4 THE CENTRE DEMOORAT, BELLEFONTE, PA., JUNE 30, 1868, The Center Democrat, CHAS. R. KURTZ, -- EDITOR & PROP Actual, average, sworn elreulation, 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 ADVANCE $1.00 Special Club Rave THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT will be sent one year with any one of the below named papers, | at the following low rate: With Pittsburg Weekly Post Cineinnattl Weekly Enquirer New York 3times-a-wtek World DEMOCRATIC TICKET. FOR CONGHESS J. L. SPANGLER (Subject to the decision of the district con ence.) fer. FOR SENATE WM. CC. HEINL} (Subject to the decision of the distriet confer ence For Asse { R.M. FOSTER = 1J.H. WETZEL ry=M.1. GARDNER eyor-HARRY HERRING EDITORIAL. For Prot) For CO nota unty Sur EVOLUTION OF WAR ISSUES. With ex-President Cleveland and Wm, J. Bryan expressing very decided views against an impen colonial policy | and the McKinley General Grosvenor, announcin spokesman, the ¢ to Ohio Re- publican hesion to either tl have a hint of issues at or fooling of things must foll The declaration means conquest and adoption of a system of colonies from Occident to the Orient, these times of war exciteme letins from armies and f the blood, although there is danger in it. The Grosvenor American flag, which Gener declares permanet remain where the war plants it wi and may soon float over Porto Rico, Canaries and the Ladrone islands. In the declaration of war we plighted our faith by the unanimous vote of both houses of Congress That the claims any disposition or ercise sovereignt over said island, except for the pacifica United States hereby intention to ex- y, Jurisdiction or control tion, thereof, and asserts its determina- tion, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and coutrol of the island to its people. There is something grand It commanded the respect and We declared lec- in this «¢ laration. f the world. admiration of that we have no purpose of to mankind permanent conquest. Two months after and we have the Republican leader of the House declari iS 1O " n g conquest is our pur- dishonor in nA American flag where we FOK A CLEAN LEGISLATLURI last Legislature which dic the of } 11 3» were opposed to a bill it sanction Senator was schedule ] it to to be killed, no matter who introduces or how beneficial it would have been If it did not r it was ruthlessly destroyed. the State. win his approval e last session of the Legisia- ture, as in other sessions, Quay was the } whole Legislature. Nothing could be He sent his orders the time and done without him. from wherever he was at these were obeyed, The capital was not Harrisburg but Washington or wherever else the Senator was. Probably no other legislature in the world would take a recess of a day or two in order that com- | missioners might visit the boss and ascer. tain his will in relation to certain legisla. tion then pending and which the Legis. lature feared to treat in the absence of definite instructions from the ‘old man.” Quay owned the Legislature and owned it because he knew his men, Quay wants another Legislature, He wants to own it as surely as he owned the last one. He will most assuredly own a | few of its members, for these have been tried and found not wanting in willing. ness to obey hum. He may succeed in corrupting a few others elected to oppose him, for he quickly learns a man. No dependence can be placed upon any man pominated by the machine or who has had dealings with the machine, The way to have a clean Legislature is to elect the Democratic candidates. The way to shear Quay’s power over the Legislature is to elect Democrats, The way to crush Quay’s corrupt machine is to support the Democratic ticket. The way to prevent Quay again going to Con. gress, to prevent him owning a Governor, to prevent the lootings that disgraced the last body, to prevent the black-mailing of corporations, is to vote for Democratic candidates. Harrisburg Patriot. For §1.50.—~You can get two weckly newspapers for a year—‘‘The Centre Democrat’ and either the “Pittsburg Post’ or the Cincinnati Enquirer,” Our | away. claim is to furnish the Most News for the least Money. | THE WAR SITUATION The decision w carry the into Spain was officially announced yester- war | day, and Commodore Watson, with the fast cruiser Newark for his flag ship sail- ed for Santiago to take under his com- mand a powerful armored squadron, in- = | cluding the battle ships l6wa and Oregon, together with cruisers and coliiers, to | “proceed at once off the Spanish coast.” This energetic forward movement is ex- pected to have the most salutary influ- ence in enlightening the Spanish people, and hastening their overtures for peace. The Spanish.people have been kept in ignorance of the the weak and incompetent Government, and real situation by the appearance of a formidable fleet at one of their ports will be such a demon- stration as cannot be readily explained It that when the Spanish populace learns that Cervera's fleet is helpless, or that it has been de- is believed | stroyed, and that Camara has abandon. ed Spain to undertake a fruitless and utterly ridiculous mission, the Spanish Government will either be compelled to sue for peace, or confront the wrath of the people, when they find that they have been so incompetently led and shamefully deceived. Admiral Camara's height of folly move sees the cause it turns about and re nmodore Watson may raiiar io time t in the Mediterranean, coast will be d ] The American delence Ig in positi gement ag Jay come at *rtain that no indecisive onslaughts, attended with useless loss of life, without securing be undertaken is proceeding with de- liberation and care. He says, “lonly 1 no nal await the la L sufficient supplies to begin the movement on but he when the Santiago,” will give no intimation as to movement will take place. ¥, near Santi. ago, say that the Spanish are defended Late reports from our army, by fortifications much stronger than was supposed, and that there is a larger body of troops in the city than was reported previously. forces said are SATURAL AND UNNATURAL ANNE * Funexations iatural "nn on and dangerous annexations The purchase and annexation of Louis. iana was natural and necessary gave tous a vast extent of rich and con tiguons territory, but, I, it brought wit more important control of the i 14 a stil mouth of the great Mississippi, which Lincoln said in 1561 must go forever ‘un. vexed to the sea.” The annexation of Texas was neces. sary for similar reasons, as was also the acquisition of California and the Pacific slope. To fulfil our destiny and be able to live at peace with all the world as the dominating power of the Western Hemis. phere it was necessary that the Union of States should span the continent Every bit of territory annexed to the United States was acquired primarily because it was for the best interests of the United States as a nation. No plea of pseudo-philanthropy, no dream of a world-girdling empire, and especially no scheme of private ambition or jobbery, has shaped the extension of our boundaries. When the annexation of the Hawaiian and the Philippine Islands is proposed | the case is entirely different. They are not necessary to us. They are not con tiguous., The nearest group is 2,000 and the other 7,000 miles from our Pacific coast, or 5,000 and 10,000 miles from our seat of government, Their population is alien in a sense that none of our im- migration has been. They do not fit and cannot be made to fit into our sys tem. They must be governed for a con. siderable time by some form of despot. ism, A coaling station we giready have in Hawaii, where our paramount influence is conceded by all nations. We can and shall obtain the same privileges at Ma. nila, whatever disposition be made of the Philippines. But to set up Satrapies for the Sons of Somebodies in the far Pacific and in Oceanica, and to convert a war for freeing Cuba into a war of conquest for the benefit of spoilsmen and adven. turers, is so foreign to all our principles and traditions and Isso dangerous in its possibilities that it is gratifying to find arrayed against the scheme Democratic leaders so wide apart in other matters as are William J. Bryan and Grover Cleve. land—World, GEO. A. JENKS FOR GOVERNOR. Continued from 1st page unless he has recently undergone a change of heart, he is still to be put down as a Silver Democrat. AS A CANDIDATE. Mr. Jenks Discusses the Governorship, His Candidacy and the Obnoxious Machine. When date, ou the Democratic a Mr. State Ticket this irookville, Pa., and freely expressed his views on prominent State issues, Jenks' name was prominently mentioned as the available candi. year, he was interviewed at his home in It plainly shows a positive man, lear in his comprehension and fearless in deter. mination, The following are extracts from this interview “I spent the afternoon discussing State politics wi h this staunch old pillar of democracy. personality. His ideas are as strong, interesting and solid as his character and His views on the questions that are so deeply interesting the people of Pennsylvania at this time are expecially strong, and his remedies for the evils of Quayism and all it portends are vig minds me of the man. He 1s the pe wife says he never enjoy step. “1 suggested that Mr “I was never a cau nothing else, I devoted ny whole time That is my position in this case.” “You have surely thought over asked. “To be frank with you I never gaveit a thought until this week,'’ he I had never announced myself a candidate, never asked anybody to be “because for me and had no idea that I was I am not ver have tical politician. will not make done that and never would being in politics, and ne a fight for the place ° If rough be entire iouwealith or the convent iy th omn was you bave figured out the tolerated lof the dealer root H ut that ug : enlire Kepuil take away i its existence and send cians who are loot. penitentiar ie, you life the professio ing the people labor. lators for purchase polit the siness of mak- ing legis isa terrible thing, and the peopie have been brought toa sudden realization of the in. justice they have suffered. ““The using of public purposes ies or to for private upon unds is another of the foods which this outrageous octopus s : d, I bel , should properly be rated the second greatest evil, The creation yublic offices solely to milk the people mercenaries and a thousand and one this subsists, organ governor ahead,” merely no question wholesome, = far he an Il answer e can be there is a and a effective one. Like all such remedies, it lies with the people. In the event of my nomination, as you Suggest, and supposing that I would attempt to de stroy this power, as I most certainly would with all my strength, 1 would appeal to the would travel about pleading hem elect honest men to the House of Representatives. I would « ener such men question “Let assume a Jenks,” 1 suggested. “Suppose were clocted governor and that a fair | proportion of the Assembly were hon- | est men, what then ?"’ “An honest governor with one-third of the assemblymen honest and fear. | less enough to stand up against the | machine in support of a veto could ef- fectually block corruption and be of inestimable value to the people. Even with such a small force of allies in the legislative bodies I could be of service to the people and I would. “Yes, in that position I would defy all of them. I firmly believe I could defeat all of the blackmaiimg schemes. I am not a practical politicien, but I | do know right from wrong, and never in my life have I studied for an instant over aproposition that involved these two questions. I would always do what i believed to be right, 1 would be entirely free and independent. Fear of future political battles would never disturb me, for if 1 go into politics now I will never do so again. My future political career would give me no trou. ble, I would have none under any cir- cumstances. “If I were nominated, as you sug- gest, 1 would at once go to the leaders of every sort who are striving to wipe out this system, and plead with them for the election of honest assemblymen everywhere. To be frank with you, I really believe there will be more than onehird of the members of the next Legislature. who will not be members of the machine. I believe it is not only possible, but probable, that one-half of the next Assemblymen will be decided. ly against this corruption.’ ‘Supposing that to be the case, and that you were elected governor, do you think anything could be done thatywould be of lasting effect?” swered, vs #38 1 yey pion : 3 remeay first pe with Senate ’ ’ pie. i ' to gies to aiding in the ele They vote my tion of could dispose of the Mr. you us little more, Hous souification of vigor 1 better health nor walked with a more elastic, easy thi | 1 Ie i} been, A Au | Je 1ric vem | query. “I most certainly do,” Mr, Jenks an. swered, “If, as I said, the assembly. and effective. Speaking of vigor re. strong and sturdy. His Jenks would announce his candidacy, and he said : late fur any off ce until I was nominated. Then I was and attention to the matter after that, s question, haven't you, Mr. Jenks ?"’ 1 answered, considered in that connects I hae 4 ave You see my lie and antagon I should be a car a sense erat par 3 : aan Personally agreed upon f As be spoke, there was a firm, § face. He is at all { His eyes are ig 8 abounding 00d nature and unselfishness ine rough unmistakably, His are as though carved by stone, fir decisive, vet and a second eas ' Jenks ner is ever the same. 5 and ht and sparkling, and . ut expression on Nr an 44 CoO; collected . ! e y | . sh : out a n t b @ ' them lips ’ m m nouth is ever pleasant, Providene this man’s band small boy that th this sam when he His whole e Providence iim along the hrough the vears of change had iend come him s look upon his every undertaking th sublime confidence. The people of is own and the surronnding counties know him equally well State have over the sams Wheat Argument. wheat under 3 ced Whe n advan " n Leiter's manipula. beyond the to §1.25, then $1.50 and a promise of 1 Lo ar thie Lie on $1.85, with wheat, great political capital was made Where is your was the quoted in Chicago at So, July at 74 and September at 67. two-dollar silver Cash argument wheat now 15 now Last year Argentine shipments | from the first of the year to June 23 were only 1,783,000 bushels, This year they have run for the same time to 22,704,000. That is one explanation of the fall in prices. Big crops are promised every. where, and the expectation in America is for over 700,000,000 bushels. WE commend the wise, careful and eff. cient administration of the state govern. ment in its various departments, and heartily approve of the fidelity with which our state officials have discharged their duties. Republican State Platform. Think of Grace church and the Grant monument junket, and the burning of the state capitol and padded pay rolls and all John Wanamaker has told and then commit the above to memory. Computing Water, Twelve members of the Junior class of the State College went to Williamsport on Monday. They were under the charge of Prof. T.R. Beyer and will spend the week computing the volume of water discharged by the Susquehanna river at its present water mark. This, together with a computation of the vol. | ume of water at Eagles Mere, is a col. lateral part of the required work in the Department of Engineering, ~Watch the date on the label of this paper. His | A | | Cl Philipsburg r i | | ! i | Jiood, { { For sale at them may be visited ments, train coaches mentioned dates at route, at 0 IY. Excursions to the Seashore, Atlantic City, Cape May, Sea Isle City, Ocean City, N. J. Ocean City, Md., Atlantic coast are resort The dates of the excursions are July and 21, and Aufust 4 and 18. of Pullman pi wili leave made, phia 6.25 I’. M. and arriving at Atla City, proceed to the shore the following day Tickets will be sold from toona (dinner) earfield. . yrone Spring Time Is Here. 3 pring’s Guaranteed Krums: » Rehoboth, under these arrange. 5.65 A. at Altoona 12.15 PP. M., where stop for | dinner will be Delaw M. also spend the night in Philadeiphia, and mes Ou y Del., and of the any one of the choicest and A special arlor cars and day E% 4 w ’ y iil e Vy a Pittsburg on above- | M., arriving | The oe or wiladeatl | reaching Philadel derful st Bil are River Bridge Passengers the stations at the rates named below +38 00 2 YCAre, I? J Fall in Prices Twenty-fifth | Anniversary 4 tv (1 Aer 1 this spring for 3 cents, rsd With a matched ceiling and a beau fy 4 1a ched border 9 incl somethi Sarsaparilia better than Pharmacy | THE WONDERS OF SCIENCE and | on Eggs For HB = : The prices below a nirteen fresh and lass stock Brahma . atching rh 4 { “= Marvels -, Beauty A =*'S. 0. WILLIAMS Weer Hi GARMAN fonte, Pa BELLEFONTE, - . STREET PENNA. FAUBLE People all over | confidence in | HIATK | ur Clothing and Gents’ Furnishing Goods now afford in force. You cannot to miss it. Everything in our entire establishment sold regardless of cost. BACKWARD SEASON, Big Stock and need of more room for Fall Goods forces us to offer this stock at the great- est sacrifice ever known for good goods. THIS SALE positively means an actual saving of many dollars to Cen- tre county Clothing Buyers. FAUBLE'S
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