4 THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 9 1808 The Contre democrat, CHAS. R. KURTZ, -- EDITOR & PROP Actual, average, sworn eireulation, of this paper, for the past year, 1807, was OVER 2000 COPIES PER WEEK. ’ Telephone Call 1183. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Regular Price #1.50 per year, If paid In Apvance . $1.00 , Special Club Rate TRE CENTRE DEMOCRAT will be sent one year with any one of the below named papers, At the following low rate: With Pittsburg Weekly Post $1.50 Cinelnnatti Weekly Enq 1.50 New York 3times-a-week World 165 THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELECTION AND COUNTY CONVENTION, The Democratic voters of Centre county will meet at the regular places for holding the gen. eral elections, in their respective election dis tricts, on SATURDAY, JUNE lITH, 188, to elect delegates to the County convention Under the rules of the party the election will be opened at 8p. m. and closed at 7 p.m, The delegates chosen at the above stated time will meet in the Court House, In Bellefonte. on TUESDAY, JUNE 14TH, IMS at 12 o'cloex noon, to nominate Two candidates for Assembly, one candidate for Prothonotary and one cand} date for District Attorney : elect five delegates to the State convention, to be held at Altoona, June 20th, 158% ; elect three conferees to the next congressional caucus or conference, of the Sth congressional distriet, of which Centie county forms a part ; elect three conferees t » next conference of the 34th senatorial . i. 8 J! lect a State Senatorial cand *halrman of the County m January Ist, | i to transact sucl ay appear be of the party +s WC Go to the Democr: Primary on Saturday afternoon. - REPUBLICANS want Bryan Manila and stay there, e postofhice >» made this week comin takes E primary election Saturday afternoon, and during the few days campaign stories are liable be put out. Be on the alert for such down any candi YN lefamation of § Com Altoona to Har HARR Sational Demo committee, He National ratic Was pe the and helped to defeat Bryan. riectly proper was opt to Democratic What busi can have cratic organization is hard to figure out, ness such a man It was impudence to ask to be retained in the party councils. Tug editors of the Clearfield demo cratic papers are gaining a reputation just now for small politics. They are fighting like little school-boys. Thepe may be some merit on one side of the controversy, but underneath all there is petty envy and jealousy. Gentlemen, and brother editors, if you would devote less time to fighting among yourselves, democratic majorities in oid Clearfield might return again. Tug Republican convention very properly put Colonel Stone on a plat. form endorsing all the incompetency, corruption aud thievery of the last legis. lature. Listen to the including resolu. tion: "We commend the wise, careful and efficient adminirtration of the State government in its various departments.” And of course Colonel Stone will stand up for a continuance of the aforesaid ‘wise, careful and efficient administra. tion.” | ing upon the su! | ber late opposed | Platform | in a demo. WANNAMAKER ON STONE. Mr. Wannamaker in his speech at Ox. ford, Chester county, the day after the Quay-Stone convention, made the some- what startling declaration—if anything in the way of political corruption can startle the average Penusylvania Repub lican--that he or C, W. Stone could have had they paid, cash This is what been nominated down, the sum demanded. Mr, Wannamaker said : Let me say that even at the convention hour Charles W. Stoae could have been vominated if he had bought back his then missing votes, and I add, further, that all through the two days preceding the convention I held in my pocket a signed letter offering to deliver to me for cash a certain number of voles { to give me a majority in the convention for any candidate 1 wanted. The votes Charles W, Stone and Wana- maker could have bought back were t votes Senator Quay pulled with a “pull” he away from them, Saint John's closing volley in his Oxford speech has these pregnant sentences The forced wmomination of William A Stone for governor stands for all that Quay wants and for all that Quayism wicans, The history of this State is bar- ren of a single instance in which a can. didate named and elected by Quay was strong enough to assert official wo hood in opposition to the t deman this exacting aster, Boss Quay corrup MAKES nO mist aia, who first ittee ar vey r through their State convention, re- himself, Se change correspondence ject to the various nmitice 5 of the was t jou April 7. All but three KIND-HEARTED” SPECIAL AGENTS | The Govern and na she Ost conspicy but not of the business World. exampie 1d-hearted”’ Pension for Nancy Barger war A Washington dispatch says among the pension bills favorably acted upon by the house last night was that in favor of Nancy Barger, of Pennsylvania, aged 105, the widow of a soldier of the war of 1812, Grandma Barger is now the most esteemed resident of Bald Eagle Valley, because of ber advanced age, as she is now aged 105 years and ¢ months, She resides at Curtin Station with her son Samuel, He is now past 84 years of age. Her husband served with distinction through the war of 1812. Four sons served in the Civil war, A CARD. CAMP THOMAS, CHICKAMAUGA, TEXN, 70 the Democracy of Centre County: On account of my enforced absence from home it is impossible for me now to make a 1 canvass, as I had intend. consequently good will of the demo. tre to take care of my interests. If I am nominated I shall be truly grateful, and if elected I shall as. sume the duties of the office and perform them to the best of my ability #nd judg. ment, Very MaDetifu ly, May 21, 1508. N. B. SPANGLER. STONE NOMINATED. Republicans Had a Lively Time Harris burg, Thursday at The Republican state convention met in Harrisburg last Thursday and the party ticket as follows: —F named Or govern. | William A. of Alle gheny; lieutenant governor, General J. or, Colonel Stowe, P. 8. Gobin, of lebanon; secretary of in- | ternal affairs, General James W, Latta, of Philadelphia; judge of the superior court William W. Porter, of Philadelphia; congressman-at-large, Galusha A. Grow, of Susquehanpa and Samuel A. Daven port, of Erie nations The 163 votes cast for C. W, Stone rep resented the combined strength of that The candidate and John Wanamaker, | latter provided the only sensation © convention by pres ter i uting a let withdrawal, in which he denounced the of factions and urged his friends 10 sug C. W. Stone preted to n methods dominant Republican port The withdrawal is inter. Wanamaker has placed himsel , indene , an independent Wanamaker withdrawing Secretary edit re 1 $e which was read by etthr Mr. Wanamaker » convention adjourns, It could have, pleases, fine a medal from the it § le as any as Admiral 1 de- OOO ¥ ’ servedly get, if it Dewey wi will sink the fleet of politicians who run the state for political revenue only. There are many who be. lieve that unless it does this, and very soon, there a great break upon the Republican party.” When the letter had been read David H. Lane, of Philadelphia, with a con. siderable display of feeling, said that Mr. Wanamaker deuounces bossism, will be storm to and yet there has never been displayed | in a Republican convention such an ar. rogant exhibition of bossism as is shown in the written words of the Philadelphia candidate. After the adoption of the platform vominating speeches were resumed, ex. State Senator O. C. Allen, of Warren county, offering the name of Congress. man Charles W. Stone for the guberna. torial nomination. The nominations closed with the two Stones and General Reeder in the field. The roll call showed 198 votes for W, A. Stone and 163 for C. W. Stone. De. fore the result was announced the five votes east for General Reeder were given to the Allegheny aspirant, Reeder hav. jog withdrawn, The speeches for other candidates were limited to five minutes, and the nominations were quickly hur. ried through, At 4:15 adjourned without giving the candidates an opportunity to present themselves, PLATT UNSEATED, One of the interesting features of this convention was the contest of delegates from M. Dale, Esq., was a candidate at the recent re- Centre county. John publican county convention for delegate The Feeling that the to the state convention, vole was close and he fell short, Wanamaker crowd had not fairly elected John G. Platt, of Philipsburg, a contest The burg, was instituted committee on con. heard the dispute, (2. Pl What in this action tests, at Harri and unseated John att merit or justice there was republicans can probably explain, but it must be remembered that Quay influ. ence organized and controlled the organ- ization and any one who has observed political methods knows what that means in case of a contest Of course the Dales, Chambers and the vost office candidates came home re. joicing, while the Wanamaker crowd have little tosay LETTER FROM SUXXY SOUTH. weing the « far bn probably come in other th Ebock has been detailed to the regim tal mule stable. been division Private Kellerman has orderly for the past two weeks and may be permanently detailed to that position Company B has had more details taken out of it than any other company in the regiment, showing the superiority of | superior drilling of the men. George Glaspie, of Chattanooga, Ten. nessee, the stable boss for the regiment, was kicked by a mule last night; that not being enough for the long eared him and today Mr. Glaspie is in the Private Bradley was taken very sick out and is apparently alright again. regimental movements are now made by the callsof the bugle, on Friday and Saturday. Lieut. Jackson has been acting Regi. mental Adjutant this week, and filled the position most admirably. Lieut, Taylor acted BattallionAdjutant at the Brigade dressparade on Saturday even. ing. 8. I, GrrTIG. the convention | Sergant Gar. | brick acted as First Battallion Adjutant | ier, of Hamination ANNOUNCEMENT CONG ESS, We are authorized to sunouncs J. 1. Bellefonte Ya Tor Congre {Our as a candidate forthe | ss, subject to the de eision of the Democratic county convention We are authorized to announce J of Hellefonte sembly Esq tian for A Democrat We are of Bate tion We are Miles, of Hu nom) We are authorized to a1 Moon S00 of Hall amination { ABS LA authorized to announee RB College authorized ton tows tion for Legis cision of the Democrat to A jon of the Democrane We area of Pout ation for As 41 ertuwt itl PROTHONOT I zed SET wndidate for the nomion stibiect to the ded County Convention A candidate for the nominag for Assembly, sul the Democratic County ( ed Lloannounce Ge Hp, 4 candidate for the embiy sub he Democratic Cy DISTE ) ef 1histriet enn | Twenty-fifth Anniversary : i Tr 4 in the Wall Wetze fon of the M. Poster { 10 the anvention decision of | The aerl |Fall nonce J eet to Lhe dex mvention ATTORNEY pigouneces \ tite, Pa Allo the Democrat) + Dey rized for Proth candidate NT a matched ceiling BHoOunes : H he uo % titul mate! roey, sit : cUUnty conyenti » CB Wide ARY HEL 1nougl : w ri Marvels e. Beauty animal, it turned around and jumped on | hospital and may probably not recover. | and was taken to the hospital and was | the first case in the hospital from Com. | pany B, but the next morning he was | Bugler Taylor is now mounted and | -~ rnishing G TT i. ACKWARD SEASON, and need of more room for Fall Goods forces us to offer this stock at the great- est sacrifice known for good goods. ever THIS SALE positively means an actual saving of many dollars to Cen- tre county Clothing Buyers. FAUBLE'S R()Y ot 1h 3 pOINICLI
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