S. T. SHUGEBT A K. L. ORVIS, Editor*.
VOL. (>.
®lte (Crutw jPmocrat.
Tar ma SI. 60 par An nam la Ad vane*
WE publish the report of Gov.
I'ATTI.SON and Supt. HIHHKE on the
tinancial condition of the State Col
lege which recomniendea various
changes.
AGCSTUS SCHEI,L, of New York,
widely kuowu for mauy years as one
of the most netive men in business and
practical life, died ou Thursday last,
aged 72 years.
THE bill to extend the time for take
ittg whiskey out of bond, which was
nothing more than a loan by the Gov'
urnmeut, to the great whiskey rings
met with a sad defeat in the House
by a vote of 186 to 83.J
PRINCE LEOPOLD, the Duke of Al
bany, the youngest, and favorite son
of Queen Victoria, died suddenly on
Friday last Ilis sudden death pro.
duced a profound sensation in I'.ng
laud. The Queen was greatly dis'
tressed.
SENATOR HARRISON will have a
good time to get his bill through Con
gress addmitting Dakota as a state
The Democratic members of Congress
in 1876 had an experience of that
kind, which those of 1884 are not
likely to have repeated.
THE Philadelphia /Yc#. thinks that
the Ikaine people should now elect
some delegates to watch some of the
tirst delegations appointed to the
National convention. A failure to
take this precaution in 1880, defeated
the "Plumed Knight."
ANOTHER flourish of trumpets,
from the whiskey disciple of Kentucky
and Daniel Boone's ghost will keep
hit nightly virgils among the distiller,
lea. Toot gently, Harry Wattersou,
the last solo was a solemn requiem tA
the deceased whiskey hill.
MINISTER SAROENT, U.S. Minister
at B< rlin, has been Irauferre 1 to the
Russia mission. It is leleivcd that
the German mission will remain va'
< ant for the present, in order that our
government," in a quiet way, may
emphasize its respect for Bismarok
or the German Hog.
GEN. SIMON CAMERON has return
ed home from en extended visit to the
South much invigorated in health.
The General is pet haps one of the
oldest men in the state, and judging
from the long journey he annually in
dulges in, is doubtless one of the most
vigorous of his age. We hope the
veteran may continue many ypars in
his pesent good health.
A MRS. SARAH E. E. SKKI.YE ha
been granted a (tension by the House
of Representatives, for service in the
army. She served as a soldier three
years under the assumed name of
Franklin Thompson, and when sick
and about to be sent to the hospital,
deserted to escape detection of her
sex.
THE Baltimore Amsriean says there
are eight hundred new houses vacant
in that city for want of tenents, and
yet there is more building going on
this season than ever before. This
looks like prepcration for a large in
flux of business in the "monumental
city," or a benevolent desire to lower
rents to those who are obliged to hire
domiciles.
IT is greatly to the credit of Gen.
Carl Shurz that he has declined to ac
cept the proposed gift of 1100,000
which his friends and admirers have
been raising as a testimonial of their
respect and esteem. In his public
life no charge of corrupt practice ever
attached to him and his refusal now
in his proverty to be the recipient of
gratuitous benefaction in contrast
with other public men, is as creditable
to him as it is remarkable and untu
na!. i •
The County Ticket
Wo have a lull couuty ticket to
elect thiti fall, from I're.sideut Judge
down, *m) while wc do not witili to be
understood as in anywise desiring to
dictato nominations to the democ
racy of our county, the DEMOCRAT,
as one of the Democratic papers ot
the couutv, has a few suggestions to
make. We have always given our
earnest support to the. ticket placed in
nomination by the covenlion, au>l have
never interfeared to secure or prevent
tiie nomination of any man or set of
men. Nor will wc deviate from ■ur
past course now. To Democrat sol
our county we say, lot. i lot i the tick
et nominated should received every
Democratic vote polled. 2nd. Itihould
be such a ticket as would bring out every
Democratic vote. 3rd. To do this it
must bean unohjeclionHl ticket, strong
in every individual member.
As you are responsible for the el
ection of the ticket so are you doubly
respon-ible for the character ol the
ticket nominated. The people make
the nominations, or at l-at they
hould, and if they nominate n weak
ticket the responsibilities should n-st
I with them. Between this and the
Augu*t convention yon have time to
investigate the character, claim* and
! qualifications of the different candi
date* for each office. Thin you should
do carefully, and give no man your
I vote at the primaries who i not erai
: nenentlv qualified for the office. Your
duty to yourself, to the |>eople of the
county und to your party, is to assist
iu making the beat possible nomina
tions. A man's personal friend
ships for a candidate should not
swerve him from the path of duty. If
your friend is unqualified to perform
■ the duties of the office, or objections!
' to any considerable portion of your
: party, you should nut try to force an
element of weakness and discord on
1 the ticket. Helect your men carefully,
nominate a strong ticket and the party
will take twelve hundred majority to
Philadelphia. Nominate a weak and
objectionable ticket and we may crawl
out with a majority in favor of the
other fellows. We write thus early
in the hnttle as there are no candidates
announced, ami consequently none can
take offense at this. Ito your work so
well that you can warmly ratify at
at the polls what you hare done at
primaries and in convention.
THE R nion Leadrr suggests thi- as
the Blaine platform :
1. The Mulligan letter.
2. The Credit Mobilier.
3. The taxation of the whiskey in"
terest in tolerant s*aU* and the dis
tribution of the proceeds iu prohibi
tion states.
THE colored people of northwestern
Pennsylvania, begin to assscrt their
freedom. At a convention to appoint
d< legates to the Pittsburg National Con
vention, held in Venango county, la*l
week, a resolution was adopted "That
wc hereby renounce all allegiance to
the Republican party, and will here
after vote as one with the party that
aids us the most; that we demaud of
Congress that laws be paused to protect
white hearts under black skint in
South Carolina as well as in Massa
chusetts." The colored man will in
time find out where his friends are
and ceaae to be lead by the nose in a
party who falsely claim their alle
giance for the emancipation of their
race, in which no one party in politics
are entitled to exclusive credit more
than another. Certainly tbo Repub
lican party, by its liberty, has obtain
ed no right to their allegiance and
gratitude for the mere privilege of vot
ing the ticket while they are exclud
ed from a just representations of the
rights of citixenehip in a proportion
ate share of the offices for whieb they
vote. Citizenship implies equal rights,
and the man must be blind, indeed,
who cannot see that equal rights has
not been accorded to the colored voter
party he serves.
"EQUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE TO ALL MEN. WIIATKV EK STATE OB I'EHBUABIOM, KKI lUIOUE OB I'OLITIUaL. JorOB
BKIXKFONTE, PA.. THURSDAY, APRIL :t, 1881.
Haixej Kilhoukn, who it will ho
1 remembered was imprisoned h few
! years ag<> by the House of Rep reset),
tativi-s us A contumacious witness,
tins been pursuing a heavy claim for
damages against John I. Thompson,
i the Sergeant-atArms, who, ns the
"Hirers of the House, hinl hint iu eua
tody. Last week he obtaineil his
fourth verdict for $ 57,500 ou bis claim
i for $.'550,000. The first verdict was
for $lOO,OOO ; the secoud for $00,000;
none of which satisfied to heal his
wounded honor. If he continues to
pursue this mode of rnakiug his for
tune, the same sibling scale of ver
-1 diets, will bring his damages down to
low figures on his fifth verdict, if it do
| not place it where it ought to be, as a
preposterous attempt to grab at the
surplus revenue iu the Treasury.
The Blair Educational bill is un
der discussion in the Senate and meets
[creditable opposition, and its final
passage, notwithstanding the desire to
get away with the surplus revenue, is
not to he exacted. At a meeting
held in Washington to endorse the
' bill, the protest ola colored man from
' Alabama, took all hv surprise and
furnished a wholesome lesson in good
! common sense, when he said, "let the
negro alone—let him take care of
himself—that the northern ja-uple
did not understand the needs of the
negro and that their interferences was
! doing more harm than good. Sptnk
| iug for his own state, he averred that
j the local authorities of Alabama gave
all the aid to colored schools that was
' necessary.
Usurped Leadership.
On the eve of a fierce political
; struggle for party supremecy in the
nation, when the theories of contend
ing parties, and contending factions
are forced on lb public by tbeir dif
ferent advocates, it is well to stop and
take our political bearing, and to en
! quire who has charge of the ship. It
has well been said by a very wire
man, that "Some men are born great,
some achieve greatness, others have
grcalnes* thrust upon them," the lat- (
ter are at present in rontrol of our
party or have usurped its leadership.
For years, the acknowledged leaders
of the Democracy have been Randall
iu the House and Bayard and Thur
man in the Senate. These men have
been set aside, for the unskilled lead
endup of men like Curli.-le, Morrison
and the windy, frothy, vaporing
Wattcrson, honest and able men, in*
deed, but unskilled to lead a gnat
party in a desperate war. Nothing
but the calm, judicious leadership of
nmn schooled to political warfare in
the National Congress through years
of sorvic* ran lead the democracy to
viclory. Wo want men who have
arhUvtd greatness, not men who have
had greatness thrust upon them. (Jive
u* the leadership of Randall in the
House, and of our own Wallace iu the
State Senate as we should have had
last winter. Where great men lead
let others follow. We have in our
mind's eye two eases of u*ur|*>d lead. .
ership, ami the retirement of veteran
commanders, within the past year 1
and their results are painful. With a
democratic House and Executive we
suffered ignominious defeat in I'enn
sylvania, we are about reaching the
same conculsion at Washington. Give '
us hack our old commanders, the
Wallaces, Randal Is, Baysrds.Thurmans
and Tildens.
Traitors In tho Camp
The liarrisburg Patriot truthfully
remarks. "Tho Blaine men in Penn
sylvania are in a state of trepidation.
The canvass for the nomination of
the historian of the Kennebec has
assumed an anomalous condition aud
no one seems able to understand it.
Instead of being under the control
and management of Its friends it has
recently bocn appropriated by former
enemies whose conversion is of doubt
ful sincerity. Under these circum-
stances it is not surprising thnt ih< t fl
in doubt and uncertainty in the c<u
! oils.
The fact is that the Blaine boom
i has I wen strangled. There is no
doubt that on a free and fuir expres
sion of public sentiment nearly if not
all the delegates from this state would
he friendly to him. But it ha* been
determined by the machine that such
a result shall not he permitted. In
Philadelphia a square fight in whii h
the numerical strength of the Blaine
men was conulerhalanced by advant
ages the organization afford* in the
of the others, resulte.l in the
election of thirty unfriendly delegates
against sixteen who nre devoted to
! him.
But outside of the great cities
when- political machinery is less po
i tent in determining a contest an open
fight was obviously dangerous to the
ring. This put the managers to their
wits and the result is that th'ise whoa
few days ago opposed Blaine are now
iu the front ranks of his supporter*
and the aiinointed iu the tabernacle.
In thi* ww they hope to accomplish
their ends, t)oe of the delegate*
elected in I.uzernc county only two
♦lays ago ha* already announced that
he is not for Blaine. If he had de
fined himself an hour before the bal
; lot he would probably have been
beaten. But having been chosen
there i* no power to revoke the decis
j ion and he may now voice his opinion
from the bill top*. This is doubtless
| the secret of the recent 'conventions.
The Blaine men will do well to exer
cise care. They should 'beware; of
the Greek- bearing gifts." "
Tiir defeat of the bonded whiakey
hill by the House, on Thursday of
last week, is the beet practical exposi
tion of the position of the Democratic
monopolies. The whiskey In
terest ha# furnish* d the moat powerful
and unscrupulous lobby that has ever
j curved Washington, backed by prom
inent political leader of both parties,
with a horde of internal revenue offi
cers and their relatives fifty degrees
removed with the great Free Trade
lender and apostle of whiskey, Henry
Wattcrson a its oracle; with an un
limit d amount of money at its dis
posal, it bo- held back the legislation
of the country until the present time
It has now received its "quietus" at
the hand- of a Democratic House, and
will not likely present its ugly visage
to vim- for some time. This lobby
has be n and is one of the nnet pow
erful and inveterate enemies to the re
duction of iAt<-rnai taxation. ami has
helped to maintain the armv of in
ternal i v, nue officers that has ever
gb-od a menace to the liberties of the
people, and ha- acted a- spies fur the
Republican party. The policy of the
Democratic party has always been in ;
oppoiitinn to monopolies of all kinds, J
and the defeat of this greatest and
no*t powerful of the ma ty that infest
the halls of legislature at Washing. 1
ton is the best guarantee of the future
wise policy of our party. Reform in
every branch of the g vcrntnent,
and war on all monopolies, is the
slogan of the Ifemooracy. "Din ve
na' hear it,'' Republican friends ?
At the caucus of the Democratic
members of the House on the tariff
muddle, the following resolutions were
adopted :
Rmolved, That tho bill commonly
known as the Morrison Tariff bill shall
he taken up for oonsideratiou at the
earliest practicable day, and reasonable
lime for debate allowed thereon, and
after such dcliate that a bill shall be
passed for a reduction of duties and
war tariff Uses.
grmh fd, Further, that the adoption
of this resolution shall not be consid
ered binding in controlling the indi
vidual action of Democrats, except
to tho extent that each Member may
feel that ho ought to be influenced by
tho expressed opinion of the majority
. of hi* associate*.
1 A Mit J,t '.ie* ( HOA i'E, of Mi-Miuri
- , applied for a | osition in the House of
Representative- and the n quest ought
i to be complied -v .tli at once. He is said
i to be the lather of fourteen living sons,
all of whom with himself, served iu the
I I Union Army throughout the war.
I This is a record not to In- surpassed,
i ami if the sons inherit the reign of the
parent stem, it is a nucleus to form
i the next army of the Republic that
congress should not neglect.
A Strike among the coal miners of
j( learfield is expected. The operators
of the mines have given notice of a
reduction of wages, which it is be
lieved the miners will not accept, and
a a result will throw down their picks
and shovels in disgust. It is hoped,
ho wever, that wiser councils may pre.
vail and that mutual concessions may
he made to the advantage of both
parties.
Gen. Grant is no longer the silent
man that h * < ncc was. He docs not
attempt to cor c al his position partial
ities aud prejudices in regard to the
Presidential nomination. He is open
ly at.d strongly for Gen. Logan.
Logan was one of .he Stalwarts who
itpxxl by him for two terms in office >
ami as an aspirant for a third term in
1880. He is, therefore, only recipro
cating that friendship. Grant's hostili
ty to Blaine is intense and outspoken
j He passes the bounds of common ani- ,
moaity, and is revengeful in its tone* i
and temper. This bitter feeling is a
i b-ga.-y of the last Chicago Convention, r
Blaine recently said that he bad only i
allowed bis name to be used as a can-'
lidate in 1880 as a means of defeating
the third term conspiracy, and j
with no expectation of gelliog the
j nomination himself. Grant's emphat. ,
ic deciartiou for i>ogan may be inter- j
preted as an indirect expreation
against Arthur, and the ex President
freely admits the justice of this inter- '
pretation.— ISttrbvryh Port.
A decision wa- rendered try the Su '
preme Court a few days *in< e in the
< aM> of the Swift and Courtney and j
j ll'-ei-her Matoh Company, appellant
against th<- United Ktnt<-. Appeal
j from the Court of Claims. This was a
suit brought by the match com pan \
to res over from the United States tic
j sum of $t,Y4J.t t , commi*ion uj-on
' purchase* of internal revenue stamps
under the revenue law of W..1, 1K,;
and l*7<t. In the Court of Chums the
I match company's petition we d - '
mi-sed. The nut rerer..-- the judg
ment <>f the lower .ourt and remand*
the i se with directions to render
decision in favor of the match Com
; pony tor s2N,fil< which i nil of it* i
; oVm that is not barr ed by the atot
uto of limitation*. Opinion by -fustier
, M atthews.
Tho riuladrlphia ( hrcm-j! IleraU riser !
to remark that a little Presidential |
boom has, afier much exertion and j
! struggling in the effort to materialise
' tself. made an np|earnnce in Conr.
i It is propelled by the friends of Joseph
It. Ilawley, who has an idea that he j
l>ose*s<< admirable qualities as a dark ;
horse. Hawlefis a main chance hypo
,' rjte, wbo'delights in moral platitudes.
Ph>-ically robust, he is morally flabby.
Philadelphia hod a chance to sire him
I up when he was president of the cen
tennial commission, and insisted on
shutting the gates ol the exhibition on
Sunday to the general public, while lie
and bis friends roamed around inside.
Republican- who are in search of more
•nivellers for President can abandon
Ohio and goto Connecticut.
Additional Local.
—The following appointments were
made for the Altoona District at the
Central IVnna. M. E. Conference held
at Williamsport last week :
.Tames 11. Mc< Jarrah, P. E., P. 0.
Altoona, Pa. ; Altoona, CWtinut Ave.,
Oeorge Warren ; Eighth Avenue, George
leidy; Firat Church, tfeo. D. Pene
packer ( Twenty fourth Street, J. T,
Wilson.
Dellefonte, Milton K. Foster; Bir
mingham, George Ouyer; Clearfield,
•lames Curna; Clearfield Circuit,
Kmsnuet W. Wonner; Curwcnrvilla
Joseph •B. Shaver ; fhincansville,
Henry 8. Mendenhall t Olena Mope.
TKIIMS: i |M-r Annum, in Ailvanrr.
J. Aters; Oriharnion, William
A. f.'Aiwj Half Moon, Walter R. Whit
nay; Ifollideyaburg, J. Ellis Bell ;
lloutz. Isle, \*bury W. Guyer; Howard
ami Beech Croek, Owen Hicks ; Loy<ls
villa, to l>e supplied ; Logan Valley.
William W. Dunmire; Lumber Citjr,
E isba Khoerusker , Martinsburg, Isaac
Hack man ; Mileaburg and Unionville-
William W. l!t-.u>e ; New Washington
John A. Mat tern Oscoola, to be *up
plit-d ; I'enn'a Valley, to be supplied by
jO. I'. H. Marvin; Pbilipsburg, John B.
Pol-grove; Pine Grove. to i>e supplied
by F. A. Elliot; Pleaaaot 'lap,
Bruner Orabam : Port Matilda, to be
supplied; Moow Nobo, F. B. Noble
Tyrone, Jacob S. M< Murray : Warrior's
Mark, George W. Botiae ; Williamsburg
william V. himor ; Woodberry and
I'attonsville, Albert H. Lambert
Woodland, Joakua K. Ltovd.
William Earnshaw, chaplain of tbe
j National Home for Humbled Volunteei
Soldiers, at Dayton, ' tbio, member ol
Warrior* M.rk quarterly conference .1
B. Ilykee, missionary to t'hina.
Hi I'BKMT MEBAAV AXI# SI I EVAM ATED
PREwin:i.*. —J. F. "raig. Hugb Linn,
Abrum If. Creigliton, Cambridge Gra
batn, George li. Ague.
Mr. Dick Harris contemplated cele
brating April Ist by taking a grand fish
ing eicurtion up Spring creek. Of course
it is too early to fish with a "fly"—unlets
tbe "fly" is carried in one's own pocket
and inspected every now and then. Some
one informed him that "Grubbers' were
| the b<-t bait for trout Ibis time of year
' Grubbers !" exclaimed Dick, "what tbe
J—l is Grubbers?" "Grubbers I Why,
don't youjknow whalGrubbers art'''* "No,
of course not," replied Dick. "I know
that yruA means something to eat, but
t never knew you could flsb with it." "O,
well, that is not the kind of 'Orubbera' 1
mean. They are a small, white, fat look
' tug worm and about an inch in length,
( with a smovtb skin, and reeembie a small
and eery young bull purp, only they have
no lege and hair. They are uaually found
' in old dead trees and In rich mellow aoil,"
was tbe explanation given by hit friend
, and advtaar. Now, the thing that ptr
plexed Dick most was bow to obtain them.
A friend suggested hiring a couple boy* to
i procure them. We are not prepared to say
whether the two boys who were secured
were "booked" before band or not, but
they were certainly wicked, deceiving
j boys. They were furnished with a mus
tard can and sent to bunt for "Grubbers,"
' while Dick went over to Heisler's to in
'P** "F-ckret s ' best. The boys returned
lin a short time with the much coveted
"Grubbers and exhibited them to Dick.
, "Why, they've got bair oo them," said
he. • He was told it was necessary to soak
them over night in water to remove tbe
hair. He accordingly put them to "soak "
and rather got pretty well "soaked" him
self- The next morning be invited a few
acquaintances to look at them, remarking
that It was queer, but that "the hair stuck
just as light e it did last night. ' "Why,
Dick, those arc not 'Grubbers,' they are
catapillers," chorused bis companions- *
"What, caUpillart ? But aay, boys, let's
take a drink, and don't say anything about
this.' But it got eut, TOU bet,
—At a Hpe isl meting of Bellefonte
Encampment, No 72, I. O. <). F , held on
Monday evening, the 31st uIL, the follow
ng Officers (previously elected ) were by
D. D. G. Patriarch, H A. Magee, as.
sised by Past Patriarchs H. B Pontius
! and B. Galbraitb, duly installed for tbe
coming year, via: Chlaf Patriarch, H. H
Benner; Senior Warden, W. 11. Museer:
, Junior Warden, A. Sternburg; Scribe,
W. 11. Millet; Treasurer, Isaac Miller.
The Officers Ailing positions by appoint
ment were duly appointed by the C. P.
and installed into office.
This encampment has been recently re
organ i tod, and baa every prospect of
again becoming a prosperous branch of
i the I. 0. O. F. being the higher branch of
Odd Fellowship. Tbe members of the Sub
ordinate Lodge, in order to thoroughly
understand the full purport of Odd Fellow
ship, should not '.healtale to attach them
selves to the encampment.
— ST*KT Sctxa—Stalwart candidate
for delegate. "Bay. Jim, who are you fel
lows going to tend to the state Conven
tion f" Jim, (Blaln Rep.) Solid Blaine
men. No sell out this time, my Stalwart
(Head.
Stalwart —"Say Jim, I n not a vary
strong Blaine man, 1 con fans, hut if you
will send me and bind me up right Ughi
with resolution* I'll stick.
Come, now, what do you my. We want
harmony, and I don't want you fellow* to
sit down on ma 100 bard ". I-et* go la and
cento." Reaull-llalchel buried ;la the
Blaine man's head). Stalwart goo* to Con
vention.
NO. 14.