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Announcement,
FOR ASSEMBLY
We are authorized to announce the name of
J H. WETzEL, of Bellefonte boro, as a cand!
date for Assembly, subject to the decision of
the Democratic County Convention
Weare authorized to announce the name of
J. W. KerrLer, of Ferguson township, as a
candidate for Assembly, subject to the decision
of the Democratic County Convention,
We are authorized to announce the
ROBERT M. FOSTER, of State College, as a car
didate for Assembly, subject to the decision of
the Democratic County Convention
name of
Democratic County Lonvention.
ng of the
A re co
County Conven of June 131
held in the Court House, at Be
TUESDAY, MARCH 27th
at 12o0'clock noon, for the purpose of
five de present the Der
the next State
elected at t)
day of June, 13
nvened meet Democrat ie
egates to 1
GEREAHAM
Attest ll Co. (
J. K. JOHNSTON
Chalrman D
EDITORIAL.
ITs f
canal without the
it,
Stand by the
if some one will
dent stands
President McKinle
Ex President
regarc
Harn
Harris
to Porto
son 1s gelling
President again
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Tug Republicans dislike t
the Quay
ator Hoar to set a day for
considering the matter, they put in so
medicine in case and
forced by Sen
many provisos that it is doubtful whether
it will be possible to reach the case be.
fore the end of the session
-
KRUGER says the Boers will fight to
their death, before they will yield to the
Eoglish, and will blow up the cities of
Johannesburg, Pretoria and the
mines, as war measures,
conquered.
thinking,
gold
before they are
This has set the Eaglish to
because Eoglish
largely represented there.
capital is
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IF any fair minded individual
to judge the drift of public sentimeut on
the Porto Rico infamy of the administra
tion, let them read the
the front page of this issue. It
well for the editor of the Gazette to
der over the sit
editorial last week,
wants
few comments on
would be
pon.
, after its
and tell b
un-American policy
uation Apologetic
s readers
the troe side of the
of McKinley.
- ———
LAST week the Gazette in its custon
manner in speaking
credited this
the former
perversion.
we said,
readers we said, very dif
we ask of Mr. Harter is
text, 1 not misquote
We said the ;
a monopoly of
IATY
of the Paper Trust,
with st
that were
A careful
and what
paper ateme
issue absolu
readies
are
and
was plain
pearly all the mills
aids and helps them to 1
paper 'o an unreasona
reference to Senator
was simply a plain
exactly for what it is
ing of trusts, and the paper trust
ly, be said this, which
afraid
“Of all
to tell to its read«
the
money power this is the most
and infamous If the reg
does not strang'e these monsters it i
tain that some other party will
Our article never said that Ingalls at
tributed the advance in paper to the tar
iff, as the Gazette declared we did. Mr
Ingalls plainly says that trusts survive
because the party in power does not do
ts plain duty by the people and “strangle
hese monsters.” Mr. Harter we have no
phijection to your political views, and
ke no apology for our editorial com.
pent as long as plain language is fairly
terpreted.
unforgiven ¢
TUESDAY'S CONVENTION
The notice at the head of this collmn |
1 fully explain its purpose and im-
ance. It is desired that there be a
1 attendance, a representative from
h district in the county, In any case
the former delegate finds it im.
bie to attend, it is desired that a
hatitute be sent to the convention this
sing Tuesday.
delegates to the former Demo.
ic County Convention have all been
notified by the Chairman, Lat
be a full attendance as there will
ers of importance come up that peed
deration.
— lb —
members of the President’ s Cabi.
hit be called its mosey drawers,
ho!" sald the tenor, after he
ruck high C. “"How'sthat for high?"
3
anger
| lation on the
{ mostly,
WASHINGTON TOPICS,
The House Republicans
| anger of the country for their persistence
in acting contrary to ‘plain duty”
gard to Porto the
Senators will earn something worse than
Rico; Republican
utter contempt—if they persist in
their course of procrastination and vacil-
subject. Said a prominent
Senator just “I
Senate
Democratic recently
will not satisfy the countrv for the
to pass an act paying over to the govern.
ment of Porto Rico money wrongfully
collected from the citizens of that un
fortunate island The Republicans do
not seem to reaiize that it is not a ques
Peter
extent
tion of robbing
of the
duties imposed,
to pay Paul, nor
one and burden of the
radical issue be
that
as in
but a
tween justice and injustice—and
there is as much injastic
The
dressed to Congress by the merchants of
Porto “The
ein delay
imposing a duty, memorial ad.
Rico makes this statement
fact cannot be disputed
are in All
The
Our
S50re commerce 1s
now hampered. nvestment of
capital ‘is stoppe farmers have
not the means to plant or to gather crog
and improving are
fuse
and Missouri
On account
damages resulting
the govern:
these vessel
concerns
authorized
unanimously
rmands ATINOT-§
far as the armor for those
But the a
CAD majority «
cerned
ther than this
for the armor
authorize
Bree nt
} n
taken after a spe
armor plate at that pri
ency
The
mittee
armor had bee
Democratic mem!
rirt eel ya te In
voled against 1d
Dorize armor at th
Turkey
three
four wars
against China, two wars against the
Sikhs, three wars against the Kaffirs
three against Barmah, nine wars in
India, two against the
in the Soudan, three against
one war with the Persians,
Transvaal, three
Ashanti,
one with the
one with the Basutos,
the Egyptians, one with and
one against the Matabeles. Of the forty
wars, thirty-eight were with the inferior
orders
Zalus, one with
Zanzibar,
of mankind, the brown
men,
with an occasional dash at the
blacks and the copper colored. val
| that time Great Britain went to war with
only three nations of the Caucasian type
One with Russia and twice with the
Transvaal,
THE QUAY CASE,
The republican primary elections, held |
in different sections of the state, indicate
that the Quay issue is on the decline,
The defeat of Speaker Farr, in his own
county, for nomination, was one of the
reflex movements that surprised the
Quay people. The condition of the Quay
case, in the United States Senate, is such
as to give him little hope and the battle
ground has been changed back to local
primaries, where they have hope in win.
ping. Thus far there has been little en.
couragement in him securing higseat by
the governot's appointment or in the
choice of the next legislature,
earned the |
in re- |
that our people |
PREACHER OUT OF PLACE.
Sheldon to
paper, of
The attempt of Rev, run
the Topeka Capital,
Kans, Jesus would edit the
a daily
same,
attracted a great dea! of attention over
There
and everybody wanted
the entire country, was novelty
about the scheme
to see whether the preacher would be a
success in the undertaking. Some
preachers are many other
De ple, they
newspaper work,
like a great
are very ready to criticise
and have radical views
should be
had
paper for one
to how same
This
this daily
He directed everything
o! their own as
conducted eminent divine
full sway over
week from ad
vertising to the
The
point of
editorial departments
result of his work, from the stand.
was that be made
His paper
capacity to set forth
a newspaper,
a fatlure of the undertaking.
displayed a lack of
day:
the important hapfen
was dull
ings of the
and stupid in various way
The preacher may be able
but he showed that he was
to put up a
good sermon,
a misfit in his eflort to get up a
3
paper Then there was a great dis;
of egotism, tomary among
profe ume 10 say how
would it yaper; it
most
} aimo
the acrilegious and d
ville, expected that he would be
appointee, as he made such a good show
ing the last me as a candidate for
1
nomination. Just as to why these tw
men were overlooked, and what was M1
1, we leave to the politiciar
»
FIRST FRUITS
It is hard
of Phi ippine
The fig
lares the
totell what particular brand
news should be credited
1st pow (hting is going on nis
war at an end. McKinley
iting out another commission to divide
iiity There
other day of a ship
was news
nent of leg manacles
Manila t
:
American soidier's goin
and handcufls to restrain
: ’ |)
unprecedented
numbers
We have
export
TIMELY COMMENT
take the following from last week's
rier and i covers a matter in which
abuses are practice d
ASSESSOR'S PAY
Neporter.— In examining the
County statement | find some very ex-
cessive and outrageous bills that were
paid by the County Commissioners, and
in which cases the county auditors should
have made some more surcharges, and in
looking over the assessor's account one
can readily detect the inequality. Belle.
fonte is at the head of the jist, the county
and state tax for 1899 was $9184 17; num
ber of voles 1508, 738. assessor's pay
£16316; per capita, 50 cents, or § per
cent, In the small township of Taylor,
tax $250 92; number voles g1; assessor's
pay $182 94: per capita $1.43 or 53 per
cent Centre Hall, tax $5312.61 votes
125; assessor's pay £313.60; per capita 26
cents, or 6 per cent. Millheim, tax
900.94; votes 157; Assessor's pay $53.88;
Per capita 53 cents, or 12%; per cent,
This is certamly a great inadequacy. Is
this lncompetency or a fabrication in or.
der lo extort money from the county,
In either of the districts named a person
would not need to travel more than
from three to filteen miles circular, and
any competent person could go over the
ground in a few days. The commis
sioners should see that this evil is abolish.
ed before the tri-annual assessment,
Tax PAvER,
IT is somewhat faony that Senator
Foraker, when asked ju the Senate why
the President changed his mind in regard
to plain duties, should refer the question.
er to Mr, Hanna, War must be brewing
in Ohlo again,
Editor
RECENT DEATHS.
HARPST ER: ~Of
that place
morning on the
birthday, Mr
of Gatesburg's
SAMUEL
died at his
Thursday
Gateshurg
home in last
anniversary
of his 71st
Harpster was
one most prominent and
oldest zitizens, He was a useful and
consistent member of the Lutheran
church and an old line | rat. His
death was due to pneumonia He was
the father of seven children all of whom
him, Mrs. Harpster
Hall, Centre County,
survive was born in
White
at Gatesburg cemetery,
Interment
of Wil.
on Monday 12th at
Martha
Besid
MRS. WM.
liam Ebberts
EnnerT Widow
died
{ the home of her son James, near
Furnace, aged about
70 YEArs
her son James, with whom she made
she two other
home, leaves
one daughter, viz: Fr
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sons and
Woodland
Stoneville, and Mrs
ank,
John, living near
John Hill, Morrisdale
Mrs. C
day morning
ATHARINE GROVE
in Boalsburg after
of pneumonia. She vas the
’
te Martin Gr
mother of
| illness
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| widow of the She
was the
1 .
tare
| one of whom
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JUDGES REPORT
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Church,
1 Sunday
casant Gat
Roland
hool, Zion
an Church
rmed Church, Pine
| Pleasant Valley Church
IM. E. Church, Howard
Reformed Church, Mi
reshyler
Ref
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Grove Mi
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Total
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ARTHUR B. KiMPoRT
Bellefonte, Pa., March 21, 1900
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Unless obhisction is offered before next eount
All contestants will be dropped except the three
highest viz Pleasant Gan Lutheran church
M. K church, Roland and Uniun 8.8. Zion
Che Centre Democrat,
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NO. 14 MARCH
22
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for the handsome
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