4 THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA., MARCH 26, 1003, r APITOL 0 |OUR HISTORICAL he Contre Democrat, AT THE STATE CAPITOL. creasing corruption has been duplicated —— | by our other political institutions, and, | ike them they are gradually being Carelessness with parlor matches | Th i k of th | causes a few fires and many divorces. e most important work of the past | CHAS. R. KURTZ, - - - PROPRIETOR FRED KURTZ, SR, {eorTons. CHAS. R. KURTZ, | several weeks in legislative halls, has | roads. | i been the effort in the direction of good | The chances are very largely in | — | favor of the present legislature enacting | their evolution, forced into subjection to law, conceived in freedom, reared in licemse, matured in law, will be the complete story of The last stage is still OIRCULATION OVER 3500, |some effective good roads legislation. | ju its conception. 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You are expected to send the money to this office. unless EDITORIAL, QuAy is down in Florida running the Pennsylvania Legislature by long dis- tance telephone, THE promised ballot reform to be giv- en by the present Legislature, turns out a sham and a fraud, just as half dozen similar pledges were, since 1895, by the machine, “Since the introduction of the linotype machine in the offices of the large dailies, there are frequent typographical errors to be found in these journals. Even the always ‘‘clean’”’ New York Sun is having “mistakes.” TEDDY is now ready, to go on a tear in the Rockies to kill bear. Some 70 of a guard are to go with him, so the | wild Injuns and animals do not eat up Teddy. with his extra session of the senate, hence we hope he will know how to run the wild denizens of tke Rockies, if he can’t run the senate. GovERNOR Cummins, of lowa, has reaffirmed his devotion to the “Iowa idea.” He still believes that the tariff is a shelter for monopoly, and that a general revision of the schedules is needed. He proposes to carry this idea to the next National convention of the republican party, and to insist on its in. corporatoin in the platform. THE present Legisiature is fully as corrupt as previous ones for the past de- cade. Were it not for the sharp eye of Pennypacker, the public money would fly like dust in a cyclone, and pew offices would be created by the score with no use for them. If Stome were still the executive, all the evil intentions of the machine majority would receive his sanction. Penaypacker, it is to be regret. ted, in all his appointments, yields to Quay's dictation but it is some satisfac- tion to know that he evinces a disposi. tion to comdemn, by veto, what the democrats for years have opposed and denounced, namely, the wholesale rob bery of the treasury by all manner of enactments. Col. W. Reeder is a candidate for dele- gate to the next Republican State Cun- vention from this county. We also hear that Col. Edw. R. Chambers has ambi. tions along the same line and would like to represent the county at Harrisburg, and especially se since Pap Pennypacker is Governor. Since Edw. was made a brave Colonel, it is quite natural that he should want to mmpress upon His Excellency that h*, Edward, is in fact one of the main guys In the push around here. Well, that is just about what our friend Reeder would like to demoustrate to the powers that. be as not being the case. Col. Reeder is the present County Chairman of the Republican party and the authorized distributor of patronage, and the leader of the Hastings element. Col. Cham. bers proposes 10 step in where the late W. E. Gray stood in local politics Judge Love's principal lieutenant and active field man. There you have the situation, watch the game, THR special session of the Senate of the Fifty.eighth Congress has adjourned, after ratifying the Panama and Cuban treaties. Attention now turns to the action of Colombia on the canal treaty and the magnitude of the undertaking to which the United States has committed ftself. It is estimated by those who be- leve in the success of the agreement, that about the autumn of 1904 some 20, 000 negroes armed with spades and picks will invade the isthmus of Panama and begin digging. It is sald by the engl. peers that 20000 will be a minimum force of laborers and that as high as 50,- 000 may be employed at times. There are now about 1,000 men at work under the French company and every foot of the ground for the canal has been brok. en. There is no contract labor law which applies to the isthmus and doubt. less negroes from all the West Indian islands will be imported and a few may go from the United States, although those already acclimated will be given prefer. ence as the amount of sickness will thus be materially diminished. Labor on the isthmus commands fiom 40 to 50 cents per day. There are now on the route of the canal two thoroughly equipped hos. pitals and these will doubtless be kept full to overflowing as none but Ameri. cans will be given the higher grades of He has not succeeded much | proved roads is taken seriously, is the | appointment last week by Mr, Mayne, | of Chester county, of a sub-committee of | five, of which he himself is one, to confer with a similar sub.committee appointed | from the Senate Good Roads Committee | by its chairman. The purpose of this | conference is the codification of good | roads legislation which has already been | presented, and is now in the hands of | the Senate and House committees. All | of these measures will be carefully con- | sidered by the sub.committees, and a bill will be drafted which will secure the endorsement of the rural districts, as well as the more thickly settled agri cultural communities. The House sub- committee is composed of Messrs, | Wayne, Ambler, of Montgomery ; Coons, of Bradford; Vasbinder, of Jefferson ; | Creasey, of Columbia. Mr. Creasey has been very busy since | { his appointment on the committee an. | notating the bills on good roads and | gleaning the salient points which will be | embodied in a draft of his views, which he will present to the sub-committee at | their conference next week. The meas- | ure which shall be evolved by the sub- | committee will be presented immediate- ly in the House and Senate and pushed | to a final passage. In view of the halt | called upon appropriations by Chairman Bliss, of the House committee on appro- | | priations, it is likely that the amount of | money the bill will carry will be greatly reduced from the §6,000,000 Delaware county good roads measure, | Representative Ammerman, of Mon. | tour county, last Monday night presented {an Act regulating primary elections | throughout the Commonwealth. Ivas- much as the platforms of each of the leading political parties declare tor this reform, this measure is of the greatest importance ; it is important because the | primary election is the bed rock of all elections and upon its honesty or dishon- esty depends the future of the Republic. | This Act provides that the primary elec- tions shall be held each year, one in the early spring for city, borough and town- | ship offices, and the other for state and county offices in June. The election | shall be conducted by the general elec tion officers, and is what is geverally known as the direct primary svstem. | As the session draws near its setting sun, the ballot reformers are getting more and more anxious concerning their measures. It is generally believed no | ballot reform law will be enacted this | session regardless of the promises of the Quay machine ; it is the practice of this | band of political looters to maintain one man power and control as long as a saf- | | fering community permits it and allows the opposite system of popular govern. ment to prevail Our system of government through po litical parties is eminently practical and entirely satisfactory as long as the par. ties themselves fairly and honestly rep- resent the will of their members, not only on questions of broad geveral policy, but also on questions of business admin- | istration ; but whenever, for any reason they fail to do so—whenever, either in | the selection of candidates or the deter | mination of questions of administration, | they represent, no! fhe will of the mem | bers and the interests of the public but | only the orders and private or political | interests of those who control their ma- | chinery—then the people are no longer | | able 10 select their own officers and ad. | minister their own aflairs, and the par- | ties, instead of being aids to free repre. | | sentative government, become instru. | | ments for imposing upon the people an | | administration as foreign to their wishes | and interests as if selected by a legally constituted ruler. If, in such a case, the | boss and his machine be wise, honest and far.-seeing men, the people will have | good government, but it wili not be free. | If, on the other hand, the boss and his | machine be cunning and unscrupulous men, seeking their own profit at public | expense, the people will have corrupt as well as arbitrary government. In either case, however good or bad the govern. ment may be, it is not a government *‘of the people and by the people.” When- ever such a condition is reached, in order that free and good government may be preserved, government by parties must be abandoned and some other instru- ment substituted or means provided by which the rights of the people within their parties may be protected by law, and their wishes surely and easily ascer- tained and carried ont, Recent (political occurrences should satisty even the most partisan adberent of party regularity that party govern: ment bas reached a condition in Penn sylvania which makes a change neces- sary If we are to have a reality of popu- lar government. The primary, about which the discussion centers, is of funda mental importance. It is the citizen's citadel of right. It 1s the source of power; in government. In purity, it is the fount from which the great blessings of democratic government flow, It is today provieg itself the curse of repre- sentative institutions. For this reason | committee for a month or more, | motion for the application of the rule | was met with derision and laughter from | The deceased ~—== | An indication that the question of im- | tain, and is the subject of much thought and attention, The general movement for ballot re- form received the solemn warning of its coming death last evening when Repre. sentative [keler’s resolution to discharge the Elections Committee from further consideration of his ‘Ballot Reform” bill was defe ated by the solid republican forces, Although the rules of the House call for the discharge of a committee from the consideration of any measure in its hands for ten days or more, yet, after it appeared that Ikeler's reform measure had been slumbering in this the the republican side, Thus ends for this session the much promised ballot reform, J. W. KrrrLer. * | Harrisburg, Pa., March 24, 1903. RECENT DEATHS. Joux WorLr :—died suddenly, at his bome in Rebersburg, Saturday night. For particulars see Rebersburg items, MARTHA ANN SNYDER :—wifeof J. R Snyder, died at her home at Coburn, Monday, March 16, aged about 6g years She has left to survive, her husband and two sons, F. E. and N. P. Snyder. Inter ment at the Cross charch, Georges valley. Mrs. THOMAS WILSON :~died Thurs. day morning, 19, at her bome near Belle. foute, her age being sixty years. She had been at the Bellefonte hospital and underwent an operation for cancer of the liver, but medical skill was of no avail and she gradually grew worse until relieved by death of ber suffering. Sur. viving the deceased are her hasband, three soos and two daughters. Wu SwANzRy:—died at leMars, Iowa, on the 19th, after a few weeks ill. ness. He was well known in this county having been born in Centre county, Feb: ruary 23, 1825. He lived pear Jackson. ville, Centre county, for manv years. In 1852 he went west settling in Illinois and later moved to Iowa. He was a veteran of the civil war and was highly respect: ed as a citizen mm the commanity In which he lived. In 1850 he married Elizabeth Reed, daughter of the late Willlam Reed, of Clintondale. His wife and four children survive. Jorn E. McCKINLRY :—aged So year's 3 months, 21 days, died at his home in Reedsville, Mifflin county, Friday mora- ing, March 12. Mr. McKinley was, | citizen of Milesburg this county for fifty years prior to 1870 at which time be re- moved to William Mann's Axe works at Reedsville. He is survived by his | brother, Joseph Green and sister Mrs, Jane Broom, both of Milesburg, and the following children, Mary Ragur, of Reedsville; Sarah E. Weaver, of Port Matilda; Avpa Huse, of Belieyille; Eliza Ross and Samuel, of Burhaw,; and Rachel! at home. A Frightful Death. A terrible accident occurred at the sawmill of M. M. Motter, at the head of McElhattan run, yesterday morning, whereby William Dress, the fireman, lost his life. The first intimation the | men had was as they saw the mangled and bleeding form of the fireman lying | on the floor of the engine room. Many of the bones in his body were broken | and his clothing was torn into shreds. Sapposition is, while in the act of oiling the machinery or adjusting a belt, the | man’s clothing was caught in the shaft- ing, and no help being at hand to shat off the steam, was whirled around until his body was torn and pounded to a bleeding mass and dropped to the floor. resided at Rosecrans, | where he leaves a young wife and one | child, He was aged 30 years. Tur ‘ballot reform” bill, promised by the machine, and likely to be passed by the present legislature is a bigger fraud than the present ballot law. Thus are the people insulted when just laws are asked for. All “reform’ promised by the machine, thas far, has resulted in Yreforming’’ from bad to worse. Lemont. Last Saturday was Wm. J. Bryan's 43rd birthday. There was quite a large surprise party given for Mr. Hassloger, on last Friday evening. All present report having had a good time. Geo, Meyer is spending his Easter va. cation at and at Herman's the huckster’s., Miss Sophia Thom successful term of nace, on Wednesday. Look out for the Haster bomnets and storm, James Schreck and friend attended church at Houserville on lust Tuesday. Rev, Perks, of Bellefonte, will preach inthe U. B. church at Houserville, on Jhunllay and Friday evenings of this wee . James Lenker and son spent Sunday in State College. ’ : The Jachion family are improvin after a lines of typhoid fever, sy so endeth my story, closed a very | at Centre Fur. . ~Why not have the baby's photograph taken! Mallory & Taylor do beautiful work. and floor, Crider’'s Kxchange, REVIEW Continued from page 1. Kephart, M,C, Bellefonte ;Anderson ‘Troop Kester, Jeremiah, Haines ; F, 12th Pa, Knarr. Henry, Liberty. Kuarr, John, Liberty Koons, James H,, Liberty, Krider, Samuel, Potter, Kirkwood, James, Kash ; 24 Pa, Cav Lauck, B. 8, Rush ; 80th Pa Lee, Charles, Spring; 6th Pa. Cav Lingle, Fisher D., Liberty; Ist Cav. Lingle, Harvey 8. Bellefonte; Troop Lingle, Troop. Littie, Samuel, Potter; K, 57th Regt, Lippincott, Charles E., Walker: C, 57d Eegt ; killed at Falr Oaks. Long, Edward F., Haines; I, 56th Regt. (This list of Miscellaneous Soldiers will be completed in the next issue of the Democrat, in alphabetical order from Mto VY.) NOTRE: ~In the list of names, Co. H, 56 P. V. the name of J. Irvin Alexander, of Unionville, was not in the record. He served three years and nine mouths, and has the remarkable credit of never having missed a roll call, until dismissed July 7, '65 in Philadelphia. We were also handed the following list of Co. C, 18 U. 8. infantry, from Cen- tre county : Hugh W. Riddle, sergeant: Wm. R. Bird, corp.; John H. Bryan, corp ; prvis. Wm. Bottorf, David Bottor ff, Martin C. Williams, Harvey Steele. All enlisted January, 1862 from Centre county. Anderson Lycurgus Bellefonte: Anderson Rock View. Indications are that winter weather again, Mrs. Harry Resides Is visiting with her grandparents at present. we are getting | Grandmother Zettle is visiting with | her son, Nathaniel Zettle. Mrs. G. W. Smith, Mrs. Harry Resides and Miss Bella Murry and Edgar Smith | Sunday with Samuel Waite's at | spent Pleasaat Gap. Miss Grace Hoy, who had bees sick for a few days, is better at this writing. | Mrs. Cramer and daughter are visiting with the former's son Samuel Cramer. We noticed Harry Ishler and streets in the mew buggy on evening. Victor Brungart visited his brother in | Mifflinburg, over Sanday. Quite a sumber of our young folks at- | tended Kline's sale on Thursday last. Mrs. W. H. Swartz was visiting with | friends at Clintondale. Mrs. Ruble and little daoghter spent | Sunday with Mrs. Zettle Owvr Gramzar and prisary wiii close April Sth. Movings .(—W. H. Swartz moves to Centre Hall on the farm vacated by Perry Breon, and William Ishier on farm | which W. H. Swartz vacated; G. W Smith moves oa the Hoffer farm vacated | by Runkle ; Jacob Sunday moved below | Mr. | Bellcfonte on the Miller Matz to Altoona. — w—————— ct - Oak Hall. Miss Mollie Hoffer, of State College, Mrs. Josiah Dale and John Saunders and family, of Centre Hall, spent last Tues day in town, " farm ; Miss Maud lee, of Axemann, spent | Friday night with ber aunt Mrs. E K. | Smith. Clifford Close is home from Renovo on | a visit, Miss lLouella Ross, of Linden Hall, | was a visitor in town on Tuesday. Miss Gertrude Homan spent Saturday at Lemont, Misses Dollie Loneberger and Annie loesch Soodayed with Miss Weiland at Boalsburg. Miss Annie Loesch, Messers Ralph Lowder and Arthur Peters took the ex. | amination for common school diplomas at Lemont on Saturday. Miss Della Garbrick, of Walnut Grove, spent Sunday with the Misses Homan. The rabbit may be timid but no cook can make it quail. | STON ATA 410 1106) GIN [D1 N A DAINTY little booklet, which we will send to any boy free, the most successful of our boy agents tell in their own way just how they have made a success of selling The Saturday Evening Post There are many stories of real busi. ness tact. Pictures of the boys are given. Send for this booklet and we will forward with it full information how you can begin this work. Neo to start. We will send lady friend, Miss Bertha Stover, sporting our | Sunday | schools | Claudia | I Coughed | “1 had a most stubborn cough for many years. It deprived me of sleep and | grew very thin, | then tried Ayer's Cherry and was quickly cured, R. N. Mann, Fall Mills, Tenn. Pectoral, Sixty years of cures and such testimony as the above have taught us what Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral will do. We know it’s the great- est cough remedy ever made. And you will say so, too, after you try it. There's cureineverydrop. Three wives . 25, 50, $1. Al druggists. Consult your doctor. If he says take it, then do as he says. If he tells you not to take it, then don't take it. He knows, Leave It with him, We are willing J.C. AYER CO. Lowell, Mass, EX PROF. J. ANGEL One Day Only WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, AT THE w— Brockerhoff House, | HOURS—9:30 A. M. to % P.M. The well known Specialist of Williameport, Prof. Angel's reputation for bis ability and workmanship is well established in Belle'onte and vieinit>., He gives universal satisfaction. | Those who want the best treatment for head ache, weak or defective eyesight, should go to no other but walt for him, art They tion, touch and periect bOne, a8 Ne N«¢ t hich oriced. e Not high priced, ¢ cash or installments f ine ol A “01 ets ny instruments ther . It Stands on its Record and that means merit in T he sell | the highest degree. PIANOS which we are noted for their distine tive features of excellence and are withouta superior. perfect in construc- | as handsome in design and finish. sold at rock bottom figures— CUITARS, VIOLINS, MANDOLINS, BANJOS, HARMONICAS, MUSIC ROLLS, and musical merchandise in general, and mspect oar MUSIC CABINETS, We invite vou to call goode, und get prices M. C. GEPHART, Stores Bellefonte, Pa., and Clearficld, Pa. OU ought to see the amount of painstaking care we go to to have tailors “shape” a coat,—collar, shoulders and front. You would see what “tailored by hand” means,—a little pull here, a little easing up there ; “shaping” —no other word describes it. And we are as particular to have every piece of goods that is used in our good-clothes- making thoroughly shrunk before it is cut I rN NN NN NN NN NSN NON NNN NAN, A NN NN ANNI | into,—until it won't shrink any more. Gorrectiy (Tailored Thoroughlg Shrunk That's why a Sim Suit fits and hangs as well when you NNN SAAN NINN NINN NNN NNN NNN NINN NINN NANA put it on as when a sales- That is why there's such a little dif- man puts it on you. ference between high-priced NINN, a NINN NEN NEN AN NNN, custom tailored and our ready- to-wear. AAA A ’ selection of NN NNN NA The largest fabrics—most any weave you can think of. The “nobbiest” and conservative styles, rr Just two of the many reas- ons upon which we base a claim for your Easter and Spring Clothing trade : Comparison will prove our Cloth- ing superiority, and prices the lowest, Newest Shape HATS. Cute Clothes for Little Fellows.
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