- " T I I The Somerset Herald SDWARD BCULL. Edit and Proprietor. WKDNKfeDAV.. My r, 1. Oru leat ship in Marksmanship. The rKXitOttE wiii be Hie ilagship at Harrisburg June Vote for M. S. y , tlie tried and trusted leader of the llcpublican party in the State. The Wanamaker boiler plate lacks enap when compared with the returns from the counties in which the great merchant has been exhibiting. Keep your rseaU. Sampson will he beard from in due time, and when he reports there will be good cause to cheer. . "Let i s have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us, to the end, dare do our duty as we understand it." Abraham Lincoln. The exigent of a li rat-clans tranship in active evice are about Hl,W) a day. Spain's talk of sending a fleet to the Philippine Islands may be largely dis counted. Many of those who stay at home neem to know better what those who go to the front ought to do than the soldiers themselves. Hut this is always the way. Fkiemis of William J I. Kooontz Lave written to Mr. Waiianmkcr's Philadelphia organ that his ( Koontz's) nomination is conceded. Conceded by whom, pray? And that fleet at Havana still keeps up the business of pick'n.g up blockade runners. There will be a rare lot of prize money to distribute when this cruel war is over. Lieite.vaxt Peaky has started on an expedition to the North Pole. He probably hopes that the war will lie over and well forgotten by the time he gets the material for his lecture. Pursii'KXT McKinlev's opposition to recognizing the insurgent govern ment as a preliminary to war has been fully justilied by events. The question will await the hard fighting in prospect for the United States I.VTKKNATroXAL jHtlitics often makes strange lied-fellows, but an alliance of France, (ierinany and Spain to disci pline the Anglo-Saxon ra would le a tt range assortment. The Spanish pa per suggesting it is a little wilder than usual. It is only natural that men who de serted their comrades on the eve of bat tle, or resigned their commands rather than go to the front, should urge Re publican voters to scratch the name of Senator Quay, who wears a medal for distinguished bravery in the face of the enemy. A vote for David K. Wagner, Ed ward Hoover and Jacob W. Peck is a v.)te for CoL W. A. Stone, the soldier candidate and foe of foreign immigra tion. A vote for Chas. F. Cook, Isaiah Good and Henry F. Barron is a vote for John Wanamaker, the millionaire merchant. Pay no attention to lying last day cif culxrs and letters. Republicans. As a rule the fellow that gets them up waits until the last few days before the election, when it is too lale for them to be correct ed or denied. Go to tbe polls and vote for the men of your choice, and let your choice be only such men as have always Mood by the party and its principles. Wanamakek made four political speeches in Northampton county on the day preceding the Republican pri mary. The voters answered him by electing Quay delegates to the Slate eouveutiou by majorities of three to one. Iu view of the way the voters iu other sections of the State have repu diated the great merchant, the pru dence of his local adherents in keeping liim out of Somerset county is apparent. Wanamaker's money is expected to do the work here. fx a vain effort to save him from a .just chastisement at the hands of the loyal Republicans of the county "Geu eral" Koontz's clackers are trying to create the impression in the south of the county that the north of the county is practically unanimous for him, and in the north that he will receive more votes than all of the other candidates put together in the south. The truth is that there are at least three candidates on the legislative ticket who are stronger than "Gener al'' Koontz and the seutiuient of the county will have to undergo a great change between this and Saturday if he is not badly defeated as he well de serves to lie. Cmiors, isn't it, that the band of soo e d:izen of Somerset county's disgrun tle! Republicans who traveled to Phil adelphia for the purpose of asking John Wanamaker to stand as a candidate for the gubernatorial tioiui nation have not induced the millionaire merchant to include Somerset county in his speech making tour. William II. Koontz is tbe head of the Wanamaker campaign committee, and Wanamaker has placed himself in a positiou to lead an inde Iendent revolt this fall, declaring that he can not get out of the race without the consent of the parties who placed him in nomination. apparent that the local Wauamaker loaders are unwilling to have their position put lefire the people by their chief, hoping to deceive the voters therebv. "There are laws ujvon thi statute lmoka airtiiwt this form of wholesale hrilery (distribution of railroad pauses). oa not only tail to enforce the law against the practice, but you applaud vour elect ed servants when you know that they tiave become the paid agents of i .ora tions. And as the Interest on your mort gage pet harder and harder to par, you do not realize it ia your own fault, tint yo complain of the tariff and finance." From John Vauaiuaker's Huntingdon fipeerh. This is a fearful indictment brought against the railroads by the millionaire merchant seeking to become tbe Kepub licau candidate for Governor. William II. Koontz is a railroad director and tbe paid servant of the Rallimore & Ohio Railroad Company. Mr. Koontz pre sided at tbe meeting which placed Mr. WananiaLer ia nomination and he ia an officer of the committee conducting Wan maker's campaign. Did Mr. Wat.a tnaker have Mr. Koontz in mind when lie urged the farmers of Huntingdon to be on their guard against the stealthy and underhand methods of the corpora- tiona? It ia not surprising that Mr. Koontz has not invited his friend Wana maker to speak iu Somerset ix-uuty. When "funeral" Koontz talks of the service lie has rendered the Ilepub licsin party at the remiest of the State and National Campaign Committees, we are moved to ask for a diagram of the places he visited. We have been informed that he has been invited into the Slate of Maryland on several occa sions by personal friends, and it is per fectly well known that in the campaign oflKsjj he delivered a number of stump spceches in Maryland, and at Umj stane time was doing all in his power to de feat a nart of the Republican ticket at home. Is it jiossible thai the "(ieneral" has forgotteu his notorious message: 'Wire me the situation; am anxious to know." and the answer thereto? Loy al and consistent Republicans do not seratch their tickets. Thkke is a growii-g belitf through out the State that John Wanamaker will be an independent candidate for governor, and the Philadelphia Times takes the following view of the situa tion: "We si eak only from the stand ioint of the logic of eveuts w hen we assume that if Colonel Stone shall be nominated for governor, Mr. Wanama ker will l compelled to take the field against him. It is not now a question for Mr. Wanamaker to decide for him- telf. He did not make himself a can didate, and when he accepted a call to take the field as the chosen representa tive of the Republican elements which demand a different political domina tion in the State, lie placed himself in a ioitiou to make it a fight to a finish. He has bravely maintained the attitude he assumed, and unless all present in dications are at fault, the nomination of Colonel Stone must mean two Re publican candidates for governor." T.E factional friends of "(Ieneral'' William H. Koontz, seeing certain de feat staring them in (he fec, are mak ing frantic claims of the large vote he will pull iu diflereut parlsof the county. Iieports received from conservative and reliable parties, without regard to, fac tion, warrant the assertion that the claims made in behalf of Mr. Koontz are not liorue out by the facts, while from the same sources of infoimation it is learned that Mr. Koontz is deci dedly one of the weakest legislative candidates on the ticket The defeat of "General" Koontz is practically as sured, and the Republican voters of the county, who are mindful of their best interests and opjosed to corporate pow er, will see that he is overwhelmingly defeated. Nothing but the lavish use of "abhorrent and forbidden forces'' can save the "General's" bacon. Til eke is less talk of European inter vention to end the Spanish war than was heard a few days ago. Of course, if the intervention occurs, it will take the form of pressure on Spain to force her to give up the fight No F.uropean nation will interfere with the I'nited States. The on'y way in which Europe can bring the war to an end at the pres ent juncture is to coerce Spain to sur render, and Europe is not likely to at tempt this until after the next Ameri can victory. It would be rather Incon venient for the United States to have Spain give ua: until after we capture Porto Rio. We probably would have to take Porto Rico from Spain in some sutseiueut war if she should sue for peace now lefore we make an assault on that island. Therefore, after her fl jet on this side of the water is cap tured or sunk we must immediately capture Porto Rico, so as to get it be fore Spain's collapse takes place Spain's authority in Cuba is lost even if the war should end to-day, but we want to prevent her from starting an other Cuban complication near our shores, which might cause a war a year or ten years heuoe. "The great combination of capital, real. i.'mg the power of organ izit ion, disci pline and concerted eiierirv. have mus tered in and equipped great armies of talent and (renins, sucn as money can al ways command. On the principle that might make right and that they are en titled to all privileges that can ln ot tained through legislation, by fair means or fooi, tliey have waged an unceasing war agunikt the people. A long-contin lied scries of victories has made them thirsty for more. Continued success in their schemes has intoxicated them, and Uiey are arrogant and defiant. Conscious ot I heir strength, they proclaim by word and deed their mastery over the people, The masses, a great unorganized and un disciplined force, can not maintain such an unequal war. Notablv in the oil re gions of our State they have lieon forced from one retreat to another, their lands have beeu taken from them and their homes covered with mortgage, for th benefit of corporations. The people gsthertbeir recruit from all the walks of life; honest men, but with no expert ence with politic! bunco-steerers, and. totally ignorant that corporation conn dence men are hired to sw arm legislative liodie and to break down tbe good reso lutions of good men, fall easy prey to these agents." From John Wauamuker'a Huntingdon speech. In view of tbe abovo direful picture painted by the great millionaire merch ant, how can his advocates in this county support "General" William Jl. Koontz, whose attachment for corporations is known from one end of tbe county to the other and whose voice and eloquence are alnays at the disposal of the powerful railroad corporation ami against the struggling and oppressed farmers and laboring men of the county The lierkcy-Kimmell -Sbober- Wer ner sIilical machine needs to go into the dry dock for repairs. It has too much to explain in regard to its con duct of the county commissioners' of fice, and that is fatal. It lias run up against the outraged taxpayers of the comity, who have at lxst awakened to the fact that for years past they have I wen shamefully treated by these pre tended reformers, and it has lieeu rid dled . It is a little difficult to convince the Republicans of Somerset county that they would be benefited by turning the State over to Martin and Magee, and the county to Bcrkey, Sholwr, Kim niell and Werner, eveu with such emi nent respectability as reflected by the persons of Mr. John Wanamaker and 'General" William H. Koontz. There is no excuse fir misunderstand ing the iue at tbe approaching pri mary election. This is the jieople'a bat tle, and the peop'e are going into it with a full understanding of the situa tion. There are two sets of delegates to the State convention. One set, Messrs. Good, ISarron and Cook, represent the faction iu this county that has for years been acting in the capacity of a helper to the Democratic machine and which has at intervals betrayed and knifed Republican candidates in this couuty for the past fifteen years.- If elected, they will support the candidacy of John Wanamaker, and will follow him in his support of an independent State ticket this falL The other set, Messrs. Peck, Hoover and Wagner, if elected, will go into the State convention ptedg ed to the support of the soldier and statesman, the friend of the farmer and the laboring man, CoL W. A. Stone, and they should receive tlie support of every loyal Republican in Somerset county. Two New York regimenti refused to enlist because they "desired to preserve the integrity of their organization." The point seems to be that the regi ments have degenerated into superfine privateclulis with showy trappingsand fine armories, but no application to the military needs of the country. Gov ernor Black has disbanded one of the shams and the other should be sent to follow it Suppose onr army olli;s?in whom we will send to Cuba to protect our interests should become the constant guests of the P.laiiM and the Weylera. Snpe that certain of our otlioera were the oonsttot recipients of special favors from the Spanish government. Supie it wasac knoti lcdgd that they were reviving costly gHl.i and favor from the Spani-h generals. How long wouid it lie lefore they would lie called urstn to answer the charge of treason. Vol you -laet olli cials to fight for your righu again r srale iu asions and you see those offi cials plaeed under the pay of corpora lions and say not a word. Your silence and indifference ia a most alarming sign to the friends of popular government." From John anamakera lluutinguon speech. When Director William H. Koontz desires to journey from Somerset to the city on the Sabliath he rides on a special train provided for his accom modation by the great corporation whose iaid servant he has been for a number of years, and whose interests he jealously guards in the courts of Somerset couuty. W ould the interests of the farmers and shippers of Somer set county t safe in the hands of this devoted friend of the corporations? Would Mr. Koontz, who rides on a pass, vote in favor of reducing the passenger mileage? Would he vote in favor of reducing freight charges in order that the farmers aud lumber men of this county can comiete in the markets of the country? His past record is the best answer. The "fake" journal ptibli.-hed in this town, the iiersonal mouth-piece of "General" W. H. Koontz, in its last issue accuses us of trying to besmirch the "General's" Republicanism. Well, let us take a glimpse at the "General's" record as a liepublicau. After running the gamut of couuty offices from Commissioners' clerk to Prothonotary, and after having had two terms in the National Congress1 as a liepublican, the "General," ap- pareiitly thinking that there was noth iug more to le had in the way of office from the old arty, like the scriptural ox "waxed fat and Kicked. In lsSJ he raised the black flag, headed a party revolt in the county, and lent his best efforts to defeat the liepublicau candidate for Governor, the maimed soldier, General Reaver. Will the "General" or his fake organ deny this statement? Will they deny that in Ism; he parti cipated in the Republican primaries and failing to defeat Mr. Scull for the Congressional nomination he openly opposed his election in the fall ? Will they deny that lie voted against the regular Republican nominee for Congress in lsss? Will they deny tlwit he participated in the Republican primaries iu isf0 and again failing to defeat Mr. Scull for the Congressional nomination he aud his political friends joiued with the Democrats iu the fall and voted and worked for the Democratic Congres sional nominee ? Will they deny that iu the fall of IV.) he opposed the election of the lie publicau candidate for Governor aud advised bis friends to vote for the Democratic nominee. Will they deny that In the fall of 1S!(! he and his frieuds supported J.seph E. Thropp for Congress, thus directly aiding au attempt to elect a free silver Democrat ? Talk of "besmirchiug the Republi canism" of a man with a political record like this? The wonder is that any man whose Republicanism has been so foully besmirched would have the temerity to offer himself as a can didate on tlie Republican ticket and ask loyal and conscientious Republi cans for their support "The time has far passed when the in terests of the people and those of the cor Mtraiions were i lentical. Human self ihness, tbe origin of inequalities and the source of dangerous power, has gradually divorced and mado the interests of the masses diametrically dilferent from those of Ihe corporations." Kroni John W ana- maker a speech at Huntingdon, fa. How does it come, fellow Republi cans, that John Wanamaker, iu whose interests "General" W. H. Koontz is believed to lie a candidate for the legis lature, who presented the above pow erful indictment against the railroads iu a neighboring county, has not been called here to repeat it before the farm ers of old Somerset, w ho have suffered the-yoke of cortsirate power for many years? Mr. Koontz is ' railroad di rector and a railroad attorney and the best efforts of his professional career have been exerted iu the interests of his corporation employers and against the farmers of his native county. The farmers of Huntingdon are put on their guard against corporate stealth and the farmers of Somerset are presumed not to learn of it What a consistent Christian gentleman Brother Wana maker is, to be sure ! Those ollieia's whoenlist for the peopUW cause come from the ranks. They have personally felt the weight of unjust dis elimination. Thy enter ptihiiulifdfully determined to help lreak the iron hand that i being drawn tighter and tighter around the lire, of their people. !ut the confidence man ia there; ho courts the acquaintance of the new mmlers aud gains bis ootilid n-e ; he tells him how easy it is to ol.Uin free passe. He gives his friends passes by tbe score, not reali zing ihut every pass he aoeepts is carry ing him farther and farther from any probability of serving his constituents If you offered those men money for their votes for corporation lavors they would strike you in the face. Yet bv the instd- i us iniluence of free asses, handle 1 1 y the skillful lobbyist, their voles are mort gaged ami sold to the corporation Lf fore they realize it. Inn elect men to tight hack the merciless corporate hosts, and they ae immediately put on the free pass pay-roll of these very companies. In some stales an olliciai found r.dmgon free pass es is driven from oiln-e in disgrai-e." From John Wanamaker's Huntingdon speech. Only Friday an official residing in the borough of Somerset declared that he could not vote against William II. Koontz, the local attorney for the B. A O. R. R. and a director of that powerful corpora tion for tbe reason that Mr. Koontz bad favored him with a free paw over his road far a number of years past Are the grangers of Somerset county who for years have been making an effort to throw off tbe burden of corporate power willing to see their efforts in this direction stran gled aud crushed by a railroad director and corporation attorneys. If they do they will vote for W. II. Koonta. If they are opposed to the corporations who are sapping the life blood out of the taxpayers they will cast their ballots for Capt W. II. Sanner, whose firm stand against the corporation has wou tbe bit- let hatred of corporate power, and E. D. Miller, whose positiou in this matter is equally weilkuown. Wasud ! A good woman or girl, age 2" years or over, who can do all kinds of general bouse work in a skillful manner ; incom petent persons need not apply. A steady place and two and a half dollars per week in a family of six. Address with refer ence. Ir. J. Q. Lkmmon, Latrobe, Pa. GREAT KAVAL Sampson Detroy the Cap Verie Flaet in Santiago Sartor. EEPOET 1ACKS OFFICIAL COSFlEJta- TIOH. A bulletin received from Port Au Prince at 4 p. m. yesterday ays : Sampson ran the gauntlet at Santiago nd destroyed the Spanish fleet Srtue of '.is ships were damaged and many men wounded. Iispatch lioat just ar rived at Key West and look physicians and supplies on lioard. This news is confirmed from Imdon. A bulletin from Washington Rays: "Important news has been received at the Navy department but the ollicials refuse to make it public. Nothing olliciai has been beard from Sampson." Bearing Fait Witness. From the Pittsburg Leader. Mr. Wanamaker's ceaseless iteration and reiteration of the complaint that Col onel W. A. Stone is Quay's man exclu sively is presumably supposed to pro duce tbe same effect upon the public mind that continual dropping does upon stone. But whatever tbe ellect produced elsewhere, here in Allegheny county at all events, where Colonel Stone is known to every one and where his campaign had ita birth, the idle attempt to belittle his individuality counts for nothing. Here everybody knows tlutt when Colo nel Stone became a candidate for govern or, he appealed straight to the people. not in tbe name of Quay, or of any other power within his party, but on the plat form of his own public record, bis career as a representative of the people in con gress and as a sturdy and consistent ex ponent of liepublicau principles. It was understood then that Senator Quay was friendly to every one of the five or six men who were recognized as gubernato rial piasibiliiios, and that he had prom ised to give his support to tbe man who showed the greatest strength in his cam vasa. In the measurement of popularity which followed throughout the State Col onel W. A. Stone took tbe lead easily. nor did he hesitate to proclaim his inten tion of carrying on his fight to tbe end. even though the great influence wielded by the senior Vnited States Senator should be thrown into the snlo against him. Nevertheless, Mr. Wanamaker, pious and truthful Christian though he profess es to be, does not scruple to inform rural audiences that Colonel Stone has no strength other than that which Quay gives him, aud that he is a candidate only by (play's permission and Quay's in st ructions. If the pious and truthful Philadelphia!) is not for once deliberately straying from the path of honesty, how strangely aud wonderfully he must be mislod. Stone Will Lead The Forces. The chising hours of the campaign are fought with intense interest, the issms have been thoroughly ventilated, and the HOLSE OF RCPRliSUNTATIVES OF THE Washington, t. C. fl ' m m w f 'Si r fit it til CARD. To the J'i i)ultti-ni of Smi fx i Cinmfi ; I am a candidate for Governor, anil so far have conducted my cainp:ilgn with results where the counties have voted that promise suci-css. I urn a candidate of my own choice, and am not running iu the interest of anybody, but have gone into the comities and con ducted my own canvass U-foiv the people. I would Ik- greatly grat ified to receive the votes of Stincrsct county. All thai is said by the Wanamaker newspapers about my licing slated and niycantf. lil.-iiiugcd for me by others has no foundation whatever in fact If I mil slated I aii slated only by the people who have voted forme in lurgc majorities in nearly every cotuiiy wnere l nave iimiicaconui. I have no manager, and no one is uuthorisl to sR-ak for ine in 5 Soniertct county except my friend who are voters In Somerset county. I appeal to the IScpublieans of Somerset minify to stand by me iu this contest, and submit my official record as I'nited States Attorney and Congressman as evidence of the honesty of my pur pose and the simvrity of my camp.iign. My delegates in Somerset county art Kdward Hoover, J. W. l'cck and D. K. Wagner. Respectfully, S3 Republican candidates are prominently before the public Senator Q iay, who has been made the issue has deliued his posi tion if the assertion of his friends can be taken for granted and Colonel William A. Hume, of Allegheny, will lead the fumes against all oomers. The IIuR.w.n has led the light for Stone aud predicted that unless the unexpected should happen he would be nominated. The clouds have cleared away, and it seems that b'9 nomi nation is assured. Notwithstanding the savage campaign of Colonel Waii imaker no one doubts the result of the election. Tho leaders of the Republican party are on guard this year with Senator Quay in the lead, and the paity's triumph is assured. Nothing better could have happened for Colonel Sl'.iu thm Mr. Wanamaker's slanderous campaign which has called for a thoughtful and careful investigation of all that be has said and it reveals nothing but a selfish and vain ambition to disrupt the party for selfish and individual mo tives, which will lie repudiated at tbe polls. Colonel Stout was practic.illy un known by a majority of our people, but those who hae altsolute confidence in SeiiBtor Quay's leadership have been brought iu such close contact wilh the able C-ongressuian, that he is fast becoiiiiuglbe ideal candidate, and his eleolion is as sured. Tho Philadelphia Press has sur rendered tho fight, and openly admits that Wanamaker cannot be nominated or elected, and ia willing to compromise wilh Senator Q-iay to name the candidate to harmonize tbe party by unloading Stone and taking up another candidate. This adroit political move was 6f coiirwe die tated by Wauamaker ao as to bring about the very condition he has been contend ing fr. an irreparable breach in the ranks of the party so as to brand the Senator with disloyalty and bosim, c me out as an independent candidate, ami make the Sonutori.il deal he U cov eting. But the hidden hand w ill not pre vail ; the Press has done its work well in carrying out the bidding of its candidate, Isit the evil of it is too apparent to any one wilh the slightest knowledge of tricky politics. The position of the Press only tends to esiose tbe weakness .of Mr. Wanama ker. and warns all Republicans to beo.i g-iard, and stand by the party nominee with a greater loyalty tban ever. The dignified and manly bearing of Colonel Slone during the preliminary contest for the nomination has woo for him a host of f.iends and admirers. His long experi ence in National affairs, his unimpcaclia bio integrity, stamp him wilh all of tbe qualifications necessary to make a good Governor aud a safe leader of tbe affairs of the Slate. After the Convention will have spoken, relegating to the rent Mr. Wauamaker and his slander, it will only be necessary to close in our rank and fight haril, so as to obviate the spleen of the tricksters until every vote wilj have been polled. Not so with Wana maker; ho baa had it all his own way. Like a bny with a new-toy he has gone all oxer the State exhibiting his extraordin ary ait: bit ion and vanity, throwing mud upon the party and every one else who would not support hiin f r United Stales Seualor. until he has made the party to which he belongs appear before tbe world as a party of thieve, and booj'.ers. His time will come when his independent candidacy will lie launch!, when the csl eium light will bo turned upon biscor- rupt methods w bea tbe bourse aud the ' business rue l will le foreed to hang their head in stanie for attempting to force upon the party such a. scandalous candi date. We have reached a stage in tbe civ ilization of the world when statesmanship and good politics are conducted npon ; high grounds, and not tho low desire and ! base design of thepoliti.nl gambler. Col- j onel Slone lias met every demand that is ' necessary to make a good Governor of tbe ( great State of Peunsylvt n;a, and by a do- I cided preference or a large majority of the people's representatives soon to assemble j at Ilarrisburg. has been selected to lead the ft trees of the grand old party to cer tain victory. The Great Befotm Ko?ement I'liikob !;.lila Inquirer. With three or fair exceptions all the Rcpuhlicau primaries remaining u ill held this week. The result iu most of tie , counties, judging from the sentiment :ill over the Slate, ia a foregone conclusion. Colonel William A. Stone will receive a large majority of the delegates aud will thus add to his strength in the Stale Con vention. He has fairly won h;s nomina tion, aud nothing but the most o(itrage -us throttling or tbe Republican party can prevent his success. The liepublicau wreckers who train with the Vast Move ment led by Iilaukenburg, Van Valken berg, Leach, Martin, Magee A Co., are anxious to do the throttling and have been using ail their influence to drive Senator Quay from his position or keep ing hands off iuto one of supreme boss ism. They will not succeed. They have gone before the people through their ora tors with bitter speeches, irresponsible charges and venomous hatred of all Re publicans who are not in sympathy with political hypocrisy, aud they have been overwhelmingly beaten. To urge Quay to take the party by tbe throat and de maud of him that he shall betray the Re publican voters is the very highest of po litical insolence Here and there the semblance of a fight is being kept up. Iu Tioga couuty, for instance, there is a queer coutest on hand. Not eveu the IUankenburgers have had the temerity to doclare openly against Stone, for he was born there and the peo ple know him, but the Blankenburg Com biners insist on naming their own dele gates. If they eaunot defeat Stone they at least want to lelitlle him aud capture the county for their own purposes. It would be a mistake to give them evi.u this satisfaction. Mugwumps, bolters and slanderers of the Republican party aro not held in very general esteem iu these days when the administration at Wash ington needs the supiort of all genuine Republicans. The so called business men's movement baa proved a rank failure. It has perva ded the State at the wist of teus of thous ands of dollars. State Senator Kauffiuun of Lancaster county, one of tbe prime movers iu this latest political machine, expended f 1KW alone in a vain attempt to sts'tire tbe indorsement of his own con atltueiiU. To date four counties out of the sixty-five in Pennsylvania, exclusive of Philadelphia and Pittslmrg, have fol lowed this assistant iMiii'Mjra'.ic move ment And hat are they? Bucks, con rolled by Boss Gilkeson, of the Martin Magee Combine; Lycoming, controlled by Boss McCoriniek.or the same patriotic J concern; Y rk, whore Dave Martin set v IJVTLia STATES, J t .. : : Hay ie, HH. f. 5 WM A KTi)Vl 1J J- : ? uponeof his employes iu tbe State De partment in business on his own hook as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, and Blair, where the delegates were won by a trick. Thereareid deleg.ttos In tbe State outside of Philadelphia and Pittsburg, and the Blankenburg Combiners have gained the proud distinction of owning twenty of them and fifteen of those twenty were the result ot 'oossiiu, and the other five of political iutrigue. What further support this movement has comes entirely from tho delegates controlled by Iiave Martin and Chris Magee, those im maculate statesmen, product of the lobby of Philadelphia and Pittsburg. What a graud Reform movement this U a movement entirely dependent upon maeliine politicians ! It has not been able to f.sil any oue, and the Blankenburgs, Loaches, Van Valkeubeigs, Magees and Martins will not have a voico in tho gov ernment of Pennsylvania. Fortunate Pennsylvania ! ' A genuine soldier will head tho ticket this year. Political Notts. Capt James M. Clark, Chief of the Bureau of Industrial Statistics at Harris biirg, who c m mau led a eo-iipany in Colonel Quay's regiment in the late mar, says "William A. Stone will be nominat ed for Governor. He's nominated now, beyond a doubt Figures from primaries that have been published in all of our papers prove that beyond a d m M. I do think there will le hardly a show of op position to Colonel Stone wheu the lime oomea. This is forecasted already. His campaign has been carefully iidticted and has come through without a break without a loss that was not discounted." . Cnitcd Sta,es Ser.ajnr Boies Penrose, of IMiiladclphia, will be in the sad. lie at the liepublicau slate convention at ilarris burg. A day or so g. Senator Quay's convention hnadipiarters, at tin L x-hiel hotel, were secured for the junior senator for the convention week. ' e The Philadelphia Inquirer of yesterday saya : Colonel William a Sumo, of Allegheny, wli'NO nomiuition fjr g vern r by the Republican stale convention h is alri-ly been assured, added quite a bitch of dele gtes to his list as the result of the pri mary elections held throughout the com monwealth yesterdiy. In no case where he had couuted np hi the election of friendly delegatious was he disappointed. The frieuds of General Frank Render, of Northampton, were naturally elated over the action of tbe convention in his home county, whore by a vote ot nearly two to one they defeated the Wannnaker fbro, who had mile a desperate fijht . Messrs. McCiuley, pig-anr, Crwweil. Cope, Phillips Winchester and Weadley, the d-leg-Ufls elected to represent Chester county iu the Republican Suite conven tion, to-night issued a ctrd sUtingthat they are unanimously agreed that the sentiment in the eomty is f tvorahle to the nomination of Will, a n A. Stone forG ivernor, and ih.it they will support him. All the healing, bilstinie virtue or t!.e Norway pine are c )'.i.: i.rjri?.l in Dr. Wool's N irway Pile Syr.ip, na'.urtj'a owu remedy tor coujhs au 1 colds. Wiley aal Bobbins. WahioTox, M.iv U5. Peiiiy!ania will get at least one brigadier geiieraNh'p in the vn!u!-.le-rrriiy. The pu-UIeiit by day told Senator Q!J:iy aid Kt J-rtscitts-live Ko W, ins that ho Lad dtcid. d to give Genera! John M. Wiley a brigadier gen eral's cotiiuiisnion, aud would send his name to tbe senate before th-j end of the week. Senator Quay went to the Wiiito House for the purHse of urging once, more the nppoiiilmcnt of General Wiley, and h took with him two boxes of Havana cigars of a brand the President is i-oecial-ly fond of. The present of the cia.- did not, however, have anything to d wi'h the 1'rtMdent's pronij-e to pMiiit Gen eral Wiley, for Ssntl-tr Q ny did not oiler his gilt until after the President hail slated his intentions. Senator Quay nrg d that lo iieral Gobin be made a brigadier general also, and ho is hopeful ibis will be done It is believ ed General Gobin would decline the ap pointment if be is nominated as lieutenant governor next week. Representative Robt ins was greatly pleased wheu the President told him his intentions as to General Wiley, but still more so at tho af-surance that the Presi dent mount to appoint him an assistant quartermaster with the rank of captaiu in the volunteer army. The Costa Kican Counterfeiters. For many mouths tbe CosU Kican coun terfeiters have been issuing bogus notes of the government of the Island until the amount it is said, has reached f l.mai.Oi'J. Inspectors of tho secret serviire bureau were chiefly instrumental in bringing the malefactors to justice. The efficiency of the secret service is undoubted, but it is by no means a secret, but a patent fact, that the service that Hootetter's Stomach Bitters does the weak, nervous and dys peptic is of genuine value. There have been from time to time counterfeits of it, as there are of the genuine Costa Kican notes, but tho miniature note of band on the laliel and the vignette orst. George aud the Dragon, coupled u ilh the eniui sitely finished typographical work, are not successfully iinitable. Any oue who has used the Bittern knows its admirable qualities aud the features or the exterio or the bottles. This agreeable tonic ab solutely prevents and remedies malaria, rheumatism, liver complaints, kidney trouble and dyspepsia. Tornado Tiotims. C:ic' o. May 20. Detail of th" tor nado which swept over Northeastern Iowa, Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin are com iug iu slowly. Knough is known, however, to make it certain that tho death list w ill bo a long one, aud the property loss enormous. L:ite re ports, oflleial and iinconflrmi.I, give the following numlK-r of de I ; Illinois Still man Valley and vicinity, IJ ; Freeport. " ; Princeton, 1. Wisconsin Antigo, -I ; W.i usau, 3; Kihb Falls, ."; Ilsrshsw, 1 !; Pen nington, 2; Coluinb is, I ; o.-vhco, 1 ; Tom ahawk, 1. Iowa Delmir Junction, Pi; Preston, 3; Q'ligley i Totals, 7,). The total niimlsv of injured is plaeed at 2X). Iu Illinois tho storm seems to have been tho hardest in the vicinity or Stilbnan Valley, where 11 people wer killed. Oilier Illinois towns in the p i'. h of tho storm wore Pawpaw, Ohio Station, Adeline, Foreston a'ld Walker. The griteit damage occurred in oountry dis tries, and it is dilllcult to place an '-,-u rate estimate upon tho property I ns. But it will, it is believe.!, amount to si.oui.uoi), when all rep irtsare in. The county poor h tuse of Carroll county was completely destroyed, au 1 seven of the inmate slightly hurt. At I.mark tho city cemetery is in ruins, fences are d i.vn, au 1 c slly 111 muuieuls broker, and leveled. A score or buildings were wre ;'iod. At Sii 11m n 1 J buildings were d3i;roye-L Neir lliU city promis sory n te.s, letters an I photographs have lioen picks 1 up that were blown from Clinton, I a. iu lowa 1110 greatest damage was 111 Hided in tlu vicinity of Delui ir Junc tion, whore at least jlin.i) k) worth of pr--p erty wai destroyed. Xr. Gladstone is Dead. Ixisx, May 19. Mr. Gladstone die,! it 5 o'clock this morning. Tbe passing of Mr. Gladstone is ai-eom- plisbed. It was peaceful at the last peaceful and maj'tstic Death won no victory over the greatest Englishman o his time. The arch-enemy wa 1 1 him a friend id reug-j, whse coming he had longed for and whose presence brought nly infinite solace. His pathetic craving for peace, which has wrung the hcirtso his friends and the nation daring his bit ter weeks of suffering, was followed by a calm joy at the advent of the messenger of release, which robbed his deathbed of all sadness. The grandeur of the Grand Old Man, say those who saw him during his last hours, was calm and sublime as ho wel comed the final siimuious. An Unwelcome Guest. This Hotel Proprietor Cannot be Blamed for Ejecting so Trouble some a Visitor. After the battle of Waterloo, wheu the alios! forces lay ill and around Brussels, every 'siiit-eivaliie sort of com was iu cir culation. 1 is !ay an Iri-li il. I i -r walk ed into a hotel nitb a British thilliug. ud asked the proprietor if it wo lid go. Hoisl for anything I have. was lue reply. The Irishman took him at bis word, and ordered dinner. Wln-n be bad gotten outside of au astonishing amount of wine and victuals, he tendered the shilling in payment. Explanations fol lowed, uisl the proprietor taking in the tutuatioii, said, "lb-re, my pood msn, misery loves company. Keep the shill ing, my friend, and p!jy the same game on my neighbor down street!" A lap shilling was isM-keteil. the owner coolly replied: "Can't, my friend. I worked it on him yesterday, and he sent me to you to-day. .Now. this anecdote ha noth ing earthly to do with Mr. Frank J. Tell fel, proprietor uf the Hotel Windsor. is,r. Tenth nisi eleventh streets. Reaver Fulls. Pa. We merely introduce loin ia tin manner. r thai the readers of this pa;er who have regular visit from relatives of the guest in question will know- bow tu lisHse of the Intruder. Read what Mr. Teufel says: "For the last year I have had a miserable backache acros uiy loins. At first 1 did not my much attention to it, hut It steadily :r-w noise, and made It very pjunftil for me to get aro-nuL Seeing I loan's Kidney Pil's so highly n-c-omuiciidcd. and having come to the con clusion that my kidneys must Is? wrong, I got a bo at Paff'a drug !-re. I con tinued their n-e for a tina and was ihor onchly cured. They proved a true sis- cihc in my case, and my l-ln-f is that they will in every case where they are given a lair trial. I loan's Kidney Pills, for sale hv all dealers-. Prii-e. ,rS) cents. Mailed by Foster-Mill. lira Co., P.iiffalo. N. Y sole agents ror the I . S. Kemciiil r the name I loan's end take no subMil utc. No Necessity or Being Blind or Self. Misiern science restores the ear to heaithfiilticss in hundreds of cases which in the past have been considered incura ble. rutting off the necessary treatment causes serious damage in hundreds of eases which might le wholly restored. In 1S77 Miss Annie R lf '27 Forty fifth St.. Pittsburgh, came nnder the treatment of Dr. Sadler, H1 Penti Ave, for a polypus and discharge from the ear. The condition was perfectly cured, and in 1S!7. she expressed, unsolicited, her great satisfaction for the perfect cure that had lasted so"inany years, and will be glad to answer any who may desire to eouiiiiutilcule w ilh her. From the first cf the year. Dr. Sadler has a.ss.clatisl w ith him an eminent Eure" n physician. Dr. A. Slgmann,nf the I jversityor Vienna Austria, w ho has had an extensive expe rience in all the very latest knowledge relating to medicine, and all h.r consult Drs. Sadler A Sigmanu w ill get the beue lit of their combined skill and experi ence, Iho best known t- this ag j of prog ress, i Ml t -MM- Sam Says This is America's Greatest Mec'icine. It wi:i Sharpen Your Appetite Pari' and Vitai";e Your Bleed. Overcome That Tirfd Teeiing. Get a bottle cf Hood's Sirsaparilla and beg.n take it TODAY, and realize the ret good it is sure to do you. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is America's Greatest Stedieine. A II drugs Gibbs Imperial Flaw, Made at Canton. Ohio, the liest plow on earth, can now le seen at J. R. IIolderlaum'a Hardware Store, Light to handle and very durable. MAOC T SEK OUR.... Disc Harrows. Steel Bar Lever Spike Tooth Harrows. Steel P.ar I.cvr Spring Tooth Harrow With Wheels, Old Style Wood Frame Harrows, plated front and nnder frame with wash ers hi protect lslt heaiLs. Steel Par Lever Corn and Garden Cultivators, five, seven and nine shovels, with Hill ers and weeders. T Bar Steel Pulverizer Land Roller. Corn Planters, with fertilizing attachment. Champion Hay Rakes. Farmers' Favorite Grain Drill. McCormick's Mowers and Binders Engines, Saw Kills and Threshers. Just Unloaded for Spring Trade. i Car Wire Nails. . 1 " Barbed and Smooth Wire 1 Imperial Plows. I Harrows, l Kramer Wagons. 1 " Spring Wagons. 3 " Buggies and Carriages. Call aud examine my stock before you buy, J. B. Holderbaum SOMERSET, PA. AOTK'E OK INroUPOKATiOX. Tho Trustees of t'u lto.-V.a-.,1 c;,,,.!, -s--miio:i. wi,t j(m.iv 1., ourtut .somerset, .siuers,-t fount v. .,.. f.,r IiK-ortr.iU,m. 3 ' " liy or Jer of the Ifcv.r i J. 1- .MM.l'.KK. See re la ry. I Jos.Horne & Co. 1 The Sweet Girl Qraduate Conjure up all the wonls in the dictionary and tioaeiitencecan be formed that is so particularly ? appropriate ror the young crl ahmt to graduate, as the heading of this announcement. We honor it-we honor the writ er who brought it to light. ...FOR HER... And there are a good many of "her" this yar, we bave some of the prettiest graduating rubrics ev er graduate's eyes looked upon. The time is growing apace, and allonr Spring and Summer fab rics are being sold at Clearance pri'-es. You w ill nave bijr monty by ordering now. White Materials, at thcae materially reduced pri4 es: 15 cent a yard for Dotted Swiss, India Linens, it hM h Organdh r, value IN-rol liy a jaid. i") cents a yard ftir W hile Mulls, Pin Di'l Sw isses, Orgimdies. Krench Xainsoolcs value ;:n.; id -T5 cents. jOwuUa yard ror S 1 Orijandies, Fancy Figured asd Potted Swisses, M11 Us and Put isles values OX- and lil ceuts. You inn order these gsds j'ist as ell throujih our Mail Order department as you e.iuld buy them personally. May we hear from you. 525-527 Ptaa Am . PrtTCBi ck di mm - k - r - s.ss,T. - - 3 flEL AT PRICES ?nQ?i i;03 TO vJ?3.C0 0 T -.J...I,i-.,.sl:.. - ?0 AiisrJtjnvti hnecf , -sX. f t1'' ?T . rul,im-i tsV ::t Ji- m.sjii;. c, :.,.;, ! i-.-" t:W ss srira sncJefiii 3 -s. ,-HsW .'Jxl ; . itr.w" jM-ili.iU"u'ifl - .".31' tiovsz rvamsiiiTiZ coots tic. r 1 v P. A. SOHELL, SOMERSET, PA. t r'L, i n 1 1 m r dTr s- S i 7 ft)fj- soi.invrrirniAT iM!ijw; :,;v; &J$& James. B Iloklerbaum f!25 ftH moron 6I2ort.rlv;ijriiri WE WANT A AS TRAVELING, LOCAL, COUNTY, GENERAL OUTFIT FREK. Apply at once for territory, of A. II. nERFNDEEN & CO., Gcr.c-va, T, IMPOIiTKOSTOCK. 8KED3. -l i e r u.i: V7E HAVE NO WtMl s. Int Ust ioi'J dirct to tht eoa r&or tut U ymxr at h'l- 1M ivK j Zrv. MBi, Ft- TT. BamrRwi- rMf.ilN. waCM. PeM ELKHART CAagLisz c n ittiirsrt 9 i ? c e s9 1 .847 I Anything . in : PHAEMACY. .... . . nnere you srsure help and j.roteetiou in all liuvii- - tii.i-:- iur btiK-K is clean ar.J tomplete tlir.u: j li"U. . a. . . 1 is 1 ..J, L',.t 0..U..O i-1 a. t . 1 ....BENFO!?D'S I The largest and la-st bottle of Cough Cure ever put on the marM J 'S eents. Kvery btittle guaranteed. I Benford's Tr 1 10 cents J Testiniotiials I'iven on Application. 9 ine Cirjars of Zforvign Ihwusliv Traml 9 Chewing (Sum and Lime Tablets. Fine Connections of ritsrii- Y!- ity and variety. 1 GEO. W. I3ENF0R1), Manage 2 ..rev-I'wblir! station for Ing riislance Trlej.':.:.:.,. to a.i P- -" the V. S. ltates misl.'rate. i 5 cw-oaco3CKos Just Out, "It's a Bird" 1 X : : : Columbus Royal Fluh, PRICE $50.00. l : 1 X J If iO CRANK in diameter, binalion IihII itAvii.Jk u-if K and redni ...For D. SWANK, o 9 SOMERSET, PA. . - i - v Jl f. -1 ,s. - i ur cvcrsi ........ 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