Sljc (Centre iA tUcmocrat,
S. T. SHIGERT & E. L. ORVIS, tutors.
VOL. 0.
fUc tCfutte JPeracrrat.
Terms t1.50 perAnnamln Advene •
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WANTED ! A lender for the "Mul
ligan Guards," of Centre county,
whose "foresight in equal to his hind
sight. *' Our valued brother, Tuten, of
the Republican, will greet him henrt
ily.
BI.AINK ap[>enr# to have the mansea
of the party with him, but Arthur has
the offices and the machine, with a
, well drilled corps of eugineers, officials
and amateurs, who are doing up the
business of the "Plumed Knight" pret
ty effectually.
WALSH, the skulking witness in the
Star route cases, charges that Chand
ler, of the Navy Department, is the
protector of William Potts Kellog, in
the prosecution for swindling the
Government. Shouldn't wonder
"Birds of a feather."
BOTH the Stalwarts appointed by j
the Blaine convention of this county
are "red-headed." They are ou fire
for Blaine. But, ain't it somewhat
j-ingular that the Blaine "licker" is
corked up in Stalwart bottles, and the
corks sealed ? They will be difficult to
extract, won't tbey, Dauul?
GEN. DAVIS, the Democratic nomi
nee for Cougressman-at-Large, he-ides
being a cultured man of marked abil.
ity and large experience, was a brave
soldier and rendered distinguished
-erviceaiu two wars. He is tin- able
editor of the Doylcstown Democrat.
If elected, as we trust he will be, be
wilt take high rank in the councils of
the nation.
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THE Republicans in Washington
have had quite a lively time with the
colored brethren in electing two dele
gates to the National Convention for
the District of Columbia. After great
■vraugiing, Carson, a black Digan
partisan, was chosen over Bob Inger
soll. Postmaster Conger was chosen
the ether. He, of course, will "toe
the mark" for Arthur on the "bread
and butter" platform.
LIEU'T GOV. BI.A'K has in prepar
tion and will soon publish, in two
volumes a collection of the ways
.md speeches of his distinguished
father, the Hon. Jeremiah 8. Black.
He is also collecting material for a
oiography of the Judge, and requests
all persons having letters likely to aid
him in the work to send the originals
r copies to his address at York, Pa.
THE New York Exominer, speak
ing of the Blair Educati< nal bill
which proposes appropriations to the
-..mount of $77,000,000, says: "If
there were any reasonable prospects
of the passage of such a hill, we
should protest anaiust it with empha
sis. The mist liberal construction of
the Constitution, as we have many
times pointed out, gives Congress no
|K>wer to appropriate moucy for such
a purpose."
IT is awtonshiug how kiud our Re
publican friends are, and so very mod
al. They are perfectly willing to
nominate our county ticket for us.
This disinterestedness on the patt of
our enemies is simply crushing, hut ,
we beg them not to concern themselves
innecessarily, as the Democracy of
Centre generally attend to that busi
ness satisfactorily. Nevertheless, ac
cept oar sincere thanks for your dis
interested kindness.
The Molligan-Blaine convention of
Dauphin county commended the mean
partisan action of Senator Mitchell in
the case of justice to Gen. Fitz John
Porter. Well, the Mulliganites arc
tbaokfal for small favors as well as
small men, and it was perfectly in or
der to bestow their commendation
upon Mitchell, and his small act, in
tended to censure the more manly and"
' generous position taken by Senate*
*meron on the same subject. %
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THE Boston Port, the leading Dem
ocratic paper of New England, hoists
the name of Senator Bayard of Ala- i
i brtina, u- its chosen candidate for the
Democratic nomination for President.
IN Georgia the color line ,
is drawn very sharply in the I
Republican party. The whites ,
designate themselves, a- a whitej
Republican party and demand that >
the negroes he a Republican party
separate to themselves. The white
Republicans are more illiberal and ex
clusive than the Republicans of JVnn.
sylvania, for here, the Republicans will
allow the colored br " • to form the
tail of their politicui p> cession, now
and then, and vole for the while boss
es.
SENATOR SHERMAN'S riot investiga
tion of the Danville, Virginia, dis
i orders, has been disgustingly un
successful for a "bloody shirt" cam
paign. B. F. Walker, white, a
i Republican, and ex Federal soldier, ;
i testified the other day that he saw ten
jor twelve colored men in the riot
floutishing arms and calling upon
their colored associates tocomeon "a
it was as good a time now a- ever," j
and also heard colored men planning
to divide op the stores of Danville.!
Other witnesses testified to about the
same, and Mr Lance, a Repub
lican, said there had been a public
me* ting the night before the riot, al
which threats were made to burn tin
town. lie tl-o stated that lie del not.
: believe that any alt* mpt was made, or
any di.-p'i.-itiun manifested on the part
of the white people to intimidate the
blacks or prevent them voting, while
Sam Pointer and Cornelius Warwick
colored men, testified that they had
been attacked by the colored Repuh
* - i
licans and threatened with hanging
for voting 'he Democratic ticket.
All this te.-timouy, with the state
ments of Congressman Dezeodorf,
Gen. W. C. Wickham, and Frank (. i
Rufft-u, fixing the disorder of that
place on the Mahone coalitionists, is
highly disgusting to .Sherman. And
well it may he. He has made a dia- i
graceful failure in fixing upon the de- j
tuocrary of Virginia the outrage# of
i the la-t election, due to his own jiar
tisane.
Ex Gov. WOOD-ON, of Missouri,
speaking of Presidential candidate
di-poses of Mr. Tildeu ami brings for
ward Judge Fields as follows :
"There seems to IK- n strong move
ment in favor of the old tickit. ami if
Mr. Tildcn will accept, he ran secure
the nomination. I must sav, however, .
that lam not for him. His condi
ti in of health is not -uch as to war
rant his electi >n. My opinion is, that
if the people would consult tlo-ir own
interest", they would select n young,
vigorous man—a mm capable of in
troducing and carrying out the re
forms contemplated by the Democrat'
ic party. I think Mr. Tilden appre
ciates this fart and will not permit his
name to go before the convention.
"The best man to be found in this
'country is Judge Field of the Su- ,
pretne bench—a man of grewt firm
ness and of great intellect, a profound
scholar, and a man of unquestionable
integrity. Judge Fields would re
ccive the undivided support of the
Democratic parly in New York, |
where he is known as an advocate of
pure Democratic principles and an 1
upholder of the Constitution and of
the rights of the people."
A SCHEME is evidently brewing in
the republican ranks to boom Blaine
out of the race. The New York
Evening Port, a staunch republican
j paper, maiutaing great influence in the
Independent section of it* party,
come out with grave charges, of offi
cial delinquencies, on the part of Mr.
Blaine, while speaker of Congress, of
questionable character. The Port't
fbarges are certainly very damaging,
and tftirtd be denounced a* infamous,
were they utterances of a Democratic
ftp'.
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" Kiil' AI. A NI) KXACT JUHTICI TO ALL MAN, O WIiATKVKk HTATK OK rhknl'AMOX, KBLIOIOO UK TOLITHAL.J'I?r..L
BKLLKFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 17, luw.
Tho Domoeratlo Convention
The Democracy of Pennsylvania,
asembled in Htate Convention, at ;
Allentown, on Wednesday of last
week, and made an electorial ticket,
' elected six dclegatt-n-at-large, and two
| delegate* froiu each Congressional
District to the Democratic National |
| Convention. . We think at no time in
the history of the Democracy of I'cnn"
1 sylvania, has the party sent so able
and distinguished a delegation to the
National Convention, as it has this
year. A delegation headed hy Hon.
Wm. A. Wallace, with Hons. It. F.
Myer, Kekly li. CN>x and .las. I*. Hurr,
standing at his back, will command
attention, and be beard in the great
council of the party that will asm to
ble at Chicago, on the *th day day of |
next July. Alter making a dele
gation of this kind, the Convention
very wisely and with eminent fitness,
declared that Samuel J. Randall wi*
the choice of the Democracy ul
IVnnslyvania for President. Nothing
more fit could have lieen done. No
man in our great state, unites m him
self so many elements nec s-ary to the
success of our jnrty in the coming >
conto-t. Conservative, inflexibly D• n•
est, of great ability, distinguished c r
vice to lii country and partv, his
"re- lut>- and aggri-i\c course in
Congrr-s,"' in defense of the crdinri|
print ipl.s of our g vernnn nt, c-n u
sively point to lum H- the man vim
can and will bring sum to his | -r
--ty. And when Mr. W n'lme -i^-
"llindull will be \i i\ I. arii v ti ( ,j. r
ted by the entir IVtiii'tlvatiia dt le
gati-m at ' hicago, and iu uominsl-on
made, it it is within the range of p "i
--hilily,' 1 he -imply voices the (nthu-i
a-tic desire ot the entire Den a-racy ol
the state.
The Convention unsparirgly ton-)
demned the monstrous frauds of 1 M7i
and 1*77, through which Til-h-n and
Hcndri-k* were ciliated out of the
high places to which they were elect
ed, and declares it the most sacred ob
ligation of a free pc ple to drive from
power the men and party who made j
the fraud triumphant.
The Democracy of the state in
Convention "at down with great force
on the wild tariff views cnt< rtaiued hy
a few western men of all parties, and
makes a delivereuco on the tariff as
char, conservative, sensible and strong ,
a* the characteristic of the candi- i
date they presented with their derlar
atioti. A tariff for revenue, limited
to the necessities of the government,
economically administered, and o ad
justed in its application as to prev ( ,t
UtH jual burdens, to encmi ag. pro
ductive industries at horiif. and afDr-l
just compensation to labor, but not to
create and foster i . nop dies, is the de
mand ot the Democracy of the state.
A larill of this kind would d > away
with the wrongs and injuries n flic-tcd
hy the present system upon a great
hulk of our tailoring people and would
placo it upun luxuries enjoyed by the
wealthy. It would stop the stealing
of millions, liecanse it would nut pro-'
dure more than is needed to ecomicaliy
administer the government, nail in
stead of leaving millions of surplus in
the treasury, it would be left with the
people.
They also favor the abolition of the '
I -'internal revenue system of taxes."
This system the Democrats will recol
lect it was alleged in 1880 -82 gave :
to the Republican*, hy reason of the J
great army of collectors and assessors
great power, did much to defeat the
I>emocracy, and keep in power the
Republican party. The Convention
did right in declaring for its abolition,
and if the Democratic Houao would
pass the appropriation bills, and a bill
to abolish the eotire internal revenue
system, and adjourn it would mightily
increase the chances of suoces* next
fall. *
The Democracy declare* that the
importations, under contract of foreign
paapcr labor, an evil which should be
remedied by legislation: In othcpi
words, in this single, aentcqfc thej- -ft
" H )
•*4|
Clare their purpose to protect our
laborers from competition with cheap
pauper labor. It is the protection
that labor absolutely needs. It will
|do more for the laborers thnn all tbu
protective tariff? ever passed. More
on this again.
| The convention was entirely and
pre eminently harmonious, and every
thing it did meets with the hearty en
dorsement of the Democracy of the
state.
Electoral Count Bill
In the House, Mr. Katon reported
an amendment in the nature of a sub
stitute for the Seriate bill, making pro.
vision for the count of the electoral
vote of President and Vice President.
The bill, as amended by Mr. F.aton,
calls for a meeting of the electors of
I each Slate, on the second Monday in
December next, following their ap
pointment, and a session of Congress
jon the second Tuesday in January
succeeding the meeting of the electors.
Ihe S- uate and House shall meet in
joint convention, the I'r- iiilviit of the
>•11 aU* presiding. Four P-ller- -hall
have la-en previously app inti-d, t-.\ ,
In the II ouse and two hy the Hinalc.
j and to tlietn shall be hand I tin- or
-• I• ales, signed by the • .,v-m r- •!
Slates, giving th r- uh i f tin- J.-.t
--,0r.,i vote in tie i. i<*pcclivc S at, *
to Is" opened anil read in
'ln- )|ihal(ica| order of the
>inti-s, Uginuing with Alnliarua,
and tin Vo'c, th ri ill c .llllted I v th-*
:• lb r-. Ihe Pr i-li nt of tin- > nate
ail! I. ave the fun lion HI- relv OF an
nouncing to tin- i iiviiii -li lie- result
as ri |v,rteil to him by the ttlbr- In
eae of disputed returns, or plural re
turns, the <pn-tion which shall fe
ll t ide i by n vole of the - invention
after a d. bale of three hour*. The
joint convention shall not dissolve
until the count of the electoral votes
shall have been completed, n--r shall a
recess longer than one calau-ler dir
betaken. It the count has not bi-en
completed at the end of the Friday
after the first meeting a continuous
•e-sion without recess shall le- thereaf
ter had until the count has heen com
pleted and the result declares!.
In view of the fact that the general
situation i now the same as it *as in
1*7(5, when it waa made p -sihle to de.
feat the cxpre-- I will of the p -pie,
it is to be hoped that (' -tigress will n--t
fail of the pa-sage of a law that will
give scine assurance to the country
that the disgraceful fraud- of 1 >7*s,
cannot lie repeated with -ality r
success.
IT i- stated that the I - -t •>) < ,11,t
ing the internal r--venu<- last year,
waa over $5,11 5,000. Thi* is a large
-urn. but when it i- taken into consid
erati u thai tln-re ar- 5,281 collectors,
ganger . slort-kec|crs and >ther pet
ty Federal officer* employed in tin
collection, ami serving as a reserve
force for Republican politics to swell
! its campaign fund, it is not to la
wondered at. Unless the people,
through Congress, take a hand in abat
ing the ntii.snnce the cost of running
this unneces-ary draft upon the re
.sources of the public are more likely
, to increase than diminish.
BKXATOIt V KftT says that since
Grant's first administration, we have
expended $585,01)0,000 on our Navy, j
and havo nothing to show for it.
With such meu as Robeson an-1 Bill ,
i Chandler to distribute the funds at j
will, and John Roach to salt them
down, the showing is about all that
could be expected. Before any other
appropriations are mads, a dissolution 1
between Chandler and Roach, should j
be required.
IT would seem that we are not to j
have the usual peach growers' panic 1
this year. Reports in Delaware, from
prominent peach growers agree that
the prospect for a large crop is unus
ually promising. The buds are in a
healthy condition.
—' Thalargest stock of man's low shoes, j
V-lAtft * A. C MIXULK
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Drove Wordß from Gov Curtin
Ex Governor Curtin, says the
\\ ilkcsbarr.- I nam littler, was in tin
long lit of distinguished Democrats
who were in New York, ou .Saturday,
principally in connection with the
dinner given by the Young Men's
Democratic Club of Brooklyn, that
evening. The irrepressible interview
er got hold of the yet stout and
sturdy, hut now perfectly white head
ed old geutlcmau, and elicited from
him, among other things, ao opinion
of H|M-nkcr Carlisle and the Morris>n
hill, that every Pennsylvania Demo
crat ought to read.
"Carlisle," he said, "is one of the
sLaunches!, truest and most loyal men
that the ranks of the party contain to
day. He believes in a reformation of
the tariff' before u complete revolution
takes place. So do I. It will not do
to go before the j*-<ipl<- at such a time
a- this wuh any revolutionary mca
ure*. Tiny won't stand it. I believe
that the Morrison liiil, with the
aiiii-iidiiit'iits which will, uiidnubi'-dlv,
b ,# ma le to it before it come up for
tiuul passage, will prove a mea-tire of
itiv.i'uabie aid to tD. moeratie par
ty in the < oruing campaign.''
No lu.t. 11!" rt he> bv ti ma le to
ni' ke it ap]i> tir in Pennsylvania and
t e ea-t g-ner i!: y t hat M • -r-. Cut li-1 •
tttid M ini--.u ,i\-e comport'd tin m- '
s 1v• - with ief.-r.-noe to the tariff'- •a
l ' wholly alienate tb< Pt nn-> Iv.tnia and
ot ' r i- • rn d< !• _-ttt i ii- in ( ' '.g
and that the M -rri- o hill,
traei- being <b-igned a- a Ire
measure, b-aus so strongly in
that direction, a- to he incapable of
tin- tu "lificaii"n and amendment r.< c
< --ary ' > iif.k- it acceptable to Penn
sylvania and "tin r ea-tern Democrats
> i tar i- this from b mg true, h'-w* v
r, the w. h.*n have Mr. I urtiu, one
,of the mwt ardent of Mr. Randall's
advocate?, -{waking of Mr. Carlisle in
terms of highest Confidence and prais*-
and a- one- in Ix-lief with himself on
the subject of Revenue Reform, and of
the M irrinn hill a- likely to prove,
when amended a- it will IK-, "a meas
ure of invaluable aid to the Demo
cratic party in '.he coming campaign."
It is beginning to be apparent that
the tariff monopolists and the Repub
licans generally have overdone mat
ter*. Ihe discussions the Morrison
hill ha provoked have cxjx.std the
wcakne-s of the enemy's cause and
convinced the I )crn<>craH at once <f
the necessity and |xihilitire of union
u| H iii such tariff h>. rine a- will be.suffi
eit ntlv r. n a ry t.. -mis-v the west
and - -titli and a-, not being revolu
ti omrr, will IK- a reptable to the clear
h.-aded and progrc-ive DcniKrnt
and < itiz'-n* generally of tlie New
ii igland and Middle Siati-.
Tildcn Again.
I'm. Evening .S','or, at Wasliiugtoti,
id the l.'lth inst., publishes tie follow
ing s|wcial from New York
"Mr. Tildcn has absolutely declined
to permit I i- naII I u to go before the
National convention at Chicago as a
candidate fur President. He ha
quile completed n letter which will be
addn*sod to the chairman of the New
York Democratic State Convention,or
ixissihlv to the chairman of the New
York delegation to Chicago in which :
he annouuees that he is not a eaudi- |
dale. It sets forth his reasons more
(luphalicallv than his letter to the
New York delegation in Cincinnati in i
June, 1880, and includes some refer-;
en ere personal to himself. He believes
that the Democratic nominee should I
be one who could enter upon the work j
of reformation, as the head of the
government, with an unvarying vig-
I or."
, THE Democraoy of Indiana are
; jubilant over the returns of the Spring
! elections of that state, and claim that
the returns show that they have in
! creased their majority of 17,000 of
| two years ago, largely; that the party
I is in the best fighting trim, and haro
I command of the election machinery
all over the state.
THE Morrison tariff bill was taken
i up for consideration in the Hxuac on
Tuesday by a vote of HO to lIW.
TKKMN: per Annum,in Advance.
Horns of Intoreat
John Billinao iu hung'-d at Hasten
on th® Hth in>t for the murder of his
wife in April last,
j —All employes of (be Insane Ho*
; pitl si Nornstown have bien forbiden
j to take an active part in politics.
—The A loooa Hsily Timet after a
struggle of a little over a year and a
half, suspended publication on the 4tb
inaf.
The Massachusetts House of Hepre
tentative* has concluded not to flog
wife t, eaters and has defeate<l the bill in
trodured for tbat purpose.
The bill prohibiting the manufacture
of oleomargarine, with penalties rang,
jng from tl<*i to $'00, passed the New
York Senate on the Kb inst.,
With .ludge Tourgec supporting Bob
Lincoln and Wh rton Brker insisting
that it shall Li* Harrison there may
yet Lea S| .it in the grand old party.
I he police at narrowly
scrutinize the luggage of American pa.
ter.ger* arriving iu Iranra'.lanlic st< >m
1 r . n order to prevent t he .oiroducnon
of d\ n-mite.
' . M *rtin Steel*, aged >0 years, wL<>
wa t oiled S ti * f'on'ul to Mosoowin
1-T ' di'd st 1 lenly at bis country r<-si
denee i'i Wyin'tig. Luzerne c unty,
h-t wi ek of | neaiotua.
M- Bi.itichw N'\in has com
| hue I li r statu* of Petit Mulilen
i its'- I'• ' her, such't ao i < naior, to
be | lac-d by It ania in the gal
levy of the f. dcral cipitol.
I i < V.I - 1 i,e • ' t 11 • I n ted atr sand
it' interest, is 1.,-tt< r understood wL o
tir<:ii. ili-i. I tiii in the l.i>t twenty
noo the mte'i t payments on thi
pu' d- tit et >unt< dto |J.'■'.< OftO,
(Kit.
1' it.ng the l.vt sev.-n day* there have
I e. n transferee I fr< tn the I'nit. 1 Pipe
Line* to the V.it or .d I rsn.it t.'oinpsny
o.-r ist iss 1.. i if] - crude pet rol
•um le*v ,ng 1< s than fi.itint t**j in the
original line.
Pav'd We!|s. of S tt county. HI.,
"hokibd Constable < oats at Glasgow
on the LTith tilt whs on Monday sur ren
dered to tlie authorities by his father
and brother for Ibo reward of SIOOO
, offered for bis rapture, which will be
used in his defense.
tin Monday night amisked mob at
Itallas, North t atolina. took ; colored
man named Edwin M S'ullough from
jsil and hanged him to a tree. About a
week ago MrC'ulb ugh sb t slid kiile I
1 botnns ,1- n, a prominent young
m if. without provocation.
I r th< tweiv< month* ending Febru
ary l".t, l>s|. the t r.it.- l States have
• xjiortcd $ 100,4ib.1.'.i> more nirrchan
di-<, i in and bul.i m than they im
porte I . the leg t-ni.te deduction from
wbn li is tbst the 1 *iiti-d Stat*** can
easier diaprn with hrr fori ign brrth
r-n than the latter run low th out the
f'nited > atea.
Cincn niti has settled down to what
\ry mui h resemldea itn old tiroes
quietude, although the | lace still re
t iins tbe at pearance of a city in a state
of Siege, htf rta are making to dispense
as *<>. m as p -sible with the s ldiers,nnd
ti will !*• done ■ ioon as the ordinary
police protection of the city ia deemed
sufficient.
I In funeral r f Hon. W,llium 11. Hunt,
formerly Seen tary of the Navy and
late M tii'ter to Hus'ia, took place on
last Thursday from St. .lohn' sP. E.
1 fliunli, There was a large attendance
of prominent people, including the
President and all bin Cabinet, eirept
the attotrney General, who it out of the
; city.
The stockholders of the Bald Eagle
; \ alley Railroad Company held their
annual meet :ng on the Sth inst, and elec
j ted the fuilowing officers ; President L.
j A. Mackey ; Hirectors. i/lound Rltnch
ard. A. fl. t'urtin, J. X. Dubarry, .lames
I'ufTy, -tames M. tiainbled, John F.
; Greed, .'oho Irwin, Jr., Henry M. Phil*
i lips. (' A. Mayer, Wistar Morris, Geo.
B. Roberta and Edmund Smith.
Mr. Blisa testifies that in on* of the
Star Route cases, which the government
has tri-d, it was shown that on one
rout which waa the outcome of the con
•pirslors' operation* "not a letter or
paper went over it for twenty daya, and
tbat route paid $40,000 tos.'io,ooo.'
"One man we found carried the entire
mail aoroas the mountains in the leg of
boot," and got $50.000a year for it. And
theae are the thieves whom HI is* waa
paid SIOO a day to prosecute and con
vict— and he didn't do it, Mr. Rlin
bad better step down and out.
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