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The Somerset Herald,
EDWARD SCULL, Editor and rmprtrtof.
WI9KX9DAT.
.October ll.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS-
STATE.
FOR GOVERNOR.
GEORGE WALLACE DELAMATER.
FOR UFXTEXAVT GOVERNOR.
LOOS ARTHUR ATRES.
TOR SECRETARY Of INTERNAL AFFAIRS,
THOMAS 3. 8TEW ART.
COUNTY.
FOR CONGRESS.
EDWARD 8CTLL. omerie Botjuah.
sHibjei 10 the decision of the District Otmfer
eane. FOR FT ATE SEXATOiJ.
NORMAN B. CRITCH FIELD, of Jenoer Tvrp.
iubjct to the decision of the district Confer
ence. FOR ASSEMBLY,
EPHRAI D. MILLER- of Roekwaod Boroafh.
JOBS C. WELLER, of MUfurd Township.
FOR 8HERIFF,
ISAIAH GOOD, of somerset Township.
F'lR PROTHOSOTARY,
WM. H. BANNER, of Somerset Borough.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
A. J. HILEHAS. of Somerset Borough.
FOR 1 REABIRER,
JOHN HAVER, of Qnemahooing Township.
FOR COMMISSIONERS,
CEO. F. KIMMELL. of Mil ford Township.
SAMCEL V. SHOBER, of Somerset Townh!p.
FOR POOR DIRECTOR.
WM. DICKEY, of Broih-nvalley Township.
FOR Al"MToR8,
HERMAN PnAFFER. of Somerw Tovmship.
r. D. BROl'CHER, of Homemet Township.
The Republican meeting in Philadel
phia laxt week was an outburst of old
time Republican enthusiasm.
The anti-McDowell Republicans of the
Twenty-fifth district have nominated
Thomas W. Phillips for Congress.
The Herald takes off its hat to the
Hon. William McKinlcy this morning.
It was a hard but a winning fight that
lie made.
Tub Democrats will sxn find to their
cost that Thomas IS. Reed on the stump
is not less formidable than Thomas B.
Heed in the Speaker's chair.
The Union Labor party met in con
vention at Philadelphia on Wednesday
and nominated T. P. Rj nder, of Centre
county, for IJovernor.
Rememrkk that (Vtober 4th is the last
day for the payment of poll tax. If you
desire to vote at the ensuing olection, at
tend to this important matter.
The citizrusof Meadville have issued
an address in which they declare their
iinboanded confidence in Candidate
Delamater as a citizen and as a represen
tative. Pattisok's extra session folly cost the
Ptate more than half a million of dollars.
The people will not be likely to again
elect a man so destitute of common
Dense.
Ir Cleveland doesn't succeed in getting
clear of some r l his ''superflous fat" nrtil
181)2, Republicans will take the contract
to reduce it, and ill give guarantees of
at good job.
The Republican Congressional Confer
ne for this district re-convened at Eb-
nsborg Tuesday evening. A nomina
tion should surely he made before an
other adjournment is had.
W'k hare never bad a stronger county
ticket, and it is the duty of every Repub
lican to rally to its support. It is worthy
to win, and honest, earnest, loyal support
will elect every man on it by a hand
some majority.
Secretary of the Commonwealth C
W. Stone bus been nominated by the
Republicans of the Twenty-seventh dis
trict lor Congress, to succeed the late
Iewis F. Watson. A strong and wise
nomination.
TnE Prohibition State Committee met
in Harrisburg Wednesday and nominat
ed John D. Gill, of Westmoreland coun
ty, for Governor, in place of Charles
Miller, who defined to run. Gill is a
lawyer an 1 r. is formerly a Democrat
Every 's ' bundle of facts" proved to be
.bundle of old straw that he bad thresh
ed last spring, hen be was trying to pre
vent Delamater's nomination by the Re
publican convention. He simply thresh
ed over the old straw in his Friday
night's speech in the Bradford opera
lionse.
Ti Wrpe number of Republican mem
ber of the House w bom the Democratic
papers have for months past been pro
claiming would oppose the Tariff bill on
iu final passage, failed to materialize
eUturday, when the bill passed the
li aise. There were only three Republi
cs members of that body present wbo
did not vote for the bill.
It is a fact, all the same, that the Phil
adelphia Bank of which Pattison is pres
ident, now holds f 100,000 of the State's
funds. William Uhler Hensel did not
know this when he tried to make a point
against Delamater by saying that bis
Meadville Bank held State money. Mr.
llenset cow knows more than he did,
and be wishes that he had put Lis hand
over his noath.
Mayor friari deserves high com
mendation, snd not censure, lor his
sirosapt and -flicient conduct in prevent
ing an asseiMage of Anarchist Jews in
"Brooklyn, wt proposed to make a pub
lic deinoustra oU against the laws and
gainst the g-roment that gives them
st place of rtfqp and freedom to pursue
avny honeat ca.ing. The mayor was
right and tree fchi, official obligations.
He should be hig:y praised.
TnEfaraner Laaawhing to expect from
Pattison. He told personally when
Governor that be ni!d not sin the
present tax law, cf which we have so
utoch to complain, w Hinut a clause were
introduced to bring alx-t the equalisa
tion e are util! seeking. Shortly after
wards Attorney General "asridy came
up from Iliiladelpbia lo setiia ,n, ,ne
rovernor sigtM-4 tLc bill. 1 t0T , p'M.
IrO.
Col. Aleve McCube, of (he uiadel
pbia lima, is beginning to btc x
week or two apo be announced ac
tual positivenet thai if election da; VM
now at band, Pattison wow Id be ctxj,
ij 50.000 rosjority. Within a week 1
be claimed, with not a little trepidatioa
hata large portion of tbe Democracy c
Itiiiadelpbia is now in the open market,
td seady to Le gobbled up by the en-my.
v"'
Ihi iwi 9ey tir MlsrslirtiiSs. ttl i i
ntts'lfied to toW. eftHi PkvtoK If twenty-
two years or pwf Jr, inurf have ri.l A
State or coonty U ttltliia two jeans
aod At least one rtibhtb, prior to the
eloet ion, which tax ffiiist have been -owed
at least two months prior to the
elijction. Those voting on age need not
have paid Us. . .,
Tif resolutions adopted by the Fifty
seventh Regiment Pennsylvania, Volan
teera, composed of both political parties,
at Tunkhannock the other night, Rive ue
a pretty clear idea where the noldier
Tcte, regardless of party, w ill go at the
coming State election. The old soldiers
hare not forgotten Mr. TaUison's Yeto of
the Soldiers' Burial bill. They know
that his sediments are that Potter's
Held if good enough for any old veteran
who may die without leaving the means
for decent burial. Mr. Pattison has pat
himself on record, and not even the most
skillful campaign orator would dream of
making a defence for him in the matter.
It is one of those delicate subjects which
Democratic speakers do not care to touch
ojxm. But the veterans need no re
minder. It is indeliblyCimpresed on
their memories, and they will return
jpcod for evil in November by givirjg Mr.
I'rtltison a decent burial at the polls.
Ex-SexAToB Emery should have gone
through the commendable formality of
examining himself to see whether he
was loaded before be took the road
against candidate Ielamater. Had he
done so he would have refrained from
making the pitiful exhibition of his own
weakness and cowardice that he made at
the Bradford opera home Fri lay night.
So far as producing the slightest scintilla
of proof of the grave charges he had pre
viously brought against Senator Delama
Ur, be failed miserably, and simply
sltowed himself to be a shameless slan
derer and detractor of character. If the
Iemocrats can get any comfort out of the
Emery fiasco, they are welcome to it. If
they count on that sort of rot winning
Republican votes to Pattison, they will
find hbw grievous has been their mis
tike when they see the size of his oppo
nent's majority.
Another of the many leuiocratic vet
erans who do not intend to assist in
electing Robert E. Pattison Governor of
Pennsylvania, is Major W. C. James, of
Warren. In a recent interview with a
reporter for the Philadelphia I'm he
gives his reasons why he ami many of
Lis comrades in the Northwestern por
tion of the State w ill refuse this year to
support the party candidate. He ar
raigns Mr. Pattison on his record as Gov
ernor, claiming that not in a single in
stance did he fail to show his hate of
the veterans of the war by interposing
his veto of all measures passed by the
Legislature in the interest of the soldier.
Every bill to grant a pension to a soldier,
every bill to bestow a gratuity on a sol
dier's widow, or a bill to compensate a
soldier for some special act or special
misfortune, was met with that inexor
able opposition. "Think of it," says
Major James, "Pattison vetoed more bills
passed by the Legislature in the interest
of the soldier than the entire number of
bills of every kind vetoed by Curtin,
Geary, Ilartranft and IIoyL Ko wonder
the soldiers are down on him. No won
der tbbt the tide is setting in against
him, and that the old soldiers are pre
paring to do some vetoing themselves on
election day in November."
The Warren county veteran declares
that nineteen out of every twenty Demo
cratic soldiers of his acquaintance would
vote against Mr. lVHioon because of his
record.
Tha Trail of the Snake.
Ex-Oovemor Pattison, tu a speech at
Reading last week, thus sp jkeof t'.it high
est du'y of the Gorrmr:
"Afier four years' experience in the Exec
utive otlire I van ilelilirnticly fny that the
ruoxt iiiipurtfit ami luborioui July the Uov
enior ha to rfiriu i the careful uvutiny
of the leis-laiinn w-nt to hiru ; to be ever on
the alert to ktrike down with his veto every
act that has the stamp of tlie boss and the
trail of the snake it mil i. The rood the
highest good lie an acr-omplish for the
people will be the evil el. met menu he pre
vents." One of the meauns which Pattison was
"on the alert to ktrike down with his veto,"
as an "evil enactment," was the bill pro
viding f-r (be burial ot destitute soldiers by
the county. If we look tr the "trail of tbe
snake," however, w shall not find it on
this bill, but on tlie Governor's veto. Prora
bee inning to end tbe veto message shows tbe
unmUlakable trail of the copiierbfad.
PRESS COMMENTS.
From tbe Wilmington Observer.
Pennsylvania needs a man of strong char
acter in ber executive chair. We have tbe
testimony of Colonel McClure that Pattison
is not that kind of a man. Tbe progress of
tbe campaign leads all more and more to
the belief chat Senator Delamater is. His
personal canvass has strengthened him im
mensely. He bas a good face and leaves a
good imprecfion 0Kn all be meet.
From the Braver Times.
The Greensbnrg Tribune (R.) predicts that
Delamater's majority in the entire State will
be the (oajori'y of Allegheny county, what
ever it may be, multiplied by seven. Figur
ing on tbe basis of last year and it can
hardly be much lowered at tbe very worst
would make it 35,000 ; and going on the
basis of thirty years ago, when "Old Abe"
dubbed it the ''State of Allegheny," it would
swrll tbe majority up to 70.0UU. You can
take your choice, and see bow it pans out
on tbe morning of tbe 5th of November.
Form the Johnstown Tribune.
A Republican is one who believes some-
thing and believes It as strongly in "oft
years" as be does when the bands are play
ing in Presidential campaigns. He is honest
and earnest in bis convictions, but tolerant
toward his opponents. He doesn't keep his
index finger on the public pulse all tlie time
and get scared out of his boots every time
that it beats irregularly. While tbe good
party has its faults, like the sun with its
spots, and as is human, errs occasionally, he
dors not lor this reasoa deem it wise to Join
an old Prty which is worse, or any new
party which In the nature of things is not
likely to be any better. He kicks when bid
men or corrupt met bods compel him to, but
be does not sulk simply and solely because
la (he lottery of politics hs or his friends
drew a Hank.
A Party Without art Issue.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The very able managers of the esteemed
democratic party seem lo be having a perk
of trouble in finding an issue. What is the
matter are they unequal to the task, or
have they beeo sunk beneath the torrents of
abase that they aa pouring oat upon tbe
repoblicen leaders? So far their campaign
has baea one of sVander alone. Can't they
find any better ground to gbt on than
charge that have no battar foundation than
tbe imaginations of a fanatical brain, la it
possible that out of so many brilliant minds
not a topic worth considering can be evolv
ed? . I it possible that of all tbe great sub
ject of burning interest to tbe people not
one of them caa command the attention of
tbe democratic campaign orator ? Is it pos
sible that the candidate tor governor, Mr.
Pattison, tas nothing to say beyond a mere
essay on politics? Is it possible that of all
the vary able gentlemen in command of tbe
dmmoawue party Mr. Black alone bas any
ids to ef press, and the only ideas that be
bas ant ou a topis Uiat his party is decidedly
baky npon.
But, after all, perhaps it is not the fault of
bt esteemed democrats that tbey art not In
H'aJf? i; EQ. Tilt ' jairt: firre tori
1512$ td f ;V on Vriejttid b'J fcr &
nrttiir.tiH8hpb!i:.i hie Hfttdjr ft!
Terythlnij that, thef JiilRht lllite tli M
rh'jch betlSr thai they uhd trithiselvffl with
out an inch of grOjnd to stand Bftrrt. There
art1 plenty of tbinrs that tbe people Would
doub:iess like to nave the abl democratic
orators' tllk about. For instance, there is
tbe subject of equalization of taxation.
That is a subject of burning importance to
all farmers, but if the atrmer wtl H bear
from tlte democrats where tbey stand on
Uiat question tbey will be waiting until long
after Delamater is installed in office and is
engaged in doing practical work to carry out
his Dromises of aid. and then they will be
heard from only in opposition. Tbey sim
ply have no Idea on taxation that are worth
listening to. Tbe platform adopted at the
convention at bcranton got in a vaf is men
tion of the issue, but no one seemed to un
derstand it and the result wsa of the usual
indefinite kind when demxrata nadsrtaka
to pose as reformers. -
But if esteemed orators, Including Mr.
Pattison, are unable to talk about taxation
what is the matter with tbe question of a
secret ballot ? No one on tbe democratic side
seems to have beard about that topic except
Mr. Black, and be is kept so bosjrCtrying lo
explain why he is tbe only democrat in fa
vor of the Australian system that be has lit
tle time to go into ecstscies over bis pet bob
by. He likes to talk about it, but b has
some difficulty in accounting for tbe sad tsct
that his party thought so very little of bis
plan that it knocked out his carefully drawn
indorsement calling for a constitutional con
vention and adopted a couple of lines mere
ly referring to the subject, Mr. Black, there
fore, finds himself in a party all by himself.
a discovery which is common to several
other democrats. In fact, he isn't much of
a democrat in these days who basnt got a
party all of hia own. Ob, no, tbe democrats
won't talk about ballot reform. Tbey might
indeed, have something to say about free
trade, if they would, for on that topic they
put themselves on record at their convention
and invited the issue, but as is the case with
every other lopic, they seem to have got
thoroughly frightened, and don't care to dis
cuss their plans for the ruin of the Indus
tries of Pennsylvania.
We submit in all Csirness that tbe demo
cratic party ought to make itself heard on
something, if only for the sake of appear
ance. Dear democrats, isn't there some topic
under the rays of the genial sun that you
know something about and that you can
discuss? Haven't you one single idea for
the advancement of the fanner, tbe laborer,
the welfare of this great commonwealth?
Don't you know that taxes ought to be
equalized and that tbe republican are pledg
ed to carry out the reform? Don't you
know that tbe republican candidate for gov
ernor tbe one the people intend to elect
is in favor of ballot reform, and that tbe
coming republican legislature is instructed
by the republican party Iu convention as
sembled to see that the reform is accomplish
ed? Don't you understand that the repub
lican party is the party of protection ? Don't
you see that tbe republicans are ready and
anxious to express themselves on any topic
that you can suggest for the improvement of
the people? Is it possible that you have not
one iilea that rises superior to the outrageous
scandals furnished you by tbe free trade
newspaper of New York? Haven't yon
one original idea of your own ? If you have
let us have it, and the republican orators
will meet you on the stump, snd tbe repub
lican candidate for governor w ill boldly face
any argument that you can possibly pro
duce. If yon hsve not, why not be honest
enoush to confess that the republicans have
met every issue, have gone you one better,
and, as usual, have left yon side-tracked on
the Tails of defeat? Up to date your cam
paign has been one of false pretense entirely.
Have you nothing better to offer than per
sonal abuse? Is that the idea of argument
that you have? If this is the best you can
do, why did yon ever open headquarters,
and why did your chairman desert bis duties
iu Washington to run a confidence game in
Pennsylvania ?
The Work of Congress.
Wamiixutos, Sept. 28. Tbe record of tbe
business of the first seoaion of the fifty-first
Congress is an importaut one. The actual
work accomplished by this Congress is of es
pecial interest, because it it the first Con
gress in many years in which one pf the two
great political parties bas had control of both
the legislative and executive branches of tbe
Government. A change in rates of custom
duties bas practically been brought about, a
number of very important changes in exist
ing law having been agreed to iu conference
and approved by the House. Tbey need
now only the approval of the Senate and of
tbe President. The feature of tbe new Tar
iff bill which has attracted widest attention
and which bore greater significance, from
the fact that it threatened for a time to cre
ate a division in the Republican party, was
tbe provision for the establishment of recip
rocal relations between the United States and
Latin-American countries.
Next in important t t)i new tariff law
is tbe silver legislation enacted by Cungrcss,
On July U a new taw went into effect, pro
viding for tbe issue of coin certificates, baaed
on gold or silver bullion, witb a requirement
thai tbe Secretary of tbe Treasury should
purchase -(,500,000 ounces of silver bullion
each month. Tbeeffjct of tbe new silver
law was an immediate advance in the price
of silver, culminating at a figure higher than
any known in history.
The promise of tbe Republican party made
in the last campaign tbal more liberal pen
sion legislation would be enacted, was ful
filled in tbe passage of the Disability Pen
sion act, under which a pension of $11 a
month is given to any soldier who is now
disabled from whatever cause.
The addition of four new stars to tbe flag
fSi'le by the last Congress bas been supple
merited at this sejuioii by the admission into
the Union i.f tbe states of Wyoming and
Idahs.
Other important laws enacted were lb
anti-Lottery law, the anti-Trust law, the
Lsnd Grant Forfeiture act, the World' Fair
act and the Meat Inspection law. These
were tbe more important laws. A large
number of other bills and joint resolutions
were passed, and aereral other important
measures are banging fire wblab Busy go to
tbe President before adjournment.
The Republican members of tbe Senate
have pledged themselves to vote on a propo
sition to change tbe rules of tb Senate for
the express purose of making possible the
pasraj-e of the Federal Elections bill at the
next session.
Farmers, Take Notice,
I have leased the large warehouse of Peter
Fink at tbe B. A O. IXepot, in Somerset, for
five years, and also wareroom at Berlin and
Coleman's, where I will keep' oa fcaod dur
ing tbe season for delivery and reabiproent
to all local points every grade of Fertlisers
manufactured by tbe well-known Susque
hanna Fertilizer Company, of Canton, Bal
timore. Md. 1 have spent five years among
you, while these goods have been used in
Somerset county for eight years, having beo
introduced by the Hoa. O. P. Shaver. Ow
ing to the large number of my patrons whom
I thank kindly, my agents snd myself may be
unable to call to see you personally, so I
take advantage of your excellent papers to
call your attention to tbe merits of our Fer
tilizers, and beg leave to say that a B. Yo
Jef, of Pogh, Somerset County, Pa., and
myself have solicited orders for the fall crops
Of IrtJO-ITiO ton to date of issue, notwiib
standing tbe strong competition. ;
R. M. Patton, ofBoiwset, who resides
near the depot, is scting as delivering agsut
for me. By addressing or calling on htm,
you can learn our prices. We can re-shin
to any local point on short notice, but would
prefer st all times to have your order as tar
in advance of immediate wants as practical
as it enables us to get our good to yoo in
better mechanical condition. Io behalf of
the Susquehanna Fertiliser Co, I am,
Very Rerpectful!y,
A. J. Kostt, Guernsey, Pa.
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Evening cf .Tiie3ay, BefUerTl-
tjfef ZSd, 139oi
"Fellow cl!!.-ns," begvt the speakp-, " I
thank yon for your very rorUl raw-ling
j and it makes me sorry that I am not able to
night to ray anything In any wav worthy of
it. Until a very recent time I did not hope
to have tbe opportunity to be with vou, for
the wicked have bren very rampant for the
last few days, and I did not know hut what
it would be necessary for Mr. Dolliver and
myself to stay with them or without tbenu
But all that it happily over, and I feel more
responsive to your greeting to-night than I
would have felt this morning. But the Re
publican party was burn fighting. Iu very
best lustory ha been a battle-fletCVs, civic
as well as military. It is bf tbe very essence
of its existence and of its composition tbst
it should do battle, for tbe Republicnn party
means a forward movement of the people of
the United States. It Las never been neces
sary for the Democratic party iu my time
to do any fighting except during the civil
war, and we have just rome from a scene
which reminded men who were in Washing
ton in the early days of Republican rule of
tbe scenes then and there. Oa the Demo
cratic side for the last week we have been
treated to etnjity benches. Tbey hsve not
been visible, and I want you to understand
tbe occasion for what tbey undoubtedly re
gard as a magnificent uprising. Tbe Repub
lican party, so far as the House of Represen
tatives is concerned, has done what we re
gard as great deeds. We have passed a tariff
bill which, more than any other in our his
tory, secures tbe American market to the
American people. Tbe bill has been tbe
subject or denunciations almost too bitter to
be put upon record. According to them the
bill and the principle which it represents has
carried desolstion into every farm bouse in
tbe country. It has covered three deep with
mortgages every acre of land in the growing
West. It threatens to destroy the country.
Yet tbe Democratic party while that bill
was being passed sat in their seats and were
counted, and never a niormer escaped them.
W issued another bill of which I shall
apeak later in proper, suitable, and, truthful,
and, therefore, un Democratic language.
Thi was a bill, they say. to destroy the lib
erties of the South, meaning thereby tbe
sacred right to stun" ballot-boxes and cheat
the negro out of bis vote. They said that it
meant untold, unspeakable ruin to the
peaceful and lovely 8outh. It meant the
h mowing up of tbe tenderest feelings of that
most affectionate people. It meant tbe ruin
of their homes and tbe desolstion of their
hearthstones. ' It meant - bayonets at tbe
polls and despotism enthroned throughout
tbe land, and they sat there as sweet as sum
mer comparatively no begin, no departure,
or, to use a word more familiar to them, no
secession. Time would fail me to enumer
ate tbe wicked deeds which they were pa
tient about, but when it came to seating a
negro wbo bad been elected by the people,
tbe Democratic side of the House of Repre
sentatives rose as one man and departed.
But they have come back, resembling the
Prodigal Son, however, only on external ap
pearances. My friends, it is such simple incidents as
these which prevent the Democrats from
"pointing with pride" to tbe history of
their party. It is that which makes them
vociferous in their expressions of feeling
when we speax of the history of the United
States for tbe last twenty-five years; for,
whenever we do it, they have a conscious
ness, deep, penetrating, that we are pointing
witb pride to the history of the Republican
party. ,
But, ray friends, tbe great thing in this
world is Uie people. Tbey make and un
make parties. , They create history ; tbey
govern and move, and tbe people of the
United States sre alone responsible for its
government, and it is their business to know
and act up to this responsibility. This fall,
very soon, there will be an expression of
opinion by tbe people, not a full, free and
frank expression, because in thirty districts
of this Union opinions of the people will be
suppressed. And it is necessary for you to
be on tbe Lord's side more hesvily on that
account We have not onlv trot to beat con
servatism In its worst form, but we have to
beat fraud besides. $ow. when the fight
comes on if Pennsylvania going to be dis
tinguished by absentees? Is that great
State to be found anywhere except in tlie
front with full ranks ? Not if you mean
progress, Not if you mean Republicanism.
Not if you mean to rule the United States by
a Congress present snd acting. We look to
you, and hitherto we have not looked in
vain.
Republicanism is good enough for every
day in the year, and every year in tbe cata
logue. Do you want bonest legislation?
Do yon wtpt a House of Representatives
which intends to transact the business of
the country? It lies in your power to say
so, and in your power alone. We can no
longer falter in tbe work. This nation has
grown to be a nation of 65.000,000 of people.
It is no longer a cation that can listen to
orations fifty-eight hours long. It is a
natjon that wants business and not Ian- !
gusge.
Do you believe that every man in this
country wbo is entitled under the Constitu
tion and tbe law of that land to psrticipata
in tbe government of the country sball bsve
his vote cast, and hava it counted as catt?
If you do, it is your business to see to it that
ucb a House of Representatives is chosen ss
will ratify, support and sustain the present
House of Representatives. It Is very dis
couraging in this world to see bow small a
percentage of actual results come from the
most splendid victories. Some grv at general
bas said, "There is only one thing worse
than victory, and that is defeat" Here we
fought tbe great struggle for tbe liberties of
men. We culminated it by a constitutional
amendment, putting in the organic law of
tbe country the doctrine that every citizen
of the United States should be entitled to
participate in the government of the coun
try. 4nd yet to da Jhere is sjtting (or was
tlw othr day) a ooftviiuon in the sU-e pf
Uistissippi, PPP Pf tnt States of thi Union,
where every orator prupliiimed bis determi
nation, and the determination of every otl-cr
white man belonging to bis party, right or
wrong, to invent some method to disfran
chise the negro f to destroy a large portion
of tbe voting population of this country
who sra entitled to vote, as every one of
these men admit, under the Constitution of
tbe United wUtre. There i spectacle for
you. Tbsee gentlemen openly and in the
face of everybody declare that tbey intend
to disfranchise voters of this country. Why,
there bas never been a word of denial on the
part of these men as to their purpose and
action throughout the South.
D jron mean, my friends to allow the
Southern white man, simply because he ia
a Southern man, to count more than you do
in tb government of this country ? Cries
of "No." Do you mean that ha shall have
increased representation so that he shall be
of more weight than tome of us? You
know yon don't mean It.
Now, my friend, U only remains for me to
repeat the exhortation which I have already
given you. Everything depends upon you.
Do your duty., Do it now. I know you
mean to stand np to your duty, so that
when we get tbe news of your election we
shall find that Pennrylvanis, in her old,
hearty laahlon, bas kept to tbe failb.
' Regulating Penalon Claims.
Wash I svwjs, Sept. 27. Tbe Secretary of
tbe Interior bas issued an order n quiring
that under tbe rules already in force, and
those this day approved for tbe purpose of
securing the prompt adjudication of claims
under former acts of Congress, and that of
Jqn ft, such action hall be taken by
all offlcers and employees q the Pension
Bureau as will prevent anv undue nmfrr.
enee of any claim In time ot either hearing
or adjustment, and any agent or attorney
wbO sball hv, or attemnt tiih.. .!.
claim put npon the list or docket of or
among tbe completed files, that is obviously
or clearly not complete, or otherwise defeat
tb just operation of the laws and regula
tiona, shall be debarred from practice in ths
department
I I v : r-v
Li
ABSOLUTELY PURE
INTERESTING STATISTICS. ,.
Wonderful lie rease of the) Country
In Wea'ti and Population.
Epitob Soxascr Heeald : Information
of the results olthe Eleventh Census ia nec
essarily given t tbe public as yet by pieo
mefil but what las been obtained foreshadows
not only a largt increase of population, but a
growth in thendustries of the nation and
an improvemen relatively in tbe public and
local finances sice 1830 fir exceeding tbst
of any decade if tbe history of tbe country.
Tbe increase of jopnlalion from 60,155.783
in 1880, to ClA'w.OoO in lt, or about 14,-
000,000 in teu yn, of itself is equal to the
entire populatior of Brazil, three times more
than that of Camda, or as much as that of
Canada and Me:ico together. To have fur
nished this incretse would have completely
depopulated Noiway, Sweden, Switzerland,
Denmark and Iortugal. Yet each of these
countries are, st home, reckoned' of no
little importance Thus the nation which a
century ago modestly asked to be recognized
in tlie map of the world is now exceeded in
population only by Russia, India and China,
and of its vast population !l percent bas
accrued since IS). It would seem as if the
people of the world had accepted in good
faith the general invitation cf the song to
Come along, and make no del.iy."
Of material industries, only three reports
have been published, and of those wo are of
lojal or minor importance.
Quicksilver, tbe production of which is
confined mostly to California, employs in
its production less than a thousand operators
and $1,400,000 of capital. The annua! yield
seems to be diminishing somewhat, though
the operations of last year have been con
ducted at a profit of $300,000. The world'
aggregate annual production of this metal waj
generally lessened in tbe last decade, and
tbe United States, which in 130 furnished
one-half of the product, still furnishes more
than three-eights.
Slate for building material and other pur
poses, employed in its production, in 1S89,
about 6,000 operatives and $4,00n,0OOof capi-
ital, yielding a product in value of about
13,500,000 at a net profit of over $ji0.00a on
the capital employed. More than two thirds
of the capital was employed in the State of
Pennsylvania, and the total value of the
output of 1889 is more than double that of
181.
Pig :ron, a product of great and growing
importance, shows a yield in 1890 of 9,500,
UO0 tons as compared with 3,781.000 tons in
18S0, and 2,o.2.0M0 tons in 1ST0. Of thi pro
duction about one-balf comes from Penn
sylvania, fourteen per cent from Ohio and
nine per cent from Alabama, and the rest
mainij from the Central Northern States.
In Alabama, the production between tbe
dates mentioned has risen from f2,000 to
nearly 900.000 tons per annum. The price
of this metal per ton has meanwhile dimin
ished from $li.30 per ton in IBS' J, to only
$17.75 per ton in 1339, but in 18iJ Was ad
vanced to about $25 per ton, and the indus
try is flourishing with profit to tbe labor and
capital employed, of which, however, no
statistics is yet given. The value of the p'g
iron produced in 1880 at the high price sta
ted, was $10u',.jGS,oO0, while in 1890 it was
$237,5o,0OO, an increased value of product ol
$130,932,000, though at a decreased price rxr
ton.
In 1830 this country imported of pig iron
55,000 tons, which at the rate stated above,
had a total value of $21,5X1.000. In 18G9
there was imported 177,000 tons, which at
tbe rate given, would have had a value of
only j,ik,uoo. ine importations of lS'JU
are not yet reported.
Great lirilain, which hitherto bas led the
orld in the production of pig iron, reports
yield of this metal for 18) of only 9,321,-
0 o tons or about 200,000 tons less than the
product of he United States in 1889, and
only SoOgOtM more tons than its product of
18-jO.
The wonderful expanse of this industry
during the last decade cannot fail to have a
marked effect upon the economic condition
of the country, requiring as it does an in
creased army of laborers, and the product of
this labor, if converted into manufactured
articles in this coqntry, would employ still
another army of laborers, and it ia doubtless
to such an increase of material industries
and the employment of laborers therefrom,
that the great tide of emigration is absorbed
in our midst, with no disturbance to the
conditions of the coqntry, and that the mar
ket for our agricultural products is found
nearer and nearer to oqr doors.
The increase in the wealth of ths country
is also shown by tbe marked decrease in
public and local indebtedness which must
eventually give great relief in reduction of
taxation throughout tbe country.
Tbe following table shows the changes in
tbe State, National and County debts aims
1870 :
Net debt of
S70.
11 .
lsW.
I-
enhed State?, t,3f,XilViW L9r2,l2,2 S8,175,172
Stats. SflVWI.Std 2L7.17G.133 158.117,739
i j
Couatlcs ls'.T&ViJo! 121,027,188 115,22-,5
Total
. 12,926,900,837 2,291,576,011 2i5,517.7
P9pnl(tlon.. ,aSVJ 371 1 50.1M.7t , 64,200.000
Pens per capita- i 90
It ii
The pompilation of lbs municipal debts is
not yet completed, but that of 85 of ths
principal cities and large towns show an ag
gregate In 1S90 of $693,500,000 against $695,
500,000 in 1880, an increas of $4,000,000 only
which may be offiet by complete repjrts, or
at most it indicates no Increase of import
ance in the municipal debts in the larger
municipalities, notwithstanding the Inorease
of their population by probably S3 per cent.
As tbe total municipal indebtedness in
1380 was only $U7,45S,OuO, the debt reports
of remaining municipalities for 189J can
hardly increase the aggregate absve $700,
000,000, and this amount would make the
total indebtedness of the United States, io
m $1,035,517,790, against $J,&!jO,WI,s75 io
1MJ, a reduction in aggregate indebtedness
during tbe decade of $1,031,317,079. As in
tbe Southern Stati there was repudiated
during that period of State debt $28,523,103.
the net reduction of debt by taxation or in
crease In value of assets can be stated for the
decade in round numbers at $1,000,000 ,009
or $1,000,000 per annom. What nation of
ancient or modern times can show such a
voluntary taxation in order to relieve itself
from debt and especially from a debt the
holders of which did not desire its liquida
tion ?
Like annual payments, if continued, would
pay off tbe entire National, State and county
and municipal debt io less than twenty years
and each payment of the installment would
become easier through the reduction of the
annual interest charge and tbe increase or
wealth and population.
This growth of the country has occurred
under the governing policy of the Republi
can party, for their opponents while in pow
er could find few or no changes they dared
or were able to make therein, which policy
has been simply that of protection to Ameri
can industries. Future publication of tbe
results or tbe Eleventh Census will show
that industries other than that of pig iron
have been equally aa flourishing and that
the alarm feu in European countries at tb
loss of lopulalion and of markets for their
products it not groundless. Bat If this
ifTYi t?
country .through the protective iariir can
manufacture its own goods about as cheaply
as they can be brought here as in the case of
pig iron, and at tbe same time through the
employment of operatives for this purpose
furnish markets for agricultural products at.
home, thussaving freight charges, it is bard
to see upon what ground Democrats can de
mand free trade.
J. K. Urros.
Wariiisotox, D. C . Sept 24. 'u0.
Visitors to Pittsburgh Exposition
Can Make $50 Clear.
Laxt year it cost us upwards of $2,000 to
exhibit at the opening Exposition. We
have been kept so terribly buy this sum
mer, however, in selling our Pianos, and or
gans, and Barj., and Mandolins, and Gui
tars, and Brass Hoi ns and SUeet Music, that
we actually found no time to get up an ex
hibit for this year's show. However, we
propose to give our customers the benefit of
this great saving, so that anyone wbo will
buy a Piano, or Organ, or any other instru
ment during tbn continuance of the Fair,
will get tbe benefit of an extra reduction in
price of goods or 5 and 10 per cent. Visitors
to. tbe show can therefore roske some $50
by calling on H. Kleber & Bro's Music
Store, 5oG Wood Street, and buying one of
their instruments. Kleber' s is the oldest
Music Store west of tbe mountains snd the
iiiOst reliable one too. They give a full
warrantee for 8 and 10 years, and sell on
easy time payments. Ninety persons out of
a hundred would rather trust to Mr. Kleber's
choice than to run the rise ol the sharp
tricks practiced by so many music dealers.
Kleber & Bro., have kept a Music Store for
fifty years, and tbey bad the first choice of
all the Pianos and Organs in tbe country,
leaving the indifferent and poor ones to be
picked up by the other music dealers. They
are the sole agents for the famous Stein way,
Conover, Gabler, Cpera and Emerson Pi
anos, also for the wonderful Vocation
Church Organs, and the mouse and dust
proof Earhuff Parlor Organs. Anything in
the music line which you cannot get at
Kleber's is not worth having. Don't fail lo
call at Kleber's, then, 506 Wood St, three
doors above 5th ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.
PUBLIC SALE
OF-
BY VIItTCEofan order of sale isfuert out of
the lirjiriiins' Oiurt of Sumervet County. Pa,,
to me directed. I wit! ofler at public sale on tbe
premier, in Paint Township, one-fourth of a mile
cast of Scalp Level, on
FEIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1890,
At 2 o'clock p. m . the following decrild and
valuable leal estate, viz :
A oerui.n tarro. the real estateof Andrew Kun
kel. ilmivii, situate In Paint Twp.. Horocrjet
Co., Pa., and Kii hland Twp.. Cambria Co.. ad
joining lands of riavid J. charter, J. Iwilz,
Christian Bantler. George CoDrad JcmnlarRram.
John E. Seese. James F. Keam and otbt-rs, ton
tainiDg l.( acrvs more or it w, about ltO acrv
clrared and balanre well timbered, with a piod
augar camp that will set about sou keelers, tu o
:::DweIling Houses,:::
a large bank barn and other outbuildings, being
near the village of Scalp Level, and about two
and out fourth mi it from Paint Creek Btatfcin. on
the 8. C. k. K., near to church, whools and
stores. This is a aood and beamti'ul larm. in the
hiitbest state of cultivation, and produces gnod
crops of grass and grain : alw several good orch
ards of fruit trees, and a nnm'wr of never failing
rprings are on una larm. Nearly tne whole farm
ia underlaid witb several veins otexcellent ooal
and Hmfi.fj . im fau v'n t um1. and S iv-
fout vein of limestone being ogien).
This farm will be offered in two divisions, or as
a whole. Persons desiring iniormatiun about the
farm can call on tbe Executor, io 8tonycrw-a Tp.
Cambria C uuty, or J. E. Gasiiger, Somerset, Pa.
TERMS:
One-third at con3rmatlon of sale : one-third ia
one year, balance in two years. lK-ferred rv
ruentsto bear interest and to be secured bv judir
notes to be made liens. Ten per cent, of the pur
chase money to be paid when the property is
knocked down.
ANDREW KrVKEL.
octl. Execmor.
pU BLIC SALE
OF
Vnaluable Real Estate!
BY VIRTl'E of an order of sale Issued out of
the orphans' Court of Somerset Conutv, Pa,
v.e wtll xj to public sale on the premises in
Homarset Township, one mile east of Edie, oa
SATURDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1890,
At 1 o'clock p. hu. the following described real
estate, vis :
A certain farm, the real estate of Franklin
Lauiitx, dee d, situate in Somerset Twp, Somerset
County, p.. adjoining lands of Benjamin Miller,
Peter Miller, I'nah Trent. Henry J. Hottman. C.
Oueaggy and Emanuel Kowman. containing !&)
acres ; Kl) acre clear, and in good state of culti
vation ; balance well timbered. There is erected
on the farm a good two story
DWELLING HOUSE
Bans barn, and other outbuildings. The farm la
well altered ; running spring at the house ; su
gar pure, tsu 'hriving vuung orchards, and Is
convenient to church and schools about 4 miles
north of Somerset. Pusseesion given April 1, lssu.
TE21I2 CF SALE.
OnetMrd lo remain a lien on the farm alter all
debts au.l expenses of administration ar- paid
the Interest lo be id annually to the widow of
the de. eased during her natural Hie. and at her
death lo the legatee! of the deceased. Tea per
cent, ol th." purchase money i-uday of sale ; me
remainder of onv ford at Hie coilirmattoi or sale.
One-ihlrd iu six month- and the remaining ooe
thipl In one year, with Interest on deienvd pav
raeuts from confirmation of sale ; dower and pay
Ui .-lit to be secured by judgments.
IYn-msile-iring further iniurroalion can call on
oMsddress Uihvr of the Executors at Edie, P. O.
JOSEPH Tt. MILLER.
ALEXANDER LACNTZ.
" Executor.'.
PUBLIC SALE
Valuable real estatE
B.V VIRTl'E of an order of sa'e iucd ont t-t tr e
OnOians' Court of Somerset County, Pa , ana
to; H dlreciel, e will expose to public sale, on
the premises, on
WEDSmDA V, OCTOBER 22, 1890,
at So'olock a. m . the following real estate, late
the i ivpirty of Ucurge i. Countryman deceased,
to a it;
A certain tract of land sltnate in Qnemahnnlng
Zf's- Jp- ''"'nerset County. Pa , adjoining Isn Is
or -Vh Bowman, Abraham Zimmerman, Isajc
w ' ,,,"u aukepy, and Milieu, omauiing
i Ki"ta 1'ap.rcl.es. strict, about 1I a-res
n n,' hn e-ar. 'JO seres ia meadow, balance
two-story Irarne Uv,u tbervuu erected a large
Dwelling House, :::r
And tergs 'hank bam. and oVaerit hulid ngs,
pike There is al-o a g.wd orchard ou the far ji
and is sell watered.
Terms.
tr-flO In hand. Ictist r which is to b
paid wbeo property la knocked dwu, ,nt b-i.
ance on confirmation of sale and the rem Un W
of pnrrhte money in annatl pa vim oils ut
commencing April lit. t-l.
ANiat the same tlrua anl pUv-e. the wldnr
will sell her oc'onil p.-oporty coaisllo of h .
es. cows, yon ii g cattle, hav. grsla an I all
arming implements. A reasonable credit will
be given,
BKMVDA. fOrXTBYMAJl
JOiiK O. HAY,
Adm'.B'strators.
I'DITOBS NOTICE.
In the matter of the estate of Ludwiek h, I a e
of Bel in Borough, Mo nersel Co.. Pa , dee d.
The nndersitmcd. appointed by the Court to pais
on t'.erxcepiions anl repst adistrlbut.oncfilie
funds iu the hands of the Executor, herebv gives
notre that he will attend at his office in Kimer-ers-.
Pa., on Friday. the2llh day of October 'Vt.
t" thedutsaof his enpointnwnt when and where
ail parties interested can attend.
HE.NkY T. BCHELL,
: W1- Aud- tor.
YamaDle RealEs
Grand Opening
OI1
W FALL GOODS
Of Every Description!
Immense Quantities to SeM from,
and the Tariff will have no effect
on our Selling Goods Cheap
a Br fore.
See What We Offer:
The best 40-inch Black and Colored
Silk Warp Cachmera for $1 wo
have ever had the pleasure ot
showing.
50-ineh Black and Colored Henri
etta Cacliimera at 75c., 85c., and
fl, Silk-finished, all new.
Cachimeres at 10, 12 1-2, 15, 20,
25, 30, 35, 40 and 50c, all the new
shades and styles. "
46-inch Serge3, in all cf the newest
styles.
A full line of Cloths of every de
scription and color. Prices from
25 to 75c.
IMaid and Striped Dress Goods in
all the new effects, at 25, 40 and
50c.
Fancy Flannels for Sacking of all
kinds. Handsome Silk Velvets in
Black and Colors. Velvets of all
kinds.
Velvet Ribbons and Dress Trim
mings of all the new styles. A full
line of Ribbons, all widths.
Flannels of all kinds, at prices way
down. Morgan Skirting Flannels
and Skirts, and Yarns, all kinds.
Thousands of Yards o'" Canton
Flannels in Colored, Bleached and
Unbleached at all prices.
Thousands of yards of the very best
Dark Calicoes, at 5c. 75 pieces
of Blue Satine-fini.sh Calicoes,
guaranteed colors, at 5e. Thous
ands of yards of good Dark Ging
hams, at 5c.
Calicoes at 4c. One case left.
The best 5 and G quarter Table Oil
Cloth at 25 and 30c.
A full line or New Blankets, Bed
Spreads, Table Linens, Towels,
Napkins, Towclings, and Notions
of all JiSnds.
JUST ARRIVED ! Wool and Cot
ton Carpet Chains, all colors.
It would be impossible to give
prices of our large stock in full. At
present all we ask is to call, and
we will convince you all that we
are headquarters for good goods,
cheapest goods, largest variety of
goods, and most desirable goods in
the county.
PARKER & PARKER.
MRS. A. E. UHL
lias received her New Stock of
FALL GOODS,
Consisting of all kinds of
Dress Goods,
either in Silk Warp and All-Wool
Henrietta Cashmeres
From 50 Cents a yard np. Plain,
1 laid and
STRIPED CLOTHS
From 15 Cents to $1.0(? a yard.
PLAIN CASHMERES
From 10 cents np. LTandsome 36-
inch Cashmeres, 25c. Tlaids and
Striped Dress Goods, from 5c.
Handsome plain and Strip
ed Goods to make up witli
Plain Goods, in
Combination dressesS
A Full Line of Flannel and Flannel
Skirts. White
Canton Flannel,
From 7 Ccnt3 up.
Colored, at same price.
Many new styles of Dress Goods,
.VZ ALL THE XEiY KISDS OF
DRESS TRIMMINGS.
Canton Flannel Shirtings,
Ginghams, and
a full line of
CALICOES, MUSLIN'S, ETC.
New Fall Waps
Now in. Jersey Coats ranging from
$2.75 to the best Fine Tailor
made Jackets, and all kiuds of
new Fall Styles of Jerseys. A
large stock of Velvet
and Velvet Ribbons
and a full lino of
Mes, Hisses' ani Qilta' fla
feTfEar. All these goods are cheap, and
good for the money. Come and
bcc them before making your pur
chases. MRS. A. E. Uhl.
tiff
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L. M. WOOLF & S0.v
J0II.YST0ir.VS GREATEST CLOTHIERS.
John Thomas & Son!
:-MAMMOTH STORKS, -
240 to 248 Main Street,
Is one of the wonders of Johnstown, with its Several Department -Department
"A" are Dry Goods In "" I
Department " B," Boots and Slices, f
Department C," Carpets. In
Department " D," Clothing, Hats, and Furnishing Go '
Department " E," Groceries. Department " F," Feec :
For Good Goois, Ch:ap Gccds, and:Ssascnall, G::;
They cannot be excelled. An examination will convince tlie i'
u douHing Thomas " of Somerset County. j
HEADQUARTERS FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE. i
Louther's
Main Street,
This Hodsl Drug Store is
Favorite with People in Search cf
FRESH MD PURE DRUGS,
Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Sponges, Trm
Supporters, Toilet Articles,
Perfumes, &c.
THX DOCTOR GIVES PEK30XAL ATTXXTIOS TO THS COSIPOCXDISG OF
Hysicians'Prascriptions I Family Receijf
eSEAT CARE J2EIXO TAKES TO VSE OSLT FRZSB ASD PURE AillCLIS
SPECTACLES, EYE-GLASSES,
And a Full Line of Optical Goods always on hand. 1'rl
such a large assortment all can be suited. j
THE FIHEST BBilHDS OF CIGARS
Always on hand. It is always a pleasure to display our
to intending purchasers, whether they buy
from us or elsewhere. f
J. M. LOUTHER, M. D. j
MAIN STREET .... SOMERSET. PA. f
EXPOSITION Opens Sept. 13, Clones Oct t
Admission, 25 Cents.
Hopper Brothers & Co:
EXTESO TO TOV A HEARTY JS VITA TIGS WUES YOU J7.ST THE CITY TO Ull '
EXAMISE THEIR STOCK OF
BEDROOM FURNITURE.
CARPETS, LACE CURTAIN'S, f
DINING AND KITCHEN FURNITURE, f
REDDING, STOVES AND RA.V
WK FLRNIS1I EVERYTHING THAT PERTAINS TO THE PROFER FITTIX') OF A Hol
LOWER PRICE THAN CAN BE HAD EIJEWUERE IN THE CITY. f
XfWE ARE NEAR THE EXPOSITION. I
Cars from the B. A O. and P. R. R. Depots pass our doors. Will glsdly give any iafonnaiion
HOPPER BROS- dt CO.. 307 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, t
Hl.R E I S
CAPPELLO TiJSGtl
srovE riPE,
KI.B0WS,
and everything in our line. S
A LOT OF SECOND-HAND STOVES, VERY CIIE
P. .A.. SCHELI
Pittsburgh, Fa.
. M rnr. reliable institution his prepared thousands of yoane men and wo-nvn S
rive dullesofife. Tothwwta waaluf useful, inckal e-lueatiun. eircularswill be -nt-ai as?
p. WKF A 1
visit" JOHif;
-AMD- i
VISIT Hi
No Store ir i
Western PennsylvaJ
Can offer better indticciiii-ht p,
trade than we. Everything aJ.j
tbing can 'k scon hero in"'i!ie ' i
of Mens. Boys and Cl,;i,')rr,'
Clothing. Hat. Sl.oe"','
Furnishing. I
. i
OUR NEW Clll
is fast superceding old Jo!,riitoT.
our establishment is larr
greater than ever. Visit ns.
will treat you fairly anl cour.
teously, and guarantee the
Best GroocI
for the least amount of ili0n,r
Ladies and Children'
c
LOAK DEPARTME
I moi with the rh.ii at N'nvelt y.
lerWear. llandome good an. , '
prevail here, oive us a is.L '
Drug Ston!
Somerset, Pa.
Rapidly Becoming a feF
PARLOR FURNITUr
THE LATEST AM) BE"
EVER Y JIA.YGE JS Itt-
EAXTED. I
The Largest and Mo"t C"f
Line of ?
asm mm and s
r
IN THE COUNTY. f
Every Size of Heater, F X
Small Bedroom Stores i
Largest Turn ace. i
IS
COAL HOD,
POKERS,