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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14

FoUR years ago, says tie pittsburg
Dispatch, Mr.. Bryan was telling the
people of the wickedness of protect
i've tariff. The farmer was to become
prosperous when the free traders got in
power, and everybody was TO get for
eign goods at ridicuIously low prices.
Some American manufactures n,iss.t
20 to smash meanwhile, and some Am
eriean workingmen would probably
have TO take reduced wages. or TO walk
IN idleness, perhaps, because of the
change; but these sufferers did not
count in Mr.. Bryan's economics. Pro-
lection TO American industries was a
wicked business. Ii would have to 60
To some extent Mr. Bryan and his
party succeeded. They rode into power
on their prospectus against protection.
Now, according to Mr.. Bryan. the farm
srs worse off than before. the work
ingman more diseontented and nobody
a. happy or prosperous as in 1872. In
{, Mr.. Bryan and his friends iueu.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14
Bryan on the Cause of Low Prices.
Chicago rimes-Henid.

chicago ifnieS-ufr7tiu.
Mr.. Bryan is quite partial TO that form
of argument which is known as the ar
gumentnm ad hominem. He likes 10
confound his adversary with some form
er statement or declaration he may have
made.
He is now going around the country
ascribiDg the fall of prices to the hateful
gold standard. He did not always think
so, as the following quotation from a
speech delivered i'm congress, March 10,
1892, shows. He is discussing the cause
of low prices and says:
'.You must attribute it to the inventive
genius that has multiplied a thousand
times. in many instances, the strength of
single arm. and enables US TO do to-day
with one man what 80 men could not do
80 years ago. That is what has brought
down prices In this country and every
where"
So thought and spoke William j. Bry-
an four years ago and he was right.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14
Why Labor, IL the Government Can Create
Money!

From a speech delivered by Secretary
of Agriculture, Newton, at Chicago on
Friday, Oct. g. 1896.
a dollar with too much purchasing
power is as impossible as square meal
with too much nutritive power, an acre
of land with too much productive capaci-
ty, or an advocate of populistic schemes
of finance with too much logical ability.
When humanity becomes too good for
heaven, money may become too good for
the industrious and capable farmers and
wage earners of America, bat not before.
"It is an agricultural fact that, as n
measure of value and mediator of OK
change, money was evolved from pasto-
raj life. Pecunia, meaning money
came from Pecus, meaning "A flock :
And i'm ancient times sheep were counted
out and used as money with which to val
ue and exchange other things-hence our
word 'pecuniary.' And in those honest
days no one attempted to pass off part of
an animal for whole one, or to impose
lean or diseased one upon the currency rs
fat and heavy. There were no fiat sheep.
Capital is money saved 10 put into
business to reproduce itself. And this
word capital is also of farm origin, de-
rived from the word caput-'a head'-and
he who had the most head of animals was
the greatest capitalist. Then, as now,
business men who reasoned thought II a
good thing TO have weights. Gold bull
ion, if we can believe history, was, no
doubt, the first thing man ever placed in
balance and weighed. From weights,
measures were evolved, until now govern
ments fix the weight and measure by
which cereals, fruit, vegetables and many
other products may be bought and sold in
all parts of the civilized world. But no.
where do governments attempt to fix the
prices of these things. Everybody knows
how many pounds of corn and how many
pounds of wheat make a bushel, because
the law defies the quantity in weight.
And so the law tells how many grains of
gold make United States dollar or an
English pound.
"And the statute can no more fix the
purchasing power of either coin than it
| can fix the price of corn and wheat. II
an alleged statesman should propose to
establish, by statute, a permanent valu g
for all farm products, or to institute an
inflexible ratio between cornmeal and
wheat -four, without regard TO any other
! appetite, stomach or brain on earth but
his own. even Populists would doubt his
sanity.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14

1.-THE Grecian talent mentioned in the
Odyssey was among the earliest coined
gold money, and bore upon it the image
of COW or OK. Those animals were used
as money in larger exchanges, as sheep
were in the smaller, and as the latter
were pictured on the earliest silver, so the
former were depicted on the most primi-
tive gold coins. Silver and gold were
desired in the arts and for ornaments.
And because they were desired there was
demand for them. The word value is
derived from the Latin word VALERIE, ito
pass for or instead of Thus it is obvious
that the ancient idea of money was that it
could not be made valuable except out of
something that itself had value before it
became money. 1t had 10 be made out of
commodity that needed no legislation to
create demand for it out of a commod-
ity most universally desired and there
fore most generally demanded as good
pare other valuahles.
strip gold of the legal tender quality.
Who would not then take for his dues de-
monetized gold, when the chance offered.
instead of legal tender silver? But if the
power exists in legislation to make two
metals equal as money, then the same
power can make silver and gold equal in
the arts and for jewelry. Thus a silver
watch would become as desired and gen.
orally demanded as a gold one, and silver
| rings set with bits of brick bats and an
thracite coal might by law become as val
liable as gold rings set with rubies and
| diamonds. If the United States can dou-
| BILE the price of the worlds silver by en-
| actment, why can it not also double the
price of garnets or wheat or pork or any
other exehangeahle thing by the same
necromancy
''Why labor, why toll, if wealth, value
and the substance of things can be legis-
lated into being? Why not plow fields
| by preamble, harvest crops by joint reso
luton, garner them by enactment and
subsist mankind at large by that creative
power which Populism vests in lawmak-
ers ?"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14

ed the farmers and worlNingnien to take
up policy of change which immedi-
81 sly threatened and ultimately para
lived business. This cut off the reve-
nue. of the producers of the country,
and in consequence the farmer lost a
good portion of his best market-the
home market.
Relying on the notion that neither
the farmer nor workingman knows
what hurt him, Bryan is now TO the
front TRYING to make fresh trade for
power by offering a quaek nostrum to
cure the wounds he and his associate
empires inflicted after '92. Having cut
down the annual wages of working
men bv their free trade experiments,
they propose now to help the working
man to afiiuence by paying him what
is left in deprecated money. Having
fought in 1872 to lower the prices of COM
modities, they now pretend TO hight to
raise prices. No contradiction is toe
glaring for them. Everything goes
But there is compensation in the con-
fidence that Mr.. Bryan will also go
three weeks from next Tuesday.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14
Why the N. 7. Journal is for Free Silver

The Evening Journal of New York
is the evening edition of the Morning
Journal" Both are owned by Mr.. VIM.
r. Hearst, of San Francisco, who also
owns other newspapers. Mr.. Hearst is
very wealthy silver owner. He is vice
president of the Ontario Silver Mine in
Utah. The capital stock of that mine,
even at its inflated value, is sI5,0oO.0oo,
and the dividends so far paid aggregate
sl3,3l0,O00. But the mine is not produ-
cling silver ore to its full capacity. A re-
port from its officials states: while the
output of the Ontario Mine might be in
creased, the wisdom of such policy in
view Of the possibility of better price
for silver is very questionable" In other
words, product has been curtailed in the
hope that the free silver coinage campaign
may be successful, when the profits would
be enormously increased. The dividends
already paid nearly equal the entire cap
ital stock. Under free silver coinage the
profits of that one mine, if the product
were no greater than last year, would be
increased to the amount of S7l6,990. For
the silver ore already sold by that mil e
,65T has been received, according
TO its official reports, but only sI3.3l0.000
has been paid out in dividends. There is
large surplus in its treasury.
Mr.. Hearst, the proprietor of the 'Jour-
nal,' is also vice-president of the Daily
Silver Mine Company, which owns the
Daily Mine. This mine is capitalized at
S},OOO,00O and it has paid in dividends
s.. SST. 800. The last dividend was p
per cent. one. That is the enormous prof
it made without free coinage. Mr.
Hearst is also interested in other mines.
IL has been stated that his personal prof
its on ore would be increased at least 800,
900 year should the Bryan campaign be
successful. 1t can be easily understood
how these mine owners can afford to ex-
pend large sums on newspapers and
Otherwise to promote the free silver
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14
Newest Styles in Dress Goods.

Ladies. you will agree with those
who have already seen my DRESS
GOODS stock, that it is the largest
and handsomest ever seen in SON.
erset. Here you will find the New
Styles of this season. Every lady
wishes to see the most fashionable
dress goods before making a selec-
tion. Dozens Of new novelty styles.
Trimmings to suit.
Mrs. \. Z. UHL.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14

DoN'T neglect to attend the Republi-
can mass meeting 10 be held in SoIner-
set on ihe evening 90 October 27th.
This Is no ordinary campaign. Issues
Of vital interest to the business world,
and issues vital to the very existence Of
the Commonwealth are involved. You
viii have an opportunity Of hearing
these issues freely and honestly dis
cussed 10y some Of the ableSt speakers
in the State at the meeting on the even
ing of the 9TH.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14

50 FAR the campaign in this county
has been almost devoid of the usual
features of Presidential campaigns, but
much quiet, effective wor'S, which will
be apparent on election day, has been
done ON the part Of the Republicans.
The remaining weeks of the campaign
viii he devoted 10 mass-meetings, pole
raisings and an earnest effort TO get out
the full vote.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14

THE Treasury statement for Septem
Der shows that the Government ran be
hind about s, 600, 600 during the month,
thus making a total shortage of S35,-
o90,090 for the first three months of the
present fiscal year, as against ., 9,019, ,090
Tor the corresp0D ii4-, period of Has,
year. That i to say, she need of more
revenue becomes a bigger fact with each
passing month.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14

CLEvELAND's plurality in New York
City in lS92 was 5000, Hills in 1894
was about 5000, and McKinley's this
year i estimated by a sound-moDey
Tammany man at 30,G0O. President
Cleveland has no occasion to feel un-
comfortable when he surveys the results
of his displacement as the chief adviser
of the Democratic parry.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14

THE Republican majority in Somer-
set conn at the last Gubernatorial
election, 1894, was over 5000, the larg-
est ever given since the organization of
the party. The indications all point to
an increased majority this year. 1t
should not fall under $500.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14

CHAIRMAN Babcock, of the National
Congressional Committee, says that the
work of the committee is practically
completed. The reports show, beyond
doubt, he says, a safe and sure Republi-
can majority for sound money and pro-
tecfive tariff revenue measures.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14

ALTHOUGH Pennsylvania has given
some phenomenal Republican majori-
ties in the past, the largest of them will
not be in it alongside of the one she
viii give this year. Somerset county
should help swell the figures by giving
: 500 majority
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14

THE gold production of Colorado last
year was Sl7 900, and silver produc-
ton Sl4, ,250, 600. Why that State should
want TO strengthen the Populist idea OF
dispensing with both metals as money
Is not ineligible. The avowed Popu-
list doctrine is fiat money, and plenty
- =
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14

"THE Republican policy is uplifting;
the other is degrading. The one means
work and wages, mills and factories,
good money, good prices and good mar
kets; the other means degradation, dis
tress and dishonor. Major Mckinley.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14
PRESIDENTIAL ESTIMATE.
No Longer Any Doabt as to BEyan's
Defeat

The current number of Harper's Week.
ly contains the following:
There is no longer any doubt as to the
result Of the election. Mr.. Bryan will be
defeated. The only question is as to the
extent of the defeat. The following ta-
BILE shows the result of eireful and trust
worthy canvass of the several States:
Me Bry- Me Bry-
States. X n,ey. an. States. Kinley. an.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14

ASSEMBLY.
WM. II. MILLER, Of Quemahoning Twp
w. II. SANNER, Of Somerset Bor.
ASSOCIATE JUDGE.
GEO. J. BLACK, Of Meyersdale Bor.
SHERIFF.
NJ. II. Hatzell, of lockwood Bor.
PRoTHONOTARY.
H.F. BARRON, OF Somerset Bor.
REGISTER & RECORDER.
in. COVER, Of Jenner Twp.
TREASURER.
WV. WINTERS, Of Somerset Twp.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
GEO. F. KIMMEL. of Milford Twp.
GABRIEL GOoD, Of Somerset Twp.
POOR DIRECTOR
JACOB W. PECK. of Summit Twp
AUDITORS.
JEREMIAH RHoADs, of Somerset Bor
b. J. BOWMAN, of Brothersvalley Twp
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14

Let every Republican in the county
put forth his best effort to give the ell
tire ticket, National, State and County,
the largest majority ever given in the
history of the county.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14

THE advance in the price of wheat is
the kind of an argument that answers
all the sophistries that the free-silver
orators are pitchforking TO the farmers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14

This table gives Mr.. Mckinley a ma
jority of III in the Electoral College. He
will probably have greater majority.
In the above table there are 6s doubtful
votes that have been counted for Mr..
Bryan.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14

Up AND At 'em, Republicans We
have them on the run, and only few
weeks remain in which to complete the
rOut.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14

THE county ticket is a good one and
should receive the cordial, earnest sup
port of every Republican voter in the
county,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14

EVERY candidate on the county
ticket - entitled to the loyal support
Of all Republicans.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14

For Pin Worms, Eczema, Hives, in
fact, any of the various torturing, itchy
diseases Of the skin. Doan's Ointment is
an instant and positive remedy. Get it
from your dealer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL TICKET
President,
WILLIAM MCKINLEY, of Ohio.
Vice President
EARREr A HoBART. of New jersey
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
congressmen-st- Large.

coBgressmen-st-L Large.
CALusHA A GROW, Of susquehanna-
SAMUEL 4. DAVENPORT, OF Erie
Electors-at-Lsrge.
Joseph wharton, Philadelphia
Alexander r. Patton, Clarified
William Witherow, Allegheny
Peter L. Kimberly. Mercer.
District Electors
. DR.. J. :. Pearson l,e Henry c freNosl
. Allen L. Rorke. - J. Il. BroMn.
b. Frank B. Hendiey- ID Pred H. h.aloh-
/ IeooidasI I Meyers llS. {. Brown Miller.
> Wm- NJ Taegari- la. r. H. Shindeil-
i, Ioseph n. Hudiell. ia0. George 7. Swank.
7. William F. SOley. IN. A {. White
! Holm Fritz. -. VIM y Randolph
! Henry l. Johnson ~ E WerTheimer-
1ohn IL. lands Ia Josiah Speer
F,veraff Warren. %. Edw'd r. Abrams
; n n Wilde i2s. Isador Sobel-
Harrison Rail. Y. William Schnur.
~ W Miller. =. Jos. c. Campbell
CONGRESS.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14
vVo%a"'s oqK

Is never done, and it is especially wearing
and wearisome to those whose blood Is
impure and unfit properly to tone, sus-
tain, and renew the wasting of nerve,
muscle and tissue. IL is more because oil
this condition of the blood that women
are run down,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14
Returning leaving Wopsenonoc

Returning leaving Wopseaonock at
500 p. NJ, arriving at Altoona at 5.45 p.
NJ. stopping for supper; leave Altoona
6 - p. NJ, making same stops. Tickets
will permit of stop of at Altoona on re-
turn trip, ard will be good for return
passage until October 10. inclusive.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14
Tired. Weak, Nervous,

Than because of the work itself. Every
physician says so, and that the only rem
edy is in building up by taking a good
nerve tonic, blood purifier and vitalizer
like Hoods Sarsaparilla. For the trou bies
Peculiar 10 Women at change of season,
climate or life, or resulting from hard
work, nervousness, and impure blood,
thousands have found relief and cure IN
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14
SI.25 Kid Gloves, z5c pair,

CLUE patent thumb, gussetted fingers.
imperial point stitching on back-four
pearl buttons to match-tan, red tan.
brown, slate, mode, navy, blue. black
an unusual chance for you afforded by
the greatest Kid Glove deal we ever made
new gloves made for this season-3l20
pairs-send us your order (dOn't forget
size) and we'll send you the best glove
value you ever saw.
Cloak Room is in complete readiness
to supply your wants in that line to the
advantage of your poeketbook.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14
woPsoy0NoCX, Pa.
Low Rate Excursion via Pennsylvania Rail

road.
At this period of the year there IS nc
more delightful place for a short outing
than Wopsononock, situated on the top
of the Allegheny Mountains, $3.50 feet
above tidewater. WopsonOnock affords
magnificent view of the country for
miles around, now made more beautiful
by the autumn tinted foliage. The scene
from Point Lookout is not equaled east of
the Rocky Mountains. The railroad
north of Altoona ascenls 1i)) feet in the
distance of eight miles.
On Saturday, October IL, the Pelnsyl-
vania Railroad Company will run an ex-
cursion to this delightful resort, for which
round-trip tickets viii be sold at an ex-
ceedingly low rate. \ special train will
be run on the schedule given below -
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-14
American Dress Goods,

- to 40 inches wide-2Oc to 45c yard
we ever offered, note these:-
% inch navy blue Cheviot Serge-2Oc a
yard-navy only-and the right shade
no uneven look about them, but nice, ,soft.
slightly goods.
Four different lines strictly all-woo
Check Suitings-S6 inches wide-35c yd
Fine Foreign Dress Goods and Suitings
SOC To $500 yard.
J0-inch all-wOol Black Canvas Weave
Suitings-S5c yard-goods you'd expect
To 6e at least half a dollar.
Black Serges from a 3S-inch nice fin
ished serge at 25c yard up to include
the finest imported.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29

of thing. He gets up in the morning
feeling worse than he did when he
went to bed. He is listless and with
out energy. The chances are he is
dizzy, has heartburn" palpitation,
sees black spots before his eyes, has
headache and is bilious. What nom
sense it is to let a condition of that
sort continue. Nine-tenths of all the
sickness in the world comes from
constipation and neglect of it. 1t is
a simple thing to cure if you go about
it right It's bad thing and a serious
thing if you don't take the right med
icine. DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
are designed for the cure of constipa-
ton. The "Pellets " are tiny, sugar.
coated granules. One is a laxative,
two a mild cathartic.
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser is the greatest family doctor
book ever published. It explains hui
man physiology and the laws of life and
health in plain yet scientific language.
1t has had a tremendous sale $50, 600
copies at 81. so each, bound in cloth. The
present free edition is the same in all
respects except that it is bound in strong
MANILA paper covers. A copy will be
absolutely given away to anyone who
sends II one cent stamps to pay cost
of mailing only, to Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, No. Cog Main St,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

ST. JOINS CHGRcH. MADISON
Square, corner Bull and Charlton streets,
Rev. Charles H. Strong, rector. Palm Sun
day. Confirmation and holy communion
at 8 o'clock; Morning prayer and sermon
by Bishop Nelson, at II o'clock. Sunday
school and Bible classes at 4:3O p. m. Even
ing service (choraD and sermon at p. m.
Strangers cordially welcome.
TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL
church, south, corner President and Bar
Service, IL a. m, subject: Elijah at
Horeb;' service s p. m. subject ''The
Prayer of Jabez."
WESLEY MONUMENTAL -CMETHO-
streets, Rev. A. NJ Williams. pastor
Preaching, II a. m. and p. m, by the
pastor. The evening topic is: why / Am
Methodist preached by request. sun
intendent.
MARVIN METHODIST EPISCOPAL
church, West Broad, near Hall; Rev. f.
f. Morgan, pastor; preaching at II a. m.
by the pastor and at S p. m. by Rev. o.
G. Mindledorf; services every night dur
ing the week, commencing at S:15 o'clock
Sunday school this afternoon at o'clock.
GRACE METHODIST EPISCOPAL
church, New Houston and Jefferson
streets, Rev. ]. NJ; Lovett. pastor. Ser
vices morning at IL, evening at s. Sun
day school at p m.
LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE AS
cension, corner Bull and President streets,
Rev W. c. Schaeffer, pastor; Palm Sun
day services at IL a. m; Sunday school
at $3.50 p. m; preaching at s p M; services
at p. m. during holy week, and on Good
Friday at II a. m. Visitors welcome; seats
free.
ST. PAUL'S EVANGELICAL LU-
theran church, Bull and First streets, Rev
M. J. Epting, pastor; catechetical instruc-
ton at 10 a. m; Palm Sunday service at
II O'Clock; Sunday school, p. m. preach
ing at O'Clock in the evening; services
every evening this week, beginning at 8
o'clock. Seats free; visitors always well
come.
BOLTON STREET CHURCH OF
Christ, H. c. Bowen, pastor; preaching
iects: i a. M, Love-" p: m. The BIZ
few nights of this week at S15. All are
cordially invited.
FIRST NEW CHURCH SOCIETY,
Forsyth park, corner Brayton and Hunt
ingdon streets, Rev. Willard H. Hinkley.
Morning, at II o'clock, subject: THE great
multitude before the throne with palms in
their hands" Evening, at 8 o'clock: The
Unseen World" All are cordially in
vited.