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le Somerset Herald.
YARD KCTLL, Editor and Proprietor.
:psesday
..September 30, 1896
EPUELICAN NATION ALTICKET
President,
William McKinlkv, of Ohio.
Yioe Preiident.
kkkt A. lli'BABT, of w Jersey.
EPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
Congressmen- t- Large.
.;.l.rsii A A Grow, of Pnsquelisnna.
SAMIW. A. IAVESPOBT,of Krie.
Eeetor-at-Large.
Jo-rli Wlixrton, Philadelphia.
Alexander E. I'ntloo. Clearfield.
V'illiam Vitherow, Allegheny,
peter I- Klmberty. Mercer.
District Elector,
p-r J H. ru w (, Henry t". Prevo-st-V'lrti
B l!..rke. I16. J- B. Brown,
i K. Hartley. IT Fred. H. Kjjm.
I..,,,,!.!:. I. M.-yer. 1. Hn.-n Ml .
Am. M T.CL'Hrt. I. K- H. "'-'L
j.-,.h H. Hu.l.Ml. 3.. ,i.rT.Hmik.
H.-nn- U Johnson. Hi. K. ertheimer.
i .loxiiih si-eer.
V, , nn Vrn-u. tiiV. M'd K, A t. rums.
" (i W.Wit.i-- ll-wNrtM.
ll..rri-.n lfa.IL. WiHim --l.nnr.
.. V. W. Miller. J"1-OmipbdL
X).'GRRSS.
F. J. KoosKlL of Somerset Bor.
nl.iect to dision of the IHstriet Conference.
tvsKV RI.Y.
Vm. II. Mli-LKH, of tiuemahoning T'P'
V. II. Sans eh, of Somerset Bor.
ASSOCIATE JI IKiF.
Oko. 3. Black, of Meyersdale Bor.
SHKKIKF.
M. II. HartiriL. of Ilot kwood Bor.
I'BOTIIOXOTJIRV.
II. F. IUkuon, of Somerset Bor.
RKOlsTKR A KKCOKDKR.
J. M. Covkr, of Jeuner Twp.
TKKASlRKR.
Wji. Wintkrs of Somerset Twp.
TOINTY COMMISSION EH.
Ceo. F. Kimmkl, of Milford Twp.
(i ahkiki. Coon, of Somerset Twp.
POOR WRKITOB.
Jacob W. Peck, of Summit Twp.
AI'IIITORS.
fhkmiaW Rhoaks of Somerset Bor.
J. Bowman, of Hrothersvallcy Tup.
Tom Wats is aliout the only anti
IcKinlev man who rejoices over the
iiiine election.
t -uxt;s. go on as they seem to
started off, the November vote
vill be a sure enough 16 to 1 affair.
Tun Ilepublican State committee es
imate the majority for McKinley in
ti.in at tbe November election, at
The Republicans are not yet claim-
ii ' Texas but they stand a l-etter
hauce of carrying it than the Deiuo-
-.t lo of can-vine Illinois, for m-
-taiice. .
I'owi.kki-Y hits the nail squarely on
he head when he tells the working-
nan that his motto with regard to
u. ne v should be "The best is none too
L'xd for me."
It is safe to say that one city will
've a majority of over WO.OOO against
i'.ryan. Philadelphia rejorts a total of
y4,T44 voters, a gain of nearly v2fiW)
-"nice last May.
Til f. liryan papers in the West should
now investigate the shipbuilding trust
...id show how Maine is the victim,
just as they said Vermont was of the
maple sugar trust.
Thk best kind of a sound money
I Mnoerat is the one who proposes to
art his vote directly for McKinley, in
tead of wasting it on a man who can
i.ot Ktssibly lie elected.
Kfnttcky went Republican last
war, and the conditions which caused
her to do so still exist, with the differ
ence ouly that the Democrats were
stronger then than they are this year.
Maine is a state of small farmers.
Proliably no other state in the Union
lias as many small farmers in propor
tion to the total number. These men
have leen heard on the subjects of free
trade and free silver.
J. Pakimin Ai.TXiKi.n, lien Pitchfork
Tillman, t'arl Hoboe Brown, Bound
Monev t'oxey and liloody Rridles
Waite are a teautiful quintette of "pa
triots" to champion the cause of good
government and national honor !
On a i km ax Jones arouses one's ad
miration for his nerve when he says
that his confidence in Bryan's election
has been literally forced upon him. He
didn't want to lelieve it, but he simply
had to. Springfield Ilepublican.
That Arkansas crumb of comfort
wems to have been swept away by the
revised figures. Latest returns show
that Jones, Ikmocrat, has a plurality
of 4",!4, a loss of over 3,)0 votes from
ls:4. while the Republican vote has in
creased per cent.
P.ryan Democrats and the Populists
have divided electoral tickets in so
many Northern States that 8ewall'i
election in November is a niatheuiat
ical inuv-isiU'itv. Yet Bryan ignores
Watson, tho'Jifh every week strength'
cn-t the tieorgiau in the Bryan pro
gramme.
The fact that there is not a silve
autry in the world in which labor is
paid one-half the average wages paid
in the Taited States, and in which the
money when received will buy one-
half as much as it will buy here, furn
isiies a complete answer to Bryan
f peecues, so far as the workingmen are
.oncerned.
A in.i. of .".) Metli-slist ministers in
Ohio did not reveal one who favored
the Ohieago platform or the election of
ltrran. Snwe of the nuiiilier are Jife-
lonc Democrat's and will act with the
party again vln the coin debasersare
shaken out of it.
William E. Cvbtis, mho was sent
n Mexico to ast-rtain tbe effect of the
free coinage of silver in that eountry,
has made a very important discovery,
and he tells about it very entertainingly
in tire Chicago Record. He says that
Senator Stewart, the great Pojtorat
and free silver advocate, owns the con
trolling interest in the largest silver
inine in Mexico, and that the profits
from the mine are over a hundred thou
sa ! id di 1 lars a year after all the ex jienses
are paid. At this rate Stewart's profits
would lie at least fifty thousand dollars.
No wowder that distinguished old Pop
nrat is for free silver. It means big
money to him. Rut how sly he was
Wut keeping it quiet.
The greatest danger in the present
olitical situation, says the St Louis
.;ioie-l)omocrat, is not freesilver. That
is serious enough of itself to justify ail ,
cautious and patriotic citizens iu voting
ugainst the party which is advocating ;
ttie adoption of such a policy ; but it j
d-ies not by any means represent tte
worst that is likely to happen in the
fver.t of Bryan's election. The ele
iiKKts that te represent will not Le
satisfied with the dol-asement of the
currency ; the platform ou which he is
running is not confined to that one
thing as a remedy for the alleged evils
and misfortunes of the times, lie is
the leader of a movement that invoies
infinite possibilities of mischief. -
ever his personal motives aud iun-os-es
may lie, he is not superior to me lorws
behind him, and can not expect to con
trol them. They are nothing if not
revolutionary. The spirit hy which
they are animated is one of general
hostility to existing methods and insti
tutions. They are sowers of wind who
want to reap the whirlwind. It is easy
o see that free silver is only a symp
tom, and tiiat the real disease liesdeeier
and includes far more perilous eonui-
ions than those which relate strictly
to the currency.
We are accustomed to think that such
tn occurrence as the French Involution
is impossible in our country. This may
be true, and yet there are certain traits
aud dualities of human nature which
are never entirely subdued I'yeiwiiza
tion. and which are the same in all
countries. e have passed saieij
through several severe tests of ourabil
ity to avert social and political combus
tion, but we have never liefore had just
such a situation as the present one to
face. A great party is seekinj: control
of the tiovernmciit by appeals to prej
udice and passion, to mercenary and
insurrectionary instincts. It aims to
array classes against one another in a
viol. -tit wav. aud to substitute emotion
aud excitement for intelligent and tem
perate discussion. Possibly our com
fortable theory that political explosives
are comparatively harmless when per
mitted to have free action, and that the
influences of reason and patriotism are
a sufficient protection against anarchy,
is correct, but at the same time, there
is room for doubt, and it is Itest not to
lie too certain where there is so much
at stake. The part of wisdom is to look
at the matter soberly, and with a due
sense of the oi (ligation that rests upon
all good citizens to see that seditious
and destructive forces do not gain as
cendency in our affairs.
The good jteople of this country can
not find words to express their grati
tude to Major McKinley for the service
which, as a modest, nclf-rei-ieeting citi
zensplendidly gifted in ell that con
stitutes a leader of men he is daily
renderinsr at his home in Canton. It
is a spectacle which has not been wit
nessed before. Each day the throngs
oripear, representing all phases and
grades of American life, and for each
this man of the people has a fitting
word. (Jray-haired veterans come with
their thrilling memories of heroic days
and deeds, aud McKinley remembers
that he, too, enlisted as a private, devo
ted then as now to upholding the sov
ereignty of law and the honor of the
Nation. The boys come, who have yet
their first ballot to cast, aud McKinley
inspires them with the thought of the
grand patriot, Abraliam Lincoln, for
whom his first vote van cast. The
sturdy workingmen come from factor
ies and mills of many kinds, bringing
their longings for return of the better
days when for every willing man there
was work, with good wages in honest
dollars, aud McKinley tells them there
is no miracle alout it, but that the law
of 1.2 will restore the prosjK-rity of
ls!C Commercial travellers and rail
road men, fresh from contact with the
people all over the land, bring words of
cheer, and McKinley tehs them of thei
great influence and high resMnsibility
in the struggle to save untarnished the
Nation's honor. Sweet girls and gentle
women bring with them an avalanche
of fragrant flowers, and McKinley wel
comes them to the quiet home, graced
bv a wife cherished through years of
suffering with a knightly devotion, and
awakens iu them, too, the desire to do
something to save the country and the
homes of the ieople from distress.
Always manly and dignified, alway
appealing to the noblest and most up
lifting motives, never at a loss for a
pithy statement of the truths upon
which intelligent and patriotic action
must depend, William McKinley leads
the Nation's thought and feeling to-day
more truly than any other man living.
No word of unfairness to opponents
crosses his lips. Those who struck
down the National jolicy which gav
the ieople prosperity are greet I'd with
cordial welcome, if they come to help
in avoiding National dishonor to-day
Errors are exposed with a simplicity
and clearness of statement which few
can command, but K-hiud every argu
incut and every appeal is a serene and
unwavering faith in the integrity aud
good sense of the people in their wil
lingness and ability to judge rightly i
the trutli is plad before them. To
such a man the arLs of the demagogue
are useless, and every word that tends
to kindle hostility against the sovereign
authority or lietween classes or sections
seems liasely disloyal.
The IU'Hiblican party eould not hav
anticipated that the candidate so wisely
selected by the pular choice for this
emergency would prove himself so
powerful a force in shaping public opin
ion. It huilded lie tier than it knew
as parties will at times, when they for
get the counsels of a small expLdiency
and select the champion of a great prin-
ciple. It was because Major McKinley
had become better known than any
other mail as the leader in framing
prosperity-bringing tariff that the pe
pie insisted upon him as the represent
ative of their desire. But weeks before
they reach the liallot-box they hav
come to know him as one of the wistst
and ablest leaders, one of the strongest
statesmen, one of the purest and liest
men the Republic has yet produced.
The Nation is honored liefore all the
world which can call from the ranks of
private citizenship such a man to meet
a grave emergency. N. Y. Tribune.
How Honey Stores Value.
From the New Yoik World.
If a man la prudent he tries to spend
less than lie earns. Retries to save, A
man begins to have wealth as soon as be
begins to save, A country is pmsperous
when all its people together sK-nd less
than they earn.
A farmer who grows hay can not save
hay; it will sjsiil after a year or so. If
he raises cattle he can not save cattle;
they will die, A milkman can not save
milk; it will spoil in a day or two. A
siioemaker can not save shoes; a tailor
can not save clothes, they will go out of
style or will rot
Any worker who makes things does
not want to save tbe thing he makes. He
wants to Bell this for money and "save
money."
He may use this sax ed money to buy
other things whi'-h he will keep, or be
may keep the money itself, or he may
lend it to another man or through a
bank, aad get it lack 'later when he
wants it for something else.
He known that at any time money will
lmy what be wants when he wants it
The hay or leather or shoes, so long as
they can le kept, are likely to fall in val
ue from year to year. Money, gixsi
money, remains standard. It doe not
fall iu value as other things do. Money
that falls in value is not good money.
Thus money is naed also to store value.
It is a standard of value.
Here's thi Eeoord.
w York World, Pom.
Mr. Bryan was a Populist four years
ago. By his own public admission at
Mount Vernon, 111., on tbe ltl or aiftrcn
last, as certified to oncer own vj
itizens of that place, he voted for vea-
er the Populist candidate for President,
in lsjr!, and against Cleveland, the candi-
dste of the Democracy.
There has been no more sigmticant
pieceof political news printeu since tbo
hicngo nomination man mis aunouu.-e-lent,
made exclusively in the World on
Tuesday. It is most extraordinary mm
the fact has not len sooner reveaiea.
Had it been known at the time of the
hicaco convention it is doubtful If even
that !ody would have nominated Mr.
Bryan even in response to his crown-or-
horns speech.
The purpose "d the method oi Hie dis
closure leave no room for doult as to its
crfeet truth. It was made in an afli-
davit by twelve of Mr. Bryan's friends.
to relieve him from the charge made by
another of his auditors m March last,
who said that Mr. Bryan then proclaim
ed that he "was not a Democrat." Those
men aver that he did say in substance
that "if the policy carried out by Presi
dent Cleveland is Demoenu-y, then I am
not a Democrat" This is alolutely
party disloyalty. A good many Demo
crat dil not approve of all of Mr. Cleve
land's olicy. But the twelve citiwns
eoiiliniie:
VI n answer to the question, "Kid you
"vote for Clevelandr he answered: 'No:
"the Democrats of Nebraska supported
"the Populist ticket, so as to take away
"the state from the Kepublicana, and ao-
"eording to that understanding I voted
"for the Populist electors.' "
This is explicit. It Is an admission
that in the great contest four years ago
between Democracy and Republicanism
Mr. Bryan voted for James B. Weaver,
the Populist candidate, who received 1,-
122.UU0 votes.
Who was Weaver? A former Republi
can congressman from Iowa, who never
supported a Democratic measure or voted
for a Democratic candidate.
And for what did Mr. Weaver stand in
that campaign? He stood upon the Oma
ha platform, which declared:
'(1) For irredeemable legal-tender
"nsner money, issued to the amount of
.il per capita by the government, to be
"distributed" on the Farmers' Alliance
'sub-treasury system or in paymentlfor
'public improvements;' C2) for free and
"unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to I; (3
"for government ownership and opera
"tion of railroads, telegraph and tele
phone lines, which could ouly be secur-
"ed by confiscation.
These and other vagaries and danger
ous lunacies made up the Populist plat
form of 12, which Mr. Bryan indorsed
1 y voting for Mr. Weaver. He was eiee
ted to concress bv Populist votes. He
tried to get in the Senate by Populist in
tluence, upon the distinct understanding
that the Populist convention would nom
inate him also. This was done, and he
has received his official notification of
that nomination.
If Mr. Bryan is not a politician and
Populist, what is he?
The Solid Truth.
(From Hoko Smith's Speech at the New York
li.-furm Club fiound Currency IHnuer, May
lti, 1S.)
If a President aud Congress were elect
ed in November committed to the free
and unlimited coinage of 371 grains of
silver into dollars nearly six mouths
would pass lfore they could be inaugu
rated, aud six months more liefore the
proposed legislation could liecoiue law
During that time creditors would seek to
protect themselves against leing paid in
dollars worth only aumt thirteen grams
of gold, and they would endeavor to
make collections before the n-
coinage
debtors
debtors
tage of pa.
cents on
to immediat
Sheriffs an
them without
would wilhdr
merchants, force
indebtedness, we
mediate pay men
smaller merchants.
chants, in turn, wot,
force collections froii
The great volume of
upon credit would cea&
, Manufacturing enterpr,
ford to continue business
tracLs until the value of
could be nettled by the dete,
just what 371 grains of silver wouiu
prove to be worth. Manufactories would
close. Business houses would fail.
Banks would !e raided. The unem
ployed would le numbered by millions.
The farmer would find few purchasers
for their products, Waut aud famine
would pervade tho laud.
Business interests reaching from tbe
richest banker to the poorest paid laborer,
require the removal of all doubt about
the meaning of a dollar.
Xo man should lie trusted even with an
unimportant nomination who docs not
recognize that the value of a dollar is now
measured by 2X22 grains of gold, and who
is not w illing openly to declare his pur
pose to keep it there.
The Vtet of Money.
From the Xew York World.
lyt us sum up the uses of money:
First money is the common medium
of exchange. It transfers value. We sell
for money anything we make. We buy
for money anything we want Money is
good anyw here to buy anything thai Is
for sale.
Second, money is) the common measure
of value. We do not have to measure out
so much Hour for a pair of shoe. Money
measures the value of the flour and the
value ot the shoes. It makes trading
simple and easy.
Third, money divides value. In wages,
among all those who help to make a
thing. Of twenty people who help to
make a pair of shoe, weh of the twenty
gets the worth of his lalxir, not in a piece
of the shoe, but in his share of its money
value.
Fourth, money stores value. It Is
standard of value. We count oursavinga
in money; we can buy anything for mon
ey at any time when we want it
These are the chief uses of money.
Good money must Ite good for all these
uses.
Gold is good money because it serves
all these uses. Silver is not as good
money because it does not serve the use
of a storer of values. Silver falls or rises
like other things.
On "The Crime of '73."
The Cincinnati Post publishes a letter
from Senator Sherman emanating from
the National Republican Campaign Com
mittee, defending the position his party
took in the so-called "Crime of '73." Mr.
Sherman declares:
"I have never lieen able to see what
motive could have existed for secrecy in
this matter. There was no indication
whatever of the fall of silver, and no one
could foresee that it was destined to rap
idly decline in price. No one asked to
have the dollar coined, 'and no one was
opposed to its discontinuance.
"To prove that there wan no secrecy
and not leave the matter to argument or
inference copies of the bill were sent to
experts all over the country, asking their
opinion, and answers were received and
laid before the Congress in printed form,
in which tbe discontinuance of the silver
dollar was thoroughly discussed.
"The bill was reprinted thirteen times,
and extra copies were printed for dis
tribution. It was conned over, amended
and debated almost as copiously as any
measure ever considered in Congress, and
no man in either house proposed to re
tain the old silver dollar. The fact that
it was omitted from our coins was re
leried to in debate."
t
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Wheat aad Silver,
One of Mr. Bryan's strong poind In his
appeal to the Western farmers is that the
low price of wheat is caused by the de
monetisation of silver. To be sure, wheat
was higher in ItCi or in 18S1 than it bad
been in 1S70, but facta are unimportant
in connection with "the crime oflHTJ."
Wheat has unquestionably fallen in price.
and so has silver ; thersfore, If we inflate
the price of silver, the price of wheat
must rise.
If the decline of wheat has been due to
the decline of silver, bow does it happen
that the price of wheat is now rising;
while that of silver Is still going down ?
In the last week of August the price of
Docemlier wheat in Chicago was M cents
iHisbel. On Saturday last it was 07
cents, an advance of 14 cents, or more
than 2T per cent in five weeks. At the
former date the price of lr silver in
New York was 67 cents an ounce, and on
Saturday it was fijj cents, a decline of 2
per cent
Ocarly the prices of both commodities
are regulated in the samo way, by the
world's supply and demand. W e pro
duce in this country more wheat than we
consume, and the price at which we can
sell the surplus abroad determines the
price it will command at home. When
the foreign demand is small or the sup
ply from other countries abundant
wheat decline; when export increase.
pries rise again.
F.ven the most confiding Populist must
perceive lUalllie receni upwaru monu
ment in the grain market has nut been
brought almut by tree ooiuage or by the
promise of it Silver has not shared in
the advance, as it should have done by
the Populist theory, because there has
been no increased demand for it and a
bushel of wheat will buy actually more
silver to-day as well as more iron or
steel or aluminum than when it was
selling at a dollar. And with the rise in
wheat the quotations of Bryan stock de
cline. Philadelphia Times.
Thacuer Full. Oat.
Albas r. Sept 27. Without waiting for
the official notification from the commit
tee appointed by the Buffalo convention
to tell him of his nomination as the Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor of New
York, John Boyd Thacher yesterday
wrote a letter declining the nomination.
Iu it he avowed that it was his purpose
to organize the Democracy of the State
in a contest on local issues. He goes on
to say that as it is apparently the purpose
of the Democratic nartv to coutest the
election on the sole issue of the free coin
age of silver, it is impossible for him to
make a campaign on that question. He
adds :
"There seems to be no place in the
Democratic party to-day for conservatism.
Men are divided into two classes, each
entertaining views exceedingly intolera
ble to the other. The history of legisla
tion is that conservatism in the end pre
vails. I believe that the Democratic par
ty, when it approaches the responsibility
of legislation, w ill be true to itself and
the people."
Mr. Thacher concluded by saying that
he has no sympathy for those who desert
the Democratic party now in its hour of
need. Judge Porter, .the nominee for
Lieutenant Governor, has also declined
the nomination, but this is supposed to
be merely a ruse to obtain his promotion
to first place on the ticket
.Senator Hill was asked to-night if he
intended to attend the meetiug of the
committee. He remarked that "sutlicieut
unto the day is the matter thereof."
The State committee will probably sub
stitute Elliott Danforth for Thacher at
its meeting to-morrow.
Wheat Prloet for Six Ceotariei.
Orange Judd Fanner.
-trices for six
mpleted in
2-"c, a bush
lien dropped
51.3m a hun-
ld a dollar
led 75c, but
the opening
hearly $2 in
Ind going up
tge for 11.
e declined.
l-e of wheat
Ite as 1SS2 in
lor 1891 (the
States N8;
82. Other
It that it is
articles of
that were
1891 in the
United States, fct England, 81, Germany,
France, 79. Can any one doubt that
the lxUtom has been reached? All history
seems to indicate that tbe coming years
are to see an upward trend to values.
with a prosperity and a civilization that
will nut tbe past to shame. Let us do
our best and have faith.
Victoria' Beign.
Wednesday marked a new record in
the history of the British throne and the
event was recognized and celebrated
throughout the wide extent of the British
Emnire. Queen Victoria was then 5.0
years and 9- days an occupant of the
British throne, beating the longest prev
ious reign by one day. Next year sixty
summers will have passed since she suc
ceeded her uncle. William IV., and she
herself has conitnmed that tho eelebra
tion of the length of her rule ahall le
postponed until the even number of years
shall be rounded out next summer. The
day of her birth. May 24. when she will
be 7S, the date of her accession, Juno 20,
and the date of her ooronation, June 2S,
come so near together that tbe next
jubilee, a decade after the celebration of
her half century of ruling, will embrace
all those notable events.
Of the preceding occupanU of tbe
British throne, ouly three have aat as
long as fifty years, and they were Henry
III., the oldest son of John, of Magna
Charta fame, who reigned about fifty
six years: Edward III., alotit fifty, and
George III., who was king for more than
fifty-nine years. George III. was born
June i, 1738, succeeded to the throne on
October i 17tiu, when he was 22, became
permanently insane on his third serious
attack (1811), and died January 2U, 1S20,
in his Kil year. He reigned, therefore.
In name at least from October 2.1, 1700, to
January 2D, 1X20, or fifty-nine years, three
mouths and four days.
A Kegro Konghly Treated.
Sxow Hill, Md., September 20. Chris
Green,colored,was nearly lieaten to death
here last night by a crowd of indignant
citizens. Tbe negro bad been selling
pictures In the town, and he spoke in an
impudent manner to a woman on the
street She told several persons of the
insult The report spread, and late at
night a crowd went to the bouse where
he was stopping, battered down the door
and dragged him out with a rope aliout
his waist. X desperate attempt was
made to lynch him, but this was preven
ted. The crowd then began beating
the man with whips and clubs. Dozens
of times he was knocked down and trod
npon. Finally he was struck by a large
club aud fell to the ground apparently
dead. The crowd then dispersed, ne
became conscious later and crawled out
of town.
Bryan Givee Up the East
W'AsmxoTON, Sept 2-L The branch
headquarter here of the Bryan Demo
cratic National Committee have been
closed. The sign over a part of the old
Wormely building "Headquarters of
Democratic National Committee" will
be taken down and the space made va
cant by the department of tbe "regulars"
will be alloted to tbe Populists and the
j Silver League. This b a gloomy ending
of an attempt to emphasize the national
character of the Popoeratic appeal by
placing the headquarters well into tbe
"enemy's country."
The Split la Vtv Tork.
Brooklyn, Sept. 2t. The New York
State Convention of the National Democ
racy to-night nominated Dauiel ti. tJrif
fin, of.Watertown, by acclamation, for
Jovernor, lrederick W. Ilenrlcha, or
Kings county, for Lieutenant Governor,
Spencer Clinton, of Buffalo, for Judge of
the Court of A ppeals, and adopted a res
olution indorsing-the Indianapolis plat
form and ticket The only name pre
sented agaiust Mr. Griffin for Governor
was that of Patrick J. Gleason, who mov
ed that the nomination of Mr. GrilTiu be
made by acclamation. During the pro
ceedings Gen. John M. Palmer, the Na
tional Democratic candidate for Presi
dent appeared in the hall and was greet
ed with great applause.
After the nominations had been con
cluded Gen. Palmer made a speech. He
started in by Maying that a Senator from
Missouri said it is the duty of a Demo
crat to first vote the ticket and then read
the platform. He congratulated himself
that ho was in the presence of Demo
crat who first read the platform aud
then decide whether to vote for the can
didates or not
He quoted the case of Illinois as hav
ing been prosperous because the State
had never repudiated its delit He pre
dicted that Bryan would be beaten, aud
tbe Populists and the Democrats of the
Chicago convention would be damned to
gether. Ho added that all the people of
this country except tbo silver mine own
en. and the men who are desperately iu
delt and desiring to pay their debts in
the least possible value, are interested in
preserving the present standard of val
ues. Pensioner Dying Rapidly.
Commissioner of Pensions Murphy, in
bis annual report on the operations of the
Pension Bureau, shows that 40,374 new
pensioners were added aud 3,872 restored
who had been previously dropped, mak
ing a total af 44,217. Tbe losses for vari
ous reasons aggregated 44,093. The whole
number of pensioners on the roll June
30, 1890, was 970,073.
The Commissioner states it may now
safely be assured that the roll from this
time ou will show a steady diminution.
unless Congress should enact still more
lilieral provisions. The rate of mortality
of the pensioners, particularly those who
served through the war of the rebellion.
is rapidly increasing.
Disallowances of pensions during tbe
year amounted to 97,280, most of them lo-
ing applications for increases. Tbe
amount disbursed was J138,214,00), a de
crease of l,3tU,0uiX
The amount appropriated for pension
payments, 140,000,00(1, was found to be
more than su flicient There was. at the
close of the fiscal year an unexpended
balance of $l,7!),00a The Commissioner
dopta vhe estimates of his predecessor.
Judge Lochren, for 1S9S, namely, $ 140,-
000,000 for fusions aud 21,328,000 for oth
er expeuses.
The act of January 5, 189.3. increasing
pensions from ?8 to fl2 of certain Mexi
can veterans whose names were then on
the roll, the Commissioner says, does not
make any provisons for the pensions of
others whose names might be subsequent
ly recorded, and he recommends that the
$12 increase le granted to all Mexican
survivors who are totally disabled, and
in destitute circumstance,
The Commissioner also calls attention
to the fact that there is no statute provid
ing a pension for tho widows of officers
or soldiers w ho died from causes origi
nating in the service prior to March 4,
lsiil, during a time of peace. This, be
thinks, is an inequality in the law which
should be remedied by Congressional ac
tion.
McKinley First Tote.
From a Speech to First Yoters.
I recall, young men, my first vote. With
what a thrill of pride I exercised for the
first time the full prerogative of citizen
ship! I have not realized greater pride
since. I felt that I bad some part in the
government Tbe period and circum
stances when I cast my first vote may
have made a deeper impression upon me
than it otherw ise would, but I recall it
now after thirty-two years with sensa
tions of joy and satisfaction. ( Applause, )
In the crisis of war, ou the very field of
conflict my first vote was cast for Abra
ham Lincoln. (Great cheering.) It is to
me a priceless memory. What a glorious
privilege to have been permitted to vote
fir a candidate for President whose ser
vices to his country in the greatest peril
of its life rank with tbeservices of Wash
ington, the father of his country. (Ap
plause.) Priceless memory to me that I
could vote for tbe martyr of liberty, the
emancipator of a raeo and the saviour of
the only free government ant ing men,
(Great cheering.)
Hanoi on the Outlook.
Chairman Mark A. Hanna, of the Re
publican National Committee, arrived in
New York Thursday.
Mr. Hanna said: "Well, the situation
is all right aud getting better all the time.
The free silver disease is curing itself as
the people come to their sober second
thotrght I have no anxiety whatever
about tbo result My stay here will
probably extend over tcu days.
"The sound money advotntcs are hold
ing large ineetiugs regardless of party,
and many converts are lieiug made. We
have over 300 speakers talking sound
money in Central, Western and North
western Stales. The demand for sound
money literature in the Central Western
States is large, and I think that it is an
excellent sign by which to judge the
ideas of the people.
"I see no reason to be discouraged w ith
the outlook in tbe Central Western
States."
Chairman Hanna will go thoroughly
over the work of the campaign in the
Southern States before he makes his final
departure for Chicago, III., where be is
to remain until tbe close of the battle.
The Tyranny of the Desk.
We w ill suppose that your occupation
is sedentary that you are chained, so to
speak to the desk in some counting house.
or perhaps to the loom in some vast mill
where you are compelled to labor from
morning till night Sunday is your only
day of relaxation. You return home
every evening wearied mentally and bod
ily. Your health and strength begin to
foil. What will most effectually reca
perate your vital energy ? The weight of
evidence points to no other conclusion
than that lies tetter's Stomach Bitters is
your safest most reliable sheet anchor.
Use it persistently, and your system w ill
aoon regain its pristine vigor. Every
function will receive a healthful impulse.
There Is no remedy to equal tbe Bitters
for nervousness and want of sleep, dys
pepsia, constipation and biliousness. It
averts and remedies all forms of malarial
disease, and is a preventive of rheuma
tism and neuralgia.
A Plague of Bugs.
Chicago, Sept 24 A swarm of black
beetles has descended upon this city, en
tirely eclipsing all previous plagues of
Rand Cies which have visited the place.
Tbe creatures were about one and one
balf inches long and oval in shape.
They fell almost In showers in some of
the most brilliantly lighted streets, per
ishing by myriads under tbe wheels of
vehicles. They fell so thickly that people
eould not prevent them from slipping
unawares down their necks and the un
usual visitation caused much discomfort
It is belived that the bugs belonged to
a rare species, as none like them bad
been seen before.
Ths iTidence.
A good many people in Somerset are
using the CI nderella Bange, which is tho
tbe best evidence of its merits. Sold and
guaranteed by
Jas. B.' Hoi.rKKn.rM.
Somerset, Pa.
Couldn't Dig the Woman Out
Williamsport, Pa., Sept 2."i. A force
of telegraph linemen were outwitted by
a determined woman here to-day. The
men were out to change the location of a
pole that stood on the premises of Mrs.
Charles Gibson, when Mrs. Gilison enter
ed a protest When the men had dug
the bole for the pole Mrs. Gibson slid in
to the hole, and no amount of coaxing or
threatening could get her out
A policeman was called, but the wo
man was on her own property, and was
in nowise disturbing the peace, so the
officer could not molest her. The line
men attempted to frighten her out by
digging about her with heavy liars ; but
Mrs. Gilisou remained firm and the men
went away without accomplishing the
work of moving the pole.
After the men hud gone Mrs. Gilison
hurried into her garden and uprooted a
small plum tree. This she planted on
thesp-H where the new pole was to lie plac
ed. A city ordinance providf-s that no
tree or shrub shall be despoiled by corpo
rations in the erection of poles, aud thus
it looks as though Mrs. Gilisou would
win.
The secret of happiness, "Keep your
liver right." Burdock Blood Bitters is
nature's remedy for complaints of the
liver or bowels.
Stung to Desth by Bees.
A despatch from Milan, Michigan, says
that James Morrells engaged in a deser
ate battle with lices on Thursday of last
week and was stung to death.
In driving past bis hives one of the
wheels of the wagon struck tho platform,
and tho hive were overturned. The horses
ran a say when the bees attacked them,
aud Mori ell was thrown out Although a
robust man, he was powerless against the
insects. He battled with them for some
time but at last overcome by their
stings, sank to the ground unconscious.
He was removed to his home and every
effort made to save him, but be died in
side of au hour, the doctors say, from the
result of the poison inoculated by the
stings of tho bees.
If Silver, Why Hot Potatoes 1
From the New York Tribune.
When the Government fixes the pri
of silver at 1.20 au ounce, that will fix
the price 'throughout tbe world. W. J.
Bryan.
Let's have the Government fix the price
of potatoes at $" a bushel. Theu every
one who owus a potato patch will boas
well oil' as though he owned a gold mine.
They Wish to Keep Him at Home. -
From the Chicago Tiuica-IIfnild.
A recent poll of the precinct in which
XV. J. Bryan resides at Lincoln Neb.,
gives the following result (there are 292
legal voters iu the precinct):
McKinley (sure) .. . 11
Iientley, Prohibition 1st
IKubtful 11
News Items.
The iH-partment of Agriculture is send
ing out a Isilletin relative to butter colors
to tho farmers and dairymen of tbo State.
The document was prepared by State
Chemist Cochran, of West Chester, who
recom mends that the use of coloring mat
ters lie prohibited until their influence
on the human orgaus has been investi
gated.
Everylody will want to vote this fall
and everybody who wants to vote must
be qualified. Therefore pay your taxes.
They must lie paid at least thirty days
before election or, prior to ( ictober 3. It
is necessary to have paid a State or Coun
ty tax within two years, and those who
owe should be sure and pay them before
Octoler 3. Don't neglect this.
Only 90'1 persons in 1,0 O.Oin, according
to medical authority, die from old age,
while 1,200 succumb to gout. 18.4'Uto
measles, 2,700 to apoplexy, 7,000 to erysip
elas, 7..VX) to consumption, 4,000 to scarlet
fever, 2W) to whooping cough, "30,00:1 to
typhoid and typhus and 7,000 to rheuma
tism. The averages vary according to lo
cality, but these are considered pretty ac
curate as regards the population of the
gloleas a whole.
Members of the Nansen expedition say
that so tired did they lecomo of seeing
the saiuo faces and hearing the same
voices day after day in the course of the
slow drift Northward that in tbe end a
feeling of irritation was produced. At
times this irritability became well nigh
insupportable, and the men would set
off on long walks across the ice, each
man by himself and carefully avoiding
his fellows.
The Pittsburg Daily News is just aliout
six months ol.L It is a Republican eve
ning newspaper of eight pages, neatly
printed, and served by mail or carrier at
one cent a copy, or $.5 a year. The Dai
ly News aims to lie a paper for tbe home,
and it spares neither labor nor expense
to cater to the family eircle. It claims to
have been phenomenally siKvessful in its
eff rj. It is the only I i tsburg daily
with a page devoted entirely to women.
If you have not seen it you can get a
sample of it by mail free of charge.
The Only One
To Stand the Test
Rev. AVilliam Copp, whose father
was :i physician for over fifty years,
in New Jersey, and who himself
Fpent many years preparing for the
practice of medicine, but subse
quently entered the ministry of the
il. E. Church, writes: "I am glad
to testify that I have
had analyzed all the
sarsaparilla prepara
tions known in the
trade, but
AYER'S
is the only one of
them that I could
recommend as a
blood-purifier. I have
Riven away hundreds of bottles of
it, as I consider it the safest as well
as the lest to lie had." Wji. Corr,
Pastor M. E. Church, Jackson, Minn.
wi
ll THE 051Y WOBID'S TALU
Sarsaparilla
When in doubt, askf or Ayer's Pills
NO. 204 NORTH
Good Place to Fit For College or Business.
Send For Dencriptiv Catalogue.
Quinn's Big Store I
We Are Showing a Splendid Line of
NEW FALL DRESS GOODS
Cln Black and Colors.
ONTAINING Covert Cloth. Two-toned Twills, honeycomb and canvas weaves
plain and rough shaggy surfaces, in combination of silk and wool. In two col
ors, giving the goods an irridescent effect Two and three-toued Check Sui t
ings. Many of the new goods are woven in two and three colors, giving a
chameleon effect, which is very pretty. These goods are entirely diiTerent from any
in the city. Prices are away below those of last season.
JAMES
Separated Eighty Tears.
Ai'BAlX, Mich.. Sept 2S. -Charles Ben
nett and his sister, Mrs. Lucy Tow nsend,
were united to-day after a separation of
HO years. In 181L Bennett's step-mother
ordered him out ot her house in a small
New York village and be started away
on a career of adventure, finally settling
In Monroe, this slate, as a retired sea
captain. He lost all track of bis family
until last week.
His sister, it happened, married and
came West, settling dow n at Clayton,
Mich. A newspaper Item, giving a
sketch of the old captain's life attracted
the sister's attention, aud a mutual friend
was the means of bringing tho aged
couple together after so many years.
pyiro
Blood rieans sound health. With pure,
rfch, healthy blood, the stomach and di
gestive organs will be vigorous, and there
wiU be no dyspepsia. Rheumatism and
Neuralgia will be unknown. Scrofula and
Salt Kheum will disappear. With pure
Yonr nerves will lie strong, and your teep
sound, sweet and refreshing. Ihmd's
fttrrapurilla makes pure blood. That is
why it cures 30 many discas.. That is
w hy so many thousands take it to cur
disease, retain good health and prevent
sickness and suffering. Kt-incni ber
Sarsaparilla
Is the One Trie Wood Purifier. $1 ; six for $5.
-j . , cure Liver Ills; easy to
MOOU S PlllS take, easy to operate. 25c
Jos. Home & Co.
The Way
Mail Orders are coming in lor the
new alUwool
tufted suitings
there must lie extra merit in them we
claim that there is, hut would rather
have an expression from you, individu
ally. Will you write our Mail Order Depart
ment for samples of these extraordinary
values in newest, up-t-vdate styles in
DKKSS;OIS and Sl'ITIXtJST W to
50 inches wide, 3.V, "jifc and ST: yd.
All we ask is fair investigation and tu
unbiased verdict
Also send name aud address for New
Catalogue out of press this week. If y u
come to the Great Kxposition dou't fail to
visit The Great Dry Goods Store, right
on your way to Kxpisition Buildings.
PENN AVE. & FIFTH ST.,
PITTSBURG, PA.
Most likely you are going to make a
trip to tbe Western Pennsylvania
Exposition
the musical and art features, as well
as the commercial and luunufaeting
exhibits are unusually attractive this
year, and you'll want to see them it
will pay you to include this store in
your visit come ami insjieet the new
goods learn prices ami see if this
small profit business isn't done in a
way that concerns your self interest.
A wonderful collection of
Dress Goods
silks,
black goods,
novelty woolens,'
coats,
jackets,
suits,
here :
all gessls you can depend on as to
style, quality aud price least price for
the kinds.
Meanwhile send for samples of these
extraordinary values :
Fine all-wool Black Henrietta 4!)
inches wide iJOc most wide Henriet
tas are only 4-11 inches wide these are
not only extra wide, but such splendid
weight, finish and luster us has always
ueeu a dollar a yaru.
Fine Imported Black Serge, 50 inch
es wide, 40c.
Fine Novelty Woolens, 4S and 50
incnes wide . sscofeii ettects, m!k
overshot novelties, bourettes fine fab
rics made to sell for a dollar or more
on some there's the difference between
85c and il.'St to lie saved.
Never had such fine choice mixtures
to sell at 37 and 50c a yard as now
nice stylish things that at such prices
prove there's small profit selling no
other kind being done here.
Yon ought to make sure that we have
your name and address for sending the
uew Catalogue to ready soon brimful
of facts aliout goods and prices that will
be to your advantage free, postpaid, if
you ask for it
BOGGS & BUHL
Allegheny. Pa.
AVE.. ALLEGHENY,
Blood
Kloods
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QUINN, Johnstown, PaJfllUUiiiWlif
EVERY DAY
Brings Something- New i
A Riding or Walking
CmmMmmW
Xo drawing of frame on the ground. The lightest .shaft. ViKi , a
itself of trash as easily as a hav rake. Kun9 a light with
a man on as others do without a load.
CALL AND SEE IT. WE GUARANTEE IT THE EEST
IN THE WORLD.
Sold on Trial.
J. B. Holderbaum,
Somerset, Pa.
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SOIDA. SPR
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Pure Drugs and Chem- j Fine Imported & Dc
icals. mestic Cigars.
G. VV. BEMFORD, Manager.
--i-Ofnce of Pr. S. M. Hi 11 in rear of Store, where he will wait upon p :
Saturday of each week.
IFU
RNTURE
Our Stockls Large.
A thing to be considered
i In buying Furniture.
2 PRICE is -generally held to be of the first importai; e. I:
g- should be the last. If you buy for quality you pay accoroii .v-
If you buy for price you get w hat you pay for.
Charolier Suits. Solid Oak and Cherry, containing six pieces, f-J's . '
Antique Oak Suits, : ; ; : : : : ylis ?:s.
Parlor Suits, : ; ; jo j:
buleboarux. Solid Oak, :::::: f U, tl-, f
Chairs, Beds, Springs, Mattresses and all other kinds of Furniture at
lowest price.
Jt:
FIGURE
Covers a multitude of nins, but it ixn't necessary to hr.v t' e
indcHirahl features to secure figure. KstaMish in your iniul
the detail of grades, then you are ready for price.
C. H. Coffroth,
duo M?in uross street,
Spring Tooth I Iarrow.
Don't-Think
tliat ,tli rs have tboulit
you.
E003 RESULTS,
Arv thf r-uii of or !t.r
VttirV t-.x ixnt-nr-. Tln y:ir- m
for thi'ir i!iraLiiit y, muv:;.
anl aN-onomy.
SwHh1 attention hnt 1 . n
1
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tl w ant Ui m. witli ;. i. w i-i
iim in:; rv-ry iit,ir m rii .t: :i
iuttt-rui ' rM.
TlH-ir leanlinw' h-ssim !:t'r . r. 5
Their e-i'!iiiiy Kivt in':i y.
J. B. Holderbaum,
SOMERSCT.
- - PA.
Carbon Garlr.i
Hfered a- ti.e i:
s'ift coal l;-;i:.!i,-stove
ever pr -
.bl.v.i.
Absolutely Air
Tight.
1W fir.-k-p.-r ;::
istr-nce. Can i c ; :
either an
double hivtt i .
An Entirely Ne
Stove
maile espeiva'.ly; ;
this market. ty
lareet tnali-r
' p ' of stoves in
the world.
Aluminum is in 1
the castfi);;-
I'arNm i u r i .1 . i.
- making them t--4:
craml nnre !..-r .-.
Pri'-e iiohi-j!.- r ;:. . t
intVri-r t vt-. i
th.svla-"..
; See it ! Iluy it ! ':
onlv bv
P. A. SCHELL
Somerse:, Pa.
1896.
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