£l)c Centre s£k Ocmocrui. S. T. SHIdKBT k E. L. OItVIS, Editors. VOL. 0. . She Centre Tormsll.ftO par Annom in Advnnoe Thursday Moraine, Februarv 28, 1884. WE notice that Mr. Benj. L. Fors ter, of Harrisburg, has t>een appointed to a clerkship in the Attorney Gen eral's office. Mr. Forster is an intelli gent anil well informed Democrat, deserving of recognition in a depart ment supposed to be Democratic. THK meeting of the Democratic National Committee which met at Washington on Friday last, 22d Feb., appointed Tuesday, the Bth of July next, as the time for the meeting of the convention in the city of Chicago, to nominate candidates for President and Vice President of the United States. THK ring power in Philadelphia has again resumed its old sway, and reform and the Committee of One Hundred have been broken and smashed to smithreens. The rings ters and corruptionist of either party will now join their forces as formerly, and restore the city government to its former methods. —— ♦- - THE Harrisburg Independent thinks Col. Quay put his foot in it, when he published his letter about selecting delegates to the National convention. The rank and file do not follow his instructions enthusiastically, and the Indrpmdcnt thinks the boss had better y get out of sight and stay out for some time, if he desires to preserve some thing of his old popularity. ■ i ♦ m THE Pittsburgh Pott says: The place of the late lamented Eli/a Pinkston, in the ejections of John Sherman, bas been taken by auother sooty female, one Mrs. Violet Keeling, whom honest John had before his Danville Committee. She swore if ever her husband dares vote the Dem ocratic ticket she will quit his bed and board, if she has to work for a quarter a day and find herself. - i— ♦ A LETTER has been published pur porting to have been written by Sena tor elect H. R. Payne, of Ohio, in which he is lepr&eated as saying "it would be sufficient for me to say that I am not and shall not be a condidate for the Presidency.'' The only novel thing in the paragraph is that it comes from an Ohio man, aud dccliues the j tffice of i'resideut of the United Slates. Gov. ABHETT, of New Jersey, in his inaugural address, intimates to the legislature that before making appro priations to increase the expenditure* of the state, it will be necessary to provide means in the tren-ury to meet the appropriation —that he will decline to approve bills necessitating expendi tures by the state until proper means are adopted to raise the necessary funds for that purpose. This is good sound sense, proving that New Jersey has a good sound Governor who means to place the credit of his state upon a bases that will not only astonish the natives, but afford an example of decent expenditures that others may imitate with profit. MR. GEO. H. ELY, who is largely interested i> the I-ake Superior ore monopoly, appeared before the Ways and Means' committee, said that with a doty of seventy-five cents a ton the Spanish ores were meeting those from Lake Superior at Pittsburgh and com peting with them. He was a believer in high weg®*- To Mr. Morrison he said that wages bad not increased since tithe tariff on iron ore had been doubled; "but the tariff has only been aix months in operation," he suggested. "Oh, well,'' answered Mr. Morrison, "that's long enough for you to increase a man's wages." Mr. Ely after he got increased duties on ore last year forgot all about the relation between the tariff and wages. It was the law of supply and demand that controlled wages after bis interests were fixed. That is the case as a rule. ) Do Wo Raoolvo Full Value. The election iu the coming fall will he one of unusual importance to our people, and involved grave aud solemn responsibility, which should be timely . considered and bravely met by the voter. Beside the choice of Presiden tial electors, moulhcrs of congress and members of the legislature, all the county officers except District Attor ney and County Surveyor are to he elected. In the choice of these the people of the county have a great personal interest and it becomes theui to canvass well the merits of those who aspire to the position to be filled I and select none but men thoroughly competent, absolutely honest and en tirely fit to represent them in these several places. We do not need men, who, inflated with their own importance, travel the i county and claim office as the reward of mere party adherence without rc- | gard to qualifications for the duty to he performed intelligently aud effici ently. But wo do need and the times require men able and honest, of known qualifications, who feel it a duty wheu called upon to serve the public for the , public good, rather thau the small emoluments that many accrue to them by virtue of the office. We shall doubtless have scores of aspirants pressing for preferment, | traveling the county and detailing their merits, virtues, services and ex hibiting cheek enough to make an ordinary devil blush. We pity the good people who must endure this periodical bore. It would lie the right thing and only administer a proper j rebuke to these bores for the people when they assemble in convention to make a ticket of men entirely compe tent who have remained at home and diligently attended to their own busi ness. There is another view of this matter and one in which the people are deep! v interested. It costs just as much to have able, honest, capable aud intelli-. gent men in these places, as it does to j have inferior, incapable tfhd ignorant men. It is a truth that in nine case* out of ten, the inferior, ignorant and incompetent man costs the taxpayer much more than the honest, faithful, efficient and capable man. Ignorance an.l incompetency leads to errors, mis government, crooked account' and many other evils of which the people , i justly complain. If a farmer hires a mnu to do work and agrees to pay him wages, he ex pects, and justly, too, that the man will be able to do the kind of work required upou a farm and that, too, in a careful, competent manner, and in such amount as the nere-sities of th< farm demand. If the hired man dors not come to these requirements he will certainly he {discharged and never again hired by the Mine farmer. The same reasoning applies to nierchants i in fact to all branches of business. A private servant is paid so much to k°ep our house oi stable clean, or to do n certain kind of work. We do not think we have done our duty by , simply paying his wages, wc see it he has properly performed his duties. If ! he is found direlect he immediately gives place to another. Why is it then that we confine our carelessness and inattention solely to public ser vants aiul allow them to return noth ing for their wages, when their duties and responsibilities are so great and of so very much more importance? A member of congress receives, we believe, 15,000 a year and mileage. We have had several contests in this district between different men for the nomination and in each instance Ex* i Governor Curtin was nominated. It i take* out of the public treasury ex actly the same amount to pay Gov. Curtin it would to have paid the smallest and most insignificant man in the district, were he sent to congress. With this in Curtin's favor, that he is I at) honor to the district and the people .I he represents, adds influence and | power ft/our state, and reflects glory "EqUAL AMI) EXACT JUSTICE TO ALL MEK, OF WHATEVER STATE OR I'KIWUABIOW, RELIOIOUS OR POLITICAL. BELLEFONTE, l*A., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1881. upon our great country. It would I coat no more to the taxpayer*) of Centre county, and take no more money out of the public treasury to have an honest, efficient and capable represen tative like the Hon. C. T. Alexander in the lower house, than it does to have one who possesses no such quali ' ticationa. It did not cost near as much to the people of the state during the extra session, to have a man of the capacity, ability and well known in tegrity of the Hon. Win. A. Wallace in the state senate from this district, | as it did to have poor and inefficient i members from many of the senatorial and legislative districts. Wallace only took $043.20 pay for tho time the senate was iu session. Kight sena tors and one hundred and twenty-six representatives to pay in full, includ- i ing the ten day recess and mileage, j which in each instance amounted to more than eighteen hundred dollars. These arc grave questions to be con -idorcd by intelligent voters. In your i owu service you will of course give the man who can do your work best , I the preference. Do this with your ' ; public servants. Listen to no man ou j I account of mere party fealty. Let j your question IK?, is he able, compe- , tout and capable to fill the position which he asks. If not, stand him j aside and select men in whom you have confidence, and whom you know ' to he able and competent to discharge i the duties of the position to which you | call them. Stato Secret* Leaking Out The Washington correspondent of i the Harriaburg Patriot of Sunday la-t has the following: "The revelations in the New York Sun of yesterday in regard to the Star route prosecutions I have produced a genuine sensation in j ibis city. It has been believed by those best informed that same of the uttorneys employed by the govt ri •' incut to prepare testimony were bribed by some of the mail contractors who , were iu danger of prosecution, but no ; one susjiccted that there was locked up iu the safe* of the Post-office depart ment the proof of the treachery ami corruption of those attorneys. The part of the Sun'* story wbiib relates to Mr A. M. Gibson i not new here, 1 though the statement in the oooks of, tho late 00 for services ren- i dered and to the partner of Colonel ; W. A. Cook (another of the govern incut counsel i of $4,000, is a revela tion. fiibsfin is a Pennsylvania!!, was one of the founders of Th< Paper, a daily journal published for a shoit time at Pittsburgh, afterwards became the Washington cornspondent of the New York .Sun, was a very violent enemy of Senator Wallace and very j active iu stirring up the feuds which from 1 H7-" until 1880 disturln-d the , Democrats of Pennsylvania. In 188b be had the entree of Chairman IJar uum's National Committee headquar ters at New York, but at the same time was always welcome at the Re publican headquarters and on very intimate tonus with William E, ('handler. He managed to get the confidence of Governor Tilden and was trusted with important political , -. rets during the electoral trouble in j l*7tV-7. William A.Cook is also a | lYnm-ylvaiiiati. lie was at one time j a preacher and afterward became a lawyer. He hails from Greenshurg, Pennsylvania, but has practised in the ! criminal court* of this city for many i years. He is a Republican in politics. Chairman Springer says that his com- i mittcc will get to tho bottom of the secrets of the Htar route prosecutions and that no matter whom the investi- 1 gation may strike it will be pursued with the determination to aid the gov ernment in bringing the guilty parlies 1 to justice. BISHOP SIMPSON declines to engage in a theological discussion with Col. Inge noil or any other person. He ' thinks such discussions arc productive | of no practical go.-d. d 1 Tho Department of Justice. ' Mr. Ralph Ratlin, iu his testimony hridaylast before the committee in vestigating exjieiiditureH in the De partment of Justice, said that there |* were more than sixty Deputy Marshals ' iu .South Carolina. He had examined . the accounts of more than thirty of them, and fouud that two-thirds of , these had made false and fraudulent • statements. He also testified that he had examined into the official conduct of United States Marshal Blythe, of that Btate, and found that he had ignored the instructions of the de partment and the laws enacted by congress for the guidance of Marshals and disbursing officers ; that he was 1 ! personally responsible for reporting ' , only about one-fifth of the amount of fees and commissions earned in civil i j cases; that he had frequently trans mitted to the Treasury department, to be allowed in bis favor, receipts and ; I vouchers from witnesses of the United States and jailors iu charge of prison-, ' or*, without having paid to such credi- , 'tors of the United States tho full! | amount specified in such receipts or , ' vouchers ; and hud made untrue state ments iu explanation of reasons why , he did not pay their claims; thnt he had applied money entrusted to lnni for purposes other than those provided in the act making the appropriation : ' ' that he had rendered to the depart- : ' ment weekly itemized report* of dis- ' I bursemcnt* which did not show all the paymeot* made, and weekly slate- I ruenl* of public funds, in which he reported fictitious balances; and that he had knowingly presented to the Treasury department for approval ac. counts for fees and ex [tenses of Deputy Marshals, false and fraudulent items, ; and had given as an excuse, that lie i ' did not examine the accounts when he : 1 made oath a* to their correctness. Mr. ' I'allin also testified that twenty-seven Deputy Marshals, whom he named, 1 ' had rendered false, fraudulent and ' fictitious accounts for services rendered ' ' by them. Tili- editor of the tit. D.uis I .'leAe /'•>•/ in discussing the different j Republican aspirant* for President, .li-pos. of two of them, Sherman and 1 Logan, very unceremoniously. "The Hiio Squalor is not to 1m? considered in th; connection. He reached his i political zenith in 1880, a* the leader i ; ! the anti-Grant forces, but the tide turned and he was wrecked. He is j not strong now aud never w ill IK- again, lie is a man absolutely without roaguclisiii, hit load always control* i hi* heart.Of Logan the German philosopher write-, "He amounts to nothing in the race : he staked every thing to sustain the unit rule, and when wre finally carried the day and hroko down the rule he was a crushed man. He has never recovered from , it." And hi* present hid for the sol dier element i* overdrawn and hope less. The Poet believes the chances, rest between Arthur and Edmunds. WAYVI: M< Yr.ti.it, in hiMUrticlc in | the Century \tagarine, discussing the desirability of electing an honest man President, thus refers to the crimes of the Republican party : "They have 1 exhausted almost the entire calendar of crime while they masqueraded in the name of the Republican party and piotested that their crimes were necessary to its preservation. They have stuffed bnllof boxes. They have ( forged election returns. And they have done all this in the name of the party whose first great historical achievement was the election of Abra j ham Lincoln, a name which has be come a synonym, whcroVfer the Eng lish language is spoken for plain, downright honesty." This is a fearful indictment to bring against his party, hut the greatest in famy of all does not appear in the above paragraph—the tbeft of the Presidency in 1870—the inauguration 1 of a base villainous fraud in the Pre sidential office. —Subscribe for the Cfc.vraa PiMocasf IUK Clinton Pernor rut reflects ou y views when it favors the freedom o |# the mails for newspapers. It says, re h fcrring to Senator Vorhees speed B favoring free postage : Whether sucl 9 act should be adopted we are not jusi j now prepared to say, but publishers ol ( - ncw*paj>ers should be relieved from I paying the postage. The law, wherc j by the subscriber wa* made to pay i the postage, should be restored. It is ' now paid by the publisher, and is a • 1 tax on him. So far a* we know, this is all congress has done for newspa pers. Iu all the scjiemes for protec tion, the newspaper man is overlooked, I or forgotten ; at least he is now "pro j tected." Congress should lie the last i body in the world to tax newspapers. Inasmuch as newspapers have made many congressmen, and some of them ' out of very poor material, it is about I time they do something for their creators. Turn about is fair play. Tilt, thieves of the south, it ap i [K-ars, are not alone in obtaining in j famous uotoriety from the investiga" tions of the Bpringer committee, j Pennsylvania comes in for its full I share, even if it Hoes not damage the reputation of one of its illustrious senators. Mr. Hume, the District At torney for the western district, is de j tected in some reprehensible practices j detailed before the committee, by j which the Governor ha* suffered great loss iu connection wiib the Venango , Rank failure. This attorney, Stone. I who was appointed by Hayes, the Presidential fraud, on the recommen- : dation of Senator Mitchell, it apj>enrß ha.* a deputy named I). Cameron, who is also Senator Mitchell's brother-in-1 law and law partner, and resides in j Wellsboro,Tioga county. This deputy, ( it seems, is in receipt of per annum from the government and reu- J j dera no service whatever, besides re siding about 400 miles from the Pitts- I ! burgh office. This case presents a* bail an appearance a* any that ha* ' eome up from the south, and cast* a ' shadow sufficient discreditable to I'enn- J •ylvanin to demand explanation. AT the city election in Philadelphia, a new trick in political rascality was developed. Under the had system | that ha grown up there- and ebewbere | in the state, the fiolilical committee* look out the lax receipts for great i numbers of voters, who have been i-ducated to the idea their taxes should j jbe paid from the party fund*. The . Republican managers on this hint. | sent out circulars to the Democratic Chairman IK ing forgw], warning tlicm their tax receipt* wen? fraudulent, and if they attempted to vole on them, they would be prosecuted. Circulars to the same intimidating purjioscs, in regard to naturalization papers, were cnt to foreign born voters. By this ! means a good many Democrats were intimidated from voting. Several ar rest* of prominent Republicans politi cian* have INK- ii made for being con cerned in the forgery, and they will ibe prosecuted. John Shermau's com ' mittee. in hunt of outrages on the freedom of elections, should go to Philadelphia. — IStUburyh Port. By all means extend Sherman's commission. Let him investigate the civilization of Philadelphia also. - - - - m - ——— Additional Local. I.RWOST NKWS. —Our little village Is •till increasing.—Harry Williams, the sadler, U getting bis lumber anil founda tion ready for a new bouse.— It can now boast of two store*, one doctor, two black smith shops, one barber shop, one tinner, one sedlor, one hotel, two churches, two school houses, the greded end primery. Mr. iloover teaches the graded and Mr. Jacob* the primary. They are both ele. gant gentlemen and understand their boat nees About one-fourth of e mile west of I/emont is the cabinet shop of Williams & Roan. They also are carrying on quite an extensive business.—Mr. John Kupp, the miller et Centre Mills, is the boss miller of these dlggins end tarns out No. I flour.— Rev. T. M, Morris preerhed bis farewell sermon la church at this place on Sunday last.—Jobn, the weather prophet, is laying low. I guess he will give It up. Rirx MoI'XTAtK BOY. TERMS: $1.50 |mt Annum,ln Aiivanrt jr —The cilizep* of I'ine Grove Mil'* H'~ 0 f making strong effort* to Lave the e . Ran railroad extended to their vi)U r .- and are holding public meeting* with iht ' object in view. It will be a great convent ence to them, and we hare no doubt the 't ■ movement will be cheerfully second..! p. if tho.e having the construction of that rt*.l n u band. Below we give a couununicaii , received too late for publication )a*t week I Mk Ktnros:—ln pursuance of a prof>. j .ition made lo the citizen* of Pine(r< ie *" , to continue the B. A It Kun railroad from ' Johnson'* Ore Mine* to I'ine Grove, th.-, * in meeting awembled and organized I v . j calling T F. I'atton to the chair and J V : Kreb* a* secretary. After a few appr. j . ' ate remarks by K G. Brett and Levi Kr-1.-, ' j upon motion of It V. Brett a commute., wa* appointed to solicit and secure the right of way. The following gentlemen 1 were chosen 11 G. Brett, J. C. tiampb. j Levi Kreb*, J. 0. He**, and Dr. J. I; Smith. There ara enlerpruing men an i i mean business, and the railroad to I'm. Grove Mill* we believe to be a fixd fa. t unlet* the parlies making the proposition j thouid back down or "tool " out. K Sraisu Mill* Scraps. —HE v. Jem<* I \Vii*on, I). !>., of New Votk city, and j lady, are borne on a visit to tbe Hoc lor • father, Peter Wilton. The occasn n ; their present vUit was tojoir, wubotb.r friend* in celebrating Mr Wilton'* eight* fifth birthday. On larl Sabbath Ilev S. M Under ad - minitlered tbe rile of confirmation to fie j young persons, and a'to admitted la ; adult* by certificate. Thu* gradually tb- little church that tlaried last summer with la membership of eight it growing u, strength and stability, i W A. Brown, C. It. N'eff arid W A. ; Krie, were the only Gregg township teacher* who attended tbe local institute at Centre Hall. Where were tbv otbej ten ' Tbe Spring Mill* grammar school l preparing for an exhibition at Ike close of { the term. The firm of I'eelor A Long Las di*. j solved partnership, Mr. l'ewior retinng j The Uepuhlican* met at the miii Salui I day evening before tbe election and } ul in i nomination candidate* for justice, c. u.u- I ble and school director. The nominee f. r j justice, however, bad 100 much g*d w>n |to rue against ao popular a man aa Scjuir. Kishel, aad withdrew from the race. Th* ; others, however, one of whom was a dctu ocrat, led a forlorn hope to the end a • • Woods cats Irawa.—Weather cbaogi a tie. Flection pa eel off quietly, our village is fast improving. C. W. liosterruan, the lively busitiea* man. had the county surveyor and U.S. *tor- I keeper laying otl a new atreet railed Mountain Avenue Last week he l-rok. ground for a new bouse on the avenue for Mr. \an \ alio. Tbe yctsng men received there new violin* laet week for the new siting bind now forming in town, with Mr. Snyder and Mr. Muokle at tbe head. They expect to get a teacher from lewisburg. Mr.Sbrunder quit driving team and ia now running Mr. J.C. Mots'* water mill. Mr Ilieij is again running bis steam saw mill. Black is on the sick list, but ia beltei again. Jacob, tbe apple king, is oil with a lot of applet. Sol. ia in the onion business at F re*ent. News Rot. Haines Township Items—Glad t-. hear from Tick Wick" latl wck Items are at present very scarce. Public sale* are all tbe go. Jacob I tower, Jr , make* tale of bis en tire Urm it-sk on March Lb. arnl expect* lorei.re. 11 • ioii Henry takes chmg -ol the farm i> u spring. Suwot* t> *,.u. Hen' < U J" I' th Us We is large a pim f l .ii w.b . ota ~de. John, n t door Iben you ins* su.se . a i gui p ... It. G M s i ar u ii> hv>. returned from their we*tarn trip and M*n, to be very wi |b I with the;; i i.rnej Mr H. U. llwlsriMi), from Moccasia, 111 . who has I -en j*tid.- c st* m. t , Ju 1 with hi* sgeit moih.r and tri-i.d* in tht* I vicinity, intends to leave sen n for ih* we*; lb • week. H irv. you R, t cua*e back again, ami b-u gVn ,, : s Willi* *j -l' George got u into hit Ik s ) lo run the luail wagon l usell last week And he dd have one end kicked in before J. W got I. n cooled down. Wil li*, you had better put weight* on bun to keep him down. Beadee. Pixe Geove T"Nire —Cyrus Got*, on of Ferguson township * suocassfui farmer* ! naar Pine Grove Mills, ts confined to the house from tbe eflferts of a badly cat foot —The principle subject of discussion last 1 week was tbe Spring election, which re > suited In a mixed affair—Mr. Todd, an [ employe In J. B. Ard's mill, U moving U> I'etersburgh. The to ll will be eem