hi y 2 Front of the Court House iz in a shabby | condition, and is being used as a play hitions, band meetings ete., which we | -» VOL Ii. BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, OCT. 3I, i889. JL Fle Centr 4 emoceat. | CORRUPTION CHAS. R. KURTZ, EDITOR. COOKE'S OVER CHARGES AND | [LLEGAL FEES. When subseriptions are not paid inside of three | years $2.00 will be charged. { i TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 per year, $1.00 Regular Price When Paid in Advanes MUST REFUND. STATE | Further Foets Which show how Sheriff For State Treasurer Cooke fleeces the people.—A Dishonest EDMUND A. BIGLER Oficial. —~Robbi:-g the poor and Unfortu. nate Must re’und the Stolen Money, Why he wants Fleming Elected, Judiciary. When Robert Cooke was elected Sher. iff of Centre county two years ago ft | was the opinion of all fair and honest | people that a bad man was placed in a | very important office and that the in- | terests of the people would finally suffer { for this miscarriage of the peoples suf- frage. The papers pointed out very | clearly that he was a dishonest man which is strongly stamped on the sneak- | ing expression of his face. He was nev. | er held up in his community as a man | of much word and honor, and his brief f career as Sheriff of Centre county is the For Associate Judge. THOMAS F- RILEY. County For Prothonotary I. A. SCHAEFFER For District Attorney J. CALVIN MEYER . . . a criminal and extortionist. For County Surveyor A criminal and extortionist GEORGE D. JOHNSTON After his election, we are told. he | openly stated that he spent 81.500 to get | the office and we have no doubt that it tis true. Weare told that he still owes { # whiskey bill to a landlord of Belle- { fonte, of over a hundred dollars, which SE The Grand Jury beg leave to ve. | was used to obtain votes for him at that y . | time, wind the Commissioners that the yard in . i : : When he took charge of the office | Course was, apparently, in the right, but | as time went on the Laser elements of He had | spent large sums of money and felt that | he would have to m ake up for it by rob. For Coroner JAMES W. NEFF his aground, disfigured by pitching quoits, and that the House has been granted for holding exhi- his nature began to « rop oui. we are clso informed Court { bing and extorting money from those in | financial straits and distress. An reveals one discountenance, asthis is a MISUSE OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS." . ls | vestigation of the recovers "| of the boldest and most daring eases of official dishonesty known in the h of our county, A FEW CASES ONLY. Editorial. Lew SCHAEFFER reduced the fees in | the Prothonotary 's office. SHERIFF CooK exacts illegal fees— Schaeffer reduced the fees in Lis office. -_— THOMAS RILEY is an old veteran and served in the late war. He is deserving | stood as having cited all the cases in of every soldier's vote in Centre county, | which illegal fees were taken. That to {do so would cover almost every writ THE Democrats wiped out a debt of | that came into the Sheriff's hands $38,000, repaired all county buildings | the entire period he has been in office. and left a balance of 838,000 on hand. | Our purpose was to show the people of This surplus has been squandered by | the county that we had, in the person of the Republicans und the valuation of | the present Republican Sheriff, a property has been raised. | rupt official; one who would just as soon a at ->- : { rob the people as debauch a woman, Ine Democrats left a surplus in the | Treasury of about #38000 which con. | i THE LAW OX FEBS, sisted of cash and available securities. | The Act of April 2nd 1888, by which The Republicans have squandered that | the Sheriff's fees on money collected by story | Inour article of last w eeks issue on | the fees illegally and unjustly extorted from the people, unfortunate enough to | fall into the hands of Sheriff Cooke. we wo —~ in Cor. yamount and have raised the valuation of | him are regulated, provided that for re, Jf of Kentse county, those who fought the | ceiving and paying money to plaintiff or his attorney, for every dollar, not ex. IN looking over the two years in | ceeding five hundred, two per cent. and which the Commissioners office has | for every dollar above five hundred, one been in the hands of an ignorant and | half per cent., this in addition to the property over the county. -— incompetent majority, are you not satis. | fee for executing the writ" Under this | fled that it is a mistake to turn out hon. | 18W it is very plain that if the Sheriff est and faithful county officers, | does not receive the money he is not - jentitled to poundage. It is equally Mu. SCHAEFFER is a native of the | Clear that he is only entitled to poundage county, an honest, upright, reliable and | on the amount of money received and safe official. Fleming would simply be | "ot on the whole debt endorsed on the | an experiment. We know nothing of | writ, If the debt is 81.000 and the his antecedents, nor of his ability to fil] | Sheriff only realizes #100, he is only en. so responsible an office. We do know that with the little capacity he has. he is scarcely able to run a small tailor | shop. If the writ is returned unexecuted and the costs paid, which is very often done. the Sheriff has no right to any pound. age, In nearly every case where only a small portion of the debt on the writ was made the sheriff has charged full poundage, and where writs have been returned by order of the plaintiff or his attorney, poundage has just as certainly been added. To prove beyond dispute just what we have sald, we cite a few Goop, honest Republicans who have no desire for public office and would tak enone if it were offered to them. and whose only desire is that the offices of the county shall be filled by good men, who will faithfully serve the people, are you ready to turn one of the most im. portant offices in the county over to an irresponsible stranger, a man who has nothing in common with you and whose time is largely given to sporting. WE wonder if the good Republicans they fall within the established rules for counting poundage and how unjust a unlawful have been the proceedings the Sheriff, THE AMOUNTS STOLEN, In the case of E. A. Glenn & Co. vs. G.W. Bushman, of Centre Hall, Fi, Fa. No. 1, Aug. 3, 1888, debt on writ #1,000, attorneys commission 830, inter. est 831, total 81,071.00 Writ returned, battles of the party and gave their mon. ey for its success for the last twenty. five years, have considered how they have been set aside for a man who has only been in the © The Matterns money made on within writ $87.07 which amounts have applied to costs on | this writ, and writ returned tale of moral polution, a political briber, | stated we did not want it to be under. | titled to poundage on #100 and no more. | cases. The reader will see how clearly | I 1s Voie « Tebt HE UI writ, Sion of thu boldly per poundage was charged on the entive debt, interest All the wundage the Sheriff wonld have been awfully entitled to in this case was 74 In Fi. Fa. No. 110, Aug. T. A. Beck vs. J. C, Mallory, {Original debt 81,000; paid before writ issued 8400” due on wril 2600, Writ returned. Money made on this writ 818.41, which I have applied to costs on { this writ and writ returned unexecuted as to balance by order of plaintiffs at. torney. So answers Robert Cooke, Jr.. Sheriff* Poundage collected and re- tained by the Sheriff 810.74, while he was only entitled to 87 cents In Fi. 8 endorsed on the i but t { violated tha nw 80 two cent. and attorney's ecominission, I {1 | ents, 1888, R. Harry Gates and others the writ was returned unexecuted by order of plain. tifl's attorney, vet the writ shows that the Sheriff taxed and received £5.25 poundage. Iendex No. 30, Aug. T.. 1888, writ returned unexecuted, costs Fi. Fa. No. 9, Aug. T., 1888 J, C. Mattern vs. John B. Mattern, debt and interest #578, writ returned unexecuted by order of plaintiff's attorney: pound. age charged 211.9%. The was done in the case of J. use of va, Wm. Mann. same thing P. Schartz THE LAW OX POUNDAGE. ] | we might add many other in which the Sheriff has taken illegal fees. { In order that the public may fully un. CAM. : {derstand the question of costs and | poundage, we again i quote | Wadlinger on the law of Costs: | * When upon execution issued, defendant | | px he money directly to the plaintiff, | | pays the money direc to the plaintiff | Gen. Beaver, and thought they might ! | 0 that none passes through the Sheriff's the latter not =ntitled to . ntitled to it, hands. is { poundage, nor 8 he . | where execution is staved. for if pon | dage could be collected in such cases the | plaintifr might have to pay it several debt. It will only be | allowed on the amount actually receis {and not on the amount of | the writ.” | times on the same i In some cases the records in the Pro. | thu that writ had bee a and of plaintiff or attorney and poundage added. {vent the Nh motary 's office show where Tie returned executed by order to pre. iff from collecting pound poe tw when the second writ Prothenno led Sheriff of course does not | He i sympathy | issued the | mount ad lo the frat wants a Prothonotars with him. who will ak | abet nim in his scheme to pinnder th | most unfortunate class of people in tl ” » Does any one doubt ths lone | world. Ling will enter into a combination with i Would the Sheriff to fleece the people? | the Sheriff be spending money, using whiskey and making men drunk if he | did not know that through a Republican | Prothonotary he could more than make | himself whol Is Fleming so irre. | pronchable that he would not at once join hands with the Sheriff in taking | illegal fees? If Democrats think he is, {it would be well to inquire about Mr, | Fleming's honesty. When you get all the | facts he will not appear so irreproach.- able as the Republieans would have the people belivve, | the Sheriff has obtained, during his | beef official career, thousands of dollars i against | { unlawfully from the people whom he has had executions. We have sole purpose of showing to all the good citizens of the county that through the Republican officials of the county they {are being robbed and plundered without | stint or limit; that the only way in and by which they ean have a good, just and honest administration of public affairs is by continuing the offices in the hands of the Democratic party and returning to the Democratic party at the first op- portunity the offices now in the hands | of the Republicans, an, . WAS HE A TRAITOR * Why Fleming Worked for Beaver at Geo, Bond's Expense, Some think that we were a little severe in our last lssue when we sald that W, I. Fleming was a traitor to his party thre: years ago. That may be true but Fa. 15 Aug. T., 1888, 8. K. Emerick vs. i | paid, ete. , the writ shows that the Sher. | iff taxed and received $13.45 poundage. | To this long list, if space permitted, | from | We have given the manner in which ] done this without malice and for the | ed. During that campaign no man | worked harder than Mr. Boal for the BUCCess of the entire ticket and expect- { ed that the other candidates and leaders | had done the same thing. The day aftex { the election Mr. Boal found that he had received a most creditable vote over the | entire county except in Bellefonte where i | he was betrayed and slaughter: d by the | Among those lead- | jo and workers against Boal. was W. I. i { leaders of his party, Fleming, the starchey candidate for | Prothonotary, on the Republican ticket, this year, They urged Boal to work and then | | secretly knifed him at the election in | which Fleming helped. Is he not A | TRAITOR then in the full sense of the word ? ANOTHER CONSTRUCTION. As we said there are different ways of { looking at a matter of this kind, And | | this is the way these fellows looked at it {and is there excuse for knifing Boal. | Three years before, Gen. Beaver was | defeated for Governor. In 1856 he was {a candidate for the same office. The | party leaders were anxious to see the | Gen. elected and, above all. Hastings | | wanted the boys to give Beaver a com- plimentary vote from his own county. To do this they knew they must have | Demoeratic support. To obtain ft they | | decided to tmde with the Democrat: on | the following plan For one Democratic vote for Reaver they offered two votes nominee for They thought that jt if they didn’t support Boal as he came from a strong Demo- for the Democratic Pro. thonotary, matter much | eratie district in which the Republicans had very little mfluence. {al that time, but they cared more for as well drop Boal as any other candi- date, That is their excuse. They did not care so much for Boal, and thought he would not wake the office anyhow, Boal was betrayed and took his de. ] { lover val the county about like a man and never howled al it. A fair and square defeat from the enemy can always be M1 Fant not acoeptad as a matter of fact : but raya by your own party leaders is . -——— A FAISIVIER False A Desperate Effort to Get an Lane wad Groandiess Charge esprrate effort to get a for the ticket this fall. u Republi LE LH an of ti a false and £4 District At | tories Meyer, that of charging illega if [vm w editor Wo ring ie Grazetle, makes HET against This charge was trumped ap to | divert the public attention from the cor. { ruption of Sheriff Cook which is being {shown up by the Democratic papers of {the county. The charge agninst Meyer { is that he received 87 fees for cases set. ted and that the law entitles him to but { 85. To uphold this statement he gar i quoting only sections to mislead nes the fee bill by The fee bill allows but five { dollars on cases settled, but on further a | clause says © drawing the indictment and | pro culing the same 87, Prosecuting a j case consists in supoeaning witnesses, | preparing the evidence for presentation {to court, and is the labor connected with the case, | The Gusette falsifier did not dare to | print this clause of the fee bill as his readers would have seen through the scheme. If any one doubts that Mr. Meyer is wrong in his charge of #7 let them inquire of Judge Furst who inter. prets the fee bill the same as the District | Atte mey. | Even if Mr. Meyer did charge illegal | fees, they were carefully examined by C. P. Hewes, commissioner's atiorney, | and the two Republican commissioners | and these three men then are guilty of | official negligence, | But it is not necessary for Meyer to i support himself upon the carelessness of others. His course as District At torney has been so satisfactory to the people that they will not take any stock in this little political dodge, My. Meyer has the reputation of set- ting many cases and in this way has saved for the county on an average of #100n cach case. The entire amount saved the county in this manner by Mr, Meyer is ealeulated at over 81,100, thus avoiding expense of a trial, witnesses, Jury fee, all of which is a direct gain to every taxpayer of Centre county, Let the Gasette falsifier clear up Sheriff Cook's corrupt methods, There is plenty for Meyer noxt Tuesday ; it is to the in- terest of every taxpayer of this county. didn’t | They had nothing against Geo. Boal FARMERS OF PENNSYLVANIA AVOTE YOR EDMUNEG A BIGLER POR STATE TREASURER Inu Vote for Treasury Reform, a Blep Tow. wrds Equalization of Tuxation, snd His Election will be a Decisive Vietory in Your War Aguinst Monopoly and Ring Rule, Ext racts from addr ess of Hon, Gerard { C. Brown, delivered at Inter. State Pienic | Exhibition at Williams Grove, Pa., Au. | ust 20. 1889. “The pertinent question now eomes home to each one of us: Does the Amer. | ican farmer enjoy tn full proportion the { national prosperity which he has so largely created? A certain class of su. thorities hold that he does, and would | make us believe that ‘all is lovely.’ Farming, which should be. and natu. rally is, the most profitable of all legiti. | mate vocations, and which we are so often informed by the aforessid awthor. ities, is the ‘most honorable and inde. | | the present time. | The census specifically informs | that it does not yield three per cent, net | income, us The recent rapid increase in sheriff's | | sales inthe very finest farming sections | of the State shows its precarious con. dition, The augmentation of tenant farmers and of farm throughout the whok country clearly its dark morigages on property | demonstrates { future, and eritical We reust ascertain the « ause of this We cannot afford i It grows yearly and daily Worse to ignog Fig } | depression, | it. It threatens the existence of farmine | BS an independent, honorable business as the past ty LWenty years has shown { farming for profit, thers most exist aoe. tive and powerful causes, WHERE sHaALl iH th view will induce the con. wi remedy be? OSL cursory on that the trouble is not of natural BY our ing, but is rather the onteome of our own Inatlention and indifference This eo As it happens, the chief factors in this de pres. ’ wih and is not inherent to vers the case exae tly. SON Oo farming a5 a mying business ' t and No have sprang from our neg ie are TET ible by our own action. i one AYE 18 8 ho 3 curs Taiey y : egizlatesn » weapon is so deadly wi jusl te to win the ope and wield the other as com. ; IO Wmeans so potent { bination and organization against our ight and well being. MONOPOLY 18 OUR BANE. Trusts are its ripest froits and fullest | development. The beneficiasies of the i one are the open apologists of the other. fand do not hesitate to trusts mere private affairs with whom a President (or any one else) has no right to interfere. They have grown audacious to the point of temerity and Confi. dent in the brute force of the millions | they have extorted from a long suffer. are insolent as imperial dictators, | ap {session by a trick, was sc | pendent,’ in reality returns Jess profit on | . | the investment, and pays less wages to | its votaries, than any other business at land | alarmed. had been obliged {that we have claimed. | of lab mers this figl | votes should be LOOK FOR THEM, | The | aceon Cali i as | | | { hard and faithfully and | of over $1,500, | Mr. Meyer's ability as an attorney sad | an indication of his faithfulness in the | declare ‘that | | would pay about 817.000.000 per ene w just one-half of what it doe Ie Should corporate and income prods {ing personal property be required 2 | Pay its just proportion at the supe 4% it would pay 822 000.000. of more 4 {five times what it does now. Is ther | any sound reason why it should se” We claim it is an act of common jus tice—nothing more. { YA HOW WILL THAT EVY BA T THE STATY Allowing the situation to be as her stated ; what can we do about ity Equ ization of taxation, which is not oi just and proper, but which we regard » a vital necessity, and absolute sine ai non, is a great reform movement, J must advance in spite of the orgie opposition of many of the most pow ful interests and influences. THEY WILL FIGHT. For three or more sessions of the Jag islature has the farmers’ organizat i x been leading in this effort. in fact, @ initiated it. Our bill. defeated at om powerfully pushed at the late one, that is was oady eaten by one vote, after the COTpoTse thoronglsdy to strain their every nerve to down it Fren then they were foreed to pass a resolr - moneved interests, { tion acknowledging the injustioe of The present system, virtually conceding sit and ostensitily { Providing a method of relief and reforse | through a commission appointed to ye. We are smal ing monopoly in its citadel, all classes ext ally interested will, those who till the soil that we shal! win it, their battle as well BS ours, men ve the farmers’ men on whom they ou vise the revenue laws are bo The who Tee) rely. - OBTAINED THEIR W AGES! J.C. Meyer Recures the Wages for the Bn ployees of (he Glass Works When the Glass Works were foros! SuDvIner, on embarassment, thee paid and over two | thousand dollars were due the men fou work To obtain amount was = { difficult problem th them and may | feared that their labors would never he Many of them did not have sof to pay their accounts sad e left in a sad plight. In thisdilems- eeided to place their s of an able ami | competent attorney. They selected J. C. Mever, Esq.. to push their claims smd | look after their interests as he slways | has shown himself a friend and advocate lof these men and one in whom Tey econld confide. Mr. Meyer took their to suspend operations this of financia employees were nol 5 | paid. ! fie ent money wer ma many of them « Laccounts in the ha {claims and by careful examination oF | the law found that they should reoeiwe He fought the cluims is week is in a situation to announce that he has ob tained their claims in full to the amount This isan evidence of { every dollar due prosecution of u clients interests. It is | further an evidence that he does net | make a practice of volunteering his ser- | ing people, they no longer disguise their | vices to protect a Hungarian crime] buccaneering projects. UNEQUAL TAXATION, Here is the kev-note. I think it was | Fox who, from his seat in Parliament. declared that ‘the right to tax was the | power to destroy.” This was the cord on which the hearts of the Revolution. | ary patriots struck fire and urged them | | to devote their lives to save the nation’s | life. We have allowed ourselves to be | | cajoled on one pretext and another to | submit to an excessive increase of taxa- | tion and, what is even worse, to a most { iniquitous distribution of its burdens. | We have permitted the revenue laws | of the State to be so to time, that, as at present, a good one. half of all the property in the Common- i wealth is not assessed, This is more | outrageous, inasmuch as the property | thus exempted is the mest profitable that exists in our borders, Its holders are millionaires and corporations. All other classes of property, except real estate, when taxed at all, pays not to exceed the sixth part of that which is levied upon farm property of equal as. sessed value, I will recall to your attention right here, that there are levie! in Pennsyl. { their good behavior. shaped from time | and much less to bal Tkes and Fums for Mr. Meyer is a friend of American laborersand is ready | to protect their interests, The laboring men appreciate this fact and will sap port him accordingly. AWORD TO 6G. AR. MEX, Emrror or THE DEMOCRAT © Allow me space to say a word to old soldiers about the Republican candidats for Prothonotary, It is an undispated fact that three years ago Wilson 1. Fleming the Republican candidate, net only voted for Schaeffer, but did what he could to get Jothers to vote for Tite against George M. Boal, a battle sonrvesd veteran, George M. Boal was then the Republican candidate for Prothemotsry. Why was 1t that this stripling, whe wes not old enough 'o be a soldier, should trade off and vote against n Republican candidate who was an old soldier? How is it that Boal was not enough fer this youngster to he now «sto be so years ago ? If the old soldier good enongh for this Mr, “ tiree years ago, is good enongh for vania, for all purposes, about $40,000,000 yearly, of which real estate, of material for him to work on. Vote | ance, dier to support now ¥, It the Demermtle candidate Boal, be conld
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