1 Sev % tases 170 Delinquents_o are on our list who have not paid their subscription and owe for three years or more, The blue label, bearing your $4 name, shows how you stand whether a delinquent or not, [| POPP | ¢ ¢ ¢ / 2 4) ncn CHAS. R. KURTZ, Ed. and Rropy A gh Eo LV wpeem MAY SELECT COL. J. L. SPANGLER To Succeed Wright as State Chairman IT WOULD MEAN HARMONY. His Name Will be Placed Before the Demo- cratic State Committee To-day--He 18 a Friend of His Career——A Self made Man- er Like Him Needed. of the Two Factions—Brief Sketch A Lead. Robert E. Wright, of Allentown, Pa., Chairman of the Democratic State Com. mittee, recently tendered his resignation. He holdsto the gold standard, and there- fore very houorably preferred to step down and let some other capable man direct the Bryan free silver the Keystone state. John M, Esq., of Nanticoke, Pa., cause Garman, and James Kerr mn Esq., of Clearfield, Pa., have been sug. From what can gather from the situation, there is a gested as successors. we strong sentiment in all sections, favoring a man who not with the of our party in this is identified warring factions state, and who can unite these into a harmonious action this year, elements Col. Spangler seems to be the ma the situation, and we believe he will be un. i chosen to-day, by the com- ttee in session at Harrisburg. Cor. J. L.. SPANGLER. Col. J. L. Spangler is the oldest son of John Spangler and Annie Berge: and was born in Adamsburg, Sayder county, Pennsylvania, September 27th, 1849. His early life was without special incident. He attended the commen schools of Sny- der county until 1860, when his father removed to Centre county and re- sided at Centre Hill and later at Centre Hall, in one of the most beautiful valleys of Pennsylvania from that until this, ex- cept during his official term as sheriff of Centre county, to which office he was elected in the year 1877. In his youth Col. Spangler leamed the trade of blacksmithing, in his father's shop, at Centre Hill. When they removed toCen- tre Hall, he assisted his father in the ho- tel i He was ambitious to gain an education and eagerly devoted his spare moments to reading and study, Col. Spangler attended schools in Centre comuty and was there fitted for entrance to the Dickson semin. ary at Williamsport graduated with bonor. in June 1871. bu *SS., the common from which he He entered the law office of Messrs. Orvis & Alexander in the latter part of | 71, pursued the study of the law dili- gently and with succes and was admit. ted to the bar of Centre county in Jan- uary, 1874. He at once took high rank in the legal professiom and his abilities were 50 Quickly recoguized that in the summer of the same wear he was nomi. nated for the office of district attorney of | Centre county, and was elected by a large majority in the fall of that year, He filled the office ably and acceptably to the people for the full term of three years, and would undoubtedly have been re-nominated and re-elected in 1877 but for the fact that he dec’ined a re-nomina. tion, apparently for the reason that his father was a candidate for sheriff in that year. Col. Spangler continued the practice | f his profession, after his official term ceased, for a number of years, alone and, subsequently, as the senior muember of the firm of Spangler & Hewes. He had high standing at the bar and was an especially persuasive advocate, bis gen. ial disposition and temper making him an especial favorite with the jury During his-professional life; he was also interested in local politics in refer- ence to which be was always au inflaen- | tial adviser in bisparty. He was chair. man of the democratic county committee during the celebrated campaign of 1880, | when Gen. Hancock received a majority | of ggbh—an unusual one in Centre county | and larger than that of any presidemtial | nominee of that party since. In 1890 he was the cordial choice of his county for the nomination for Congress in the 28th | Congressional District, and would ua. doubtedly have been nominated at the conference of the representatives of the several counties, but for the fact that Gov. Curtin had been a candidate’ for three successive terms previously. His mental equipment and education would baye fitted him admirably as a success ful candidate of his party and, if nomi. nated, he would undoubtedly have been are satisfied that the district been worthily represented; in case election. Immediately after the disaster caused by the flood at Johnstown in the latter part of May 15889, Col, Spangler, who was iu that part of . who could render service to the afflicted people there that he remained upon the The Centre Democr: BT Th TE YE Th Te LOOK AT THE LABEL! The date, printed after your name, on the label of this pa per, shows the time to whieh your subscription has been 1 Note t f / : 7 41} \ 4 Regular price, If paid in advance, a veo / / 4 ese Lerms —— —————— BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 18¢6. ground and volunteered to render such | service as he might in the distribution of | provisions to those who were in need. He | organized the Commissary Department | aud was so efficient in the discharge of the duties connected with it that, in rec- ognition of his services, he was appoint ed by Gen. Beaver, then governor of the | state, Assistant with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel on the Nationa! Guard of Pennsylvania. In the fall of 1887, Col. Spangler be. came acquainted, through several gentle. men who had the control of coal lanls in the Northwestern of Cambria county, wealth locality an corner mineral the marvellous He impressed with fit "nas, with the of this region. visited 1 was tent and value. As a result he en. listed the interest of others in such a way control of as to induce an effort to secure a large body of the coal in that neigh. Ag a result the Blubaker Coal company was borhood formed, of which he may be said to be theoriginal { ounder. Others united with him and the business was followed so intelligently and persistently that the if company became the owner of acres of the best coal in this Col. Spangler has continued as adirector of the Blubaker Coal Company, some 12,000 region. since of its its organization and is one most prominent stock-holders. As a re- sult of this business connection, he be. came interested also in the Sterling Coal Company and, when the interests of the latter company increases to such in the an extent as to demand active region and energetic supervision, Col. Spangler was appointed the general manager and has resided in Hastings, acting i= that capacity for several years. He had considerable experience at Bellefonte in the development of real estate and became interested in the Hastings Improvement Company and was one of the original and energetic movers in the development of the Spang- ler Improvement Company. In recog. nition of the services rendered by him as treasurer and trustee of the latter com- pany, the village on the West branch of the Susquehanna, which is destined to be the centre of a larger number of coal operations thap any locality outside the Houtzdale basin, was named “Spangler.” Cal. Spangler was marridd on March 24th, 180, to Mrs, Eliza Wagner Holli day, and enjoys the domestic comfort to which he is entitled, hospitable bome at Belle so largely 3 his elegant and Although interested in other localities and spending most of his time either at Hastings or Spangler, he maintains his residence in Bellefonte Col. Spangler is truly a self-made man. He arose gradually from the ordimary walks of life by the force of his own energy and ambition. His early industry | was shown by mastering a trade. The oute. attending 10 the work about his father's hotel. Ambitions and studious he soon became an instructor in the public schoals, and mainly by his own resources ac quired an education at Dickenson college. Thus step by step he advanced himself by | his own emergy and ability and to-day be is recognized as one of our foremost citi- | He has gained dis- | zens in this state tinction by lis chosen profession as am attorney, and been exceedingly success ful in business pursuits, In public matters | be has always taken a live interest and has been a well known orator and political | leader. He is bread-minded, public spirited and alwavs in close touch with the people. In this district # is very likely that he will receive the nomination for congress this year. His cloction we are confident would follow, for he istruly in sympathy with his party and its doctrines to-day. | As a representative in the halls of con. gress, he would win emimence and dis. tinction and be of great service to his constituency. .—— ank for Spangler, At a meeting of the Spangler Improve. ment company various matters in re. | gard to the development of the town were discussed, and 1t was decided that a national bank should be established. W, P. Duncan of Philipsburg, was entrusted with the organization and it is expected the project will materializes within the next three or four months. Mr. Ducan, in conjunction with James McClain, was also authorized to make arrangments for the extensions of the Spangler Water company's system to supply North gler and Bamgsboro. Ny ——— Ao Mp Married at Tyrone, "A quiet wedding took place at Tyrone on Ronday morning at the residence of and Mrs. T. F.' VauScoyoc, on rth Pennsylvania avenue, when their daughter became the bride 8f Harry 1. National B i of Hs de saléstian, and of character and indus. ry: He lyn son of WR. Cay y resided at Bellefonte, he —-— writer well remembers him as carefully’ Commissary General, | its ex. | \ RTL \ AN COL. J. L. SPANGLER POINTERS ABOUT FREE SILVER What is the Meaning of the Gold Standard. FREE SILVER ~ HIGH PRICES. Hew Prices are Reduced by Gold, When Mon. Free Silver Eabances Farm’ Products— Decline of the Workds Products | ev is Scarce Under Gold — Undeniable Facts WE DEMAND the free and unlime. ted coimage of both pola presemt legal ratio of 16 wailing for the wid or to vilheud consent of any oth. er nation. We demand thal the standard | of y silver dollar shall be a full lepal temder | then the alteration equally with pold for all debts, public and | National platform, | private — Democratic 1546 coinage means that gold bullion shall be coined without charge by the United States mints, Unlimited coinage means the all the gold and zll the siiver presemad at the United States mints shall be comed into money. The matio of Ht 1 meanschat the wsumber of graimsel pure silver in a sil. | wer dollar hall be sixteen times the { number of grains of pure gold 4 a gold | dollar. By full legal tender 4s meantfiat when a debtor effers either gold or silver to a creditor in amy sum whatever the {creditor 8 bound to accept the same | and dischangetbedebtor fromist® Mility 2 1 silver and | i THE TWO STAN RIE CXPLAINED, 1. What does gold standaré mean’ | Does it mean pay in gold? 2. If we should have the freesnd un. Limited coinage of silver, what would the Goverment stand for? Would # be re. { decssable or would it be worth 1ee cents? “3. How will free sud unlimited coinage leshimce prices? AN parties toncede | that it will enhasoe the price of farm products, READERS, t. Gold standard means that the value of everything is measured in gold alone. A thorough-goiug gold slandard would [be such as obtains in England now, | where gold alowe is bagal tender ix un- | limited amounts, and ail other money is | susidiary; that is, legal tender only in | limited amounts. | 2. Under the free and unlimited codn- age of silver the Government stands good for nothing. It guarantees no valoe § | simply places its stamp upon 371 ¥{ grains ! of pure silver and says “Thisis a dllar.” | It places its stamp upon 1-06 as mavy | grains of pure gold and says “This is a | dollar.” It does not buy either gold or silver. It simply certifies to the weight and fineness of the metal contained in the coins. They are then handed back to the persons who brought the bullion to the mints and the coined silver dollars purchase whatever they can in the mar. ket, 3. In order to answer this question it is necessary to understand the connection betweeti money and general prices, This is the keynote to the whole metal controversy. The underlying principle is that the general range of prices de- pends upon the total volume of money in circulation or available for circulation, In other words, as you increase the vol. ume of money you increase prices; as you decrease the volume of money you de- coinage of silver will result in a great ‘volute of money -that is, primary mon. Sand wit Tocrente rices + —— P iad y - | say, | will be more money th 0 ree to exchange ther things than there was formerly; ] be less That is to more y, each dollar will luable than it was before everything else will As the of money is really bring money. so-called quantitative theory the funda- | mental proposition on which bimetallists found all their arguments, it is well to coasider what eminent writers on political encomy have said on this subject, and the following quotations are im pont John locke, in his Considerations,’ | relating to the value of Money said “Money, while the same quantity of it is passing up and down the kingdom in { trade 1s reaily a standing measure of the and silver af the | falling and rising value of other things {in reference to one another, and the alteration in price is truly in them only. But if you increase or lessen the quantity wney current in traffic in any place, { value in the of is money Locke further said ‘The value of money in any one | country is the preseut quantity of the { current money in that country in pro. portion to the present trade.” | Fichte says “If the quantity of the purchasable articles increases, while the quantity of money remains the same, the valee of the money increases in the same rats; if the quantity of money increases, while the quantity of purchasable articles re. mains the same, the value of the meney decreases in the same ratio,” John Stuart Mill (“Political Econemy'’) says: , “The value of money, ather things be. ing the same, varices dmversely as its quantity; every increase of quantity low. ering the value, and every diminution raising it in 2 ratio exactly equivalent.’ Ricardo (“Reply 10 Besanquet says "The value of money iu any ceuntry is determined by the smmount existing. That commodities wankd rise or fall in price im propertion 10 the incresse or dimimition of mouey I assume a6 a fact that is mcomtrevertible.™ \ DECLINE oF PRICES -—— . How the Prodacs of she World Destined Umder Gold. The principal contention of the Free Silver poopie is that by having gold alone for our primary money, it becemes scarcer, and hence more valuble. The purchasing power of the dollar, on a gold basis, beosmes grester. A fam debt contracted years age when we kad both metals, is almost twice as hard 0 pay now under the single standard, be cause gold is scarce and has almost doubled in value simee then. That is, it requires almost twice as many of the ordinary products to repay the debt now. During this time silver has kept its rela. tive value, as bullion, with all other pro. ducts. It has not declined but gold has been enhanced. In this way capitalists had their holdings doubled in value, at the expense of the creditor, or the one who borrowed or contracted a debt, The increase in the value of a gold dol lar, that is the increase of its purchasing power, is shown by the general decline of prices. The Cincinnatti Inqurer shows that in the following: J. What do licans mean by the oftrepeated assert lieve in a debased carrency?” y A. This is a catch phrase that sérves in place of argument. It belongs in the same category as the expression, ‘an honest dollar.” The silverites also say they believe in an honest dollar, It is, therefore, essential to determine what we mean by an honest dollar. The ideal quality in money would be steadfastness in value. The best money, therefore, . We do not be. | GOV. HASTINGS TO BE THE To Succeed Cameron in the LU, Senate. S. camm— HE IS THE CHOICE OF QUAY The Compact Has Been Formed-—A Quiet Can Wannamaker and Pen- The vass Being Made will be Dropped Programme rose has the following in regard to Gov, Hasting in the U, Hastings $ being the successor of Don, S. Senate Governor will take the place the lefeated by an of J. Donald Cameron States senate if he fe vist 15 HOA naent pen certain as anything can Ix yubination, This is now as nator Quay for 1} ¢ L»Overno: iis is every reason to believe slature will ratify his Hastings is elected governor this y made the gubernatori * senate. tried it a: on Cameror Juay QUA) that memorable contest ar camps . He was a men house ] from Beaver The 1 friends was the choice the | speaker and was beaten by scuator for caucus jority. This is the first and only time in his political career that he has been de. feated in a personal contest for office Quay’s friends in political and official circles at the state capital believe be is just as anxious mow to make Hastings senator as he was more than thirty years ago to secure a similar honor for Curtin, HASTINGS FRIENDS AT WORK, While Governor Hastings has given uo formal notice of his aspiratior coed 18 10 suc- Cameron, his friends are quietly ning a complete organization through They promises of have already secured ort $ "re | FupPy from several Jeg Le Governor will not lacy. This from mak- latis ¢ nominees formally announce his candi however, ivass for the 1 and act cau juiet ive and election of legislators 1s interests, the potent aid of Senator Quay it looks as if nothiug but a Democratic legislature or as independent combina- tion can defeat Governor Hastings. His strongest competitor is Senator Penrose, whose strength Bes in his use of Senator Quay’s name. -———— CARPFAIGN OPENED Wm. J. Bryas Sounds the Keynote. — Issues Defined. On Wedsmesday evening the largest | gathering ever known assembled in Madison Square Garden, N. YV., to hear Wm. J. Bryan's speech, in reply to his formal netsfication as the democratic nominee fer president. It was a mon ster ovatien, unparaliclied for intense interest and cuthusiasm, It was am occasion which the country looked fovesward to for many weeks and the central gure, “The Boy Orator from the Platte,” proved equal for the oc casion. His reply was a carefully prepared and elaborate enunciation of the plat- form and distinct definition of the lead. ing issues mvolved. It was a masterly effort in which oratory played a minor part, and gave place to a thoughtful dis. cussion of the momentous issues, which are now agitating the pul lic “om coast to coast. occasion was the greatest surprise. It demonstrates that the East appreciates {the virtue of free silver—the cause of the | peuple. | In our next will be given | Reunion of Lutherans from Centre, | Climton and Lycoming Co., will be held [at Hecla Park, Thursday Aug. 20th. | Rev. Geo. P. Gill and Rev. Dr. Pohlman, | our African representatives, will be pres. ent, also'other prominent speakers from Williamsport and other points. Excurs jon rates, from all points along Central R.R of Pa. All good Lutherans should turn out and make this our second an. nual meeting a grand success. Any in. formation desired, address. de: Sai WP Runk, Se BELLEYONTR PA. Business Men's Picnic. : A move is on foot to bave a business men's picuic at Hecla Park, at some day in the near future. The object is to have all the business men in Bellefonte to agree to close oneday and join in & day's Bellefonte "and make it «BW issue a complete report of this famous & A ——— Lutheran Reunion The silver enthusiamn of the | NO. ‘DICK BLANDS VIEWS trong among 1 ana the ring people generally. There is also sentiment for silver am tradesn and many busines cn. nicnu, ' uA conducting J tern arge enterpri r igs a v8 ar 's x thie scarcity of money they seem sed with th cheapen money thing, enhance the pric erally. advocates not admit, but derives wolild be perty and to this hat tis that the the oinage of silver, therefore, be to immediate- ly cause an investment of money in prop- imodities instead of as now, There revival of erty and con in bonds and mortgages would be an immediate business in the country No man in his senses will dispute the fact that gold would be made cheaper by the free coinage of silver and the free use of silver as money; hence gold would immediately come from its hiding places and be invested in property and com- | modities, for the plain reason that prop- erty and commodities would rise in value and gold would fall in value. There | would be no profit in hoarding money, | because everyone knows gold would fall | under the bimetallic system of {ree coin. | age of silver. Gold is now hoarded because it is cou- stantly rising in value, as compared to all other things. The moment it is un- | derstood that gold will fall in value, as ( compared to all other things or as to all property and commodities, the owners j of gold will not seek $0 hoard it, but to {Invest it in things the value of which will | be on the increase. The contention that deblors would be | immediately crushed under the effort of | creditors to realize their loans in antici. pation of the free coinage of silver, has | neither reason or business common sense behind it. The fact that everybody would understand that the free coinage of silver would canse a rise in prices {would put up the price of property of | debtors at once, would Rivean immediate | market and ready sale for that property, | 80 that when'the creditors undertook to collect his debt, the debtor would find that be could make a sale of his proper. ty on better terms than now. H~ would find people ready to invest in his property cither as purchasers or loan money apon it on much better terms thay pow. That money would not be invested in bonds and mortgages to the same extent as now may be admitted; but we have been legislating long enough in the ex- clusive interest of bond holders against the industrial masses of the American Continued on ith page. Ls 315 # 3. Hy
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