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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-24
One munis quite a plenty.


The last of the IS locomotives or
dered few months ago by the b. Il
q. railroad have been delivered, and
General Superintendent of Motive
Power Harvey Middleton is now en-
gagged in making exhaustive tests of
their capacity. The order for these
engines was divided as follows:
25-21X66 in. consolidation engines,
class E-10, Nos. 1241 to 1860 inclusive,
by the Richmond Locomotive works.
10-22X28 in. consolidation engines,
class Eli, Nos 1900 to 1909 inclusive,
by the Cooke Locomotive works.
20-22X2S in. consolidation engines.
class E-12, Nos. 1910 to 1929 inclusive
by the Pittsburg Locomotive works.
10-22X2S in. consolidation engines.
class E-13, Nos. 1880 to 1859 inclusive,
by the Baldwin Locomotive works.
6-21X26 in. ten wheel passenger en-
gines, Is in. driving wheels, class B-14,
Nos. 1903 to 1913 inclusive, by the
Baldwin Locomotive works. These
passenger engines are built from the
plans furnished by General Superin-
tendent of Motive Power Middleton.
and are giving the very best of salts
faction.
4-2OX2G in. ten wheel passenger en-
gines, 6S in. driving wheels, class Bib,
Nos; 1914 to 1917 inclusive, by the
Baldwin Locomotive works. Also
from plans drawn by Mr. Middleton.
This addition to the motive power
of the b. 4 0. fills large gap in the
equipment.
General Manager w. NJ. Green of
the b. & o. says that there is no
truth in the report that the b. & o.
is back of the Benton Harbor & South
ern, now under construction, and the
Cincinnati, Union City s. Huntington
"a ilroads, which is being located in
Indiana.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-24
Loose Definition.

Mr.. Bryan, III reply to queries adj
dressed to him by The Richmond State
asking him why are you Demo
craft" and "What constitutes Democ-
racy?" undertakes to show that pos
sibly in Naturalization and general
sense a believer in Democracy is a
Democrat. He says:
In a broad sense a Democracy is a
government in which the people rule,
and a Democrat is one who believes
in such a government
So far Mr.. Bryan is vague, but cor
rect But he Immediately adds:
''ln party sense, Democracy is de
fined by the Chicago platform, and
the person who supports the party
and it's platform can call himself a
Democrat"
From this it would appear that a
man may be satisfied to 'call himself
a Democrat without being a believer
in Democracy.
There certainly is difference be
tween Democrats who are Democrats
because they believe i'll Democracy
and Democrats who are Democrats
because they concur in a POpulist
platform adopted by a Democratic
Convention.
The Democrats who were Demo
Gratis in 1892 were believers in DemOc-
racy and not in Populism. But in
1896, in the whisk of a lambs tail, =
Democracy was repudiated and Pop
ulism adopted. According to Mr..
Bryan the Populists, like himself,
were thereafter entitled to call them
selves Democrats, and the Democrats
who still cling to the Old-fashioned
Democracy were out in the cold.
Populism, it is true, was logged
neck and heels into the camp of the
Democratic party at the Chicago Con
vention, but the attempt to substi-
tute the bastard for the true child will
never succeed. Democracy is the
same thing in 1896 that it was in 1888.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, to
whom The State addressed the same
interrogations, has a much clearer
idea of Democracy than the rattle
Drained Nebraskan. He says;
Il do not think that any mans
right to be classed as a Democrat is
to be determined always by his acting
with or against the majority Of his
party on particular measure What
ever assails the rights of State, I'M
der the Constitution, or any right
guaranteed to or reserved to the peo-
pie is opposed to Democracy"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-24
Tariff Prospects.

Washington advices state that a
canvass of the situation disclOses an
encouraging prospect for tariff legis-
latiOn. 1t is found that the long wind
ed Democrats and Populists of the
Senate are not supposed to filibuster
against the bill, but are inclined to
assist its passage after they have
taken as much time as they need
to put upon record Il number of
speeches for campaign use.
The discovery of this state of affairs
is said to have occasioned surprise.
But it is not at ali surprising. 1t is
clearly to the interest of the Bryanites
to get the tariff out of the way so that
the campaign of 1900 shall turn exclu-
sively on the currency issue. Although
the tariff was a side issue in the last
presidential campaign, it was great
help to the Republican party, and in
many places doubtless turned the
scale
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-24
Died a Maniac.

Samuel r. 0. Speed, the young
Englishman, who was released from
jail in Baltimore Friday, pardoned
by Gov. LOwndes, left his cell a raw
ing maniac. On Sunday he died on
a cot at Maryland general hospital.
Speed was 80 years old, and came to
America about IL years ago. He was
well educated, a brilliant mathemati-
clan, and had a particularly winning
manner.
a little over year ago he went to
Baltimore, and was employed by Mrs.
Blanche WOOdyear as tutor for her
son. He forged Mrs. Woodyear's
name on several checks and got into
other monetary troubles. after serv-
ing short term in Sing Sing, Speed
as soon as released, was brought on
requisition to Baltimore, and he was
convicted of the forgeries there. Mrs.
Darlington Booth and Mrs. Cyrus w.
Field took an interest in him, owing
to his exemplary conduct while a
prisoner at Sing Sing. They pre-
vailed on Gov. Lowndes to pardon
him. His wife lives in New York.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-24

ject, says:
why not limit the ranking privi-
Iege? That it is abused can hardly be
questioned. The average member of
Congress can now use the mails to con
duct his political campaigns. He can, 3
at the expense of the government, (
keep his district flooded with speeches.
tending to his own glorification, osten-
sibly designed to educate his consti-l
tuents, but really intended to promote
his private ends. The government
also could not be restricted to mailing
only such letters and documents as
are necessary in a purely business
way. The ranking privilege was not.
created for the purpose OF makinSI
"deadheads' out of the government
and our statesman. When used for
public and necessary purposes it is a
very good thing and no objection can
or will be made. But its abuse has
grown to be so fragrant that a halt
should be called at once upon the reck-
less way in which it is too often EN-
ployed for private ends"
These enterprising statesmen read
whole books on the floor OF Congress-
in order to have them printed in tha
Congressional Record, so as TO sefd
them out as political literature, fires III
charge. .-ser.~, sort
Nearly every fourth-class postof6ce
established is an expense to the gov
eminent for carrying the mail over a
longer route, besides the equipment
for the new office. The multiplication
of fOurth-class offices in many cases
lessons the efficiency of the service and
should be limited by law. 1t is not
right that one cent postage should be
made dependent upon these abused
and unlimited privileges granted by
the postal laws and pressure ought to
be brought to bear on Congress to pass
saIutary laws so as to make one-cent
postage a possibility.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-24
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Dollar Wheat and Silver.

The fact that wheat touched the
dollar mark last month without a cor
responding rise of silver is worthy of
the attention of those who think low
silver means low wheat and ruin to
the farmer. 1t restores respect for the
matter-of-fact law, known in the mar
kets but unknown in our recent poll
ties, that price is determined by the
relation of supply and demand. We
were recently taught that price was
put down by the wicked gold-b bugs
working through legislation, but it
turns out that a short crop in Europe
md famine in India may disregard
the wiles of bugs of all sorts. Silver is
still low. Its price has nothing to
do with the price of wheat. What is
also remarkable is the fact that the
price of wheat went up in spite of the
preservation of the gold standard in
the recent election. Silver was mot
in it
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-24

The deficit OF over $4,000, 600 in the
postoflice department, which is shown
by the report of Postmaster General
Wilson FOR the fiscal year which ended
June 30th, 1896, threatens to postpone
One-cent letter postage for some time
to come. Itappears to be the contem-
platiOn of the postal laws to render
the postal service self-sustaining, and
from the fact that the postmaster
general endeavors to explain away the
causes of the annual shortage indi-
Gates that he feels himself held respon-
sible to make both ends meet. The
causes assigned for the shortage is
second class matter sent at the pound
rates. The increase in this pound-rate
matter is put down at 100000
pounds for the year.
The postmaster general urges Con
gress to pass such laws as will confine
such matter within bounds To the
uniformed this explanation may be
sufficient, but is it proper to compel
the senders of letter mail to pay for the
transportation of other matter? 1t is
well established fact that one cent
for each half ounce letter postage
would pay the cost of transportation
of letter mail.
The report of the postmaster gener-
al, however, 'omits to note two heavy
drains upon the revenues of the post
Office department, namely, the trans
pOrtation of free matter and the in
discriminate establishment of fourth
class pOstofIices.
Congress has given the President
and his cabinet and both houses of
Congress the privilege of the free use
of the mails. This privilege is used to
the extent of abusing it, The free
matter transported in the mails last
year was over 94,OO0,0O0 pounds. The
Baltimore Sun, in discussing this sub
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-24
TOMMIE'S CHRISTMAS TREE.

with apologies to James Whitcomb
Riley, if he cares.)
We amt got no Christmas tree,
Cause my Mammals husdan' he
list forgot he had kid
Ats what my Mas husban' did.
Pa, ats my Mas husban' says
Trees amt fash'able these days;
Asst him why, an Pa says cause
Don't believe in Santa CLAUSE
Says he hates the noise an fuss,
Makes him aggravate an cuss;
Don't see why Ma keeps him, he
Amt no use at can see.
F me was him an him was me
Bet I'd have Il Christmas tree;
Ma list smiles an says too bad
AT list makes me awful mad.
Other little boys has Pas
What believes in Santa Claus,
Hate mean Pas-Ill tell him so
LIST as soon as | can grow.
Wisht Ma lock him out tonight
When he comes, list serve him right;
Make him stay out there an then
Goblins an bogie men
Ketch him fore the mornin' come
Bet you then I'd have a drum,
An a whistle at Id blow
Whether he don't like er no.
Wisht-why, here's Pa, an see
That he's brought Christmas tree;
Says he thought he'd fool the kid
Ats list what Mas husban' did
q. V. H.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-24


The custom of borrowing a neigh
boris paper, says the Ellsworth Me-
AmeTicd?1, has been called to our at
| tention by the Bar Harbor Record,
which mentions an instance where II
subscriber wrote for an extra copy be
cause her copy had been worn out by
neighbors who had borrowed it. This
is by no means an exceptional case
We know of cases where one copy of
the american supplies a whole com
munity with news, the paper going
from house to house. 1t is flattering
to the editor to find his paper so eager
ly sought for, but it is not profitable
-fattery wont pay bills. Not only is
this practice unfair to the publisher.
but i'll many cases it is a great incOn-
venience to the subscriber. 1t is not
always that one can sit down and read
a paper as soon as it is received, and
there are other members of the family
who wish to read it, too, but when a
neighbor runs in to ask for it for
few minutes, the accommodating sub
scriber does not like to refuse. How
often has the man of the family, after
a busy days work, settled himself for
an hour with his paper, only to learn
from his wife that Mrs SOandso had
borrowed it? The Ame1ic0n cOnsid-
ers every one of its subscribers friend
yet, thoughtlessly perhaps our friends
are doing us an injustice when they
loan their papers to a borrowing
neighbor, who thereby receive the
benefits Of the paper without contri-
buting his share to its support. We
agree with the Record, that the per
son who is too stingy to buy paper
which he wishes to read, is to mean
to be permitted to borrow it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-24


From Harpcrs Weekly.
The snow still fell; the keen wind,
raw and fierce, cut to the bone. 1t
was Gods worst weather in Gods
forlornest, bleakest spot of ground.
that Christmas day of '62 on the Rap
pahannock, a half mile below the
town of Fredericksburg. But come,
pick up your PROSTATE pluck, you
shivering private. Surely there is
enough dampness around without
adding to it your tears.
Lets laugh, boys
Hello, JOHNNY
Hello yourself, Yanky'
Merry Christmas, Johnny.'
Same to you, Yank!'
Say, Johnny, got anything to
trader
''Parched corn and tobacco-the
size of our Christmas, Yank."
"All right; you shall have some of
our coffee and sugar and pork. Boys,
find the bOats.n
Such boats, / see the children sail
ing them on the small lakes in our
| Central Park. Some Yankee, desper
ately hungry for tobacco, invented
them for trading with the JOhnnieS.
! They were hid away under the banks
of the river for successive relays Of
! pickets.
We got out the boats An old hand
| kerchief answered for a sail. We
loaded them with coffee, sugar, pork,
and set the sail, and watched them
| slowly creep to the other shore. And
! the Johnnies. To see them crowd the
bank and push and scramble TO be
first to seize the boats, going into the
water and stretching out their long
arms, Then when they pulled the
| boats ashore, and stood in a group
over the cargo, and to hear their eX
carnations: "Hurrah for hog?' Say.
that's not roasted rye, but genuine
coffee. Smell it, you uns." And
sugar, TOO Then they divided the
consignment. They laughed and
| shouted, Reckon you uns been good
| to We uns this Christmas day, Nanks. "
Then they put parched corn, tobacco,
and ripe persimmons into the boats
and sent them back to us. And we
! chewed the parched corn, smoked
real Virginia leaf and ate persimmons,
which, if they weren't very filling, at
| least contracted our stomachs to the
| size of our Christmas dinner And so
the day passed. We shouted, Merry
Christmas, JOHNNY They shouted,
Same to you, Yank." And we for
got the biting wind, the chilling cold;
we forgot those men over there were
our enemies, whom it might be our
duty to shoot before evening.
We had bridged the river-spanned
the bloody chasm. We were broth
ers, not foes, waving solutions of good
will in the name of the Babe of Beth
lehem, on Christmas day, in go. At
the very front of the opposing armies
the Christ Child struck a truce for us
broke down the wall of partition,
became our peace. We exchanged
gifts. We shouted greetings back and
forth. We kept Christmas, and our
hearts were lighter for it and our
shivering bodies were not quite so
cold.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-24

Senate should reach a vote. Mr..
Wellington is quite sure that the res
olution will be rejected if it ever
reaches the House. To the Washing
ton correspondent Of the Baltimore
Sun Mr.. Wellington said:
Il have been studying the matter
closely and | do not believe any ac-
ton will be taken by the present Con
gress affecting the matter one way or
the other. have talked with a num-
Der of Senators and am convinced
they are beginning to think the time
has not come for such decisive action
as has been proposed by the foreign
relations committee of the Senate.
However, if the resolutions should
pass the Senate, they will not pass
the House The sentiment here is
unqUestionably in favor of letting
matters alone. What the country
needs is rest and restoration Of con
tidence, and as long as the talk of war
continues confidence cannot be re-
stored. In order to improve our com
mercial and industrial conditions we
| have to restore confidence not only
/ among ourselves, but also among the
! people of other countries with whom
we have commercial relations. The
| country does not want war and the
! House of Representatives is not dis
! posed to take any ill-adVised step that
will make war probable. 1t would
unQuestiOnably be injudiciOus to take
such action Just as we are about tC
have a change of administration anC
before we have had an opportunity
to ascertain what viii Ba--thIas~ i33S+liccy
of the next President respecting queS
tiols now in dispute"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-24
4 Winter Idyll.
q. V. H.

A maid but twenty winters old
Two eyes with gladness cleaning;
\ callow youth of freshestmould
Upon her beauty beaming.
The wintry wind is sounding low
The music gifts whistle,
And watts toward her cheeks aglow
Fail many Il flaky missile.
lie looks upon the merry maid
With merry eyes and mellow;
When, 10! there wanders to his aid
y thought--the lucAy fellow!
Your dainty hand is cold as stone,'
EXclaims the fresh young chappy;
Come, let me hold it in my own
'Twould make my heart so happy"
"Ah, thanks, you're very kind" replies
That flippant maid of twenty;
"But'-toward the youth she turns HI
eyes
lone muf is quite plenty"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-24

THAT some may be rich shows
that others may become rich, and
hence it is just encouragement to in
dustry and enterprise. Let not hiii
who is homeless pull down the house
of another, but let him labor diligent
ly and build one for himself; thus,
by example assuring that his own
shall be safe from violence when
built"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-24
Roll of Honor.

The following pupils of the fourth
grade i'll the Oakland public school
were neither absent nor tardy during
the month ending Friday, Dec. IS:
Helen Fay, Fife Porter, Effie Mealy.
Maud Ferguson, Moxie Cohen, Claud
Brown, John O'Donnell, Frank Byrd.
Lee Bosley, Charles Sell and GETTY
Browning.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-24
Clear the Walks of Snow,

His Honor Mayor McComas has de-
termined that the ordinance relating
to the clearing of snow from the side
walks OF the town shall be strictly en-
forced and has served personal notice
on all residents and property owners
to that effect, To disobey the ordi-
nance means fine of not less than
one dollar nor more than twenty five
dollars or imprisonment in the town
lookup. Get out your shovels.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-24
The Bridge Broke Down.

At Littleton, Wetzel county, W.
Va, a wire suspension bridge over a
creek broke down while crowded with
people returning home from church
entertainment and about 30 or 30 PEG
pie were thrown into the stream. One
young man was killed, two others
probably fatally hurt and s or 10
others injured.
The fact that the creek was low
prevented greater loss of life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-24

On January list, 1897, the firm of D..
E. Offutt s. Son will be changed to
that of ID. +. Offutt & Sons by tax
ing into the firm Mr.. Charles Ellwood
Offutt.
Thanking our friends and the pub
lie generally for their very liberal
patronage heretofore, we hope to
merit a continunce of the same.
All parties having unsettled ac-
counts with the old firm will please
call and settle same by cash or note
ct. ID. +. OFFUTT g. SON
M
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-24
Mr.. WellingtOn's Views.

There appears to be doubt as to
whether the Cameron resolution rec
ognizing the independence of Cuba
would pass the House, even if the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-24
REKl!TTANCES;

Remittances made oy rneney order, postal
note. registered letter or bank draft viii be at
our ria,, If made otherwise, at the risk OF the
euder. Address,
THE REPUBLICANS.
Oakland. Md.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-24

\ red steer, about eighteen months
Old, no mark, came on our premises
in New Germany the past summer.
The owner can have his property by
paying all expenses. Jacob S. Miller.
GrantSville. 3O-3
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-24
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-20
COOPERATIVE COLONIES.
Representatives of the Colonial Club
Going To California


Representatives OF the CoIonials clubs CT
the East. and the first party of families
who will make their homes in the Amhurst
colony, Tehama county. Cal, were in the
city yesterday, and viii leave today Tor
Portland The party. which Is composed
OF people from various Eastern states.
came West over the Canadian PaciIc IN
a special car. and arrived In this city from
Vancouver last night.
Among the party are the following: Will
lam E. Smythe. president OF the National
Colonial Society. and Mrs. Smythe, j. c.
Fortiner. of Chicago, treasurer, Thaddeus
Wakeman. president of the New York
Colonial Club: G.. y. Smith, presi-
dent Of the Chicago Colonial Club;
+. II. Baldwin, president of the
Colonial Club, OF Worcester county,
are: Theodore n. Case. Mrs. Roger Pros
ser. Theodore Perry. and E. J. Holden. OF
Chicago: c. A. Willis and II. II. Il. Coffin,
of New York. Among the intending set
tiers are: Mr. ana Mrs. l.. II. Foster and
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Fyfe and
child. c. Z. Taylor ana Mr.. and Mrs Lee
roy Henry and child.
Tho officers and committees of the col
onial clubs represent a large and growing
organiza ton OF thrifty Eastern people.
who look forward TO settlement in the
West The movement was initiated In 1894
by w. E. Smythe. formerly connected With
the national irrigation congress, who Sc
cured the assistance of DR.. Edward Ev-
erett Hale. of Boston, and others. The
first outcome of the movement was the es-
adjustment of the New Plymouth colony,
of Idaho, in the Payette valley. last year.
AIR. Smythe viii visit Eastern Washing
ton with a view of seeking proper ioca-
ton for colonization in this state, though
no definite plans will be made before next
September. The colonies are arranged on
cooperative plan, the stockholders ex-
ercising the power of direct legislation.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-20

A license TO Nd was ISSUED yesterday 70
Las a. KuraslAa ard Charlotte StogrsE,
h,sh % Seattle,
Ia the case Of Bessie HendTicks and h.ls-
had ~ J. X EamtstoD 81 al, JudSe
Ianelev yesterday dismissed the complaint
ser wans Of equity.
Judge Osborn yesterday rendered tuoE.
rssnt in favor ct the p3aints1 I'm the case OF
Rfnucfvfa nussrd vs the Hop GrowerS
s<si,csation Action brought on pete. sls.-
So s@.
saturday February - being legal hoit-
sss fg,<sEe Osborn wil not hear motions.
st.S,tx tsafs4-s o. The calendar viii 40 over
ssn;tl tna 18th when motiHas VII again -
taken ap-
An order confirming sale q real estate "
thg ras.e OF Charles fT1shn - Henry Sssiith
yyas ESss,gss BY Judge Langley. Juagussn M
va obtained % an actien 20 recsger 80
ssas. secured ~ nor s<age.
Judge aurnes yesterday ordered me
sssrisrrsrt q the sEpreme court n TIE case
~ ~ & R<n~sscf ~ Arthur Schsnses e
al entered apoa TIE recoraS % the sas,s
r4>r s-s>s.ra The original actson vss broaE ~
30 rscasxs sssE . nose. sAscaied - lie 90