F. E. & (i. P. BIBLE, Proprietors. UEQUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE TO ALL MEN, OF WHATEVER STATE OK PERSUASION, RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL," =Jofforaor TERMS: $150 per Annum, in Advanee- VOLT. BELLEFONTE, PA.,, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1885. NO. 36, ’ The Centre Democrat, Terms $1.50 per Annumin Advano | FRANK E. BIBLE, Editor DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET FOR STATE TREASURER, CONRAD B. DAY DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET JURY COMMISSIONIR, JOHN RHONE FOR CORONER, Dr. H. K. HOY FOR It is reported that the Patriot will change in October. Mr. Meyers the editor has been in poor hands health for a long time and needs rest of body and mind. We suppose that is the reason for the change. ——— eli It is now authoritatively stated that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company is purchasing the South Penoa. Road for the purpose of furnishing the far All made by mers of the State, “post holes.” the excavations, tunnels, ete the will be divided South Pennsylvania Company up and each farmer the “post holes” he Years tion “angels” whose recor such a stench in the noses al people of London and wh been largely instrumental in effectin Pall Mall charged the disclosures made by the (Gazette, has been arrested indecently assault red 's revelations. vith abducting and ing the Armstrong girl who fig as “Lily” 1a the Gazells When sifted down the expos ; the will be found to have been in interests, not of morality but of the salvationists and the Gazelle. - bedi wn be kn there is a gradual revival of This the things that we have been IF new and when spapers are were they business all over the country. is one of ANXious ly looking for. Newspapers can ap- business bo¥ms as well as any preciate other interest, and can stand the shock of a revival of trade quite as well, If the boom is coming we would like to see it full grown before | If the frosts of October “catch it i’ the bud,” good by “little boom.” cold weather comes on. - — Ox another page will be found the address of Mr. John Norris of the Philadelphia Record on anti-discrim- erful corporations of our state. It is the most powerful arraignment of a cowardly, venal and corrupt legisla ture, we have read since McClure ad-| dressed that body reform. His exposition of the methods by which the people are plundered, and ten thousand pockets picked to make one millionaire, isa subject for serious thought. Don’t miss reading it, it is worth preserving. — AI on Tue campmeeting season is about | over, Just what the harvest will be is hard to tell, but there is a general impression abroad in the land that the | evil that is done at these annual meet. | ings far out-weighs all the good accom. | On a test vote as to the evil plished. resulting from camp meetings and skating rinks, we rather think the rinks would have a large majority, pot a soul is saved at a camp meeting that conld not be saved in a church, The necessity for that kind of gather. | ings, if it ever existed, does not now exexist. There are churches and school houses at every cross roads where | bargain by which our contampory right. to stifle the voice of the on any thing. better polisy t mate | tion which is now in ] been What he Was After Tue Vaiey Spirit under the above caption makes an unfair attack on Gov. Curtin® Speaking of his pres. ence at the Harrisburg convention it Says: “he was there to stifle the voice of the the South Pennsylvania WAS Democracy concerning deal;” “he there to beg delegates not to criticise or condemn the manipulators of the the Constitution was to be violated.” The Spirit bas | been misinformed as to the object of Mr. Curtin’s visit and we wish to set (ov, Curtin was there “to have’ the Chicago plat form re-afiirmed. He did not attempt Democracy,” pposed to the He was opj naming of any corporation in the reso- lutions and thought it would be the ) Simply ass rt the prin- ciple and let the State administration through the courts push it to its ulti- conclusion. In this view BSen- ator Woolverton concurred. He did t “beg delegates not to criticize or tins well-known views on anti-discrim ination, and anti-monopoly to allow 8 of the Valley / rif LO We Mr Curtin any such action as is attributed the charge pass by without refutation would as heartily condemn in to him by the h J iril, as does that pa- i per, did we know such to be the fact. | He helped make the constitution and made a speech in favor of the very sec- process of vi la- . a2 : ; | tion. He would stultify himself if on ination, and the oppression of the pow- | 5 n ad | the eve of it8 violation he should be a | party to that object, or not raise his Oh no, friend Spirit, you have been out. voice in earnest protest against it, rageously cheated in your informa tion. Governor Curtin and the peo ple he represents in Congress are as bitterly opposed to the “deal” as you. If not, then we can not pin our faith When to the utterances of any man. we find it otherwise we will go as far as you in condemming our Represen- tative but until that time pass by in silence such an unfounded We hope Spirit will show its usual we cannot and groundless charge. the Valles fairness, and correct its error. —— Crever, who shot Martin, who had intimate with Mrs, Clever, has 1 | been acquitted on the grounds of in- sanity. The verdict of the jury was a | righteous one, but perbaps Clever shot the wrong party. The woman who violates her marriage vows, does so deliberately, and there was never a case in whichshe was an unwilling party. No man will make improper men and women may worship God | advance s to a lady unless some induce- free from the snares and tempations of | ment is thrown out by her. The in- a promiscuons crowd gathered from | sanity dodge was thin enough, but un all quarters, and only beot on “fun.” The emotional religion furnished at these gatherings is like emotional in. sanity excusable after the acf, and just as dangerous to the community. . C— hy A— . + «Or motion of Solicitor Scott, of the Pennsylvania railroad company, the South Pennsylvania railroad and Beech Creek railroad injunction suits go over to September 20th. | der the law it is the only ground on | which Clever could be acquitted. { doubt Clever had cause for momen- [tary insanity, and in the excitement No of the moment, reason fled, bat there are too many insane murderers rune ning at large. Insanity isa good plea in a case like Clever's, but it should bo reserved only for such cases, and where there is actual insanity, There is danger of the plea being worn thread bare, Too Much Machine. Our “red -headed” friend of the Re. publican is opposed “to making a pol itical issue” of the railroad question and accuses the Democrats of trying [f party is going to that to make political capital out of it. the Republican dodge every vital question comes up simply because the Pennsyl vania railroad company demands it, the people of the State will naturally turn to that which party manfully speaks out in their interests, and candidates Had the not killed Will pledge ] itself and its to their protection. Republican narty the anti discrimination bill Jast it the reat party sh wuld have ter, and had taken position which a gr tak en uestion there could hs he on this q b | Hie POLICE issue I A en no Republican vole party entiments Wi Tut to go in and smash the machine. Ad- Treasurer's advise » Temperance Hygiene Again The adoption of Mrs. Hunt's book in the other series in Milesburg, would seem Bellefonte schools, and of aon to call for a little thought on the part of the school boards of Spring and Boggs townships. There is a constant stream of between Belle. fonte, and migration and and Spring township, between Milesburg borough E Boggs township. On an average not their place of residence each year from the less than fifty families change | borough of Bellefonte into Spring township and vice versa and the same thing occurs toa less degree perhaps The people who are subject to these chang. es are our laboring men, and mechan. ics, and they can ill afford to buy books of the There should be an uni. between Milesburg and Boggs. and possibly buy two sets same book. school books, but of that boards should do the best for their | people that can be done, The differ tha merits of the two works, is 80 slight that it is a matter form system of in the absence school our eénce in | of small moment, when we take into | consideration the convenience of hay- | ing an uniform system in the boroughs land townships. The book used in | the schools of Bellefonte should be | used in Spring township, and those used in Milesburg should be used Boggs township. in 8) far RE We are | concerned personally it is of no conse | quence, but the hardship entailed on {our laboring men and mechanics who in the next year may be compelled to | purchase two sets of books, will strike | any thinking man as being unjust. That trouble and expense be can | two townships will carefully consider the question as a matter of econony to the props Will the directors of Speing atk Boggs look at the interes ts of their people before deciding in favor of a new series ? avoided if the school boards of the! tives of those who import him into The Grangers The Williams Grove, adopted a KLrong rea grangers at their meeting at olution agaivst anpti-discrimination and censure the late legislature for its failure to enforce the mandate of the constitution diserimina Lie agains Of are particularly interested mn, The farmers Pennsylvania n the de velopement of the railroad busines the and the competing lines of railroads, State, construc! ganized body of farmers has spoken If constitute the uuor- the boldly on the question ganized farmers who great bulk of our agricultural popula tion will act in conjunction with their brothers of the grange, no legisla tive roosters will to Harrisburg go next the The follow i# the resolution ad ed by the Grangers “The refusal of districts pt- vear from rural ing f se tine in Lt) s pria NE 10 Wt fra (Gen. Bowman was tl { Hor ' Dy mo Fulton afterwards founded the Jacks eral. Up n the formation of couaty in 1850 Mr. Sansom removed his paper to McConnellsburg and es tablished it there undar the name of the Fulton Democrat. He as its editor about twelve years ntinued His ior and he occu. warnalistic venture was as ed f the Indiana Democrat next j¢ pied the editorial chair until his last illness. In his death the profession has lost one of the brightest, merriest members and one of the most genial, whole- in the state. He member of every editorial excursion and a delegate to almost every state souled men was a Brimful of life and fond of fun and jokes, he became a general favorite, and when | he was occasionally unable to attend a gathering of editors or politicians, ce was the cause of general regret. The death of James B. San- som will be sincerely mourned by a convention of recent years, his abs { host of warm friends — Bedford (Ja selle. C—O Wyoming Territory is a foul blot on American civilization, and every man : : y a | gall in the officials of the Pennsylvan. | engaged in the outrage deserves halter. There is no possible justifica- | | tion for a wholesale massacre of de- | | fenceless people. It was cowardly,bru. | | tal and inhuman. The life of a China. | | man is just as sacred in the eyes of [the law as any other man, and his | death appeals for justice, and the | punishment of his murderer with as | much earnestness as though he were the hightest in the land. That he is out of place in this country is due to | no fault of his, it is a mistortune fastened on him by his Aeicivilian tion, his pa igion, the despot | ism of his oe and the selfish De our country. We have no Foe for him but we cannot get rid of him by indiscriminate and wholesale massa. cre. “The land of the free and the home of the brave,” can not be turn. into a slaughter pen, sanction Bedford and Pridgeport ond mana ‘er processes for Lhe ie South Pennsylvania Road enemy Hy coming to ight TT A Lit Are gravius Jedford and Bridgeport Railroad Company, 14 iL appears, HEency that has been chosen for purposes of the transfer in order t with | the cover and This athin ve naked indecency mbination phia and tah re shur Pi { Upon this little branch railroad, with its heavy burden of debt, bonds for §5,500,000 are to be issued to pay for the Vanderbilt and his associates fo with This, must be admitted, is a large sum for a Ny is ) 2% Pennsylvania line, railroad charter, a partial way and “a few holes in the ground. But enjoyment of the power to deprive the people of Penusylvania of a com peting line of railway isa costly lux. Of course, the nominal of the Bedford and Bridgeport Road will be covered by the guarantee of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the real party in this transaction, before they gO into the capacious safe of Vander- bilt. When the arrangemots ars all completed and the gauntlet of the law has been safely run, the 85,500,000 will drop into the sinking fund of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and upon this thumping addition to its “fixed capital” the stockholders of the company will be required to pay in- ury. bonds terest out of their dividends if per- | chance there should be any dividends | $i. ad . i J am y © i erate Tug slaughter of the Chinamen in |at the winding up of this desperate | policy of crushing competition, It will require no small share of ia Railroad Company to go into Court with this Bedford and Bridgeport blind for their infraction of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. The thing hardly attains to the cleverness of a bunco game. It would be an insult to the Judiciary of Pennsylvania to assume that any of its Courts could give legal to such a provides, what jury of twelve honest and ingelligent men would regard the Bedford and Bridgeport Railroad Company as a party to the bargain with Vanderbilt! Where is the Court that would not instruct & jury, upon all the facts, that the Pennsyl. vauia Railroad Company is the only right of transaction. | | Should the question of fact be sub. mitted to a jury, ns the Constitution | Vanderbilt, transaction party contracting with and that the whole from and Y id ag a the of inning to end is null dation of A respect for the good sense of s and flagrant vi viicum the m peo- their the Pennsylvania Railroad to take Bedford Jridgeport blind out of the way, — Record. ple of Pennsylvania, if not for Constitution, ought to persuade managers their and — WA— B. Day Accepts. 1 Oonrad cnmmities Dem Mr sprinted by tl weratic Siale Convent Conrad Day of his nomi r perf performed | commit Ir view of the al the might that io askin nation { iarge RJOTILY Riven last election Peonsylvania i " superficial a to accept the nomi- inviting you ead a riorn hope, and that the chances of : re very small, But we do not so view the situation. The Conven: on which nominated you was full of the best men in the Democratic party in this State. It represented all shades of opinion within the party, and it was entirely harmanious. Your nomination was unanimous and enthusiastic. You are therefore reasonably sure that the enlire party vote will be cast for you. In addition to this, the people of Penn sylvania have more than once in recent years shown their ability to rise above party lines when the occasion demand- ed it. Your nomination has been re- ceived with favor by voters of all classes who have not failed to remark the vivid contrast in all important particulars be- tween our candidate and the ome put forward by the Republican party. We will therefore enter upon the can vass with good hope, that with you as our standard bearer we will redeem our State Treasury, and that in the coming election you will lead the Democracy to glorious viet We have the honor lo be very respect fully, your obedient servants, Arruuvr Tracuns, Ricuannsox L. Waionr Janns Broogn, J. J. Bienen, Brexxax, in ! seem to observer ¥ re we wy SUCCesE Wi 0 ors : INGER W. Fiske Coxnat Janurs D. Hascoex, {| At the conclusion the letter Mr, Day handed the mem. bers of the committee the following let- of the reading of { ter of acceptance Pritanerrnia, Sept Messrs | Arthur Thacher, Richardson 1. Wright { James Broder, J. J. Bierer, James 0, Hancock, William J: Brennan, James B. Reilly, Jacob 8. Dillinger, and Will- iam Fiske Conrad-~Gentlomen: Yours { of August 31, informing me of my nom ination for State Treasurer by the Dem ocratic Convention, held st Harrisbur on the 206th ultimo, has been Nottival I am deeply sensible of the high hou. | or thus conferred 4poa me by the un- | animous tender of this nomination, without solicitation upon my part (0 obtain it. I accept the nomination, and if elect od will endeavor to discharge the duties of the office with fidelity and in accord. ance with the lettor and the spirit of the law, y 1885 Very respectfully, Coxrap B, Dar.
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