The Somerset Herald. KDVf ARD BCUIX, Editor and Proprietor. It is cat of gowtas will as of pout. Now that we are in tlie White llou--, let us stay there. Makcii 4, IH'J', will long be remem Ured as one of the greatest days in the history of the greatest nation of the world. SrBAXuE things have happened, but it is hard to guess what use the Ameri can people eau ever have for another llemoeratic administration. The fact that Washington is fctill rrowded is pr pliably explained by the further faet that the original MeKiuley man Ua remained over for a few day. t'oKXKLifS X. Buss did his very best to keep out of the Cabinet, but he did not Mieceed. He was the one man in New York who fitted the necessities of the case completely and satisfactor ily to everyone, and at the last mo ment his consent was obtained. Ox all the reform issues President MeKiuley is sound to the core, lie is a civil aerviee reformer, but not the kind of a reformer who begins his re form at the close of his administra tion, after he has got all his party friends in office. Now the Kausas legislature has passed a bill forbidding high hats in public places of amusement. Flushed with suecesK, the legislators will ttoou liegin attacking big sleeves, and per haps the dawning of the next century will tsee the fashions regulated alto gether bv law. Fashion-plates will then be issued with statute book at tachments, and dressmakers will be obliged to take out police licenses. The splendid new Congressional library at Washington, with its ac commodations for over 1,000,000 books and its beautiful architecture, ought to be an example to tloe who construct building at public expense all ovtr this country. Tlie structure was con: .leted on contract time, and .1,400 lefs than tlie appropriation was expended, Tii library at Washington will stand for all time as an illustrious nionu meut to tlie fact that contractors on jiublie works ean le honest and can be jirompt. Th ;jke i'jestious the currency, the reveuiMM and the trusts are given especial prominence by President Me Kiuley iu his inaugural. He rays that "our financial system needs some revision, " but sujrijeU caution in making tlie revision ; sy that it should not le entered upon until adi iu.it revenue is secured, and favors the creation of a commission to give the whole matter of currency refoini careful aud intelligent consideration. An increase in the revenue, he points out, is urgently demanded, and thi lie truly says, must come chiefly from duties on imitorU. In revising the tariff, in order to gain this additional itu-one, he wisely reminds the country that adequate protection for Important Industrie should lie provided wherever deeded, and recommends that the reci- roeity principle of the law of 1SH0 be re-enacted and extended. All trusts and combinations of capital in re straint of trade he condemns, aud ad vises the vigorous enforcement against theiu of all laws now on the statute book aud the enactment of new laws If these be Ineffective. With three other great issues inter national arbitration, civil service re form and immigration the President deals luminously. Since arbitration us a sulistitute for war has, as he justly rays, lieen "the leading feature of our foreign xlicy throughout all our his tory," lie urges the early ratification f the pending treaty by the Senate. N one who knows Mr. Kinley's rec ord in Congress on civil service reform had any doubt, of course, as to the at titude as President on this uuestion. Nevertheless he took especial pains to ay that this reform "must go on. He voted for the present civil service law, he reminds the country,. and adds that he will attempt its "enforcement in the spirit in which it was enacted." The naturalization and immigration laws, he says, should be further im proved so as to promote a "safer, bet ter and higher citizenship," a 'id warns the country that its "gates must lie promptly and tightly closed" against ll wlw are "too ignorant to under stand or too vicious to appreciate" the value of our political system. On the Cuban matter President Me JCinW did not speak fpeeineally, but lie unquestionably had that in mind when he a&id thit "it will lie our aim to pursue a firm mid dignified foreign l2iey, which eliall lie just, impartial, -v-r watchful of our national honor, And ala-ays insisting upon the enforce fueut of the lawful right of American citizen, everywhere." Our diplo macy," he adds, "hould seek nothing more and aeceiit nothing less than is lue us." These exprtttsioiM, while of fering no needless menace to Spain or any other country, foreshadow a prater regard for the interests of our -itUeuain Cuba and elsewhere abroad than han been reoeutly shown by the government Tliese are the principal cjuestions of national loneern, and on mil of them, as well as on the Lmucs of wmaller importance, which we have not mentioned, the President's position is stated with clearness and good taste. The entire addrea U admirable in twiguage and temper. It will give the people, without distinction of party .or section, a decidedly favorable im pression of iu author, and liave a got! .influence in every respei-t. A Com Bnsiaeti for Suc. t :cxl general line of merchan dise (ur male i bargain. A good chance for the right a., Finrt-elass location. lxpenHelow. K.smu fur selling, being In business 13 years, U, to retire. For turU inforuiation al Jra, B. K. 8n LC. ?X Be4A4 St. Johnstown, P. How' T&Lit Wfff,T liandjvd tii'r E.-ward for Bynuu-uf CaUrrb Uiat cannot be cured by tialK Catarrh b m. e. JL CUKSet k CO, Prop, Toledo, o. V tfce underxigned, V known K. J. Che-tv- for tlie lam 14 j-e.ru, and fcelieve hlra per fortly horableln all business transactions and Bnaorially able to carry out any obliga t ions made bf their fi no. W kkt a Taa r i.U'fcolesale DrusgtUsToledo,0 ' U'ALIMS. KlXSAX MABV1X, Wholraal? I twirl!, Toledo, O. tlatr Catarrh Care ii taken Internally. act-, lug directly upon the blood and mucous aur- taoea of tue vjrtltfn. Price, TV. per buttle riojdiiyall I:uWU. Te UintMilaia true. W KUN KSUAV March 10. 1C. McKINLET AND HOBART. Kow for Four Taara of Peace, Pleaty aoi Prosperity. Secretary, of State, John Sherman, of Ohio. Secretary of the Treasury, Lyman J. Gage, of Illinois. Secretary of War, Ktissell A. Algnr.oi Michigan. Secretary of the Navy, John 1 . Iotig, or Mawachnsetts. Secretary of the Interior, (VrneliusN. Bliss, of New York. r-tniatcr- Jencral, James A. Gary, of Maryland. .Mtornoy-General, Jos. M henna, oi California. Secretary of Agriculture, James Wil son, of low a. William MeKiuley is now the Presi- dentoftbe United States and Garret A. Hohart, the presiding officer of the Unitel States Senate. The fourth of March haseouieand gone; the inaugural ceremonies, oaths, speech es, parade, ball all are over. Prepared for so long, granted the choicest weather of the clime ani season, an ideal spring day, in bltistry, disagreeable March, the occasion was probably the most magnifi cent and most largely attended in our history. Mr. MeKinley with his party, which included his wife aud mother, left Canton Monday evening on a special train, which arrived in Washington shortly lefore noon on Tuesday. A large crowd of his friends and neighliors bade him God speed as be boarded the train, and the President-elect made them a short speech. Mr. Ilolnrt and party set out for the capital Tuesday morning and arrived there Tuesday afternoon. So that the chief actors In the momentous events of Thursday were early on the scene. Early In the day Mr. MeKiuley left the Ebbitt House and proceeded at once to the White House. There h was cordial ly received by Mr. Cleveland, and togeth er they were driven at once to the Capi tol. In the Senate Chamber the swearing in of Vice President Hobart occurred. This was in the presence of both houses of Congress, the Supreme Court, high dignitaries of the army and navy and other notables. Immediately after this and the swearing In of new Senators the official company repaired to the stand on the east front of the Capitol. There, in the presence of thotttauds, the oath of office was administered to William MeKinley. and. as President of the United States, he delivered his inau gural address, which was cheered madly by the throng. Then, in company w ith ex-President Cleveland, President Me Kinley drove back to the Whiu House, an 1 after a hurried leach, took up his position on the reviewing ataud and wit-n-v)sed the march past of enthuaiastic in iltitndes. 9lr. Cleveland almost 1m nj nliately left Washington for a trip in Southern waters. In the .n!ng the great inaugural ball was held in the Punsion building, while a splendid pyrotechniu dt.spiay was given at the foot of the Washington uioiiumeiiL IX TBR SKXATE (1I AVBKR. Cameron, Quay and Penrose sat close together during the preliminary inaugu ral ceremonies in the Senate chamber. The iiew Senators were called up four at a time to take the oath, and Mr. Pen rose was CNorted by Senator Quay, who toik his young ao'.league's arm. iiay an 1 Penrose nlood Ika second two from Vii President Hobart wuila the latter administered the oath. Mr. Penrose hav jng siilv-riled to the oath iu the Uxik in front of the Vi-e President, returned with Mr. tny as they had come forward. through one of the narrow side passages. instead of making themselves more con spumous by means of a principal aisle. "OATH" OS CLKVKI.AXn. Mr. C leveland looked lite a lug sea captaiu or bie hotel steward. He has such a portly and fat ami messmate na lure that he attracts by his dissimilarities. MeKinley aeemed to lie a young fellow c-.mie to town to visit his rich gouty un ele. The only President who has skipped a term and been four times in this Senate at inaugurations is Grovcr. He walked with a soft tread on one foot to-day, but immediately left after MeKiuley ended his speech and went eunninz with his 83a pals. He lm l?ooiue very old, over shapen and overstramed, and yet is an engaging person, somewhat like the non chalant fat tavern-keepers. I heard i man say behind me to another to-day "I never was popular, but I'm comforted to feel that at my worat I uevcr had more enemies than Mr. Cleveland." SKEmiES OK MKMflKRS OK THK CABISKT. John Sherman was born May in, Isii, at Lancaster, Ohio. In 1S he was a del egate to the Whig national convention. and more than forty year ago he was a member of Congress. Less than three weeks after Line lu'a inauguration he be- came a member of the U.S. Senate and has been in that body ever tiiu-e except when a member of the Prei lcii)t's Cabi net. Lyman J. Gage is a Chicago hanker, one of the most popular men in that big city. and leaves a fi'i.ftW saUry there to be President McKinley's Secretary of the Treasury at &Mw0 a year. He was born in Madion county X. V., in lsW. Kussel A. Alger, at thirteen poor, an orphan, with a younger brother and sis ter to support, today i one of the wealth iest citizjns of Miohigin. He served turougii me war, maiie ins I irtutie in Michigan lumber since, and his heen governor of his adopted state. Ex-Governor John Iijivis Ling, of M iss., wat bora iu Maine in ls.'S. gradu ated at Harvard in IKjT. practiced law and went to Congress in ls7i The next year he was m idd Speaker of tha II use and held the placi f r threa yeirs. In "., ) and 'SI ho defeated Ben Rjtlerfo govern or oi .M.ts.icu:nj:ti. Atter tuat ne was thri-e elo-ted to Congrer. Cornelius X. Bliss, h?il of ths Xew York dry gtob firm of Bliss, Fahyn A Co., was brn UOyean ago in Fall Kiver, Mas. Hi wa treasurer of th 3 ItspuV lican Xatioual committee during ths last campaign. James A. Gary is a Connecticut yankee, born in IS It, but removed to 15 ikirn re. where he has since liveL at the age of five. Ever since the Republican party was formed he has b?en one of its lea Icrs in that state. Judge Jje;U Mclf eana was brn in Philadelphia iu Hi t, that ti,ere is a Pennsylranian in the Cabinet ftr ail, bat he has lived la C.iliforuia iuue Js"j He was a meinlwr of four Congresjei aud was appointed a United States circuit judge by President Harrison. He is a member of the R man Catholic church. James Wilson. Secretary of Agricul ture, is a practical farmer of Tama county Iowa, and is known as "Tama Jim" to distinguish hi in from the other James Wilson, who was Senator from Iowa wbile be was iu the lower httise. He w m born iu Ayrshire, Scotland, in ISi.". , ca:u his parents to Conne.rticut in IslI, theiice to Iowa three years later. He taught in the public school, urvsj in the legislature, and one term in Cot gres. In KH he was elected diwtor of the Iowa station and prufosaor of agricul ture by the trustees of the Iowa Agricul tural college, positions he has held up to the present time. LAST DAYS OF THE SESMOI. President Cleveland vetoed the immi gration bill and the House promptly pawed it ov r the veto by a vote of In J to 37. Four of the appropriation bills failed by reason of the President's failure to tign them. All were sent to the White House early Thursday morning, except the Gen eral Ieficieucy, but the President failed to sign the Indian bill, th j Agricultural bill and the Sundry Civil bill. The Gen eral Deficiency makes np the four. If your dealer tells you that something else is ''just as good" as D tan's Ointment for Hives, PJn Worms Itching Piles, or other itchiness of the akin, tell him you w ant the original. Jt i Kie; never-tail- se; THE PRESIDENT'S INAUGURAL. The follow ing is the inugural addresa of President MeKinley. Fellow-Citizens. In obedience to the will of the people and in their presence, by the authority vested in me by this oath, I assume the arduous and responsible duties 'if Presi dent of the United States, relying on the support of my countrymen and in voking the guidance of Almighty God. Our faith teaches that there is no safer reliance than upon the God of our fathers, who has singularly favored the American people in every Xational trial, and who will not forsake us oo long as we obey His commandment and walk humbly in His footslepa. The responsibilities of the high trust to which I have been called, always of grave importance, are augmented by the prevailing business conditions, entailing idleness upon w illing labor and losa to useful enterprises. The country is suf fering from industrial disturbances from which speedy relief must lie had. Our financial system needs some revision our money is all good now, but lta value must not further be threatened. It should all be put upon an enduring bas is, oot subject to easy attack, nor its sta bility to doubt or dispute. Our curren cy should continue under the Biinervi aion of the Government. The several forms of our paper money offer, in my judgment, constant emlarrassinent to the Government and a safe balance in the Treasury. Therefore, I believe it neceary to da vise a system which, without diminish icg the circulating medium or offering a premium for its contraction, will present a remedy for those arrangements, which, temporary in their nature, might well iu the years of our prosperity have been displaced by wiser provisions. With adequate revenue secured, but not until then, we ean enter upon such changes in our fiscal laws as will, while insuring safety and value to our money, no longer impose upon the (fovernment the neissity of maintaining so large a gold reserve, with its attendant and in evitable temptations to speculation. MoU of our financial laws are the outgrowth of experience and trial, and should not be amended without investigation aud demonstration of the wisdom of the pro posed changes. We must be both "Sure we are right" and "Make haste slowly." If, therefore, Congress in lta wisdom shall deem it ejpcdjeqt p preate a com mission to take under early consideration the revision of our coinage, banking, and currency laws, and give them that ex haustive, careful, and dispassionate ex amination that their imsrtance de mauds, I shall cordially concur in such action, ff such power is vested in the President, it js )y purpose to appoint a coiiiiijibion of prominent, well-informed citizen of dijferent parties, who wjll command public lymliiienco bfth on af count uf their ability and tpecil fitness for tho work. Business experipnotr and public training may thus be combined, arid the patriotic zeal of the friends of the country be so diro-ted that such a roport will Iss made as to receive the support of al parties, and our finances cease to lie the ibje4 of mere partisan contention. Tho experiment is, at all events, worth a trial, and in iny opinion, it can but prove bauetiuial to the entire country. The question of International Bimetal, lism will have eirly and earnest atten. tion. It will lie my constant endeavor to secure it by co-operation with the other great commercial Powers of the world, Until that condition is realized when the parity between our gold and silver mon ey springs from and U supported by the relative value of the two metals, the val ue of the silver already coined, and of that which may hereafter be coined, must be kept constantly at par with gold by every remuree at our com in md. The credit of tho G jvernment, the integrity of its currency, and the inviolability of its obligations must be preserved. This was the commanding verdict of the people. and it will not be unheeded. Economy it demand! in every branch of the Government at all times, but espe cially in periods like the present of de pression in business and distress among tLe people. The severest economy must be observed. 10 all public expenditures. aud estravaguce stopped wherever it is fouui, and preyeuted wherever in the future it may be developed. If the rev enues are pi retuiiq as t)?w, the only re- liuf that ou c.iii9 itt'js( be frotn decreas e I ekpeit litures. Hut the present inust not beonio the periiiauont condition pf III ; (1 veru:iienL It has been our uni I .nil practice to retire, not increase, oqr ontstui ling obligiti. ins, and this policy m ist again be resumel and vigorously enforced. O.ir revenues should alwavs Is; largs enough to mocrt with ease and promptness, not only our current noeds and the principal and interest of the pub lic ddbti, but to njske proper and liberal proviaion for that most deserving body of public creditors the soldiers and sailors an l the widows and orph ins who are the pensioner of the United States. The Government should not be permit ted to run behind, or increase iu debt, in tiui3s like the present. Suitably to pro vide agaiust this is the mandate of duty the certain aud eisy retnady for most of our financial difficulties. A deficiency is Inevitable s.i long as the expenditures of tho Government exceed its receipts. It can only be met by loans or an increased revenua. hue a large annual surplus of revenue iniy invite wast9 and extrav-agtii'-e, inadequate revenue creates dis trust anl undermines public and private credit. Neither should be encouraged. ( IJjtween mira loans and more revenue, Ih.re ought to be but one opinion. We s'lould hive mare revenue, and that w'thout delay, hindrance or postpone- ; ment. A surplus in the Treasury, ereat- el by loan, is not a permanent or safe rellancA. It will suffice while it lasts, b-it It can not last long w hlle the outlays of the Government are greater than its receipts as has been the -:ase during the pat two years. Xor must it be forgotten that however much such loans may tem porarily relieve the situation, the Gov ernment is still indebtod for the amount of the surplus thus accrued, which it must ultimately pay, while its ability to pay is not ntrengthenod. but weakened, by a continued deficit. Loans are imper ative in great emergencies to preserve the Government or its credit, but the failure to supply needed revenue in time of peace for the maintenance of cither has no justification. The best way for tho Government to maintain its credit is to pay as it goes not by resorting to loans, but by keeping out of debt through an inadequate in eouio secured by a system of taxation, external or internal, or both. It is the settled policy of the Government, pur sued from the begiiiuing and practiced by all parties and Administrations, to raise the bulk of our reveuue from taxes upon foreign productions euteriug the United States for sale and consumption; and avoiding for the most part every form of direct taxation, except in time of war. The country js clearly opposed to any ueedles additions to the subjects of internal taxations, and is committed by its latest popular utterances to the system of Tariff taxation. There can le no mis understanding either about the princi ple upon which this Tariff taxation shall be levied. Nothing has ever been made plainer at a general election than that the controlling principle in the raising of revenues from duties on imports is zeal eus care for American interests and American Jabor. The people have de clared that such legislation should be bad as will give ample protection and encouragement to the luduutries aud tho development of our country. It is, therefore, earnestly hoped and expected that Congress will, at the earli est practicable momeut, enact revenue legislation that shall be fair, reasonable, conservative, and just, aud which, while supplying sufficient revenue for public purposes, will still bo signally beneficial and helpful to every section and every enterprise of the poojjlo. To this policy, we $re all, of w hatever party, firmly bound by the roine of the people a power vastly more potential than the ex pression of any political platform. The paramount duty of Congress Is to U'P deficiencl by tlie restoration of that Protective legislation w ileh baa always been the firmest prop of the Treasury. The passage of such a law or laws would strengthen the credit of the Government both at hme and abroad, and go far toward stopping tho drain upon the gold reserve held for the redemption of our currency, which has been heavy and well-nigh eonstaut for several years. Iu the revision of the Tariff, especial attention should be given to the re-tn actiuent and extension of tho reciproc- j as tho foremost of tho enlightened na ity principle of the law of lssci, under i tions of the world, which, under Provi whicb, so great a stimulus was given to deuce, we ought to achieve. HON. WILWIAM M'KINLEY. pur foreign trade In new and ail van ta goius markets of our surplus agricultur al and manufactured products. The brief (rial given this legislation amply justifies a further experiment and addi tional discretionary power in the making of commercial treaties, the end in view always to be the opening up of new mar? kcta for the products of our country by grunting concessions to tho product of other land that we need and can not produoe ourselves, and which do not in volve any loss of lab.r to our people, but tend to increase thair employment. The depression of tin past four years has fallen with especial severity upon the great body of toilers of the country, aud upon none more than the holders of small farms. Agriculture his languish ed and lalior suffered. The revival of manufacturing will be a relief to both. Xo portion of our population is more de voted to the institutions of free govern ment, nor more loyal iu their support, while none bears more cheerfully or ful ly its proper share in the maintenance of the Goverment, or Is letter entitled to its wlae and liberal care aud protection. Legislation helpful to tho producer is beneficial to all. The depressed on.li lion of industry on the farm and in the mine and factory has lessened the ability of the peoplo to meet the d.iiin:ils upon them, and they rightfully expect that not only a system of revenue shall be eatab lishe i that will secure the largest inxm. wiiume leasi t:ini.i, ir.it in it every niins will bo ta'iou to decreis.?, rather than increase, our public expenditures. . Business conditions are not the most promising. It will take time to restore file prosperity of former years. If we p m not promptly attain it, we can reso lutely turn our faces in that ilins-tion, and aid its return by friendly legislation. lfo'evcr troublesome tho situation may appejr. f-ongress will not, I a:u sure, lie f und tanking in disposition or ability to j relieve t, as Mr as legislation can do so. The restoration of co:ifi leu-ie and tho re vivil of busings, which iipm of all par ties bo much desire, depend more largely upon the prompt, energetic, and intelli gent a4ioa of Congress, th:tnupon any other single agoucy affecting the situa tion. It is Inspiring, too, O remember that no great emergency In tho one hundred and eight years of our eventful Xational lire, has ever arisen that has not been met with wisdom and courage by the American people, w ith fidelity to their best interests and highest destiny, and to the honor of the American name. These years of glorious history have exalted mankind and advanced the cause of free dom throughout tho world, and immeas urably strenghtenel the precious free in stitutions which we enjoy. Th people love and will sustain these institutions. The great essential to our h.ippiness and pr perity is that we adhere to the prin ciples upon which the Government was established aud insist upon their faithful olwervance. Kpiaiiiy of rights must prevail and our laws be always and everyw here rcspect- 0. 1 and lyed. We may have failed in the discharge of our full duty as citizens of the great Republic, but it Is consoling and- encouragiDg to realize that free speech, a free press, free thouKht,Vfree schools, the free and unmolested right of religious liberty and worship, and free and fair elections are dearer and more universally enjoyed to-day than ever Iss fbre. These guarantee must be sacredly preserved and w iscly strengthened. The' constituted authorities must le cheerfully and vigorously uphel.L Lynching must not le tolerated in a great aud civilized conntry like tho Uni ted Slates; courts not moI must exe cute the penalties of the law. Tho pres ervation or public ordor, the right of dis cussiou, the Integrity of courts, and the orderly administration of Justice musl continue Cirever the rook of safety upon which our Government securely rests. One of the lessons taught by the late election which all can rejoice In, is that the citizens of the United States are both law-respecting and law-abiding people, not easily swerved from the path of pat riotism ami honor. This is in entire ac cord w ith the genius of oar institutions, and but emphasizes the advantages of in culcating even a greater love for law and order in the future. Immunity should be granted to none who violate tho laws, whether individuals, corporations, or communities; end, as the Constitution imposes upon the President the duly of b th iu own execution and of the statutes e.iacted in pursuance of its provisions, 1 shall endeavor carefully to carry them into effeirt. The declaration of the party now restored to power has been in the past that of 'opposition, to all combina tions of capital, organised in trusia or otherwise, to control arbitrarily the con dition of trade anion our cltlxens," and It has supported "such legislation as will prevent the cxeeutiou of all schemes to oppress the people by undue charges on their supplies, or by unjust rates for the transportation of their products to mar ket." This purpose will lie steadily pur sued, both by tle enforcement of the lws now ii existence and the recom mendation, and support of such new stat utes as may be necessary to carry it into eirecL Our naturalization and immigration Jaws should he further improved to the oinstAnt promotion of a safer, a better, and a higher citUenship. A grave peril to the Republic would be a eltiaeuship too Ignorant to understand, or toe vicious to appreciate, the groat value and lnl!i eenceof our Constitution, and laws and against all who c une here to make war upon thom our gates must be promptly )j!ld tightly close. ;or iisl HO be un !Hinfil ti- the neoij of improvement among our own citiaens, but with the aeal of our firof.it lim encourage the apread of knowledge and free education. Illiteracy must Is banished from the 1. n.l If 'uliull allalll llil lilirl. il.Ulnv j Kcforms in the Civil Service must go on. Hut the changes should bo real and con nine, not perfunctory, or prompted by a zeal in behalf of ar.y party simply because it happens to be in power. As a iitemlier of O ingress, I votJ an 1 spike in favor of the present law, and I shall attempt its enforcement In the spirit in whi'.h it was enacted. The purpose in vio was to secure the m ist efficient ser vice of tho best men who would accept appointment nnder tho Government, re taining faithful and devoted public ser vants iu ofliue, but shielding none, un der tho authority of any rule or custom, who are inelH iient, ineoriipMent, or un worthy. The best interests of tte country demand this, and tho people heartily approve the law w herever and believer it has boeu thus administered. Congress should give prompt attention to the restoration of our American mer chant mariuo, onto the prida of the seas in all tho great ocoan highways of com merce. To my mind, few more import ant subjects so imperatively demand its intelligent consideration. The United States has progressed with marvelous rapidity in every field of enterprise aud endeavor until we have become foremost In nearly all the great lines of inland trade, commerce anl industry. Yet. while this is truo, our Am iri'.aii mer chant niirinj has been steadily declin ing until it is now loer both in the per rwnta ;e of tonn .ige and thd number of ve a ds employed than it was prior to the CI.il War. Commendable progress has been ni ido of I ite years in the upbuild ing of the American Xavy, but we must supplement theso efforts by providing as a prop r consort for it a merchant marine amply sufficient for our own carrying trade to foreign countries. The question is one that appeals lioth to our businesn necessities and tho patriotic aspirations if a great people, ft has always been the policy of the finited State, siiw-e tho foundation of (he Government, to cultivate relations of I0 ice an I amity with all t'io nations of pe world, and this acords with my con ception of our duty now. We h ive cher ished the policy of n m-hitorforeuca with the affairs of foreign g ivernuients, wisely inaugurated by Washington, keeping ourselves free from entanglement either as allies or fisss, content to leave nndis turbe I with them the settlement of their own d imestie concerns. It will be our aim to p.irsue a firm and dignified foreign policy, which shall bj j jst, impartial, ev er watc'aful of our national h mesty, and always insisting upon the enforcement of lha lawful rights of American citizens everywh?re. Ojr diplomacy should seek nothing more, an l accept nothing le, I than is due us. e want no wars of cm quest; we must avoid temptation of ter ritorial aggression. War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed ; peace is preferable to war in almoat every contingency. Ar bitration is the truo mntbo.1 of settlement of international as well as local or Indi vidual difference. It was riXMgnIzid as ! the bwt means of adjustment of illfferrn c,-s between employer and employee by tho forty-nii I'l Congress In 1M.5, ami its application was extended to our Iip!o m itlc relations by the iinaiiimoii con curreiii of tho Senate aud H-Mi-e of the Fifty-first Congress in ln. Tho latu r resolution wu accepted as thfl basis of negotiations with us by the Ilriiish Houre of Commons in IX'X, and, upon our invi tation, a treaty of arbitration lietwreu the Unite I States and Great I'.ritain was signed st Washington, an 1 trans:n Itted to tb Senate for Its ratification in Janua ry Ii-;. Since thi trenty i clearly the result of our own Initiative; miiicc it hss Ikm-ii rcognizod as tho leading feature of our foreign policy throughout our entire Xational history the adjustment of ililli- cultiu by judicial mctii hIs rather than by force of arms and siinu it presents to the world the glorious example of reason and poace, not passion and war, control ling the relation botwoeu two of the greatest nations of the world, an example certain to Is fi! lowed by others, I resjHs-t fully nrge the early action of the. Senate thereon, not merely a a matter of js li cy, but as a duty to mankind. The im- p irtauco and moral influence of the rati fication of such a treaty can hardly be aver-estiiiiaUsl in the cause of ad van. ing civilivailioo. It may well engage the lest thought of the statesmen and peoploof every country, ami I cannot but coiiiidur It fortunate that it was reserved to the Uuited States to Itave tho leadership in so graud a work. It his ben t'i3 uniform pr.iiti'ioof ea'n P.iMi (cut to avoid, as firaspissi ble, tliH convening of Co.igravt in extra ordinary aion. It is a-i example which, undir orl.niry eirciimitaiices and iu th atcQiico of a public nnccity, is not to be oommeii Jed. Hut a failure to convene the represmitalives of tho people in Congress in extra session w hen it in volves uegleet of a public duty pVuesi the responsibility of such, Ue'ev-t upon the Executive hius4, TU o..aditioii of the public Treasury, a hs bowi indicat ed, demand t Ul'J i'um llatoconsideration qf Cinares. U a'.omi has tho power to provide revenues for t ho Goveri'Ulii. Xot to convene it und'T v;ch circum-s'.aiK-es I can vioy in iv oth-ir sonsej than the uoglo4 of a plain duty. I do not sympathiAo with the suiiliiiiuut 'h it Con gress in session is dangerous V our gen eral business intorasts. Iu me:n!crs am the agents of thj poople, aud their jres enceat tho seat of gveruiu'mt in the ex eeutinu oha sovw-eigu will should not operate as nn injjrry, but a bcucSl, There could he no ,';'.i.t iiae to put the Goverivoi,; upvU a sound nnau.-ial and eoouomic basis than now. Tho peo ple have only recently votad that this should be done, and nothing U more binding upon the agcuu of their will than the obligation of immediate action. It has always seemed to ine that the postioiiemoiit of the meeting of Congress until more than a year after it has been, chosen, deprived Congress fo tfija of the inspiration of tl;e. VipiUr will, an the fxt'intry of the corresponding lieueliLs, It is e vide:. t, therefore, th t to postpno action in the presrne of sogret a neces sity would be unwise on the part of the Executive leaiise unjust to the interests of the people. Our actions now wii ba freer from mere partisan &asidratloa than if the raostion. of Tariff rovision was postioned until the regular session of Congress. We are nearly two years froni a t'un gressional election, and iiolttiu can not so greatly Uktraut us as if such contest was im:no.liiite!v pemliug. Wu iu i ap proach tho problem calmly and patriotic ally without fearing it tUVet iiimui an early election. Oor fell iw-citiz nis who may disagree with us upon the character of this legislation, prefer to have the question settled now, even against their preconceived views and, erhaps, s'(. lied so reasonably, as I trut aud believe it will be, as to insure great permanence than to have further iiiK-crtaiuty men acing the vast ami varied busn: inter ests of tho Uuited Suit!. Again, w hat ever a-tion Congress may t.iko will be given a fair opportunity fir trial before the people aro called to p.ws judgnent npou it, and this I con-ti ler a g rc.it es sential to tho rightful and l isting settle ment of the question. In vi-.v ol'tlcc considerations I sh ill deem it my duty as President to convene Ciingress in ex traordinary session on Monday, the loth day of March, 1S'. In tsmclusion, I congratulate the tsmn- try upon the fraternal spirit of the people and the m.tuif-l it ion of goo I will every where so apparent. The retu'uit elo.-'.ioii not only most fortunately demonstrated the obliteration of actional or gu igr.iphi cal lines, but to soma extent also Uy pre judice which fir years hive distracted our councils and marred our true great ness as a Nation. The triumph of tho people, hiui verdict is cirricd in effect to day, is not the triumph of one section, uor wholly of one party, but of all se-tkins and ail the people. The Xorth and South no longer divide ou the old lines, but upon principles and policies; and in thi faet snrely every lover of the country can find eiue tor true felicitation. I.et us rejoice in and cultivate this spirit ; it is ennobling, and wili be both a gain and a be-ning to our beloved country. It will lie my constant aim to tk nothing, and permit nothing to lie thine, that will arrest or disturb Uiis grow ing sentiment of unity and o operalion, this revival of esteem anl affiliation whifh nvw animates so.niAny thousands in both th old antigoiiistic sectioiin, but I s-iVl c'.ieerfully d every thing p wsible to proin te and incre ise it. Let me agsin repiit th- word of the oath administer.' 1 by th? Ciiicf Justice, which, in their respective spheres s fir as applicable, I would have all my dun try men observe: "I will faithfully ex ecute the oificn of President of the United States, and will, to thp best of my ability, preserve, protei-t, an 1 defend tlia Coiisti tutior. of the United St ites." This is the obligi'i ni I hive reverently t ikeu bcfiire the Lord m st high. To ke?p it will lie my simple purpoe my constant prayer m l I shall confidently rely h;mii th forKMr.m.-e an 1 asis'.:moo of all th piplo iu the dis ?h irg of my solemn resp msiliilitiai. Over Thirty Years Without Sickness. Mr. II. "Wfttsteix, a well-known, enterprising citizen of Byron, 111., writes: "Before I paid much atten tion to regulating the bowels, I hardly knew a well day; but since J learned the evil re sultsof constipation, and the efficacy of AW? Pills, I have pot had one day's' sickness i for oyer thirty years ' not one attack: that did not readily yield to this remedy. My wife had been, previ ous to our marriage, an invalid for years. She bad a prejudice against cathartics, but as poon as she began to use Ayer3 I'ill her health was restored." OTr LrJ Cathartic Pills Medal and Diploma at World'! Fair. T Restart Strength, taki Aftr's Saruparilla HBBHT ForatlBiuootand Kcaroes Pkmases. Thry ponfy th IIloos and give Hsalthv acton ta the entire system. Cure DYSPEPSIA, HEADACHE, CONSTIPATION and PIMPLES. BK FILL! Little Men and Women "We ca'l them little men zrA little women, fcut they arc neither. They have ideas ar.d ways all their own. Fortu nately they soon te orrx for.a c coJ-iver oil, when it is piv n to them in the form cf SCOTTS EMULSION. This is the'most valoatle remedy in existence for all the wasting diseases of early life. The j poorly nourished, scrofulous child; the thin, weak, frettinj j child; the youn? chili who does not grow ; all take Scott's Emulsion without force or j bribe. It seems as if they knew ; that this meant nourishment j and growth for bones, muscles and nerves. J Bock Uulinj mare about it, free. It won't pay to try a ctet;!u'e foe Sfott'a EniuUion with the children. Tfcey will rtliih tlie real thine. For ! at 50c and $1.00, ty all Si.OTT & BOWNF.. S Vert. jos. Home & Co. GETTING ALONG towards huine-eJeatilng and moving tiiuev. Yber; will le n-w Iliif?x and tMrtalns and lira jx-rioi io btiy, and perliapn tivw Furniture. You Make a Mistake which will cst you money if you fail to get our i-riew on anything the hourie iiftils. Wo havo Good Window Shades whkli we wll eiilft with pjrin rolhr and bn'ki-t.t at 35 cents each. It U a Kood, firm material, oil iltiislifd atid ouiie. Sash Curtain Materials in light and dainty fabric at 5 cents a yard. Extfllt'iit 5osh Curtain Muslin at 13 1-2 cents a yard, worth a good deal more. Tli rliut line of Lace Curtains at $2.00 a air ever mvii in thU region, aud from that at all prii-vs un to as high as you care to go. We sell FURNITURE alo, Including a sjdendi I lino of Iron and Brass Beds at vt ry low rct a. We have a pjxiiat Child'a Crib which wo fall the ''Dreamland" niii!e of iron, and ht avily white -iiarn-l d, not a splinter of worxl in it, which we stll at $5.00 with a woven wire irii: Imttom. Our new Catnlog'ie will -.'ive drx'rip tioiw and pietures ofevt rytliinir. PENN AVE. & FIFTH ST., PITTSBURG, PA. Dr. Sadler ia Florid Until Xirca 5th. Tho l.M-tir t.t!vf bin ruea'.ion in wlnt he mnxiilors the rl s:e.iii of the ve.ir. anl iiiiise.ueutly tlie l:f.i inunv enteti.-o lo ins ttii-iitM. He vi.i lull in ni-. tiuse Ht Mt lra, Kla., where be wnne . aero 01 onii'igT gmvu, wher Kin r.iunly reshlo mit ol t:i v:ir ..11 : eoiint of the umi-li l-l!.ir he-illli Mrs. Sall-r etij.i.VH ilierA. TbiU wec-iioii is i,' biirlit'.i in the Mate, verv roiling, tint- lx;rel with I'lii tf vine. iuter( re-l with pMlnicllo Hii'l UsiJii ns trees in ravine" an-l al.mij ereekss anil Hrouis l tiprliii;H hikI lake-?. Lakes with ilear. ;nily bottom? :iinl pure water. ar..t mi llii.-kly intf rspered jvs to cive the name Iike siiinty. the diH'ter wiml.l te living there now were it nt "Iimi healthv ' for his Kusiio-ss. When yon want to viit Horil.i ilon't forgt-t Ijike cxintv. When ymir eyes or ejir reiniml you of I r. Sail- lier ,reiiieinler Ins return, March ..th. MrsALUhl. With a Successful K-Njiorionce oxtcnJin? over many 3 curs in snjjihin t!ic wants of our manv frieiuls in Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Ladies cS: Children's Furnishings, c foci that wc arc now in a hotter conlition to more Fuoccsi-Fully anticipite and .supply tho wants of our friends than at any previ ous period. Wc 1-can months a:ro to give orders to manufacturers, importers and wholesale meiehants for our spring stoek of Dress Goods and Ladies Furnishings of all kinds. Wc believe our stock of Dress Goods is themo;t stjli bli and de hiraMe ever shown in Som erset; the fai3 applies to oil other kinds of Goods we e u ry. All goods have been 1 oiu;ht for CASH and arc paid for. We are. therefore, in a po.-ition to offer pre;it inducements, to CASH LU VEILS. All aro invited to call and ex am me our tock before making their ?pi injr punhases. MRS. A. E. UIIL. 1847. Pure Drugs, Chemicals! Palmer's c , 1 1 c Toilet Articles. i tho Choirs f , WRIGLY'S RAPID SELLING PREMIUM ASSQpv OF CHEWING GU'l Fine Imported and !)0iTls Cigars, lite. j!- 1,1 ii- Station for fj.nl anl Iiitam ; T- IxiinLs hi tho Lnitel Stat. MANAGER, -HOUSEKEEPERS IN WANT OF FURIilT JHE?' LOOK AT THESE FRICrS. A Bedroom Set for S13 CO A Parlor st for A Couca for - 7 00. A Loun;o r;r A Rockiti Chair for oC c ;. Cuiilfuinls, Tattled, I.l-Ua.l-, f huir-, A?., at j r n r s nu. We are in line for '' with tin- in-t o.in 'e :u ' . Iaifl uim tin market :iinl i'r..-j ir--l i t -Uo-.v t t: . ., anil origina! l-iirn- fine ami liili'im l::ri; ' r Si.i -. ; . . . Tallies aud Dining C'li:i'.r, Siil'lxKriI-, .'lii!ri!i:-i--, i: . . i . t'ouelies, wanlrol;., ete. (iood ijti:ility, low jirie-es. You are invited to -:,!! i:; i . . C. H. Coffroth, 606 M?n Cross Street, Brings Something .e A Ruling or Walking Spring T; c ; . I!;.-: ,r. ur sc-.3 ----- Xo drawing of frame on the sronr;J. Ti e IL-lu : Z itself of tra.-h as ea.-i'y as a hay rake. U : ; !'.'.: a man on as others do without a 1 CALL AND SEE IT. WE GUARANTEE :T TH! IN THE WORLD. Sold onTi-inl. J. B H -;-.-V. trftr-', ' 3L' 1 summits 1 1 a Muslins, Calicoes, Cingharris and Yarns at lowest prices J- 189' G. W. BENFOR0 HELLO ! EVERY DAY oideroauin Somerset, Pa. 1. A.i Enti-e' i" I -: P. A. S.v S-i?ersf-'' f HI Final ClearanccSalc I N'S OF WINTER GOODS. , r t to.!-. Fun. 4-Hps JaekeK. Clii! Ir.'i.'n - 1 r Milliiipry, Trioitm d Wwv, Fi-: lr ' FUR CAPES At half cost. Jaeket worth $., at '. I'h ! '" : - -. i -. . OUJNM S. Johnstown. Pa.
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