em ore i CHAS. R. KURTZ, Ed. and Prop. DISTINGUISHED CAMPAIGNERS Who Will be at Bellefonte on Sat- urday Evening SPECIAL TRAINS PROVIDED Over all the Railroads—A List of Speakers Who Will the Issues of the Campaign Presented, Be Present—Come and Hear The George A. Jenks campaigning party will be in Bellefonte on October 2gth. It will be their first visit to this county, since the great State Campaign of 1895 has opened. The Jenks party includes, in addition to ex-Solicitor General George A. Jenks, ex-Congressman W. H, Sowden, of Al- lentown, candidate for Lieutenant Gov. ernor; Captain Patrick Delacy, of Scran- ton, candidate for Secretary of Internal Affairs; Calvin M. Bower, of candidate for Superior Court Judge, and T Je Bellefonte, 1 by N. Weiler, the workingman's friend candidate for Congressman-at-large, to- gether with a cor | in Pennsylvania today, perhaps in the | country. It is alleged that Senator Quay | has recently said of him that “He is the most dangerous man that ever took the | stump against my people.” | Senator Quay is also alleged to have | Printed in 1884 and Were Written | { said that the greatest mistake of his po- | | litical life was the costermonger letter | that he which he called him a liar and a dog. For turee days later, in Senator Quay's own handwriting, Mr, Sowden proved { beyond all doubt the statements he made and which called forth this abusive let. ter, written on the United States Senate's letter head. Capt. Patrick Delacy, the hero of the Battle of the Wilderness, and a comrade of Corporal Sowden, has worked won- ders by way of stirring ap the old vet. crans who now appreciate the fact that Senator Quay has surrendered himself with a sclect little band of professional which 1s through it lier political soldiers, hoped to get the sol vote in line, Wherever the party has been ‘The It against this little ¢ and hear the MR. JENKS AND CORPORATIONS Oue of the foolish allegations bro against Mr. Jenks by Dr. Swallow i certain of his reckless followers is GEORGE A. JENKS. The crowds that party wherever it has been since the opening of the campaign is clearly indic- ative of the revolution against the Boss and Machine in politics, aroused as the people are against Treasury looters, pro- moters of padded pay-rolls and inflated investigating bills, they have turned out in great numbers to hear Mr. Jenks’ proposition as to how best reform can be installed at Harrisburg. His frank ex- pressions, great sincerity and undoubted | honesty of purpose have won his audi. | ences wherever he has spoken. The Secretary of the National House | of Representatives has been flooded with requests for the House record of Mr. Jenks conduct as a member of the Forty- fourth Congress. This is a mirror, so to | speak, of this remarkable man’s life. | The fearless leader of that Congress is | the same George A. Jenks who now, in | the name of reform and common hones- ty, asks that the Machine be ousted from the State (Capitol. His record as Solicitor General of the United States and as assistant Secretary of the Interior is also attracting considerable attention. Every act contained therein, official and otherwise, indicates the noble, fearless character and integrity of the man. His supreme conservatism and high regard for the truth have won him thou- sands of votes in this campaign. In spite of the fact that the paid agents of she Machine have been at work seeking flaws on his record since the day of his snomination by the Altoona Convention, not a reflection has been cast upon lus | record, either as a citizen, a lawyer or a public official. It is remarkable of him that not once during this campaign bas | Mr. Jenks made a statement against the | Machine or the Republican party that is | not either a matter of record or fact sus- ceptible of proof by reputable witnesses. .Even his statements as to the inequality of the Republican tax laws, showing as they do, the evident unfairness of this system, remain uncontradicted by his «opponents, It seems that his every word is truthful and as far beyond re- _proach as though it had been quoted di- rectly from the Bible, What be would do to wipe out the Ma- chine in the eyent of his election he has already said. Those who know him deem this entirely sufficient; he said: “I would use my best endeavors in the in- terests of the common people. I can promise nothing more than thie—I shall do my best.” To anyon: who knows Mr. Jenks, these words speak volumes, Anything further would be superfluons. Corporal Sowden, with that famous “Use the Federal patronage for what it is worth’ letter of Senater Quay, and his undeniable evidence of the sale of Fed- eral and State offices throughout the Commonwealth, together with his bold and fearless arraignment of the Machine is arousing the people wherever he goes. M1. Sowden is a wonderful man, He have greeted this | he was a corporation lawyer, especi a Standard Oil Company attorney. nothing against the fair fame of a . yer that he is employed by the Standard Oil Company, or by any other corpor. ation, Winless he allow himself to be paid to uphold what he knows to be wrong. The great corporations employ the best legal talent their Jenks is they can find to carry on The Mr. being in the litigations. lie about still circulated The Standard Oil Company has become 50 odious that the Swallowites expected to soil Mr. Jenks’ back county d istricts. | reputation by rubbing off some of the odium upon him. But they appear to | bave made a miscalculation. In deny- ing that he ever had been the attorney of the Standard Oil Company Mr. Jenks was enabled to deny that he had ever been a corporation attorney except in a single instance and for a short time in settling the damage claims of a railroad company which was pushing its lines in- to the county in which he lives, This was an astonishing revelation. | The Philadelphia “Record” comment. ing on it well says: "What other lawyer | in Pennsylvania of like age, legal ability | and large practice could truthfully say that he had never but in a single in- | stance been in the employ of a corpora. tion ? In respect of his freedom from cor- | poration influence, from machine politics i or from any bias or prejudice that would | lessen his capacity for faithful service as | governor of Pennsylvania even his politi. | cal enemies must in candor admit that | George A. Jenks stands forth remarka. | ble.” ,—— REAL ONES VS, PROFESSIONALS, The Democratic state ticket is the real soldier ticket. Mr, Jenks’ record on the | pension question should make every | soldier his friend and supporter, ernmental charity, and all his votes on pension bills were founded theory. Mr, Sowden was a corporal in the war, was wounded at Antietam and won an honorable record. Mr. Delacy wears a congressional medal of henor for conspicuous gallant. ry at Gettysburg, is semor vice president on that United States and has been for thirty-one years continuously president of the As. sociation of Survivors of the One Hun. dred and Forty-third Pennsylvania vol. unteers, in which regiment he served through the entire rebellion, These were real soldiers as distinguish. ed from the professional soldiers on the Republican ticket, who have used the stantly at the public crib ever since the rebellion closed, OT rs Nobody doubts but that Jenks is ab. solutely honest, No one can deny that he is by far the ablest among ail the can. is admittedly the greatest stump speaker didates. Why then should an . fuse to give theit Dearly sapaor, | addressed to Mr. Sowden in | ANCIENT HISTORY REVIVED | these articles. In | congress he urged eloquently that pen. | sions are the soldiers’ right, wot a gov. | of the Medal of Hovor Legion of the | soldier racket to keep themselves con. | BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 27, 18¢8. ‘THOSE ATTACKS | ON] KP HALL ! by a Republican | Some Weak Efforts to Injure Hall—<A Lot of | Abuse Relashed—How 1t Happened to be Printed in The Centre Democrat in 1884 Without Foundauoen or Fact During the past few weeks the moss. back editors of some } ican coutemporaries—the Gazette to a discussion of old dead issues, date, progressive or original, and for that reason it 18 a mistake to expect an new or vigorous from them This year these mossba can’t adyance a si argument why Wm. C. Ans returned time attacking i, were written } Frank Bible, who never was a democrat, get except to get an office like some others, i and now | iting a republican paper in the western part of this state. It matters not who wrote them, the im- portant issue is are they true. After care- fully looking over the files of the paper for that campaign we find several col. umns of abusive, scurrilous, malignant attacks upon Mr. Hall indecent. Nothing is too low or The whole tone of these articles is enough to prove the bit. er, spiteful, diity motive of the writer and is enough to offend the intelligence of any fair minded reader In all these columns of slime and abuse of Mr. Hall, there is nof a single fact or data produced lo substantiale the asser fioms. Euvough 1s known of the author of these articles in this community to at once discredit them. Mr. Hall need pay little attention to The democrats of this county endorsed his candidacy. In fact, they urged his nomination at the DuBois conference and will ratify the same at | the polls, m November. tracts, written by a republican for this aper in 1884. The people who live in | pape ’ p i | management of public affairs to a plain, Elk, Forrest and Clanon counties know | . {| honest business basis, Hall personally these many years | ‘ : + . | candidate is not a new man and they will go to the polls in Novem. | . ber to vindicate the career of Jim Hall as | pene a citizen and busioess man in that com- | . ’ " | of the United States and acquitted him. minnity. For every democrat the repub- licans will capture by those articles ten |, h ”™ . | ing down that office he returned to pri. republicans will stand by Jim Hall. If } ! | vate life, making no endeavor would be legitimate campaign literature, | furener political As itis, the cowardly mossback editors | have no hesitancy in using their mud | : , | his batteries, no matter what dirty ammuni- | Mr. these articles were backed by facts they tion they use, and they will discover later that they only besmirched themselves, We hope the mossbacks will publish more of this *‘Ancient History," supply is by no means exhausted. ——— LEGISLATIVE ISSUES, Stone comes the duty to elect men to the legislature who will not support Quay | for re-election to the U. 8. Senate. The is to defeat Quay. It is by his control of party. | All persons who favor 2 continuance of | Quay methods should support Messrs, | Daley and Townsend for the legislature, | There can be no doubt but that they are | Quay candidates. They have refused to | | tell the people that they are anything |else. They were nominated by a con- | vention that was run by Quay republi- { cans and there is no evidence that they | are for anything else but Quay. Voters who want tosee a change in state affairs, who are opposed to Quay and his methods, will make no mistake by voting for Messrs Wetzel and Foster, They have openly pledged themselves on this point. They do not wish to de. ceive the people, but will oppos: Quay- ism at every point, of our local repub- and Republican—have devoted their attention None of these editors are wide-aw ake, up-lo- Next in importance to the defeat of |, | jons from | this bids fair to be | campaign reaches its chmax. THE “LEADER” FOR JENKS. Can't Stand Stone and the Bosses Any Longer Supporting Jenks, { From the Pittsburg Leader of last Friday When Hoo. William A. Stone began | his canvass for the republican nomina- | tion to the governorship, he had the friendship and the hearty support of the “Leader,” given him on the strength of his individual good qualities, his status as our home candidate and the assur. that candidacy involved neither subserviency to the po- ances then received his litical ring which operates at Harrisburg, with the whole te as its field, nor state association with the muni ring the county of Allegheny by the throat, and ipal which haus the city of Pittsburg d an which, two years ago, was denounced by Colonel Stone hin accursed behalf of neotly thereon, t das Faeent election purposes efforts, and we feel that they are enlisted in a cause the merit of which no of Pennsylvania with an on and a corresponding modicum of frank. wd to challenge -——— REPUBLICAN INDORSAL ness can aff burg Leader : Reg The candidacy of George A. Jenks has been the means of causing a complete union of the Democratic factions the rubernatorial Harrity and his their Mr. Jenks as are Colonel J work of the Wi are as pronounced in campaign lam | lieutenants advocacy of M and those who aided him in the handling of the Altoona couvention, Gufley On all bands it is understood tliat Mr. Jenks is not a politician, is the ordinary sense of the term; that he cares pothing about the ups and downs of the factions in his par- ty, and that his one ambition in seeking i G - We hope that every republican paper | the office of Governor is 10 acquire the in the district will republish these ex- | opportunity of cleansing the State gov. ernment, abolishing official criminality rod maladmivistration and restoring the The Democratic before the Under President Cleveland he filled the high office of Solicitor General self with distinguished ability. On lay. seek preferment on the strength of the success already achieved; but the worth of the man, integrity, trustworthiness and his splendid qualifications for service in an adminis. his | trative capacity could not be hidden un- der a bushel, and, by a peculiarly happy | inspiration, the Democracy turned to him as the | at the moment when the naming of an irreproachable candidate meant every. thing to that party, Having the solid support of the Democ- racy and the certainty ol heavy access. the Republican ranks, Mr. Jenks’ prospects are unquestionably of the most promising character, The on. | ly obstacle remaining in his path is the ! way to destroy Quayism and corruption | ; : " ] y y Quay ! | disposition of many bolting Republicans | to give their support to Dr, Swallow, the | federal patronage that he has been able | a Pi to hold the control over the republican | ‘ jl P | traditions by supporting a Democrat; but Prohibitionist, rather than violate empty removed before the TRE following leading Republican papers have turned their backs on Stone and gre supporting Jenks: The Phila- delphia Ledger, The Philadelphia Press, The Pittsburg Dispatc: and The Pitts. burg Leader, The Philadelphia Timex is indirectly supportihg Quay and Stone by urging Democrats to vote for Swallow, They are under obligations to Quay and will 1u this way help him pull through. | The Times always occupied a question. able political course. pi Joux [7 DALEY wants a continual pull. He was at Washington long’ enongh to get uneasy without an office. | sent some of them to you, Che Centre Lemocy "UNFAIR TAXATION OF OUR FARMERS. Corporations Pay Less and Often Wholly Exempt. BURDEN PUT ON FARMLAND. Mr. Wanamaker Explasas it with fasts and figures— What the Kepublican Party has Done, by Legislation, for Our Farmers Why a Change is Necessary For years th have been clamoring equitable have been unfairly treated taxation while great been specially favore wholly that the been ners pald nged In by the Can and the Republican The statements foo much tax } speeches IAYe public Heput mn didate for governor slate cl mar Nomine burg speech his reg eaid Pennsylvanis realized that it Republican party” (mear machine). Speaking of ou he jared This is a great triumph for the Republican party, and one of which all Republicans should feel justly proud.” and, continuing. he said "It seems to me that it would be much easier to prove that farmers, laborers and mechanics are the favorites of the Republican party, who have been so highly favored by its legislation.” At Hollidaysburg on Bept. 15 Candi- date Stone Is again quoted as saying that “The people are not taxed, and not one foot of your land (meaning the people) pays one cent of tax; we have taken the tax off the lands and put it on corporations.” ELKIN QUOTED. Republican Chairman Eikin, at Car- Hisle on Aug. 31, said: “We (meaning the Quay machine) have taken taxes off the lands, occupations, trades and all personal property, except money at interest.” At Pittsburg on Sept. 7 he again declared that “the purpose and policy of the Republican party (mean- ing the Quay machine) has been to re- move the burden of taxation from the people and place it upon those who obtain some franchise from the state, and we (meaning the Quay machine) have reason to feel proud of our rec ord." I am facing largely of farmers of the Guay fax sysiem ded an audience composed Before me are men who gain their livelihoud by the tilling and handling of land. If there Is one among you all who does not know that the statements of Candidate Stone and Chairman Elkin are false let him stand up and say so. There may some farmers here who on next election day intend to vote to perpetuate the Quay machine. To them 1 want to ask if it ia a fact, as Candidate Stone assert. ed in his Hollidaysburg speech, “that you are not taxed and that not one foot of your land pays one cent of | taxes.” and whether It is true, as Chalr- man Elkin states, that the Quay ma- chine has taken the taxes off land? If one gingle farmer in this audience will come upon the platform and show that his land 12 not taxed I will agree to make six speeches a week for the Quay machine from now until election time, and If there Is one farmer here who owns or works a farm that cane not show by his tax receipts that ali | these statements are untrue 1 will | stand by the same offer. And If there is one farmer who does not know that he is unjustly taxed and is paying part of the corporation's share I want him to send me his hame and he will be given proof of his happy ignorance. The subject of taxation is a vast and complex question, but there are phases of It and facts concerning it that can be reduced to simple, practical and con« vincing propositions. And specifically and with varied figures I want to pre- | be In this argument when I make use of the word “corporations” I mean those of that class that have 55 right to cone demn and take private property for their own use, sich as steam reuilroads which pay no local taxes for county | the VOL. 20, NO. 42 township, school or road purposes pon their roaMed and other property used in the operation of thelr franchise And also other gr combinations of cor- porate such as pools and trusts and companies capitalized t millions, all of which maintain armies of agents and to and surround Jegislat) bodies whether national, slate or munic Candidate Bios the st that the entire cost ernment, to publi grossly eat wealth, a lobbyists invade ve pal lin the farmers of ate r the the 10 that nio t TReT of C the } coun- ts i | Nt 1p treasury 3 5.8 Ther t passes through the count r Yates and On- : : Niagara Falls, paying at the same rate in all inties named Then take the Lehigh Valley raliroad, which does not pay one cent of tax on its roadbed and other real estate for local purposes from the Del- aware at Easton through the counties of Northampton, Lehigh, Car- bon, Luzerne, Wyoming and Bradford. When it reaches the township of Van Etten, in the state of New York, it contributes $1.%2.33 to that township treasury ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION. Then take the Delaware and Lacka- wanna railroad, which contributes noth- ing to the local treasuries in Pennsyl- vania. When it reaches the township of Ashland, New York, only touching ene corner, it contributes 3226.60 toward township taxes. To the township of Elmira it pays M2582 to the city of Elmira $1188.70, to Horseheads $926.06, to Big Flats $1,157.20, and s0 on to every township it passes through. Then take the Tioga branch of the Erie railroad, which runs through Tio- ga county, Pennsylvania, and does not pay one dollar on its 50 miles of road- bed in that county. When it reaches Southport, in the state of New York, on a valuation of $63,000 it pays to the township treasury $441 Then the Fall Brook railroad and leased lines, which pay nothing on thelr foadbed in the state of Pennsyl- vania, the moment it reaches the town. ship of Lindley, in New’ York state, contributes $1500 to the local treasury of that township It should be remembered that in New York all these railroads, in addition to local taxes specified, pay also a #tate tax for the general purposes of slate government. Yet all the raliroads I have mentioned pay no more or no less in tie state of New York than the farmer, merchant, manufacturer, or the money lender on their dollar. So agsin “ i Schuyis ari nt again river | Candidate Stone's statement that core porations pay more taxes in Pennsyl- vania than In other states is proven false This ia Candidate Stone's misrepre- sentation number 2. Again, Candidate Btone asserts that the corporations in Pennsylvania pay their full and equal share of taxes, | Now, under our state law, they pay | but four mills on the dollar of their cap- | tal stock (not counting the $500,000,000 | that escapes altogether); but does not every farmer here know that he pays from 15 to 26 mills on every dollar of his capital stock? Is this equal and falr taxation? This proves the falsity of another of Mr. Stone's statements, This is misrepresentation number 3. FARMERS IN OTHER STATES, Again, Candidate Stone asserts that the farmers of Pennsylvania are no more heavily taxed than those of other states, Yet the average tax in Penne sylvania on your land, for the weary. has been from 16 to 30
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