« - tad. Khan of sutitidins 29 Atuarioun shipping, He] Ihe . CHAS, R KURTZ, Proprietor, DEMOCRACY vs. PLUNDER An Able Address by by W. Cochran ISSUES CLEARLY Bourke DEFINED A 4th of July Address that is worthy of Careful Reading—Questions that Must be Settled Sooner or Later — What Democracy Means, Some of our brilliant local republican contemporaries occasionally indulge in ridicule of the Democratic party, refer. ring to it as an organization that is with- out chart or compass, without leaders of | any definite principles, a mere derelict with a few deluded survivors hopelessly adrift om the political seas. Of course, such allusions are comforting to those who pursue a course of deception and avoidance and whose perception is bleared by blind petty partizan bigotry, often misnamed party z:al. political slaves, they know not that they are mental pigmies, swayed hither and thither by the appeals to their prejudices. It may be an imposition, in the midst of the depressing heat of the summer | seasoa, to inflict upon our readers a po litical discourse, cle we believe will prove entertaining reading and instructive to every person who has the faculty to read and compre- hend. Persons who take in politics should avoid this article as it is Hable to give them crease their fund of information Ww Ne ‘W City, is recognized as one of our and most forceful! platform On Jaly 4'h he delivered an address fore a large gathering that city was a remarkanle effort. It questions of the day, the issuss that so distinctly the D:mocracy. It is ful perusal of thoughtful citiz :n. no interest some ideas and io- Bourke Cochran, of York ADiest speakers De in that dealt with and clearly defined listinguish worthy of the care- every and He spoke a follows : intelligent BOURKE COCHRAN'S SPEECH. “I assume nob dv will dispute that the pur suit of happiness Is the end of life or shat the pursuit of happiness is the effort tor prosperi ty. All men and all parties in every country agree in desiring prosperity, bat they differ widely as to the mans by which it should be sought. Men are apt to persuade themselves that there are only two-—one by producti m and the other by plunder. Whatever a man Dossesses must be the product of his own labor or the labor of some other man, and, therefore, he has but two ways of getting property-he must make it or he must take it “UM course, the Jing he obtains by exchang Ing it for the products of bis own labor is prae- tixally produced by himself; It is the product of his own product, Whatever he obtains by violence or fraud in time of peace, by pillage or indemaity fo time of war, is the fruit of plunder. From tee very begiouing of the rid down to this day the masses of men into those who seek pros ve been divided ‘ rity by Industry and these who seek it by pillage. “The Declaration of Independence proclaim Ing all men entitled to equal opportunities In the pursuit of happiness ig the chars for reach Ing prosperity by industry. democracy. Every departure from its prinel ples springs from a desire to impair Its su thority, bowever disguised; is imperialistic Anti- America, anti-Christian. And this, my friends, stated in the narrowest compass and In the plainest terms, is the vital distinetion to day Democratic and the Re publican parties “Now, | dou’t mean to say that the many mil Hous of uprighi: men Kepublican candidates aud support Republican platforms Or any appreciasie number of the politicians Who mao wg» Republican campaigns, are brigs ands intent up the pillage of their fellow citizens: but | do mean to say that the whole body of political doctrines to wh en the Repub lean party bas become finally committed aims at producing, or at least increasing prosperity by plunder “Government of Itself can create nothiog. It cannot by any exercise of Its own powers make a barren field fruitful or cause two blades of grass to grow where one grew be fore. It cannot summon by legislative enact ment, exeoutivs or ter o from th + bosom of the earth and convert them be ween the who vote for into metal implements of labor or vehicles of | it cannot command trees to | fall in the forest and divide themselves into | planks and boards, to come together again in | the form of chairs or tables or other useful | transportation ; Articles ; it cannot foree loose stones to range themselves loto firm walls and become dura bie buildlogs for the shelter of man. “There Is but one source of propeity, and | Ehat is the labor of wam in hands exercised di rectly on the bosom of the earth or on the products of the earth, Sinee government cans | under. | DOE ereate anything. Therefore if 1 takes Lo enrich ons man, the thing which 18 gives him It must take from sore other man. Where 16 has a favorite, it must have & vietim, and obviously that government only In Just and truly b nevelent which has noither favor. ites nor vietims, “From this it follows that whenever govern ment proposes to benefit an individual or & elas, ot Is really planing to plunder a multi Examining the polictes and enterprises to which the Republioan party is now som mitted, In the Hght of these self evident truths, It will be apparent tht ali are schemes 10 establish or at least increase prosperity by plunder, PIMPRRIALISM AND 178 A1MS, “The measures which divide the two parties now are the subjugation of distant sinods to be held as dependencies by this government, the imposition of protective tariffs and the The of these Is what we usually term imper)- alistic polly, but, as & matter of fact, all these are bes described as imperialism In contra Such are | but the following arti- | It is the gospel of | Judicial deeree, ores | distinetion to democracy, because they all alm at enriching a few men by the plunder of oth ers instead of encmraging all men to enrieh themselves by the cultivation of the earth and allowing them no other pathway to profit, “And this is the essende of imperialism. Im periatism, of ¢ sarse,tmplies foreign conquest, aad the objeet of conquest 1s always spoils, Whether tt is described as an enterprise of cle {lization or a requirement of prestige, or a pur | suit qf glory, when stripped of the attractive | phrases which constitute 's disguise it is al | ways and everywhere a thirst of gain, combined with an waconquerable aversion to honest la- bor, a desire to acquire property by plunder, coupled with an incapacity to produce i by industry; violence is its instrument, conquest is method, plunder its object, THe alm of imperialism in th's country is made olear by the character of the government established today, Our imperialists tell us that the object of anwexing the Philippine Isiands by force is to civilize, uplift and im | prove the Inhabitants. Now, there Is but one Way by which a strong nation can ald a weak or, and that is by encour aging the industry of Its people. There is but one way to encourage thelr tndystry, and that 1s by affording them a market to Its ports, ATTACKS PHILIPPINE POLICY, “On thisday, (July ith.) inn distant land, (in the Philippine Islands) a government Is be { Ing established in direct violstion of the fun damental principles formulated in the Decla- ration of Independence, It is not based upon | tue consent of the Inhabitants. but upon the mere whim of a wavering administration This imperialist administration at Washing- ton, ia abandoning the Declaration of Inde | pendence takes the flag that typifies free and makes a gag to prevent speech | speech “When the gag is removed from the mouth stieda to cheer for the ich he has been robbed. and ol the victim he is oo np | Hert y of wi “Imperialism Is inverted virtue invert There differen A marie of [nde peade nirovers Yawning al! iterary exenl MIS WRO reverence than allow Is free a would cut advantage to the F pl of every is nos ran heh exacted teibuty is the profit of plunder. It desdens cated prise, corr IPs moras. discour- ages | and industry The nation sakes industry for § easly and irret While the full fruits of imperialism in the Eas. are us yet andisclosed thrown off 11s mask * Bath od action demorall whieh gos lage rievably is hope! lost un Cabs It has There we see this Gov ernment reduced to impotency and Cuba to ruin by a quarrel between two bands of im p rialistiec plunderers We have seen the passage of a bill which the imperialistic President himself declared an obligation of honor, and justice forbidden and prevented by abhorrent force Never in the history of the world has the sordidness of imperialism and 1s power of de moratization been rewarded so conspienously ‘1 knox of nothing more humiliating to American citizenship than the story struggle between the Administration and the lobby sts, ending in the victory of the adven turers and the bamiliation of the Government As between the spectacle of Roosevelt, prone under the knee of Lobbyist Oxnard, asking In vain for leave to do Justice to Cuba. and King Louis abasing himself and jostice under the feet of Du Barry, | am not quite sure that the lapse of a century and a half proves any very substantial moral progress Obviously, the pressing duty of patriotism. the first requirement of national! dee wey Is to rescue this Government from the control of the Oxnards and resto» it to the control of Its constitutional depository (When the orator refers to “Lobbyist Ox nard’ he means the agent of the Sugar rust, who prevonted the passage of me og for the purpose of inereasing trade with Cuba. That woud have given Cuban ters a market for products, It also would wu given us cheaper sa a The Trust did not want that and they succeeded. — kp The object of protection, benevolence as of Government isthe plunder of the vast ma jority for the benefit of the small minority, for | It compels the prosperous. self sapporting In dustries, which are the large majority, to con | tribute to the support of enterprises which de | pend for profit not on the merit of thelr pro- duet, but on the favor of the Government “The farmer who must give two bushels of | wheat for a pair of stockings, which under fairer conditions he could get for one, is com pelied toconttibute a bashel of wheat to the producer of hosfery ; the laborer who must sur render the wages half a day for a meat supply which under latrer conditions he could obtain { for half as much is forced to contribute one. quarter of a day's wages to the glant corpora | tow which controls the mest supply of the eountry “By saphonious phrases these men are In | duced not merely to permit but to encourage this robbery of themselves on the pretence that protection encourages infant American manuiactures, THE SHIP SUBSIDY BILL, “The Ship Subsidy HIT reaches Its full devel opment and disdalns any pretence of moral justification for opsaing the Treasury doors. The argument in favor of it, if It ean be under stood at ally Is that the business of ocean trans portation Is highly profitable. and because it Is highly orofitable, therefore the losses of citizens engaged in It should be borne by the Government “I do not assume to understand this logle, I repeat it only to marvel at it, It is assumed that in some way or another, after these losses continue for a certain Ume and reach a certain figure, in some way or other they become sud. denly Into profits the method of the change being too oocult for eo mprehen sion by the ordinary Intellect. “The Republican policy of seeking prosper, ty through plunder has airsady borne three consplonously sinister fruits, Tae distinetion Continued ou pags deol, 1. TRAGEDY NEAR | Rush township, was placed in the county { merchant J. J. Coffey, of Osceola, who iof about 60 years of age who with his free | family has been | tion for | lived his son-in-law, {is a miner also and | about of the | | others were S008 summoned, A reciprocity | | that night. Sugar | | dead instead of the young man. To OSCEOLA | | rangements David Miller, ‘While Intoxicated, Commits a Serious Crime. ROBERT ROACH THE VICTIM | Family Affray Resulted in Shooting and | Death of Son-in-law—Occurred Monday evening—Miller in Centre County Jail. Tuesday morning David Miller, of jail on the charge of murdering his son- in-law Robert Roach, at Ederdszle, Mon. | dav evening. He was brought here by was deputized for that purpose. From | him we gathered the following story re- | lative to the crime : David Miller is a miner who lives with his wife at a small mining village called Edendale, one-half mile south of Osceola { To Rush township, Centre county, and is | { onlv a skort distance from the boundary | | line with Clearfield county, Mr. Miller | is an American, an old so!dier and a man a resident of that sec some time. Next door to him | Robert Roach, who ISR young man of 10 YEArs. Mill habits, f Mr vivial ler is known as a man of con not as a or When be been known to stir m Mouday He had enough but vicion unruly person indulges (ree ly he bas up trouble at home and evening was in that condition liquor to make him unruly with 6 o'clock and was having a live This fearing ly dispute his wife wis al ahout She persona violence from him 6S2ally called to her over and BCTOSS Roach to come He came s where they were; son in-law Robert in quiet the husband, over and went up stair some lively words passed and then all it floor skirmish and went down to the fie Here there Mr. Miller the son in-law Roach struck there the out in the yard and fused around hav. ing some warm words when Miller grew angry and said be would shoot Roach: at this the youny man only lashed and said that Miller was atraid to do any thing of the kisd and was not afraid of him Miller wont into the house and got his Winchester rifl:, 32.44. and in it placed a blank cartridge. He drew on Roach and saapped, but the cartridge did not explode and Roach laughed at the mao, thinking that he was only try- ing to frighten him, and twitted the old gentleman. Miller then went into the another Ciaims that him was Fron two men went | house and got a loaded cartridge and | pul it in the rifle. In the meantime | Roach had gone out in the road and was ou his way from the house when the old | gentleman came out and drew up and | fired at him. The young man dropped | in his tracks. The bail entered above | the hip tw the back on the right side, and | emerged from the front of the abdomen, evidently passing thiough the bowels | and other organs in that region. The | shot was seen fired by Thos. Maber; and by the re port, to the assistance of the wounded | man who was lying in the road. He was at once taken to his home and Drs. Reed, of O.ceola, and Henderson, of Philips. burg, were summoned and did all that was possible, but he died at 2 o'clock Merchant |. J. Coffey, in the absence | of an officer, took Miller in charge imme | diately after the shooting and he willing. ly assented to arrest. A hearing was | | g'ven before Justice Collins and at once | the man was started for Bellefonte jail. | When they left they were not aware of | the serious nature of the injuries and at Tyrone the next morning the news of the death of Roach was received by them. They arrived here at 9:30 and were tak. en direct to the county jail, Mr. Miller was very much affected and in great dis. tress. To some parties he expressed the desire that he hoped to God that he were others he said nothing. He seemed to greatly regret his deed and tally realiz ed the serious crime he had commit ted, by The District Attorney, N. B, Spangler, left on the evening train for the scene of the crime and will have an early hear. ing as possible At the time the tragedy occurred Mr, Coffey, who is manager of the Isaac Reese Sons store at Retort, was passing with his brother, both of whom were in a buggy. Mr. Coffey sent his brother for a physician, in the meantime doing all he could to minister to the wants of the injured man. When the doctor are a Justice of the Peace, «Children’s 75 cent shoes now 49 cts. Yeager & Davis. ! those residing in the | pouncement is to { tha, Pa., | bad spent all | township was #1so struck by BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 24 1002 WILLIAMS FAMILY REUNION, The liams reunion met executive committee for the for their third anniversary, { which they decided to hold in Miles’ grove | pear Martha, i | 16th Centre county, Pa., August Last “clan” hundred of but the year over three were present, interest | already manifested for the occasion Rugurs well tor a greater gathering of this grand old family and their friends No formal invitations will be issued to county, and ac. be understood cepted as a general invitation to all mem. | bers of the Williams clan and their friends to join in this friendly association. The reunion will be on the basket picnic { plan hat those of the tribe who come from distant places will be entertained. Boch persons may communicate with the corre- sponding secretary, Ida Rk, Williams Mar- and arrangements will he made The executive and sub. for their entertainment. persons constitute the following commitiees President, A. C president, Mesech Wil 8S. T. Williams ; corre Ida R. Will poet, historian Executive committee — Williams ; Hams ; sponding secret ATY, q. RB Vice secretary Als Hey } Williams ; | Williams Ww ntertainment G. Fink, § Correspondence—Miss Ida RB Reception and | Mesech Williams, G Hams W. HW Transportation Hartsock illiams Mrs Wil ALIe Jam: Charles Stetler Killed By Charles Fast Mail Qed lane : ' # : ele IDSIRY 5 ® was ay morning by being struck by Fas freight He Jug the north tra satio anda were walking al a freight was passing eastward along one of the south tracks, so they did o the came first aware of OL hear the approach of fas! train Kaup its coming and called hastily to bis companior at the same ti og narrow! ¥ escaped in 0 jamp me leapt to the north side and Stetler unfortunately jumped the other direction was caught by the locomotive His death was instaneous, and his body was taken from beneath the firebox of the Locomotive. Charles Stetler was aged 29 vears and his life ig Tyrowe. His wile, who resides at Milesburg, survives bhim.—Herald and Lightning's Fierce Work By last Friday morning's storm, at Oak Grove the brickiayers on the ma. chine shop walls went inlo asother build. ing, while there a bolt of lightning en. tered the building and struck seven men, rendering them all unconscious. Three soon recovered, but four of the men were carried to their boarding house. William Rotering, of Mifflinburg, was still uncon. scious at 2 o'clock All those stricken were more or less burned and blistered | Charles Lenbart’s shoe was cut as though {a knife blade had run through Both his shoe and his foot were burned. Joseph Bitner’s barn in Beech Creek lightuing and burned - The New Pension Law, Under the new pendon law just passed by congress, all pensioners under the | general law are entitled to an iocrease | of $10 per month. All pensioners under the act of June 57, 189), who are blind and who are disabled #0 that they require the frequent though not constant atten. dance of another person, are entitled to $30 per mouth as soon as the law is signed by the president. There are no | other changes in the pension law. Triplets Thrice in Three Years. A dispatch from that Mrs. Geneva Taylor 36 years old, wife of Hiram Taylor, a poor farmer | living at Looney Creek, W. Va., a few miles fiom the Kentucky border, gave birth to triplets—all girls—last week, Their weights were four, five and six pounds. This is the third time Mrs, Taylor has given birth to triplets within three years, and they are all living. Six Sons Her Pall-Bearers. Mrs. Lydia Hout: Schoch, of Selins grove, relict of John A. Schoch, was buried there on 16. She was go years of age, Her six sons, Franklin J. Schoch, Ira C. Schoch, H. Harvey Schoch, of Selinsgrove; |. C. Schoch, of Middleburg; A. Z Schoch, of Bloomsburg, and David A. Schoch, of Orangeville, 111, were the pall-bearers. The o'dest son is 71 and the youngest 43 years of age, «Come and be astonished Mingle's, Wil- | July 10th to make ar- | the | and this an- | West Virginia says | so om— VOL. 24. NO, 29. FACT, FUN AND FANCY. SMALLPOX COMING NEAR Bright Sparkling Paragraphs —Select- ed and Original. Several New Cases Have Devel- oped in the Past Week. Conteotment is a jewel rare, Yet has a certain haziness Wethink we see © sntment where The thing we see is laziness IN ADJOINING COUNTIES. “Lots of men would leave their footprints Time's et sand to grace, mother's slipper and place STual Had they gotter Atl the Near Jersey Other Une Case at Lock Haven—Five Clearfield and Several in Shore—Cropping Out in Parts of the State. proper time The co Wears away the largest stone, The constant gnaw of Towser Masticates the toughest bone, The pstant woolng Wins, at the fickle maid, And the constant advertiser MN theo % the trade pstant wash of water A mild case of smallpox developed at lock Haven, Tuesday. Miss Lizzie | Reed was admitted to the hospital ill, | and ber illness has been prooounced by a number overs oe ast ¢ That get of physicians in consultation -— YEARS AGO. 10 be a wild case, The patient is about and ber home is stated She been for some time employed as a do- The young lady sald, at authorities FIFTEEN 23 years of age to be in Bellefonte. has in that city mestic ed, it is The property outside of the ‘Pioctor-Meyer's nea, where the pul in charge of & nurse of Wn B RE recently visit. Altoona purchased Tyrone and have a Lock Haven, from near Casta at The Reed, llefonte estate, patient was taken once and young lady is a daughter Halfmoaoa Hi SCARE AT JERSEY i who lives on Jersey Shore, it IWO cases sma ox whi developed a week be Miss was WO stent yY Came Cleat Peog wh account of the mills at Lawshe have been laid off the the churches were abandoned and there es and wile boards with the Peoples fs the outbreak a who reside usual services at A general disease among the lage. The authorities of the place have enacted strict measures, however. The two families afflicted have been placed under quarantive and the most stringent methods will be used to prevent a spread Centre county is free from the epidemic and all the parties under quarantine in | , Miles and Millbeima boro. are free and past all danger. All infected buildings | 1 were thoroughly cleansed and fected In different parts of the stats there are frequent reports of the disease. Summer The weather has vot had the eff:ct of driving | counts doesn’t stay it away. Any artist can is great fear of spread of the residents of the vil. disin. cashier who is short in his ac- long paint pictures, bat them 4 - — tv sel takes a genius The « who insists upon blowing his ows horn. The peoy till they «¢ dunned for their bills There at smart to work and sot hout people seem Enough Snakes. nel plaver is not the only man We mentioned in last week's Demo crat E of Karthaus, who was bitten by a rattlesnake a couple of weeks ago, he is getting along eell and his haud is neatly healed. He says be has Mr. Etters has caught snakes for a party in New York for a vear, but was tiring of the business and wanted his neighbor to follow it up as be did not want to ship any more | *W snakes. As Mr, Etters walked out and | The girl saw such a five, large rattler the tempta- | COMIng tion was 100 great so he said he would | Dave a just catch this one yet and succeeded th capturing it. He was holding 1 with a stick and string, when the angered snake made a sudden spring, bending the | stick, turning over and catching him by ie who never cross the bridge to it be is Etters, ne often have to of who are 00 smart enough to € ols fellows caught enough rattiers Hye =i Some their » think t's a pity ancestors conldn’t bave taken a lessons from them whose shoe string is always to untied generally man at her feet mauages Business Men's Picaic Privileges. Bids for the various stand privileges at Hecla Park. Aug. 21, account of the Business Men's Picnic will be received the thumb, planting his fang so deeply | by the Passenger Department of the that it was hard to extricate. Mr. Etter | Central R R of Pa liefonte, Pa., on (says thet he bas caught hundreds of or before Saturday, ‘Aug. 2. Sale will | sakes, but never knew how strong they | be made to the highest responsible bid. are when angry. | ders, residents of and doing business in —-— | Cli. ton or Centre counties; the manage: Many Applicants. | ment, however, reserving the right to | Owing to the death of John FP. Harter, reject any and all bids. Restaurant, ice | Depuly Revenue Collector of this dis | cream, fruit and confections, soit drinks, trict, there are over a score of applicants | cigars and tobacco, photography, shoot. | anxious to secure the position. Centre | | ing gallery, together with any other | county alone has over twenty while | proper attraction, { Clinton has at least ten and Union coun. | ty will have several. Oaiy Quayites | need apply. Roosters who were for | Ekin and with Stone have no show, Evangelistic Work. Rev, J. Stadiey West, pastor of the Baptist church at Hagleville, is doing | some commendable evangelistic work. | During the summer months he proposes 10 visit many of the small towns ia Clin. ton and Centre counties and bold even. ing services. Whete there is no charch or school house the services will be held out doors, Rev, West will, while engaged on this work, defray his expeases by elling bibles. «Consult us when la nesd of Job Priat- Will Interest Mail Clerk, An Item of particular interest to rail. way mall clerks was incorporated in the postal appropriation bill by the senate postoffice committee. It gives the authority for the payment of $1000 to the families of railway mail clerks who are killed in the line of duty, Provision is made for the payment of the sam im mediately after sach casualties occur, «$3 Bilt Well patent Colt Oxfords vow $2.50. Yeager and Davis,
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