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.
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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.