Jp Vol. I3 189. he Centre - - EDITOR Regular Price $1.50 per year, When Pald in Advance $1.00 ‘ When subseriptions are not paid inside of three years £2.00 will be charged Hadi DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET torial. For Auditor Gene ral, : ROBERT E. WRIGHT, of Lehigh Co. For State Treasurer, A. L. TILDEN, of Erie County. For Delegates to Constitutional Convention: WILLIAM BIGLER, of Clearfield county ELLIS L. ORVIS, of Centre county Delegates to Constitutional Convention. Chas. R. Buckalew Chauncey F. Black Geo. A. Jenks Geo. M. 1 »ailas. Sam'l. G. Thompson David W Sellers Henrn N. Scott tobt. E Monaghan, Wm. 5. McLean F M.Vandling Jno. Latta, Rodger Sherman William Weihe, Thos. Lazare Samuel GriMth Grant Weidman Geo. W, Zeigler, R. Morgan Root DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. ww Commissioner—GEORGE BOWER COME TO THE POINT For several years past there has been a continual warfare waged against Jas. Schofield, the late overseer of the poor of this boro, by the republican press. Since his resignation, last June, the at- | tack has been vigorously continued. | He is charged with misappropriating | Demo, BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER I, HOW IT WAS DONE. MeCamant Carried the Money to Bardsley Why the extra Session of the Senate Is called The case against Auditor General Mc. Camant and State Treasurer Boyer is in a nutshell and is within the easy com- prehension of every citizen of the State: Indeed, it is so plain and unanswerable, as elucidated by the Bardsley letters, that Governor Pattison has simply per- formed his sworn duty by summoning Senate. Here are the positive, undisputed facts as summed up by the Philad. Times: 1. On the 1st of January, 1861, and | for some time previous, there was about | | 8500,000 of money in the State Treasury | in excess of the amount allowed by law; | that excess the law positively commands | shall, from time to time, at stated per- { iods, be investe®in government or state | bonds and placed in the sinking fund, | This clear and emphatic mandate of the { law was deliberately violated, and how? As Governor Pattison was about flice, this exeess of nearly £500,000 had to be disposed of in some | way or invested in bonds for the sinking | fund, and they lose it from the specula. tive funds of the Treasury. A school warrant of 8425.000 was issued, in flag. { rant violation of law because five mouths | in advance of the time when the school oO to come into © appropriation was available by law, and | that warrant was brought to Philadel. phia by Treasurer Boyer and delivered in HOW THE STATE TREASURY | {the accused officials to the bar of the | the funds, recklessness, extravagance, | nerson to John Bardsley, when Bards. | and giving orders and moneys for polit- ley was indebted to the State over 81. THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, | | —— | From Lancaster Intelligencer, Mr. Payne, nominated in Luzerne county, as a delegate to the proposed constitutional convention, declines the { nomination because he does not think | that the convention needs to be held. | In so acting, Mr. Payne gives strong | confirmation of his good sense. We are ready to admit that sensible men may { honestly differ as to the need of a con. { stitutional convention, although we our- | selves cousider it to be very unnecessary; | but there should be no difference of | opinion among those who oppose the | constitutional convention as the propriety of their refusing to be nomina. | ted as delegates to it. Some very good men have been nomli- | nated as delegates to the convention, | notwithstanding the probability of its | meeting is not seemingly great, and | some of these good men are themselves the meeting. Why they { should permit themselves to be candi. | dates for a place that they think should | not be created, we think that they will | find it hard to explain; as also, where. | fore, they are running for a place that | may never be created. Possibly it may | be because they deem it an honorable | post; and so it would be if it was a post; { but when it is a post yet to be created it to opposed to | fruitless kind and that a man of | much { honored by. We do not think that in all our ex- perience of political follies we have ever { known one greater than this constitu. | tional convention folly. Neither party wants a constitutional convention to be held and the intelligence of the state is undoubtedly against it for sound reas. ons. Yet both parties have been foreed one calibre would not be greatly ical advantages. Up to this date po such charge has been proven and the source of the article, from the previous record of the accusing paper, carries with it a strong element of doubt. From | to Bardsley is evident from McCamant's | in this discus. has, and malic. what we have observed gion, we know that the (Fazetle without a doubt, willingly jously preferred charges against Mr, Schofield, that it, at the time, Knew were not just, or eyen true. On the other hand Mr. Schofield charg- es McClure of using the department to | build up his harness trade, has unneces- sarily increased the expenditures and even used the funds to win political favor and support. This week we give Mr. Schofield con- siderable space to answer his assailant— a matter that is of interest only to the taxpayers of Bellefonte; and to them it is a very important affair as in the past year their poor taxes have been raised to 8 mills—the burden has been 000,000, That Auditor General MeCamant was a party to this lawlessness by which | 8425,000, due to the sinking fund, was taken from the Treasury and delivered | letter to Bardsley, dated January 1, 91, | saying—*‘Livsey says Boyer will take Lo | 1 | You the school warrants in person. { happy New Year to you." Boyer did { deliver the warrants to Bardsley and | Bardsley stole the mohey. 4. The 8425,000 thus placed in Bards. | ley's hands to steal, was—first, due to | the sinking fund; second, it was not available under the law for school pur. { poses until five months thereafter, It | was thus lawlessly taken from the sink- ing fund; was lawlessly tacen on school { warrants for which the appropriation | was not available; was lawlessly paid to {a City Treasurer who lawlessly owed | the State over $1,000,000, and was law. | lessly stolen, with the other million, | | because of the lawless acts and lawless | neglect of the Auditor General and State Treasurer, Governor Pattison has not only per. Al formed an imperative and sworn duty | in calling the Senate and summoning | the accused officials to its bar for trial, | but had he done less, after the long | } hidden but lately developed Bardsley | corresponce, he would have been false | to himself and false to the common. | | wealth. He never takes steps back. | doubled. Some one certainly is respon. sible for all this; and if the matter con- tinues to be discussed in the same manner as in the past, the public will never know any better. Who is guilty? That is the question that must be answered. To forever settle this mat. ter, and take it out of the hands of the papers, an investigation should follow at once. The people demand it, irrespect- ive of politics, For these reasons we call upon Geo. L. Potter, president of the boro council, to order an investigation. Let the | wards in his battles against public | abuses, and the Auditor General and State Treasurer must know that they | now have simply the choice between | prompt resignation to save needless cost | to an already robbed péople, or to pro. | voke more hideous exposures and be | dismissed from office with multiplied dishonor, —— An Able Editor Leaves to commit themselves to it because of a floating fragment of one-idead people | Who want it, and because of a lot of other people who think there is capital in it for them. The men who think {that a numbered ballot 18 the state's greatest woe, and the Labor leaders who think they see a panacea in a constitu. | tional convention, howled aloud for it; and both political conventions dropped at the noise, We had a constitutional convention, | not yet twenty years ago, which adopt. { ed a constitution that is not yet enforced. | Some people want a convention to en- force the though they | know that all they need to do is to elect [a Legislature that will do it, Some folks demand a new constitution because the old one constitution, commands the bal. | Jota to be numbered: a provision which | met the unanimous approval of the con- | vention that ind that has | worked finely in practice ever since; correcting the great evils previously | suffered because of the inability to | identify a ballot with the voter: so that {it came to pass that the ballot boxes | were freely stuffed with ballots that were not cast by voters, This is no longer done to any extent. The frauds in the ballot box are not often com- mitted by stuffing it; and when it is done the guilty are readily detected and punished. The numbered ballot is a very desir. able feature in our voting: and if we cannot have the Australian system of voting with it, we are not sure that we would have it. Secrecy of the ballot is very important in our present state of civilization; but so also isthe ability of the law to identify a vote with the voter, The politician and the employer should not know how a voter votes; but the law should reserve the means of know. made it | ing how a voter has not voted. The resolution of the Democratic state committee consist of the present board of boro auditors, and when their work is completed and published the people will have something of a reliable nature to act upon. It is time that newspaper assaults | cease, as an overtaxed people are indig- nant, Let there be an investigation. AT the conference in Lock Haven, last week, Ellis I.. Orvis, Esq., was chosen as one of the two democratic nominees of this district as delegates to the proposed constitutional convention, Thisis a decided compliment to our young legal friend and a fitting recogni. tion of his ability. Should the convention be established Mr. Orvis would serve in that august body with distinction, and credit to his constituency. Though the convention may receive little endorse. ment in this district, we predict for him a handsome vote, -— Ir seems that the public mind, in this state, is edtirely diverted from the question of a constitutional convention, by the scandals and thefts of our state officials. That measure will go under by an overwhelming defeat. On Tuesday noon Mr. John Young. man, who for the past five years so ably held the position of associate editor on the Democratic Watchman, called at our sanctum to grasp our hand and say “good-bye.” He relinquished his posi. tion that morning and left on the after. noon train for Philadelphia where he will remain some time. He proposes to take a rest of several months before en. gaging elsewhere in editorial work, Mr. Youngman was one of the ablest newspaper men in this section of the state, His editorial work always was of the highest order and would have graced the columns of any city paper. We are sorry to see Mr. Youngman leave, Grex. Lilly, of Mauch Chunk, a bank president, was a witness before the leg. islative committee investigating the State treasury. He mentioned one man who went into the office with nothing and came out worth half a million, That is $250,000 a year, and any fair minded man ought to be satisfied with two years and then retire to let in some | other worth-nothing wan. Tue name of Pennsylvania is in bad repute at present, \ convention upon this constitutional con. vention matter is of such wording as to enable us to read it as really against the convention, since it declares for the con- vention to amend the election law “ouly;"” and as it ix not disputed that the convention, if assembled, may do | what it pleases to do in the matter of | constitution tinkering, we reasonably {conclude that the Democratic party { does not demand its assembly; and we are very sure that we do not, i Duties of Sapervisors | A case was tried this week before | Judge Krebs, at Clearfield, in which John Glaub brought suit against the road supervisors of Goshen township for | damages, for Injuries received by the | plaintiff driving over an embankment. ' The court In charging the jury said that | the plea of poverty by the supervisors should not be considered ns they had | the privilege of appealing to the county | commissioners for assistance in main. [taining proper roadways if they felt | burdened by taxation in that direction, The Jury awarded the plaintiff a ' Lad applied at once will remove the discoloration of a bruise, ARTICLE OF AGREEMENT, Between L, A Schaeffer und J. M. Dale, both Chairmen of Committees, It is agreed by and between I. A. Shaeffer, Chairman of the Democratic County Committee of the County of Centre, and John M. Dale, Chairman of the Republican County Committee of enable delinquent tax-payers to vote on day of November, 1801. Second. It is also agreed that the either party to go to their respective homes for the purpose of voting on elec- ers furnish to the county committees by the railroad company to the respect. ive committees, then and in that event the tickets will be purchased and sent to the voters hy the county committees, It is also further understood not only the chairman of the respective county committees, but also all members \ { of their committees; and all voters of seems to be an honor of a disagreeably | both parties are also earnestly requested to abide by its terms, Witness our hands this 24th day of September, 1861, L. A. SCHAEFFER, Chairman Dem. Co, Com. Joux M, DaLx, Chairman Rep. Co. Com. ——— - Constitutional Conferevce, 34th Senatorial District met in the court house, (Judge's room.) Lock Haven, on Conference was organized by electing Hon. John A. Woodward, of Centre, President and Hon. J. U. Shaffer, of the lenovo Record, Secretary, W. H. Clough, Esq., Lock Haven: W. D. Bigler, Esq., Clearfield, and Ellis L. Orvis, Esq., were placed in nomination. W.D. Bigler, Esq., and Ellis L. Orvis, Esq., were elected on the first $allot and their nominations were made unanimous. The best of feeling prevailed all ‘round. The con. ferees from Clearfield county speak in the highest terms of Mr. Clough, who happened to Ie the unfortunate candi. date. Cenliv county was represented in the Conference by Hon. J H. Holt and Wm. H. Singer. Clinton's representa. tives were Hons, 8. Woods Caldwell, J. U. Schaffer and Frank Geary and Clear. field was represented by A. B. Reed, W. C. Pentz and C. C. Dickinson. The 34th Senatorial District has nom. inated the right men, men in whom the whole district has implicit confidence. a Unfair Assessments, During the past week numerous par- journal always was a fearless advocate for denouncing public wrongs, called upon us io urge the publication of the assessor's list of Bellefonte. The object of this would be to show the injustices iu that department, by which some of our moneyed men manage to have their valuations reduced so as to escape their proper share of the taxes. Several in. stances were cited, which if correct, are direct impositions as some who are most able to pay taxes, escape by collusion with the assessor or other public officials. It is probable that we will give some figures on this point later on. There is too much conniving and underhand work carried on in this boro's manage. ment. There are certain ones in office who should be fired, Judge Bacher Moved to Tears, Judge Bucher, of Lewisburg, was moved t) tears last Saturday while upon the bench when Alfred Hayes, at the close of the September term of the Union county court, read an address signed by both the democratic and re publican members of the bar. The ad- dress pays high tribute to the ability, impartiality, fairness and faithfulpess of Judge Bucher's administration in the courts of Union, Soyder and Mifin counties during the past twenty years and hopes that the people of the twen. tieth judicial district will continue him on the bench for another term. Hans and Peles Cuan Yote, “Do you know anything about the Constitution?" asked Judge Rockfeller of each one of 300 Huns and Poles who appeared to be naturalized at Shamokin, Pa., on Saturday the day of the next election on the third | county committees shall pay for no rail- | road tickets to enable absent voters of | tion day; but, in case such absent vot. | | governor gives the following reasons fo | sufficient money to purchase a ticket for | themselves st the reduced rate granted | and | agreed that this agreement is to bind | The Constitutional Conference for the | Wednesday, Sept. 23, at2 p. m. The | EXTRA SESSION CALLED | Pennsylvania's Senate to Inquire Into Grave Charges. TWO OFFICERS INVOLVED the County of Centre, as follows to wit: | First. The respective County Com. | mittees agree that no poll tax shall be | paid by them during the present year to | Teo Satisfy the Public Mind a Searching Tavestigation Is to Me Had Remove. als of OMelials to if the Buspicions Are Proved True. Follow HARRISBURG, Bept. 28 —Governor Patti | has issued a proclamation calling a eXtra session of the senate on Oct. 13 | investigate the scandal arising out of the { arrest of John Bardsley, under the section of the constitution providing for the re moval of certain elective officers on the address of two-thirds of the senate. The his action: Grave charges have bpen preferred in | volving the auditor general and state treas {| urer and most seriously reflecting upot the manner in which their official duties have been performed. It is proper that diligent inquiry should be made to ascer exist for their removal. There is in the | public mind a profound conviction that | the officials referred to and some of theh | shamefully negligent and entirely wanting | in their fidelity. i Dishonesty Suspected. | Hy is the prevailing opinion that some ol the officials connected with these have been gullty of absolute faithlessness and downright dishonesty in violation of thelr oaths of office and of the original laws of the commonwealth the senate as a duty to the people of the ored and whose money has been stolen, squandered or lost treasurer of the city of Philadelphia, is now a convict for the embezzlement of would have been in the state treasury long prior to the exposure of his actions had treasurer performed them with due fidelity, abandonment of proposed criminal prose cution, at least for a time, Removals May Follow. . A proper inquiry by the senate may de velop evidence sufficient to satisfy its slate treasurer The governor proposes to have the at torney general at future meetings of the treasury investigating committee, An ditor General MeCamant sald that politics had much to do with the governor's course ; ——— Gov. Pattison is equal to the emer. gency-—when he issued his proclamation last Friday for the State Senate to con. vene to investigate the charges against Auditor General McCamant and State his sworn duty. The great theft of the | public funds should be thoroughly in. | tain whether or not reasonable cause does | subordinates have been grossly inefficient | officers | If any one of | the charges made should be established, | appropriate action looking to the removal | of the officers involved should be taken by | | state, whose good name has been dishon | John Bardsley, late | public money, a large portion of which | those charged with the administration of | the duties of auditor general and state | Bardsley's stubborn refusal to disclose | any information whatever as to the con | duct of these officials has compelled the | members that reasonable cause exists for | the removal of the auditor general and | Treasurer Boyer he did only what was | 40.4 ran also. : - | OCTOBER WEATHER — | October will open with high temper- atures in all parts, perhaps, | northwestern regions, or sections already | passed by storm developments which | will be in progress at the beginning of the month. It will be safe to anticipate in all prudent ways violent activity of the elements within 36 hours, before and nd. The fall sudden and ex- The equinox of Venus is central on the 7th, in connection with reaction- ary disturbances beginning on the 6th. Another wave of resulting except after, of 6 p.m. onthe 2 of temperature will be { treme, warm, equatorial air, in sharp, storms, will express itself on these dates, and be followed promptly by cold Watch for them. From about the 10th to 134 ive, the outlook for autumnal calls for watchfulness, attended by electrical another wave. inclus- storms A polar blast, to the north, and followed by frost and freezing may be expected, About the 17th and 18th will bring the regular rise in temper | ture, the temperature and the storms being excited toward extremes by the | prevailing Venus disturbance. Sudden will be Some Snow transitions from warm to cold the order. All that we have sald co above period will apply fore period running from 22d to 25th. equinox of Mercury with Venus not entirely cerning the g 8 central | 23d her disturbing node, Moon the 24th. Let the 23d, | 24th and 25th central danger days. and see how far we miss it. will turn to sleet and snow and full us count, say Hain storms northern and land. There will { be violent autumnal gales, and a sweep. ing cold wave will wind up the whole. and bring in polar, frosty weather util in extremes of sea the reactionary movements a 20th and 30th. We repeat our oft-expessd the approaching winter will Look 1 | fuel and shelter for self and bout the 1elief that Le Ow oN | increased severity. ur fowsd, stock —r—— Burned to Death One of the most dreadful seridents | that ever happened in PLiliywbarg trans. [pired on last Wednesday forenoon om | Second street. Paul, a little son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Ammer , Obtained BODE without mamma's knowledge, and going into an alley ear his home into a buggy ad built a fire. His clothing iguited, and | before aid could reach him he was ail {afire. Mrs. Homer Sankey heard the { child's screams and looking out of the window saw the little fellow wrapped in flames and smoke. She ran to him calling for help. The little boy's mother and Mrs. McClellan heard the alarm Mrs. Ammerman snatch. ed the child from the buggy. but was 80 agonized and terrified that she was matches climbed ties, property owners, realizing that this | | vestigated and if these officials are | ,werless, and before Mrs. Sankey and | found guilty of complicity with Jobn | Mrs. McClellan could tear the clothes Bardsley, their impeachment and swift | from the little boy he was bummed to a punishment should follow. We are | crisp from his face to his knees. He proud of Gov. Pattison’s action in this | lingered in awful agony until 3:30 matter, only we are sorry that a repub- | Thursday morning and died in convul- lican Senate will be called upon to con. | sions. The little boy was a very bright duct the investigation which. for politi- | loveable child, aged 4 years, 6 months cal considerations, may attempt to cover | and 9 days, up the short comings of these two J officials, i ,———— From Nebraska A —— Slot Through the Foot Ernest Eddy, son of Ima C. Eddy, of Mr. H. A. Larimer and wife, of Lin. | Lamar, was shot through the left foot coln, Nebraska, are visiting friends in | on Saturday afternoon last, by the se- this section at present. Mr. Larimer | cidental discharge of a target rifle. He formerly was a merchant at Centre | had gone to the woods in search of gute Hill, Pa., but left this county in 1576 | and was about to step from Lis buggy for Nebraska where he took up land and | when his rifle was discharged accidental. has lived since. He has done exceed ingly well in that country as he now has a small fortune accummulated and has retired from active work. His fam. ily is grown up and all of them are pros. perous. Mr, Larimer is very enthusias. | tic over the possibilities offered for | young men in that country and believes in Greely’s advice: “Go west, young man." A Relic of War Times. John Shannon, a veteran of the late war, while looking over his war relies came across one of the ‘dog collars,” as the soldiers called them, rnd which at the beginning of the war the men were compelled to wear around their necks when on dress parade. The “dog col. lar" is a strip of leather about three inches wide and long enough to go around a man’s neck, with a buckle on one end. Before going on dress parade every man had to buckle the leather strap around his neck, for the purpose of keeping his head erect, After several months service the men threw the leath- er collars away and refused to wear them, Lock Haven Express. ly. The ball was of 22 calibre and en. tered at the top of his boot, near the instep, going clear through and lodging in his shoe sole. ———————— Pank Fallare, A rumor was current on our streets m Wednesday evening to the effect that the Clearfield National bank had failed that day. Noting definite could be learned of the matter as we went to press. This bank was considered one of the safest in central Pennsylvania. «The Business Men's Jubilee, to be held in the opera house this promises to be a grand affair. Many handsome costumes, representing the different business interests of town, will appear, and marching and music will be another pleasant feature. By erybody should patronize it, as it will be worth the money and for the benefit of a good cause, «On Friday evening, October Swi, the Hebrew New year 5,652 begins, and the same will be observed by all persons of that faith, The Orthodox Hebrews keep two days as holidays. At this place the stores will be closed from 6 gp heh a v i
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