» bs Centre Bo rmacral, "EQUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE TO ALL MEN, OF WHATEVER STATE OR PERSUASION, RELIGIOUS OB POLITICAL.” ——— F.E. & G. P. BIBLE, Proprictons. BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 2. . 1884. TERMS : $1.50 per Avnum, in Advance. NO. 46. ———————— ——— —— The Grnre Benoa, Terms $1.50 per Annum in a Advans FRANK E BIBLE, Editor, To The Patrons of The "Centre Democrat” Having disposad of all my interests in the Centre DEsocraT, I have only take leave of its and to patrons thauk them for the generous support accorded me during the six years of its present existence in which I bave been identified in its publication and editorial management. That my ex- perience in the newspaper business has not been one of profit, it is not necessary 10 say. Yet it has not been without its pleasure in discharge of duty to the great principles of the po bless great party of which [ have been a successful an enthusiastic adherent dariog along life. After publishing the Original Centre Democrat for many years pre, viousto 1844, I retired for other pursuits, when it soon fell into the hands of the oppwition and event: ually became the organ of the ‘Koow Nothing Party,” to go out of exis! ence with that spawn of intolersocr and shame of decent principle. Th Dem- ocratic party was thus without an or gan in this county for some years. Al though absent from the county [ pur chased and placed in the posession of the party and established the Demo- eratic Watchman, which after passiog through the hands of various publish ers case into the posession of the pres ent publisher under whose manage ment it has prospered and racked as Journal, In 1879, it was believed that there was a fair opening at this point for another Dem- ocratic Journal, not as a rival of the Watchman as has been alleged, but as an additional aid in the dissemina- tion of Democratic principles. 1, in connection with Maj. R. H. Forster, edablished this paper, assuming the title of the old “Centre DeMocrar” wt under which I had fought so many hard battles in the cause of the Demo- cratic party in early manhood. That we were not mistaken, the result proves. To-day the “Crxrrr Dxvo- pr cnar” is as well established, and as prosperous as any other country news paper, and under the management of the live, enterprising young Demo- orate now in charge. Messrs. F. E. and G. P. Bible, its success as well | as its usefulness to the party is assur. V1 do not refer to these reminescences _ boastfully, but merely to remind my friends. that my support of the Demo. dot. in my final retirement fron: journalistic life, The Democrat bas avoided all per, sonal controversies with members of the press, has endeavored to treat all with courtesy and kinduess, and if we | have ever given offence, it was unin | tentioned, and we trust will not be | remembered against us, Verifies BS. T. —— A —— Salutatory SHUGERT. In lauoching our boat on the sea of | journalism we break a bo tle of wine on her prow io the shape of a salutary | to our readers. In life, youth crowds | fast on old age, and the gray bead of | seventy gives place to (he young man of thirty. So it is 10 journzlism those who have grown gray and feeble in the profession yield the pento younger All can. uot be ripe jouroalists or brilliant and less experienced men. writers, nor can the press always de mand that the declining years of its experienced editors shall be given to the public. The validictory of the venerable man who has so ably filled the editorial chair of the pEMocmaT for the past six years, and who was known ¢, Ceutre county journalism, when it was mill in its swaddling clothes, appears in our columns this week. That it will be a matter of regret 10 the readers of the pEMOCRAT we know. That we canuot fill the editori- al chair made vacant by the retire ment of Hox. 8, T. Savoerr we are free to confess, We expect however to sit down in that chair and if we don't quite fill ii, we will shuffle around io such s manver as to startle the old thing with our restiessfess. The DEMOCRAT has never been the personal organ of any man. It will not be so now. We shall advocate (he cause of Democracy, believing as we do in the justice of that cause, and the crorectoess of its principles. local matters in which “politics ean have no place, we will advocate such measures as in our judgment are for the best interests of our people with out reference to the political complex. ion of parties interested, In discassion, we shall endeavor to be fair and not resort to abuse and vilification as substitutes for argu- ments. We wil] ask that share of patronage from she general public which the merits of the paper may en- title it ts, and no more, Fraxx E. Bsr In As the official count in New York | by the different counties was complet ed on Baturday last, the Republican hope of unearthing great fraud will have to be deferred, “Hope deferred maketh the heart sick.” That accounts for the numer. our Raublienns on the sik fiat. EE Mi A A "Dale dots not deny iw vcdividi and elses te of Mr. Patton during the late cam- paign. : So mie bois vos gly of borne La Will he quit pl HURRAH ! ‘The Count in New York Claims of Victory. (CLEVELAND THE! NEXT PRESIDENT. With the ancouncemant of the of ficial vote of New York, the Repub- lican hopes of Blaive's elestion are dashed to the ground. The Phil. adelphis Pres, and the New York Tribune have persistently claimed the election of Blaine in the face of re tarps that put the election of Gov. Cleveland beyond the shadow of doubt. Why these papers thai have a Na- M tional reputation should deliberately falsify the returns and keep the coun- try ina fever heat of excitement is best known to those in control. Bat one thing is plain to Democrats : that there was a plot to steal the electoral vote of New York for the Plumed Knight, and the claims of these two papers were part of the pro- gramme. They have now “came down the tree” and will “rise to ex. plain.” A bright future is dawning on our country. Reform is afixed fact, there shall be a return to the economy of ‘past: Democratic administrations: the fight was desperate but the victory was glorions, no North, no South, no East go West, but one united glorious country. Pease on earth good will to men, Sa T. P. Rysper. chairman of the stéte conimittee of the Gresaback voters of this Congressional district as a candidate for congress upon a plat- form of his own making. He received 64 voles in this county out of a total of nearly nine thousand. Is he satis- the Demoerat IC | Cleveland to the Front! As the Twenty-Second President of the United States. The Democratic ( undidate Ww al Have a Ma Jority of Thirty seven Votes in the Electoral Coll lege. The completion of the officia’ | count of the vote of the State of New | York for Presidential Electors estab | lishes : the fact that Grover Cleveland {was elected President of the U. 8 on the 4th of No He will |bave a majority of ectoral | College, and a | 100. | | 000 hn il ie =n vember, 37 in the El and a plura’ity of over Follow- Eis country al large |ing is mmwary of the etoral | E) { votes of the several Soates: The official count in New Yi re shows a plurality for tre Cleveland aslectors of 1087. FOR CLEVELAND.) FOR BLAINE, Alabama... ws 10 California........% Arkausas. aossniuinel Colorado, 16 New Hampshire .4 9/Ohio North Corulina.11, (Pony vais. 5 South Goroliva.. 9 Rhode Island... Ignis. ..coeee. 12 West Virgiois... 6 Total. ......... —— Tolnl............ 219 Mu. Groroa Wiis Curtis en- tertaing no fear that the advent of a Democratic administration will have any bad effect upon the business of the country. Mr. Curtis is no fool, and why should be, or any other sensi. ble person, fear that the introduction of honest methods and strict acooun- tability into the administration of the Government, Should have a bad effect upon the business interests, It may lesson the receipt of thieves who have been praying upon the national treasury, and perhaps cripple the op- portunities of Jay Gould and moh to make thé government subordinate to their greed. But it is not likely to produce any ill effect upon the man in the Presidential office, and an The State Campaign. The result of the campaign in Penn. sylvania is certainly surprising. A plurality of over 80,000 for Blaine over Cieveland, and a majority of 93 on joint ballot in the legislature is & Republican 0 far beyond | what their most sanguine politicians | expected, or the most desponient | Democrat feared, that some tion is needed. In vi tory explana- | plurality over Hancock was 37.2 {In 1882 Pattison's 3 : art's vote business of the country. An honest | Gasetle, of this city, soubs the Irish 6 plurality Y r 42,000, over Beaver wus while Siew wis only about 43.000. When the tide was raoning in favor ’ {of Cleveland and against Blaice, Connecticutt, New York, New Tots, Obio, Indiana, West Virginia, and all | other states having similar interests | with those of Pennsylvania, how does it come that in this state alone the Republican majority should be so largely increased? And that, too, when since 1880 there has been » well defioed and important bolt in the Republican party, which gave us 8 Democratic Governor and a Demo. c:atic House of Representatives? Have Democrats been converted to the doctrines of the Bepublican par. ty, and rallied to the support of Blaine just when everywhere else he was be- lug repudiated. No. The Republicans polled Bo more votes than they did in 1880, with the natural incresse of four years. The tronble was the Demo eratic vole was nol polled, and this was caused by wast of organization, dis- ciplice sad party morale. the three years that Mr W. U. Hen sel has been at the head of the State Committee be bas succeeded in utter ly demoralizing the party. Instead of remaining at the committee rooms sod doing quiet aod effctive work as a chairman should, he bas been run. piog over the State making speeches to advertise himeell, Many think that this is not the worst—that if we had bad no State Committee at all, and, no chairman, the result could not have been as disastrous as it now is, And they are inclined to charge, chairman Hensel with treachery— with baving intentionally aod cor ruptly disorganized and demoralized oar party for the benefit of Senator | Cameron, in order that he might have no trouble from the independent | element in his own party, Be this as it may, the Democracy bas had enough of Mr. W. U. Hen. sel as chairman of the state com. mittee. Tux Democracy Have a right to know to what extent the organization of the Irish National League was used to delude Irish Democrats to vote for Blaine. That the President of the League Mr. Sullivan, was the hired champion of the tattooed man is well koown, and also that Mr. Egan, the present head of it, indisoreetly thrust himeelf forward in the same way, but behind this there seems to have been a well organized and successful plan to deliver blocks of Irish]votes to Blaine. It is worked with mystery, but equally with great effect. The now that it has had their votes, and honest, economical administration of takes to praieing the Germans. The | of the goverument, is Nob thisy to 1880 Garfield's | [HH coaxed nor otbirite aliucaced, Bat what part had the Irish Nationa) League in the travsfer of votes ? and its secret promises from Blaine that he would stir up & war with Eogland ? There must have been something of this sort. — Pittsburg Post, A ——— JLAINE “accepts the result.” This svery kind in Mr. Blaine, and is own the only sensible thivg be has | been guiliy of since ! bis romination. His charge of frand prior to the can- | vas of the returns of New York state | was a silly move on the part of the Maive statesman, and by many was re. | garded as a blind to enable Elkins, 5 | Joves, Davenport and the crowd of | political pirates who ran the Repub- | lican machive, 1» steal the electoral | vote of Cleveland's state. It failed simply. because after feeling the pub. lie pulse the Electoral Doctors concla- ded that the Democratic patient was entirely too healthy to stand the am- pulsation ofthis limb. Blaine “scoepts” the inevitable, — A AI— We have just worried “through » “still huot” campaign in both state snd county, and have managed to ‘point with pride” to balf the usus) Democratic majority in Centre coun ty and to over 80,000 plurality in the state. The “dd” literary fellers” columns of the Philadelphia and Lavcaster Fostought to have each » A ——— LoGax—Lookey bere old Ben, you needn't think your a gone to have a band in every new dodge out. Me an Jim , are a gone to have this lamp in our State room on this boat, as we have some letters to write on this trip, An don’t you forget it. Burris, well Jobn your bad Eo- glish will be made so light of by all on this boat that you will not need lamps—furthermore Mr. Fisher can pot burn any letters with this kind of a light. — —-——— all that's left of this Patton ed)
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