The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-11-13

Now that the election is ovor,with
its excitemeRts and its strifes now
That the war Of words which greeted
our ears.fiom early morn till late at
night, for many weary months, has
been slenced in the verdict Of the bal
lot-box now that the financial policy |
of the country is decided for at least
two years; now that resumption has
no impediment in its way, we must
give our attention more to business
and less to politics. With the fnan-
cial question at rest, we have nothing
to do but to settle down to work, and
with steady work will come confidence,
and with confidence renewed prosper
ity,~-real prosperity, not renewal of
the inflated, speculative dangerous era
which resulted in panic and Disaster
but pure, solid, lasting prosperity,
which will make our land the best, the
hsppiest, the most perfect nation on
the globe. 1t is not step from panic
to confidence, but journey, which we
must perform with patience and pluck.
This is work not of words, not Of
politics, not of false statistics, not Of
senseless harangues, but of muscle and
brain, and the sooner and the closer
the people apply themselves TO the
honest work nearest them, the sooner
will the financial resurrection Of our
country occur.
Two weeks ago, noticing the death
of Mr.. Elmer Lacy from the effects of
injuries received at the time the boil
ers of Red Hot mill blew up, we stated
that We had been informed that the
cause Of the explosion was sA@ing
to the pump being out of repair, and
that Mr.. Lacy had been informed of
the fact, but had neglected it until too
late. Just too late for last weeks is
sue, Mr.. Geo. Lacy, of Galenza Mills,
nephew Of the deceased, called on
US, and told us that we had been mis-
informed in several particulars. He
stated that the pump was in perfect
working order, and that Murphy, the
fireman had admitted to him the day
he was in, that the pump worked we'll
He also stated that Murphy was in
the habit of hanging weights on the
safety valve, and on one occasion haC
cut the pump belt, for an excuse tC
stop the mill to get up steam. Tha
,, Murphy was incompetent and reckless
and that the hands in the mill wer'
, afraid of an explosion all the while
Murphy was firing. In reply to I
question why Mr.. Lacy kept an in
competent hand in such responsible
4 position, he said that his uncle wa
: not a practical steam mill man tina
3 he had always run water mills, AM
! did not know the risk he was taking
= Moreover he averred that several
t not all the men at the mill would tel
: substantially the same story.
In diatribe contained in the las
number of the Forest National, in re
gard to "some parties not thousan
D. miles off" having prophesied the earl
F. demise of that paper, the followin
. crushing sentence occurs-the italiC
10 are our own:
eff there is one single person who b.
lieves this paper is going to die, th
l. quicker he gets that notion out of HI
5 head the better, and he had better &
n to school and learn something, fc
d there is more vacant room in his scul
o than there Is brains"
r, So? ethan there Is brains ?"
,e the Forest National wants to abuse an,
It. body mot thousand miles of" the
.. zone single person." or two marie
a. persons, or four double persons, have
right to insist that it should be dor
20 in a grammatical manner else the
- might with propriety invite the editc
ir of that paper to 'go to school and lear
~ something" Individually, we are gla
4o that We have this assurance that Il
. paper is going to live. We don
10 want it to die, for purely personal re
sons.