£l)c Centre mk Democrat. S. T. NHUGERT A K. L. OBYIM, Editor*. VOL. (). Slit Crnttf democrat Tar ma St. AO par Annum in Advance i Thursday Moraine, January 31, 1884. Gov. PATTISON ho* appointed W. N. Hirst controller of Philadelphia, to supply the vacancy by the death of E. Harper Jt-ffrees. THE dead lock in the Kentucky legislature on the Senatorial fight, i* still in full tide between Blackburn aud Williams. It is thought that the tide will eveutually drift in the direc" lion of Bj>eaker Carlisle. SENATOR SHERMAN think* it is al most impossible to step from the Senate to the Presidency. It will undoubted ly bo a very heavy contract for him, now that he ha* lost his "Eliza which was a winning card iu placiug one fraud in the Presidential office. THE Trustees of the Pennsylvania State College held a meeting on Fri day last at Harrisburg, and appointed Gov. Pattson, Professor. Alherton and Mr. Higbee, superintendent of public instruction, a committee to inquire whether any change can be judiciously made in the organization of the de partment of public instruction, the 1 Committee to report at the next meet ing of the board of trustee*. Bus* obtained $lOO a day for his services in prosecuting the star-route thieves, but there are iboec who do not scruple to believe that this is a very small moiety of what he realized from these cases from Imnk* and con tractors who escaped prosecution by having friends at court. THE State Senate of Virginia pnned a resolution Jan. 24th by a vote of 23 to 10 requesting Senator Mahone to resign. The resolution goes to the House of Delegate* where it will alo pan by a large majority. The Re publicans need not he uneasy. Their little l>osa repudiate will not comply , with the wishes of his constituent*. THE legislature of Virginia have passed a biil to establish a borne for destitute maimed soldiers of the south. The bill provides a sum of &">,o met at llarri.hurg on Thursday last, and was largely attended by the best working Democrats io the State. The proceedings of the committee was highly interesting and very harmoni ums. The active and intelligent men thus coming to the front in the man agement of the approaching campaign gives a-suranee, that it will not he one of sloth or blunder. The merited | unanimous re-election of Chairman 1 Hensel is guarantee of this. The committee np|M>iutcd Lebanon | as the place of holding the Stale con vention, and tixed the date of its as sembling for the '.tth day of April. Ex SPEAKER KEIFER of the House is under fire to explain some of the dirty trausactions of the la*l Congress which has returned to trouble him now. At the close of the last session of that Congress he required the re signation of a competent expert steno grapher in the employ of the House, in order that he might appoint hi. nephew to draw the salary, amounting to over $3,G00, during the recess. It i uppcar, the nephew had no knowledge of the art, and was entirely incapable of rendering any service a an equiva* ! lent for the monpy thus fraudulently obtained from the Treasury. The ex- Speaker is clearly in a hole from which he cannot extricate himself. "IK you elect Hancock you choose pan JST wages, idleness and the poor ■ house, hut if you elect Garfield, you will get higher wages, steady work and prosperity." Such were the word. ; addressed to the workiugmen and placarded on the manufactories pre ceding the Inst Presidential election. Under the inspiration of these decep tive assurances and tho protection fraud so often played upon their fear, the laboring men were rallied to the Republican standard, and what has been the result ? With a Republican in the Presidential office and Republi can* controlling every department of goverment and every act of congress, it is now in order for the working man to inquire bow about the promises given—where is the higher wage*, the steady work and prosperity ? In what part of the country has the promises been verified? Notwithstanding that a high protective tariff has been in existence all the time and is still in existence, every where laboring men have been worked upon half time and wages falling regularly from Maine to Oregon. Why ia this? Working men will do well to do a little thinking for themselves, and it may occur to them that their happinees is not entirely dependent upon the success of a party whose legislation ia ao entirely in the interact of monopoly, that they are incapable of discriminating in favor of labor, or keeping good faith in their promises. ■ 1 ■ ♦ JODOK SIMONTO* of the Dauphin county court, baa given a decision in the matter of the mandamus applied for tome lime ago by A Homey-General Caaaidy to compel the board of ifak ing Fond ComaiaaioMve to invert the fnnda ia securities in acoordnnos with the Humes law. The Bute Treasurer and Auditor-General who compose the majority of the board, took exoeptiona to th# Jurisdiction of the court and I employed counsel to stave off the case - '*KtjUAL AMD KX ACT JUSTICE TO ALL MIX, OF WHATEVER STATE OH 1-RKSUASIOM, KKI.IOIOL'S OR roLITICAL.J*ff<-, BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1884. ' until last week, when tho judge over ! ruled tho objection aud uffirmed the i jurisdiction of the court. This course was adopted by tho Treasurer and Auditor-General not from any doubt of tho authority of tho court or their own duty under the law, but purely to gain time to enable tho parlies who had these funds in use in speculation to restore them to the custouy of the officer* who should have had them iu baud, instead of loaned out to ohtniu a percentage to which they were not entitled in honesty or decency as against the people of the state. Rut the object was attained by the delay- The rogues got their percentage iu the mean time, and are now prepared to gather up the money of the sinking fund and comply with the mandates of the law. ♦ - - THE investigation of the marshal* now iu progress by Mr. Springer's committee, continues to grow in inter est. Every day some new rogue turn* up who has been allowed to rob the government and escape with the plun der. The last is Governor Murray <>f Utah. lit? was marshal of Kentucky before he was appointed Governor of Utah, and a# such tetious charge* -tood against him reflecting u(M>n his official rectitude. This dark record, it is said, has laid conccaleei in the I h-partment of Justice year after year, und the present investigation ha* un earthed facts that require satisfactory explanation of the Governor of Utah a duty he cannot evade. CERTAINLY General .Sherman ha* uo Presidential bee in his bonnet, says 'be I'itlehurgh He told a friend la-fore leaving Washington last Mon day that if he wa nominated by ac clamation and received the electoral vote of every state in the Union he would still decline. He looked foi ward for the remnant of h> Java l-< n life of comfort and cae, and an entire freedom from care or worry of any kind. He thought it would he the supremest kind of folly for him to he tempted by the bauble of the Presi dency to enter the White House and have four years of Mrife, contention' irritation ntfd criticism to encounter. To accept the Presidency would ne cessitate bis retiring from the army and at the end of four years he would be remanded to private lite just like Grant, who was trying to earn a living in the precarious occupation of a broker in Wall street. Tbe office of President, General Sherman said, was surrounded with so much that wa* difficult,ao much that was unpleasant, so much that was unsatisfying, that before long instead of men of high character and statesmanship seeking for it the trouble would be to induce them to accept. "No," said be, in conclusion, "people may believe it or not, just as they please, but there is and can be no possible contingency which would induce me to think for ODU moment of taking tbe office.'' This is commended to those who discredited the sincerity of Gov. Tilden's declina tion. ROME of the senators who recently voted against the ratification of the treaty between tbe United Rtates and Mexico, excuse their votas on the ground that Geo. Grant who repre sented the United States, and Romero who represented Mexico in forming the treaty were partners, and possessed some railroad interests in common. A bad excuss is perhaps better than no excuse at all. Even if the ratification of the treaty intended to facilitate commerce and trade between tbe two governments, should also benefit Grant ■nd Romero, the commissioners, where would be tbe harm ? That was to be expected, and they should be allowed to prosper with the prosperity of tkeir respective countries without let or hindrance. Geo. Grant, however, has sufficiently dignified the silly excuse of the senators giving such a reason for their action,J>y a public doaial that heand the Mexican commissio—r had any business connection, of that they possessed auy interest hi Chi treaty, except as it "would hcrtUfif the two republics and esiabjhk Jhjpt>'>sn osght to exist.*' £ jk Tho Blair Educational Bill. IT WILL ME REROUTED FAVORAIILY TO THE HKXATE EARLY Till* WEEK. The Senate Committee on Education I took up the Blair Educational hill last week and approved, with slight amendment, all the leaturcs except that relating to (he manner of distri buting the money to be appropriated. Upon this point the Southern mem bers of the committee urged that the fund should he distributed through the State authorities, instead of by Eederul officials, a* provided iu the hill. Mr. Blair expressed anxiety to have the hill reported aud a willing ness to modify this feature. He was thereupon authorized by the unanimous i vote of the committee to draft a pro ! vision covering this feature and report it to the Senate early this w for the appropriation of fifteen million dollars the first year, deereas. ing one million each year thereafter for ten years. The provision of the hill which authorizes the teaching of I industrial arts in the schools to be I established ha* la-en so auu-uded n* to j make it mandatory when practicable. Any State not accepting the pro i visions of the act, nor acquiring or | retaining the right to dispose of its allotment, the same shall become a | part of the general fund for distribu- , lion among the other Stales and Tir* ■ ritories. Two Reform Bllla We learn from the Washington /W that Messrs. Morrison and llewett of the Way* and M< ans committee, will j each submit tariff schemes to tbe com j 1 mittee. Mr. Hcwctl's report will consist largely of a comparison of rat-* Ttl tabula,- form with th* recom mendation that the lowest rate be | adopted. It will give the figure-* of ■ the tariff as it exist*, of the Tarifl Com mission hill, of the House bill of last year, of the Senate Tariff hill and of the tariff a* it stood before the latest j change. Mr. Morrison's report will recom mend a short bill providing for a hori zontal reduction of from fifteen to twenty five per cent, in the average, j wiih large additions to the free list, particularly in raw materials. He said regarding hi* hill : "I have not written a word yet, hut I can I finish it in twenty minutes." He I further Mated that he was waiting to ascertain the amount of reduction io revenue that would be effected by the proposed changes, and alao to examine Mr. Hewitt's schedule. Experts arc at work on both bills. Mr. Morrisoo thinks the result will be a practical agreement between Mr. Hewitt and himself on the main fea tures. "Thoae,'* said he, "who are talking about the paralysis of the Ways aud Means committee are mis taken. Before I draft my bill I want to find oat exactly what the figure* and effect will be of what I propose." IT is explained by the New York •Vun that the Republican party's equi vocal attitude toward Mabone grows out of Mr. Blaine's hostility to bim. Blaine sees that if the party were to acknowledge Mahone fully, and there by silence the clatter of the Blaine Republican papers, tbe Southern dele gations would at once take tbe Vir ginian as their leader, and follow him into tbe Arthur camp, if one should be established. Bat with Mahone on tbe ragged edge of tho party, admit ted when his vote is wanted, but shouldered away like a poor relation when he claims a right to the family name. The Republicans of the South are put on their guard against bim. A contesting delegation will go from Virginia to challenge bis right to be considered a member ef tbe party. Then will come the final struggle be tween the Blaine-Garfield forces on Ibe one side and all who favor South am coalition movements on the other. k - ' ,4*l Democratic Duty. it is a pleasure to note, says the I'nion Ijeader, that the Democratic 'journals generally, instead of ignoring the Tariff question, as is by a few ad i vised, are devoting themselves to fully (explaining and emphasizing the fact that tbe issue between the parties as far as formulated, is uol whether we shall have protection or free trade, hut a* to whether we shall have a pro- I tnhilory tarifl for surplus and inouo- I poly, or a tariff for revenue with such incidental protection only as is es-en j tial to the maintenance of fair rates of wages iu industries embarrassed by foreign competition and whoso en couragement is conducive to a proper | Jevclopement of our natural rcorce*. Democratic newspapers car. lie at 110 hi tier work than that of making this explanation, proving it* corrertnes and forcing the facts home to the knowledge of their reader*. The RE publican party is no more a protec tion and uo less a free tru le party than the Democratic party. The dif ference i* that the former aim at the highest tariff possible, because that is ! to the intr rest of the monopolists whose money they uc to keep them in power, while the Democrats aim at the lea*t protection that will answer the pur ]* for the sake of the working pco pie whose iu'crests tin y are pledged to *crve and whose vote* they want to put them in power. It i the little game of the R< publican press, of j ' cour*e, to hide ihc-e truths and distort i the issue, but it it a little game they cannot successfully play, if their Di in | octatic coo temporaries continue alive to their duties in the premises. w- An Indian Agent's Coatljr Error Mr. fiffiny, who w an Indian • gent in New Mexico in 1881, testified hefore the |{ >ue Committee on Ex pendi'ueea in the Department of Ju*i<-- veterdar, that he had submitted are port to the Department of the Interior containing an error of #l2. II*m afterward* arrested in New York and taken to th Territory for trial, hut his cae so never tried. Mr. TifTny •aid there were ten iri-l clnients against turn. The prosecotion, however, could never secure the necessary witness to convict him. He estimated hi* expen aes in appearing for trial at between fire and six thousand dollar*. A Blackmailer. Washington, January 20—A curious fct i re|jrtcl by Kx xas are dying hy hundred# fir want of gn**. Owners are driving their stock Smth. Ex-Governor Litcher, of Virginia, died at Lexington iat week. He was for many v-ar* a member of congress, and a very promiucut Democratic leader in his state. A negro in Wvtbe county, Virginia, has iieeu found guilty of murder in the first degree by a jury rtiin|mwi| exclusively of colored men. No chance there to wwve the "bloody shirt." Bv a German statistician the 425,- 000,000 Christiana on the giob<-, aru divided into 21 •"> OOO.OtTJ Roman Gat hoi ICS, 122.00U.U00 Prutt*Mnu,*o,- 000.000 adherent* of the Greek church aud 8,000,000 of other churches. The resolution passed in the Vir ginia senate a lew nay* ago, requesting General Mahonc to resign h * satin the I uited S'ates senate, came up in the House of Delegates aud was agreed to without debate. Mr. D. R. Locke (Nasby , who is writing letter* from the South ay: "If I was twenty five years old and had $l,OOO to start life with, I had rather risk my chances iu Atlanta tbaa any city its the world." English trade ha* sulT- red from farmers holding their win at for higher prices, but nevertheless there wcrs fewer buincs* failures in that country in 1883 than in 1882. The Hon. John C. New has resigned the office of Assistant .Secretary of the Treasury and returned to Indiana. Mr. New expected to he Secretary of the Treasury, but Fnlger was not elected Governor of New York, aud was too stubborn to resign or die. Mr. Allison, of lowa, ia tbe only senator thus far re-elected this wiuber to succeed himself. He thus enter* upon his third term without opposition in his own party and with the con tinued good will of even the opposi tion. When Mr. Fred Douglass declared thirty years ago "that if a black mat* burnt his feet by marrying a wbit® woman, be must expect to stand upon tbe blisters," it did not occur to th dusky orator that be would be walk ing upon blisters in bis old age. Bui such ia life. General G. W. C. Lee baa paid t9 tbe Alexandria County Supervisor* tbe war tax due on tbe Arlington ee* tate, amounting to $2,600, leaving th United Stale* Government still owing him 122,500 retained of tbe purchase money. _ Mrs. A. B. Shea, formerly of Nc* York city, who had buried two hue bands and three children, committed suicide in Bradford, Saturday, because George N. Howard, a widower of thai place, refused to marry her. If tbe congressmen who are taking an opportunity to shake tbe bloody shirt in tbe discussion of the FitiJohm Porter bill think they have tbe taasa of tbe Republican part* with then* they are Tcry much mistaken.—Ai- Itxma Tribmms. Senator Lamar is said by bis Missi*- cippi friends to be one of the few poor men in tbe United States Senate. Of lata years moat of bit salary baa gone to pay old debts, obligations of a na ture that only a man of wrapuleue integrity would think of paying. NO. 5.