Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-03-17

British from Turkey Point TO Philadel.
phia the Academy at Newark was
broken up and he returned TO Carlisle
to assist his father, who had become
| somewhat inGrm, his brothers, Matthew,
james and John, being in the army.
PHILADELPHIA TUTOR.
In the year 1859 Mr.. Gregg went to
Philadelphia with the intention of go.
ing TO France for the benefit of his
| health, which had been in a declining
state for some time, but changing his
mind he accepted the appointment of
tutor in the college Mt Philadelphia
| (now the University, then under the
presidency of DIR. William Smith, and
afterwards acted in the same capacity
during the presidency Of DR.. Ewing un.
ill the year 1888, when he removed 10
Middletown, Pennsylvania, where he
| resided. four years in the mercantile
/ business. On the 29th OF January, 1887,
he was married to Martha, daughter of
General James Potter, at the latters old
residence, in Buffalo Valley, six miles
above Lewisburg, on the West branch
of the Susquehanna. The wedding WAS
"A noted incident in the valley from the
fact that there were no Presbyterian
clergymen settled in that part of the
country, and Mr.. Gregg rode up on
| horseback, accompanied by minister,
| Rev. John Iloge, and some dozen or
more couples took advantage of Mr.
| Iloge's presence, hurried up their en-.
| gagements and were married during
Mr. Hoge's limited visit 10 the valley.
! Mr.. Gregg then removed 10 Lewis.
town, Pa, where his daughter Mary,
afterwards Mrs. McLanahan, Of Green.
castle, was born, November ., l7sS. In
/ 1889 he removed to Penn's Valley,
/ within two miles OF the "old fort" In
| 1871 he was elected to Congress in the
/ district embracing the then counties of
Northumberland, Mifllin. Huntingdon,
! Franklin and Bedford. In 1892 he was
elected on h general ticket VOTED over
the whole Stdte), aud what is n remark.
able circumstance he received every
vote in the county Of Northumberland.
/ In 1894 he was elected in the district
composed Of the counties OF Miiiiin and
! Cumberland and reelected in the same
/ district for three succeeding terms. The
! districts were then changed and his
place of residence falling within the
/ bounds OF the district consisting Of
/ northumberland, Lycoming aud Centre
/ counties he was elected in this district
and reelected until the fall Of 1906,
I when he was defeated by Daniel Mont.
J gomery, Jr., in the district. but before
/ his term in the lower houFe had expired
+ he was chosen 10y the Legislature, Jan.
/ -, 1907. United States Senator. The
I high estimation OF Mr. Grcgg's talents
and services held by hia fellow Senators
may be judged from the fact that he
was twice elected President Of the Sen.
ate, the highest distinction that any
Pennsylvania had then attained. The
: journals OF Congress bear ample evi
/ dence Of his ability and industry, OF his
puuctual attendance and assiduous at.
f tention. He was business member,
sometimes, however, taking an active
I part IN debate.
DOMINATED TOR GOVERNOR.
Ia 1914 he removed from the valley
I into Bcllefontc for the purpose Of edu.
eating his children, and in December.
( ls1N. Governor Hester appointed him
Secretary of the Common eai,h, which
office he held when nominated by
convention that met at L"wisiown, on
the 18th of May. 1898, for Governor. in
opposition 10 Mr. Sbulze, who had been
nominated by what was stigmntized "A
the Legislative Convention at Harris.
burg, on the 9Th Of March. For some
years the people had been Jealous OF
legislative dctation Of candidates. Ac.
cordinely the convention which had
nominated Mr. Hester in 1890 had a..
sembled at Carlisle, and the one which
nominated Mr.. Findley in the same
year had met at Lewistown. The latter
resolved that the convention OF lS23
should meet in the same place and in
May. This, however, was forestalled by
the call to meet at Harrisburg on the
jth OF March, and those dissatisfied
with Mr. Shulze's nomination called
what they called the regular conyen.
ton at Lewistown and nominated Mr..
Gregg. The political records and pri
vate characters Of both candidates are
full spread forth in the numerous
pamphlets issued by committees and
parlisans during the Gubernatorial con.
test of 1925. and after perusing a large
bound volume Of these issues IL is graf
flying 10 report that the honesty and
integrity OF Mr.. Shulze and Mr. Gregg
are never impuRned. Mr. Jefferson. in
his message Of December, 1901, desig.
mates the parties Of that day as Repub.
lican and FederRlists and in 1923 the
dispute of the pamphlets is almost
wholly whether TO the Shulze party or
the Gregg party belonged the mantle
of the Republican party Of 1901. Both |
sides in all their pamphlets claim TO be |
Democratic Republicans and the regu.
lar ones. Mr.. Gregg's age is urged |
against him by his opponents, and they |
add FIVE years to il, making him seventy. |
three, and argue against the propriety |
OF electing a man so aged while his |
friends take off three years from his |
real age and assert his mental and bod.
lily vigor. One pamphlet roundly as.
serts THAT he was foreigner, born in
ireland and educated for the ministry /
at Dublin. But the main attack is