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THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA., APRIL 12,
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Announcement,
FOR ASSEMBLY
We are authorized to announce the name of
J H. WETzEL, of Bellefonte boro, as a candi
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 thedecision
of the Democratic County Convention,
We are authorized to announce the name of
ROBERT M. FOSTER, of State College, as a can
didate for Assembly, subject to the decision of
the Democratic County Convention
We are authorized to announce the name of
Joux CoxLey, of Potter township, as a cand
date for Assembly, subject to the decision of
the Democratic County Convention
FOR JURY COMMISSIONER
ed to announce the
FrEDERICK Ronn. of Liberty tow:
candidate for Jury Commissioner
the decision of the Democratic Ce
tion
We are author
EDITORIAL.
LATE HAPPENINGS
The
charge that Ji’ A.
commitice
had secured his ses
bribing member
have made a
to his
seat,
It was ;
taken
agen
be
The case will
IS EVEry reas
“Yesterday Gener
the third defeat of
week at Meerkatsionte
He
wagons, losing
wounding 600
twelve
wounde
and nine
week the Boers |
are harassing
and capturing 1
again demoralis
pews. It seems th
wg the capture
The re
ent sections of
put
week indicate
that will
cons
ing. It makesh
all the more b
DEMOCRATIC STATE
ast week the |
met at Harr
any
though th
admi
disreputat
who area d
It was a Bry
tion of his nan
thusiam
Centre County ame in for honors as
the Hon. P. Gray Meck, editor of the
at th l
Watchman, was awarded
the hrst positio n BR ae
101
MM nom
Harry EB
of Bu ounty LT MN
Edwards,
nation for
Crim,
nominated
Nominations
were also made
and dele
tion. Col. J. L
a delegate from this
The platform is a lengthy one, e:
Bryan, bimetallism and take
stand on all issues of the
be published in a later issue
A BAREFACED SWINDLE.
The
Clearfield Republican and
some value to our readers
following extract is from the
may be of
“Taxpayers who travel between Clear. |
field and Corwensville should carefully |
inspect the new iron bridge across Moat
gomery creek, about two miles above
this place. This is the bridge which
resenting the Pittsburg Bridge company,
a short time before the election last fall
for eight hundred dollars,
It was a shame to put such & miserable
apology for a bridge on such excellent
abutments, and any person examining
it will agree that less than half this
amount would have been a very big
price. Parties who have sold iron bridges
in this part of the State say that the
Montgomery bridge would be very dear
to any county at 12 per foot. The con
tract above recited compels the taxpayers
to pay over fo per foot.”
-
Borror HARTER can now spread him
self in writing up last Toesday's conven
tion. Like an ambulance corps, Harter,
who won't fight, will gather up the
wounded and bury the dead politicians
with appropriate ceremony. John Sher.
man says “war is bell,” but the scrap on
Tuesday beats even that,
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Tun stitl-hunt among the republicans
wound up lo a rip-roaring riot on Tues.
day.
emocrat, | GEN.
HASTINGS TRIUMPH.
| Continued from page 1.
|
| ting the returns, they even stooped to
| the demeaning depth of wiretapping.
| Linemen were paid to make secret con-
| nections with the telephone wires into
| ex. Governor Hastingss' residence, and
the leaders thus stole private as well as
public messages.
But they would not admit defeat even
then. Both Gray and the Quay leaders
maintained until last evening that they
would have a majority in the convention,
but last night their contention was very
weak when they declared that if they
| were beaten in the convention today
they would contest the result in the State
convention, where the Quay power
would be great enough to do as they
pleased.
When County Chairman Wilbur F
Reeder called the convention to order at
11 o'clock today it was patent to all that
the Quay people had blood in their eyes.
| Ex-Governor Hastings was present as a
substitute delegate fromthe North Ward,
Bellefonte. This fact gave warning to
the Quay fighters that no foolishness nor
trickery would be tolerated.
On the rolicall of delegates P. E
Womelsdorf, of Philipsburg, endeavored
to substitute himself as a delegate
Charles Myers, but was only
| after Myers himself made the
| tion. There was no fight on permanent
| organization, the Quay people hav
ing it all their own wav by the election
John C. Miller, chairman
Be
admitted
substitu.
anti
Was ny ur
rowd of them
the barrooms
h was the
1 out
which
the unis
tion they met de
“Yo swallow
friend
afternoon the Qu
rating their
seating of the de
threats
CRates eed
but whether they will or not
be seen
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THE QUAY VERSION
The following account sent to the In.
quirer, the Quay organ, gives the Love.
Dale.Chamers version of the fight
John C. Miller, an insurgent follower,
was clected permanent chairman, after
which Daniel H. Hastings was given a
seat in the convention as a substitute
was purchased from A. Buchanan, rep. | delegate from the North ward of Belle
fonte, and Philip BE. Womelsdor! was ex.
tended the same courtesy froma Philips
burg
Then the ball began rolling. the ex
| citement becoming so great that blows
were almost struck, and the convention
adjourned without naming a conferee to
the conference to name a delegate to the
National Convention. The primaries of
| Saturday night showed beyond all ques.
tions that WE. Gray and P. BK. Homels
dorf, the Quay delegates, received the
| majority of instructions, but between
| Saturday night and Tuesday the insur
gent followers traveled the county per
| suading delegates to remain away from
the convention,
One notable instance of this occurred
{in one of the wards in Bellefonte, where
the delegates had received Gray and
Homelsdor! instructions. Afier answer.
ing to their names and baving been seen
with the insurgents several of these dele:
gates left the ball and did not return,
In South Philipsburg, where the vote
stood eleven to five in favor of Quay, the
vote was entirely thrown out,
J. C. Miller, the chairman, was en'ire.
| 1y under the control of Hasting«, aud he
disregarded vearly all former rales and
for |
party precedents, and refused arbitrarily
to permit substitutions to fill the places
of absent Quay delegates. This was
done in order that Hastings might elect
his delegates to the State convention,
Finally a vote was taken amid great
confusion, Then C. P. Long and Hl
liam Melick, Hastings delegates, were
declared elected,
The stalwarts, after being counted out
and being so unfairly
questionable methods, refused to adjourn,
immediately
Homelsdorf as delegates to
convention, where a sj
be made. The honest Republicans of
Centre county believe Gray and Wome!
dorf are entitled to the
{ convention,
and elected
the State
spirited contest will
seats in otat
@
WASHINGTON NOTES
If every democratic member of the
House will occupy his seat and vote
against the Porto Rico bill, that iniqui
tous be defeated when it is
The
caueus has declared in favor of passing
measure can
taken up this week
|
| the bill just as it came from the Senate,
but there are quite a number of republi
{cans who say they will not
bill,
against it,
vote for the
and a few who will actually
and itis practically ce
}
that owing to absentecs, a vote agai
the bill equal to the full democrat
hip of the House, will
are working hard to get th
as dubbed M
of Expediency
-
The Cendus Distr
Appointments
fonts h ’ Liberty
Marion
te it Fast & Middle
Miles
West Miles
Fenn
Milibelm
Patton
ist and Sra W
Philipsburg
Second ward
Philipsburg,
A Ph mh’ &
South Rush
North Rush
E Snow shoe
W Snow Shoe
North Bpring
Raonth
West
o Ay lor
Worth
Unionville &
Unkn Twp
East & Middle
Halker
West Walker
ward
Fue f far
ward
Bellefonte
ward
Benner Twp
Kast Hoggs
West Boggs
Mileaburyg
Karnside Twp
North Potter
South Potter,
College Twp
State College
Boro
Curtin Twp
Fast Furguson
West Ferguson
North and East
irege
17 Wes Gregg
1% Haines
“15 Hall Moon
HrHarrm
A «Howard. Bora
and Howard Twp
2-Huston
There are a number of applicants for
the position of census enumerators and
while same have been settled others are
has been ordered not to publish a list of
enumerators until the work
taking is about to begin
. -
New Enterprise,
Charles Wooden, has taken charge of
the Ward House at Tyrone. He con
ducted the City hotel for a number of
years,
The man who always does as be pleases
is often displeased with what he does,
The smaller the caliber the bigger the
bore, This applies to men, not firearms,
PUNLIC OPINION,
Opinfons From Various Sources om
Questions of the Day.
We are to Introduce our
wares into
| Puerto Rico free of charge, and Puerto
treated by such |
Gray and |
republican |
| get rid
' rid of
of census |
succes
being changed, so that Supervisor Reed |
| with the branches
Rico is to be taxed on everything she
produces and sends us, Just how con
gress can this with a straight
face we pretend to sa Wash
ington Post
discuss
do not
Hep
Ind
ands,
American should
discriminate thus, In defiance of all
promise and the
the United States?-
territory wo
pred adent practice,
constitution of
Chicago Inter-Ocean, Rep
which M
suffer in his poli
how in prae
tice what was clear in theory from the
beginning--that protection
expansion about ag well an
beefsteak
The in and baffling
McKinley had to
of “expan actual
goes with
strychnine
New York Ev
goes with en
ing Post
If the peopl
of the trusts they must fir
Hanna, McKinley and Gr
who are owned, bod) boots
breeches, by the tru
get
IER
and
presj
te H
the 1
dent In
force tl}
When st can make $42.500.000 a
year on a capital of $25,000,000, as the
Carneglie-Frick combine has done
when the Standard Ol trust declares
A quarterly dividend of $20,000,000
when Mr. Carnegie’'s annual Income is
over $24,000,000 and Mr. Rockefeller's
$30,000,000, it is not necessary to say
that such imperial revenues can only
be derived from the exercise of monop-
oly’s power to tax the people unjustly
Neither Mr. Carnegie nor Mr. Rocke-
feller can possibly render such ser.
vice to society as honestly to earn
wages so colossal. And these two gen
tiemen represent a class who are dally
milking the public as they do, though
with less dazzling results. The trusts
lay the entire country under enforced
tribute—~which simply means robbery
The trusts are Jooting.the American
people as truly as though they were
sful invading armies. Their wea
pon of extortion is monopoly The in
terstate commission has
been about as serviceable in curing the
abuses of raliroad administration as a
from Professor Hadley to Collis
P. Huntington would be. The Chiea
go conference adheres to the true prin
ciple. IL strikes at the root of the
trust tree instead of concerning itself
The partnership
between the rallroads and the trusts Is
at the Bottom of most of the monopoly
which piles up such fortunes as Mr.
Rockefeller enjoys. That neither Mr.
Carnegie nor Mr. Rockefeller is In
need of any government protection is
Ww clear as daylight. Philadelphia
North American Rep
ain
commerce
snub
PrPRTIW AdAALAL
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EVER?
YOU MUST
WEAR CLOT
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chance on the next suit you buy
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and decend 5 Com px Is that: why not give me a
M AY not save
vou much, but a penny saved is a penny earned
likewise dollars
] CAN BAYEe YON £2 50 on a fine black, clay worsted.
£10.00 is regular value
£7.50 is my special price
MONEY BACK FOR THE ASKING.
\ nt for the celebrate d
ROELOF HATS
Sim the Clothier,
Allegheny street, - .
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BELLEFONTE, PA.