” Vol. I5 —— BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDY, JANUARY 26, 1893. The Coates Democrat, CHAS. R. KURTZ, - ~- =~ EDITOR Regular Price $1.50 per year, When Pald in Advance $1.00 + " When subscriptions are not paid inside of three years$2.00 will be charged. Democratic County Committee for 1803 COMMITTEEMEN, A. Schaefier DISTRICTS, Bellefonte, N Wan cunnniinnnls wl BW WwW Ww. Centre Hall boro. Howard boro Milesburg boro. Milihelm boro....... Philipsburg, 1st W... i 2nd W. “ 3rd W.ocoioniisman South Philipsburg i Unionville boro wanes lb M Greist Benner twp Daniel Heckman Boggs, NP wend W Brown “ RP PROM - veeente PD. Foreman wnnsnee ADB 3A eben wunnendA. M. Butler - J.C. Smith «Daniel Paul we Wo J. Howe John Hoffman weatieo Noll . Osear Holt Daniel A. Grove T F Kennedy wee N J MeCloskey wenn. M Krebs «J H Miller I C Rossman David Sower Wm Pealer Jo Orndort . Geo Bower cenrenesensd FP Sebring wk H Meyer Jrankiin Dietz ..00 H Nason wr Burnside.... College, E P.. o WP. Curtin ...c. i. Ferguson, E P. ht Ww Half Moon Harris Howard .. aan Huston.......... Liberty... Marion... Miles, EP a James Martin Jeremiah Brun White | .G H Leyman | Henry Weaver | CROWDED WITH PRESENTS. SOME OF THE THINGS SENT PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. Presents of Every Deseription, Consisting of Hats, Canes, Raccoons, Photographs, ete, How They are Disposed of Evidence Of Good WI. From all over the country presents and reminders of various kinds have been sent to Mr. Cleveland since the last election. Only a small percentage of these have come from persons known to him; by far the larger number have come from entire strangers. They con- [sist of every imaginable article, from | time to them, to live animals sent by over-enthusiastic persons. The | enormous rooster, | Mr. Cleveland has had | more than his of { headed and less elaborate, and a large | number of photographs of individuals, share canes, been sent with explanatory letters. | Sometimes a man has sent two photo- he to | ' | mainly of the donors themselves, have | | graphs, one to show how | smooth-faced, and the other show Austin Gramiey | rick Jacob Delt DL Meek | Stover Rush, N P “ SP Snow Shoe EP wens PALricKk Heffren wed D Brown wee Frank Turbridy wd Olin Garbriek Jr weed ON Mulfinger A V Hamilton Vinton Beckwith +P J loughey —— Sol Peck GJ Woodring MEYER Chalrman Spring, a W.G. RUNKLE, Secretary. | . » Editorial. ICE six feet in thickness has been harvested from Vadnais lake in the State of Minnesota. That is good news for the ice cream girl. - June Krens, of Clearfield county 1s | said to be thinking of forbidding the newspapers in his distriet publishing the jury list. Your Honor, aint you getting a little gay, of late ? a Auditors State type, Tue matter for the ment is being set up in office, this week and supplements con. taining the sams will likely be ready for distribution the first week in ruary, through the various county papers. at our e— BELLEFONTE boro will elect a num- ber of new officials this year. _ should be nominated for Council who has an axe to grind, or wants to furnish any supplies, or in any other way would likely work for a “pull.” That kind of business puts a heavy debt on the shoulders of our tax payers, and they must bear it. A little more care in the selection of public officials is need. ed. THERE is one special advantage in belonging to the state legislature this year; in addition to receiving a lot of pocket knives, brushes, combs, ete., on the 17th of this coming May that entire body will take a trip to Chicago, for the purpose of dedicating the Penna. State building at the World's Fair. It will be a great trip and there will be con- siderable fun until the ceremonies are completed. Of course the state pays all the bills. -_— Feb. | No man | he had { thoroughly bewhiskered. A great many | articles that can scarcely be described, { many of them bulky, and nearly all of them of no practical use, have been re- ceived from many directions. | how he looked when become i | The president-elect has looked upon { all these as expressive of | of his countrymen. But, as from the | early days of his public career, whether | a8 governor or president. Mr. Cleveland l has always refused to receive asa pres rent anything of value, such as have been {sent lately have been uniformly sent | back without delay. Most of Mr. Cleve | land's presents are of no real value to him, to any member of i his family, or to any one else. Still they have come in numbers that they would tax the storage capacity of houses much larger than he has thus far occupied. In many cases they must be disposed of when he re- { moves from one house to another in a than it of them thrown | way no more pleasant to him Many werely would be to the donors, must be destroyed or | AW as . One of the latest instances of this sort of present-giving was revealed by the publication of a correspondence | about a hat made for Mr. ( ‘leveland and sent by a wanufacturer in Rox { in that state. The gift was recognized as 3 recently } nesier, | one of the great number of kindly-meant | acts, and after a second iter from the hatter, formal acknowledgement was | made through Mr. Cleveland's secretary. | | It was not an article that the president | elect would use or that he had any idea | whatever of using. So after the discov- | |ery, by the publication of the corres. | | pondence, that the donor had used it ! merely as an advertisement for his busi | ness, one of the last things that the | president did before leaving his house | for Lakewood was to direct the return { of the article. bear in mind that Mr, Cleveland is as thoroughly convinced of the good-will of his countrymen as he can be, and that | the sending of such articles in no way increases his sense of obligation to them, they would save themselves a good deal of trouble and he would not be in re | elaborate embroideries, patiently made | [ { by ladies who haye given a great deal of | latter | have included a raccoon. a deer, and an | a goad many | gold- | Jo yked ! the good-will | If a good many of the persons who, | however kindly they may feel, would | WASHINGTON LETTER “The Carlisle tariff bill.”’ How does that strike you as a popular title for the democratic tariff bill which is to be passed by the Fifty-third Congress? Unless & number of gentlemen who are in positions to know, are wrong in their calculations Senator | whose resignation as Senator will take | effect the fourth of next month, is the {man who will frame that bill, | great success of the Walker tariff bill, | framed by President Polk's Secretary { of the Treasury, was, it was said, what induced Mr. Cleveland to follow the { same plan and entrust the framing of a { tariff bill which is to be strictly in ac- Carlisle, {cord with democratic ideas, to his Sec. of the Treasury. It isnot to be under- that this meve is in- tended to deprive the Ways and Means C stood or infered ommittee of the next House of any of {its rights. The idea is merely to put the hands of that complete tariff bill, leaving its memb | into committee a ers to decide whether it shall be accept. ed as prepared or be amended before being reported to the House. What- ever one’s opinion of this method of preparing the tariff bill may be, it that John G. by experience and ability specially well cCall- not be denied Carlisle is bill, democratic a leading qualified to frame the He has for many tariff reformer, and his name attached to the bill would of itself make it ular with the rank and years been pop- | lemo. le of the « | cratic party. Byrnum’'s resolution, adopted by the House, calling on the Civil to furnish a list of the classified nder March 4, 15889, together of their dismissal Representative | which has been Serviee Commission the men rein of the since al i - Service 10, stated in rule with or resignation the states they were and the state charged with their a the date of their the departments in which tule 10, referred Government, u from the service, p : pointment, reinstate. ment, and they were reinstated. to in this resolution was gotten up by | republicans ostensibly to allow the reinstatement within one year of their dismissal or resignation of exsoldiers, but if the information ealled for by the | 4 resolution be truthful given it will seen that it has been terribly stretched, Ta both as to time and persons It would i be much better to absolutely suspend the Civil Service law to appointments and removals, for the 30 far as it relates first year of every administration, as proposed by Representative DeArmond ’s bill, now in the hands of a House com- mittee, than to evade it, as has been done under this administration; besides, it would be much more manly and hon. orable. The favorable report to the House on the bill repealing all federal election Jaws contains some very strong language but, as the report truthfully says, '‘these {laws are a continued menace to the peace and weflare of the country,” and nothing said against them can be too strong. The house will pass this bill, not with any expectation that it can | get through the Senate at this session, | {but to emphasize the position of the | democratic party against these laws. Senator Wolcott {some fun at the expense of the | master General. He don't Columbus stamps, and Saturday he made a humorous speech in favor of his | joint resolution directing the Postmast. ler General to stop the sale of them, | and be raised a laugh by saying that he has een having Post. DeEMpsey, the Master-Workman of | ceipt of a large number of articles ab. | had a letter from a physician who said the Homestead Assembly of Knights of | solutely of no use to him or anybody | that if the sale of these stamps were Labor, was recently convicted of poison. ing non-union workmen and ex- Burgess Luckie in appealing to the public for ald, says: “I am out of jail, after hay. ing served thirty-three days, and have been sick since. Out of work, out of money, a family to sapport and on trial else. | FE } PENSION INSPECTION, i ! {From President Andrew Jackson's message | to Congress in 15M4:) “I recommend that an actual inspec. tion should be made in each State into stopped the stock on hand might be {utilized as chest protectors. He in. | timated in relation to Mr. Wans maker's statement that $1,500,000 profit would | be realized from the sale of these stamps | to collectors that this gomenrment was | too big to go into the chromo business, The | the date | from | like the | | BEAVER FOR HASTINGS. | Last week Gen, Beaver and Ex-Lieu- | tenant Governor Davies were in Phila- | delphia. When interrogated the { question of Governor cessor, (rovernor Davies said: “The Re- | publicans of the Norther Tier, in on i Pattison’s suc- | my | judgment, will be for General Hastings. | He is very popular with us, and there is | a growing sentiment for him.” “Yes,” said Gen. Beaver, “I am for Hastings. | He was my personal friend and adviser | in both of my campaigns for Governor, He was my Adjutant General. I have been intimately associated with him in business. I know him likea book. He | is the son of Scotch.Irish emigrants, and | was born in Clinton county, just below He had but common school education, but he has made his own way and has done it well, He has worthily every position to which he has been called. He is the right kind of timber, and his record, public and private, is as clean as a whistle.” oC —— ' US, nothing a filled LLG THOUSANDS of people are starving in the capital of Germany, yet the Kaiser's thoughts are centerd on the increase of his army. A similar condition of affairs where heavy is presented in Russia, military f« on the western be rees are being massed rder of the great wrong empire. There may be perpetrated upon our people from time to time, but it i not probable that this country will ever adopt the sold Like big, overgrown school boys, strut- tin crowned heads of Europe. y = around aching for a fight, ae Their mili- war tactics and army dis. cipline are rigidly enforced from tender | youth to old tary training, and are handed to generation. The | best and quickest methods of destroying age, { from generation { human life, to have poor subjects pour { out their life blood upon the field battle, are eagerly sought after, and it t! | is instilled and bred in their mi | noble ait, all to gratify th { tions or satiate the jealousie All t { done in this the nineteenth centi { monarchs and rulers, | enlightenment and advanced | tion. civ Oh, what fools these morta i Dairy Tests and Experiments This program of events has hee pared for the next three month agricaltural experimen t station of Ps te College sylvania Sta ge, tl On J Anuar ¢ entire dairy herd will be Ki resi wh's test for tuberculosis, 8 will be carefuly note 2 | r mal ing on the creamery a loss of only three to five Lund reths per cent. of butter fat occms ir either skimming or churning. shown. Churning will Le done at speci. ally low temperatures, and the Babeock test of whole skim milk and all was'e products will be paid for on the busis of the Babeock test. During Febuary cheese making and in March home dairy methods will be tried and through out both months the Babcock test of milk and waste products will be done. .-——— which - will be | Ground Hog Day, One week from Thursday will be the tof February and grouni hog day. | According to believers in the ground [ hog's ability to prognosticate the weath. | & { er, if that day be clear and the sun shines, the animal will be scared at his | shadow and retire to his winter quarters, { there to remain during six weeks more of winter weather. If on the contrary the day is cloudy, the backbone of win- ter may be considered broken. a Shooting Ma teh, Mr. C. K. Sober, of Lewisburg, and Mr. Frank Troxell, of Northumberland county, have arranged for three matches—fifty birds for #50 a side. The first match is to take place on the associ. | ation grounds in Lewisburg, on Feb. 4. for my life—not a pleasant outlook.” | the circumstances and claims of every | a business that might do for some lit. | The other matches will come off at That is the fate of two of the principals in this unwarranted riot and wanton killing of those sent to maintain order, The result of this strike was a severe blow to organized labor throughout the country, Lawlessness will not succeed in the end. STATESENATOR NEED, of Allegheny, has prepared a bill to legalize the Sun day sales of newspapers, ice cream, ete, and likewise the running of street cars and the operating of telephones. Not one of these blessings of civilization was known in 1794. There is such a thing a8, descecrating the Sabbath day, by worldly pursuits and there is also an ob- golete blue law of 1794 upon the sta tictics that, in yarious ways, should be amended. A bill passed containing some of the above provisions, would be appreciated and would meet with the hearty approval of well thinking people, who have first of all the sanetity of the Lord’s Day in view. | person now drawing a pension. The wnest veteran has nothing to fear from | such scrutiny, while the fraudulent claimant will be detected and the public | | treasury relieved to an amount, I have | reason to believe, far greater than has | heretofore heen suspected.” NO. OF PENSIONERS IN 1803, 876,000 ! wi MA — EE SENATOR MEEK was only the object of a practical joke when he missed $100 worth of stamps from his desk, in the State Senate chamber. They were re. turned later, and he feels that much | better: As Mr. Meek intends to lick the stamps himself the joker was allow. od to get away unharmed. ~The Fast Mail” company, which plays here on Saturday evening, comes directly from Wachington, D. C,, where they had a one week's engage. ment and then goes to Pittsburg. It only appears in the larger towns and for this reason Bellefonte people will have a special opportunity, { tle Central American state, that was a few thousand dollars “shy.” i Things are now going with a rush at | the headquarters of the Inaugural com. | mittee, and so great has been the de. mand for hotel accomodations that good quarters are getting scar de, a .—— ~The reception given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. James Fleming, by Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Kline, last Thursday evening was attended by about sixty guests, During the evening the Zion band rendered some good music, which added greatly to the enjoyment of the occasion, Among those present who attended from Bellefonte was editor Fiedler, who especially enjoyed the sup- per. At three different times he was noticed going to the table. But then that is nothing for a printer to do. «John Bauer is still confined to the house with a very sore limb, He is slowly improving though. | Danville and witliamsport. i — “ —— | BeLEEroNTE boro has an indebted. { of 100,000 which bears 7 per cent. in- terest. The old 7 per cent. bonds ex- pire April lst, 1803, an an attempt is: being made to issue new bonds for the same amount at or helow 4 per cent, It would be a great relief to our tax. payers and there is no reason why our boro bonds could not be placed at that rate, —— AT a meeting of the State Agricul tural society of Penna., at Harrisburg last week, Hon. John A. Woodward, of Howard, Pa., was elected one of the Vice-Presidents of the board. Mr. Woodward takes a live interest in all agricultural interests and is always duly recognized upon such occasions, he have a or oo tone go Fi Br down | fall.” but claims that “he | POSSESSES 8 | i may be efficient er-craze of foreign lands, | the { “Chairman Wright didn’t bring Penn- OUR STATAE ORGANIZATION. | AN OPINION: OF ITS PAST | SERVICE. How State Chairman Wright has Shown “EMclency and Skill as Leader of the | Democratic Forces” Promising Foture Harvests ” (CONTRIBUTED. } all Wright's unanimous re-election 1 of the Democratie State Commit. | { his efficiency and J. Marsh as Chalrmg tee was a Just recognition of skill as th ader of the Democratic forees, Chalrman Wright didn't bring Pennsylvania into the revolutionary line last fall, but he cut off nearly 20,000 of the average majority, with Philadel a not in battle line, and has sowed the seed for promising future harvests There will be a perfunctory sort of a battle in Pengsylvania this year, but it will be some thing of a drill parade for 1884, when both sides will buckle down to business ; and Chairman Wright won't Hkely tricks in the game .— Phila. Times The above, taken column of MeClure's paper, that, Me > jk : from the editorial fair certain any Ra hae is a specimen of what and or » from | time to time, for the purpose of recon- of Pennsylvania the party other newspapers are publishin ciling the democrats with the present condition of in this state, and satisfying them with | our inefficient and absolutely useless state organization. Thousands of demo- crats would be glad if the proof that Chairman Wright skill the leader of the democratic forces.” He and skillful very high degree, but as yet he has furnished Times could furnish any “efficienc as Mm a no evidences of it as far as practical re- | sults are concerned, The writer of the 8 i he revolutionary line last cut off near- ly 20,000 of the average majority, with sylvania into | Philadelphia not in battle line, and he 1s | has sowed the seed for promising future of | | reality is worth more than al | ises of great results in the future. | why was 3 i HIN * {the Martin-| * {ari van an { had his headquarters there: | 1 harvests.” Weare tired of these prom- ising future harvests. A little present | the prom- But “Philadelphia not in baitle ? State Chairman Wright National lived there; City re, being a brother-in- in 1802 { Chairman Harrity | Chairman Wilh law of Harrity | withjthe National and State committees, , of course was in accord | The city was tired of the domination of or K "orter gar the manufact. nterests of the city were suffering the McKinlev | | taciff; large numbers of former republi- pr McClure, nnder th rsrsreoesinng of 1 0 atl #1 hb | it ht ue A {cans and olectionista, like * | McVeagh and Harrah, were openly ex. reat abilities and influence | erting their g r of Cleveland and tariff reform. | No better opportunity will ever exist for putting Philadelphia “in battle line" than existed 1802. It will be said how. ever, that the factional fight in the third congressional district made it impossi- ble. Who was responsible for the con- dition of things in the third district ? The democrats of that district by a large majority, nominated McAleer for re-election. The city committee, by the exercise of arbitrary and despotic power took the nomination from him and gave it to Capt. Kerr, and ‘then complained because McAleer appealed from their dishonest and corrupt decision to the people of the district. Had National Chairman Harrity displayed anything like the ability and skill in managing the politics and politicians of his own state, that Whitney displayed in New York, every vestige of factional feeling would have disappeared from the party in Philadelphia as well as from all the other parts of the state, and the repub. lican majority in Phiiadelphia could have been reduced below 10,000, Who was responsible that Philadelphia was not in battle line ? Let us now examine the claims that Chairman Wright “cut off nearly 20,000 of the the average majority.” For President in 1884: Blaine had...... 473.804 votes, Cleveland had 392,785 Blaine’'s plurality For State Treasurer in 1885: uay had 824.604 votes, } 24 281.178 Quay 's plurality. omeviiiees 43,516 | For Governor in 1854: i Beaver had. .... 412,285 votes, Black ** ..... 369.634 os Beavers plurality............ 42,651 For State Treasurer in 1857; Hart had......... 885.514 votes, McGmon had. 340.260 Hart's plurality. ...ccoue. 46,246 For President in 1588: Harrison had... 526,001 votes, Cleveland ** ... M6638 Harrison's plurality........ 70.458 For State Treasurer in 1885; Boyer had...... 341.244 votes. Bi ler ike 280 “" Ip rors PEI ears 60,906 For Governor in 1890: in fav | creased tariff on wool, above admits that | dence of « mplicity { ness on the part of the Auditor Gen- teral's 81,019 | | Philadelphia | “efficiency and skill as the leaders of the Black . 45006 * Waltres’ plurality For Auditor General in 1501 Gregg had 414.583 votes, Wright ** . 856.481 Gregg’s plurality.....ceee. 68.1 For President in 1892: Harrison had... 516,011 votes Cleveland * 452,204 Harrison's plurality i“ In each of these years there was from 17,000 to 87 h dates of the Prohibition, Grenback and Labor parties, but this vote did not materially affect the relative strength of the two great parties, Of the eight ons immediately preceding 1862, there are three that de- serve special notice, In 1584 Blaine was very popular with both the politicians and S00 votes cast for the candi. elect] masses of his own party, and in ad- dition to their solid support, he drew a large percentage of the Irish-Catholie vote from the democrats and this made his phenominal majority of 81,018. In Penn northern iat 1888 many farmers, not only in sylvania but throughout the states were made to believe tl an tariff on other agricultural products greatly benefit the farmer and accord. ingly voted for Harrison, thus givis him New York and Indiana and drivin his majority in- tax would and a K v o ® T Pennsylvania within had in beginning of 1861 the re. Arty was of t 1 4 in less than 2,000 of what Blaine In pullican The defeat of Delamater subsequent failure, wi criminal and embezrze the 1584. I in a state chaos. a n his th ans any or vil accompanying prosecutions; the defalcation iment of Bardsley: the evi with his crooked. and State Treasurers depart: | ments—all disgusted the masses of the | republican party, and made many of { them anxious that the democrats should | elect their state and city t H James Kerr, who had { brilliant and succe 1580, was chairman of the st mittee, and everything p | clear and straight democratic i All this was ruined by t and suicidal act of Gov, | suing his proclamation conver | republican Senate for the a Chey [4 swfal RE inl bye Pa 11 R031 to thelr asking him remove two republi campaign of oclamation of {12 i Quay can state officials, during 1! for the election of COSSOT'S these same officer did what ne ROT any moun r the " t he { ( - boodle a oy | could have accomplished: and solidified the republican pails aiiy, {rifled and { enabled it, in an off year,io poll the u; | precedented vote of 414,583 nearly 30. | 000 more than the party had ever polled { in an off year. Including these three unusual major. ties, and taking the vote for!Lieutenant Governor instead of Goyernor in 1800, and the average majority at the eight elections preceding 1592 was 54,164 or nearly 10,000 Jess than Harrison's ma- jority in 1862; and this with a strong tide running in our favor all over the country, from Maine to California. The increase of population in Penna. from 1580 to 1890 was 22.7 per cent. or 2.27 percent. per annum. The total vote in this state for President in 1858 was 997 644. This vote should have increased from i8S8 to 1892, 9.08 per cent, or 90. 578, so that the total vote which should have been polled in 1802 was 1,088,122, whereas in fact there was polled only 1,008,010, or 85,112 less than might have been polled without polling the vote any closer than was done in 1888. The re. publican machinery was in perfect or le and that party had all the campaig: | funds it could use; and yet it polled 10, { 080 less votes than it polled for the same | candidate in 1888, The experience of all classes, but especially, laborers farmers, and manufacturers, with te operations of the McKinley tariff made | it possible to poll that entire 85,112 stay. | at-home vote for Cleveland and thus | have given him the electoral vote of the | state by over 20,000, This would have | been done had our National, State, and City Chairman, shown democratic forces,” We do not mean to say that State | Chairman Wright is to blame for the result. He has no state committee to work with, Under Hensel's rules the County Chairmen constitute the State Committee and if they do not work cor- dially with the State Chairmen, he is powerless—he has vo machinery through which he can organize the State. (X) SENATOR QUAY was reelected U, 8, Senator from Peunsylvania, with little or no opposition. It seems that he has the hold upon the party machinery and can call the party heclers into activity Pattison had... RUA voles, " . rd votes, i veneseses 10,004 | The same year for Liewt, Gov: Pattison’s plurality Waltres had... 467,871 votes. by merely making bis desires known, ~{ierbrick & Hule's new mill will soon be in operation. They are receiving geadn at the elevator ul present,
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