£
&
A
CLEVER ACCOUNT
OF CONVENTION
A HUMOROUS WRITER GIVES
GOOD STORY.
HOW BRYAN PUNCHED BOSSES
Some of the Sensational Features of
the Famous Gathering—How Criti-
cal Blows Were
a Great Event.
It Is conceeded
Democratic convention at Baltimore
was of the most significant po-
litical gatherings of its kind in many
years, Excitement
the suspense
the
for days
The
Bryan
that the recent
one
and
held
country
was intense
the
the
nights
over
of
long
outcome
attention entire
and
brilliant
in completely
plutocrats and the
a gigantic task and
ty on a higher
party has maintained
For that reason
leadership Wm, J
the
Power w
the
than
of
unhorsing
Money
elevates par-
standard
in
do
any
many years,
not think it
give the follow-
we
a waste of space to
ing brillant and amusing descrip-
tion of this convention taken from
a prominent Cincinnati
Enquirer:
as
paper, the
If any person pretend
session of knowledge gives
acularly that in the lat
Baltimore, Md. Willia
Jryan was run over
er, and his tail feathers
or lost his hold on the
one million dollars
is full brother to the
jungles. It is true
William lost the
respect of certain
little game he blocked
fully, but it is not true
anything else. And do
one, however high his brow
get away with the story
bosses ran the convention
one of Hon. Theodore
hallucinations.
The politicians were
brated pack of
misguided man
try infested
ng
nnings
by a steam r«
Pp
party,
illed
A020
in
not
Roosevelt's
like the
fox-hounds that a
imported Into a coun-
with wolves He took
cele
them out for a trial run and they dis- |
Whipping |
appeared
up, he
in the
followed
came to a cabin
front of which sat
chin-whiskers, who was
smoking a corncob pipe
“Neighbor,” said the foxhunter, “Did
you see anything of a pack of dogs
around here
The smoker nodded
“How were they doing?" asked
owner, with pardonable pride
"Wa Appeared to
were
wns
the
timber.
the trail
by the
a man
he
ir
in
until
roadside
with sandy
meditatively
the
r
n
needed. * ome
tt
da
there was such a
or the
The
was
telegraph
existence
operation
Hin «
and
the
xtended | n ean
Mex)
Don
tiful’
with
fat
Ing
It
indig
them
nt
Ww
re
an from
co
shillnlag!
It showe
sense of a
headed I
the Ime
like n
hin work
1 what on y
do with lute of
Hticians ( pin
nder the 18680
the a land f
Loud upon
Ae
timent
wasn't
nant
propelled |
home, that
skilifully he
telegrams
aroused sen
the ern h
them
began 10 dine
had trapped
To bein with, he knew «
they held In thelr hands
game began, and they weren't
of what he was holding
thought he was a candidate for pres
Ment—and he let them think so? To
smoke him out they put up Judge
Alton B, Parker for chairman and
chuckled, The Nebraskan sought out
a private room and did a Highland
fling In exceeding great joy. He had
them. Reappearing with a face that
resembled that of an undertaker at
a 3500 funeral, he appeared to be very
much concerned for the safety of the
republic. In the language of the
sporting world, they fell for it, and
fell hard,
“Here's where we hang the binger
on BIL" they chortled as they pro-
ceeded to push Parker over the line,
Right then and there he won the
game,
Inside of an hour the country was
(Continued on Page 4)
ver ard
when the
Aware
They
Circu! fg y Over 5500—Largest in Centre County.
BELLEFONTE, PA, THU
Delivered-—It Was |
as |
! “TALLOW DIP" MARCHERS.
8. A. McQuistion Recalls Political In-
cidents of 1836,
The other day our townsman, 8S.
McQuistion, called to have an adver
tisement inserted in this paper for a
special sale of carriages and buggles
It was not long until the conversation
| drifted from business to politics
some Interesting reminiscenses follow-
ed. When qur visitor began to nar-
rate about the campaign of 1836,
was time for us to sit up and listen,
That was the time when even kero-
sene oil for lamps was unknown
an illuminant but political
| ran high all the same, and men
boys showed their enthusiasm
parndes and no end of shouting,
McQuistion then was but six years
age, vet he vividly recalls the sight
of campaign marching clubs at
the members carrying “tallow
wearing oil cloth caps and capes, and
singing eampaign songs with great
| vigor. As that was over 76
it 11 ba recalled by
| readers
In th
interest
of
Years
very 1 WwW Of
ose days men took it
in politics now,
k of dally news
and marching
VORUE AS A means
sentiment, i fo
information
enty-six vears or m
Mr, McQuistion has
changes in political
but finds the
as then,
as but ow
to the Mpers, s
{ politi an
| nating
| In
{ then
{many
customs,
| principles
bed in
{ now
{ other triumph
| Woodrow
sO we
witnessed
parties
firmly
lence,
y are certain of
the le
now
the
ime
public ¢
the
ded MB
ali-
under
Wilson
SPECIAL COURT.
Hall
ourt
morning Judge
presided in our
ses that kept
three
court
Arg
why
should no
iment
the sal
discharged
VAs
Wm
ings onsumed
many witnesses
Whitmer,
| Benner
a
twp
held
BOT
| farmer,
| the
dissatisfied
this
his
| duced
which
jurfous to
and
manner was
person
using
al idvntage,
father to m
they
the
feared
them. FY
Be
ion against
| ercising this power of
control of the estate. On Wednesday
the case was temporarily suspended
{pending a mutual ttiement. It is
| ramored thal the Injunction will be
ane
r
| reasons they red
preliminary
Whitmer ex-
attorney and
njuct James
dstalssed the Question of Wm
| Whitmer's mental condition will be
{determined by other proceedings
Argument was
heard on the famous
Rrra Sebring
th
SEES WITH NEW EYE.
Years' Blindness Partly Correct.
ed by Rare Operation.
er v y | blindne«
Farmer
ping pos
angled by Bull.
r position while ®
his father's barny
of Zaners, Col
Ay evening
years, 100K
) ‘ him
man's of
falled
squarely
Ing
he animal
hin
him high
yo
gash 22
and
the
hin
in
As Harrison
enraged bull
hoofs and con
his victim, his
along the ground,
crawled 40 feet Into entry where
the bull could not f
Int an hour |
father nl
arched
n
Bre above
In
ad
lengt)
ripped
in his omen
truck the Ero 1 the
attacked h his
tinued the ns
intestines trailing
inches
an
How
his
APPOAT.
rime up
form of
wan nter hefore
d by his non
the barn and «
bleeding
ree
0
the
nce
on
hin ne
mangled
in the
and
n entry
Coming Attractions.
g an Jook forward to
high class attractions for
of all “The
with Bellefonte
has falled to
audience Next
with Pleea's Banda
Roma and orchestra, This will like.
ly he here the Thursday of the fair
a parade at noon, and concert on the
public square at 7:30, So make your
arrangements in advance to stay
the minstrel. Next the Kibble's Un-
cle Tom's Cabin show,
on the earth today Next
| “Freckles,” and a little later “The
Rosary.” “The Hervant in the House"
land the "Cow Boy Preacher” with a
Theatre
some yer
the coming
Wolf.” fn
theatre goers
draw the most
| “Van's Musical”
ors {
foanon-=first
favorite
never
pelect
| cow boy band and orchestra that play |
| during the show, The above ought to
be a big attractive start for the sea-
son.
Baptists Annual Outing.
The annual rally of the Baptist
{churches of Centre Baptist associa
tion is being held at Stevens’ Park,
Tyrone, on this Thursday, July 26th,
A,
as
sentiment |
and |
by
Mr. |
r
night,
dip's”
AaKo,
our
ing
tump
re
since
and
Democratic
and
idership of
for |
| respect
the greatest |
the famous |
|
|
and |
it |
| The Saturday
can
{ OrgEaniz
{a
I plain and expressed wish of She
i pri WT
now
| They
IS A SERIOUS MOVE
PROMINENT MEN JOIN
THE PARTY.
HOLDING STATE CONVENTIONS
MANY
Evening Post
How Taft Was
Roosevelt's Delegates—Stand
Progressive ldeas.
the sig
tepul
Many
nificance of
party this
not give any cre
ment ready
WHR VY Of the hand,
consideration,
the
realize
in the
year Those
lence to
to dismiss it
unwortl
Some
people do not
the bolt J
who «
such a mov
are
ns
Berious
only
ap
game
regard It
nted tician 3
and lost, and now a
Others in it only the
man seeking the third
| for p Nice and
us
pol i
in
loser
ambit
term, whose g
notorit y
who }
Ne
ions of a
ree 1h
ns
sans, n Ww
stand, under all
ation ‘ mii
gard independent «
as the highest type of Ingratitude
political hypoericy The
ss of the country has
vials of wrath on the
Teddy toosevelt whose virt
fortnight ago
ousetops
An
Roosevelt's
“stand
poured
wickedn
tently
1h
resigned
‘
Ro
same
the res
machine
ent are
successfully defied bag
as recorded at
are satisfied the I
ors
the
Tall was
nat 1184 ng
The New Parties
thor
ore
Reg
dred
Indiana
ore 3
chance
these
two
choice states Mr
tn ons “4
them. Massachusetis
small margin, Thess
contain three and QUAT
Republican voters; but the
settled for by
mercenaries and the North
{Hen A very small coterie In
of the machinery o gh-
of mere voters
n need to
Obhvke we have here
¢ Tory party. dedicated to
the principle that the wise and right
minded minority should rule We
weleome this new party 1 nques
tionably a great many people want
just such an organization and they
ean bring to it an Influence greater
than their mere numbers would give,
including the eager support of many
newspapers, There is a fair field for
just such a party; and if this party
will occupy that field fairly we shall
be happy to treat it with the utmost
and In
rejected by
only one of
that by n
ten siates
ter million
ETT
Southern
erm Iu
command
ns
wan ArrY
ing
and
was them the
niwe
in RO behind
usly
"On the other hand, there has long
been need of a clearcut, out-and-out
genuinely democratic and Insurgent
party. That such a party will event.
ually grow out of the occurrences at
Chicago seems unquestionable, It Is
high time!”
Tressler Family Reunior.
The Tressler families In this sec
tion will hold their annual family
reunion at the Bellefonte fair ground
on Thursday, August Sth, All friends
and relatives are Invited to join with
them on this occasion.
RSDAY, JULY 25th 1012.
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Shows |
Nominated—Stole |
For |
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The Centre Democral.
TTT
Hopp, of Lewisburg, Shot in New
York City Hotel.
R. Harkness was
inary examination in New
Winterbottom
into the death of Mrs. Flor-
Hopp, of Lewisburg, Pa. who
ot by Harkness while sitting
lap at the Hotel York shortly
midnight Saturaay., Harkness
held In the Tombs without
here has been no effort made
man's friends to provide him
ounsel
¢ Tombs Harkness
that the shooting
Mrs,
Georg given
York
Coroner in- CAMPAIGN “SCARES"”
WORN OUT.
SOME FOOLISH ARGUMENTS
Completely Refuted
Facts—Can't Avoid
~-Paying For
Roosevelt History.
THAT ARE
by
the Real
reiterated Watered
was
1
laration
ental
would
ths the
rather
bullet
than
had found N«
her,"
it that
shame high
)'W
the
to understand
the ople have come to
tariff, and
continuation of
Republican rule m 8 a st further
surrender of the to the
tre plunderbund, 1 : ) orators
Brighton Beach und newspapers a raising spectre
arrel if hard times, and trying t
that she con- appear tha i will |
instituting 4 {
absolutely
he | see
the
wife
talk
his
sd 1}
re-
did
on
Wis
prisoner seldom
but when he
their last meeting
Hi
vernment
P
the
st
a qu
statement
0 make
witer In
mi
yf Lewd irg and taken
for interment on Mon-
her
{id
an
“xX -
voreed from
Years
an and some
acquainted
that
the
sed
ANNIVERSARY AND REUNION.
Anni the
Kt)
ifter
wil
Es
the
Dé resun
pnoonday
M. by
SBR US
Jas and Col Cr
Taylor sydd th
enernl
gh =
be present to
:
™
er speakers Ae
the entirely due 1 tepublican “
| tration, is the nl for mare than
half a century that did not ocenr white
{the Republicans in tall
of the government Yet Republican
Wore 1 wi ore. true § the
address people
Ons
mday schools of
ire expected to be present,
wy In ted
the valley
and every-
attend and
[4
asior One of J
were control
rd
ANG ns
oad
¢ hoe
The Big Issue
Repairing State R
3 OR Ser Lor
n week ret
he state
\
E AWAY
ides of
gutters s
r drainage
or will be
leshurg
; mneiders
nf ron t
er forn
nterests
Marriage Licenses.
kens : tia . y bon
orp
784.000
Cond " | ] coun
on 1 Moore andy R yo alization had 1»
A Merri : ent per
The people
ng dividends «
x in the
ame pres
issuer of
me in i of
When he tu
rate the
LL)
er
en
try Oh
cent
country
this
are
. 3 nty :
ye ‘ watered
Hreon onsarily
of
th
mn
nne
H nes
Mat
lipesburg
Ire
Jorden
Wilson
den
they eat
H
: Bwede lipsl
(inten
Gordon
WOMAN SLAYS CATAMOUNT,
CA who
Watt
the mountain
Clinton county in
Kettle Creek country
claimed a heroine for her
saving her husband from a
it the risk of her own life
An standing in the
the abin Wednesday
last week walting for her
return from a day's shooting
was horrified to see him felled
ppeared In the clearing, by
nt, which dropped up-
m an While the
sink his knife in the
Mrs, Watt rushed In.
| procured a rifle An
battled the woman
aim from her station in
the first shot merely In
ceatamount rather
seriously, Her second
plerced the animal's
[left eve and it fell dead, dragging
| Watt down in its grasp, After firing
| several more shots Into the alr to at.
tract the attention of nearby camp-
ors, Mra. Watt fainted and was found
about half an hour later, A physician
from Lock Haven dressed the man's
wounds while the woman quickly re
covered from her experience,
Mrs
miles pp
As to Registration Days. port
ft week we made an error in the
ng the registration days for vol
it the coming election and our
rd of Count) Commissioners
tly called for the
ler Cur ex we MM
i the iInforn another
vepaper, and realized after It had
published that the dates named
ed only to cities Therefore in
| of September 5, 17 and ber
cing the days for registering, Sep
ber 2 and 4 are the last days for
forming this act, or, as the law
les to counties. 60 dave before
tion, which this year falls upon
ember 6
lives elght
Weiss
of
Frank
from
the wilds
is being ac
bravery In
catamount
The wom.
doorway of
evening of
husband's
when
WARN
Watt
account
11 1) that
ation fron
us to
in
she
when he a
a huge calax
mm his back I'r
man fought to
animal's bod
to the cabin
the man and
took careful
the doorway,
| furiating the
injuring him
shot, however,
Oct
tre
An
heart
Thrown From Load of May.
While Mra. Elmer Peters was help
ng her husband to get the new mown
vy Into the barn on Saturday even.
ng she met with an accident that re
silted In a broken collar bone. The
Peters farm Is located near Beech
Creek and the owner was particularly
anxious to house all his cut hay on
Baturday while it was dry, To help
her husband, Mrs. Peters drove the |
team, and when near the barn with |
the last load, it upset, throwing Mrs. |
Petora to the ground and breaking
her collar bone,
5
Will Use Auto Truck to Muckster.
Thomas Patton, the Port Matilda
huckster secured a 20-horse wer
| auto truck this week from the Inter.
| national Harvester Co, which he will
{use principally for his og tint
ford, in visiting at the old homestead to and from Philipsburg. LI
In ohh vty where he will spend | enable him to do more business in
several days, | loan time and be a great convenience.
Visiting Old Homestead.
Rev, Ralph W. Ii worth, pastor
of the Presbyterian church of Bed-
RECENT DEPRESSIONS
diffi
| play con pared w
Indisputable |
Issue |
Stock |
| knows
than |
| Snow Shoe;
| Bellefonte.
385. No. 29.
— re
TROUBLES OF A JUSTICE.
Loaded With Funds He
liver,
to
as to
cantly
Can't De-
were
opinion
can be more
acquired, he
meaning
ult the
there
ask Bquire Musser
whether money
got rid of than
might answer no and
that no matter how
collecting of shekels may
are ti it Is mere
task of pre-
upon someone to accept a por
tion of yours. Queer statement, that,
but the Bquire 11d be right In its
declaration, and what's more he can
an Instance to prove it. He
that If his own creditors were
refusing his good
nwealth of
itgelf to be,
and from his
benzine buggy.
Ven
mes when
the
seem
| th
valling
Wi
as insister F
money “uf he (
sho
nnn
wn
standard.
wunch the
it 4 new
Cer -
State
owing i= taken
1 Snow Shoe
mu
from the
Times
sensaat
last
wt onal affairs
To Double Track B. E. V.
Lock Haven Express savs, “Be-
nd : men,
employed
The
tween ne
for
iw hundreq
elgners, are now
wb of changing the route of
in the
t that
& Co
more
( alley ! : A)
thhorh« H
ntra |
Ware !
Anders
of A anx
nira
and in order
next winter
to be p
at present
quite a
omplete 11
the work
more rapidly
The new road
be constructed for a double
the second track wil
this year
workmen
inarge
bef
will
than
bed
track
not be
ons
re pots in
have
it
shed
in
will
although
put down
Evangelistic Meetings at Mackeyville,
Evangelist EL. Sellers, of Philadel.
phia, will begin a series of evange-
listic meetings in the Church of Christ
at Mackeyville on next Sunday, July
25th, and continue every evening un-
til further notice
Rev, J H Keller
Sunday morning
Philipsburg Lutheran
W.W. Frey. B D
had charge of the
installed
of the
Rev
Pa,
WAS
pastor
church
of Brookville,
service,
About Fillmore Items,
It was in these items last week about
three young ladies walking to Waddle
to attend a festival, which wasn't
correct; also causing three young men
to accompany them home. The per.
son who wrote that had better know
the correct story before they write
It would be better for these people
to attend more to (heir own affairs
and not so much to others xX.
Hospital Notes.
Operations—Mrs, Mabelle Lucas, of
Mrs. Jennie Barlett, of
Admitted for treatment—Mrs, Mary
| Gillette, Mra, Katherine Farley, and
| Mra. Elisabeth Shilling all of Belle
fonte.
There are thirty-one patients now
in the hospital