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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03
Ne soareorows In AIapama.


From the \. y. Mail and Express.
At least one branch Of the democracy
in Alabama has no interest in the night
mare cry Of Force bill, started BY the
Hill -protection-democradc organ of this
city. Jones and Kolb are the rival dem
ocratic candidates for Governor. Jones Is
supported by the Cleveland democracy and
Kolb is supported by the independent dem
ocrats, the Farmers Alliance and the work
ing people.
A heated canvass ofthe S.ateis being made
by both candidates, and the Kolb democrats.
are making "a free ballot and a fair count
the leading issue. They declare that the
Jones or Cleveland democracy propose to
serve them as they have served the Repubi-
can party in recent years, count them ont at
the polls. They sllege that the Jones DEM
ocrats refused to give the Kolb democracy
any inspectors Of election, and when the
cases were taken 70 court carried them up
TO the Supreme Court, so that q hearing
could not be had until after election. Mr..
Kolb, the anti-Cleveland democratic can
didaie, in a recent speech said
Ii the Jones gang attempt to count US out
there Will be fight. ID they monkey with
the ballot boxes in this election the fur will
fly. This is a contest between white men.
but Jones friends are hustling for the Negro
vote So do we want H. There is nothing
wrong in that I am freeman until August
ard shall remain so unless my vote is count
ed out. Deprive the poor people of this
country OF their right 10 vote, as will be
attempted by the Jones faction, and they
vii be reduced 10 a more abiect slavery than
existed IN this country thirty years ago.
The Jones crowd are attempting 10 Justify
their threatened fraudulent count upon the
idea that my election depends upon Negro
votes. The fact is, we both want Negro
votes. If Jones does not expect any Negro
votes, his newspapers ought 70 explain how
Il Is they expect, as they say they do, 10
carry Dallas County by 5000 majority, when
there are less than one thousand white
voters in the county. The same is true as TO
Montgomery, L0wndes, Wilcox and other
counties. The fact is, they expect 10 stuff
the boxes IN the black belt TO overcome
your votes up here in the white counties.
The issue in Alabama is "a free ballot and
a fair count, and the cry ofthe Force bill
started in The North doesn't seem to find a
sympathetic echo in the South. The
scarecrow Of Force bill" and Negro
domination doesn't frigthten anybody.
Better take it down right away.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03
Both Stuffed.

WASHINGTON, July 3i.-Tom Reed has
furnished The Democrats with a campaign
cry which is on the lips of everybody at the
Capitol and which will stick to the Dem
ocTatic ticket. Half dozen members OF
Congress were grouped about his desk yester-
day talking politics and trying to laugh
themselves cool. There were three or four
Democrats in the number, and Dolliver
jokingly taunted them on the tameness OF
their campaign.
''The trouble with your ticket is that you
haven't got catch word that hits the people
he said. The bandanna was the strongest
feature of the ticket four years ago, and you
haven't got any thing to take its place"
That's So" exclaimed Rockwell. "We
need some sort of cry the worst way"
But you have cry" demonstrated Reed,
''and very good one-the prophet and the
ballot box, both stuffed :"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03
Highest of all Leayenng PowerLates u S Govt Report
RH.a!:,.;!! o! BssIRg Bsxdsgy
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Daring Robbers.


KANSAS CRY, No, July 27.-The Stars
Elreno, o. T., special says: ElrenO was
thrown intoa fever Of excitement at 1879
this morning by screams Of help coming
from the bank Of the Elreno. The screams
were from Mrs s. W. Sawyer. wife of the
president of the bank, who had just been
held up by two robbers who had also rob
bed the bank Of s10, 500. 1t seems that at
half past ten a stranger entered the bank,
stepping up 10 the cashiers window and
made an inquiry about some town lots and
then stepped to a desk and commenced
writing. In q moment another stranger
stepped to the cashiers desk, and, present
ing gun at Mrs. Sawyer's head, demanded
that she hand out all the money in the
bank. She stepped to the vault and handed
him all the packages of bills in the vault
and what was in the daily change drawer,
aggregating about SlO5OO. The man who
was writing at the desk grabbed the money
as Mrs. Sawyer handed it through the wick
ed and disappeared out the door. The one
holding the gun followed quickly. Mrs.
Sawyer then screamed several times and
then fell over in a swoon. The robbers
mounted horses and rode away.
Mrs Sawyer was the only person in the
bank, the president, her husband, being
absent. Hearrived at home about thirty
minutes after the robbery. The robbery is
believed to be the work Of the Daltons, on
account of the manner of its execution.
Hundreds Of citizens on horseback and in
buggies, with ropes and fully armed. are in
pursuit. The robbers hsd only about fif-
teen minutes start. They were well mount
ed and armed to the teeth.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03
A Remarkable Case.

WILKEBAREE, Pa, July 2s.-Physicians
at the city hospital have remarkable case
on hand. They have run silver tube clear
through mans head. The patient is Alex
ander Eggleston, who murdered his wife
last night, and then sent bullet crashing
through his own head. 1t is through this
furrow caused by the bullet that the tube
runs. A doctor pronounced Eggleston dead
at II O'Clock last night His body was laid
beside his dead wife and a sheet was thrown
over them. The house was then locked up
to await the arrival Of the coroner. The
latter arrived this morning, and on unlock
ing the door he was Mortified to find that
Eggleston was still alive. He had crawled
over the floor and tried 10 reach the win
dow. He was at once taken to a hospital
and number Of physicians called.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03
The Two Congresses.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean,
The North American Revia0 for August
contains an article from the pen of ex-
Speaker Reed entitled, Two Congresses Con-
trasied." The two are. of course, the one
over which Mr.. Reed presided and the one
now in session. As writer Mr.. Reed is
racy and rasping, strongly partisan in tone
without allowing himself to deal in abusive
platitudes. His contention in regard to the
Fifty-frst Congress is, first, that it did the
work Of eight years in two years, and with
the single exception Of the first Congress
during the war made an unprecedented REQ
ord for important and beneicent legislation,
while the present Congress is of the do
nothing order in that respect, and, second,
that as concerns expenditures the appropria-
lions Of the present Congress exceeds those
OF its immediate predecessor by many mil
lions. That is to say, the first or long ses-
sion Of the last Congress did not equal the
figures Of the first or long session of the
Congress now in session. These are the two
central facts around which the article clust-
ers.
At the time Mr. Reed wrote the session
was not near enough to its close for absolute
precision, especially as 10 appropriations,
but now nO,hirg remains except the sundry
civil appropriation bill, which has the
WORLDS Fair appropriation That bill car
ries in round numbers 81 900, nearly
| so, COO 600 being for necessary governmental
expenses. Even with that bill left out the
appropriations Of this session Of this Con-
gress would exceed those Of the correspond
ing session of two years ago to the extent OF
s29,000oo0. Evidently it is impossible for
the Democrats to keep up with any dency
whatever their demagogioal outcry against
the "billion-dollar Congress" about which
so much noise has been made. Mr.. Reed
does not 20 into the merits of these aPpro-
priations, but It is only fair TO add that the
increase was due mainly to the growth of
the country. The point Of criticism is not
Democratic extravaganza, but Democratic
hypocrisy.
The most remarkable statement of Mr..
| Reed IS this:
With the single exception of the tariff act,
which is the subject of partisan attack, every
act of the Fifty-h Congress has remained
unassailed by even a Democratic House, and
/ the long list of acts which, though done in
| two years were really the business of more
than eight years, now stand, with a single
! exception, approved by the silence Of an op-
position which was wildly and rampantly
yOciierOus when these acts were passed.
This is a truly astonishing fact, but one
which is undeniable The fierce hostility
Of two years ago has dwindled down to the
one point of protection. When the cam
paign gets fairly under way the people will
realize more keenly that they do now the
| significance OF such an Endorsement by a
political enemy, especially in view Of the
contrasting fact of the do-nothing record OF
1 the r,rocnr,f Courrpcs
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03
How the Workmen in the Home
stead Mills Live.

The most interesting feature connected
with the resumption of work at the mills is
the manner in which the army of workmen
live within the works, for there they eat and
sleep. They are comfortably lodged and fed
on the best the markets afford. Four i'm
mense bunk-houses and two dining rooms
have been built within the past few days.
The buildings are made Of rough pine boards
but are well designed. The light and venti-
lation are good, and they are kept as neat
and trim as parlors. Every man has a
spring cot with a mattress, feather pill
low, and a pair of large heavy California
blankets
The dining houses and kitchen are SINH
lar in construction and are also well arrang-
ed and clean In the largest of the two din
ing-hoUses there are twelve long tables, each
Of which viii accommodate twenty persons
at a time. Adjoining this is large dining
room in the electric light station, where the
foremen and heads of the departments are
entertained. There are three tables, large
enough for eighteen plates each, in this de-
partment. The steward said that he had
over six hundred men for dinner in large
dining room, and about is in the dynamo
house.
A new dining house has Just been COM
pleted, where large number took breakfast.
Il contains seven tables, which will accom-
mOdate twenty persons each. The food con-
sists Of fresh beef. mutton, ham, bacon, boil
ed and mashed potatoes, bread, hot biscuit,
creamery butter on ice, vegetables in great
variety. jellies, cakes and crackers, and good
lea and cofFse
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03

AGAIN have the Connecticut courts
spoken and sustained the Republicans in
their claim of victory at the last Guberna-
torial election. This time it is in quo
warranty proceedings brought by the
Democratic claimant to the Office ofSec-
retary of State against the hold-oyer Re-
publican.
While the Republicans never claimed
that on the face ofthe returns the Demo
crat did not hare q majority, they did
claim that had certain votes not been
improperly thrown out, both parties
would have failed Of majority, and the
election would have been thrown into
the Republican legislature. This the
court substantially finds, and it estab-
fishes the fact that General Merwin and
other Republicans have been deprived
ofthe offices to which they are entitled
Dy the unjustifable and illegal action Of
the Democrats.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03

The Democratic platform this year de-
clares protection unconstitutional. This
Is nothing new, as Democratic platforms
have always declared something uneon-
stitutional. In 1861 it was uncOnstitu-
tionai to send reliefto the garrison in Fort
Sumpter. In the same year it was un-
constitutional to try to break down the
secession fence, and it was unconstitu-
tional fol United States troops to march
through Baltimore on their way 10 " Mash-
ington. In 1862 it was unconstitutional
for President Lincoln TO emancipste the
slaves. In 1864 it was unconstitutional
to suppress the copperhead newspapers.
In 1861 everything the government did
was unconstitutional and the war was a
failure. In 1879 resumption Of specie
payment was unconstitutional. 1t was
unconstitutional to amend the Constitu-
ton. But the government went ahead
and did all these things and the Democ-
racy accepted them. The party had to
declare something unconstitutional this
year, and the Mckinley bill, which had
been passed upon by the Supreme Court,
was the victim. Alter it has been fully
indorsed by the people in November the
Democrats will claim that was what
they wanted.-Laer Ocean.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03
The Soldiers Ticket.
rom the Lancaster Inquirer.

From the Lancaster Inquirer
The attention Of the Republican party
cannot be too earnestly directed to the thor
oGgh organization Of the soldier vote at the
coming Presidential election.
There should be means adopted for bring
ing to the polls the vote of every soldier
who is favorable to the election Of President
Harrison, and ii Is quite clear that an i'm
mense majority Of them belong to that
class.
The reasons for this are quite clear. Cen
eral Harrison was one Ofthe bravest Of vol
unteer officers of the war. and no public
man in this country has done more to ad-
vance their interests than he has done. Mr..
Reid, while not soldier. won his spurs as a
journalist by bis faithful and courageous
work in the field SIS war correspondent and
his tamous letters under the signature of
Agate" TO the old Cincinnati Gaaats, as
well as bis work as historian Of the Ohio
Volunteers, entitle him to more than orai-
hary consideration by the veterans.
On the other hand the De.1ocrtic ticket
Of such character that no self respecting
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03

SwARNs Of grasshoppers have made
their appearance in Arizona, devouring
every green thing they can find in that
country, which is not overmuch burden
ed with vegetation. And hoarse- voiced
locnsts are reported in various sections
OF the country, believed TO be Of the sew
enteen-year species Their wings are or
namented with the letter W, which the
superstitious believe TO be a portent Of
war; bu' better-informed people know
that it signifies nothing more awful than
Weaver. All sorts of famine-breedine
gaass- -hoppers and lOcusts are calamity
ties. and it is fitting that they should
wear the initial of their grea: prophet
and prototype.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03

Mr.. CLEvELAxD has written another
letter, in which be expresses the modest
opinion that those Democrats who do not
suppo IT him in the coming campaign
"are recreant to their country Such an
utterance is Characteristic Of the man
who regards the Democratic aTty chief
" as a means for the giorifcation and
advance ment of Grover Cleveland. The
decisive defeat which the voters admin
istered to Cleveland and free trade IN
1888 has evidently taught the chronic
candidate nothing. He is still of the
opinion that it is positively sinful for
anybody to oppose him or to oppose the
Democratic raid on Am erican industries
which he is leading. The shock Of the
second defeat may dispel some Of this
grotesque egotism.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03
Why They Sent substitutes.

From tbs New York Press
The candidates Of the Peoples party are
in peck Of trouble over their records since
the war. Weaver won't run we'll among
the Southern mem. ers Of the party because
he abused the South after the rebellion was
suppressed, while Field would be reject ed
by the Northern members because he pub
licly regretted in 1850 that be did not kill
more Yankees during the conflict. The
Democratic candidates smile complscently
al al this unhappy snarl and thank good
ness ii isn't their trouble. They knew there
would be hardness Of heart and bitterness Of
spirit for every man who went into the war
and ran for office afterWard. That is why
they sent substitutes.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03

The Peoples party was intended to be
USED by Democratic bosses as side show
10 the Democratic circus. But it seems
in several localities 10 have got away
with them. In some Of the rock-ribbed
Democratic States the bosses are denoun-
cling with redh hot anathemas, which
promise to be supplemented with shot
guns before Noyember. Bot the people
were not expecting TO hear such heavy
growing from Indiana The Indianapo-
is Sentinel says ~The Peoples party is
an adjunct OF the Republican party in
Indiana, and viii assist 10 elect Benja-
min Harrison The third party is being
pssd to draw away Democratic voters"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03
Cavalry Quiet a Riot.

HOMESTEAD, Pa, July ga riot was
threatened at Duquesne this evening The
strikers at the Carnegie mill were paid OF in
the afternoon and gathered around the gates.
A striker named John Bouik and Watch
man Foley engaged in an alteration, end
ing in blows. BOta were arrested and in the
evening taken before an alderman. A crowd
of 400 strikers gathered outside the office
making threats. A son Of Foley rushed into
the 'squire's office and struck BOurk in the
face, cutting agash. The crowd became
elamorous, and the deputy sheriffs, finding
they could not control the men, telegraph
ed to Homestead. The Sheridan troop was
sent up on gallop and arrived in time to
prevent general fight. The two FoIeys
were held for court and taken out Of Du-
quense by the cavalry. All the strikers were
discharged by the Carnegie Steel Company,
Limited, to-day.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03
Many Deaths in Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, July sl-The effect ofthe
terrible heat of the LAST week was startlinely
shown by the regular weekly report made
yesterday to the board Of health by Health
Officer Yeale. From ten o'clock on last
Saturday till noon Saturday $50 death
certificates were issued. This is a greater
mortality than ever recorded by the office
before. This death rate is greater than when
the epidemics Of Z" grippe" or even cholera,
smallpox or diphthefia scourged the city.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03

Iris a commentary on the earelessness
of the American people that during the
last fiscal year over five million pieces Of
mail matter were received at the dead
letter office at Washington. But it is
pleasant 10 observe tnat there was a de-
crease Of nearly / per cent. over the rec
ord OF the previous year. Many of the
severest complaints made against the
Post Office Department grow oui of the
carelessness of the public.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03
Iams, the Guardsman. VIII Sue his
SunarIor Officers.


PIrrsBuRG, Pa, July 23.-The issue of ex-
Private Isms' thumbs is growing greater
and more complicated every day. The
dismissed militiaman's attorneys will bring
suits sgainst Major General Snowden. Lieu
tenant Colonel Sireator and Colonel
Hawkins.
One suit will be for assault and battery,
one for conspiracy to defame and one for
trespsss. and damages in the sum OF $1,000
will be claimed in a civil suit,
Lieutenant Colonel Streator is in receip
of letters from all parts of the country com
mending his action and offering fnaneia
aid to the amount of Sl0,O 600. The officers
n am ed say they have no fears of the suit.
IANs THUMBS USELESS
Ek-Priy ate Iams attended conference
with his lawyers to-day. He says he has
not vet recovered from the effects of being
hung up by the thumbs. Those members
are apparently bloOdless, and entirely with
out feeling. Iams says be can pierce either
thumb with pin without causing pain. He
stated to the attorneys that while suspended
by the thumbs he lost the power Of speech,
though he knew perfectly what was going on
around him. He said he experienced great
pain in his head, which he thought would
burst, while his eyes panied so he thought
they were leaving bis sockets.
Considerable excitement was caused by
the announcement that the members Of the
Randall Club, the principal Democratic
organization in Western Pennsylvania, had
already taken steps TO have Colonel Streator
expelled from the club.
Attorney Iams said that after a close
examination of Pennsylvania law, they had
come to the conclusion that Colonel Streator
had no authority for his action, even though
it could be proved that the soldiers in camp
were under the same regulations as troops
in the face of an enemy.
1t was not proposed to take any steps
against Colonel Streator's military posi-
ton.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03

A MICRO seconded the nomination of
the candidate for Governor in the Peo-
pies party convention of Georgia. 1t
has infamed the Georgia Democrats
against the third party almost as much
as they have been against the Republi-
can party. Any man or party that treats
the negro as part of civilization is an
enemy OF the Democratic party.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03
MolIIe MacuIre Murder.

DENVER, Col, July 30.-Harry Sullivan,
Union Pacific switchman, was stabbed in
a number Of places ON the night Of July I9
by an Italian named Augusta. Last night
Sullivan on bis deathbed confessed that his
correct name was d. c. N. McTennigan, a
former Pennsylvania, and that he Was com
pelled to leave on account Of having betray-
ed the famed Mollie Maguircs, 10 which
order he belonged The authorities claim
that Augusta was hired 10 commit this
crime years ago but never had an opportun-
ifv
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03

CHARNAN HARRITY, of the Democrat
ic committee, is satisfactory to the Mug
wumps. He is also satisfactory TO the
machine Democrats with better reason,
because as postmaster of Philadelphia he
was condemned by the Civil Service
Commissioners for violating the rules of
civil service.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03

INspite Of the fact that the democrat
ie party has solemnly pronounced pro.
lection unconstitutional, not justice Of
the United States Supreme Court has re-
signed his seat on the bench. If the
court has any respect for the opinions of
the Democracy the bench would have
been vacated long ago.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03
Jones carrIes AIabama.

MONTGOMERY. Ala, Aug. Dds patches
from towns throughout the State indicate
that very large vote was pollei and that
Governor Jores will be elected over Kolh,
the Alliance candidate. The town negroes
very generally are reported as having voted
for Governor Jones.
Kolb's strength lay in the rural precincts
and away from railroads or telegraph
Kolb's people are still claiming his election,
notwithstanding unfavorable news from the
towns. Jones's friends claim his election
By all the way from $1,000 to 10000 msjori-
~
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03

Gov. PICK, Of Wisconsin, has now an
opportunity TO show that humorist
may prove equal to very serious emer-
gencies. Merrill, city Of 10000 people
IN the center ofthe State, is in the hands
ola mob Of strikers, and, as usual, the
sheriff cOnfesses inability to restore or
der. Win Peck prove to be a second
Paitison poltroon? :?
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03

SPEAKER CRISP has written a long let
ter to the Democrats OF Georgia, urging
every man to " TO stand by the old par
ty" for fear Of negro supremacy" Crisp
has found that the free-trade platform of
his party is not popular in Georgia, and
he is waving the bloody shirt to hold the
Drmocrats in line.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-03

THE Chicago convention declared the
recent tariff act unconstitutional The
Supreme Court of the United States de-
clares the opposite. People can believe,
if they choose, that the Tammany mob
at the Chicago wigwam knew mcre of
law than the Supreme court.