THE FOREST REPUBLICAN.
4. t. WINK, . EOtTOft 4 PHOPHItTOd.
WKDNI.KDAY, DECKMIlKIt Hi, 18PG.
McKlM.KY loses one Presidential
Klecior in California, but if it is true
that ho gains on6 in Virginia, the
figures i tlir; Electoral College still
ftatnl at 272 to 175.
Now that the Populists have full
swing in Kansas, it would bo a
strange illustration nf the irony of
fate if they should drop PeiTer and
Send a man without whiskers to the
Senate.
Tiirc principal feature nf the Lodge
immigration bill is an educational
test fur all foreigners who seek to be
come residents ol the United States.
Certainly a provision of this kind is
prudent and wholesome and will be
indorsed by all good citizens.
Now they tell us that it is Allison
for Secretary of StBte and Dingley
for Secretary of the Navy. Even
the Democralio speculators on the
composition nf the next Cabinet are
compelled In admit that none but
statesmen need apply this time.
Dr. Talmaou, the syndicate
preacher, is preparing to mix up hit
lamily matters in great shape. lie
will shortly marry the sister of his
daughter's husband. After the mar
riage Dr. Talmage will be his daugh
ter's brother-in-law; his wife will
then be the step-mother of her sister-in-law
and step-mother-in-law to her
own brother.
Those who are insisting that the
change of a f?w votes would have
given Kentucky to Cryau should ex
plain this little conundrum: Cleve
land's plurality in Kentucky in 1892
was 40,020, and the vote for Weaver,
Populist, was 23,500. Now is it
worth while to talk about gaining
200 votes in the face of a loss in four
years' of 63,000?
The Tariff Hill Coming.
The ouly obstacle in tha path of
the adoption of a new tariff bill is
the possibility that the new Senate
W'" "jave ft majority favorable to
JJJflt-ctioii. Much will depend upon
the attitude of the silver Senators
who weie elected as Republicans and
who have ulways acted with the Re
publican party uutil near the close of
the last session, when they made an
issue of silver aud joiued the Demo
crats and populists. Now that there
is absolutely no chance of free silver
under the McKinley administration,
it is expected that these old-tme Re
publicaus will not resume tactics to
which they resorted when the Ding
ley bill was before the Senate. We
have got to have a revenue, and the
sheep and wool interests of Idaho,
Washington aud Montana ought to
be strong enough to demand a protec
tive tariff bill.
That a bill will be framed this win
ter is now certain. Fortunately, the
Republican members of the Ways
and Means Committee have all been
re-elected to the next Congress. That
those geutlemen are in touch with
Major McKinley is apparent, for they
have decided to take up the tariff
question at once, and to perfect a bill
and have it ready for the extra sea
siou which the new President is ex
pected to call. Of course, President
McKinley will be governed by the
circumstances existing at the time of
his. inauguration, put the indications
are that an extra session will be
called in order that the discussion
may begin early aud the bill placed
upon the statute books as soou as
possible. Business demands au early
and permanent settlement, aud it ii
most certainly good politics to have
the bill thoroughly tried anr fully
understood by the people before the
elections of 1808. Quick work will
be necessary to do this, but quick
work can be doue, aud the members
of the Ways and Means Committee
are alive to the importance of action.
Whether tho committee will give
hearii)g3.r not is a question. As a
matter of fact, the bill cau be drawo
quietly and without public meetings,
aud it seems to be pretty well agreed
that the new bill should be conserva
tive aud yet give us ample reveuue;
that it should avoid extremes'and still
be protective. The good features of
the McKinley bill are known to the
experts who will take a hand in
drafting the new measure. The ine
qualities of tho Wilsou-tiuriuau act
are apparent to nil. The committee
has but to avoid radicalism on one
feido, and thus Blear clear of prohibi
tion, and the low duties which have
ruined wool-growing and closed our
mills ou the other. The tariff hill
ought to be in such au advanced state
as to be ready for submission to Con
gress up, iu tho very day following the
inauguration if necessary. -J'iiVu. In
quire r.
Iho nctrayal ol Macro.
If Macco hail fallen iu the ordinary
chances of battle it would have been
a serious loss to the Cuban cause.
But it is doubtful whether his acsas
sination at the victim nf foul con
spiracy and odious treachery will not
prove more disastrous to the Spanish
plotters and oppressors. It will in
flame the Cubans to a more deter
mined and desperate resistance and
it will excite horror and alienate tol
eration everywhere. In this country
especmlly it will deepen the general
detestation if Spanish perfidy and
cruelty, and will be calculated to in
tensity the sentiment in favor of na
tional action in some positive form.
While there are disagreements oo
some details the present reports of
this lust hideous chapter in the Span
ish warfare generally harmonize, and
they explain much that could uot he
understood until this veil was lifted.
They seem to make it certain that
Macco was led ioto a trap and delib
erately murdered. Why did he leave
his command ? Why did he cross the
trocha with n bare hand full? Where
was his force which, however scatter
ed and broken, was not destroyed or
dissolved ? ith the earlier stories it
has been impossible, to answer these
questions. But the revelation that
the Spanish commander, unable to
catch and cope with the Cuban an
tagonist iu the field, plotted his be
trayal aud assassination, clears the
mystery and accords with the known
facts. A cunning proposal and a
base traitor completed the scheme
and under a flag of truce the Cuban
chief was led into an ambuscade and
wantonly shot down.
The infamy of this atrocious deed
will excite universal abhorrence and
revulsion. It is as barbarious and
brutal as Modoc savagery. General
Weyler and the Spanish Government
must seek to disavow and deny it, for
to confess it would bo to brand
their own immeasurable shame; but,
unfortunately for them, it fits in
with their well established meth
ods, and is only a more conspicuous
and startling illustration of a pro
longed warfare witiiout scruple, with
out mercy aod without remorse. The
atrocities which have desolated Cuba
and have sickened aud saddened hu
manity constitute a long and dark
record;' but the woild was familiar
aud passive, aud possibly needed this
crowning treachery and villainy to
emphasize the character of tho Span
ish crusade and to arouse a general
protest.
General Macco es a martyr may
prove even more potent for Cuban in
dependence than as a leader. Amer
ican feeling will be deeply stired by
th is culmination of medieval perfidy,
and the sentiment for some assertion
of our national sympathy with the
Cuban struggle will be strengthened.
It will be sure to find heightened
expression in Congress, as it will
among the people, aud even the dic
tates of prudence will not restrain
the out break of profound iudigna
tion. The losing Spanish cause had
reached a point where it was necessa
ry to strike a blow for political efl'ect
everywhere ; but when it fails to
make any headway against the Cuban
forces and only succeeds in assassina
ting a chief through conspiracy and
betrayal, the blow may prove more
disastrous to the conspirators than to
the patriots at whom it was aimed.
The martyr's place will be filled aud
the moral power of the martyr's
cause will be doubled. Phila. Press.
Some of the Madrid newspapers
say that the "probable indications"
are that Maceo is dead. The editors
of these newspapers would make ex
cellent weather forecasters. When
iu doubt tbajatter. always fall back
for safety upon ."probable indica
tions." The imported products of agricul
ture are limited in number. They are
mainly sugar, wool, hemp, coffee,
tropical fruits and nuts. Annual
Repert of the Secretary for Agricul
ture for 18i)(i.
Aud they could be slill further
limited in number by a protective
tariff that would exclude imports of
sugar and wool, both of which can
be produced in ample quantities in
our own country under protection.
As Secretary Morton says, "that po
litical economy which best advances
the interests of the agriculturists fur
uislies the best impetus to iha man
ufacturers of the United Slates."
The policy nf protection, therefore, to
our agriculturists enforced in re
spect to sugar and wool would also
furnish "the best impetus to the
manufacturers" aud their employees.
Hence it should bo promptly and
permanently enforced. Jwcriwn
Economist.
Any person desiring first-class
deutal work done will do well to bear
in mind that I will be in Tionesta
fur the week commencing on the first
Monday of euch mouth.
tf R. II. SilLION.
Lincoln's Fall It In Provldencr.
The following is an article which
appeared in the December North
American iVt'i'eic.-written by ex Sen
ator James F. Wilson of Imva It
will be read with intern!:
Tho raid mado by ihe Confederate
general, J. E Stuart, iu June, 18(12,
around the Union army commanded
by McCiellan, caused greHt anxiety
in Washington. Oue of iu results was
the interruption of communications
between the cnpital and the Army of
the Potomac. What this portended
no one could afl.rm. That it sug
gested the gravest possibilities, was
felt by all.
While this feeling was dominating
all circles, several gentlemen, myself
among them, called on President Lin
coln in order to he definitely advised
about the condition of affairs as un
derstood by him.
To our question : " Mr. President,
have you any news from tho army ?"
hesadly replied: "Not one word; we
can get no communication with it I
do not kn v that we have an army ;
it may bave been destroyed or cap
tured, though I cannot so beliove tor
it was a splendid army Hut the
most I cau do now is to hope that se
rious disaster bus not befallen it."
This led to a somewhat protracted
conversation relative to llio general
condition of our affairs : It was use
less to talk about tho Arm y of the
Potomac; for we kuew nothing con
cerning its condition or position at
that moment. The conversation thero
fore took a wide lange and touched
upon tho subject of slavery, about
which much was said.
The President did not participate
iu the conversation. He was an at
tentive listener, but gave no sign
of approval or disapproval of the
views which were expressed. At
length one of the active participants
remarked :
"Slavery must be stricken down
wherever it exists in this country. It
is right that it should be. It is "a
crime against justice aud humanity.
We have tolerated too long. It
brought this war upon us. I believe
that Providence is not unmiudfol of
tbo struggle in which this nation is
engaged. If we do not do right 1 be
lieve that God will let us go our own
way to our ruin. But if we do right
I beliove He will lead us' iafely out
of this wilderness, crown our arms
with victory ami restore our now
disservered Union.".
I observed President Lincoln close
ly during this earnest opini u and
expression of religious faith was be
iug'utiered. I saw that it. effected
him deeply, and anticipated frui tho
play of his features and the sparklo
of his eyes, that he would not let the
occasion pass without making some
defiuite response to it. 1 was : not
mistaken. Mr. Lincoln had been sit
ting in his chair ill a kind of a weary
and despondent attitude while Ihe
conversation progressed. At the con
clusion of the remarks I have just
quoted he arose and stood at his 'ex
treme height. Pausing a moment,
his right arm outstretched towards
the gentleman who had just ceased
speaking, his face aglow like the face
of a prophet, Mr. Lincoln gave de
liberate ami emphatic utterance i
the religious faith which sustained
him in the great trial to which he ami
the country were subjected. He said:
"My faith Is greater than yours I
not only believe thai Providence is
not unmiudful of the struggle in which
this uation is engaged ; that if wo do
not do right God will let us go our
own way to ruin; and that if wh do
right He will lead us safely out of
this wilderness, crown our arms with
victory, and restore our disservered
Uuiou, as you have expressed your
belief; but I also believe that He will
com pel I us to do riyht iu order that
lie may do these thiugs, nut so much
because we desire them as that they
accord with Ilia ' plans of "dealing
with this .-nation, in tho ' midst 'of
which He means to establish Justice
I thiuk He means that in furtherance
of His plans, and He will open the
way for cur doing it. I have felt His
hand upon me iu great trials and sub
mitted to His guidance, ami I trust
that as He shall further open the way
I will be ready to walk therein, reiv
ing on His help und trusting iu His
goodness and wisdom "
TIME TAI5LK, in
ell'uet Kept. 0, lS'.Hi.
Trains leave Tio
nesta tor Oil City
ami points west as
follows :
No. 31 JJullulo Express, daily
except Sunday 12:00 noon.
No. til Way Freight (carrying
passengers), daily except
Sunday ' 4-.r,0 p. in.
No. 33 Oil City Kxi loss, duily
except Sunday 7;jii p, m.
For Hickory.Tidiouto, Warren, Kinzua,
ISradt'ord, Oli-an anil llio Fast:
No. 30 Olean FxpresH, daily
except Sunday 8:45 a. m.
No. 82 J'itlsliiirtf Express,
daily except Sunday 4: 111 p, in.
No. 00 Way Freight (carry lux
passengers to Irv iuctun) daily
except Sunday tl:nu a. in.
(hit Time Tallies and full inl'ormatinn
from W. II. SAT I.,, Airent, Tionesta, Fa
H. BEEF, (iin'lsupt.
J. A. FEEEOW.S,
lien'l Fas.v-nger iV Ticket Afri-iu,
itinera! nlllce, Mooiie.v-Hrisliani) llldit,
Cor. Main unit Clinton Sis., liutlalo.N. Y
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four special attention to our dry and dross goods department, where you will Mud
a conipieic line o( a 1 llio latest novelties
nil i v no.
"lp nnest designs in Millinery in endless variety. Ladies' Capes In Fur, Hush
und Cloth, nod lols ol Coals nod Jackets. Ho sure and get our prices before pur-
consiog. c guaraniee inein.
In our clothing department wo have tho largp-t and most complete linn In tho vi
cinity to select from, all from the Highest tirade Manufacturers in tho United
Stales, equal to Merchant Tailor make, in design, lit and quality, and at prices that
simply duty competition.
Men's and Hoys' Hats. Cans, moves and MHlon nil ihe i,.i,wi i., ..n i..
and variety.
Underwear for all in all grades and prices.
Carpets ol all grades, Huggs, Matting, Linoleum and Oil Cloth.
Trunks anil vuli,... rxf all .1........ I. ni i .... .... .
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JEWELRY, TOBACCO, CIGARS.
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GOODS OF FIRST CLASS QUALITY IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
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Wishos to inform tho pulilio
that ho is permanently located
near tho W. N. Y. A P. Depot,
with a foil line of
FRESH GROCERIES,
PROVISION & FEED,
CHOICE CON FECTION RI ES,
TOBACCO & CIGARS.
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House, coats,
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Night robes, of wool, outing llannel or
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ho proposes to sell at tho lowest
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fair treatment and prompt attention.
When In need call.
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