I; i i I : i n The Somerset Herald. EDWARD SCULL. Editor and Proprietor. WEDSESUAY. July 29, 1896 REPUBLICAN NATIONALTICKET President, Wim.iam McKisi.ev, of Ohio. Vice President. Garret A. Hobabt, of New Jersey. REPUBLICAN SJATE TICKET. Congrefimea-at Large. ; ai.imi A A ;iu.w, of Suwjo. hnM. AVITL A. lVF.sroKT,or Krt. Electors-at-Large. Jo- ph Whitrton, Philadelphia. Al. iu.l. r K. rU.Mi, ViarttcM. Willu.ni Witlfr, AIMctimy. JVt-r U Kiml-rly. M-rt-r. District Elector, i r j s r i ii n- nrr rrwost. i. Alin 15. Korke. i Hi. J. It. Mrniwn. 3. Vnatk H. H.ndi.-y. il Krwl. H. KUm. t. I MIIlw I. " I IK. I". Brow" Millrt. - i ... vi Tu..uUrt iiy K ml. Slimd- ll. ti J.fc. i.ii H. H ufldrll. "Jl. lnf T. swnk. - .i-i.ii..... . :! . White. k J.itiu KriuL ' Ji M m.N. Kxndol.h- . Hrtin-L J..linson.. K. erthmT. lil. .luiuTll. l.udiK. at. JiwiHh JiPr. 11. Kvrtvil Warren. -V. Kdw'd t- A brains. L K. W. Wild.-. :. IwMiorStiHeL H. HnrriMin Kali. jiT. Willutni Srhnur. 1 . U. W. Miller. I. J. Campbell. XXGRK8S. F. J- Koowkr, of Somerset Bor. Hul.jwt 1 division of Uic IHstrict OHilcreiK-e. ASSKMBI.V. Wm. ir. Mii.i.kr, of yueuiahotiing Twp. W. II. Kaxkkr, of Somerset Bor. twaim jitwk. t;i. J. Ulai k, of Aleyerwdale Bor. M. H. HartzelL of Rockwood Bor. i-rkthukotakv. II. F. IJarros, of Somerset Bor. KKl.l.-TKK A RWtlBllKB. J. M. Cover, of Jenner Twp. TRKASIRKK. Ym. VTistkii of Somerset TVp. rierv commissioner. tiv F. KiMJiKL,of Milford Twp. ; AiiKiKL Uoon, of Somerset Twp. POOR IIIRK4TOR. J ai-ob V. Pb k, of Summit Twp. ArnrroRs. Jk'RF.MiAR Khoaiih, of Somerset Bor. il. J. Bowma.n, of Brolhersvalley Tap. tl. V. Atkixsox has been nomina ted for (Jovernor by the Republicans of Ve?t Virginia. AtiRtixi to a record kept by the Chicago Tribune, Deniocratie papers have bolu-d the Chicago ticket bo far. Whex Bryan was in Congress he voted airainst the protection of the l-l-uptr industry, and thus made it frtain tliat he will not carry Nebraska this j-ear. The Itepublh-an party not only wantn lalr to have steady employ ment at good wages, but it al wants thone wapes to lie jaid in currency of the hhrhest value. I?rvax is fond of quotint; from Abra ham Lincoln's Peeches. If he cent in e to study them he will take a des- iemte dislike to the platform on which lie if running. It i.s a curious fact that Bryan does not U-long to the Democratic party of his own Hate, but to a bolting faction which nominated a ticket of its own lat year, and oiled only a little over one-twentieth of the whole number of votes ca.U Sorxn Money Democrats met in Chi t-ago, on Thursday, from Kentucky, Ohio, Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indi ana, Nebraska and Illinois, aud deci ded to issue a call for another conven tion to repudiate Bryan and his plat form. Ex-Secretary Whitney said in New York that a tJold Democrats' ticket will lie nominated. Tills, he claims i the inevitable course. The silver agitation is having its ef fect. Tlie people who have money on deposit are withdrawing their deposits. and insisting that they lie paid in gold, In Kansas City, when a run was made on the gold vaults, the bankers refused to pay out gold, and to all who wished to withdraw, their money was paid in silver, which was a metal they did not are to hoard. What would this coun try lie with Bryan for President and free coinage of silver? The oiily way to prevent the total ruin of everything is to elect the IiepuMican ticket and put William McKinlev at the head of sifl'airs. Tl.at will be an evidence of se curity and peat, plenty and prosjierity Mr. Edward Atkixsox, the well- known political economist, writing on the silver question several years ago, id: "The anuu: 1 value of the nilver pnKlu-t is about HO,(((,nii, in gold The production of the hen yards of the I'nited States, according to the census !atistie, was, in IsTw, Vi,910,ftlt dozen eggs, and if liens have increased in the ratio of population, it is now 5K,0do,IUi dozen, which, at only ten cents a dozen, would exceed the value of the product of the silvermines. It would lie vastly more reasonable for Congress to order the coniulsory purchase of $ ,XmKl worth of eggs per month, 'in order to sustain the hen products of the Enited States,' than it is to buy ,mtMM) worth of silver, lieeause the eggs could I used, or else wot.ld rot, while the silver can not lie used, and is expensive t- store and to watch." Kamk'IJ'H Bartox, who headed the Democratic electoral ticket in Mary land, has withdrawn, and will support the Itepuliliean nominees. In a letter to Hon. Hattersley W. Talliot, chair man of the Democratic 8tate central committee, Mr. Barton says: "It might lie possible for me to dismiss the resolu tions aimed at the Supreme court and President Cleveland and the civil oer vice law as mere generalities, intended to soothe the spleen of such men as Till man and Altgeld, but to the dangerous t-rror of the money resolution I find it iniKMsible to reconcile myself. I can think of no class of our people, from the day laborer to the capitalist, who will not suffer disastrously by the delu sion that inflation brings prosperity. I do not wish to identify myself with a Kliinl party urging the measures of- fered to the people in the Chicago plat form. I am most reluctantly forced to toe conclusion that. McKinley and Ho- Iwrt at this time represent the best in terests of the people, and I shall vote f r them." Thk fanner and the laboring man of this country are awakening to the fact that tlie money question is not the only one that affects them. The St. Ixjuis convention that nominated McKinley declared for that protection which of all things w ill benefit tlie working classes of this country. -At the Chicago con vention, however, tlie same old demand for free trade was made that free trade which w rought so much ruin and mis ery in this country. If we want a re turn to prosperity we must na-enact the McXinley law, and that can only be done by the election of tlie Ilepublican ticket. And the farmer, workingman, business man, merchant, manufactu rer, producer aud w age-earner of every tariff in this frequent and free oiscussiou o. " - the money question. ith a tann su. n , .i . in tH McKin- as was given inewuuuj ley law will come good vages, -good iHisincss and gool times. II eke is the way the electoral college ill be constituted in the election of the next President: Al.l.ma H ebimk- s ArliitnKiu tl V .n- u 1 1 a 3 y Now HsmtUire 4 4 N Jt-ns-y 10 6 New York Norih Cnrvliaa 11 " X North lHtkulM 1 Ohio 2 llilirnia. IVilorMilik. (VinuiTlii'Ul.... lirlawaiv Hinil ... Wiinem IOmUo S irvon. Illinois IViniylvuu4 l', Hhisii! Island j.t sxHilh Oiroliua. J0 HcHHh IHkkoU- 4 ... .15 liKlutua-. Iowa.... Kjuwuit... Kfiiiucky., ..13 Tnnw Manluua. S Texan S M:iia tiuptta 1HIIKUI1 Mat li M m-Ii iKau.... ... IS I'ImIi... w v, rttuHlt t Virginia 1 H WH!U"t''i.... i y tt wt Vliyiniii 1 1 Wiaoontm . lil J7 Wyoming. S . 3 41T MtniMisiiA . Misiusvippi Miwourt MonUiut Tutsi... N-,-MiiMr' In a clwkf. It is commie!, even by the Populists, that Mckinley will carry all of New England, and the doubtful States of New York, New Jersey and Connecti cut It is also conceded by Sound Money Democrats that he will get Del aware, Maryland and West Virginia, and lie luu more than an even chance in Kentucky and Tennessee. The battle-ground is thought to lie in Illinois, Iowa, Indiana and Michigan, but the republicans have no fear of any of tin States, nor of Nebraska, South Dakota and Washington, with good prosects of California and Oregon. The two national conventions held in t. Ixhiu last week, says the Phila delphia Tiniea, weftf composed chiefly of the crankier portion of the crauks who erected the standard of repudia tion and lawlufc-ness in the Democratic convention of Chiragn. Mlofthe three j eouvcu lions wanted tlitsanie candidate for President U'iuide ie is tlie embodi ment of repudiation, pouimuuisiu. and anarchy. It was only IogkI tliut a uwarru of the crankier cranks from Chicago could not be guided into expedient action at St. Ijouis, even with Chairman Jones, of the so-called Democratic national committee, present as master of cere monies. The cranks of SL Louis had to carry ot.t some particular crank of their own, and they accomplished it by rejecting Mr. Sewell, the Chicago can didate for Vice President, aud nomina ting Mr. Watson, of Georgia, who is as nearty the counterpart of Bryan as pos sible, for the second place ou the ticket. Of course there will be some fri'-tion and considerable sloughing off from this triple alliance of political revolu tionists, but the chief desertion will be from the old Democratic line that must revolt in tlie most aggressive way against the prostitution of the Demo cratic name aud flag to principles which are at war with all Democratic record and traditions. Let no one doubt, however, that what tihall be left of this triple alliance of revolutionists when the closing day of the campaign are reached, will be thor oughly united on one electoral ticket in every State. It is their only hope of success in many of the debatable States, and without such union even the wild est of them could not hope to elect their ticket. The battleof 1890 must be fought from the standpoint that it Ls a direct issue between the supporters of national hon or and integrity on the one side, and the opponents of national honor and integrity on the other side, with the lines so distinctly drawn that none can mistake them. - The issue is presented in the clearest terms to the people of the United States, and the decision to be rendered must determine whether the great free government of the world can maintain its faith and protect its peopl against the repudiation and revolution ary elements of the land. How Silver Eai Benefitted Farmers. From the Canton Repository. It has been claimed that farm lands be gan to go down in 1S73, when silver was demonitized for the time. From 17IG to 1S7.", including the rule of Democratic and all other parties, only eight million dollars of silver had been coined. Since then six hundred million dollars of sii ver has been coined under the Bland and Sherman laws. And yet this did uot stop the deprecia tion of farm values. I'uring the single year ending June. eleveu million dollars was coined from the hundreds of millions of dollars worth of silver bullion lying in the treas ury vaults, whieh-the government had bought in the effort to coin and consume the product of the American silver mines only. Thus there was coined last year alone nearly fifty per ceut more silver than was coined during all the years of Democratic and other party rule from lTttlto 1K7.S. If increased silver coinage increased farm values, farm would be worth 7i times as much now as in 173. Hut they do not sell for that much more. They sell, instead, tor much less. Now the United States guarantees every silver dollar to be as cood as gold. But it is proposed to coin in the United States mints for the miners of the world free of rliarge, silver dollars out of 1 cents worth of their silver. It is easy enongh to sec where thesilver miner will get his profit. But just how niu-ii silver w ill increase farm value. with the experience of having 75 times as much silt er now as in 1S7-1 is not so plain Experience is the best teacher. Surely more silver has not increased farm values. 'How Would Free Coinage Affect Xe V From tb New York Herald. This is the question that millions of voters are asking to-day, and if it is answered intelligently Mr. Bryan will b swept out of sight in November. If yoa are working for wages or a sala ry, or if you are in receipt of a fixed sum from investments or from a pension, then free coinage would virtually reduce your income nearly one-half and compel you to live on a mnch poorer scale. You would receive just the same nam her of dollars as at present, but it would take nearly two dollars to buy as much clothing or food as you now get for one ; your rent would be nearly doubled, and every item in the cost of living would be advanced ia the same proportion. IK you doubt this? Reflect a moment. The leaders in the free silver movement have avowed that their purpose is to ad vance prices. They tell the farmer that with free silver be will get twice as much for his wheat and corn as he now receives. The intrinsic value of products would not be changed by any trick we might play with our coins. The prices of products in the great markets of the world would not be advanced, and right here they would not exchange for any more gold than betore, but they would exchange for more of the silver dollars w bich with free coinage, and we will presently show, would be worth about fifty-three cents each. But they would by law be full legal tender dollars. Your salary or peusion or w ages would be paid with these dol lars. They are the dollars in which yoa would receive your income from invest ments unless yoa have specially contract ed tr gold. If any man owes you one hundred dollars he could pay you with one hundred of these coins, which would buy no more in the markets than you can get with fifty-three dollars to-day. If your life is insured for ten thousand dol lars, and you should die, your family would receive ten thousand of the depre ciated dollars, which would only buy as sort, should not lose sight of the many of tho nocwwaHwt and comforts of ,iiiA unve ut -p- a a ihuiMnii iiiree uuiiuicu vi honest do1Urfc If vo h,ve moi;elhing in , savin trs bank or in a build . i ... i ing association or loaneo uu mortgage it would come hack to you In the same .way in fifty-three cent dollar. - Ifaman has ten dollars in his pocket and chooses to declare that fifty-three cento is a dollar he may f.Kl himself iuto "tl.. iUel that he has uiueteen dollars in- j stead often, but if he goes shopping and : tenders fifty-three cents for a dollar the j merchants will very quickly adjust their prices to his depreciated sianuaru. uc. be selects an article 'Darken len uuua they will say: "Oh, yes, tnai is me price in the old fashioned dollars, but we must charge you eighteen dollars and eight cento." Now, the government can't create something out of nothing. It can pall fifty-three cents worth of silver a dol lar, and lke it legal tender for a dollar, and so oninpcl present creditors ' accept jt as payment Tor a dollar, but it is impo tent as any individual to give it the pur chasing power of an honest dollar, lie cause every merchant at onoe raises the price of hi goods to offset the deprecia tion In the measure of value. But how about the niassts who work for wages or salaries ? They would be the chief sufferers, because they could not at once mark up the priee of their serriees. Their would continue to cet the same number of dollars as before, but could buy only about half as muuli with them. The dislocation of the currency would derange many industries and lessen the demand for 'labor, so that any rise in wage would come but slowly, and they would perhaps never again reach their present hiirh purchasing pwer. Savings banks, building associations and insur ance companies would le compelled to mv in thn rhaan dollars, because the mouerg iiitristed to them are invested in various wivi and could bo oolleiled n nothing Isit the depreciated currency, The active man of affairs would find op portunities in shifting values aud general derangement, and if the income of the millionaire were cut down one-half it would not seriously inconvenience hiiu, but it would go hard with the worker, who could buy on!y half as much as le- fore w ith bis wages. The riuj) pould take (sirs 'f themselves, but the masses would suffer. The question is asked. Why should not a silver dollar under free uonge buy as umcu a it does now T Because there is only aliuiie! number of the silvei dollars now in oUtiive aud ihe govern ment is able to keep tbum equivalent to gold dollars. But if all the world wure nerruilled to briue silver to the mints and cet a silver dollar for every 371 1 grains of it the government could not kep this unlimited number of dollars at a parity, and, like those of Mexico, they would have to circuiaio at the value of tlie illini they couUin, anil this at the present price of silver is about fifty three cents. Repadiated at Home. Frome the Unooln Call. It is a sorry spectacle to see reputable and law-abiding citizens of Liucoln, how ever strongly they may be attached to the Democratic party, announce their ap proval of the platform and candidate. The platform declares in favor of aliol- ishine the existinir organization of the Supreme Court. Jt approves the course of Altgeld in en couraging and abetting the Chicago strikers. It takes np the arguments of Waite and Tillman for repudiation and secession and ooenlv advorates the violation of that commandment which says "Tbou shalt not steal." Bryan, a member of a Christian church. openly and vehemently pleads for chance to scale down the honest delt of the people, lie advocates repudiation w ith all the force and power of his elo quence. He puts a premium on raseal- itv. u raises fraud, and makes a fetich of dishonesty. He encourages deadljeatism as a virtue. and tries to throw discredit on the home ly virtues of thrift and honesty. By his oratory and brilliancy he has beeun to advertise Nebraska. Some have been so short-sighted as to think his advertising would be beneficial to the commonwealth. But is it being adver tised Pick up any reputable newspaper east of the Missouri River and read the answer. Nebraska is called a "Populistic nest,' "A community of repudiators," A typi cal representative of the wild, woolly.and lawless West," "A people who are try ing to defraud their creditors," "A State where stealing is a virtue." This is advertising Nebraska, i es. it is liooming with vengeance. Hut it is starting it in the wrong direction. It is leading it, not in the direction of more wealth, lietter times, and prosperity; but in the direction of repudiation, loss of credit, dishonor, Wnkrnptcyt' ruin, and general condemnation. It is advertising Nebraska like Jerry Sitnpson advertised Kansas; like Bloody Bridles Waite advertised Coloradtt; like "Dungfork" Tillman advertised S.mth Carolina; like Anarchist Altgeld adver tised Illinois; advertising it by the etern al disgrai of its good name and by its shameful dishonoring. Nebraska has been long suffering and patient. It has been a State of magmn- cent prospects, and more or less satisfac tory achievements. It has given the country those worthy sons whose honors have glorified the State Kstabrook, Manderson, Thurston. It has gme through fires, flood, storms. drought, crop failures, and panics; and now, in this year of grace eigh.'een hun dred and ninsty-sii, when we -Il feel that we have earned the rew ard of the saints for the tribulations we have passed through, to have inflicted on us Bryan does seem too much. It is the last straw. "How long, O Lord, how long." "Pops" oa the War Path. St. Lons, Mo., July The Texas delegates to the Populist Convention started for home to-night, and lsfore leaving they said that they would not al low Senator Jones, chairman of the Na tional Democratic ComuiitUe, or any body else to play any sawdust or groen goods game on them. They are still very angry over the nomination of Bryan, and they believe that the People's party is confronted with a very great crisis. They have learned that Senator Jones and Senator Stewart and iovernor Stone have declared that it is not at all necessa ry lor the Notification Committee of the Populists' Convention to visit Mr. Bryan at Lincoln.. They have ascertained, also, that Senator Jones and his friends do not believe that it it is necessary for Mr. Bry an to come out and formally acecpt the nomination of the convention. TheTexans and their friends do not like any such programme as this. They believe a great deal In their party. They believe that Senator Jones aud hia friends were coniielled to come here and crawl npon their knees in order to have Mr. Bryan nominated, aud they say that what is good enough to lie asked for is good enough to be ait-epted. They look on the present programme as a sawdust game, and they speak of it as such, and they w ill not tolerate it. The "middle-of-the-roaders" have practically organized what may turn out to be a bolt from the Populist party. They are now working under a resolu tion which declares that if Mr. Bryan does not formally accept the nomination of the Populist Convention within the next thirty days. Colonel S. F. Norton, of Chicago, who got 311 votes in the convention, is to be declared the regular candidate of the convention by the "middle-of-the-road" men. Tie Beit School Is none too good for young people whe have ability and are willing to work. The California, Pa., State Normal in some ' way succeeds in doing the best things for its students, and in helping them to make the most of themselves. 1 liltLlX XOMIXATED. The "Pops'' Name Him for President Despite His Refusal "TOM" WATSOX. OF GEORGIA, FOR VICE PRESIDENT. The Populist Convention, after four days of heat, turmoil, and unlimited ora tory, completed its laliors Saturday af ternoon and aljourned sine die. Ni- withstanding the receipt of one or more telegrams from Mr. W. J. Bryan, declin- ne to permit the use of his name on the Populist ticket unless Mr. Arthur Sewall, his associate on the Chicago ticket, was also indorsed. Mr. Bryan was plil In for mal nomination, as originally contem plated by Jeneral Weaver, of Iowa, and was seconded by one or more siwikesmen from every State ami Territory, with aliout 10 exceptions, and on a balbtt ro ceived VH2 votes, against &U 6 Colonel Norton, of Chicago, who at the la4 mo ment was selected as the candidate of tlie unreconstructed "middle-of-the-road" element. - It was the intention of this fai-tion ear ly in the morning to place Kugene . Dubs In nomination aud thus to force the labor issue to the front, but Mr. Debs telegraphed declining to serve, and his telegram was respected. Strenuous ef forts v ere made without avail by Igna tius Donnelly and others to obtain some kiudof an assurance that Mr. Brytm would a)-cet the nouiiuatioji and stand UMn the platfbrm. The permanent chairman, Senator Alleu, of Nebraska, admitted that he had received some kind of a telegram from Mr. Bryan, but he said he had paid no attention to it. He also said he had received one supposed to be from Governor Stone, but would uot open it until he reached his home in Nebraska, Bufure aiUournlnsr, the convention adopted a resolution, clot hi ug the Nation al Committee with plenary power to do anything and everything which the con vention itself might have done if iu ses sion. This, of course, would aqthorlae it to take down the names of either Mr. Bryan or Mr. Watson, or both, if neces sary, and to construct an eutirely new tit-fcrt. Tjie National Committee was en larged so ai to coii!Ut of thro(i lqcmbcra from each State and Territory. Iut, nat urally, tlje power conferred, upon this cumbrous body wilj eventually be lodged in an Executive Comnittee of njorenjan ageable size. A noticeable feature of tljc last moqfii)Ui of tfe convention was tljo fat that, though tUo nult of the ballot, for President a annouooed, it hu qo( followed up by auy dotlaratiou on the part of the Chair that Bryan had been duly chosen the candidute of the People's party for President of the United States. The convention separated in bad humor, many of the delegates openly denouncing the ticket as a !tbeatrieal" one, l E F&KslDEST 'AXKI KIRsT. The convention had two viou3 Fri day, one lasted far into the night, A platform was adapted as presouted by the Bryan majority of the resolutions committee, the more radical declarations of the anti-Bryanttes gutting no hearing. The Impending defuat of Sewall led Chairman Jones, of the Democratic Na tional Committee, who has !een closely watching the Populists' proceedings, to telegraph to Candidate Bryan, who made a definite declaration in reply, that he would not accept the nomination if Se wall was not also nameiL Ths opposition to Sewall practically swamped the Bryaq forces at the day session. The leader were powerless to check the strong feeliug against the IUth shipbuilder and banker. For the first time the "middlo-of-the road" element showed generalship worthy of the name. Recognizing the fact that all hope of defeating Bryan's nomination was lost, they concentrate! all their efforts against Sewall. They de vised a cunning scheme by which the convention was forced to nominate the Vice President before the President. When the proposition was made to change the regular onjer of the noiq illa tions, the Iryan men strained every nerve to prevent it Congressman Skin her, chairman of the North Carolina dele gation cast the solid vote of the State azninst the chance. When the vote was figured up, however, and he ascertained that there was a majority of twenty-six in favor of the proposition, the vote o the delegation was cast for the proposi tion and the antis emerged from the con test w ith a majority of 170. This made the defeat of Sewall and the nomination of a Populist 'for Vice Presi dent practically certain. Tho voting for vice Presideut began at five minutes past midnight. The result of the ballot bad not iiceii announced be fore the changing of votes began, and delegates almost tumbled over one anoth er to change their votes to Watson, who soon haif enough to insure a nomination, IbiMigh the whole proceedings were so irregularly uonducted that the clerks uould not make a record. Finally Texas changed lu'l to Watson and settled it. Motion was made to suspend the rules and make Mr. Watson the unanimous choice of the convention. As soou as this had lieen done the lights went out. This threw a (.amper on the usual circus pa ade, which hail lcen all arranged for. Burdock Blood Bitters never fails to cure all impurities of the blood, from a common pimple to the worst scrofula sore. The Part of Repudiation. The money plank is of chief importance in the Democratic as in the Republican platform. In-lee 1, the Djiu-jcratic plank Itegius with the statement tbtit the money question is paramount to all others at this time." almost tho onlv truthful statement in the long and dreary welter of sM-ialistic rant ail cnninm- place that makes up this curious contribu tion to pt! it ic-il literature. The imueon the money question is, therefore, joined. and, we think, h'ippily j ine I. Tua Re publican party stands for the maintenanoe of the gold stinl.irl; th) Djnuratic party advocates the free and unlimited cjinage of silver, die ptrty i for thj dollar of Commercial Eirope; the other is for the dollar of China and Peru. One party insists that the honor and credit of the Government shall be maintained; the other would dearade the national honor by repudiating the national obligations, (toe party insists on the full dollar, re cognized everywhere in the world, for the wage-earner, the farmer and the creditor; the other insists that labor and crops and debts shall be paid with affl uent dollar. The Republican pirty's success next November will me in the maintenance of the national honor and of a truthful money standard, a first step to wards the return of a general prosperity that is dependent, first af all, upon a sane uurrency system. The beuvjeratic party's success will mean national dishonor, the triumph of ignorance, oi a sectional and class war upon the vested rights, upon all that goes to make for the prosperity of the merchant and the farmer, and for the constant ami Justly remunerated employ ment of the laborer. It will mean the ex clusion of American securities from the markets of the world, because they will then represent the had faith of a nation of dishonest repudiators. It will mean half-pay on savings bank djposit, life insurance policies, trust funds, pensions, salaries, and wage-i. Incomes will buy less and prices will go np. It will mean the triumph of a socialism that will ex clude from participation in its doubtful benefits the thrift .and euergy of the country. It will mean the plunging of the United States into an age so dark that the imagination shudders at th? prospect of such a reign of brutal and be sotted ignorance as the civilized world has not known for centuries. If anything that can happen In this early stage our experiment wilt demonstrate the failure of the democratic form of the flovern- ment, it will be the triumph of tho Democratic party at the coming election. OR. BATJOHER 8 RETIREXEHT. Aa Alnmnus at the Oettyibnrg College Re pliei to the Professor' Opea letter. To the Kditor the Press. (Phil.) . Sin tn your issue of July u there ap peared an open letter from Dr. II. 1oui Baugher to the Board of Trustees of Pennsylvania College, a letter, in which he sought to vindicate himself against the recent action of the ltoard in displacing him from the chair of Ureek in the col lege. The relation which the under signed sustains to the institution,' or whether he sustains no official relation at all, is a matter of no consequence. F.nough that he is an alumnus of the college and that he has taken pains to discover the facts involved in the agita tion lliat baa culminated iu this removal of Dr. Baugher. The facts are simply these: For some years past there have been warm controversies in the tieneral Sy msl of the Lutheran Church, both iu connection with a new order of worship and in regard to dixtrinal tendencies. The policy of the lioard and of the presi dent has lieen to exclude these contro versies from the class rooms of the college as having no legitimate place there. The college is under the auspices and in the special interest of the Luthoran Church, but in its organization and rules provides that the class-room instruction ia the re quired regular course for graduation shall be urtsoctarian. lieitiiininalioual teaching, Uuvvevor, ia provided for those who are willing to at tomb But Dr. Baugher Insisted on dragging in those denominational differences and making them subject of discussion, perverting the recitation hour from its proper use and agitating the institution with con troversy and strife Iu defining the duties, of tho now Amanda Rupert Strong professorship of the P.nglish Bible, a few years ago, the JJixird of Trustees required Dr. Baugher and all others who were disposed to do so to desist from this disturbing and demoralizing practice. This action was seized upon by Dr. Baugher for still more violent measures, flooding the Cherub wtU lnnmmatvy appeals, charging that the college was being loosed from its Lutheran m,iKrniiigH, and calling on the Church to resist. The charge was a gratuitous misrepresenta tion. If made in ignorance, it was an in excusable Ignorance; If made knowingly, it was worse than a misdemeanor. For the relation given the college to the Lutheran Church in the definition of this tjow clair was, in perfect agreement with that which it h.ad sustained, froii) its ia ccptioit tl)o s-i")o as. tl it implied in its very charter. This Is a question of pure (ant, ascertainable and artained from the otllcial documents. !yver was there an Issue more thoroughly fictitious than that raised In the charge. This the board showed in an exhaustive statement of its action in reply to Dr. Baugher' a attack. Nevertheless a violent and bitter crusade was inaugurated am) carried on iq Var ious synods, against tl)e Isiard and its ad niinis,truti'Ji of !je institution, tiejr.ite dissatisfaction and disfavor on this and otbor unfair' grounds, In this way not only was the internal harmony of the nollego impossible and insubordination excited against its authority, but the Church was kept agitated by false repre actuations of its relations aud work. As a professor. Dr. Baugher maintained a fight against the action and administra tion of the board that employed him. misrepresenting that action- and seeking to force the institution to bend to his own will. In spite of all efforts of the Board of Trustees to secure peace and hanuon jous co-operation, the strife has been kept up, leaving the board no alternative but the action taken at last m.wtiug. And here we come to a fact that mut-t be known and remembered If this action is to I e rightly un lorstooil. A knowledge of it is essential to a correct vievr of tb e case. Dr. Baugher held his professorship under sins-ial terms and a distinct con tract. Knowing this and the importance of its Ix-ariugon the situation we ascer tained precisely the fails in regard to it. They are briefly these: He hi I beeu in the employ of the institution licfore as professor of the tjjreek language and literature, fronj ls-M t i 1S73. Iis special talent for self-will and contention was then already well developed. It was dis turbanoa In the faculty and disagreement with the board. When, in InTU, he re signed, duspite his prollcieney as a teach er of Greek, his resignation brought to many a fueling of relief. When, lu 1H the Greek chair became vanmt againj and Br. B Higher ifbsiring to return t it, the Board of Trustee, rememVring p ist exerience and providing against future oiitiugencie-t, bafore procec ling to an election, adopted the following resolu tions: Rosolved, That the appointment of a Franklin professor of Greek lan;jij and literature is tendered by tho Biard of Trustees, and ii accepted by th3 pr -fessor-elect with the understanding ba tween them that the said professor shall ii'it resign bis chair withnjt giving at least six months' previous notice thereof to the board or one of its ouVers; and that the IVan of Trustee h ive the right in their discretion aud to maet emergen cies to modify the duties of said professor or bis compensation, or to discontinue hisservkvM ti Uko efTi :t iu n t low fit i six months from the date of such action.' When notified by a committee of his e'ection nnder these term, Dr. B liigher indicated his readiness to ai3jpt tht chair,, but objected ti the teruu an 1 tin idea of the b lard's autlority as iui.'jliol iu the resolution. Whrenp in the bvir 1 a iopted and transmitted to hi in tho fol low ing: "il m ilvol, Tj it w'.iU gU I 1 1 lie advised that Dr. B 1 1 'h r U pre.' re 1 to accept the chiir of the Fr.inklin pr.i-fe-isorof the Greik Unj i.i? i ail litir.i ture, we enn t are-i t- resign.!) any reservations .f principles aud vio in- con-iistoiit with tbi ri- 1 i'.i .i a 1 p'.-3 1 by tha Ixiard this morning, or which (Vkm not re gniz3 the supre.u i -y ofthe B url of Trustees aj t thi g iveniiug p .v.?r of the institution. " Resolved, That if Dr. Bvuhor accepts and enters upon the d'schirgj of tU) duties of the proltH-orship, it m lit bj with the distinct unierstanling th it so long as ha ontin.i in th3 sirvicj of tha institution, he recognizes the Board of Trustees as the supreme governing power. "Resolved, That the coin-niltee be fu st ru cted to wait npon Dr. Baugher with the foregoing resolutions and reque-tt an im mediate acceptance or refusal in writ ing, in accordance with the terms of these resolutions." Finally, after some further delay. Dr. Baugher sent to the board the following acceptance: To the Board of Trustees of Pennsylva nia College. "Dear Sirs: I hereby accept the Frank lin professorship of the Greek language and literature in Pennsylvania College, under the terms of the re-tolutions puse.l in reference thereto to-day. "Respoctfully yours, (.Signed.) "II. Lor is B.M'iiHiin." Gettysburg, June 21, hit. It Is thus clearly ssan that what hu been Interpreted as a violent anil wrong ful removal of Dr. Baugher is in fact only a quiet and peaceful notification of tha dissolution of the relation according to express agreement between the parties to it. When Dr. Biigh-jr hu bjjn keeping up through years and iu m my ways a fight against the very bard white ad ministration of the institution he agreed and bound himself to re gni.e loyally. who can blame the board when it almost unanimously expresses Its wish to have the relation terminated ? However si neere Dr. Btugher mty ba, ths biard juljl. nd we balieve rightly, thit a eoititt i- auce of the connection wa. inompotilila with the necessary peaca, harmony and co-operation in the work of tha institu tion, and that they did bim no wrong rben they simply cirried out the well- understood contract in the case. In his "open letter" Dr. Baugher refers to the board's action as makin? no f 'specific or direct charge" against him . It was not because none could hive bail male, but according to the contract with him they were not necessary. Besides, no number of charges of spis-ific offenses could express tho gravamen of the trouble hi his whole attitude of disturb ing self-wIIU Readers of the open letter will retneru Isir, too, that he distinctly confesses his antagonism to the "administration" of ths c'lege under the Isurd. Though he accepted bis profeasoiship . under the agreement to recognize the "supreme governing power" of the Isiard. he has beon making appeals to the public and to synods against the board, with a view to override its action. And consistently enough, this "open letter" is another ap peal for an "arbitrament" against the board's administration, because they have not accepted all his w ill or lieen satisfied with hid contentious niethisls. Some of the assumptions of the "letter" are sublime; for instance, that he especi ally "stood for the inlerostaof the Luth eran Church," and Air thoroughness and letterment of tho standard" of the col lege. With a faculty, every mcuils-r a Luthoran, and a Imm rd overwhelmingly Lutheran, and devoted to the work of the institution, many of whom have given largely and labored all their lives for tho Lutheran Church aud her educational service, this modest claim of the Doctor becomes rather absurd. This picture, drawn of himself, as standing between the board and the college, heroically striving to defend the college as well as the Church against the board shows him to be a man of highly imaginative temper ament. It ought reasomtiilcy tolio Ixdievo that this Iilheraii faculty ami this Uwtrd composed almost entirely of most repre sentative Lutheran minis ters and lay men, as well represent the Lutheran Church as Dr. Ifctugher does and know as well and are as devoted to her education al progress as himself. Their practically unanimous decision in the premises mny well count as not only ftual, but rijtht. Af-i'xxrs. . Philadelphia. July 17, lstti - Tern Watioa's Views. Thompwox, Ga., July ii. Thomas I,. Watson, the Populist nominee for vlee president, yesterday said: I will ao-ept the nomination. I wired my friends in St. Louis to that effect. I had it in the interest of harmony, and to prevent tlie disruption of the Populist party, which seemed iiiiiqincnt. The movement for fusion was immensely greater than I had any idea of two weeks aga I was origi ally for a straight-out IMpulist ticket, but the doinand for fusion was so great that it could uot Is) withstood. Total fus ion or adoption of the entire Iteutocratic ticket would havt killed tho Populist party, As it is, the integrity of the party is preserved. Under the circumstances, I fully endorse the policy pursued by the convention. There is no reason why I should refuse to receive the support of a man who agrees, with me in three essen tial principles, because he doe not agree with we iu (bur I should rather accept his aid aud tuank bim for it- If Mr. Bryan accepts the Populist nomination, I believe our ticket will be elected. The Peamjlvaala Railroad's Pepalar Ex cursion ts the Seasaort. $10 KOK TWKI.VK DAYS. The next of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's series of popular ten-day ex cursions to the seashore will leave Pitts burg on August ti. The reason ofthe great favor in which these excursions are held is easy (o see. The rate of $1Q for the round, trip is phe nomenally low, considering ihe distanxo and the high iharacter of the aervlue the limit of twelve days just fits the time set atart for the average vacation, and the dates of the excursions are most conve niently adjusted. There is also the widest field for choice in the selection of the re sort, Atlantic City, Cape May, Sea Isle City, and Ocean City are the choicest of the Atlantic coast resorts, and any one of them may be visited under these arrange ments. A special train qf parlor cars and day coaches w ill jcave Pittslurgou tiieal-ove mentioned day at A- M., 'd connect at Philadelphia with a special train via the new Delaware River Bridge route. i'm tteelm hour from ISttubnrg ; or passen gers for Atlantic, City may spend the night in Philadelphia ansl proceed to destination by regular trains from Broad Street Station or Market Street Wharf the following day. Passengers for the other points alsove nameil will use regu lar trains from Market Street Wharf the following day. Tickets will also be sold for regular trains leaving Pittsburg at -t.10 and 8.10 P. M. from all stations at which they stop, and from stations from which regu lar connection Ls made with them. These trains have Pullman sleeping cars at tached and arrive in Philadelphia next morning, whence passengers, nriy pro ceed to the shore on any regular train that day. Tickets will bo wJd from the stations at the rates named below ; Hate Train leaves. Pittshurs ill Ail M.W A. M. i'oiiuillvillo. .11 Ul 7 ti - Johnstown .. tt !ft .HI " ktti i. M. t'hiluilKllilila .... Arrive For further infbrmation apply to ticket agenUt, or Mr. Thomas K. Watt, District Passenger Agent, Pittsburg. Gold Production of the World. The director of the M int has prepared a statement In regard to tho gold prsluc tionof the world, which is of special in terest. He estimates that the gold produc tion throughout the world f r the calen dar year lSiU is equal to the aggregate production of gold and silver prior to 1S7X He says that the gold prediction of the world has. Icfiii cpnihing steadily up ward bini l.stui, when it stl at llM,rt, Yi. The figures of MU weie 9Uu,Nl-.l"0: of IrSl.i7.:iS7,t'))andof ?l-MiiI,bl). The figures for lsli have not Imen fully verified but a production of ii )t,(),iV) Is considered a conservative, estimate. The production of 1MM is estimated at not less than&JOnuti.ua). The United States is expected to show su increase this year from JdT.OOO.ouO in l$rto $9,tn,0M. This is regarde I as the lowest probable production, and fol. luOmo is considered a not improbable, sjlvtritei Adjosra. St. Ins. July Z The national silver party adjourned sine die shortly after fk-'IO last evening, after going on record by nominating the nominees of the demo cratic convention. William Jenninn Bryan and Arthur Sewall, for president and vice president. The last act before adjournment was the selection of Lincoln Neb., as the city at which the nominees were to lie notifi ed ofthe honor extended them. At 4:31 Delegate Little, of Kansas, placed Bryan in nomination as the next president ofthe United States. Seconds were heard from all parts of the hall amid a din of cheering and patriotic airs by the band, and aa the delegates were forming prior to a grand march around the hall, the rules were suspended and Mr. Bryan was nominated by acclama tion. The convention might have finished Thursday had not the delegates waited for the conference with the populists to ascertain whether the latter would en dorse the democratic ticket. Race Riot Ends ia Harder. Jacksoxyillk, Fla., July a!. Dis patches to the Times-Union from Jasper, Hamilton county, Fla., state tbst a race riot accarred last night 15 miles northeast of r hern in which six men were killed and eight wounded. Two of the latter Those killed are said to be Henry Jack son. Alliert Sulivan, FIward Johnson, Jim Solomon Amos Campbell and Ike Mitchell, negroes. The tragedy oecured at Haggard's turpentine still, where many negroes are employed. The negroes gave a "festival" last night, and while it was in progress a number of white men intruded, and the shooting resulted. A oman's i i orlc Is never done, snd It is especially wearing and wearisome to those whose blood is imp a re and unfit properly to tone, sus tain, and renew the wanting of nerve, muscle snd tissue. It Is more because of this condition ol the blood that women sre run down. Tired, Weak, Nervous, Than because of the work itself. Every physician says so, snd that the only rem edy is in building np by taking a good nerve tonic, blood purifier and vitalizer like Hood's Sarsaparilla. For the troubles Peculiar to H'omrn at change of season, climate or life, or resulting from hard work, nervousness, and impure blood, thousands bsve found relief snd cure in iru Sarsaparilla Tlie line True Worst IliritVr. f I; six for v Prepared wily hj V. I. Hood & I'eu. Lrftwrlt. Mass. , , l rtMf are the mify pills tn tiks nOOCl S t'lllSaithllood-sHariiairtlla. Tetats Bag Fight Army Worms. Kkaiuno, Pa., July 22. Cosnms Kck enrode, of I'ike township, was in Read ing yesterday and gave tho details of a most extraordinary msmi rrence which hapM-ned upon bis farm this week. lie has a jiotato patch of an acre and a half, near tho western line of his farm, adjoining the land of Samuel Kendcr dine. This place was so infested with potato Isigs that, several weeks ago, he gave up any hopes of having a crop, and allowed the bugs to have their own way. In tlie latter part of last week the army worms invaded the farm of his neighbor, Mr. Kenderdine, and by Sunday the worms were crossing over into Mr. Kckenrode's land. Karly Sunday morn ing he found xtato Isigs assembled in countless thousands on the edge of the patch nearest to Mr. Kenderdiqe's laud, and facing the direction from which the at my worms were i-oming. As soon as a worm would come within reach of the hugs ono of them would fasten itself up on his lack and liegin to eat him, soon causing its death. In a short time the worms began to come by the thousands and tens of thousands, and the battle raged most furiously. The army of potnto beetles was apjuir ently numberless, and as fast as the army worms came on they were attacked and killed in the way before describeL The slaughter went on at such a rate that in a few hours a strip of ground about 10 fuet wide along the edge of the potato patch was covered to an average of a foot In depth with dead worms. Mr. Kcken rode estimates that the dead worms will weigh proliably eight tons. He intends to use them for fertilizing purposes. Ia Want, He Gets $2,000,000. Bostox, Mass., July 2k William E. Woodward, a destitute young Itoston man, who has been out of work for months, and who, on account of his pov erty, has been forced to move from one lioarding house to another, has suddenly fallen heir to a legacy of $X(m,ui. Strangoasit may seem, this vast sum was recently willed t him by a man whom he had never set eyes upon. Woodward, who is in delicate health, and has been undor doctors' care a year or more, is 21 years of age, aud a native of New Brunswick. He has lived in Boston six years. Part or this time he was employed in a publishing house and at other times has canvassed for the sale of installment books and periodicals. For a short time be worked for a large dry gootls house. The pa.it yuar or two he has beer, exceedingly unfortunate, and iifteu hardly kuew where his next meal was uiming from. Iist Thursday a Huston friend of his received a telegram fruu a mutual friend in kail FraiH'iwo asking fur Woodward's whereabouts, and stating that he had seen in a uewspaper that Woodward had been left a large so in of money. Wood ward took no stock iu this telegram. Wit his friends advised him to ask for more particulars, and he did so, with the im portant result above stated. A trustee of the estate of Theodore S.' Woodward telegraphed the young Bos toniau asking him to come to San Fran cisco at once on account of the property awaiting him. The young man had but ten cents in his pocket when this came. He sent a "oolleif' telegram, which read: "Am nnable to come Sir want of funds. Advise me," Then tmu the word that the trustees were almut to leave for Boston, and a letter resived to-day gave ftill partic ulars, including a copy of the will, which in plain figures leavea him stocks, bonds and real estate to the value of , 011, 0U1. Theslore S. Woodward was a wealthy land speculator and mining man. who lived in a suburb of San Francisco, and who died in June, leaving over f.,(Mt, t He was an uncle of his Boston namesake, and the lalter's father snd he were twin brothers, who were very inti mate as young men. Young Woodward's father had died uiany years ago, and his uncle went west before he ver saw him. They never even corresponded The other $VD.(U was willed to friends and other distant relatives. The young man w as completely daxed, and can not realise the extent of his good fortune, - The property Includes a f i, U10 iifiartmunt bouse in Chicago, an WM pies of realty in K.msas city, real estate here ami in New York, hundreds of shares of Calumet and Heckla miniiif; stock and a large variety of dividend I paying stocks and Kinds. He Struck th Governor. Cotl-Miit a, S. C, July 2X At the cam paign meeting at Florence yesterday Judge Jiwcph 11. Earlc, candidate for the United States Senate to suo-eed J. L. M. Irby, and Governor John Gary Kvans, w ho is a candidate for the same office, came to blows. Earle struck Evans first, and Evans responded with a blow under trheeye. They were quickly surrounded and separated by reformers and ooaser vatives. Several men had their hands on their pistols, but comparative quiet was restored, and Governor Kvans at tempted to continue his speech amid much disorder. Storm and Dsatk. PlTTSBrRii, Pa, July 27. A cyclonic storm hurst upon this city at 1:H o'clock this afternoon, which in a few minutes caused the death of two persons, the fatal injury of another, aud a monetary loss of prolwbty flOU.OOO throughout Al legheny county. Several churches in the hill district were partially unroofed, and one was struck by lightning. A nnmber of small er bouses were also unroofed, the streets were flooded with surprising quickness, sewers discharged their overflow into houses and some of the street ears were compelled to suspend for periods rang ing from one-half hour to an hour and a half. . Hundreds of trees were uprooted and many lawns laid waste. Smoke stacks. chimneys and windows were demolished in ait directions. Death ia Raising Waters. Druvkk, Col.. July 2C The victims of Friday night's flood were the three in Golden, four in Mount Vernon Canon and twenty-one near Morrison, making the total twenty -eight. A charcoal burn er naineu N icuolas, at Evergreen, is re- ported msmmg. Stein's is the neatent. best eaulntwl shoe store in Somerset. All stock freh w 0(Q and new. Mammoth Block. X. Main fit EVERY DAY Brings Something- New A Riding or Walking Spring Tooth 1 farrow. No dragging of frame on the ground. The lightest i-haft. Win cn Itself of tra,-h as ca-ilj as a hay rake. Huns as liht w ; : -j a man on as ot!icr3 do without a load. CALL AND SEE IT. WEGUARANTEE IT THE EES IN THEWQRLD. Sold on Trial. J. B. Holderbauni, Somerset, Pa. QUEENS mffl The New Capello Range. WE f?ell the NEW CAPELLO RANGE, guaranteed the largest an Uv Range of its class on the market. It has very large and Li-.'!i n. ens, heavy grates, linings and tops. Baking and Roasting iii:i'.!i: the highest as thousands of daily users can testify. If you wa the best buy a 3SnEJ"W" CAPELLO. : : ALSO A FULL LINE OE : : GRANITE, COPPER TINWARE Milk Cans, Screen Poors and Windows, Ice Cream Freezers. Oil ai: Gasoline Stoves. Call and seens. Respectfully, P. A. SCHELL, SOMERSET. PA A CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY- QUININT'S, 134 & 136 Clinton St., - - JOHNSTOWN PA Are Selling 2,500 Fur Capes for S12.50. I.OOO Ladles' Jackets for S5.00. And Other Winter Goods in Proportion, James Quinii. 1847. SODA SIFIRJIlSra-. When SJ, An you " Unstir- are ' 0' passed Dry 44Sl- Glass of ICE - f COLD SODA. -AL30- Pure Drugs and Chem- j Fine Imported & Do icals. roestic Cigars. G. W. BENFORD, Manager. jCOOIfloe of Pr. S. M. Bell in rear of Store, where he will wait upon patifi.'s Saturday of each week. FURNITURE ! nmn m nasa r. c Our Stock Is Large. A thing to be considered la buying Furniture. A PRICK Ls (tenerslly hehl to lie ofthe first iiinrt:im. is A slMHihl be the last. If you buy for quality you pay acvirdini:''- If you buy for price you get what you pay for. j -4 Chamber Suits. Solid Oak and Cherry, containing sis pieces, Ji's 3 Anthpiethtk Suits, :::::: : f-''- 3' Parlor Suits. ::::::: ft.ii. j Sidelioards, Solid Oak, :::::: 10, Chairs. Beds, Springs, Mattreses and all other kind of Furniture at t! ' j lowent price. 3 FIGURE : : : : : Covers a multitude of sins, but it fau't necewtary t lie , undesirable features to necure figure, lttablish in your ' 3 the detail of gra Iwi.'then vou are ready for price. A C. H. Coffroth, 606 Main Cross Street, SOMERSET, PA. ; Don't Think ; -s if -waitlne time over .r. .1 '. , 3 tliat oKiith have thi.iii;'.l t' : r 3 you. GOOD RESULTS, tjine fnmi loiijr trxjj-rin 5 Th CinWftita Slew a4 Rarr "3 Are the rvult itf nvir thiriv-i. ... - ynrV xp-ri'itf. Tl y ai fi i ' i fur thWr durability, eiivrii-: and wonomy. p-inl ttnlin h;t n ; to making (vt-tt th- wh v t ti j . -4 w:ini th-rn. With n v-h- iit'tifi vry re4tun.'niTit at a Their clanin?s. Iess-fi V.o r. Thtir fv-iiomy y fnn-y. 5 J. B. Holderbaum. 3 ' -si sowEsscr. - - f. 3 1896. mi rs A 3 3 i.
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