,. aiM-"- .. 1 - ,, m,mm" 1 I The Somerset Herald. EDWARD 8CULU Editor and Proprietor. WEDNESDAY- .DeceinU-r 8. I JSC. Santa Ci.ais make his usual visit, n"it iihstamlin the ffTorts made to prove that lie is a myth. The Orji'ian-f' Court Ju litres of Phil ad. IjiJiia l.ave deei-Jt d that the direct inheritance tax lav enactcl by the last 1 inslature is uneonstitutionaL The Khmdiker who returns tvith J-1,0) in dust usually estimates the claim la.-ft behind at $.jOO,0(iO. It is well V ket-p th-te aeU iu a separate class. and now President McKinley has Congress on his hand; but, as the President and Congress are pretty much in accord, the burden will not liktly be a heavy one. Nrw York's first beet sugur factory has handled 15,t) tons of beets this year and made money for all concern ed. This American industry will loom up within two or three years. Martin Tiior.v, w ho butchered Wil liam (Juldensuppe iu New York, and then threw him into the river, was sen tenced Inst Friday to be electrocuted iii'Xt month. After his convict'on Thorn acknowledged his guilU- Faotjky Inspector Campbell Kays that there tire lVl.OXJ more people em ployed iii Pennsylvania now than there w-ro at this tittae lxst year. And of c .'Ur.se there are Home who will not rive the advauci agent of prosperity credit for this. V. S. Skn atok Wellington, of Ma ryland, has nued the Baltimore Ameri can for criminal libel. The American i-!tar;rtl that he was using patnmae to iiiiliiiiK the flection of a Senator to sui'ived Arthur 1'. iornian. He has also cnUied a civil suit for ?1ki,(M) diiiiinires. Til kv are having a lively time among tiio lic-jm! lk-atis of Philadelphia over t'.ie election of tax-receiver. Wm. J. i; uey, a brother-in-law of David Mar liii, tet--ks a re-election, but is violently opposed by the friends of Senator Quay. Tt:e Senator himself is taking no part. Pkesiiknt Mc Kinley has appoint ed Rlanrhe K. Bruce, of Mississippi, to the responsible position of Register of the Treas'.:ry. Mr. Bruce is one of the few colored men of the South who have been lion' --d with office. He is a Plan of considerable intelligence and ability, nnd has the et em and confidence of uH who know hitu. A 'ottox mill has been built in Ala bama at a cost of six hunalreal thousand 1 ilia's. The mill Las - 'M spindles, and its owners have a contract to t-hip !i!l the output for several years to China. While competition at home is strong, the way to make money is to reach o;it to foreign lands. The South is Mivitig on. Iess ioIitics and more business is her K-st policy. Rkyan again thinks, or says he thinks, the recent Nebraska election shows that silver ism is growing stron ger all over the country. If Bryan mid the Rryanites cau be kept in this ni'Mjd until 19iJ0 the ItepuMiean9 and the rest of the honest money men will I.j happy. There is danger that the Jis will hedge on this issue Ijefore the next National contest comes. If they r.re coaxed or coerced in I'.wu into en doising their platform of ls:KJ, then in-a'tt-d Provident will have delivered tiie Bryauitcs into the hands of their t iicmies. OrR Populistic friends, who have re cently held meetings at St. Louis, Bir mingham and other places and reaf firmed their traditional hostility to brinks and their adherence, to uulin -ited issues of Government paper, sas the Philadelphia Iiecord, have small appreciation of the real needs of tl e sections of the country which they di; tinctly represent The farmer who grows nothing to sell, or who buys , more than be markets, would le no I tetter off" if the Government should i-wiie millions in new bills every day of the year. The trouble with these well jueauing theorists is that they have never learned the relation which thrift It urs to the comfortable financial con dition cf farmers and of other people aswtll. They Lave a vague but tena cious notion that if the amount of mon ey in the country should be doubled, not by legitimate means bat by the fiat of the Government, every individual would somehow come in for a round tdiare, regardless of liis deserts or of his ability to earn more than he spends. The farmer might go on managing his farm aud a Hairs iu a slipshod way, aud still come out all right at the end of the year Itecause the Government had printed notes to the amouut of $-"0 per capita, liis neglected crops aud unwise expenditures not figuring in the ac count. And the farmers appear to be lieve that they and the class they sieak for would have a "corner"' on this par ticular kind of money. It is very stran-je, aud no leas unfor tunate, that there are so few trusted men of practical intelhgruce and sense among the farmers of the South and West able to explaiu to them the real trniblr in those parts of the country. Tue money supply has practically noth ing to do with it- The whole matter is one of domestic economy. The farm er who Las a few hundred dollars at in terest, or a similar sum to his credit at t!is village bank, though he may not have a dollar of cash, is not much con cerned as to whether the currency per capita be 510 or 5100. He is able to buy what he wants, and to pay for it in money or its equivalent; and he is likely soon to learn, if he do not already know, that Lis prosperity is not dependent upon the cash which he jingles iu his picket, but upon the difference le tween Lis income and his expendi-tn-es. The industrious, thiifty man who puts by fifty cents or a dollar a d.sy is making currency, so far as his requirements go, without referenee to bank bills or Government notes; and this is the kind of currency most need ed in those Kctions the residents of which complain so bitterly of an insuf ficient s'jpply cf money. The short age is tnit in money, but in savings in the form of convertible credits. Those who have these credits encounter no difficulty at the close of the season, or of the year, in squaring their accounts, whether they have any of the usual forms of money or not. If the people concert ittl could lie brought to an un derstanding of these simple truths there would soon be a wonderful thin- tiing of the ranks cf Populism and ' Bryan lam. MOTHER HmMK Tt 3 President ana Other Member, of me t amnj at uer iteouue- Mrs. Xancy Allison Mckinley, mother oft be president, was stricken with paral ysis Tuesday morning. She is S) years of age, but has been very active and appar ently strong. The paralysis is so fax confined to tho vocal organs, (she being unable to spoak a word. ..She walked tolierdaujrhnVs lJ rnotn Tuesday morning, but was unable to make her wants known. This was the first intimation of illness to the family, Mrs. McKinley having retired Wednes day night apparently in better health than she lut-i been since a slight attack of grip several weeks k j. Abner McKinley was visiting at the borne of his mother at thelitneauJ he im meiatelyooinmuu icated the fact of M ot ti er McKinley' illness to the President. President McKinley left Washington Thursday night aud at 8 o'clock the fol lowing morning be nas at his mother's bedsido. AH nightlong the little group around the bedside of the venerable woman anxiously watched for Dews of the train which was bearing her distin guished son from his post at the nation's capital to be' humble cottage. It was a race with death. Each succeeding hour saw the shadow of death draw near. The sweet face of the mother showed no sign, but the doctors said that life's tide was fast ebbing. As Hhe lay there she seemed as one in a nwe sleep. The same stroke that had paralyzed her or gans of speech had numbed her senses wo that she felt none of the agony of one suddenly uiad-j dumb. Before she relaps ed into onoonsciousness she was given to understand that her son, the president of the United States, was coming to knel at her ouch and receive her dying blessing. She smiled sweetly and was content. She was proud of her boy, her William. She knew he would come. He had never failed her. He would not fail her now. tier oilier children were with her, and tbe tired eyes closed, welcome uncon sciousness came, and lulled her into sleep. She suffered no pain. President McKinley knelt by his moth er's lied-aido. She was yet unconscious. The little family group was complete. All tint remained was to wait for death and hope ere it came the mother would be able once more to rvvigni.e her loving children. ('emlrary to tho expectations of Dr. Phillips Mother McKinley continued to breathe throughout Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The fleeting hours were of great suspense in the McKinley household. President McKinley returned to Wash ington Saturday afternoon, public busi ness requiring his presence at the White House, The President's presence in Washing ton was required by the assembling of Congress, but just as soon as he had perfor med his public duty he returned to the bedside of his dying mother. He was ac companied to Canton by Mrs. McKinley, Mrs. Abner McKinley and Miss Mabel McKinley. They reached Canton yester day morning. Latest reports from Canton are to the ef fect that Mrs. McKinley is reposiugepiiet ly. The end is expected at any moment. The President's mother visited at the home of her son Abner, in Somerset, on several occasions, and was' personally known to many of our citizens. Murderer Korean Free. Parkhkkiil-ro, W. Ya., Pec, 3. John Morgan, alias Itaines. the triple murder er of the Creeue family in Jackson county, who wps sentenced to hang December hi, escaped from the Hipley jail this morning. The greatest excitement was aroused all over tbe county when Morgan's escape became known, and crowds of men start ed after the murderer from every hamlet iu the county. The escape was u:ado between tbe hours of 12 and 3 a. m. by means of a dummy fixed in Morgan's cef cot, Morgan re tired at 5 o'clock last evening, and asked the guard not to waken him for supper, lie left his shoes alorgsidethestove in his cell. Morgan told the guard that he want ed to take a long hie p. Frank Kiley was n turn as dca;!i watch wheu he retired. He left the murderer alone, asleep as he supposed, for a few minutes, during tho evening. Morgan seized the opportunity and quickly arranged a dummy of some old clothes which he covered up in the bed. Then he climbed on top of the cell cage and waited fir the night watch, Phil i o Kiley, to come on. In the meantime Morgan's Flipper had been put in his cell by one of the jail attendants, who left tbe cell door unlocked. Philip Riley looked in Morgan's cell at 12 o'clock and mistook the dummy for the murderer. Later he went out of the jail corridor to eat a lunch I'd while thus engxged he henrd one of the hall dtors in the jail open aud close, lie did not pay any attention to the noise, thinking that Morgan was sound asleep. It is supposed now that Morgan walke-: out of the jail while Philip Kiley was eating lunch. The escape was notdiscov crcd until 3 a tit. Morgan had ?-") in money, which he re ceived fora confession of his criuio and tho story of his life, when he escsped, aud was wearing the suit of clothes he expect ed to hang in. He was tracked to liis home, where he got a double-barrel shot gui. which he loaded with buckshot and ieft for the hills, after stealing a horse aod threatening to kill his wife if she in formed on him. It is known that Morgan ill tight desperately before lieing cap tured, but this knowledge only n.ikes thepu-Miers more determined. Morgm murdered Mrs. Marian Greene, her son Ja:n.-s Creene, and Matilda Pfost, a daughter by a foriuei marriage, a; Grass Lick, n Jackson county, en November !". 1'or a ::imlier of years he had been given a houib by Mrs. Jreene. lie wanted to marry ce of the daughters and when his suit was rejected he left the tiree.no homestead, though apparently w ithotit any bad fending, and often visited at the house. The night before the mur der he tdept ttere. In the morning be went into the fields with James Greene and killed him. He returned to the house, and while Mrs. Greene was upstairs te slaughtered Matilda Pfost with a hatchet. Alice Pfost was struck with the hatchet but escaped. Morgan then killed Mrs. Greene, He made little effort to escape, aud would have been lynched but for a speedy trial promised by Judge Reese Blizzard. It was just 72 hours after the commission of the crime until Morgan was sentenced to hang. At his trial Mor gan pleaded insanity MORUfN OAPTl-KEu. Parkersbi-ko, W. Va., Dec iJohn Morgan was captured last evening near Walton by Constable Cruin, of Jackson eounty. He made no resistance, but seem ed greatly terrified. He begged the otU cers to protect him from the mob. Cruin g t a strong pome of armed men and took the prisoner to Spencer. The people ther learning by telephone that Morgan was captured and on his way to that town turned out en masse, openly threatening to lynch hitn. Instead of Liking the prisoner in over the main road the posse went arou nd by paths and got Morgan into town before they were seen. Thonsa nds of men te gan to shout '-Lynch him!" butCruin and the sheriff surrounded Morgan and marched in a hollow square, guns and pistols to the front, up to the jail aud suc ceeded in landing their prisoner safely. They then surrounded the prisoner and ket everybody away. Congressman Miller, who arrived from Ripley this afternoon, thinks that no fur ther demonstration will be made and that Morgan will be allowed to legally hang on December ltj. Fine Stock For Sale. Pull blood Berkshire brood sows due to farrow in Pebruary. None finer. Also, CoUwold lambs weighing 100 lbs. each ; will cot 12 lbs. of wool. Prices low. PKTKB llEKl-LEr. bottetl W 1 t0 th- LET GUBAALONE. The President's Message as Read la Congress. GIVE SPAIN HOKE 1IME, Eiad Croei-backa Should Eot Bo Paid Oat A"iln Exoctit For Guld. iSEX!TI0:i OF HAWAII FATOBED. National r.ant Should U Brqairrd t It d rut Tlirir N t- la fcold-Tbe Tri3 I-iflt .t U f.-rred lo aad tba rmllt fjy That te iior Ap proprlatloa Miould It Olred !! Tlaiaks Ihtt Act Ueoot oUion tt th lBnrrettoaarr GoveraaacBt la Cab Would R I'awarraakd a Prraent. Reciprocity Uatioa Pocrraaiof. International Arb.lrattoa Treaty Crged. Will Iphold aad Extecd tho Civil SrrTiea Sjta The PmelBe Railroad. Other Matter. Wasiiin-gtox, Dec, 7. The presi dent's message to congress is as follows: To the Senate aDd House of Representative. It gives ue pleasure to extend (rreeting to the Ffty fifth congress assembled In Tegular session at the wat of government, with many of whose senators and repre sentatives I have been associated in the legislative servioe. Their meeting occurs under felicitous conditions, justifying sincere congratulation and calling for our grateful acknowledgement to a beneficent Providence which has so signally blessed and pros;crod us as a nation. Peace and aud (rood will with all the nations of the Girth continue unbroken. A matter of penuno satisfaction is the growing feeling of fraternal regard and unification of all f it-tior.s of our country, the Incomplete ness of which has t long delayed the r iUiition of the highest blessings of the I'mon. The spirit of patriotism is uni vcr.sd nnd is e.vr in -reusing in fervor. The public u si ions which now most en frrors us are'lifu-d f.ir altove cither partis t.nship, prejudice or former sectional dif ferences. They effect every part of our coni!i'on country alike nnd permit of no division on undent lines. Questions of firein policy, of revenue, the soundness of the currency, the inviolability of na tmnrJ obligations, the improvement of the public service, nie&l to the individ ual conscience of every earnest citizen to whatever party he lx-lons or in what ever soc'.iou of the country ho may re side. The extra s-sion of this congress which cliisi-d miring July last enacted important legislation, and while its effect has not vit been realize!, what it has already ac coinplishel as-ures us of its timeliness nnd wisdom. To test its permanent value further time will be required and the peo ple. Kitisli.vi with its operations anil nv bulis tiius far. are in no mind to withhold from it a f:tir trial. Yirwi oa the Currency. Tariff legislation having been settled by the extra session of congress the question next pressing for consideration is that of the currency. The work of putting our finances upon a sound basis, difiicult as it may seem, will appear sier when we recall th liuunciui operations of the government since lSi'fi. On the 3oth day of June ol that year wo had outstanding demand liabilities ir the sum of (TgMis, 447.41. tin the 1st of January, 1S7!, these liabili ties h;ia Iss-n retluecd tJ 44:t,h.s,.t,4'.;.SS, Of our interest-bearing obligal ions, the figures are even more striking. On July 1, isiii. the principal of tho interest-bear-irnrdi'bt f the government was C-,'-t,-i i.'.'s. On the 1st -iiy of July, lsiti, this sum had Isnii reduced to $.-s."i t!T, 100, or an aggre-raie reduction of t l,T47,x',.4, 10s. The inlen:st N-uring debt of the fnitei! Stales n the 1st day of Decem-be-, lsi7. w.hs fs47,:15,tyi. Tlse govern ment nt.-nev now outstMniiing (lemtxt ltonsisis"f t tisl.tiW of I uit'l Suites notes, ilu7,7vt.--'sa ,f treiisury notes is sued by authority of the law of Is!!, 1:5.-4 M'V't of EiivcT CTTtilicates nnd ttil, I'S 7bl oi standard silver dollars. With the gre;it reiourcts of the govern ment and wi.h tho honoraldo example of the past telore us, we oufiit not to hesi tate t' cti r upon a currency revision which will make our dem.ind obligation less oncrii.s to the government and re lieve our hnnncial laws 1'ruiu ambiguity and doubt. The l.rU-f review cf what was acrom plished from the dofe of the war to 1SJ3 makes u tirer.soti tble and ground. ess any ciistru-t i l; ?ier of our linatii ial ability ei souiicness; .vhi.ethe situation from iews to l-.ii.' nv.st ii.imonish congress of the itttii:cui.i:: t:.-. s.sity of h legislating as to iua:.e th - r. torn of the conditions then proviii.ing impossible. M.ny I'l.iut I'rop.wed. Ther - aro nituiy plans proposed a9 a remedy for the evil. Uefore wo can find the true remedy wo mtust appreciate the niilcvil. It la not that our currency of very kind is not good, for every dollar ot it is good, good bc-aus.; the government's plcibv is out to keep it so, and that pledgt will not 1 e broken. However, tho guar anty of our purpose to keep the pledge will Le bus: showa by advancing toward its fulfil, uicnt. The e.il of the present system is found in the groat cost to the government of maintaining tho parity of our different lorms of money thut i. ko-.ing all of tlu tu ut par wlih p.ld. We surely cannot lie longer hisilless of the bu lien this iin p c-s uon the people, e ven under fairly prosperous camuitions. hile the u;ut four years ha0 demonstrated that it is not only an expensivecharge upon the govern ment, but a dangerous menace to th na th.ual credit. It is manifest that we must devise gome plan to protect the government ng..i!ist loiud issui for repealed r. deinp lions. Wo must either curtail the op portunity for speculation, mado &isy by the multiplied redemptions of our de mand obi.gat.ons. or inc-vitso the gold ro serve for their redemption. Wo have 1 1 0.'Xi.lO t of currem-y which the govern ment i y solemn enactment has under taken to kts p at par with gold. Nobody is obliged to redeem in gold but the gov ernment. The banks are not required to redivitt in gold. The govoruioent is obligoJ to keep equid wilii gold nil its outstanding currency and coin obliga tions, while its receipts are not required to lie iitid in sold. They ire paid in every kind of money but gold, aud the only means by which the goveraineul can with certainty get cold is by txirrowing. It can get it in no otl cr way when it most nmlj it. The government without any find gold revciiue is jile.iged to maintain gold redemption, which it has steadily and fuithtuliy done, and which under the authority nur given it witt continue to d. The low which rjuircs the government iter lavia redoeiiiod iu United btatcs co'cs to pay them out again as current funds demands a constant r. plcuishmcnt rf the gold reserve. This is csj eeUilly so In times of business panic aud when the revenues are insutlicieut to moot the ex penses of the governitieut. At such times the provcrnmcitt has no other way to sup I ly its Uelicit and maintain redemption but through thv 'incrcu.-c of its bonded debt, as during the ad mini.-t ration of my ptediwssor, when ij.3!."",4uu of four anil a half per -.viit ttonds were Usucd a.d sold tnd the procM-tls usc;d lo pay the expenses if the giivcrniiient in excises of the reve nues and sustain the gol;' reserve. While i: is true th it the grcaUT part of the pn ceisls of Uu-c Isim s weie usd to sill ply cleticietit ntvlpts, a c msiderable ponton was required to maintain the gold re serve. With our revcnui's equal to our ex- ens. s. there would be r.o deficit rciiuir Jng the iss;utn. e of Imiid-i. Hut if the c-old rerve falls liclow liO,(im).000, how wi.l it be rcpiemshtxl except by selling more Kinds? Is then- any other way practicable under existing law? The serious question then is. shall we con tinue the policy th.it 1ms been pursued iu the past; that is, when the gold reserve reaches the point of danger, issue more bonds and supply the needed gold, or shall we provide ot her means to prevent these f.curr.ng drains upon the gold reserve? If no further legislation is had and tho olicy of selling tsmds is to be continued, lien oontrrvsS should give the sc-cretary of the treasury authority to sell bonds at long or short p. irioc'.s, bearing a less mt a pf interest than is now authorized by law. Iti quire Gold For Greenback. I earnestly recommend as soon as the receipts of the governuu at are quite sufti-ti.-nt to pay all the expenses of the goy ernmeiit, that when any of the United Status mites are presented fi islemption iu gold aud are redeemed in gold, sue lj note shall lie kept and sot apart, and only paid out in exchange for gold. This is an obvious duty. If the holder of the United Suites note prefers th gold and gets it from the government, he should not r.celve back from the governments United Sttitcs note without paying got'J in exchange for it. The reason for this Is made all the more apparent when the government issues an interest-bearing nYht to provide gold tor the redemption of United Stales notes a nnn-intercst-bcanr.g debt. Surely it should not pay them out amdnexcept fordemnni .nd for gold. If they are put out in any other way thev may return ot-i.iu to "bu fr-i. coaut. .ul vte means lowni by anither nona is-ne to reuoeni them ni ii.Utnt-Nwrtnir debt to redeem a non-lulo.-wt-b-r:n t debt. In ray vi. w it is uf the utiuosvt itiiport anM that the government should b) relli-ved of the burd-'n of providing all lh.j gold reuirc-d for exchanges and export. Thij ttwpotisiltiliiy is alone borne by th; government wnnoui any i uie "sunt sun n.arr binkinit powers to helpu-)t. The b inks do not fi-el the t-trnin of irold n dein&tion. The whole strain rests uton the government and t tie siic of the gold rescrvo In ti e treasury has come to be with or without re;if-on tbe sian:d of dan p r r of security. This ouebt to be stopped. it u w to hnve an era or rirostHrlTy in tho country, with sutlieient receipts for the expenses of tho government, wc may f.vl no lmmeduite emlsirrassment from our nreseiit currency: but laecLingerstiJ exist nnd will be ever pn sent menacing tis so long as the existing ystui con linii.A And besides. It i t in time of ade quate r.venucs and bmincss tranquility ti.at the givfni:uent should propar fo tho iroM. We cannot avoid without serious c mse piences tho wise considera tion and prompt solution oi tnis question Plan of Gate E'idoraed. The sectvtary of the treasury has out lined a plan in great diaU for the pur- nose of removing the threatened recur ranee of a depleted gtdd reserve and save us from future entliarnisiinient on thai account, 'lo tins p:an i invito your Care ful consideration. 1 mi.cur with the secretary of the treas uv in his recmimenttation that the n.-v tiotml banks be al. owed to issue notes tc the face value of the bonds which they I jith denosited for circulation, and thai the tax on circulating notes M-cund b deposit of such bonds be reduced to on half d on per cent per annum. . I als join him in recommending thnt tuthoritj li civen for the estabhehiiietit of nn tional banks with a miiinuum capital oi tf.'o,'tJ. Ihis will enable tl.e sinallei villaires and agricu tural regions of tn country to be supplied with currency tc TT,-et their neiHts. I recommend that the i-sne of national linnk notis be restricted to the de.i.omi;ia ti.m of :o aud titiward. If the Siiggi s tious I have herein made shall have Hit nnnroval of coneress then 1 would rectiu mend that national banks bo required tc redeem their notes in fco.d. Kromroenil&tiou IU-jardlng Caba. Tho most important probleni with which this govern men t is now called upor to deal pertaining to its foreign relation concerns its duty toward Spain and tht Cul;in insurrection. Problembsand con ditions more or less in common with thost now existing have confronted this gov ernment at various times in tho last. The story of Cut for many years hat been one or unrest; growing uisscm; an effort toward a large enjoyment ol liberty and self control; of organized re sistance to tho mother country; ot de pre-sion after distress and warfare, and of incff.ctual settlement to be followed by rencwod revolt. Por no enduring period since the enfranchisement of thocontt netital possessions of Sjmin in tiie west ern cuniincut has the condition of Cnba or the policy of pain toward l ul not raiisisj concern to the United States. The prospect from time to time that tho Weakness o: cpain s no.u uisjii me tsiauu andthenolitic.it vlcissituues anuetutiar- n'ssii.?uts of the home government might lead to tho transfer of Cuba to a con ti ticntal powe' ca'ihvl forth, netween ls-i and i-4 various emphatic deelanitiotia of the policy of tho I mud SMatus to per mit no disturbance of Cuba's connection with ;sn.iiu unless in the direction ol in dencinienco or toouisition by us through pu.x-:iiise; nor has there Uyn any change oi tu:s uociarca policy riih- upon mo part of the government. Tho revolution which began in lMvi lasted for ten years. despite the strenuous efforts of the suc cessive peninsular government io sup-pres-i it. Then, as now, the government of the I'nited State testified to its grave concern and offered Its aid to put an end to t!:e bloodshed in Cuba. Tho overtures made by tlenend Grant were refused and the Wiir dragged on, entailing great loss of pfe and increased injury to American inb rsts, l.-side throwing enhanced bur dens of neutrality upon this government, In 1.S7S peace was brought ulsiut by tiio true- of injon, obtainott by negotiations between the Sp-'inisn coinmnuder, Mar. Unci do Campos, aud the insurgent load' ers. Rhles of ClTlllied War Ignored. The present Insurrection broke out in Februarj-, l&Vo. It is not my purpose at this time to recall its remarkable increase or to characterize Its tenacious resistance agi-inst the enormous forces nias'ed again.st It liy Siun. The revolt aud the efforts to subdue it carried destruction to every quarter of the island, developing wide prosirttons and delving tne SJorts of Stsiin fcr its sut'pres-Uin. The civit- Utl ch1c of war has Iti-en disregarded, no less so by the Spaniards than by the Cu'an-. Tl:e e-dstins condtt'ons cannot but fill thi-- jr. tv eminent and the American people will- the gravest apprehensions. There is no desue on the part of our pe -plo to pr fit by th niisfort urn s of Sn iln. We luivo tiidy the ticsire t i sco tho Cutnns prosperous md cvmn-nttiL enjoyin tiiat (.sea. ure of fell" control which is the In alienable right of tean, protected in their liu-i:t to reiei t!ie I en-'h' el the cxtiaubtiess trea ur. s i f tlair eoun'r... 'I he otter ui.ido by my predecessor In April, 1M, tunuering the friendly oilii es t f this govenimcnt filled. Any nusli.t tieii i n our ) art was not a-sp'ed. In brief the answer read: "There is noef-f,-ct.:al way to pac.fy Cuba unhs it be gins with "the actual ni'.iialssi. n of tho n b -Is to the iiu t!t r rou.r.ry." 'i iien only cm!d Sj am act In the prom is d tlirce'.i.ui of teTovvD m .t'.-m and after Ler own plans. The c. tii-1 policy of con centration was iiiiti.itild february li, ls.-i'. T!ie i rodiictive uistr.cts ci.ntro.l.st l y the Spanish aruii. s were ilep .pi. lute I. The ngri. u:turai inhabitants were herded insn laliout tho garrison towns, the r li.n.K laid wa-to and llicir dwellings d Ft.-oyel. Tliis policy tho laic cabinet f rp.i r justiiicd as a n.-ccfsary nieasure I war and as a means of c.itting.itl Mtnp'ici from the insurcetits. It has utterly l.u.cd a a vv.tr nieasure. It was not civilized Wiii 'arc. It was extermination. Proteati-d Acali at Spasaish Cruelty. Against this nbus of the rights of war I lave felt constrained on reacatid oc cations to enter t!,'lrm ana evrnest pro test of this government. 1 here was much of public condemnation of tho treatment of American ciliicns by all -ged illcgiu arrests and lon r imprisoniiient awaiting trial or pending protracted judicuil pro- oecd'-mrs. I felt it my lirst du'y to maka instant di'inaud lor the release or spixtiy trial ol all American t-itiz. lis under arrej-t. ilo on- the change of the Spanish cai inet in tK-ti b. r hist prisoners, citizens of tho United States had bscn g.veu their frec- Uo.ii. For the relief of our own citizens suf fering txcause of thc eonllict the aid of coucress was si ulit in a spsxital mcssnge at.d uniier the appropriation of April 4, 1M)7, eTis-tiw a:d nas Isvn givi n t Anicr iciin citizT.s in Culia, many of them at tin ir own re.;uet having been returned to the I ii. ted Males. . The in-triictU n given to our new min ister to r-pijii I elorc his depart ur for his p.st ir cli-d liir.i to iniiress np.n that tovi i n.ueiit the sine ire wish of the must rtttcsto lend its aid toward the ending of the war in Cuba by reaching a ' i- in. and lasting result, just and hour or., hi alike to Spain and to the Cut sin pt-.'ile. These instructions nxited the ch ...ut. rand dur.iti n of the con:. -st. tlw wide pre.id losses it i ni.llls, the ! mtiens an t iestr..ints it In.p ires upon us, with ciri-t u.t liist i.rbuiKc of national iuteiests and the injury r.-sultin from an iiiiieliii ite continual. re of this st ile of tlongs. It was stated thut at this juncture our government was constrained lo seriously etiquiv if tlM time wim nit rito when S. a n of her own volition u.o.el by her own inUrosts nnd every setitiuieut of liuiiiitniiy, should put a stop to this Uc htructive war and make pr.:xsals of set t.emet.t honor.ilih- to hcisclf and just to her Cit-an cjlony. it was urg d that as a nelghtioring na tion, with lasgo interests In CuWi, we c 'It b ieti;r.-d to viit i.iilya rctason a!..; ti lie for the motlier couuiry to esialv I s -, its a .ttior.ty nu i rsort- peiuv and oid-r wit:. in tl.o Ixrlers if Itio island; Hint we coud n .t contemplate an indj llni e p. r od fo.- the acc'implishineut of this re u t. No solution was pmncd to wliuh the siig'it4s idea of 1 laiiili iti.m to S;inn e e.ild utt.-w h. and, indeul, pn cisc praiiosa's were withheld to avoid cm har ms iii.-nt In that govermnent. All tliat w. s a-'.ied or exp c e.l was th tt s tne s ife way n.igt.t i sj e-.-dily provided and per nu.ui.iii ieaic iel...cJ. . cci.atory Iti ply f rom Fpain. It f o clianccd that the c.imidcnition oi ties ol. r. a.id.vs-ei to thos-iiuc Siauisb mbuin..-t.niion which had declined thi tenders i f my pn U-ccssor, and which foi ni f than to yiars had pour, d men and treasure uttCaUi in tlie fruitless effort to sup re-:.s the r.-volt, f(-ll toothers. Ho tvvx-u ill.1 departure of tk-ut-r.il Woo.lford, the new envoy, and histirnval in Spain the ftatestnaa who had shaped the iioiicy of hU country fell by the hand cf an as Sissiu, and although the cabinet of the late premier suit held ollii o and received from our envoy the prop ts.els ho bore, tlutt cuii.net gave pi eo within a lew iLiyi ther--if.e.- to a new administration ttndtt tl.e lcadi rvb.p of Sagast.-v. The reply to our tio e v.-:is nwitr.i on the id iLiyol Oclolr. it is in the direi-tii.u of a better uoder-taiidirig. It apprc-.-iaicslhe friendly puri csostf ti.is government, it admits that our country is dee-ply effected by the war In Cub-i, und lh.it its desire-s for pence an1 just. It dix hires that the present Spanish government is bound by every coiisiCiT.i' ion to a change of p-ilioy that s.'.ef.ld siitisfy fie I'ui'-eil Slates" and paj.fy Ca'-t within a r as n ib:e time. To this cud Spa n Ias Cecided to put intc edect tt-e political reforms hereto.oro advoeTvted by the preset.t preiuitT, with out halting for any consideration in the j) nil v hi, ti ia its judgtu.-nt lmds to peace. The t:ii j.ary e.iviatiotis, it is said, Wili Cuu.iue. nut be huma'.e and con- cuct- c w.tn an regard ior pnvate ngnw, beirg accompanied ny polit'crtl action lorxr.ur to the autonomy of ttiln, while gu.-tru.ug r-iJn'is,h sovcr.ignty. This, 1 Is c'ainiid, will re-u,t in investing Cubj with a distinct jjcrsonality; the island to bo goic.-iieil bv an en-cutlve and by a locm cuncil or cb.ni!T, roserTing to Spain the eontrol of the foreign relaii ins, tiic arnirand navy and the .udici il ad miaistr.i'tson. To accomplish this tlo pre- nt govemnient proposes to modify CJiistmg leg s.ation by ri.i n, leaving tte Spm&a torte-, with too aid of Culxin senators and d. pune.-e, to solve the econ omic problem and properly distribute tao exiting ditit. Should Ut Spala Aloao. In tho r.hanco of a declaration of tho nieasores that thU government proposes to take in carrying out In proffer of gsd oOicvi. it sugg- sis tliat Siiain be left free to conduit military ope-rations and grant political refer r.s, while the United Stv.ej fi r i:s p art snail en.'oree its neutral obli gations and cut off the assistance which it is asserted tho insurgents ntvivc freuu this country. Tho supposition of an in definite prolongation cf the war is denieeL It is Hsserte-d thut the western province-s are already wed nigh reJ iaime-d; that Ihe planting of cane and tob.icco then'in lias txen resum.si. and that by foroc of arms the new an i ample reforms very early and rompleie pacillisition is hoped for. Ihe imiucduite amelioration of exiting conditions und.-r the new adinini-tr.ilioa of Cuban aff.-eirs is predicted, and there withal the eiisturtiance and nllorciision for ary change of altitude on the part of the I nit-J SUite-;. ljiscussion of the question of the international duties and rcspmsi'.i'.iUi.sj of the United St.itc4cs S;iiu un.lersttinds them is presetiteel with nn .ii.pr.-nt e!isjis:tion to charge us wttu failure in this regard. This charge is wit hout any bais in fact. It could not have in-en made if Spain had heen cogni zant of thecoustaiit efforts this gov.s-n-mcnt has made at the cost of millions and by t.io employment of the adminis trative machinery "of the nation at com mand to pen'orui its full e'utv ae-ording to th law of the nations. That it has successfully prevented the departure of a sintrie uni tary exindition or arnud ves sel "from I.U.- shonss in violation of our Lews would seeiu to l a sutlieient answer, liut of this aspisnt of tho Spanish note it is not u.v-.-ssary to sp.ak further now. Firm in tho condetia of a wholly por form.'d obligation, duo rerponso to this clu.rgo has bc-c-n maJo in diplomatic coursj. Throughout all these horrors and dan gers to our ow n peace this government ba-n vtrin any w.tv a' rogn-.i iissoi' er. ign prerogative of rerin j to Itself tho deiiTiiiiiiatiou of i;s policy aiid course act o: d ug to bs own bigti nviso of light ami in consonance ith the deare: t ititiT-et- nnd convi- iiotn of i,uf own icipla shi'-ilJ the i roioiiiitii.n of the strife so demand. tlliit Thla Country Should Do. Cf the untried measures there remain j only: lb cogn t'.on of the lusnrents ns iK'lligeietils, recognition of the inuepend enr.t of Cul a; neutral intervention to end jf tint war I y prop..s:n a nation 1 c nu pr m.I-e between the c- ntestants and in tervciili .n in favor of coin it tho other prirty. 1 i-pcak not ol forcible anni-xa-li.m, for that cannot Ik; th aa 'it of. Tlutt by our itnliiul mo.-ality w.i.a lie criminal sggrcsdon. Uec. gn.tloa of tho belliger oncy of 11h CuViu uisi rgetits has of;en Ut-n canvass -d as a possiblo If not inevit abie st p lsith in re'i.ird to tl.t- previous 10 years' struggle and during ihe present war. I am m.t unmindful thut tho two h. Uses of congress in the tpring of lf.Ui Citp.-c-sstd the opinion by concurrent reso Laion lh.it a condition of public war ex isted ic uiring or justifying the reogtii tion of a st.t ' of belligerency In Culw, and during the extra s-.ssiun the senate vot.-d a j.iint rcsoiulion of l.ko import, which, however, wis not bn.ught to a vote in the botiwt of representatives. In tl.e p.-i sen;.- oi ihi se sigmntuut cxpts-s-sinus of t:.c sent iin nt of lb . legislative b.iii.cls i: i eaeo.es tiie executive t sol-r-ly e.'tis i ii.-1 lie conditions under which so ini;"! i..til a liieas.in- ill. 1st needs rest for j.i '. ; ... i..ii. It is to lu seriously consUl in,! a. li.er the t'uban iiisu.Tecioti pos sse.i;.o;d dispute tho a: tributes of s: ti : .K..i wld.-h al ine cm demand the r.v i-i'ioii of bei.igir ti'y iu it4 favor. 1 .. i si in. i:t s!io:t, of the essential qual- s . f sovt teigtity by tl.e insnrgeuts au i : . e.iii'iuet Ff the- war by t hem nc es.r n !- to til ! rai-eived c:n.e o; war are no 1. ss ii r ant iact.i: s toward the del rm inatio.i I t ie ; r. b'etu of lx-U:gT-ncy tiian a "0 i 't i illii. tui i and consequent ei tn' tiie st n; on ihe inte rnal po.ity of tlie re.o.;,... i.i. , t.ite. i h .- vi e at to.-1 til-OS of I'ii's!.!ent Grant In i.is i-io :i.e-i::i- nic-sago of l-cenilK r 7, I -7 , are s.-iialiy r-. ii vuiit to tl.o pre, nt s.tuatiou in Ct'liu and it may le wholes-cue now to recall tiieiu. Atthatiiu.cn iu ii ins roiitlitt had for seven years v i-t. el ti e n. tgi b-iring island. During i. !l those ye .rs an utter elisrgirtt of the laws of i iv l.zed vvai i.tre and of the just ;. inaiids of liiiiti-ir.ity, which c illed for tl.e tpn-ssi-in of cmdenination fr.uu the natioiis of Christc.iUoin, eontiiiiicd una IkiVxL i Miiatio i a:id ruin is-rvaded t:-at j rojifiive region, enormously illet t i . g the c jiiiniercj of all coinmercgd na il ii s, but in it . f tlie Uniivd S:.-it -s more t:ia:i a.iv oth. r by ic.ison of proximity and ar.-.-r tr.i'l.' and intercourse. At thut j..i:-tuiv to n. in: tjr.itit tittt-r.d th-so words wld.-n now as then sum up the cle ltici.1 ol tlie prol-lene. V.'linl Grant Said oa Cnba. A r.-eorn ition of tho independence) of Cub i ls iti;. iu my opinion, impi-a. t. cable and in I f-n -i.e. th.r i;ue.-.t. on which next presents il-eif is that of tho recognition of le I ip re.it rights to tho imrtics lo the rotit sr. In i l jrnic-r measute to congri's I h d o.cvslo l to e-oa-id' r this ques.ion and r-i-.c't.vl tho conclusion that the con I .id iu Call i, cir.-i.f.ful and b v.istiting at weie its in-i-mis, did not rise to the fear fid cigu.t . of war. li U tos 6ihlciii.it tlie ra ts of foreign powers, ami e-v. n acts i f s-pa.n Ii. rsi-il, ol tins very nature, might 1 pointed to in defense ol siic-ii rcco'.-iiiti'-n. liut now, us in its past liislore. tin.- I lilted Matei should care fu'lvavoii the fal-v lig!it which might lea.1 it into tl.e mazes i f doubtful law a.i) of o ies.ioiia -lo imi'irH-ty, and adhen rig dly an i iernl.v to tho nil -, which ha? Iiiv'i i's g'niic, of doing only th.-.t which U r.g..t mat !i- nest and ot good n-port The ii nest ion if iu: tinting it of withhold ing lights of belligeiicy must lie judged In e rv case, ill view t;f the ririicul;u atte-n-ling fiu ts. Unh-ss justiUed by ni-ce-s-sitv, tl i-i always, and justly, rcgartlcd as nu tii.fi-i. niily net ,-inda gratuitous demon stratum of moral suiiiHi.-t so the' re-hellion. It is necessary, and ii is re-quired, when tlie niteic ts and rights of anoili. r gov- ei ninetit or of lis p.-ople aie so far ufficte-d I j a pc-naing evil e-onlliet as lo rciiure; a il'-tiiiitioii of its rt-Litioiis to tho parties tl ereto. Hut tills ceniiict must lx tint which vviil lie rccogn'red In tho sense ol in!; rnatioii.-il law as war.'' !. iifreiet c,', too, is a fact. The mere fitL- t.-iics of conu-nuing nriiu-d h iciii-s, and their tMcasioiial conllicis do not consti tuie war in the sense r.-ii rred to. Aiuily it'g V the existing condition of affairs in Culia tl.e tests rceognlz-d by publicists nnd wnts-is on international law, and which have been observed by nations of dignity, henesly nnd juiwit, when free fr.on sc-nsitive or sellish and unworthy motive; 1 fail to find in the insurrection the exist nee of such a sultstantiul politl cal orgaiiiation, real, palpable and maiii fistto tli- wir.d, having the forms am) capid.le of tho ordinary functions of gov e nm-.-nt toward in own pesq h nuu to other state--, with c .urts for the ndiniuis tr.ition of justice, with a local hah t ition, p s-essing such oi giinization of force, such material, such ac-upaion of territory as to take tho contest oat of the category of a mere reVUtous insotrection, or oea-a-sion il skiriiiihisiics, nnd place it on the terr ble foo in-g of war, to which a n-cog-nitioncf bt lligi-reuey would aim to clo vnte It. The contest, niore-over. Is solely on land: thj instinect.oa lias not p.ososscd itaelf ait n single sc-aiHirt whence it may send forth Its llair, nor has it any means of O'.nimunii atioii with foreign lowers ex cept through the military lines of its ad versaries. No itppreiiension of any of those sudden and i I'.iieult complications which a war upon tl.e ocean is apt to pre cipitate upon tho vessels, Isith commercial an I national and upon the consular oltitvi 3 of other powers, calls fort lie ded nitionof tin ir relations to the parties to the conteit. A;ila t Criming ItelllgerrBt RiKIit. C nsiderel as a question of expediency, I regard tho accordance of belligerent rights sti.l to b.- as unwiseand prvmalure as I regard it to be, at present, indefensi ble as a nie asure of right. Such a recognition entails upon tho country according the rights w hk-h flow from it di.licu't and complicated duties. and require- the exaction from the con tending p irti.-s of the strict observance of their rights and obligations. 1. confers the right of search up in the hij.h sen by Vesscis ot bota J artles; It Wo. lid subject the carrying of arms and munitions of war, w hich now may be transport! d freely nnd witho.it interruption iii vessels of the I iii:.I rta'cs, ti detention and to sos- sible s -iztire; it would givo rise t count less vexatious quest ons, would release the parent govirtiuicnt ironi respinstoility lor a ts done by the Insurgents und would invest Spain w ith the right toexerclso tl.e supervision recognized by the treaty of liti i over our commerat- on I lie High seas. a ve.y large p,a-t 0 which, in its tr.tilic betw.cn t-c Atliini ic and gulf states, ana In-twi-en all of them and the states on tho t'ociii-. pe.-s.-s thr.icz'i the waters which W-a-sh the sho;c of Cuba. The exerclsst of this w:p.Tv. s on could vai-e fail to lead. If n-t to abuse-s, certainly to cllisions I erlio-.is to te n-avli:l rcl it lor.u cf the two nation. Thvre ft.n b.- dltle eloubt ag to w i n r.-sii.t sii a sup -rvi-to.i won'd Ixv fo.e iniig d tl.is iiatii u. It woo lit !m unwoi-thy of ihi i"uit.-d States to i. a urate tne ssiii.l tit of xu.-n a rvsmt by measure oi qocst'onable r.ght or expe di. r.cy.ir &ya::y ii!-.i.cr ! m. Tumin-g "to ta pr..eiic.il as-jts tsof a n-ccgniii.-u a f be lig-. r n r nml ri vlewiti its luc uveniend- s and possible iLu gej-s, hr-ibs rVVir-.to" V sh-p-s sWio 1...,- tal!iia3 r"' , fx further pTt!ncnt considerations ap i j-.r. iti the- cexie ol nasi- us there Is r- I ten t'.iu t vi a urtie I rtcgniiloa of m. li ce tu-v uno-oiii; .-ici tl by tut a,-s.imi-t.on in- reti. m.l neutrality, r-u-.di rcoarnitiou will n-A cain-er upon r.t.icr latv to a Comes tn- contact a status not tae-n toforv ac mil y po-.-i-ss.- l or aSevt Ihe rt-latiotis of ediher p;jiy to otiuT tlt'' Theactof re-i-nri.lt ion Usu illy t k -s tbe form of a sob ten proclaiea.ion if n.-ti-tr..tit v. wh ea r-j at. s the do fa-U. cona..-ttona-f U l iiT n y . is us inouve. It an. n-.urc-es a iiouier-tie law i f netit-n. ir in the e hiii.'ig st to. it assume the l it -r-nat o.,al oi!isnli ns o. a neutral in trie pres.Utv of h pui.be ft 'K ot war. It I warns all eiiiu sand i t i- rs will in t ho 1 juris lict ion of the pns-l.-iim.tnt tnat th y j violate those rigorous ol.iig nioris ,-it ttn ir own j a- il nnd c ir.nota xj-iet to l-esbi -hltsl j from tiie c-K S aii-.emes. The ri .-h! f is.t and search on the -e.-is nml sc-ii.r.- i f ves ! t.c-!saad car.--es and c- .f.t le'ai-.ii cf war ! and g.-aid pri.-e u'-nh-r ad nir.i t .- Li .v mas; un liT i'it. rnational law be nttmitl. d us a legitimate cos -e;t!fnoc ot a proclamation ot !elii-gen.-!.cy. While ue-eoriiior tho cqnal U l:ig rent r'-g its cle'incd by pu'dn: law t. e-ae-1 party m t-ur p irts uisi..v-rs would lie iii,p-ed on Isiih. whi.h while nomi'iadv e (tiid, would weigh havivily in be-half of Spain ha rself. Possessittat navy and cat.tpi!l.ng the ports of t ulut, her maritime r.: h s arould is- asse-rt -.i not , only for the military investment of tho I Isl.n.l hnl lir to lh.. l!'irn Clf OUrOHB terr.torial waters, anal a e-or.dition of things w-.uld exist for which tiie Cubans witnin their own domain could not hope to r -ate a p.rall-1; while its tn-atioti througa ai I or svnipathy from within our donuun wool I 'he even more iiro-siblo than now. with the additional ob..atton3 of International neutrality we Would per force assume. Iti-rognll ion Nw rnlTfre. Th? enforcement of this cnlarg.il and onerous c.sle f neutrality would only be influential witbin our own jurisaiietion :-y laud and sea and applicable by our own instrumentalities. It could impart to the Umte-J States no right of interven tion to enforce tho conduct of the strife within tlio paramount authority if Sinn aex-ordiiig to the international todo of war. Kor tho-o reasons I ra'jard the recogni tion of tho lxdligercna y of the Cuban in izents as now unw ise, and therefore inad- missiiile. Should that step hereafter le deemed w iso us a nieasure of ri-rlit and duty tho executive will take it. Intervention upon humanitarian grounds lias been troimntly siiggcstoel and has not failed to receive my most anxious and eornest consideration, llut should such a step be now taki n when It Is apiannt that a hopeful change lias supervened iu tho policy of Spain toward Culia? A lie-vv government has taken nilioe in tho mother country. It is pledged in advance to tho declaration ttuil all the tfort in the world cannot sutlicv to main tain peace in Cuba by the Imyonet; that vague promises of reform after su hj u-ra-tion n .ford no solution of tho insular problem; that with a substitution of Cs.iiin.au le-rs must come a change of tho past ays. em of warfare for one in har mony "with ft new' policy which shall no lonjieraim to drive tho Cabins to the "horrible alternative of taking to tao thicket or succumbing in misery;" that reforms must lie instiluta-d in aera nlance with the minis and circutnstauei-s of tno time, and that tln-so n-lorms, w Inle ete i..n.l to irive fullaiitanomy to the colony and to t-r. ate a virtual entity and self controlled ml ministration, snail yet con servo and ultirm the sovereignty of Spain by a just db-t.-ibution of powers and bur dens upon a oasis oi mutual imervst tin taintasl bv methods of self expediency. The first acts of l he new government lie in those honorable paths. Ihepol.cy of cruel rapine and exter:iiinati..n that so long slits k.d tho universal sentiment of nuniamiyiias ir-u n-ve--ci. cu iiti.w new milltiir, cotiimantii-r a nroa.1 clern- ency is pre-ta rred. Slensuros have aln-a.'y bti-useton fo ,l to re.icve the born rs tf .tnrva'ion. Ihe tsuver ot the Su-iiiLsh armies, it is ass. rtd. Is to be used not to spread ruin and aleso'atioti, tint to rs M-t thu resiimi-tion of iN-iyvful i-giieiil- tural tairsults and Iinsiuctive lllilliaries That past inetniKls lire futile toiore-.-a pativi) b7 siibjiig.ii.ui is 1 r.t ly adm it, d anil ti. ;il rai n vvi.ieit.i tun. 111.1 1 1 -i.si inevitably lull to wiu for SKiiil the tlael liv o; a c lit i.ts.l eleticndencr. 'Not a single Am lii an cit.. n Is n.-.v in rrr.-st or c .-. iini-ment in Culm. 01 h .::i this poverntii.ut has uny hii.-v, 1 Tlie n ar tutu -e wl.l'i--::i. iisir.-f whether tteinib o u .'ile coi d tiotlof a r gateoin rcaec, j-.; a ike to tim Cuba: s and to Sp tin, as w I: as qtil'.ab'e to nil cur In terests s, in; uiiitel.- i iv dieu in tne wel fare of Cul a. is lil.. ! ' to cv i-.t'.iin. d. If rot, t!:.- cst.viii-y a.f furtiu r a -id t-tler U-. t.on I. , tne 1. 1.11. L cs ales v. i.i rein on to K- taken. Wki n t.ii-.t lime copies that Bi-tlon v.-lil le i!t-'er-.iii::i .1 in th lie indi-i utiible ligut mil tluty. It will lie fticm!, wi h iut misciving or he-itancy in the light of th-- oblig.ti -n this povern- nic-nt o-.vi-s to its. -If. lo the- psq.Ie who have Ciiniitle-1 to it the j r dect..o:i of their iiiti rests nnd honor, iiii.l to Inmntiitv. S.iro of the right, k ep.ng fn e from till ofTenso ourselves aciua i-a only ly ii right and iitr.o; io eniisi.lerations, in .v. d neither !. ta-si iii, nor ndthd n.-ss the iroverumi tit will cmtiiiu.' its wa'.-hftil care over th' r.glits atnl proin-rty of Anii-rl-no t it ut. ns. .md w in a'l.ito none of its t Dirts to bring n!)out by coccful agencies a e.ice wh.cii sli d! Is- In n ruble and enilurin -. If it si. nil here.tf.er ap t ear to lie a duty imi ose-il by our obliga tions lo nursi-l ves, to aivi'.ii-ation atnl to human ty to tntcrvcne with tor -e, 11 shell lie witl.o-.it fa, at en our 1 i-rr, nnd .11! because the i-ec -ssity for sin '1 a tioli will be so dear as 1 0 command the support and approval 01 the eiv.iizeu worid. Acnc-xatloa of IlHwail lteeoiutaieatd. d. Ily a fp.fial message dated the Pith flay of June la-st. I laid before, the si rat - a treaty signed that day by th! pleni; tt en tuirii s of the I'nited States and of the re public of ll iwaii, having f ir Its put-noso the lnnnrpor.it 'on of the Hawaiian Is.amls as an integral part of the I n.ted M .ti 8, and under its sovereignty. The senate, having removed the Injunction of secrecy, although the treaty is still (.ending Is f .re that body, tho s abject may bo projierly referred to in this message, b. muse the necessary actum of the congress Is r.j quire I lo d t Tiniii I y lexislation m.iny dclails of tiie evi nt u. il un. on should U10 I ict of niiiH-.at :on iu iiiaiompl.chcd, us 1 h-lieve It should be While consistently disavowing from a Very e irly p nod any nggie-ssive j olicy a f nlmorption in icgar.l to the lla.-. a.ian gnup, a lung s-.-ibs of tie, lanuioiis, through tlira-o-ajiiart -rs i f a cent t.r, has proc aimed the viuil Int. rest of the l'u.t-d r-tates in th i mdepe.i.lent life of the isl linds, 11 l.d their in iniati- tommi r ial do- I I nde iiey upon this cvoiintrj-. At the same tunc, It lias been repcate lly ass. rte-d that ill no event could the entity ot Hawaiian statehood cease l.y t h t passage of the isl ands under tl.o domination or inllueaoc of another 1 ovver than Ihe Unitenl r-tates. I uder to. s cireunistan-cs the logic a.f events require I that anni'xiitioti, hi re-to-fore olTe.cd but declined, should in the ripeness of time come aliout aslhcnat u 1 ai result of the stietigtheuingtiesth.it bind us to tho e islands, an I be rt i!i.ed by tho fr.-c will cf the Hawaiian st .te That treaty was unanimously ratified without nnietidiiient by the se-o.-t; nt'd presitlent of tho republic of Hawaii on the Kith of set temhe-r lust, an-l only awaits the favorable iienon oi tiie Ann ric-au sen. ate to etieet the a-tiinplele nlj.r tioti of the islands into the uom I'll of the United States. What the eoti-.l-tions of meli a union shell b.-, th tol.ticil rlitions thereof to th . United States, the oliaricter cf tho lot- .1 ui'.iiiinisir..: 1 n. tl.e quality and liei-r.-. .f tho elective fi.nn hi.;e of tlio Inhal ii.iiits, thi-cx'.i i.siuii of the fa-dc-nil laws to the territory or the enai tmenf 1 f special laws to til the ptviibnr ce.niiitii.n tlicr.of, the regit!. -tion If need lie of tho labor system ile-n in, nre all lrutters which the t lent lias wUcly delegated to the congress. If the treaty is c'-nCruiod. as every consider.-.; ion of dignity i:n-.I honor re pdres, the wis torn of e-otigrasi will sea to it tli.--.t, avoiding abrupt assimilation of ele nients perhaps hardly yet lit ti-al to sluiro iu the hi ho-t Iran hiscs of citizenship, and having due regard to the get graphi cal c md'u ions, tne 111 it just provisions for self-rule in local matters with the largi-st political liiicriies as an integral rart if t.ur nation, wdl N; accorded to tho tawui. ans. Mo h-ss is duo to a people who, nfler nearly five years of tleim n stmted citjmcity. fulllil tho obligations of self governing stalt-ho. si, como of their treu will to me ge their destinies in our body nailit.c. The t.nestions which have arisen be twevn Japan and Hawaii by re.isou of tic treatment of the Jatvin. se laborers emigrating to tho islands under the ll.v waiinn Japanese convention of ls.ss, are ia a satisfact. ry stageof scltlctncnt I t nego tiation. Tl.is g .v.-rntm nt .i.s n."t Ui-n invited to me Hate, and on tho atht-r hand bias sought no intervention in Jjiat 111 it ter. furt! cr than to evimv its kii.diii-st disiMif.it i..n towanl such a i-iitinly and di rect ait ills iiient by the two sovereign suites in interest as sanll comport with eapiity ai d honor. It is gratifying to learn that the apprehension at first displayed on the part of Japan lest the cessation" of Hawaii g national life through annexa tion might impair priviV. res to which Japan honorably laid clar.. h.-.vn irv..n place to confidence In tl.e iirigbttu-ss of this government, nnd in tile sincerity of its purpose to dviil with all possible ulte rior qmsst ions in tho broadest spirit of fr.aud.iness. Work of Woleott ConnnlataJoB, Under the provisions of tlio aa-t of eon-pr- ss, a prove d March 3, 1 U7, fr t ho p ppition of on internal onid iigiMuua-nt re-i-pect in g bini. talllsm. I spjsaiute d on tho 1-lthdiytf April, U'j7, Hon. i-ldward O. Wclcottof Colt r.iao, Hon. Ad.'ui 11. Mev cn.n uf I.lin is and Hon. L.'arlcs J. Paine if !:is.t!in e'.t as special envoys to n pr.-sent tho I nif.it States. 'J he-7 have be. n aiiiim nt ;n the-.r e-ffons to Mi-tire the coi.currei.r.- ami cine rs-ntl .n of Kurop,-.-.n countries to the international settiement of th .- qt.esii n. but up to this Uihc have net is-e u a;.lo to setiure an jvgr-ciuent con teaiiiilat est by their lu us 1.01. ittw-ia J ml altsslloa. The terv'torr of Alaska requires 1 th prom.t ,nd , ar y r.tte ntion of congTn h :'dit:o:,s now '. .ni demand U-ri.il chnng in tl.e law, relating o th. temtory. f i gr, at Intlux o( W ; iluiin-'t'-.cta.st s immer and fall and the p ',-t 'a still larger immijrration m fhe M r eg will not V "' - u '..nriT, tUattieterrt..r '.ri-tpcr.e-thee .al-..sa mrt .4 a n.r I 0--.1- ..vert-men . rhesti-t'-tl.-ga Oty ettTi.e-atel U of , e-.p e v. 'a- are to t , 1 . : t c ' ' a f-..- ...L-a-.s -.. I. t ig th- i-einiy a e -..-ft n,..li:.-n h me-a n-e as la ii-1 ..' b oi-..-tUei.iUU-rttt!..-.t t ..to. o ,A ; ce-st . hit.sun'ry n -vii.t ' r:-.!.-.-yt.. ;-T - !-"' " ,! h Is a i,)-if d f--l st:d '. e a a 9 -.le tt . U .w-v --. -i 0 ti i luce r : 1 ' it a - s.'r ri it '. ' - ! ' T frr. i-r v-r-fel c-rr Y "" ,.- v ,i te r:i. t.i.-nri-j en :e luer-vti ; :..n -1 -I '" r i'' mr..htro.'.i li-s und t-v ' " .1 t t K.cihhs r.,i.:t :l ia -' l- s 1 a .' (..n nit re -t.d U-a.o-..-i.-'a. i. '' ofn har.a.'raei.:sti-ir ;.i... t a ' ' ai!liiihfih'f..--ii.i..'i-i'' i'"". quaranii e tKtl.orit.- s !" r.t '-. 1 ' ra-tary cf tiie trevsury i 1 l it io..:a - ''' r. port r-siing " t e o rr I tt rlnebo nial.-e-t i e calls te-.- i-i o t :e u -f,eU In tne p.-tsent .-.a.ir .nt n- 1 a- i-l ' " ommends ar.tr.dneits I'a rtt.. wo n n give the trea-urv tit -part.!.- it t rfqr.i i.e an thonty to pr-Tt-at ttia lav. "il at e..t trtim ali-ea-ses from t-rei.ts aiaat- e t.-.. I 1 m -of eraeriren y 1 lie f st a-.f tl.e pi t ": lil add 10 the e.hc e-u-y ot t-e u ' ! ' measures f.ar the p.-ota-.i.ui a.f th - pa-o...e : n I at th same time 1 revt-Tit luitieet'ss-e-y re strietianof ra.n-.tiirri-e. 1 con ar is h. r.L omuieudation. Civil SertSeo Ueform. Tho Imixirta it bin h of our governiueot known a the civil se-vlae. the practical la provemeiit a t a bii h hss l"iit been a ubjai of earna-st uisru-wion, has of late ye-s r cetvrd Increastd leglslativa and exea utivas aii pruval. Iiu-in the past few months the . rru- hj wvn nlaceal uikio a still firmer hauls of husiue-ss n.elhods and personal merit. While the right of aair ve-terao soldiers to re instatement in dese.-vbig cases has Ix-e a --rtel. dismissals for merely political reason h.ve l..n rarefullv iraarded ai.-.nst. tho ex- amliiatioasforaaliulltanc-etothe servta-e en larged and at the aasne time rndered lutaa tas hn cal and more priv tiaal; and a distinct aSvance has baen ro-idehy givlna a hearing before d smiseal ope n all caa-si where ln cometen y ts charged or demand maiie for the removal of oftt ials In any of the depart ments. This order has been made to Eive to tueao-usedhuiriichttobe hearat. but with out in any way Impairing tho povrr of re moval, whi'-h should always be exercisajd In case of iuefti- lency and im oni'ie-tcney. and wblthUoneof the vita' safeguard of ths clatl se-rvi.-e reform system, prevenlbig stau oalion and deadwood ami kerping every em ploye keenly n'.ive to the fact that the se curity of h. tenure depenaia nut on favor but 00 hl own teUd and amref uily watched rec ord of service. Much of cuurw still remains to he aovoiu pllshasl before t ie system can ho in.-wti rea sonably iierfn t lor our needs. Ih -re are pU ed now iu the rlnsellie-d .-rvi: e w inch i.Us'ht to be exempt, d and aithe.-s net classl t. ed may properly be in Icat.-il. 1 shall not lia sitate to ee'i t rasa s w liich I think have ta-n improperly bit In la-d in the claseine.1 v-ra.1 e or ii.eiudc- tho-e wld h in my jn-tg-lecnt will be-t promote the public services. The system lias the approval of the peaiplj aad it will be my en kavor to uphold aud ex tend It. Iam farced by 1'ialn ti of Hits messare to om.t m-iny Imp.ir a ii ? r-a- ass te affairs if the government wl.u hi Ii congra-s will have to da-a! at ti e present session. They are fully di ces eal in the aie-j art mental reptarts, to all of w..icii I invite your eatrae-st atten tion. The tstiiua'es of th ex)enses of the Cov rrnment by ti.a sa-va-ral alepartir.enls will. I a-n dure, have ycair artful str.tiny. Whil. t'ie a c .gr. s iiuiv r.ot tl.-id it in easy liask to re.bi. o the expa nses of the Buveri.m nt, it sh. ul l i.a: en oarace the.r incna'j. Tha-so peasta a i l, iu n y Jaiigiaent, idaill of a ilea-r a-e la n.a-iy braii'-la'.e of t!te iruvern ru nt w ith. ut -hj'.iry 10 tlie ptihlic service. Il is a coaiiii.-niliiig iiity lo uasa-p thaa a. praiprt or.s w ithin tne re bits of tie gtiveran.e.it and thu avoid a tie icit. WlLIJAM McKlMLET. LCCALJIlITSRESf." The Informatloa SuppMeJ by ThU Barter Will Prove of Inestimable Value In this Vicinity. When the strii-ed pole of sitra which now indicates a barber sho,.. was em ployed to let the public know where cti piug or blovl-l-ttiiiff was professionally performeJ, close shaves were a doiiy oc currence, not the easy removal of the hirsute or hairy adornment of the head tod face, hut close shsv.-s from entering tteruity. More than one unfortunate en tered the barter stirgi-oti's d'sirw.iy to leave it a eorp"'et -'r " weak that weels were reapliral to pet tt1'." victitu of mal practice on his fret. I'd'Hsl-U-ttitig was used for every thieg frmu a heartache to a corn, and a pain in liu loins was in variably treated with two ina-isiotis, one on each side of the spi.-e. Like plaster 1 and linimei ts these heli'e.l from the counter-irritation they created, and we niiiy presume that had Mr. Kiel. Saul, barbt-r. of No. 112 l-'ifih ?rtet, Sliiiron, I'a.. live.1 in the time of Geortre 111., of Knginn.l, in p!ae-e of taking the course he did a short time ago with liis back, blood-letting would have U-a-u rsortisi to. l;ad how he treated his trouble, ilr. Saul ays: "Two dollars s-pcut f--r Donn's Kid ney Pills did for me what two hundred dollars seiit for other remedies fail.d to ae.s-uiplish. If I had known of and nsa-d Damn's Kidney Pills when I wn.aj first taken with kidney Iroul.b-s, now tire or six years afro. I woull have bi-vn saved an iniuit- isa mnonnt a-f stifi'eriin;. Tin ain iu my biok was so severe that I c.oii I not stoop or lift enythinc, wiih-iut t . t ing es throurh the loins. At ni;lit 1 c..ut-.l not sleep, ntul rose in the nioruini; unrp freshed. There was too frtqtient action of the kidney a-c-rt-tions. On learning of Lilian's Kidney Pills, I procured theiu at a drtiir store, an I tt.k tliem according to directions. Their use heiia-tiic.l me very qtiickl. and I contintie l to improve nutu 1 could sleep Weil, the pains an I lameness dise-.ppcan-l, and my health was better in e-ery way." I loan's Kiitu-y Pi!!s. fer PU bv all dealers. Priit .".') a i ats. Mi.ibsl l y Kiaster-Miiiiiirii Co., r.-,itfa!o. N. V.. sole aifciits for the I. S. Ketneniber ths- name Itoau's and take no substitute. fjllMFAL''i, I INSEFD Pi! llll XCiMI VI RV CMFIP v,-sw:iit; inn ii I il r--'-l f ir Il'.HSKS .lf.s 10. i 1:.. fa-ws, SllKKe. II MiS for wsi-s 0:1 Hi r'owi.s. ei'-. II -i!t!i illm 1..- Ki n.-k. irn M.x sir, Mitii an 1 pps'i rt n.1 -ioil-i ar- a1u!t.iil lc JI.IWIT 10 a.hmnls.l.(.l.-.;i;y ; -o-ie 1;.. 1 Are you f-elie it t'and uitnt Vku 1' l'.vii. t lnnjai-st f.-eal In th... Write lor our cirub-r in-irxei. i-.ir fun-l.ins-cl iil a.r M.ial.nn l White Lail. for-i hoinpsou's," or a! i.ea nianufiii-iu nr. THOMPSON t CO ,15 W Dialed St , Ai!;-,, Pa. A Physieisa's Personal Experience With Bi.chaigaj frcax tt, Earj. While dtsctisai!iT a.,e .ul jcat of s:ee:il- ties in inedieine. ami the srowinsr inn fidencai in Spea-ialints, Ir. A. P.. Travis. Unllevue, P11., a Rraduateof the Clevt laml aietiical t oliej;e, relatetl a personal ex. perience. He vaid: "Wheu I was len y.ars old I bad si-ath t f- ver. As usual very eini!iion I had a nurulenl disa-iiMr.rn from one ear. This continue.! without relief. I expect-.!, when I eauietoattfinl .Medical Lecture, toobtain relief thra-.ii.rh some of the professors. After roiis'iilting with several, and a course of treatmr nt i.ir the Professor of Surgery, 1 was tadtl a per- tnancnl cure was imnnsxible. In Issn thirty-five years after the beginning, I consulted Dr. Saaller, Sol ronn avenue Pittsburgh, and, ta my delight, in r.u.r months he had tne cur?al. I have never had a particle of the trouble SillaHa ..w you can see why I believe in specialties in medicine, and never hesitatA h ommend such specialists; as lr. Sadler.' A Girl Attempts Fu:cids. USIONTOWJT. P T. .". V... Te - , J -- -"- .. .1.4 .11llU drank two bottles of laudanum last nic! t with suicidal intent, an. 1 i in ions condition. Tho attempt 011 her life was caused bv disaiioacuta,! !..., shown by a letter she roto to Davi l Scaitt. In this nite ihe jiltidap her. and hor Tinlv rf .lire! I . at he will attend her fuuorul and kl her st the grave. The girl claims sho and S,s (t were betrothed, and yesterday j-Ue called on his mother to aoa whether the mata h eouid not be consummated. She w turned away, and immediately plannt .1 her death. The giil came her from Don bar, where her parents reside. Hives are not dangerous to ;,v, b t they are a rn.liai breeder of niisery'at-d prcfiuity, Ikian'M Ointmr-nt 2tvt instant rf-lief, even In the worst ca-es cf this end other exasjHjrating diseases of th skin. A runaway electtic ear at Btirlingt n. Ia , bnislet! ami cut about pai-ainVrs' but none seriously. " ' isr tint r.u s-lT-' -&'.?:.'riV?;'--A a.H ft W-.-i, .v.; .-v..vV;.'.!l- : V-s rr-.--. xt----.-,--: . . :j-.-f..: .----a , , -. W - I : J. - I Why J a l ' '( y TTts O My iia.aca iW either Surrey, rh:i,t. :i. E:::; or Road Wagon. Call and examine my stock. No to show my line. J. B. HOLDERBAUK 1847. Chri3tma3 is tomiug and Ilcliday presents are as nuiaercni n the Faying farailia. Fine Toilet Case?, Manicure, Sharing Sets CuiT et Collar Coxc.-, daMi! Bottler, Xoveltie3 in Stiver, SacLet Doiley?, Palmer's andTonant's fine IYrAi inerr. Fine Ciirars of the most select I,rand.. Cowplete as?"orta:cnti of Tahli-t.-t and Cliewin Gums. GEO. W. BEN FORD, Manage .f-Pul -li. ti;tio-i r -r I.r- Iia.tKno Tt'lcjilione to all j.oints in t? ' Kates nioJcratt. A Sensation in Furniture. Pffi-nth',1 A Trade Triumph at LOIIlOtll- A UNIQUE CCKDITIO:T OP AFFAIRS IN A GI.EAT Dl O? PUE2IITUnE. There Are Stirring Times Ahead T 3 1:vi:n u,f,,re j i l.itnre at sua-h ii j j 14 v" ''' capture the I KVEIt U-fore "Such Pri.xV on Furnitur.?: n..-v(r s:n-!i S . ... .uni.i . ill I illl'l ' - H t) othcr-4 tl.e ani.-i-inrt.. : . .1.. r .... ..r.,l i.r.i, f t!:! ,r ss-.r s.i, j-i ii-ar isi :eiioi'ia.T t - . n! .j,'nitu'ant ehanpiss have taken p!aa-a. It will only take ii v" through our salfsroorna to settle the aUve iLMlion. cl P.!t', " ' 18 S20 I A,h Holland Suits. - - : '1 Oak PI... Sta.t,, . - 24 28 30 j OA Quartered Suits. - " 4J . China Ca.ses, Chiffonier!., SWeUmrdH, CVmchei., Dinin- U-.m .-uiHv Suit-., Parlor Suits, and Furniture of all ktmls at Sutt:intinl ITit" . Proof of the onwar.l strides of g'xnl ta iu design! ami jH-rtV-e-t ti". worknianshtp. Thw appeal for an ao-tmmtance o'ues. .lire-a t fr..m & l"' tur, knowing that the introduction will be pleasant and rn.i'tuUe. Th3 enta-e lins is new ! Vast in Variety ! S'.eriirg in Low h Pries ! C. H. Coffroth, 606 m Cross Street, k s. . - , -- -x a a"; ft) km SJiJ2J Qi ilQVZZ l t.iKir-.s.vi; --'JVb IJ& ti no. c i-.-;i .:..) cuj " r ' ,: J.v rffsi 'si i." - -- .-":rT-?iy.'f Hiuc in an old bn:gy when vouc et a now one at almost your r. price at ames B. Holderbaums: A - Comprise cvcrylLir th: s C 1 a i'lCVr', OlVilSel i:vl Up-t-c::: You get the V aud Q;; 1 u 1071. PHAEMACY DHL!CiOU5. Our now anJ cotn jilete a-s.s-ortiaent of line Confection.:, s'.il l in tin; retilar pae'eage from o.-ie-lialf to five Cratni-; of t-ii) most f elected choice. Prices eModcrntc I'tire Pni: CLeaiid-" Toilet A.".:-i S-iriJii-'? Horn's ?t' T:-;is-cs ev ?up?'" Lialia.'S" ?;!" nraees a ' (Jttr stuck 1.- i-"v"! lutro".--so!i.-i;"i- tj irit'rt?stini;!v sm.-il! nrii-a-v Our roiv linn is I! 16 tr.-lile If 1 j I.,,. l...aa... l..it..r Tilt- !I!I!1 ' SOMERSET, f
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