BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER o¢. 1800.
CHAS. R. KURTZ, Ed. and Prop. VOL. 21, NO. 44.
DEMOCRACY SWEEP |
CENTRE COUNTY.
A Triumphant Victory at
Polls on Tuesday.
the
BIG MAJORITIES ROLLED UP.
Old Cen
Her
Candidate
That Shows That
Wrenched
One
A Decisive Vote
tre’’ can not be From
Moorings
Falls
Bromgard
Democratic
Ticket
Polled
on Our in the Rear— Large
Vote Leads
the
18
Ticket.
CENTRE COUNTY IS MINE AGAIN
magnificent
hopeful
away.
For sometime there was a large influx
of voters in and about Bellefonte, who
secured employment about the furnaces,
iron works, lime kilns and other indus.
A large portion of these the op
Then
the republicans have the benefit of the
position claimed as republicans
present prosperous coudition of local mn-
This no doubt induced many
ustries.
democrats to d
rift over to the republican
h
won
side this year. Notwithstanding these
facts the democrats one of the
most de ve tories years and
swept the
The
dates are as follows
county y Iarge majorities
fferent candi
STATE TICKET
Creasy, State Treasurer
Mestrezat, Supreme Court
Reily, Superior Court
COUNTY
ff
Speer, Treasurer.
TICKET
Brumgart, Sheri
Archey, Register
Heckman, Commissioner
Meyer,
Riddle, Commissioner
Auditor
Auditor
Commissioner
Tibbens,
Beck,
Irvin, Coroner.
Robb (Repub) Recorder
Riddle over Fisher, Coms
jut one part of the ticket failed elec.
tion, that of the Recorder, and the con.
ditions were such that this can hardly he
considered a party defeat. The success.
ful republican candidate, Nelson Robb,
the of hundreds of
stalwart democrats in every part of the
received support
county, who could not be induced to do
otherwise,
it some lessons can be gleaned
Such is the result, and from
No one individual can claim the credit
for this splendid county
Chairman, J K. Johnson, devoted all his
energies to the campaign and gave the
minutest detail every possible attention:
and har won his laurels oa the first
round,
He was fortunate in the selection of an
energetic, active and efficient set of local
committeemen; these in turn were up.
ported by carefullly chosen assistants,
In addition there were hundreds of pa.
result, Our
triotic democrats who turned in and did |
all in their power for the success of the
party and did much effective work,
All who participated in the work of the
| responsible for what happen in Ohio,
| Kentucky, Nebraska and other states,
| will have the say.
Un-Official Vote of the Election Held in Centre County on Tuesday, November 7th, 1899.
LO vor
BOROUGHS
AND
FOWNSHIPS
State
I'ressurer
nor Supreme
Court
Superior
Court
Irons
urer
accept as an expression of
dence in our course.
£sSs0us
From this result some
drawn he democracy of Centre county
will win as long as it represents the peo
ple. Harmony will prevail as long as
thereis no boss. Good, « eteut repre
sentative
ticket to In
a publi
Centre
still clings to the sacred
f
Declaration of Iad«
nosed to
I imperial
nholy war to deprive
force, of their homes an
. -——
OFFICERS ELECTED
My
Misstasis
choose
The |
and
aited
States Senators
New an Assembly, some
Congressman; Pennsyl-
vania, a State Treasurer, three Judges
and one Congressman; South Dakota,
three Judges; Nebraska, one Judge, two
University Regents and one Congress
man; New Jersey, eight members of the
whole of the lower
At
Nebraska
house and the
of the
elections
upper
house Legislature their
last year went
Fusion (Democratic-Populist) by 2.721;
Ohio
Massachu.
the other States went Republican
by 61,139, Iowa by 73,524,
setls by 51,186,
——
BLAMES HASTINGS
The Philisburg Ledger a Quay organ,
explains the political situation as fol
lows
“The ticket was badly cut up over the
county and the returns uncertain, but
we have reason to fear that under the
leadership of the of the redoubtable
Daniel the party has again been slaugh.
tered, an end that was foreseen, or at
least feared, several months ago. In
this end of the county where Hastings’
influence is nil the result was all that
could be desired. Register and record:
er and one commissioner are conceded
us, which saves the game from being a
“whitewash "’
That is right, blame it on Dan. His
shoulders are broad Dan is hardly
the same day.
a a -
Tur vext three years Brother Riddle
will play the part of silent partner in the
commissioners’ office. Somebody else
Daddy Heckman
will be a sort of a boss of the roost for
| ness, as Mr
{ 4% one
the | rept
| oo
| good,
| when the is
from the people of the town
He received a testimonial that he fally
appreciates ; and it did not come to
]
recause of the opp
| :
AD0Ompson was re Ruizeq
most popular men on the
an ticket, this year
€ not a resident of the t
ws that the sent
result that «
It was an expression of public
that should be carefully stu
didates in the future who so
positions,
Bellefonte shows another
The vole in
s thi¥
town does not indicate the wonderfa
thing and it | The new vote in the
re.
publican gains, due to the furnaces start.
ing up and the operation of other indus
tries in this section There is no doubt
but that there has been a large increase
in the voting population in this imme.
diate section, but it is not so largely re.
publican as many had thought Many
of the workmen and families, who have
come to this section, simply moved here
from other parts of the county and the'r
votes in the total do not change the re
almost as many demo
The re
publicans are wonderfully disappointed
sult in the county;
crats moved in as republicans
on this result of the vote
The prosperity band wagon of McKin.
the effect
The people know
ley and Haova did sot have
that was expected
that the expense of living was wonder.
fully increased over what it bas formerly,
all on account of the gigantic trusts that
have grown up and been protected by
the McKinley administration,
laboringman and especially the farmer
has learned this lesson by actual exper.
lence, and the voters in this county could
not be deluded by such talk,
Yes, the wonderful republican galos
about Bellefonte did not
when the votes were counted,
- oo —
Tuose big crops in the far west, that
brought big bank accounts to the farm.
ers failed to deceive the “‘popocrats.”
They know the difference between the
The |
materialize, |
Register Record'r Commins
y Tay
an apparent pilaraiily of
savs he will take and hold the
scat in spite of threats made
and Eis lieutenants
IN KENTUCKY,
maintam their
\S
The figures
ently comp ow
statement,
hat the repu
Governor
have had
The tota
nearly 200
and M
les made
Bryan
Both =i
| the voles
“a
large measure ;
Bryan
Ia Clinten County
the
ar B. Lesher, §
H ‘ and, sheriff; A
r, and W. D. Kint
The successful democt
On the county ticket republican
candidates elected ec 10
thonotary
Y. Jones, commissione
zing, anditor
are John Noble, treasurer: 1. L
H.
Darrah, auditors
the
and J. A. McCurdy, commissioners
CG. Hanna and WW, P
Lesher, prothonotary,
elected for
third term, has over soo majority
—
la Clearfield County
Returns from Clearfield county: it re
main republican by from 100 to 200 ma.
jority, the entire republican state and
county ticket with the exception of Goss,
the candidate for County Treasurer, be.
ing successful by that small margin
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HOW STATES HAVE VOTED
In the five states in which
ralities were given in 1806 and 1808
States Pluralities
1866 188
68,.852R,
Mi1-R
32,224 ~R.,
A13,576-D,
+ 47,497=R,
ib
The 01d Ticket, Says Depew,
“To my mind—and I am pot speaking
[Wiy-—it settles the question beyond
doubt of the next Presidency, 1 believe
it means that Mr. McKinley will be the
| nominee of the Republican party, and
[that Mr. Bryan will again secure the
lowa
Kentucky
| Maryland...
| Nebraska ..
| Olio
63,524~R
17,804 DD,
7. 000-R,
2.7210
61,139-R
President McKinley Has Spoken to the Cul
|
ats
Boone |
|
protest against all tyranny,
important |
elections were held Tuesday these plu. |
| been held
| veterans
pendence or Death,’
| faith in the pr
| Nevertheless,
| rights of the Cubans
| at
:
|
and blemished honor would speak out
work. bat
Washington
COUTTS: d nt
it of
INDEPENDENCE OR DEATH
ANS
in Hieroglyphics
A
Havana a meeting
of They that
they are much satisfied with the enthu.
commitiee of velerans went from
to attend of a local
centre veterans report
siasm aronsed by the movement wher.
ever meetings promoted by veterans have
Senor Socades says that the
hold the
and have absolute
alot motto, “lade
omises of the Americans
he declares, if the sa red
should be aughed
and their hopes of justice violated,
| then the voices of their wounded aignity
in
even though
that protest should mean suicide
“Better die an honorable death. * ex
claimed Senor Socades, "than live as
slaves, carrying upon our foreheads the
| brand of eternal ignominy
| ROO reason to believe that be will show
| bad faith toward us,
| hope is gone.
Senor Morlo, in addressing the meet.
ing
"President McKinley has spoken to the
Cabans in hieroglyphics, and there is
said
If the dark day |
FACT, FUN AND FANCY.
dright Sparkling Paragraphs Selected and
Original,
things
It is nothing
whiskey 1
trouble
ay
the
don’t object to dead people,’ said
undertaker, “but 1 detest dead
beats.’
The lodging house m
harbor
stress doesn't
ROssip every time she entertains
rnoomers
ust when he's
When a man’s single is
.
doubly interesting 0 women who are
the same
has YOues 1 not
Nature many
be Ans stalk, oceans murmar and
moun
talons peak
Postage stamps may not be much talk
ed about, but they are often on the tip of
the tongue
It's fanoy false teeth, When
You are wearing them in you are wear
ing them oul
ahout
"Ves," thought the monkey, as be
looked at the end of his tail. “I can
see my finish.”
That old spying about “The early
bird,” etc, is what yon might call a
should come when Cubans realize that al] | Wormy chestnut.
to make a solemn compact for war.”
-——— ul
CLRARFIRLD county Democrats should
learn a lesson from Centre county,
Factional quarrels don’t help democratic
It will be necessary then |
| Mother Hubbard ts a dress that should
never be worn out.
Though it cannot wear forever, the
A girl does not object to being called
a “maiden,” but she dreads the time
campaign or simply went to the polis | awhile, for a change. works of Providence and McKinley, | Democratic nomination. majorities over there, when “lady” is added.
I )