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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-15
The Republican Ticket.

The ticket nominated by the Re-
publicans of Centre county on last
Tuesday is not one to give any alarm
to the Democrats. The gentlemen
composing it are personally good and
respectable citizens, but not one of
them will command Democratic votes
enough to make any material change
in the usual Democratic majority of
the county. The Republicans will, of
course, elec. one commissioner and
one auditor, and we do not believe
the most sanguine members of the
party will claim that they have the
ghost of chance to secure anything
more 1t is not ticket that should
receive Democratic votes, and we
therefore call upon our friends to
stand firmly and unwaveringly by
their own candidates. No scratching /;
no trading; but a solid vote for the
Democratic ticket. Let this be the
motto of every Democratic voter, and
a glorious triumph will be the reward
of the party in November.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-15

THE call of Arthur TO the Presiden-
tial office during the disability of the
President, it appears, is still under dis
cussion. The accumulation of execu.
tive business. and the uncertainty that
the President under the most favora-
BILE circumstances will be able to
transact any business for months TO
come, it is said necesitates an i'm
mediate decision, and that Gen. Ar.
thur must be called to the higher
chair. II il undoubtedly a pitiable po.
sition in which the Republican party is
placed. They have little confidence in
Arthur, and are afraid to trust him,
but they elected him as n stalwart, and
a stalwart created the necessity which
calls him TO the front. Their dispute
tude seems to arise In some measure
from an impression that If Arthur
takes the Office IL would be for the
term and not for the period Of disabili-
". In this they doubtless do the Vice
President injustice. Base a. he may be
a. . politician. We cannot entertain 80
mean an opinion Of the second officer
Of the Government a. 70 believe that
he would take advantage of the posi-.
ton which the assassin's pistol placed
in his hands. as TO desire % retain the
place after the President became suf-
flciently conYaleacent e perform IL
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-15

PRESIDENT GARFIELD now appears
to be in a fair way TO recover. There
has been a gradual improvement in
his condition for several days past,
and the latest accounts from Elberon
are quite encouraging. Every one is
at present cheered with the hope that
the worst is over, and that from this
time forward there will be an increase
of strength, and that bis restoration
to health will only be matter of
time.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-15

FEMALE ATTORNEYS are not want
ed in Massachusetts,. A Miss Leila ].
Robinson, who took a regular course
in the Boston University law school
and graduated, applied for admission
to the bar 10 practice as an attorney.
Her application was dismissed by the
court on the ground that under the
laws of the Commonwealth women are
not entitled to be admitted as attor-
neys. Leila must therefore carry her
legal lore to some more liberal market.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-15

TnE Cameron dynasty rules the Re-
publican party once more supreme in
Pennsylvania. The Independents"
walked into the State Convention with
their all in their hands; they were
caught as between two millstones and
ground TO fine powder. The memory
of what they did at Chicago and what
they threatened 10 do in the Senatorial
contest of last winter availed them
not the machine" rose by force of
might and laid all opposition low. It
now remains to be seen whether the
work of the machine at Harrisburg
will be endorsed by the people at the
polls next November.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-15

VICE President CAssATT, Of the
the Pennsylvania Railroad, besides
being IN accomplished railroad mag
sate. is also successful farmer. Ii Is
said be has the finest crop Of tobacco
on his farm. near Burwin station, "a
the State. The yield of ais crop, it il
believed, will average eighteea hun
dred pounds TO The acre. and the leaf
being Of superior quality, will sell for
thirty cents per pound, and bring ivo
hundre.s dollars 10 the acre.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-15

Az attempt was made on last Sun
day night, by sentinel on guard at
the Washington Jail. TO shoot Guiteau.
A he was relieved from duty before
the assassin's cell he turned and dis
charged his musket through the iron
grating Of the door. The ball Just
grazed Guileau's head and saved him
for the punishment that will come 10
him In the future. The soldier who
fired lhe shot has been reported to
General Hancock, eho commands ths
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-15

SPEAKING of the late Republican
State Convention which came of ut
Harrisburg last week, the New York
Times regrets that "some of the vigor
which was shown in the vindication of
party discipline in the convention, did
not communicate itself to the declara-
tion of party principles" The Times
Is too innocent by halfl There were
no principles in the thing al ell. It
was nothing but discipline. A certain
class Of Republicans, who thought they
possessed sufficient capacity TO think
and oct for themselves without the IN
teryention of q boss. had the temerity
70 revolt against The Cameron dynasty
and tho ihird-term ring. and II vas the
business Of the Convznsion TO disci-
pllne the mAlconsents. and % show
them how completely the party ! SUBJ
iugated = tAa Ill q 10 bosses.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-15
NO. 81.
Ambrose Everhart Burnside.

The sudden and totally unexpected
death of Senator Burnside, Of Rhode
Island, will recall the vicissitudes and
triumphs Of man whose name but
few years ago vas in every ones
mouth. First he came into national
prominence when ho was assigned
command of the Army Of the Potomac
on the 7th Of November, 1862. lie
came TO this position after having
gained some renown in his North
Carolina expedition, and bis partici-
patton in the battles of South Mount
ain and Antietam, TO succeed McClel-
Ian in the command Of the army.
Thus for the fret time was General
Burnside brought into great promi-
nence. His disastrous campaign is
historical. The terrible reverse at
Fredericksburg closed his career as a
great captain. The war over, he
returned to his native State Of Rhode
Island and soon spoke for her as a
United States Senator in Congress.
His career as> a civilian has been
marked by none of the terrible mis-
takes that followed him as a soldier.
lie has been a creditable, fair and
conscientious Senator. His part has
been small. but he has successfully
enacted it. As soldier he is held in
high esteem, despite the disaster which
followed his army on IFS march TO
Richmond. 1t is but just to the
memory of General Burnside TO say
that when the powers at Washington
displaced his chief and made him
general of the army, that he said he
could not command so great body
of troops, and that General Mcclellan
was better able to command the army
than any of his officers. General
Burnside, on many occasions, has borne
willing testimony to the fitness of
General Mcclellan for the position be
occupied, and which he was compelled
TO assume. The country will hear Of
General Burnside's death with sincere
sorrow. He was not a great man, but
he tried to be an honest one.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-15
Democratic County Ticket.
ASSOCIATE JupQEs,

ASSOCIATE JUDGES,
JOHN G. LARIMER, Of Spring,
JOHN X. RUNKEL, of Potter.
PRoTHoSoTARY,
J. CALVIN HARPER, of Bellefonte.
SHERIFF.,
THOMAS j. DUNKEL, of Rush.
REGISTER,
JAMES A. McCLAIN, of Boggs.
RECORDER,
FRANK +. BIBLE, of Spring. =
TREASURER,
DANIEL c. KELLER, of Potter.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
A. ]. CREST, of Unionville,
JOHN WOLF, of Miles.
coUNTY AUDITORS,
JOHN s. PROUDFOOT, of Milesburg,
F. Z. MUSSER, of Millheim.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-15

methods of Quay, | bring disaster
upon him and deserved reprobation
on the party to which he belongs
Col. Hastings, in all candor we ask
YOU to pause.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-15

Hon. EcKLEY b. COKE, of Luzerne,
is favorably spoken of as the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor to sue
ceed Gov. Hoyt, also of Luzerne. The
party might do worse. Mr.. Coke is
certainly an honest, conscientious man,
with fair qualifications for the position.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-15

As was to be expected, Boss Came
eron, after his experience with the In
dependents last winter, had his Con-
vention we'll selected, and bis best lieu
tenants were on active duty to enforce
his commands. Independent Republi-
canism was to be crushed out; the boss
power of the Cameron control, and the
edicts of the Cameron dynasty we're TO
be maintained and established beyond
the power of honest independent Re-
publicans to object either as to their
methods or purposes. For this Quay,
and Cooper, and Magee worked, and
they worked successfully. The inde-
pendents we're crushed, and their de-
FEAT emphasized by the nomination Of
General Bailey, one of the immortal
JOG Of Chicago for Treasurer, and
he appointment Of Mahone's eulogisi
and The Cameron candidate for Gov.
ernars : chairman Of tie State Com.
HsIElee
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-15

CHARLES :. WoLFE's independent
candidacy for State Treasurer offers n
fair opportunity to test the relative
strength Of the independent Repub-
lErans and Che Cameron maehiEe.
Wolfe represents The Independents.
aid Baily the machine "You pays
y,ur money. and yoa takes your
choice"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-15
Wolfe's Revolt.

The organs will find that they can
not laugh Wolfe's candidacy for State
Treasurer to death. Wolfe is impul-
sive and he is somewhat erratic at
times, but in all his madness of the
past few years there has been delib-
crate method. His hatred of Cameron
may arise from motives that are not
above suspicion. But that does not
enter into the question. The fact is
as patent as the sun at MONDAY that
Wolfe has been the head and front
of all the independent Republicans
Pennsylvania has produced. He did
not make one protest against bossism
and then rest. At first he was laugh.
cd to scorp, jeered at and hooied out
of Republican conventions. His fellow
members of the legislature refused to
listen to him. But his own people
stood by him and at last even naughty
party leaders had TO bow to his power,
and arrogant, corrupt and powerful
lobbyists, intrenched in wealth and
influence, had to answer for Their
crimes against public morality in a
court of justice. When the prison
doors closed on such as VIM. II. Kcm-
BILE, Charles :. Wolfe was vindicated
and his persistent fight Of years was
crowned with success. His candidacy
now is notice TO the bosses that there
is to be no cessation in the battle
against the machine. He will fight
and those who know him know how
he can fight when his blood is up
until he has routed the enemies of
popular government in his party.
Behind him stand the Committee Of
One Hundred and the Industrial
League. The sinews Of war are thus
assured. Twenty thousand indepcnd-
ent voters in Philadelphia alone will
vote for Wolfe in vindication of their
own course in the past. In the western
part of the State, especially in the oil
regions, he will be stronger than
Baily. Gentlemen of the Republican
press, make up your minds that this is
no pleasure excursion. There is n
good deal of pure, unadulterated bus
iness in store for you. Wolfe will
make the welkin ring when he gets
on the stump. He can tell more OF
the devious ways of the bosses than
any other man in the State. lie
knows their methods and understands
their crooked processes. lie will en-.
tighten the Republican masses and
he will make the endorsement of the
administration of the wounded Presi-
dent a distinct issue of the campaign.
lie will at least have the hearty
sympathy of the greater portion of
his party. He claims that he can
be elected. We do not believe any
Republican can be elected this year,
but if there is one to be elected we
incline to the belief that Wolfe has
an equal chance with Baily. The in
dependent voter has been abroad in
the land this year. Democratic may
ors have been elected in the strong
Republican cities of Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati aud Chicago,
and now the NEST independent of all
Republicans comes to the front and
unfurls his independent banner and
calls upon the independents to do or
die. let the procession move.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-15
Samples of Political Consistency.

Samples of Political Consistency.
The Washington Post hits the Mas.
sachusetts Senators square in the eyes
by comparing the liberality of the
laws Of Virginia and Massachusetts,
with reference TO suffrage. Thee hon.
orable hypocrites, in their correspond.
cnce with Malone, urge the Repub.
licans to make common cause with the
liquidation party because the laws OF
Virginia require the payment of a
small tax for the support of common
schools as Il qualification for the right
Of suffrage, while at the same time a
tax qualification is required in Massa.
chuseits, under which thousands Of
citizens have been deprived Of the
privilege Of voting. And this with
the concurrence these Senators. The
Port says IF citizen Of Massachu-
sets, 10 matter how honorable his life
may have been, falls into such distress
that he is compelled, in single in
stance, 10 accept public charity, his
name is stricken off the poll lists. He
may have been heavy taxpayer in
the past, but that does not count. Let
him but accept a coffin for bis dead
child or medicine for his sick wife,
aud the laws of the Bay State, by and
with the advice and consent of Sena.
tors Dawes and Hoar, designate him
a "pauper' and disfranchise him as q
convict. In the terrible period that
followed the financial crash of 1873,
when millions of honest men in this
country looked in vain for labor by
which to earn bread for their depend
ent families, there were some thou.
sands of the sons of toll in Massachu.
setis who los; their right to vote,
They could find no work, because in.
ydustry seemed TO have died. The
spindles aud looms of the factorie:
were still, the shoe shops were closed
Grim poverty stalked abroad, and the
wolf howled at many a door where
smiling plenty had sat in happier
days. All who preferred public char
ity TO death from starvation in that
awful time were disfranchised, like
convlcts, by and with the advice and
consent of Senators Dawes and Hoar
We are not particularly anxious oI
perplexed about the Bay State. That
ancient Commonwealth has her good
qualities to Offset her bad ones. If she
sells paupers at public auction in the
gentle spring time, if she disfranchise,
for the crime of having been poor and
distressed, it is also true that she con,
tains many noble characters and leads
the way in many paths of progress
But we confess that.it moves our con
tempt and derision when Messrs. HoaI
and Dawes, after assisting in the dis
franchisement of so many of their poor
neighbors at home, 90 down into Vir,
ginia to weep and howl because an
able-bodied man is required to pay q
days earnings annually into the school
fund, or forego the luxury of voting
till another year"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-15

POSTMASTER GENERAL JAMES, after
making creditable efforts to wind up
the frauds Of bis department, has now
introduced the civil service machinery
which his predecessor talked about as
thing that might be employed adj
vantageously. Hereafter competitive
examinations are to be enforced as n
means of securing competent and eff
cient service in the Post Office Depart
meDt This scare-crow, as put in ope-
ration by the Curtis commission in the
Grant administration, was used as a
meansof getting rid of persistent place
hunters, by plying them with irrevelant
and difficult questions which could
have no bearing upon the character of
the work to be performed, and which
none but favorites were prepared to
answer satisfactorily. The best test Of
qualification to discharge important
trusts, Is character, and experience,
and adaptability TO the work to be per.
formed. A failure in these prove un.
fitness, and the applicant or official
should be allowed to seek employment
in business suited to his capacity, how
ever efficient he may have been in the
service of party. But it is fair to be-
believe that Gen. James competitive
examinations are principally confined
to the promotion of tried and deserv-
ing officers in the public service, in
order to secure efficient administration.
And in this he is to be commended,
if, in filling vacancies thus created,
he uses his own good judgment in
making character and adaptabiiity to
the duty to be performed the test Of
fitness.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-15

TIN bosses % The front rndepen.
dents Z he rear. Senator 0zmsro#.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-15
The Ctntre 1emptrat.

Terms 81. so per Annum, In Advance.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-15

S. T. sHueERr sod r. H. FORSTER, Editors.
Thursday Morning, September Is, 1881.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-07-01
COPPER.
yoerhees,s opinion OF Conkrlng.

HoT SPRINGS, ARK, June 29.-rhe Hon.
ID. w. VOORHEES, and daughter, Miss Hattie
VOORHEES,, arrived here to-day, and Will re-
main month. The Senator was questioned
by correspondent upon the political situa-
ton. In reply 10 the question, "What do
you think will become of Conklingi Don't
you think ne will turn Democrat In the
event OF bis defeat at Albany?" the
Senator replied, I" No, sir; the Almighty
who made these mountains and hot water
made ConkliDg Republican. He cannot
be Democrat. He can never coalesce with
that broad and liberal thought which per-
meates the Democratic party and embraces
the whele country. He is man who never
thought, spoke, or dreamed OF his country
save In partisan blindness and sectional
hate. He will never become Democrat,
but will become monument to the young
men OF the country, and stand as warning
against the folly OF stupendous vanity aud
egotIsm. His fate Will be a Tebuke to per-
sonal government which this country
sorely ueeds.n
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-07-01

Resistance TO the new prohIbitory laws %
Ksnsae hes gone so far that while iuries "
the cities aefuse TO convict liquor sellers
even upon the cearest evidence, in Atchi
son the Comgon Councl, with the co6pera
ton az Hs presiding Geicer, the Mayor, hai
adoplaa an ordinance providing for the
granting OF licenses TO fayerns and saloons
This aelioa wss taken In express ridicule
and de6 zAee OF the pr0hibitory coRstitu-
ti0nal ameRdmant and she laws based upon
it. The tempesance.men have since then
had a mass-meefing, aud call upon the
Mayor 10 resign while Governor 81. John
threatened % call out the militia and put
fbe laws into execution by force Of arms.
all this because the population OF the cities
Is not willing 10 be deprived ef It's beer bs
Nc rural popuIatio1's temperance predilee'
lgs. - New York Sxa.
The Princess Anne MdyyiGnder says the
groes Ia Hungry Neck, Somerset county.
seasfuIIg demofaiized, and believe tue
rid II coming 10 an end presently.
hoie faxjlies are " geislng religion" aud
Ebs eoIagd people are eating theirspring
1eo5 IS ysew OF such general dIsrup-
~ eyeu the tendefest rooster VIII be
~. here below.
nj asks q Wl.at Is Pariingf" PART
sone With q comb and brush, and the
ever places q Were you want IT,
flssn.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-07-01
HOW ora naIdy was roeled

~ p-exchange tells this yarn " With the
approach of fiy-lime baldheaded man in
Milwaukee conceived the idea that il would
rebound 10 his physical and spiritual wei
fare II he could raise a crop Of hair. He
therefore repaired to physician, who
obligiugiy wrote the following prescrip-
ton Chloride Of sodium, one ounce; aqua
pura, eight ounces; shake well and rub on
the scalp every morning. The bald man
went 10 a drugstore and bad the prescrip-
tiou put up, paying 81 for small bottle of
the mixture. He offered the opinion that
the price was rather high, but the druggist
assured him that aqua ppra was one OF the
most penetrating drugs in the market, and
that the war In Peru had sent chloride of
sodi1m up TO fabulous igure. The mix
fure was taken home aud used with such
grat4iying results that when the bald man
went for another bottle be threw down 81
without wlncing. '0h, we won't charge
you anything for it, said the clerk, who
did DOT sell the original supply, 'ips only
ssitand wafer, you know. Salt is only two
cents a pound, an6 water is cheap this
year.v
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-07-01
NOTICE TO INVESTORS.

We offer for sale limited amount of RICHMOND
AND DANVILLE RAILROAD o PER CENT.
GOLD BONDS due I'm 1915 at l04 aud accrued in
teresL These bonds are secured by consolidated
mortgage on the Richmond and Danville and Pied.
mont railroads and the lease of the North CarolinS
railroad.
We can confidently recommend these bonds, as
the annual report of the company for the year end
lng 30lh September, 1880, showed that the COM
pany had reduced It's debt over 100000 during
the two preceding years besides adding largely 70
It's rolling stock and machinery, aud purchasing
800 tons Of new steel rails. For the seven months
ending April 30, 1881 the net receipts Of the COM
pany exceeded 100000, which IS equal 10 81 per
cent. the capital stock OF the company. after the
payment Of interest, rents, and all other fixed
charges, and eXpeuding a large amsunt for equip
ment, steel rails, and additional workshops.
THOMAS BRANCH 4 co.
The receipts Of this company for carrying the
mails for last April show an Increase Of over 100
per cent. over same month of last year, and for
freight of SO per cent. Previous TO LIST of May 40
per cent. of the atlanta and Charlotte freight
business went vid the Carolina Central railroad.
Now all its through business goes by the Richmond
aud Danvilie railroad, which will add largely TO It's
income. my IL