4 THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. JUNE 8 [} 1899, The ¢ eufve Democrat. CHAS. R, KURTZ, - EDITOR & PROP Actual, average, sworn clrewlation, of this per, (or the past year, 188, was I ) OVER 2300 COPIES PER WEEK, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Regular Price #150 per year If pald in Apvasce $1.0% Special Club Rate Tre CENTRE DEMOCRAT Will be year with any one of the below named papers, at the following low rate With cu Cineinnatti Weekly Enquirer $1 4 New York Jrimesa- week World $11 EDITORIAL. sent one AMENDMENT NEEDED. During the past week rumors were cur. rent on our streets that an effort was be. ing made, in a manner that was not in accord with the usages and customs of the party, to defeat a candidate for re- nomination at the primaries, Bushwacking, buccane coming democr: guerilla warfare, are political devices not endorsed by good citizens who believe in an open field, and a fair contest, For that reason, when it was discover. that who did the moral his sentiments, but very adroitly concealed his an had issued the following circular and sent some one, not have courage to openly aporove identity under assumed name, it into all parts of the county accompan- ied by a lot of tickets bearing a name for County Commissioner, democrats gener. ally became indignant and denounced such methods asunwarranted, as it is in- tended to strike down Daniel Hecl re-nomination, copy of the circular My DEAR Sir tickets are not sent out by Mr. nor does he know of their circulation. They are forwarded at the suggestion of democrats from almost every part of the county, who are anxious for tlie nomina- tion of candidates &mnown to be fitted for the place, and whose names upon the for The —The accompanying Griest, pointed to les presente ra f the be the yunty ch: aboye motion heartily The chairman ap non ve w mmiliee to prepare amendment i mond Sechler F. Adams, Esq ] Hon, James S haeffer, H AS OTHERS SEE HIM A ARO a county, prominent in edn YCAr ertain itizen ational and a conspicuous worker in lines, and the fortunate holder of a lic position at Harris? his contempt ioyed by urg, frequently ex. pressed among 1 his methods « my friends, in decides terms. for the corrupt Senator Quay and his followers to retain their political su. this state premacy in By all appearance he was a man of outward rare piety and deep-seated, conscientious convic. That is thought tions—unselfish, pure, patriotic. what most people in this county of John Hamilton-—but When it became certain that the Quay element would triumph and the oppor. tunity came for selfish interests to be ad vanced, by a promotion, what happened’ Brother Hamilton forsook all, became a shameless apologist for political crime and corruption, for all which he was rewarded later, The following from the Philadelphia Record indicates how others look upon irother John Hamilton The farmers of Penusylvania are long enduring and slow to wrath ; but the re. moval of Mr. Thomas J. Edge, the for. mer excellent, painsiasing and popular Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, mn order to make room for a Quay spouter seems to have proved one straw toomany, The farmers resent the injury done to their friend as an injury to themselves, A LARGE delegation of Centre county democeats will go to Harrisburg next Wednesday to attend the Democratic State Convention and heip the boom along for C. M. Bower for supreme judge, McKINLEY AND CIVIL SERVICE, The plea is put forth that President McKinley's civil service smashing order induced wholesale Cleveland's the “Tribune was by President classification on merit systems, The New York Says It is now more than three years since the proposition was presented to Presi. dent McKinley that his predecessor had wrought a grievous wrong by extending the protection of the classified service over thousands of his partisan appointees. It so happens that every extension of the classified service ordered by Presi. dent Cleveland was effected before the meeting of the convention that nominat- ed President McKinley, tion knew all That conven. about these extensions when it said in its platform The civil service law was placed on the statute bock by the republican party, which has always sustained it, and we renew our repeated declarations that it shall be thoroughly and honestly enforc- ed and extended wherever practicable, Mr. McKinley knew all about the ex- tensions when he indorsed the platform, 1t declared that the reform was ‘‘here and here to stay,” and pledged himself that in the event of his election there should be “no step backward." In his inaugural address he especially :precated any step backward in civil service reform “prompted by a zeal on behalf of any party because it simply happens to in power.” Yet what zeal What object could he have had except the ousting of over s,- other motive than 1 arty his recent 000 officials {0 make way for a 11111 "> adersient rats remit hd umber of administration republi here is no law or rule } what McKinley the Hannas, DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION { use Wednesday $ the Opera | noon on The convention w easily 3 one day. Among names prominently mentioned for state treasurer are Col. J. L. Spangler, of this place, who has devoted much atten- tion to state politics and in vice at the head- of O GC. R. recent came paigns rendered good ser esentative Creasy quarters Repr Columbia, is favored by many; Dixon, of Elk county, is also suggested There for supreme judge, and among them is Calvin M. Bower, of this county, whose name is prominently mentioned. Almost every county in the state has a favorite $0 that this will be an for is a multiplicity of candidates uncertainty the convention to solve, Chairman Rilling appears to be sizing up nicely for the position of Chairman and the various discordant elements in the party are dropping their factional differences for a united effort this year A DENIAL. To the Democracy of Centre County The rumor, now over the county, to the effect that | have withdrawn from the contest for Recorder I hereby pronounce untrue. Instead, I never entertained such an idea, have no occasion for so do- ing, and will be in the contest to the end, and trust that this, and similar late political rumors concerning my canvass, will be discountenanced, Bovp A. Musser. I ——————————— AND the latest to flop into the Quay camp is W. I. Fleming, for years one of Hastings’ close political friends. Flem. ing was another chap who got a fat ap- pointment from Hastings, If the re- port is true of his change of masters, he evidently is looking out for Flemiog, and wants Fleming to bold his job. Jt Tw, Tleming WHERE IT GOES, ally want to know tion school appropria this ye They hould know. 0 dollar ar. have a right to know and Gov, Stone says re have fallen venue short and The beer brewers were saved expenses must be cut down, revenues are short because the from a special tax by the Quay party, which has been explained heretofore, Then there are a lot of useless officescieated withextrava- For Chambers, of Bellefonte, now has a position for which he gets much of Bellefonte, $2100 for doing something, hard That gant salaries for political favorites. instance Edward Esq., as as the post per to find out wh. it is, master year, is Quayism, How do yuu - of rubber goods h; been advanced ten to fifteen ver cent. This affects men’s, women’s and child- ren’s rubber si Cousumers will pay ich the thi trilinites 4 this tribute tc controls about factories hoved uy i for » combines workmen and ike the GOAT ATE THE SCENERY. {| Wholesale Destruction Wrought by | A New Member of Patti's Opera Troupe. eir - ily goats and t} hievements, “reminds me me of them i hile] was assistant nan with the Abbey & Gran Italian Opera company, tha Auditorium. ‘Dianoral,’ in a girl who wanders through the moun- taing, here sole ox mpanion belug a goat. There is » bridge in the mountain, and the two, In making their entrance, pass over it, “I was sent out the day of the per- formance to find a goat. 1 located a truck farmer on the West side who suid & pass. I wrote an order on the house and in the afternoon 1} goat brought n wea ater because William Pary, the stage to rehearse with {t—that is, lead ft through the mountain scene and over the bridge a few times, #0 that it would become used to its stra: ge surround. Ings. “Bill was » sadeyed beast, but the moment it reached us it eheered up and porting the divine Patti. at rehearsal, going through its part Mike & veteran actor. I was pleased, and fully expected to be complimented by the stage manager for finding such rare talent, the property-room, and everybody went intended to feed it Just before the per formance, but when we returned (4 was not necessary. When we turned on the lights that confounded beast was lick- ing its chops with the greatest satis- faction, while ruin was on all sides of it. It had eaten the slide out of a kitchen scene, chewed up two set rocks and de- voured the water wheel belonging to the mill in the very scene In which i was to make its debut, “I was in disgrace, and to this day 1 have not succeeded in making peace with Stage Manager Pary. We liad to improvise some old scenery to use ine stead of that on which the goat had dined, and while the animal was not on the stage that night we kept a muzsls op 11." Chicago Inter Onenn. he would accommodate me if | gave him | . to the stage door with a rec- | ommendation as to {ta gentidty. The animal was brought early to the she | manager, wanted one of his lieutenants | {a daily newspaper to be estab! | A fast seemed pleased at the prospect of sup- | ) le } It did nobly | out a paper will be sent | ele, wil “In the evening we tied the goat near | price of the new daily will likely be co | cents per copy. 10 supper, leaving the stage dark. 1 A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED, Thursday, June 1, The upsetting of a rowboat at Toledo frowned women and two men In a recent fire at Yamagata 600 houses and 11 shrines and were were three Japan, temples He Colonel Randall, who is distributing our government's $3,000,000 gratuity to Cuban soldiers, says the payrolls have been padded J. Neale Plumb, who recently mur- dered Millionaire Alexander Master son In New York, died at Bellevue hospital of facial erysipelas The Duke of Westminster's Flying Fox won the English Derby Holo causte, ridden by Tod Bloan, broke uis leg in the race and was killed Friday, June 2. A $100,000 monument Admiral Dewey is to be erected in Lincoln park, Chicago Governor Jones, of Arkansas nounces himself a candidate for Uniteq senator The bimetallic ville endorsed and William J German to an- States convention the Chicago Bryan government lodged a protest against of the iiser Newark Samoa take lace of the Philadelphia In his last will and testament T. Jack, the dead theatr! willed his wife to } C. Jack band and has not the sendin to 10 Sam manager ther, Jame al 18 bre irging that they wife Saturday, June 3. Michig t tax st unanin Wednesday, fired Italian LIL Tune Seven hur Paterson, N. J... went and n O om Cuba vement in Ran fr Havana Governor Tann noise ask the tion will appropria termination was court y indict Going to the Klondike Harry G. Steel, editor of the Shamo- kin Daily Herald, w assume charge of lished at Dawson ( He will place within a few days pot a daily ity leave for that So far there is newspaper in the Klondike cylinder press, typesetting ma chines and the necessary material to get the Yukon The cost of conveying the press, | amount to between §7.000 and $10,000. Enough blank paper will be taken to last one year up river The subscription - Died at Salond James T. Taylor, a popularly known resident of Salona, died at his home last Thursday, of paralysis. 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Porrs Grex, | g Bellefonte, Pa - ml — A Decrease Centre county's military enrollment has decreased. ment showed 6,217 One year ago the enrol) , this year, by the en. roliment ust completed, it (Church Dedication, The Marsh Creek Baptist Mission | Chapel will be dedicated June 15th. | Dr. Fergeans, of Huntingdon, is expect. | ed and others. isonly 5.613 Services at 11a. m | Headache Is often a warning that the liver Is torpid or inactive, More serious troubles may follow, For a prompt, efficient cure of Headache and all liver troubles, take Hood’s Pills While they rouse the liver, restore Mil, regular action of the bowels, do not gripe or pain, do not irritate or inflame the Internal organs, but have a positive tonle effect. 250. at all druggists or by mall of C. 1. Hood & Co, Lowell, Mass. ...NOW IS YOUR CHANCE..... ’ “+e “i f ’ tor bargains in >» othinG We have used a very sharp knife in this BIG CUT in prices. 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