CHAS. R. KURTZ Ed. and Prop.
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DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION
Met in the Court House on Tuesday
Noon and Named the Ticket
THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
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on
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Ouick iy LISPoOst
were held
passed of
tention. There pra
and {
contest on hand that
i It was generally
Wet
of the t
f the party
renon d
R.M. F
Ferguson,
members from this county.
over the co
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esult was easily
» convention foreshadowed
attendance at the nv
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iesday was except
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W. Ke
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John Conley, Potte ‘ J
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Next and the
commissioner
following before the cot
st
nt resulted
reder
ick
). W. Harter,
of
ye same office, but
chairman
ruled that it could not be voted upon for
the reason that he had not complied with
the rules of the party requiring all cau
didates to register, at. least three weeks
before, the primaries
with the county
chairman
Harry Fenlon
Hon. J
gress, and ofiered the fo
tion in connection with tl
Resolved, That R. } ster. 8. A
McQuistion and A Graham,
hereby named as congressional conferes
with instructions to support and use a
honorable means Lo seq
tion of Hon, J
date for congress,
district,
The Commitiee on
nominated
Aare
ire the nomina-
K.P. Hall as the candi.
from
thi +
18 the 25th
Resolutions made
their report and it was met with applause
and adopted.
by John C. Rowe, of Philipsburg, chair
man of the committee, as follows ;
The report was presented
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
We the representatives of the Democ
racy of Centre county in convention
assembled, remewing our pledge of
fidelity to the principles of the Demo.
cratic party as interpreted by Jefferson,
Jackson and Tilden, and having in mind
the momentous questions now before the
le of this great land, we make the |
following declarations of the principles |
and policies w
our political al :
We reaffirm the de
sles contained the
form of
Demo
crvedly declare
reedom
the
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4 cca,
mi
ndidates
chairman
Runkle,
Anno
fx YOCAIR |
or County Chairman i
withlrew in the interest of harmony
This year, with the belief that | was
fairly entitled to this recognition, hav
ing stepped aside before and without
any lotimation that my rights to the office
would be disputed, I expressed
to receive this honor
Relying upon an unbroken party cus
tom to select a Chairman upon the judg.
ment of the delegates sent to the con
vention, | made no efforts to secure in
structions and an expression of the
voters In view of the fact that my
a desire
| further candidacy may be misconstrued,
and disavowing any purpose of creating
the semblance of party discord or fac:
tional spirit, and thanking my friends for
their generous offers of support, 1 now
Continued on page ¢
f
ticularly strong
BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY JUNE
THE FAMINE
0
pmoctat,
1000,
IN INDIA | pare.
and
Xaggeer:
ENGLAND AGAIN
miibons of
Why shouls
Her a
day are th manifestations
of strength and bullying ever heard of,
and are a disgrace to the twentieth cen.
want to what
tury civilization i ask
}
England has done for her own subjects.’
“It is strange how many pro Boer fol
lowers we have in the Senate, even on
said Mr, Aldrich,
asking a plain, clearly put
“What has
Eugland done in the name of Christianity
the Republican side,”
i Am
question,’ said Mr. Hale,
for her own peopie in India?’
The speech of Mr. Hale made a par.
impression, from the
ASSAILED
. 4 1
posed
opening a
building,
bardware including
large
and will
makers supplies
Aged Printer’s Death
John H. Winters died Saturday at
home in Muncy, aged 79 years
his
He was
the oldest printer in this section of the
state and was well-known in Lock Haven,
Williamsport and other cities and towns
For forty consecutive years he was em
ployed on the Muncy Luminary.
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Why does the coliege year have iis
commencement at the end?
GUNNING FOR
HAMILTON
resolutions ni
John Hamilton and our
We
tical
sacri
fish
ose
. rfwe of
ver was a bil too severe
a willing tool for any Do
whom he will recant,
fice all principle so long as his se
ambitions may be promoted,
a»
think he is
faction, for
Big School of Carp
A school of German carp, many of
them in large size, were seen in the river
pear the Bickford saw mill at Lock Ha-
ven Saturday afternoon, There were
hundreds of the big fish, some of them
apparently being large evough to weigh
eighteen pounds,
oy foreign ence anda
empire, if % continnes in
and barbar
vernments to send
ERE
: vooe
Bs troops 0
war ships and defend them,
The empress dowager is believed to be in
sympathy with the “Boxers,” although
atter have defeated the government
troops and destroyed railway property,
and are reported to be marching on
Pekin. Anarchy is said to prevail in
many provinces, and with such effective
foreign interference as appears probable
[the reconstruction and division of the
| Chinese empire is one of the certainties
of the not distant future,
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| Why isn't the relict of a man who dies
| of hay fever a grass widow ?