Circulaty Over 3500 DEMOCRA1 + | CONVENTION Met in the Court House on Tues- day, June 2nd. I. Their firm faith in the freedom of speech and of the press, “The free communication of thought and opinion Is ene of the Invaluable | rights of man,” and every citizen should, as provided in the Constitution of our State “free ly speak, write and print on any subject, be. | ing responsible for the abuse of that liberty.” | We therefore emphatically condemn the pas | sage of the Salus-Grady libel bill by the last Legislature, and the signing of the same by Gov, Pennypacker, as an effort to restrict, | hamper and eripple the liberty of the press, Little Business to Transact and no Con- test for Nominations—Ringing | Resolutions and Lively Speeches — | Party is Overwhelmingly Alive, The Democracy of Centre county held | forth on Tuesday, by assembling in the | Court House, to hold the annual County Convention. It is seldom that such an | organization is called together when | there is so little work for them to con- | | We would record both our contempt and con demnation for those so-called democrats who aided the republican machine to pass this | measure, known to them to be at once a blow | at the treedom of the press. tyranniesl and op- | | pressive, an ald to cover the crime of those | who would steal the rights and franchises of | our great municipalities under cover of law | and a protection to the rotten and corrupt | political machine that has so long robbed and | disgraced our great Commonwealth 2. We are, in defense of bound to condemn the common honesty, last Legislature for | passing and the Governor for approving laws | creating many more offices and office hold. sider. This year there was but one name to put on the county ticket and that was for an office that is rarely sought after, Jury Commissioner. In this case there | was but one candidate who, according to | precedent, was accorded the customary | renomination. The democratic primaries were held | iast Saturday and in a few instances, only the election boards attended as | most people, at that time, were partici- | pating in the Memorial Day exercises. | At 8 few minutes past 12 moon the convention was called to order by Coun. ty Chairman, Cyrus Brungart. To the | surprise of all, the gentleman, in his | opening remarks, captured the audience and demonstrated that he was at home | as a speech maker. He congratulated | the convention upon representing a live party, that would be overwhelmingly | alive this fall and was an organization of which no one need be ashamed of its principles or its candidates—was free of bosses and muzzled officials. L. A. Schaffer, the secretary, then read the call for the conyention, also the roll of delegates ; several districts were not represented. The convention was then organized as follows : Chairman—W, Miles Walker, Bellefonte. Roll Clerk—H. D. Rumberger, Philips- burg. Secretaries—Geo. R. Meek and Chas. R. Kurtz, of Bellefonte. Tellers—Jobn A. Williams, Worth, and | John G. Dauberman, Centre Hall. There being no contest on hand the | committee on credentials was omitted, by the chair. Committee on Resolutions—George L. | Goodhart, of Potter; E. G. Jones, of Philipsburg; Amos Garbrick, of Spring; | R. E. Stover, of Haines; R. F. Emer. | ick, of Walker. | The chair then announced that nomi. | ations for Jury Commissioner would be received. Frederick Robb, of Liberty | township, was renominated by acclama. tion, For County Surveyor, some question | arose as to whether that office should be | filled this year, and there was a differ. | ence of opinion. In order to meet an | emergency it was deemed advisable to | name a candidate and J. H. Wetzel, of | Bellefonte, was nominated by acclama- | tion. The following delegates to the State | Convention were chosen by motion : Jos. Peters, of Philipsburg ; James Swabb, of Harris ; John A. Williams, of Worth, and | Wm. J. Carlin, of Miles. Captain H, T. Tavior was chosen chairman of the Democratic County Con. vention for the year 1go4. The committee on resolutions being | still in consultation chairman Walker | glanced to his left where Col, J. L. Spangler, Senator W. C. Heinle and Col, | D. F. Fortney were sitting and remark: | ed that a speech would be in order. Col. Spangler was called and displayed his old-time humor and vigor in addressing the convention. He had them frequent. ly convulsed in laughter or raised to outbursts of applause. When he declar- ed that if what leading republican papers and prominent republican leaders had said in recent years regarding Centre county's courts, that it was time that we had an impartial, clean, non-political Judge on the bench. Approval came with an outburst of applanse. He said further, it would be the duty of this party next year to select and name a man capable and honest—one who would be above suspicion—one who would preside with dignity becoming the high office— and by his daily life command the confi. dence of litigants, and as well the respect of the community. He predicted such a man, If named, would be elected. He gave some illustrations of the great po- litical evils in our state and predicted that a change would follow, public senti. ment was forming that way. Senator Heinle made a strong address in which be illustrated the apparent lack of msincerity among the people of this state, which permitted the gross evils among our officials and legislators, Geo. L. Goodbart, chalrman of the committee on resolutions, then read the following which was adopted : RESOLUTIONS : The by of Centre county In conven. tion assembled t i | ers | government, and the undue and unreasonable | heretofore | upon an already over taxed people | therefore condemn Gov | toing the bills passed by the last Legislature | ip the Inte rest of labor | can only be brought about | the democratic party. | who love liberty and belteve in the freedom of | H. Wetzel and J. W. Kepler, during the late | session of the Legisiature, | tion to be represented by men, whose record | is clean, and who, amidst the corruption so | served and thelr integrity unimpeached. | and untainted by cotruption or adherence to | support of the ticket it shall presest, to the efficient administration of the State than is and economical DECOSSArY Inerease in the salaries of many of the offices existing, adding undue burdens as for its fallure to fulfll the solemn pledges of | as well | | the republican party to give to the State per | sonal registration and ballot reform. 3. The democratic party Is now, as It has | always been, in favor of laws that will protect the life and limb, and add to the peace, happ! ness and prosperity of those who labor In our | mines and factories of every description, we Pennypacker for ve We declare that the | vetoing of these bills was but theend of a | scheme and a purpose on the part of the re publican party, not to grant to the workers In | the mines the relief they demanded and had been promised, and affirm that relief for all classes of labor from its burdens and wrongs by the success of 4. The nomination of Hon. W. P. Snyder for Auditor General of the Commonwealth by | the late republican convention Is an open and bold approval of the iniquitous Salus Grady | libel bill, and a challenge to the integrity and courage of the press of the State, We there fore call upon all citizens irrespective of party | the press as guaranteed to us by the constitu tion of the State, to join us In waging sa deter. mined campaign for his defeat, 5. It is with pleasure that we endorse the | course pursued by our representatives, Hons. J, i i | It Is a gratifies- | prevalent, came howe with their honor pre. 6. We pledge ourselves to the sarnest and | | United support of the tieket this day nominat- | od, and we eall upon our State convention yet tobe held to give usclean, strong, adle and | pure men men untarnished with libel bills and aMilation with the ring that festers in | every part of our State government-—for Audi. tor General, State Treasurer, and Judges to the Superior Court, pledging the Democracy of Centre county, If it shall so do to the hearty The convention haviog transacted all | business, adjournment followed. The following is the LIST OF DELEGATES : efonte Baro. North Ward W. Miles Walker, Joho J. B ath Ward. —D, FP. F M. Keick AR West Ward. 8, A. McQuestion. Hall Baro, J McClena han Howard Boro. Abram Milsaburg Boro EW Miliheim Bor F.P Ezra Auman pehurg Bor 14 tnd. Ward Lob patos He dye wer H ON rosy Miller ine'%J Centre G. Daaberman, Weber rravre Musser Samuel Weiser, | Ward -H. B Jos, Peters, Jn | reads and will be used to carry Northern | several | freight to the new Enola yards near Har. | Friday, { risburg. The new road, which will be | breathe. | known as the Northern Central Connect: | made a vain effort to revive her, ing Railroad, was chartered at the State | yndertaker was sent for. Barnside Twp Collegr Twp Curtin Twp Wm W. E Grove Ferguson Twp. E Kreba, J. W. Fye Ferguson Twp. W. P. Gregg Twp. N. P.<Henry Zeigler, Ungard Gregg Twp. E, P.—Harvey Vonada “ “ W.P.~John A. Hosterman, W. H Smith, *John Bmfth, Haines Twp. E. P " W. P.—R. E Stover, F. W. Keister, Half Moon Twp, Harris Twp, John A. Rapp, James Swab, Howard Twp, Huston Twp. —R. D, Ardery Liberty Twp. ~J_ A, Bitner Marton Twp. —~Wm, Bridge. Miies Twp, KE. P.— M. P.~W. J, Carlin, L. B. Prank, A. L. Nearhood, Miles Twp, W. PJ. B, Hagel Patton Twp, — Pann Twp. Potter Twp. KN. PD. W, Bradford, Michael Sohaeffor, Potter Twp, 8. PG. 1, Goodhart, *J. M. Oar. aon. Potter Twp. W, P.<H. E. Fleisher, 1, R. Los, Rash Twp, N, P. “ "KB P~Fred Penney. Bnow Bhoe Twp, EP. “OU Twp W, Ped. T. Lucas, Spring Twp. N. PJ. 0, Noose, J. 8. Hazel, “ " 8 PUayton Gettig, Jerry Dona. Archey, *R. M Emanuel van, Spring Twp, W. P.-Amos Garbriok, Taylor Twp. J. T. Merryman, Union Twp.-<J. B. Alexander, Walker Twp. E. PR. F, Emerick, " " M Ped Ll Walkey, Wm, i. Emeriok. Walker Twp, W. PC, N, Fisher, L. HB. Meo. Mallen, Worth Twp. John A. Willinme, “indicates that the gentleman aoting as a dele. gate was a substitute, / | their | Board of Conciliation, and if these mem- { too bad that | tremes in order to get what was justly | tom. | national president to issue an order for | & general suspension of work throughout | | the whole authracite region to comtinge | | until the operators agree to adjust exis. | ting grievances and live up to the award of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commis | | sion, ES... | convention be called to consider the ad. | | visability of takivg the above action, COAL STRIKE IS POSSIBLE The Anthracite Miners are Deter- mined to Quit Work OPERATORS REMAIN SILENT They Refuse to Recognize District Presi-’| dents—Miners Convention in Ses- sion at Wilkesbarre Deliberate The Situation is Serious Again the clouds of industrial strife come to darken the horizon of the anthra- cite region, and another strike of mine workers is jmminent {f the decision of { the three district executive boards, in session at Wilkesbarre, Pa., is any omen, The the selection of the board indorsed three district presidents on bers are not recognized by the operators they will consider the calling of a con- vention of mine workers to declare a general suspension of work until their | members are given recognition. OUTSPOKEN IN VIEWS The members were emphatic in their denunciation of the attitude of the opera- tors in refusing to accept the credentials of Presidents Nicholls, Dettrey and Fa- hey as the representatives of the miners on the Board of Conciliation. One and all declared that a suspension of work is bound to come at all of the collieries in the anthracite region unless the opera: tors recede from their present position ‘and work harmoniously and in accord with the miners for a settlement of the grievances now pending. They claim that wages are being re. { duced and hours lengthened ; that the | men are in many cases working extra | time without compensation, and there is zeral dissatisfaction throughout the entire region. They desire to eliminate this and the only way they find practi- cable and possible is through the decision | of the Conciliation Board. When this avenue is closed they say there is no hope. They iotend Ww force issues and allow the people to observe the alleged | arbitrary methods of the operators. President Nichols said that the miners had made all sorts of concessions. ‘We want peace,” he continued, “and It is we have to resort to ex- | awarded us.” When pressed for an answer in regard to the probabilities of a strike, he said | | the statement given out speaks for itself. | Other members of the board said the | delegate convention would decide wheth- | ier or not a strike should be ordered. | That is the ultimate purpose of the | | action. Two questions are under considera. One 1s to make application to the The second is that a delegate - Short Line to Harrisburg. A new cut off freight line will connect the Northern Central and Pesn'a rail. Department on May 12, isto be 35 miles long, extending through Northumber- land, Sayder, Juniata and Perry coun. ties. The line runs from the Northern Central at Selinsgrove Junction, across the Sasquehanna river, and upon what is known as the Lower West Branch Divi. sion of the Penn’a Canal, long since abandoned, to the main line of the Penn’a R. R. at the Aqueduct Station, Perry county, where the Juniata River will have to be bridged. Traine over this line will have straight connection with the Enola yards over the main line. BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, JUNE 4 102 WHY THE JEW IS PERSECUTED. causes of persecution of Jews in Russia, | | Religious fanaticism may be one of the | : : i ! but it is not the radical cause of that { hostility to the Hebrew race which has | been the shame of Europe for many cen- | | turies, | offended the Jews deeply in his state- | ment that they are hated by Russian { peasants because they are money-lend. | ers, but there is a glimmering of the truth in Count Cassini's words. The laws excluding Jews from the | | professions and restricting their right to | own land are Russia’s tributes to the | superiority of the Jewish brain, tributes have been paid to the capacity of the Jews by almost every nation in | Europe at one time or another, The Romans persecuted him before they knew what and since their day religious persecution has been a cloak for jealousy of the Jew's success as a gatherer of wealth. Races which cannot compete with the Jews in a Christian was, busivess, because of his greater clever. ness, always have excluded him from as many fields of activity as possible, and when the handicap has proved ineffec- tive they have wreaked their wrath in violence and courage No doubt the ignorants peasant of Southern Russia have been encouraged to believe all manner of monstrous fables about the religious practices of the Jews, and have been incited to fanatical rage against them, but underlying all the anti-Semitism of Europe is the confessed inability to compete with the Jew on even terms ia anything above mere mavual toil. If the Jew is not an agriculturist to any considerable extent, it is because he was excluded from owning or cultivating land when agriculture was almost the sole oc- | cupation of Ruropean peoples. He was forced to work with his brain instead of {his hands, and be developed a better brain, devised new methods of acquiring wealth, and made himself the financial | master of the nations which sought to de- | grade and shackle him. Comprising but one per cent. of the | population of Germany, for example, | | the Jews control 75 per cent. of its com. | merge, and bold pearls 5c same propor. tion of the foremost places in the learn. | ed professions The German anti-Semites frankly state these facts as reasons for their agitation | against the Jews, and Count Cassini's explanation of Russian animosity to the race points the same way —N. American. Valued His Thirst at $5,000. George W. Overshiner, a farmer of Indianapolis, has dismissed his suit against hus rigter, Mrs for $5,000 damages, because whe gave | bim a remedy to cure him of the liquor | habit. In the complaint, filed last fall, {it was alleged that the defendant had | | administered to the plaintiff a chemical preparation in his coffee, and it was done without his knowledge or consent. He did lose his taste for liquor, but did not | suffer serious consequences. This suit should have been pressed to |a finish, If he would have won, think what some of our booze artists in Belle fonte would be worth | They could bank | on their appetites for the next year, Undertaker For Live Woman. | Mrs. James Waters, of Lewisburg, who | has been suffering from heart trouble for weeks, became unconscious early and apparently ceased to Her husband and two women and an In preparing | the body for the embalming process one | of the women raised Mrs. Water's arms, | {at the same time observing that she breathed. This means of respiration was continued until the woman regained consciousness, Bible justifies it. The editor of a neighboring exchange says that one of his subscribers looked through the Bible to find scripture to justify him in using tobacco and found but one passage. It is found in the last chapter of Revelation and is the second sentence of the eleventh verse, 0dd Fellows Make Gains, Figures presented at the annual state convention of the Odd Fellows at Lebanon show that the order increased in membership from 115,000 to 121,000 during the last year. The association meets at Montoursville next year, Criminal Offense. It is stated here, for the benefit of the public, that giving false information to a newspaper is punishable to a very great degree. It is a penitentiary offense and one who does it is liable to a sentence of two years, Howard Laird, a prominent citiven of Petersburg, was struck by a locomotive on the Pennsylvania railroad, at the western end of Huntingdon, about 6:45 o'clock Monday morning and instantly Similar in science and in art. | lsura Hosier, | NEW PUMPING Boro Council Leases Reynold's Inter Pawar a Eno The Russian Ambassador has | Water Power and Engine, CHEAPER POWER SECURED | A Large Reduction in Expenses Prom- | ised—The Coal Contract Awarded After Much Delay and Contention Creek Wall to be Built. The following notes give the important busicess transacted : A sewer will be built about the spring to carry away surface drainage that is considered dangerous, A skilled mason will be hired by the day to superintend the building of a wall along Spring Creek to the Central BR. R. station. The supervision of the He to hire his own man, work to be under the street committee, The following persons furnished bids supply the water works with James A. McClain, Spangler, Pa.; R. B. Taylor, J. L. Montgomery and G. C. Irish. The bid of Mr. Montgomery, at $2.05 per ton, being the lowest, was ac- cepted A free license was granted the Undine boys for the street carnival. The V. M. C. A. was exonerated from taxes jurgess Walker turned in $26 so as to coal : fines collected and licenses granted for the month of May, The matter taken up of water power was then The Milesburg and Crider’s mad at pre. sent, So the proposition of Col. Rey- nolds was then taken up. It is as follows waler powers are not 10 he First—The property offered consists of water power and everythisg necessary to convey water to and from the 33 turbine wheel, and all connections from wheel to (pump; ome 125 H P. Corliss Engine | with boilers and connections with pump; also engine and boiler house and so much of basement of mill as may be necessary for use in properly coutrolling pump and machinery ; in fact, all that is necessary {to make a complete pumping station, either water, steam or both. | Second—I will install a pump suffici. {ently large to correspond to the water { power as developed by recent tests, style { of pump to be subject to approval of your | committee or of council. { Third—Council to have 3 months time | in which to satisfy themselves, that plant {18 satisfactory. If foumd satisfactory, { payment of rent at rate of §1,500 per year, payable quarterly, to date from time the plant is delivered to boro for | operation, Fourth—I will agree to contribute out | of first years rent the purchase price up | to $1000 for purchase of pipe. Fifth- ~The lease shall be for ten years with option to renew, | Sixth—The boro to keep the property | in repair and to relieve me from all taxes on same, { Mr. Penlon offered the following reso- lution which was carried ssasimously. | Aesolved—That the proposition sub. | mitted by Col. Reynolds to lease site for | pumping station, power and equipment | at Phoenix Mill be and the same is here | by accepted and the boro solicitor is bere- | by instructed to prepare lease embodying | the terms and conditions of the proposi- | ions above recited, and the President and clerk of council is hereby authoriz. ed and instructed to execute same 1m- | mediately upon approval of the lease by the solicitor. It is claimed this means a saving to the | boro of about $3,000 a year, if successful. | This action of council is certainly a | surprise, and many people doubt the wisdom of their course. Considering the | tumerous failures about the Water | Works it is to be hoped that every phase | of the contemplated change will be care- | fully considered. Oar boro can’t stand any more blunders | Pay Your Revenue. Deputy Revenue Collector Geo W. | Reese will be at the following places for ing stamps. . Beliefonte—Monday, June 15 Lock Haven—Fallon House, Tuesday and Wednesday, June 16 and 15, Renovo Ward House, Thursday, June 18, Mifflinburg— Decker House, Monday, June 22. Lewisburg—Baker House, Tuesday June 23. Philipsburg Passmore House, Thurs. day, June 25. Sheriff Claims Constable's Fees. Sheriff Samuel Dietrick, of Northum- berland county, has ordered the com. missioners to withhold jail subpoena money the constables claim belongs to them, He declared he is entitled to it according to the sheriffs fee bill. The sheriff claims that if he bas the power he will put a stop to constables going out and hunting up cases as there will be no compensation, and that this wiil tend to woods last week, was bitten by a large copperhead snake, and died a few days after from the effects of the poison. STATION the purpose of receiving taxes and issu “Please, God, excuse me while I knock he L YOl. 25. RO. 23. FACT, FUN AND FANCY. Bright Sparkling Paragraphs—Select ed and Original. WAY OF THE WORLD Tis n Ihe fruit whose taste Is sweetest ; The horse that holds the highest head But seldom Is the fleetest it the tallest tree that bears The girl that giggles may not have The keenest sense of humor It chances oft that tie t 1 Hise wrusa # loudest rumor He may not have the broadest mind Whose forehead is the tallest She may p aness | possess | it little grace Vhose waist And she who ween The bi Sad heart be tou Fhe next man sigh EVITAPH FOR PENNY'S TOMB A girl Met ar an wit} He fell on his And said, “Marry me, 1 Bhe soon did OK. t Mbis x's and » O Was awf knees On account The parber And shaves the broker's chin makes him feel iu clover beats the barber, for man all roxKer e shaves his over Lives That we w Jouve And get out of some great men remind u Lif we are wise our modesty behing us and advertise, Happiness is a ray of sanshine be- tween two clouds. A pretty girl is apt to be her own stand. ard of beauty, If some men were worms they would be too lazy to turn, The less wit a man has the more others may appreciate it, A bachelor's advice is generally wast. ed on a married man. Seif reliance lifts a man up ; self con. ceit drags him down. Poverty may pinch an honest man, but it never destroys him. Nobility of birth does not always in. sure nobility of character. Wise is the man who profits by the costly experience of others. Unless a man has faith in himself there isn't muck hope for him. A grain of sand in a man’s make-up is worth two in the sugar, If you are unable to find an opportuni. ty go to work and make one. Some women Can keep a secret easier than they can keep money. The more a man knows the easier it is for him to keep his mouth shat, If you are determines to iocok for trouble don’t use a magnifying glass, Be sure of the effect before wasting you: time in searching for the cause. Conscience is something that troubles a guilty man almost every time it thunders. When two women talk the subject of their conversation is conspicuously abe sent Bank tellers usually know more than they teil. A man isn't vecessarily thin because you can see through him. Time is money, according to the ad. age, yet some men spend a lot of time trying to borrow a little money, Lawyers have their tribulations, but they make money out of other people's trials. People who talk loudest about paying their debts are frequently the slowest about paying them, A little boy in his night dress was on his knees saying his prayers and his It tie sister could not resist the temptation | to tickle the soles of his feet. He stood it as long as he could and then said: the staffin’ out of Nellie.” A young lady had given a young gen. tieman ber photograph. He was enam- ored with it, and made the remark: | “Some day, with your permission, I shall plead for the possession of the loves ly original.” But he did not expect this ; “Then 1 shall give you the negative,” A merchant, who was very punctual in all be did, one day gave a joiner an order for some work, Knowing the man was rather careless, and often promised, but did not perform, he said to him : “When will you have my work finished ' “On Thurday next,” replied the joiner, “If I am living, you shall have it.”
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