Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-20
Sure of Democratic Success.
WHAT CHAUNCEY +. BLACK SAYS OF PATTI
son AND THE TICKET.
W. L, 4. L., rir,lnn

WHAT CHAUNCEY F. BLACK SAYS or PATTI.
son AND THE TICKET.
York Dispatch to the Times.
Monday evening a large number OF
citizens assembled in Centre Square and
headed by the Spring Garden band,
marched to the home of Chauncey F.
Black and rendered him a serenade in
honor of his nomination. Mr.. Black
acknowledged the honor by saying:
"You expect on this occasion no
speech from me concerning the general
issue of the campaign. The time for
that has not yet arrived. | will suggest
but single idea. The battle now to be
fought is not one for mere partisan vic.
tory; its object is the reform of the state
government in all its departments and
clean hands only must be put to the
work. The nomination of the gallant
Pattison, the stainless young leader who
stands at the head of the reform column
in Philadelphia, means precisely that
and nothing else. Like the Black
Knight of old, who came to restore the
rightlul sovereign to his own, this bold
tribute of the people will be found thun.
dering at the gates of the ring citadel,
battleaxe in hand, and when he makes
his lodgment within the black flag of the
bosses will be displaced by the purest
political banner that ever floated on any
breeze. Our Republican friends have
no reason to complain of us. If we do
not give them what we promise-an ab.
solutely pure and honest government
they have the power to turn US out, and
all decent citizens will help them to do
it. But there is little danger of that.
They tried Pattison once and instead of
finding reason to part with him they
discovered many powerful reasons for
adding thousands of Republican votes
to his previous majority, and the rest of
the ticket, leaving out the present
speaker, is fully up to the standard.
The beginning of reform in this state
was the adoption of the new constitution,
which despite the most tremendous ex-
ertions of the ring, received something
like 10000 majority. In the conven.
ton which framed that benefcent in.
strument Clark and Elliot were tall fig.
ures and laborers. Every line of it is
dear to them. They are actuated by its
spirit, and their influence will of neces.
sity be exerted to complete the reforms
which they so auspiciously began. We
can have no quarrel with good citizens
who have hitherto chosen to carry par
ty name different from ours. TO such
we shall address our appeals in the next
four months, with the most abundant
confidence that they will be received in
the spirit in which they are made. We
admit that when united they have a ma
jority, but the present struggle for the
deliverance of the commonwealth from
evils universally accknowleged and uni.
versally deplored is an occasion which,
like pestilence of war drives all true
men together for the public safety.
Our Republican neighbors who are tax
payers and not taxeaters are as earnest
in their desires for an economical gov.
ernment as we aTei and thousands
will avail themselves of this opportunity
for a radical change which, under the
peculiar circumstances, we alone of the
three great parties in the field are able
to offer them"
Mr. A. b. Farquhar, proprietor of
the Pennsylvania agricultural works, an