S. T. SlllGlßT A E. L. Oil VIS, Editors.
VOL. (i.
> (The €if litre democrat.
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THE Boston Poet think* Massachu
setts may safely lie put down among
the doubtful stales. Strange things
do hapjTen sometimes
IT is estimuted that there are now
fifty thousand visitors iu Florida. All
the hotels and boarding houses through
out the state are crowded with north
crn and western tourist*.
TWENTY SEVEN thousand acres of j
wheat were destroyed uear Stockton, !
California, on tbe lHth inst., bv the
p bursting of the levee at Roberts Island. J
Loss estimated at $-~00,(HM).
ARTHUR is Henry Ward Beecher's
candidate for President. Beechcr is
an acknowledged free trade, and say*
a tariff" with incidental protection i* ;
like beefsteak with incidental strich-'
nine.
MASSACHUSETTS has returned to its
old love, aod revived the whipping
post as a punishment of wife-beaters.
This class of criminals are to be whip
ped in the correction houses of the
several counties.
IT is said a jury in Elk county the
other day iu the trial of a civil ca/e,
came into court with a written verdict
finding tbe defendant guilty. It not
being very intelligible or satisfactory
to the court, they were allowed to re
tire for repairs.
SAMUEL J. RAW DALE, W. A. Wal
lace, Franklin B. Gowan, Thomas
Collins, Benjamin F. Meyer* and
James P. Barr are respectively named
• as proper persons for dclegates-at-large
to the Democratic National conven
tion. No better names can be pre
sented.
DIARRNOROHEII ARRIVAL! F.re
paugb's white elephant arrived in New
York on Thursday last from Egypt.
It is claimed to be tbe first one that
even croased the Atlantic. The dis
tiuguished emigrant reports at Fore
* paugh's winter headquarters in Phila-
delphia on Hatnrday.
MAYO, a re-adjuster, returned to the
House a* a member of congress from
Virginia, holding a certificate from
Gov. Cameron, was on Friday last
unseated by the unanimous Vote of,
the Houee aod Judge Garrison, the
duly elected member. eated in hi*
stead.
—
SECRETARY LINCOLN denies tbe re
mark credited to him that he would
resign rather than sign a commission j
reinstating Fitz John Porter in the
army. The denial is timely, for the
remark made him a fool, which is cer
tainly not an accomplishment desira
ble in a Presidential candidate.
TuECincionati Enquirer, by special i
correspondence, has been collecting
tbe actual sentiment of tbe people of
the south in relation to the Presidency t
and reports "that the solution as de- J
veloped by these letters may be briefly i
summerized. Everywhere there is an
overwhelming sentimen; in favor of
the nomination of Mr. Tiiden.
A MODKST congressman ' In reply 1
to the inquiry of the New York Her- ,
altFt "who will be the Republican
nominee for Governor of Indiana?",
Congressman Calkin says, "I will I"
nominated and elected governor of |
Indiana." IVrhap*! But he would
have chosen the time better, if he
waited tbe election befote making the
announcement.
THE Hon. Cha*. 8. Wolfe says that
with Quay, Msgre
Cooper and Leeds in command, is not
* the reformed and harmonized Repub
licanism to rait me. Such reform has
been bought too dearly aod such har
mony is but abject snbwervenoy. Per*
haps Mr. Wolfe is hard to please. But
it is all the reform bo is likely to get,
U anises he dhn harmonize bis own bit
terness toward the Democracy
COL. O. H. I'AYNK, son of Senator-
I elect I'ayue, said in New York the
i other daj, that lain father is not a can*
didate fur the Democratic Presidential
nomination. The Senator-elect has
also said the same thing, and we can
see no reason why his word should not
obtain credence.
A MRS. KIMJORK who has been very
persistent in effort to he made a mem
ber of the bar in Philadelphia, with
the right to practice law in that city,
has again been barred out for the
fourth or fifth time bv a decision of.
•lodge Ludlow tlie other day, who re j
fcrred her to the legislature for a law
to govern her case.
WITH the opportunities he has had t
in public life, it is certainly creditable t
to Garl Sohur/.e that he is yet a |toor {
man. In view of this implied integrity, j
the Germans of New York have un- j
dertaken to raise a purse of SIOO,OOO
to present him. In contrast with
Sherman and Blaine in congress and
cabinet, both of whom came out as ;
millionaires, the poverty of Schurie j
is a crown of honor his friends may be
proud of.
THE private secretary of Mr. Bu
chanan, during hi* presidential term
challenges the statement of Mr.
Blaine's book iu reference to the point
of President's answer to the South
Carolina commissioner*, and the agency
of Judge Black in its modification.
He says that Mr. Blaine's statement is
untrue. Blaine's bo >k beiug written
for political effect, could not be ex
pected to lie anything else than a
Mulligan campaign document
LUCY HTONF. den .unces the Massa
chusetts legislature for its action in
defeating the Woman * Suffrage bill
recently before that body. Bhe say*
their ac'.iou in "denying to a portion
of the people their just right to vote"
is an outrage more unjustifiable than
the worst violations of the election
laws charged upon the people ot
Copiah county, Mississippi, which
Senator Hoar is endeavoring to hunt
up for party capital.
THF. Wilisesbarre f nion I.mailer
can't understand the patriotism that
commends Longstreet, a rebel and de
faulter. and asperses ex Governor Cur
tin for following the dictates of his
conscience.
Why. Brother Bogert, it is not a
difficult conundrum. Gov. C'urtin is
honest, in pursuit of honest govern
ment, while Lougsfreet is after plun
der, and where else could he obtain
sympathy and success except in the
party where plunder is its life and the
measure of respectability.
THE Democratic House of Repre
seatalive# of New Jersey, ha passed
a civil rights bill providing that all
persons within the jurisdiction of the
state shall he entitled to full and
equal enjoyment of the accommoda
tion, advantages and privileges of inns,
public conveyances on land or water,
theatres or other places of amusement,
subject only to the conditions and
limitations of law, and applicable
alike to citixens of every race and
color, regardless of previous condition
of servitude*. This bill, it is said,
was paused by an almost unanimous
vote, and will doubtless become a law,
unless the senate, which is Republi
can, defeat it, which it is likely to do.
THE Philadelphia Uncord says of
the testimony in regard to the conduct
of the Star-route oases it drizzles out ad
nauteant. The public interest in it
i has entirely subsided. Every one is
nti*fied that the government was de
frauded : and every one i* also satis
fied (bat tbe virtue docs not lie in Ke
publican administration to punish the
bigb crimes of high Republican de
linquents. If plain John Doe or
Richard Roe bad stolen a hundred
dollara there would be little trouble in
getting tbem into jail; but when tbe
Hon. John Doe and Pint Assistant
Postmaster General Richard Roe steal
a million dollars it ia an altogether
different affair.
"ZOCAI. A!ft> BXACT JUSTICE TO ALL MEN, Of W IIATEV EK STATE OH FSIUtUASIOH, HELIUIOUS OH POLITICAL. 1 Wifmoi
' BELLKFONTK, I'A., THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1884.
AFTER a haul fight bv the harmoni
ous Hi-publicans of Philadelphia for
delegate* to the convention, the Bluinc
men lieut the machine and carried the
day, hut it i* evident from the Prem
that the victors don't feel altogether
happy, or confident that all will be
lovely in the convention. The ma
chine is great in resources, ami Boss
Quay knows how to engineer it for all
that is in it. The Preet ha* cause for
apprehension.
GEN, BEAVER for congress. The
, Republican* of York county have in
! *tructed their delegate* to the state
I convention, to vote for Gen. lb-aver a*
the Republican candidate for congress
' man-at large. We hope that in many
' other counties the Republicans may
make the same display of good sense
j that they have in York. If we must
| have Republican representatives, for
the honor of the state, it is desirable
that creditable men like B- avor, come
to the front.
IT is reported that the President
will veto the bill passed for the relief
of Fitz John Porter, or permit it to
become a law without his approval.
Iu which case he will decline to make
the appointment provided in the hill
to restore Porter to the army. What*
ever action he may take to thwart the
full effect of the hill, if such a thing
is contemplated, which is difficult to
believe, he will do contrary to the
1 public sentiment of the country, and
' will hang like a millstone round his
j ueck iu his canvas for re-election.
THE application for jieusioq of Mrs
j Meikleham.a granddaughter ol Jtffer
j *on, which wa* recently rejected iu
congress, has been taken up in New
York and subscription* opened for her
! relief. It is expected, that a consider
able sum will he raise). It may be
1 from stupidity, but after the precedent*
' *et in the extravagant sttdi.ameot of
President's widows, wc cannot appre
ciate the discrimination against lie
, last survivor of the third President,
who wa* also the author of the Dec'a
ration of Independence. The priori
pie is unqu stionahly wrong in either
' oaee.
MATOR CARTER HARRISON'- h y
was hauled up for fast driving ihc
,other day in Chicago. The Inter*
, Ocean gives this account of the scei e
I that followed in the Mayor's Court:
"The boy came up with the Herri
sonian swing, and the Mayor said
with considerable severity : 'There is
a complaint against you for fast driv
ing. Did you have the mare out
| yesterday V 'Ye*,' replied the boy;
'I had her out, hut I hope no one rails
that driving fast. I let her take it
: easy, but there were dozen* of fellow*
driving fast,' and be named several
owner* of crack horses. As be talked
the severe look on the Mayor's face
became an anxious one.atid as his hoy
went on to tell how this man and that
one drove, the Mayor burst out with :
'You didn't let him pass you, I hope,'
and then he thundered out: 'Did you
let him pau you ?' To all of which
replied the boy: 'You bet I didn't.'
So ended the leason.*'
THE Ohio legislature embarks in a
herculean struggle when it attempts
to stamp out the busioeaa of specula
tion by the psswage of a bill to pre
vent gambling in grain, stock*, petro
lura, wool, provision, Ac. The hill
which passed the Honsc of Represen
tatives last week, provides that all
contracts and agreements, no matter
by what name designated, by whi< h
i any person shall contract to sell or
i buy any stocks, or shares of stocks, of
iany railroad or transportation com
pany, mining or other corporation,
who docs not intend actually to de
liver or to receive and pay for the
same, are declared illegal contracts
and agreements against public policy.
All agreements on "margins" or "lb
lures" are held to ba gambling aod
criminal acta. No matter ia what
capacity ba acta any person convicted
In a court of criminal jariadiction
shall be fined ami imprisoned for each
offense, and holds Telegraph and Tele
phone companies as accessories who
shall communicate, receive, or display
any statements of quotations or prices
on margins, futures or options, and
subject to the same jienaltie*.
The Oominir Question.
One of the most troublesome ques
tions that will demand solution by
the Republican National convention,
save the Washington J'oit, will be
raised by the ap|>earauce of two full
set# of delegates from Virginia. Wil
liam Mahotin who, in ItbO, claimed
to bo the leader of the only Democra
tic party iM his state, and who has
never boon willing to admit himself a
Republican, will be at the head of one
set, and he will have the backing of
the Administration, whose deputy he
has been for three years in the hand
ling of Federal patronage in Virginia.
John F. Dezendorf, an old original
Republican, a veteran of many cam
paigns, an earnest supporter of Gar
field when Mahone was working for
Hancock, will be at the head of the
other delegation. Most of the Ma-
hone d'-legaU-s will be fresh recruits
from the Democratic party, men who
have been tempted by the flesh-pots to
desert their principles. All of the
' other delegates will be uncompromis
-1 ing Republicans, men who still stick
to their principles when there is no
patronage to reward their fidelity.
The motto of the Mahone delegates
will be: "We are for Arthur, be
cause Arthur is for us.'* The motto
of the Republican delegation will be :
"The man who will make the best
race" It will not only astonish, but
grieve the Republican rnaMu-s of the
north if Mahone and his followers are
admitted and the Republican delcga
tion barred out. As for the I>emo
crate, they will be amused, but not
Very deeply Toteripet-faiof!P
Chatincey F Black
i ii i. i.iii tck ist oovaaaoa's rsairr riaw
*m> estomv as,
Kn. March 20.—The lh>patrK thi*
nun ii/ prints the following letter from
Hon. Chaunc-y F. Black, lieutenant
/overm rof Pennsylvania, and son of
i ttie Iste Judge Jeremiah S. Black.
T lh fclt'- rw of fhr £#•
I hasten to reply to ywir recent fav
f. the more readily Because the que*
until you | ropnund are, to me, vrry fs
toilinr nne and subjects iifon which 1
desire to he freely heard. You ask for
mv tariff view, arid niv presidential
pri ferencea. As to the torrner of these :
On the tar ff question mv views are
e*pre-s<-d in the seventh resolution o'
the York county dcmoi-racy, April, 1
as f .Haw* :
The fundamental principle of a true
democracy it expres.ed in the Jefli-r
son tan maxim. "Kqiial and exact .justice
to all men: special favor to none," and
this must hi- especially observed in the
exrrcie of the t >xing power, not only
in the slate but in the nation. We d*
mand, therefore, the repeal of the in
ternal taxes as unnecessary, oppress!?*,
injurious to particular classes and at
tended with corruption. Wear* in far
or of taxing foreign imports, for the
purpose authorised by tha constitution,
namely : to raias* rerenue snfficiant for
the Irgiroate needs of the treasury and
incidental protection, encouragement
and reward, equal and just to all rlassea
of Dien and all kinds of lawful business,
including munufacturee, agriculture
and mmmore* in all its Branches
This, in iu> opinion, is a bsfter ex
preesion• rl.e time-honored democratic
dofftrine, defending • ua from the
faherof the p'rty and of the repub
He. than the so-called 'Dhio platform,''
adopted last rear by Olln, Pennsyl
rmit, New Jersey and Virginia.
Nl'lonsl legislation having for Its end
the earrelng out of the shore view* ha*
mv hearty sanction at any and all
times.
A* to candidates i await tha set ion of
thu convention, not doubling it will be
for tb* treat. But should Mr. Tilden ac
cept tha nomination he will he named
without a ballot and elected by a major
ity great enough to render a second at
tempt to couot him out a rather danger
ous experiment. "Justice travels with
a leaden heal. Nit aba strike* with aa
iron hand." Vrry respectfully yours,
Cbawcct r, Bi.ick.
Yoas, Pa.. Maieb l., 18M.
Political Froapeota.
Tllfl V. \STKII V STATKS miIVTt r Soft Ttl.- 1
DUX A*U lIKXOBICKS.
BOSTON, March 24.—The J'oit to-mor
row morning will print several columns
of short letters from Democratic mem
Iters of the legislature* of Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts
and Connecticut in which the writer
give their preference for presidential
candidate*, first and second choice, sod
all their views on the tariff question.
Tilden lea<ls in each stale, save Mom
chusetta where be and Butler are about
even. He is a strong favorite in Maine
where al-o the greenback member* lire
( heard from in favor of Tdden a* fir-t
ch' ice. In Vermont nearly every D*m
! oeratic nismbrr of the legislature is for
| Tilden. 'n the tariff question a ma
. J jority of a'l heard from are for "tariff
I for revenue only," in each state, and an
| overwhelming majority favor the M->rri
: son lull and a gradual reduction of tariff
p taxation, tif the members who declare
unequivocally for a continuance of the
present h'gh tariff two are New- Harnp
shire men. three Connecticut snd one
1 Massachusetts. Two New ilsmpshire
; m*nu'actiirer favor an immediate re
i duction and one favors tariff as it is at
j present.
The Depopulation of Ireland.
i Lovoox, March 1-Y—The Iri*h paper*
are discussing the recent census return*
,in a bitter spirit. The Dublin .Vahcs
i ha* an article entitled "Bleeding to
Death, in which it says: "The life
blood of Ireland is being drained by
! vampires. Kvery one who hue sn in
ter-t in theoountry must gird hi* loiti*
; g.int thi* mtir lermi* I'nion. Theex
1 termination of the Irish peopl ha* long
' been the traditional aim of the Knglish
| rulers, 'fhe present executive's will is
i bent on actively promoting the murder
i ou* sy stem which has already fobll
i the country of i,OUO,OUfI or G,000.000 of
I people."
The, Vraini Irtlw/vi devote* an article
! to the same subject, which it entitles
4 "Killing a N a'ion by Inr!-." ltaays:
| "For all practical purposes Ireland i
suffering a more awful drain of man
h->o<l than if engaged m a deadly con
| flirt with a first cla.-. Kiirnjwan pi*r.
< She hn lost since the I'nion more tn*n
than France lost in all the sanguinary
war* of Njn!on. -At leat eight mil
i linn* of people have iieen immolated in
eighty year* !o the demon of Kngludi
supremacy. Three million* of people
whos- brawny frames supplied the phy
sical f-uce of the rej-eal meeting", were
, missing in 1>72 h<-o ih<> o-c*U" enuro
erator* cwran to aount them. Two mil
I lion nine hundred and thirteen thou
, ssr.d of the population w ho were spared
( by fam ne hare Iw-en starved or trans
jiorteii since. The west* gno* on fader
land more furiously. VYithm the last
vt-ar alone Ireland lost i 08,000 env grant*.
I Tl.iss"' of wbom were single adult*. She
J lost in mere thews and muscles more
' j rsluHl sons than were slain in any of
the gti-alesl battles of the world."
Atltlil ioitul Loral.
Halfbroede Lock Horca with Stal
wart*
The sorrel top editor of the half-hreed
organ took the stalwar' bull by the horn
and proceeded to rub the nose of the
aforesaid bovtne in the mire. Kdilor
Tulen occasionally take* a hand in Be
publican politics of t'entre county, and
when he doc* some person gets hurt.
The machine had quietly determined to
set down on the Blame sentiment of
fhe country- people, and the chaiitnan
ignored the parly organ and failed to
call hi* committee together through the
columns of the Republicin, or to an
neunce the delegate elect ion*. Brother
Tuten saw through the little game and
blocked it by culling a meeting In the
interest of the "Plumed Knight ' on
Monday evening. The proceedings wen
very inferos ting. Mr. Jamra Simmer
villa was elected president, and the
diminutive Sylvester Ray, Esq.,
chosen secretary. The ball then opened.
The dainty little sa at story was on net
ties -hi* sou! wa* with the meeting, but
his heart was for up on lloward street,
and he bit hi* pencil nervously. Free
Hons of the machine were distributed
through the room in anticipetioa of
what wna to com*. After Mr. Dale's
opening prayer, the tall " I'efl'm Pine" of
the Allegheniea, Col. Hastings, was
called upon for a "speech," and aa the
.Vim puts it, made an energetie though
TEKMS: $1.50 per Annum, in Adtaiiir
guarded apoccli. Well, tbe Colon.]
not in tbe h ibit of giving buneelf ~
l<ut like the skillful angler he plat* hi.
game and enjoys the .port at the proper
time and land, hi* trout. Of course h.
preferred B aine over any Democrat,
Ac., Ac. 8. I>. H.y.a novice in |ioliktr..
.tartled the stalwart leader* by veil
mnce of oratory, and made the *|rf>ech
of the evening. Judge Love followed
in brilliant speech in which he said
that the nomination of Hayes in '7O Mi
like a wet blanket on the K.publicm
fmrn which it \M difficult to recover
Thia aen'irnent amazingly atirred ur-
Mr. Aiken*, who indulged in a mu-io
ispeech. and Mr .lame. Hurria turned
; on the electrict light of hi. imagination '
and he gave the machine thunder,
i bejuire It iukin who run* the colored
contingent of the machine, and wh *
(gave grandpap Jul,. t|,e entire colored
I vote of the hotough, ''over ;he 1. ft
| eit down on, but Juhnny i a. elastic a
a gum hall, and will "bob up M-renely
jat the proper time. A f. w choice ex
j tract* from the Mulligan letter* were in
I order, and the little necretary wanted
j to deliver a disquisition on run Hrrtk'.
but the prudent Tuten squashed bin
After thi. little ii*Jr w*a* over, a
cv.rniinttee wa .vpiiointed to make the
nece.arv preliminary arrangement* u<
bring out a fu!|e*prei . n of opinion at
the primary election* E ('. Home.,
s. 1. 'rav. Clement Ilale. A J Aik~nv
f. H ( -ider. (ifo. T liarria. Col. lfa-t
ing. L. Brown da*. and S.
I I). Kay make up the committer . Sow
' "let lip the dog* of war."
Brother Tuten, you can ret on you
j oar*, -the to.* will do th pulling. Ii
win an awful hark handed alap at th.
machine and "sore he*l* and wek
knee*" are aeen all over town. The
machine cam. down one |*g, and pat
-1 lithe* the official call for the Krpubfi
can convention, tine jeg i* not very (>
to drop, hut it will be anything but
plea*ant to the digoified chairman oi
the machine.
A* OTIIZS, UI C*.— The following it a
clipping (rom the lltrrvht y patrm ;
Up at Bcllefonrh
l> 'll.|LfVv4,dl4l ' ■■•T?*jKrt,Aag, t
RtiLxrosrt, March 17.—Thi* p' ,ce
take* it. name from a *pnng i-ii'led
•'B-*lleforiUin.' auuated near th • • -n
--■ tre of the Uiwo, wi JU .b ia avid to throe
14,601) gallon* o' water in a tn.uu'i
I lie town i* located on a bill aurrou-u.
Ed on every aide by other and higher
I hill* It i*. on a< count of iu hill Wa>
j tion, e.|^| A |)y tree from malaria, the
, drainage being perfect, iti*connected
by railroad w.ib Lock Haven and
Tyrone tbu* fF-.rd ng it direct ra.lroad
communication iih the rbiladeli bia
and Erie and the main line of the
Pennsylvania railroad. Aootber ri
road it rapidlv approaching it fmtu
Tyrone. IVM-mie i* chock full of
good fellow*. The Hon. Cyni* T. AI-*
ander ha* hi* K-mr here, and la *> yini
i land all your rcaOer* who know L m.
are aware, a gcntlcuiao, warm he* ted.
cordial and gem• 1 ** a i ompan on an<t
friend. He h* iii* hand* full c-f bum
new and i* at ih • bead of aevcral of the
leading industri. • of thi* place, among
. which are notably the gia*a work-.
Hor. John H Or vie, aioce hi* reigns
tion of ibeyu-tgeahip. i* practicing law
, bore uccefully. Among the new a,
j rjuaintancc* your corrapondent forme-i
here w** the present judge of the di.
j triet, Hoo. Adam Hoy. Judge Hoy,
i *inoo be came on tbe bench by appoin'
' ment to till the unexpired term of
Judge Orvfa. on tbe 13th of November
last, h> • Tilled tbe full measueof hi* je.
•ition. He i* *n able jurist and h
conducted hi* office with commendable
►kill, industry and lact. He is much
liked by the h*r and will be renomicat
ed thia fall without oppoailion, uai
rbould lie aecuie ihe nomination from
riunfinglon county, of which there can
be but little, if any doubt, will carry
tbi* county by one of Urn largest ma
joritie* ever given by the noble democ
racy of o'd Centre. The reasons given
by hi* trends for hi* nomination are
tbsi he poaseme* all the qualities of a
Aral claaa judge, and th* faot thst b>
oAunty is go- <J for a large democratic
majoritv, while Huntingdon la some ?0m
republican
J. L Spongier, Ka-p, is en attorney
bora laat lorgiog to ilia front as one of
the bei and aounde-t lawyers in the
place. He unite* with his ability and
integrity a* a lawyer, an ear*lleat soaial
di*poaition. He is on* of the men
Pennsylvania at large will hear much
from in the future, if I am not greatly
mistaken. Mr. Jame. A. McClata ia
abo a rtwtng young mn He te reeog
nited as an able ai d valuable man
among hueineea men.
The Roh and BcockerhofT hooaea are
good hotsU. and iffml axoelleet acoom
modaiion to the traveling public. The
Bial proprietor of Ihe Bash bosses we
not tbe pleeeura to meet, fcr which
your quill driver b sorry, as soar Harris
burg t-uator** men describe him aa one
of astute'* u< Ideaian. * • *
•Ssao.
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NO. 13.