The Somerset Herald.
KDWARD BCt'LI Editor and Proprietor.
VEPSESllAT.
.June 21, lC
REPUBLICAN NATIONALTICKET
President,
Wii i.iav Mi KiNl-KV, of Ohio.
Vice Preiident.
Garrkit A. IIoiiaht, of New Jersey.
REPUBLICAN JTATE TICKET.
Coogresf men-t- Luge.
UALi-oHA A ukoy, of SnMjuehanna.
Ha kcel A. I)VEsr-oKT,of Erie.
Eleetort-at-Large.
Joseph Wharton, Philadelphia.
Alexander E. Tattoo, Clearfield.
William Witherow, Allegheny.
Ptter U Kimbcrly. Mercer.
Diitrict Electori.
1 Hi- J S I' tli Henry C. Pn vost.
It. Korke. m. J. It. I'.mwii.
:;. Kn.uk It. H. n.ll. y. f IT Kntl. II. Ktm.
4. Ixmi.l t!' I. l.v.r.l!i. '. itrrr" n Miller.
5. VVm. M Tneratrt. H. H. Shuidell.
ti. Jox-ph H. Hudd. ll. 3X Ueoiye T. swauk.
7. W i ilium K.fSoley. i-'i. A. C W liite.
h. John rnu. W m. N. liandolph.
s. ll.tirv I.. Johnson.. K. ertheimer.
10. J..lin'H. l-aiidis. .LI. Ji:.h J-.peer.
11. Kv.-r. tt Wanvn. liV Edw'd K. A tiraniK.
li It. W. Wild-. Isi.dorS. l.
l i. Harri-.n Hall. l-T- William Set.nur.
14. 1. W. Miller. Jo. U amipbeU.
X1NIRKW$.
F. J. Kooskr, of Somerset T.or.
Subject to d.vJfion of the District Conf.-renee.
ASSEMBLY.
YVm. II. Mili.kr, of yueiiiahoning Twp.
V. II. Saxxkr, of Somerset 15or.
ASSOCIATE Jl TKiE.
; ko. J. l'.i.At K, of Meyersdale Hor.
SH KKIl'F.
M. II. HartwlL, of Kockuood Ror.
rKOTHoNOTAIlY.
II. F. IIarko.v, of Somerset IJor.
RKIilsTKR A RKlXlRnilR.
J. M. Covkr, of Jenner Twp.
TRKAMKKR.
Wm. AVintkiis, of Somerset Twp.
turNTV COMMISSIONKR.
tin.i. F. KmiiEi, ofMilfor.1 Twp.
liAKKiKl. tJoon, of Somerset Twp.
I'OOR IUBl-MTOK.
J Aix.lt W. I'W K, of Summit Twp.
AOHTORS.
Jerkmiah Rhoahs, of Somerset Bor.
It. J. ltowjtAX, of r.rothcrsvalley Twp.
The party that successfully solved
the slavery question will easily solve
the money question.
Kvex the most chronic and persist
ent kicker can not find anything to
prowl over in the proceedings of the
Ilcpuhlican National Convention.
The sentoiKe with which Governor
Hastings called forth the greatest ap
plause in presenting Quay was: "Nom
inate hini, and he w ill elect himself.'
The I U publican party not only wants
American workinginen to have the
highest wages in the world, but it also
wants those wages paid in the lest
money in the world.
OrR Democratic friends seem to le
altogether unable to secure a candidate
for the Presidency. Ex-Secretary of
the Navy William C. Whitney, around
whom the hard-money Democrats have
rallied, on Monday declared that he
"would not run if nominated, and
would not serve if elected." Mr. Whit
ney, it is claimed, will lnlt the conven
tion in case a free-silver candidate is
nominated.
The free silver movement must be
squarely met, the IJa'timoreSun, Dem.,
says even though the party lines have
to !e broken to do it. If the Chicago
nominee and platform, taken together,
do not give the country as full an assu
rance on this point as St. Louis has
done, we K-lieve the coinmercialand
business interestu1TrIein revolt
againstjiAMtfT;:nore party lines in do
rng so, and, in that case, Republican
success next Novemler will at once lie--oine
assured.
A I'lspATvii from Cumberland, Md.,
is authority for the statement that the
eoj leof that city are apprehensive of
leing swallowed up by a flood. They
base their apprehensions on the fact
that rats are leaving the cellars in
droves, and are fleeing to the mount
ain. It is claimed that these rodents
are isted in such matters, and are tak
ing time by the forelock in order to get
out of the wet Maryland rats appear
tolas sagacious as Maryland Demo
crats. The nomination of Major McKiuley
is especially gratifying to the ieople of
Somerset, a large number of whom en
joy a personal acquaintance with the
d:stinguislcd Republican leader. Al
though there has lieen no public dem
onstration in honor of his victory, yet
it is safe to say that nowhere in this
broad land was the news of his nomin
ation received with greater satisfaction.
Somerset county will give Major Me
KitiUy the largest majority ever given
a R-.-puhlican candidate.
At a meeting of the new IU'publi-an
National Committee, held in St. Ixiuis
Friday morning, Hon. M. A. Hanna,
of Ohio, was unanimous elected
f!iairtiiaii. His selection is a just com
pliment to the man whose energy aud
political sagacity were so successfully
fin ployed in McKinley's preliminary
skirmish. Mr. Hunua modestly dis
claims any credit for the success of his
candidate lx'fore the convention, but
the Republican party feels that the
campaign will be conducted by a mas
ter hand. No mistakes will l made.
A si.AXOEimrs article reflecting upon
tliL- character and business enterprise
of the people of Somerset, ostensibly
written by a resident of this plac, was
recently published iu the Johnstown
Daily Democrat," and subsequently
mi the Connellsville "Courier" and the
Mcycrsdale "Commercial." In regard
to the Collegiate Institute, the people
of Somerset did more than they were
akrd to do, but refused to !e buueoed;
and as far as the summer hotel is con--.-rned,
the people of this place were
not asked to suliscribe to it Pittsburg
capital projected the hotel enterprise,
and will likely see it pushed to a suc
tvssful conclusion. Theciiterpriseof the
residents of this town, and the energy
and success of our business men are
the subjects of remark from all visitors,
aud it is entirely uuliecomiug in any
citizen to attempt to give the town a
"black eye."
It iH) not require the gift of proph
ecy to foretell the name of the nominee
of the St. Louis convention. The poj
ular choice was so plainly indicated,
and in a way that removed the question
f ntirely from the realm of doubt Will
iam McKinley was the people's candi
date, and they nominated him. His
candidacy represented more distinctly
aud emphatically the idea of protection
to Anv-'rican industries and American
labor than any other. McKinley stood
for protection, and now protection has
come to stand for McK i nicy. No more
lopular candidate has lieen named
since the formation of the government,
and he will te triumphantly elected in
November.
The Vice Presidential candidate, Gar
rett A. Hobart, of New Jersey, ia admi
rably fitted for the place, and poKaes
the elements of great personal popular
ity. He comes from a state which has
been, until recently, Democratic, but
which at present appears to I securely
lodged in the ItepuWican column.
The platform declares unequivocally
"for the existing gold standard," and
thus removes the doubt that has hung
over the financial future of theoouutry.
With audi candidates and such a
platform we are bound to win by un
precedented majorities.
One of the most powerful arraign
ments the Democratic party ever rec v
ed was given it by Senator-elect Fora
ker in his sjeech nominating Major
McKinley. We herewith quote the
opening sentences of his masterful
speech:
"Mr. President and Gentlemen of the
Convention: It would be exceedingly
difficult, if not entirely impossible, to
exaggerate the disagreeable situation of
the last four years. The grand aggre
gate of the multitudinous liad results of
a Democratic National Administration
may le summed up as one stupendous
disaster. It has leen a disaster, how
ever, not without at least this one re
deeming feature that it has lieen fair;
nolanly has escaped. Iud laughter.
"It has fallen equally and alikeon all
sectionsof the country and on all classes
of our people; the just and the unjust,
the Republican and the Democrat, the
rich and the poor, the high and the
low, have' suffered in common. Pov
erty and distress have overtaken bus
iness; shrunken values have dissipated
fortunes; deficiencies of revenue have
;..,..-.,r;i...l tlio (Government, while
Und issues and bond syndicates have
discredited and scamiaiizea me coun
try. Over against that fearful penalty
down one ereat.
blessed, comtensatory result it has
O
lestroyea tne iemocrains po;-
lieers ana lauginer.j
William McKinley.
A Brief Bketch of the Kominee at St lonU.
The father of Major Win. McKinley,
William McKinley, Sr., died recently in
his N".lh year, but his mother, who bears
ehe favorite old name of Nancy, is enjoy
ing good health at the age of 82. The
father of Mrs. McKinley, 8r was a Ger
man by birth, aud her mother waa of
Scotch descent Old Mr. McKinley
father was Scotch Irish in blood and his
mother was of English birth. His grand'
father, David McKinley, came to America
when 12 years old. He served in the War
of the Revolution and was pensioned by
the government The father of Mr. Mc
Kinley, Sr., moved fioui Mercer county.
Pa., and his wife was born in Columbia
county, Ohio.
At the time of the birth of Major Mc
Kinley, on January 29, Mr. and
Mrs McKinley, Sr., were living in aconi-
fortable two story frame house in Niles,
Trumbull county, Ohio, within a short
distance from the confluence of Mosquito
Creek and the Mahoning River. Niles
was at that time a village of aliout 3Uu in
habitants. Major McKinley's father was
an iron manufacturer, and a pioneer in
that business. William was his third son.
The eldest David, is now a resident of
San Francisco, where he is the Hawaiian
Consul General to the United States. The
second son, James, died about four years
ago. There is another son, Abner, young
er than the Major, who, although a 'citi
zen of Canton, spends most of his time in
New York, where he is engaged in bus
iness. The boy, William, was but 5 years old
when he entered the village school at
Niles. Later on he proceeded with his
studies at a more advanced school in the
village of Poland, to which place his par
ents hal moved in order that their child
ren might avail themselves of the letter
educational facilities whieh it aflorded.
Here he remained until his 17th year,
whe-u his father sent him to Allegheuy
College. His studies here were inter
lupted by the outbreak war.' "
When thecal' o' arms came, the slight,
paled faj, gray eyed, earnest and patri
otic y.mng student flung aside bis books
rtd decided to shoulder a musket for the
preservation of the Fnion.
He joined a company whieh had been
quickly formed at his home, and which
had assumed the rather pretentious des
ignation of the "Poland Guards."
The company was mustered in by Gen
eral Fremont, who, with the medical
officer, examined each of the boys. This
was in June, lil, and from that time
Major McKinley's history as a soidier
begins.
Aided by nothing save a good constitu
tion, a quick precept ion, a courteous
bearing, a brave heart and the highest
conceptions of duty, the young private
advanced step by step until at the close ot
the war he was mustered out as captain
and brevet major of the same regiment
in which he eulisted(Twenty-third Ohio
voluteer infautry ). During this period
he served on the staff of Brigadier Gen
eral Rutherford B. Hayes, who was
afterward President of the Fnitod State.
He was also honored with a position on
the stair of the brave Indian fighter.
General Crook, and subsequently on that
of Brigadier General Hazen.
The war ended. The youthful soldi er
modestly laid aside his regimentals,
waisted no time in recounting his exploit
and adventures as a s.ddier, and entered
upon the study of law. He graduated
from the Albany, (N. .Y.) Law School.
One year after the close of the war he was
a briefless young lawyer in the then little
tow n of Canton, Ohio, studying early and
late, and endeavoring to eke out a some
what scanty living by the aid of such re
tainers and fees a would come to one so
experienced in civil war and yet so in-exj-ericrctd
in the practice cf the. legal
profession. He managed aduiiraMy the
few cases whieh came to him. and his
brilliancy and ability so n attracted the
attention of Judge Hcldon. a leading
lawyer in Canton, who txk him into a
partnership, which lasted until the
Judges death in 170. That the people of
the town where William McKinley had
decided to pass his life appreciated him
and recognized his ability there can be
uo invisible doubt for iu 1, three years
after his advent, he was elected PrM9.;a
ting Attorney of SUrk county, and held
that position for some years. Major
McKinley soon developed into an able
and successful lawyer.
Major McKinley was but 31 years old
when he was elected by the people of his
district to represent them in Congress.
There be soon made his mark and was
returned at each sulisequent election un
til that of 1SW, in whieh year a gerry
mander of his district defeated him by a
majority of only SO. This was the cul
minating one of several efforts on the
part of the Democratic Legislature to
gerrymander McKinley out of Congress.
Three times has Mr. McKinley been
gerrymandered. In DCS he was placed
in a district msistin; of Stirk. W4yn
Ashland and Portage counties which was
naturally Democratic
While in Congress he nerved on the
Committee, on Revision of Iawn, the
Judiciary Committee, the Committee on
Expenditures in the Post Offlee Depart
ment and the Committee on Rulea. When
General Garfield received the nomination
for Presidency, Mr. McKiuley was align
ed to the vacancy on the Committee on
Ways and Means. He served on the last
mentioned committee until the expira
tian of his last term as Congressman.
While chairman of this committee he
framed the McKinley bill, which after
ward ttecame a law, and which still bears
his name.
In I he got votes at the National
convention for President but refused to
allow his name to be used. Again in
he refused to appear as a candid
ate although votes were recorded for
him.
Twice was Major McKinley elected
Governor of Ohio and he seived with
rare ability, statesmanship acd honor.
ITS MKIXLEY
AND HOB ART.
Protection and a Gold Standard are
the Watchwords of the
Campaign.
RECIPROCITY MUST BE RESUMED.
Tho Silver Delegates Retire From the
Convention But Alternate Take
Their Places--A Straight-out
Platform.
Tie Vote oa Preiident
Following is
the official detailed vote
for President in
the St Iuis Convention.
Me-
State
Km
ley
, I
Mor- Alli
um ynay Rood aoa
Aln!ma
1
A rkauw...-
lri
lallfuruLa....
l'Hirado.
l'onnx-tirut
IS
7 Z
6 2
Ik'lawarv
Florida..
Georgia
ldalio ...
Illinoi
1 ml lana....
Iowa
Kansas
Kent ucky .......
.-w
M
U
Ti
l
jx
IS
17
.14
i'e
3
i
17
l!"
t
8
e
is
H
24
IU
3
s
25
I yOUlKIHUH.
Maine .....
Maryland
MusacliusctU
MichtKaii
Miiim-sota
Mississippi
M isHouri ...............
l on tana.........
Nchra slta
Nevada -
New Hampshire.
New jersey ..........
New York
North Carolina-.
North Dakota.
i
2 -
hio
Oregon.... .
1'ennsvlvaniH....-
Ktiixle Island
bout It Carolina...
south lhikota.....
Ten uessee .
Texas .
flail
Vermont.
Vlrjri nia .
W'itkliinL't in
a
Vet Virginia
W 1SCOI1KII1.
Wyoming ..
A nzoim
New Mexico..-..
klahoma
Iminn Territory
District Columbi
Alaska
...... I 1
Z Z i "
a 6i 'i w: av:
Totals. IM.1
ne ote for Senator Ctomeron.
'i-essarv for chou-c, 4.VI.
Total number of delegates present
The eleventh Republican national con
vention convened in the ball prepared
for ?that purpose in the city of St Louis,
Mo., on Tuesdav. Juue Iu, aud was
called to order by Chairman Carter.
Prayer waa offered by Rabbi Sale, of St
Louis, after which C. W. Fairbanks of
Indiana, was chosen temporary chair
man. After the delivery of a brief ad
dress the several committees were an
nounced ; and the convention after a sea
sion of less than two hours, adjourned
until Wednesday morning, at 10 o'clock
The Pennsylvania members of the win
inittees of the convention areas follows
Utiles and order of business, Congress
man, II. II. Bingham, of Philadelphia
credentials. Senator W. II. Andrews, of
Crawford i organization, Charles II. Mul
lin, of Cumberland ; resolutions, ex-Congressman
Siuedley Darlington, of Ches
ter.
The Pennsylvania delegation at a cau
cus decided to cast 5S votes for Senator
tuay for President and 6 for Major Mc
Kiuley. The caucus waa called to order
by Senator Quay, its chairman, and after
the roll call of delegates and alternates by
Secretary Hex be suggested Governor
Hastings as chairman of the delegation,
Congressman Stone then offered tho
following resolution :
Resolved, That the Pennsylvania dele
gation approves of the following financial
plank, and recommends its incorpora
tion in the Republican national platform:
"We favor the maintenance of the ex
isting gold standard and are opposed to
the free coinage of silver, except by in
ternational agreement for bimetalism
with the leading commercial nations of
the world."
There was no debate. The delegates
seemed to be of one mind on this subject
and the resolution offered by Mr. Stone
was unanimously adopted.
Secretary of the Commonwealth Gen.
Frank Reeder moved to go into an elec
tion for a member of the national com
mittee for the next four years, and imme
diately nominated Senator Quay. If
there was any opjiosition to Senator
Quay it did not show itself, and his elec
tion was unanimous.
The real interest of the first session was
centered in the personnel of the conven
tion. On the platform ranged behind the
chairman sat his colleagues on the Na
tional committee, a notable group of
astute party generals. In his front sat
the delegates, the chosen leaders iu their
states and communities. Most promi
nent immediately lielow the stand was
the big four of Ohio, Hanna, the king
maker; the dashing Foraker, Governor
Bushnell and General Grosveuor. Di
rectly in their rear were the Indiana
delegates clustering aliout General Lew
Wallace, whose name is famed iu politics
literature and war, while to the rear of
them were the Pennsylvania delegates
headed by the"majestic" Hastings and the
silent, sphinx-like Quay, the conqueror
of so many hard fought political battles.
In the next tier of seats were the New
York contingent with Plait tho old as
sociate of the imperial Conkling, at the
head of the dominant faction, and the
suave Depew and Warner Miller, the
leaders of the opjositioii. Massachusetts,
with S.'uator Lidge iu command, was
just beyond, while to the right of the
stand sat Senator Teller, around wh ;n
the radical silver forces cluster. Scatter
ed throughout the pit were others no less
renowned in tho councils of the party,
Governor Bradley, of Kentucky, who
seconded Grant's nomination in issil. anj
who, like Senator Wellington, of Mary
land, who sat opposite, succeeded last
fall in wrestling his state from Democratic
rule; General "Dave" Henderson, the
brilliaut Iowa orator, and bis colleagues.
Senator Gear and Colonel Hepburn, who
took charge of the Allison boom ; ex
Governor Merriam, of Minnesota, the
champion of gold ; the venerable white
haired Dick Thompson, of Indiana, who
has figured so conspicuously in the his
tory of his party, now S7 years old, but
seemingly with many years of life and
vigor yet before him; General Walker,
of Virginia, who succeeded to "Stone
wall" Jackson's command ; Powell Clay
ton, the old Republican warhorse of Ar
kansas ; the genial Hobart, of New Jer
sey, and Evans, of Tennessee, both aspi
rants for the vice presidential nomina
tion ; William I'itt Kellogg, of Louisia
na who was Governor of his state in the
wild days of the Hayes-Tilden Return
ing Board; General Russell A Alger, of
Michigan, who was an aspirant for the
nomination in the bitter struggle of 18S8;
Kerns, Paterson, Tanner, Buckley and a
host of others.
Altogether it was a magnificent body of
men, but many of the notable figures of
the past were sadly missed. Conkling,
Frye and Hale, Cameron, picturesque
"Billy" Mahone, Ingersoll, Harlan,
Plumb, Garfield, were not there. Ex
Senator Ingalls was not in the pit hut on
the platform reserved for the newspaper
men reporting the convention along with
such old Journalists as "Field Marshal"
Halstead, Joe Howard and others as
brilliant of the younger generation.
WRDXEsnAY JIORNISO.
The early morning hours of the second
day of the convention were cloudy and
drizzling, and threatened a disagreeable
rainy day ; but just before 10 o'clock the
clouds dispersed. When Mr. Fairbanks
called the convention to order the house
was crowded and the galleries well filled.
. The convention was called to order at
j 10:45 and prayer waa offered by Rev. W.
G. Williams, of the M. E. church. At the
I close of the prayer the chairman reoog
nir.ed Senator Lrxlgo, of Massachusetts,
who stated that the committee on plat
form was not ready to report, and asked
that they be allowed to report to the af
ternoon session of the con vention.
The report of the committee on perma
nent organisation was then presented and
read. It named Senator J. M. Thurston,
of Nebraska, as chairman, made the sec
retaries, aergeant-at-arms, and other
temporary officer permanent officers of
the convention, and gave a list of Vice
Presidents one from each state, as agreed
on by the delegation. '
The reading of the list of V ice rreai-
dents was interrupted by applaae as pop
ular uainea were reached.
Hon. Frank Reeder waa chosen as the
Vice Preaident from Pennsylvania
CHAIRMAX THCBllToVe MPkkCU.
Senator Thurston took the chair amid
tumultuous applause aud addressed the
convention. He said in part :
Eight years ago I had the distinguished
honor to preside over the convention
which nominated the last Republican
President of the United States. To-day
I have the further distinguished honor to
preside over the convention which is to
nominate the next President of the United
States. This generation has had ita ob
ject lesson and the doom of the Demo
cratic party is already pronounced. 1 he
American people will return the Repub
lican party to power because they know
that its administration will mean :
The supremacy of the Constitution of
the United States.
The maintenance of law and order.
The protection of every American citi
zen in his right to live, labor and vote.
A vigorous foreign policy.
The enforcement of the Monroe doctrine.
The restoration of our merchant marine.
Safety under the Stars and Stripes on
every sea and in every port
A revenue adequate for all Govern
mental expenditures and the gradual ex
tinguishment of the national debt
A currency "as sound as the Govern
ment and is untarnished as its honor,"
whose dollars whether of gold, silver or
paper, shall have equal purchasing and
debt paying power with the best dollars
of the civilized world.
A protective tariff which protects,
oouled with a reciprocity which reci
procates, securing American markets for
American products aud opening Ameri
can factories to the free coinage of Ameri
can muscle.
A peusion policy just and generous to
our living heroes and to the widows and
orphans of their dead comrades.
The governmental supervision and con
trol of transportation lines and rates.
The protection of the people from all
unlawful combinations and unjust ex
actions of aggregated capital and corpo
rate power.
An American welcome to every God
fearing, liberty-loving, constitution-respecting,
law-abiding, labor-seeking, de
cent man.
The exclusion of all whose birth, whose
blood, whose conditions, whose teachings
whose practices would menace the per
manency of free Institutions, endanger
the safely of American society or lessen
the opportunities of American labor.
The abolition of sectionalism every
stariu the flag shining for the honor and
welfare and happiness of every cominon-
weahb and of all the people.
A deathless loyalty t- all that is truly
American and a patriotism eternal as the
stars.
As Senator Thurston closed his short
siieecb with the phrase, "A patriotism as
eternal as the stars," the air was rent
with cheers, amid which he was heard to
ask the official question: "Gentlemen,
what is your pleasure ?''
The secretary read a letter from the
chairman on credentials saying they were
engaged in the consideration of the Texas
case, and bad not been able to complete
it
On motion of Governor Bushnell, of
Ohio, the convention then adjourned
until 2 p. m.
WEDNESDAY AFTKBSOOJi.
It was 2; 4". when chairman Thurston
rapped the convention to order. The gal
leries were packed and the heat oppres
sive. After prayer Mr. Madden, of Chi
cago, was recognized and in appropriate
terms presented a gavel, made from
portion of the bouse in which Lincoln
once lived. A second gavel was present'
ed by Judge Denny, of Kentucky, made
from the wood which formed part of the
homestead of Henry Clay.
.Mr. Torrence of Minnesota," then pre
sented, in the name of the state, to the
chairman of the convention, the table
that stood in the front of the presiding
officer in I SC.
REPORT OF iXJMMITTEE ON t'HEPEXTI ALS.
The report of the committee on creden
tials was then presented by its chairman.
Mr. Fort, of New Jersey.
The report was in favor of seating the
Higgins delegates from Delaware and the
delegates-at-large and delegates from
Texas on the list headed by John Grant
The rest of the report read by the secre
tary recommended that'the roll of dele
gates and alternates of the convention
from the several states and territories, as
prepared by the national committee for
the temporary organization, be approved
as the permanent roll of the convention.
The report of the committee on ' rules
was received and adopted.
The rules recommended were almost
identical with those heretofore in force.
Among the changes, Indian territory
was given six votes instead of two, and
Alaska four votes instead of two.
Mr. Grosveuor moved to adjourn till 10
o'clock Thursday, and an equal storm of
yeas and nays was raised. The chai r
man declared in favor of the yeas, and at
5:07 p. ni. the convention adjourned ac
cordingly. THE PLATFORM COMMITTEE.
At a meeting of the committee on plat
form, Mr. Teller stated that he had pre
pared a minority report on the financial
plank, which he would present when the
stibjei-t was reached.' Tno remainder of
the platform, he added, was entirely sat
isfactory to him. When the money plank
was taken up Mr. Teller's minority re
port which was in the form f substi
tute, and declared in general terms for
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
at a ratio at 10 to 1, was defeated ayes,
10; noes, 4L Those voting in the a!fl;n -tive
were the delegates ot Colorado, Cali
fornia, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming,
Arizona, Nevada, North Caoolina and
New Mexico. The platform was then
adopted after a slight amendment had
been made to the gold plank.
THCRSDAT MORNINO.
When the convention meet at 10:30 a
ni., on Thursday morning the considera
tion of the platform was the first business
in order. The report of the comniif.ee
on resolutions was presented by J. B.
Foraker, chairman. Before its adoption
Senator Teller, of Colorado, offered a free
silver substitute for the financial plank.
This was tabled by a vote of yeas, 818)
nays 105. A separate vote was then takea
on the financial plank declaring for the
maintenaneeof the existing gold stand
ard, and it was adopted, the votes toeing,
yeas, 811; nays, 110J. The platform as a
whole was then ad&pted, amid cheers. A
protest signed by Senator Teller, of Colo
rado, Senator Dubois, of Idaho, Senator
Cannon, of Utah; Senator Pettigrcw, of
South Dakota; Congressmen Hartman, of
Montana, and Cleveland, of Nevada, was
then read, and the signers withdrew from
the convention.
The only entire delegations that with
drew were those of Colorado and Idaho
The leave taking was accompanied by
cheers and patriotic singing and was not
materially dramatic,
XAM1XO THE C ASniDATKS.
A Iter the sliver delegates left the hall
the naming of Presidential candidates be
gan. Charles II. Baldwin, of Iowa, spoke
for Allison; Henry Cabot Lodge, of
Massachusetts, for Reed; Chauncey M.
Depew, of New York, for Morton;, J. B,
Foraker, of Ohio, for McKinley, and
Governor Hastings, of Pennsylvania, for
Quay. The speeches were all of a high
order and were enthusiastically cheered
by the convention. It was observed that
the most persistent cheering, with the
exception of that for Mckinley, followed
presentation of the name of Senator tjuay,
No sooner had Governor Hastings con
cluded than the Pennsylvania delegates
were on their chairs howling fiercely,
blowing horns and waving flags. The
other delegates only cheered. The
Keystone statesmen managed to keep np
a remarkable racket; tbey kept yelling
"Quay! Quay ! Quay I" until the specta
tors took up the call, and after they had
held the floor for five minulos, and were
about to aubsido the baud came to the
rescue and helped them get their
second wind.
Iu the pt ogress of the ballot when the
vote of Ohio waa reached it was seen that
McKiuley had the requisite number of
votes to nominate him. The convention
then broke out into the wildest enthusi
asm and the nomination was made un
animous on motion of Senator Lodge.
VOTE FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
Following is the result of the first and
only ballot for vice president
Hobart Jt"Bi
Eva us 277.' i
Bulk ley
I S
2
v
I1Z1"...ZZ.Z1' i
29
Walker
Reed
Fred Grant.
Thurston
Depew
Irown....
Morton
Absent
Garrett A. Hobart, of New Jersey, hav
ing received a inajorty of all the votes
cast, was declared the nominee for vice
president and bis nomination was made
unanimous. Pennsylvania cast her 64
votes solidly for Hobart
After the announcement of the mem
bers of the committees to wait on the
nominees for president and vice presi
dent, the convention adjourned at 7:50 p.
ni.
Platform.
The Republicans of the United States,
assembled by their representatives in
National Convention, appealing for the
popular and historical justification of
their claims to the matchless achieve.
raents of thirty years of Republican rule,
earnestly and confidently address them
selves to the awakoned intelligence, ex
perience, and conscience of their coun
trymen in the following declaration of
facts and principles:
For the first time since the Civil War
the American people have witnessed the
calamitous consequences of full and un
restricted Democratic control of the iov
ernment It has lieen a record of unpar
alleled incapacity, dishonor, aud disas
ter. Iu administrative management it
has ruthlessly sacrificed indispensable
reveuue: entailed an increasing deficit;
eked out ordinary expenses with bor
rowed money; piled up the public debt
by 9i2,OUO,000 in time of peace ; forced
an adverse lialsnce of trade ; kept a per
petual menace hanging over the redemp
tion fund ; pawned American credit to
alien syndicates, and reversed all the
measures and results of successful Re
publican rule. In the broad effect of its
policy it has precipitated panic; blighted
industry aud trade with prolonged de
pression ; closed factories and reduced
work and wages ; hailed enterprise, and
crippled American production, while
stimulating foreign production for the
American market Every consideration
of public safety and individual interest
demands that the Government shall be
rescued from the hands of those who
have shown themselves incapable to ctn
duct it without disaster at home and dis
honor abroad, and shall be restored to
the party which for thirty years admin
istered it with unequalled success and
prosperity.- And in this connection we
heartily indorse the wisdom, patriotism.
and the success of the Administration of
President Harrison.
TARIFF.
We renew and emphasize our allegi
ance to the isilicy of Protection as the
bulwark of American industrial inde
pendence and the foundation of Ameri
can development and prosperity. TUis
true American policy taxes foreign pro
ducts ami encourages home industry ; it
puts the burden of revenue on foreign
goods ; it secures the American market
for the American producer; it upholds
the American standard of wages for the
American work iugman ; it puts the fac
tory by the side of the farm, and makes
the American tanner less dependent on
foreign demand and price ; it diffuses
general thrift, and founds the strength
of all on the strength of each. In its
reasonable application it is just, fair, and
impartial equally opposed to foreign con
trol and domestic monopoly, to sectional
discrimination and individual favoritism.
We denounce the present Democratic
Tariff as sectional, injurious to the public
credit and destructive to business enter
prise. We demand such an equitable
Tariff on foreign Imports which come
into competition with American products
as will not only furnish adequate reve
nue for the necessary expenses of the
Government but will protect American
labor from degradation to the wage level
of other lands. We are not pledged to
any particular schedules. The question
of rates is a practical question, to be
governed by the conditions of the time
and cf production , tho ruling and tin
compromising principle is the Protection
and development of American labor aud
industry. The country demands a right
settlement, and then it wants rest
REnpnociTT.
We lielieve the repeal of the reciprocity
arrangements negotiated by the last Re
publican Administration was a National
calamity, ami we dmnand their renewal
and extension on such terms as will
equalize our trade with other nations,
remove the restrictions which now ob
struct the sain of American products in
the ports of other countries, and secure
e-ilarged markets for the products of our
farms, forests and factories.
Protection and Reciprocity are twin
measures of Republican policy and go
hand in ha-nl. Demncrat:c rule has
recklessly struck down both and Im'.h
must lie re-estalished.
Protection for what we produce; free
almission for the necessaries of life
which we do not produce ; "reciprocal
agreements of mutual interests whieh
gain open markets for us in return for
our open market to others. Protection
builds up domestic industry and trade,
and secures our own market for our
selves ; Reciprocity builds up foreign
trade and finds an outlet for our surplus.
SCQAK.
We condemn the present Administra
tion for not keeping faith with the sugar
producers of this country. The Repub
lican party favors such protection as will
lead to the production, on American
soil, of all the sugar which the American
people use, and for which they pay other
countries more than $100,000,000 an
nually.
WOOL AND WOOLENS.
To all our products to those of the
mine and the field, as well as those of
the shop and the factory, to hemp, to
wool, the product of the great industry
of sheep husbandry, as well as to the fin
ished woolens of the mill we promise
the most ample Protection.
MERCHANT MARINO.
We favor restoring the early American
policy of discriminating duties for the
upbuilding of our merchant marine and
the protection of our shipping in the
foreign carrying trade, so that American
ships the product of American labor,
employed in American shipyards, sail
ing under the Stars and Stripes, and
manned, officered, and owned by Amer
icans may regain the carrying of our
foreign commerce.
MONEY.
The Republican party is undoubtedly
for Sound Money. It caused the enact
ment of the law providing for the re
sumption of specie payments in 1879;
since then every dollar is as good as
gol
We are unalterably opposed to every
measure calculated to debase our cur
rency or impair the credit of our coun
try. We are therefore opposed to the
I Free Coinage of Silver, except by inter-
n.llin.l aw&ak.a. : t- . 1 , 1 -
t iimitum iv, i cviii voi wnn me learning
commercial nations of the world which
we pledgo ourselves to promote ; and
until such agreement can bo obtilned,
the existing Gold Standard must be pre
served. All our silver aud paper cur
rency must be maintained at a parity
with gold, and we favor all measures
designed to maintain inviolably the obli
gations of the United Slates and all our
money, whether coin oi paper, at the
present standard the standard of the
most enlightened nations of tho earth.
PENSIONS.
The veterans of the Union Army de
serve, and should receive, fair treatment
and generous recognition. Whenever
practicable they should lie given the
preference Iu the matter of employment.
and they were entitled to the enactment
of such laws as are best calculated to
secure the fulfillment of the pledges
made to them in the dark days of the
country's peril. We denounce the prac
tice in the Pension Bureau, so recklessly
and unjustly carried on by the present
Administration, of reducing pensions and
arbitrarily dropping names from the
rolls as deserving the severest condemna
tion of the American people.
FOREION RELATIONS.
Our foreign policy should be at all
times firm, vigorous, and dignified, and
all our interests in the Western Hemi
sphere carefully watched and guarded.
The Hawaiian Islands should lie con
trolled by the United States, and no
foreign power should be permitted to in
terfere with them ; the Nicaraguan Canal
should be built, owned and operated by
the United States ; and by the purchase
of the Danish Islands we should secure
a proper and much-needed naval station
in the West Indies.
ARMENIAN MA SHC RES.
The massacres in Armenia have
aroused the deep sympathy and just in
dignation of the American people, and
we believe that the United States should
exercise-all the influence it can properly
exert to bring these atrocities to au end.
In Turkey American residents have lieen
exposed to the gravest dangers, and
Americau property destroyed. There
and everywhere American citizens aud
American property must lie absolutely
protected at all hazards and at any cost
MONROE IMMTRINE.
We reassert the Monroe Doctrine in
its full extent, and we reaffirm the right
of the United States to give the Ikx-trine
effect by rescinding to the appeals of
any American State for friendly inter
vention in case of European encroach
ment We have not interfered, and
shall not interfere, with tho existing
possession of any European power iu
this hemisphere, but those possessions
must not, on any pretext be extejided.
We hopefully look forward to the event
ual withdrawal of the European powers
from this hemisphere, and to the ulti
mate union of all English-speaking parts
of the continent by the free consent of its
inhabitants.
rvBA.
From the hour of achieving their own
independence the jieople of the United
States have regarded with sympathy the
struggles of other American peoples to
free themselves from European domina
tion. We watch with deep and abiding
interest the heroic brittle of the Cuban
patriots against cruelty and oppression,
and our best hopes go out for the full
success to their determined contest for
liberty.
The Government of Spain having lout
control of Cuba and being unable to
protect the property or lives of resident
American citizens or to comply with its
treaty obligations, we lielieve that the
Government of the United States should
actively use its Influence and good offices
to restore peace and give independence
to the Island.
THE XAVY.
The peace and security of the Repub
lic and the maintenance of its rightful
influence among the nations of the earth,
demand a naval power commensurate
with its position and responsibility
We, therefore, favor. the continued en
largement of our Navy and a complete
system of barlsir and scacost defenses.
FORKIUN IMMIIlRATION.
For the protection of the quality of
our American citizenship and of the
wages of our workingmen against the
fatal competition of low-priced labor, e
demand that the immigration laws be
thoroughly enforced and so extended rs
to exclude from entrance to the United
niaies muse wno can neither read nor
write.
CIVIL SERVICE
The Civil-Service law was placed on
the statute books by the Republican
party, which has always sustained it,
and we renew our repeated declarations
that it shall be thorough and honestly
enforced and extended wherever practi
cable. FREE BALLOT.
We demand that every citizen of -the
United States shall lie allowed to cast
one free and unrestricted ballot, and that
such ballot shall lie counted and returned
as cast.
LVNCHINUH.
AVe proclaim our unqualified condem
nation of the unclviluod and Iiarbanms
practice, well kuown as lynching, or
killing of human lielngs, suspected of
or charged with crime, without process
of law.
NATIONAL ARnlTRATION.
We favor the creation of a National
Board of Arbitration to settle and adjust
differences which may arise between em
ployers and employees engaged in inter
state commerce.
HOMESTEADS.
We lielieve in an immediate return lo
the free-homestead policy of the Repub
lican party, and urge the passage by
Congress of tho satisfactory free-home
stead measure whieh has already pnssed
tho House, and is now pending in the
Senate.
TERRITORIES.
We favor the admission of the remain
ing Territories at the earliest practicable
date, having due regard to the interests
of the people of the Territories and of the
United Suites. All the Federal officers
appointed for the Territories should le
elected from b:inu-fi le residents there
of, and the right of self-government
should lie accorded as far as practicable
ALASKA.
We believe the citizens of Alaska
should have representation in the Con
gress of the United States, to the end
that needful legislation may be intelli
gently enacted.
TEMPERANCE.
We spmpathize with all wise ai d
legitimate efforts to lessen and prevent
the evils of intemperance and promote
morality.
RK1I1TS OF WOMEN.
The Republican party is mindful of the
rights and interests of women. Protec
tion of American industries includes
equal opportunities, equal pay for equal
work, and protection to the home. We
favor the admission of women to wider
spheres of usefullness, and welcomo their
co-operation in rescuing the country
rrom Democratic and Populist niisman
agement and misrule.
Such are the principles and policies of
the Republican party. By these- princi
ples we will abide, and these policies we
will put into execution. We ask for
them the considerate Judgment of the
American people. Confident alike in
the history of our great party and in the
justice of our cause, we present our plat
form and our candidates in tho full assur
ance that the election will bring victory
to the Republican party and pronperity
to the people of the United States.
Taken in time Hood's Sarsapnrilla
prevents serious illness by keeping the
blood pure and all the organs in
healthy condition.
Stein keeps np with the demands of
the
trade. Anything from a needle toe up
or
down,
sented.
AH shoes warranted as reDre
Mammoth Block, N. Main St
Eczema of the scalp or Scald
even in its most severe form i
Head,
never
lallingly cured by Doan's Ointment
the
surest specine for all itchiness of the
skin
The Nominee for Vise President
Garrett Augustus Hobart the Republi
can vice presidential nominee, is pro
bably one of the best known politicians
In New Jersey, and is also widely known
in the cities of New York and Brooklyn,
where he his extensive business rela
tions. Mr. Hobart was born at Long
Branch, in the county of Monmouth, in
1MI, aud is therefore 52 years of age. He
graduated from Rutgers college, at New
Brunswick, In 1-fi'l, aud shortly after
wards commenced reading law in tho
office of Socrates Tuttle, in the city of
Paterson, and was admitted to the bar
iu lstiti. one of hss first official positions
was city counsel for Paterson, to hi-h
he was appointed iu 1371, and in 172 he
was appointed solicitor of the Passaic
county board of freeholders. He was
elected to the house of assembly in 1J7-J
aud 1574, and iu the latter year was
elected speaker of the house. In 187U
he was elected to the state senate from
the county of Passaic, and w as re-elected
iu 17'J, aud in 18nl be was elected to the
presidency of that body, which position
he held for two years. During his sen
atorial career he was recognized aa a
leader aud introduced a large number
of important measures which are on the
the statue books of the state.
lssu he was selected as the chairman of
of the republican state committee, and re
mained in that position for a nu in tier of
years with credit alike to himself and the
paity he represented.
Mr. Holiart had the distinction of re
ceding uioie votes for stale senator in
the county of Passaic than were cast for
Mr. Hayes for president and from the
time of his entrance into politics com
manded the foreuiost position of leader
ship of his party in that conuty. Mr.
Hobart's recognized ability as a politi-al
general in his wisdom in mapping out
state campaigus gained for hitu a na
tional reputation, aud he was in constant
demand in both state aud national com
mittees. He was chairman of the slate
committee from 1N-0 to 1!1 and was sent
as a delegate aud delegate-at-large to
several national conventions.
He was chosen a member of the repub
lican national committee in lxM aud for
several years was vice chairman, his
abilities being recognized and appreciated
by his associates of the national commit
tee. lien the boom was hrst lauuehed
for John W. Giggs for governor of New
Jersey, Mr Hobart was in Europe, but on
his return home he entered heartily into
the campaign, and it was lar gely due to
his etTorts that Mr. Griggs was nomin
ated, and his election as the first repub
lican governor for more than a quarter of
a century, by the unexpected majority of
2i,0ti0 in a recognized democratic state.
was a splended vindication of Mr. Ho
bart's wisdom and sagaciousness as a
campaign manager.
It is claimed by strong friends of Mr.
Hobart that his warm personal and po
litical friendship for General William
Sew ell more than once strained him
from allowing the presentation of his
name as a candidate for United States
senator; and even once, when Senator
Youngblood, of Morris county, named
Mr. Holiart, Mr. McPherson, the demo
cratic caucus nominee, received only
seven votes more than Mr. Holiart, in the
(ace o one of the strongest battles eve r
fought at Trenton, with a host of demo
ocralic malcontents and disgruntled re
publicans of both houses.
Mr. Hobart has lieen eminently suc
cessful as a lawyer, as well as an astute
political manager, and his shrewdness in
executive ability has been called into re
quisition iu the formation and manage
ment of many of the large corporate and
private enterprises of New Jersey.
In this capacity he has lieen recognized
by the judiciary of the state, aud faithful
ly discharged his trusts, as receiver, of
tho Montclair Railway company, the
New Jersey Midland Railroad company,
the Jersey City and Albany Railroad
company, and also of the Frst National
bank of Newark, being warmly congratu
lated by the comptroller of the currency,
in lsso, for his management of the re
ceivership of the lallter institution.
Mr. Hobart as an entertainer is recog
nized as a prince among men, possessed
of wonderful personal magnetism and a
ready flow of wit, which makes him a
welcome guest at social functions, politi
cal gatherings or in tho world of finance,
literature and art
"Carroll Hall," the home of Mr. Ho
bart in Paterson, is one of the niot hos
pitable and homelike establishments in
the state of New Jersey, and Mr. Hobart,
w ho has dealt with all classes and condi
tions of men, is recognized as one of the
most "approachable citizens of the mu
nicipality in which he resides.
He is a trustee and administrator of
many large estate, and interested in a
uumberofbig enterprises in New Jersey
and New York, in whieh he has accumu
lated a respectable fortune. Mr. Hobart
married Miss Jennie Tuttl e, an accom
plished young lady, the daughter of So
crates Tuttle, In whose office he studied
law.
Medicinal value In a buttle of Rood's Sana
iarilla th in In any oilier preparation.
More) skill li required, more rare taken, nsire
expenso Incurred In Its manufacture.
It rosts the proprietor and tli; dealer
More but it costs the consumer frvu. as be
gets more dosct for lin money.
M Ore) curative iiwer is seetired by iu peculiar
combination, pro)Mirtioa and process,
which makes it peculiar to Itself.
More) peol are employed and more space oc
cupied In Its I-abontory than any other.
Mora ikI 'rful cures eflerti-d ami m-ir tes
timonials riss-iretl than by at:y oilier.
Mare sale and more increase year "by year
.ire reported by drupcists.
Moro pr, are t-M.mn Hood' Sarsnparill
io-lay tin", any other, and mere are
LAniK it t"Ly tlian ever belore.
More) and ktii.l mi k a reasons uiiht be
gitru way you should tike
CHI
Sarsaparilla
The One True Blood Purifier. (1 ; six for ..
m, , ri. a cure all I.iver Ills and
nOOU S FlllS Stck Headache, ssceiit.
purity. . X
I what you should look for when buy- S
iiiK whiskey or liquors; Mini are iruar-
nil irt-, viiu uuy mini us you
pel them direct from the IT. H. Oovcro
meut stumped barrel; there is no bet
ter guarantee.
Prices Speak for Themselves.
2 yenr old. Pure Rye, 2.m per gut.
- - - .
4 M M M M M
7 " - x: -
io " "
14 M " 5..io -
17 g.-o
i
Special price list on Wines, etc., on
application. No extra charge for jug
or put-King, mve us a inal oruer.
A. AN DRI ESSEN,
IHl Federal St, Allegheny, rs.
SP
!
Don't Bolt your food, it irritates your
stomach. Choose digestible food and
chew it Indigestion Ls a dangerous
sickness. Proper care prevents
Shaker Digestive Cordial cures it That
is the long and the short of indigestion.
Now, the question is: Have vou pot 1
digestion? Yes, if you have pain or dis
comfort after eating, headache, dizziness.
nausea, offensive breath, heart burn
languor, weakness, fever, jaundice, flat
ulence, loss of appetite, irratibilitv. con
stipation, etc Yes, you have indigestion.
to cure it take Shaker Digestive Cordial
The medicinal herbs and plants of whicl
Shaker Digestive Cordial is composed
help to digest the food in your stomach
help to strengthen your stomach. When
your stomach is strong, care will keen it
so. Shaker Digestive Cordial is for sale
by druggists, price 10 cents to f 1.00 per
bottle.
EVERY DAY
orings ometning;' iNew
A Riding or Walking
No dragging of frame on l'ic ground.
itself of trash as easily as a hay rake. Iiuns x-i light with i
a man on as others do without a load.
CALL AND SEE IT. WE
IN THE WORLD.
Sold on Trial.
J. B. Holderbaum,
Somerset, Pa.
irji -
SE
v"rssT7"irvlL
The New Capello Range.
WE sell the NEW CAI'ELLO RANGE, guaranteed the largest andlej
Range of its class on the market It has very large and Livrh ov
ens, heavy grates, linings and tops. Baking and Roasting qualities
the highest as thousands of daily users can testify. If you war.:
the best buy a
ZLsTZB'W CA
ALSO A FULL LINE OF
GRANITE, COPPER TINWARE
Milk Cans, Screen Poors and Windows, Ice Cream Freezers, Oil and
Gasoline Stoves. Call and see us. Respectfully,
P. A.
- A CHANCE TO
QXJINN'S,
136 Clinton St., - - JCHNSTGWN PA.
Are Selling
2,500 Fur Capes for S12.50.
I.OOO Ladies' Jackets for S5.00.
And Other Winter
" James
1847.
SOID.A. SIPiELIILTGi-.
When
YOU
are
Dry
ICE
1
fCOLD i SODA.
ALSO
Pure Drugs and Chem-1 Fine Imported & Do
icals. I mestic Cigars.
G. W. BENFORD, Manager.
JHr-Office of Dr. S. M. IM! in roar f Store, where he will wait upon ratiiit
Saturday of each week. '
FURNITURE
I
1 Our Stock Is Lare. 3
A thing to be considered
sE . In buying Furniture. 3
PRICE Li generally heltl to I of the first important. It j
sh.iuld be the lat. If you buy fur quality you pay atvrdiii;i'. 3
If you buy for price you get what you pay for.
f- -4
g- Chamber Suit..; Solid Oak and Cherry, containing six pieces, fci'i, 3
5- Antique Oak SuitH, :::::: : $i's ?i d
Parlor Suits, ::::::: ?-" .?-. ' 3
Sideboards, Solid Oak, :::::: $lu, j
Chain, Reds, Springs, Mattresses and all other kinds of Furniture at Ui -
lowest price. 3
FIGURE : : : : : 3
Corera a multitude of fins, but it isn't necessary to hae the
nndexiratile features to secure figure. Establish in your aiind
the detail of grades,"theu you are readv for price.
C. H. Coffroth,
E 606 Main Cross Street.
tu.uumimiuiittiui
Spiing Tooth Harrow. (
The lightest s-haft. Willi clear-
GUARANTEE IT THE EESTi
Don't Thinks 3
if watlr time over proli!-iti
that others have tlioui;';! out (or 5
you. 2
i
GOOD RESULTS,
t'oiue from Jon x-ruri-
Tfc Cinderella Steve and Ranges
Ar tU r-Milt of nr tMrty-Hw
VfurV p-rtit-. Ttn-y arc noU-l
fr ihi-ir iiur.tMiity, ouvt(ii iHr
nl ft,iomy.
Sirial attention tw-vn pari 3
to .linking wfovt-? the way th
jlt- want th-m, with it view of
iiie-nii fvery ivtjuirvmr-nt at
moderate tt.
Thfir cleanliness lfsfenH laltor.
Thfir economy wives money.
J. B. Holderbaum,
SOMERSET. - - PA.
BLLO.
SCMELL,
SOMERSET. PA.
MAKE MONEY-
Goods in Proportion,
Quiiin;
1896.
SOMERSET, FA
IX Unsur
jj i gf passed