasexecutive who
has dared to defend the constitution j
and protect the interests of the com
mouwealth is challenged in this rash
attempt to disgrace and destroy the '
fir*t reform administration chosen by
, the jteople of Pennsylvania since Liu !
.-*1 goverummt was overthrown T>y
bossism and maehiiie politics. We
-hali *-<- win lin-r the intelligent vnteis
| • I
who will determine the result of the
| approaching election are ready to
Utultify themselves by undoing their
work of la-t year at the bidding of
the bosses. Will they sav by their
ballots that (iovernor I'atlisoo shall ;
1 cease to exercise the veto power for j
j the benefit of tin- taxpayers ; that lie
"hall labor no longer lor tin abolition
of useless offices ; that he shall tin |
more concern himself lor the defeat of
ring* and lobbies ; that in short he
-hall permit extravagance, lawlessness
and corruption to run riot in the gov. |
eminent of the state ? The ballot box
will furni-h the answer."
! Wi i.i.iam 11. Vanderihlt is not
easily ujiset in financial matters or 1
railroad management, but lie met his
1 match the other day with fast hor-o
on the track of the gentlemen's driv j
ing course. He came in conflict wilh ,
one of Bonner*'* trainers at a 230
gait, and was spilled out in the wreck-
He was unconscious for a time, but it
is believed is not seriously injured.
Ami now Jay Gould must get him- [
' self ducked from his yacht, or Van- i
derbilt will have a corner on him.
I The boss leaders of Ohio are still
discussing the question "who struck
Billy Patterson.'' Senator Sherman
thinks it was < alico Foster, and Den
con Smith believes it was the wool
man. They ore however both mis 1
taken. It was none other than that
honest, sturdy old fellow known n
"Sober Second Thought." He com- j
menred last year "gelling up his
! dutch" on account of the Imss enrrup
, lions, and this year he exploded. The
result is known.
The New York 77m* remarks, and ;
no doubt Cameron and his sub-bosses
|iu Pennsylvania will respond to the
sentiment, that 'Mr. Blaine is a politi
cian who Ims been tried ami found
wanting. He lias tot been thrust so
far in the background as Mr. Conk
liug, for hu has many and warm friends
in several states. But he insists that
he is out of jwditics, and the people of
I the country are too jmlite to question >
the sincerity of that declaration."
"Egt'AL AN li EXACT JUSTICE TO A LI. MKK, Of WII ATA VEH STATE OB I'KIUMJ AMOK , KKI.IOIOCH OK ToLITIC'AI.."—J<rwn.
BELLKFONTK, I'A., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, IBKS.
I IJKT Till, PKOI'I.K ItKVKMIiKIC that
I tho Trnsury of Pennsylvania i* ruti
1 in the *]>ecnlutirr interest of n Treasury
rinjf ly deposit* of the surplus funds*
amounting to millions, in pel political
I hanks. That tin) state derive no in
terest from this use of tin- public
moneys, hut it is given up wholly to
eurich the ring. 'I hat Treasurer Hailey*
| with his chief clerk, Livey, now u
jcandidate for Treasurer, have thus far
| refusul to comply with the Humes'
; law to invest the money in Hiute or
' National b.-nd* to uccrue interest for
! the State, instead of for individual
ami ring bosses, ami lio|>o by the dec
l lion of Nile* ami Livsey on the lie"
publican ticket tor Auditor General
( and Slate Treasurer, to evacic the law
) and thu coutiuue the fraudulent use
of the public money,
i Ist the people also renumber
that the success of the reform of
J this gigantic fraud ujaui the state,
las provided by the Ilume*' law*
! i in the hands of Sca re
' tary Su-ugcr in the hoard of the Sink
ing Fund commissioners by the tit-c
i lion of Taggart ami l'owell, the Deiu
| ocratic camlidatc** for Auditor < ieiicral
! and State Treasurer. Thcv are in
j tavor of and solemnly pledged to carry
out the Humes'law, and thus arr*-t
this dangerous and unlawful specula
tive use of the public money tor the
. exclusive use ami Urn lit of Chris.
Magec, Ilill Kimble, ami MI- h It' the
j money ol the |a-o| le is to ueeumulate
j interest, let the |eoplu have liic bene
■ fit ami not the bosses, is the demand
of honesty, and to coforce this demand
the < lection of Taggart ami Howell is
the necessity which should appeal
direct to that honesty at the polls.
Tut Philadelphia I'rt** make* an
moil* nrguni' ru-ira .!. '.'""i
map, t<> !iow that the Republican ap'
[sirtioiimeut hills are fair. Hut argu
ment is thrown away in tbertfirt t >
demonstrate that it is right to give
one-half of the people, representing
one politii al party in the state, two
third-* of the siiiator and nearly two
thirds of the congressmen, while the
I other half, representing the oilier
| party, are put off with one-thiri. The
He| uhiit AH programmes ami their
j diagram* have only an appearance of
fiiirniTs. Ihe /Vr.s drt-s ji*elt ,| j -
credit as a journal of discreet poliii
! cat inclining* to lend its influence to
j the attempt to throttle a lair < jtprt s
sioii of political opinion in Peurisy I
! VHtiia. Fair piny is not an assured
| thing in the uiaiiagcmeut of parties,
j but it is the very life and strength of
our representative system.
LET every P*ir man who is A mem
ber of a Huihling and |/ti Associa
tion remeinher that Jerome 15. Nile*,
the Republican candidate, voted to
1 tax the money the laboring men saved
ny investing it in R & L associations.
; Are you going to help put a man in
office who would tax out of existence
an institution that enables you to save
a few dollars each year? is the man
who would tax your little savings and
that of your children your friend * j
Remember this, and when the sixth j
of November comes drop your little j
pa|K-r protest into the ballot box. You
can t damn Niles with hull rushes, but
I you can with ballots.
TIIKIH centennial anniversary of the
first Herman settlement of America |
: was celebrated with great eothusinsm
in many places last week. The arrival
of these first Millers at Germautown, j
was the initiatory movement which ,
has contributed to the population of
the Toiled Stales hundreds of thou
sands of its best and most useful law
; abiding citizens, who identify them
selves with our Republican iustitulious ,
with all the enthusiasm ami affection
they could possibly entertain of the I
| Fatherland.
THE Clarion Democrat thus sums
,up the Harrishurg situation,: "The
Democratic House would if it could,
the Republican .Senate could if it
would."
At a Thrco Minute Oait.
; The Republican ultimatum senate j
i yesterday made the best time ou re
cord for u legislative body.
A Patriot representative held the
watch,find the time put out was three
minutes for the session.
The stake money i* in the state
treasury, and the Republican senators
j expect it to Ire equully divided, each
j to receive tin ir thirty-five dollars.
It is at u three minute gait the con
stitution is being defitd; it is at a
three-miimto gait the people's money 1
;i la-iiig wasted, and it is at a three 1
| minute gait they ur- being denied tlair !
' right of Ki|ual Kepri-eeutation.
1)> not forget thi* >n the O.h o'
I November.— llarri'burtj Patriot t f
1 If rdncs'laji.
I'L.AIN TAI.K. (''"NG I ESS man Good,
of Virginia, n near ueigblair, icjire
venting the district in which Matron*-
re-i*i-, in a recent sjK-cch thus referred
to the Fx (.'onfederate Brigadier whom '
tbe administration has place*) a- a boM
over the Republican party of that
state, ami the dispenser of it patron
age:
"Who isthis man that thus traduces
me in my als-t-nce? I'roft-dng t< b*-
a Democrat, he ma*le a c rrupt bar
gain with Kcpublicaus by which he
betrayed his constituent* and sold f*>r
a pri-i* the |*eople who Iml lionornl .
him with a repreaentative trust. Pre
(t-iuiing to be tkc champiou of the
|M-**ple, be has tkm- rn*ire to delwiuch
murals and ruin the g sal name >*f the
state than any other man who has ever
lived ti|H >n her soil. Protesting hi*
devotiou to the material interests of
Virginia, he has bankrupted r.tie of
: lu-r greatest rndromls, taking care,
however, to fill his own pocket* with
enormous sums of money for which he
j rendered n< serviee what* vt-r.
"Roasting of hi* power* a* a Major .
fv-, ~.,'f* h- VnlMe-wte ***r, He l
gave a \ t in the *ennte by which b<- I
Httenipt*sl to write the word 'traitor'
ii|>on the brow <d every Confederate
iiVmg and the grave of every ('<>n- .
federate <l*-a*l. ('la*miug t*i be a lie- 1
lis-vcr in the so-called code of honor,
h<- Inars up n hi- tort-lead to-day the
brand of 'liar and coward,' placed
there by (• n .bibal A. Katlv, in tl.e I
I rc-e|iee of )O,<MSI p-opic, at th • ritv
of Richmond. Such a man i tin- '
wortbv of any further notice from me |
aiil I <li-niiss him a- hem nth con- ,
tempt.
♦
Tin: Sen.NUN* AMI.IIICAV. This:
admirable weekly journal should be I
in the possession *>f every person who t
*l*-ir* st i keep up practical informa- j
tion in nr', science and mechanic*. It ,
i- handsomely embeli-hed by illustra- I
tion* of the highe.-t progress in the j
mechanic art-, ami its general reading j
such as will contmind it to the best |
j intelligence u|*m all subjects it dis
ru**es. It is published by Messrs
Munn A Co , in New York, at the low
price of $ '*.'2o per annum, including
p<tnge. The editor*, with whom we
had pleasant acquaintance in a sphere
of duty other than that in which we
are now engaged, will accept our ,
thanks for the regular receipt of this <
interesting publication.
♦
j Tin. i'hi'adelphia Inquirer (Rep.)
rebuke* Cooper and hi* kicking mule*
with having committed a Very seriou*
! blunder "on refusing promptly to con
firm the Governor's nomination of
Ftirman Sbeppard, Ksq., for Inspector
jof the F.a*tcrn Penitentiary. There
j can be no valid, or even reasonable
excuse for failing to confirm it. Mr.
| Sbeppard i* conspicuously fitted by
character and acquirement* for the
office for which the Governor selected
him. He i* a lawyer of distinguished
ability, a citizen of enviable reputa
' lion, ami of such public spirit a* to
make bim an exceptionally desirable 1
Inspector of Prison*.
GEN. JAMES 11. STKKDMAN died AT
hi* residence in Toledo, Ohio, on Fri
- day last, in the fihth year of hi* age. 1
Gen. Bteedman was a uative of North- 1
1 umbcrlami county, in tliia stale, ami i
acquire*! great reuown and distinction ,
a* an officer in the late war, particu
larly in the battle of Chicamagtia,
where hi* brave and op|Kirtune sup- ,
port of Gen. Thomas securer! him the
commission of Major General, and the
title of "old Chicauiagua" which he '
subsequently bore. j
Hon. Jam. H Smith.
I In- people of our county without
regard to th* ir political bias* a are in*
! tercate*! in the selection of an It*nota
ble, just ami upright A—ociate Judge. 1
Without any di-parageint-nl to the l><--
puhlicun candiilatc for that pohition,
w<- |W/iut with confidence ttti'l pti*le to
the candidateof tin- Democratic party,
lion. J. R. Smith, at present one of
our A-sociatc Judges, a- the man who
fills the hill in every particular. Judge
] Smith is a cultured, intellectual gen
tleman, a Im-hii idt-ul of an Assoeia'*-
Judge, a uian of undoubted ability,
of sp*'tits'* reputation ami unquestion
ed honesty, WIIUM- jmst life is sufli- i* nt
vuaranlee for hi* future. A life-long
Democrat who will carry into the
court* over which as associate be as
- in pre-i'ling, tin- <)nali if * which
have iii*lcar<l him t . hi* |H.-ople a;
home. An ol*l s, h> ,1 Democrat, an
ol*J school gent It-man, who-e pr* - tu <
ion lit*- heti'h will add new dignity ami
lustre to a court that ha* ahsny- coin
mand* d the resjw-ct '*( <>ur p >;*:*,
I* t e very man wlm d,- ; r- t- 'ak<- no
step hackward, arid who d* vires to
ke-j> up the proud record * : < ntr*
county's judiciary. Vote h>r Judge Jus.
R. Smith. Democrats, your duty i
plaiu, your raiiJidat*- sh ml I |<>ll
every Democratic vote itt the r unty
that can g< t to the |>o||-. In your
/< al for yiiir -tate ti* k t <1 > not over
. look the claims of your local candi
| dates, nil ar worthy of your heartiest
support.
Gil: friend John A. Woodward
F. q . of Howard township, in thi.-
county, i* anuounced a* the c*litor of,
; ihe Farm Journal, a quarto monthly |
journal published in Philadelphia.
1 TTRF vrnmwmeemm f ifth's f*w bv Mr. J
' At kins* ri. the publisher, show* stub
jjust appreciation <>f the cnpabilitir- <-f
Mr. Woodward, that wc gi\*- it in hi
own word- "John is a farrntr. a
practical, levelheaded sleeve* rolled
up farmer. li<-si*le- he is a bos-editor.
He- has the gift of expressing himself
clearly in R few word*, lb' is not an
e-savi*t. He poss* --*■<* gfK*d, s*,li*i.
I common sense ; in either words, gunij -
"i*in. He ha* Ix-cn an e-dite>r atid
farmer eve r since he wa-a b*iv. He
iis now farming with sticc,-* and ex
j pect* to continue at the business."
Mr. Woodward, we undtr-lnnd. will
; not change his reideocc, hut continue
! a* heretofore one of the active and
I intelligent citizens of Howard
IT IS labor lost on the part of Re
publican* to report dissension* or dis
affection* among Democrats in anv
quarter. At no time, perhaps, since
the formation of the Democratic partv,
n ar a century ago, have they been
more united and determined in pur
suit of good government, and the
rights of the people to control and
j direct public affair* than at the pres
ent moment. At no time, jxrhaps.
wore bo**es and corruplionist* lea*
needed, or tluir methods more heartily
condemned. Thi* will be made ap
parent at the coming election and
"don't you forget it!"
WASHINGTON city, or at least the j
legal fraternity belonging to ihe Na
tional capital, last week entertained
Lord Coleridge, the Chief Justice of
KnglanJ, and it i. said they did it
handsomely. It was certainly worth
a trip by the Lord Chief Justice to
ihe new world, for the pleasure of:
leaning upon the arm of the Ameri
can Dude who grace* the office of
Attorney General of the United States.
IT appear* the cyclones did not go
into winter quarters after the Ohio
election. A Texas freight train on
Saturday last was lifted from the tract
and litterally torn to piece*.
"THK Republican# fail to hit the real
r*am for their disaster is Ohio," say*
the New York Sun. "They were beaten
because the Republican party must
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TERMS: rtl.olf per Annum, in Adm nee.
TilK New T*'.rk Sun -ay •'Some
| sanguine politician* are iuiiliog that
Judge Ho a|y i ,t to he rioru i uti f• J
Cor the I*r< -id< i.t vin !• 1, bwau •I.
|hm h( i'n (-!>-> tf-il ti'iVerour i f Ohb .
According 1 < tlj- rule why u : /.••■■a
i chance to ail the Democratic gover
nor* now in oflhc • r who will he < !>c
jterltlii- fall iu the old !r< lat< the
l>orti'itj of the I nioii from which the
■ audidute i- < ert.: :n t , c<,u. from, a:•<!
New England can prevent Itutk-r and
W ai!< r. u! : . to A. o! .• r v. !th
j them will stand Cleveland and Abet?
ami we might include Pattiaon, of "
I Vnn-y Ivaniu. ii h- vu -a iitti ■ Mer.
Across th- A)!- ghaui - • II adly
will lii.d plenty iij cto j" r.-. 'J hi n
in Ih g h of M 1 gun, Mich of Kans
a-, < Irani f < lor.td Adam- of
Nevada, and Mont man of Calif rn'a*
la a id:: ion t I tlx - ,St ckity i Del:'.-
war . M Lane : 'luryla 1, v.i will
Ire elected hi November, *n d Jat ksuti,
are not so far south a- to fall c uteide
i i
list, aiftrd- pltasing variety, but we
fancy the govern r- will not have the
tit Id ail to tin o-i Ivt
Now, it (itiv. Proctor Knot; ivls
-lighted by the S n, let him -peak up
1 iike a littl mart.
Mi: 1. I". I ot.rt ■t, t v r of th
1 colored jwitjii' 'a organ <>: N• w York,
''
view of tie r • :.t <!. i-i :i < tie
Supreme < mrt -d tie L" ted -tute.-,
declaring tbe"(ivii right* law 'uoc< m
stituti mal. 11. cay- "My pint n
.is that tbe < ivll rigl.t- act, a- ap out
[ growth of the war and of the modified
| opinion growing out of the war, is
i correct; hut if an- to regard it iu
i il iiyht of pubh.: bpiiiiuu vud tha
constitution a- they obtained before
t • • ■" 1 1 • Ui i- err t. 1.. •r\ *
iiotly knot'- : ~t the ( nstitUti 0 as
modified by the war, i- not - i strict a
to be int. rprete 1 in the interests of the
•tati -a- b ' re. Ido i t think that
any citiz n f the United State- of
any natiiu..i :ty n< I- any law other
than thai win !i guaranty - <vi/.- nthip
| to i otitic him to a!] tin rigiit- of such
citizen-hip. I think that at this time
the decision will inflame the mind* of
narrow minded n <n, -;>< riailv In the
south, to act- r.f vi- lence and lawh
iu—, hut in time, every right will he
acceded to u- to which we vp' entitled
in common with every other citizen,
without any such das* hg -lation as
the civil right- law."
! Tn report of tktCMMMow 4
Pensions for the year ending the 30th
i of June la.-t, show- n !i-t of pe-nsioners
on the roll- of ..ti.'l,r>.">s at that elate.
' During th- y. II 88 162 OOP pensioners
anel 7'J who had I wen l r- pped, mak
ing .'W.fb">B wore Htitloei tie the roll dur
ing the year, an execs* of 10,04"> over
the preceding year. The aggregate
value of all prn-iotis wn $2 240,192,
an increase of f2,904.090.46. The
amount paid for pensions wa- 160,064,-
•819. The exec** etf payments over
the annual value was on account of
arrears of pension* covering a period
previous to the allowance of claim*.
Till: Now Sun, in an able
hi tide on the subjt ot, urge* the return
of Judge Thurman to the United
State* senate by the Democracy of
Ohio. Judge Thurman while in the
senate occupied a commanding posi*
lion a the Democratic leader iu the
day* of reconstruction. rr*iiing the
fanaticism and uucon*titutional meas
ure* of a crazed majority in subjecting
the south to carpet bag rule ami a
military despotism. His return now
would he a subject (4" national rejoic
ing.
Wr place a beautifully written antl
merited eulogy of that eminent and
beloved Pennsylvania statesman who
recently passed to hi* reward, Jere
miah 8. Black, upon our sixth page.
It i# taken from the M.ffliutowu /V
yisfer.
NO. 12.