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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10

Reforms in the Civil Service must go
on. Bat the changes should be real and
genuine, not perfuuctOry, or prompted
by zeal in behalf OF aEy party simply
because it happens to he in power. AS
member OF Clngress, I votel an1 spoke
in favor of the present Law, and | shall
attempt its enforcement in the spirit in
which it was enacted. The purpose in
view was TO secure the most efficient ser
vice of the best men who would accept
appointment under the Government, re-
tanning faithful and devoted public ser
wants in office, but shielding none, un-
der the authority of any rule or custom,
who are inelh :ient, incompetent. or I'M
worthy. The best interests of the
country demand this, aud the people
heartily approve the law wherever and
whenever it has been thus administered.
Congress should give prompt attention
TO the restoration of our American mer-
chant marine, once the pride of the seas
in all the great ocean highways of COM
merce. To my mind, few more import
ant subjects so imperatiyely demand its
intelligent consideration. The United
States has progressed with marvellous
rapidity in every field of enterprise aud
endeavor until we have become foremost
in nearly all the great lines of inland
trade, commerce and industry. Yet,
while this is true, our Am erican mer-
chant m trine has been steadily declin-
ing until it is now lower both in the per-
centa se of tonnage and the number of
We : Is EN- )loyed than it was prior To the
Ci.il War. COmmendable progress has
been made of lite years in the upbuild-
ing of the American Navy. but we must
supplem INT these efforts by providing as
a proper consort for it a merchant marine
amply sufficient for our own carrying
trade TO foreign countries. The question
is one that appeals both to our business
necessities and the patriotic aspirations
Of great people.
IL has always been the policy of the
United States, since the foundation of
the Government, to cultivate relations of
pelce and amity with all the nations of
the world, and this accords with my con
ception of our duty now. We have cher
ished the police of non-interierence with
the affairs of foreign governments, wisely
Inaagurated by Washington, keeping
ourselves free from ENHANCEMENT either
as allies or foes, content to leave undis-
turbe with them the settlement of their
own d d)mestic concerns. Ii will be our
aim to parsue firm and dignitied foreign
policy. which shall be just, impartial, ev-
er watchfnl of our national h )nesty, and
always insisting upon the enforcement
OF the lawful rights Of American citizens
everywhere. Oar diplomacy should seek
nothing more. and accept nothing less,
than Is due Us. We want no wars of con-
quest; we must avoid temptation of ter
ritorial aggression. War shonld never
be entered upon until every agency of /
peace has failed; peace is preferable TO
war in almost every conting ency. Ar
is the true method of settlement
Df international as well as local or in,ii-
Tidual difference. II was recogn;zed as
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10
THE PRESIDENTS INAUGURAL

The following is the inugural address
of President Mckinley.
Fellow Citizens.
In obedience to the win Of the people
and i'm their presence, by the authority
vested in me 10y this oath, | assume the
arduous and responsible duties Of Presi-
dent of the United States, relying on
the support of my countrymen aud in
voking the guidance of Almighty God
our faith teaches that there is no safer
reliance than upon the God of our
fathers, who has singularly favored
the American people in every National
trial. and who will not forsake us so long
As we obey His commandments and
walk humbly in His footsteps
The responsibilities of the high trust
TO which / have been called. always of
grave importance. are augmented by the
prevailing business conditions, entailing
idleness upon willing labor and loss to
useful enterprises. The country is suf-
fering from industrial disturbances from
which speedy relief must be had. Our
financial system needs some revisioni
our money is all good now. but its value
must not further be threatened. Ii
should all be put upon an enduring bas-
is, not subject to easy attack, nor its sta
bility to doubt or dispute. Our curren-
cy should continue under the supervi-
sion of the Government. The several
forms of our paper money offer, in my
Judgment, q constant embarrassment 10
the Government and safe balance in
the Treasury.
Therefore, believe il necessary 70 do
wise a system which, without diminish=
ing the circulating medium or offering
premium for its contraction, will present
a remedy for those arrangements. which,
temporary in their nature, might well in
the years of our prosperity have been
displaced by wiser provisions.
With adequate revenue secured, but
not until then, we can enter upon such
changes in our fiscal laws as will, while
insuring safety and valne TO our money,
no longer impose upon the Government
the necessity of maintaining SO large a
gold reserve, with its attendant and in
evitable temptations TO speculation. Most
of our financial laws are the outgrowth
of experience and trial, and should not
be amended without investigation and
| demonstration of the wisdom of the pro-
posed changes. We must be both Sure
we are right" and make haste slowly"
If, therefore, Congress in its wisdom
shall deem it expedient TO create a com
mission TO take under early consideration
the revision Of our coinage, banking, and
currency laws, and give them that ex-
| haustive, careful, and dispassiOnate eN-
animation that their importance de-
mands, shall cordially concur in such
action. If such power is vested in the
President, it is my purpose to appoint
/ a commission of prominent, well-inform-
ed citizens of different parties, who will
command public confidence both on ae-
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reliance. II will suffice while it lasts,
but II can not last long while the OUTLAWS
of the Government are greater than its
receipts, as has been the ease during the
past two years. Nor must it be forgotten
that however much such loans may tenn
porarily relieve the situation, the Gov
ernment is still indebted for the amount
of the surplus thus accrued, which 1t
must ultimately pay. while its ability to
pay is not strengthened, lat weakened,
by n continued deficit Loans are imper-
atiye in great emergencies to preserve
the Government or its credit. but the
failure to supply needed revenue in time
of peace for the maintenance of either has
no justification.
The best way for the Government to
maintain its credit is to pay as it goes
not by resorting TO loans, but by keeping
out of ebt-through an inadequate in-
come secured by a system of taxation,
external or internal, or both. II is the
settled policy of the Government, pur-
sued from the beginning and prscticed
by all parties and Administrations, TO
raise the bulk of our revenue from taxes
upon foreign productions entering the
United States for sale and consumption;
and avoiding for the most part every
form of direct taxation, except in time of
war. The country is clearly opposed to
any needless additions TO the subjects of
internal taxatlons, and II committed 10y
its latest popular utteranees 10 the system
of Tariff taxation. There can be no mis-
understanding either about the princi-
pie upon which this Tariff taxation shall
be levied. Nothing has ever been made
palmer at a general election than that
the controlling principle in the raising of
revenues from duties on imports is zeal
ous care for American interests and
American labor. The people have de-
clared that such legislation should be
had as will give ample protection and
encouragement TO the industries and the
development of our country.
1t is, therefore, earnestly hoped and
expected that Congress will, at the earli-
| est practicable moment, enact revenue
legislation that shall be fair, reasonable,
conservative, and just, and which, while
supplying sufficient revenue for pubii';
purposes, will still be signally beneficial
and helpful to every section and every
enterprise of the people. To this policy,
we are all, of whatever party, firmly
bound by the voice OF the people-a
power vastly more potential than the ex-
preston OF any political platform. The
paramount duty OF Congress Is 20 stop
deficiencies by the restoration OF ths,
Protective legislation " lich has always
been the firmest prop of the Treasury.
| The passage of such law or laws would
strengthen the credit of the Government
both at home and abroad, end go far
toward stopping the drain upon the gold
reserve held for the redemption or ouI
currency, which has been heavy and
i, well nigh constant for several years.
In the revision of the Tariff, especial
attention should be given to the re-on.
actment and extension of the reciproc-
ity principle of the law of 1890, under
which so great a stimulus was given to
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10
PENN AVE. & FIFTH ST,
PITTSBURG, PA.
DR.. sadIsr in Florida Until March 5tA.

The doctor takes his vacation in what
he considers the worst season of the year,
and consequently the least incnnV Jn.en~e
To his patients lie viii pat IN his lime
At Mt. Dora, Fla, where he has some -
acres of orange grove, and where his
family reside most OF the year on ac-
count Of the much better health Mrs.
Sadler enjoys there. That section j. the
highest IN the State. very rolling, tim
bered with long leaf pine. interspersed
with palmetto and deciduOus trees in
ravines- and along creeks and around
springs and lakes. Lakes with clear.
sandy bottoms and pure water, and 50
thickly intersperSed as To give the name
Lake county. The doctor wOGId he
living there now were il not ''tOO healthy"
for his business. When you want 10 visit
Florida don't forget Lake county. when
your eyes or ears remind you of br. Sad
der remember his return, March jth.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10

count Of their ability and special fitnes,
for the work, Business experience and
| public training may thus be combined
and the patriotic zeal of the friends oi
the country be so directed that such a
| report will be made as to receive the
support of ali parties, and our finances
| cease to be the subject of nero partisan
contention. The experiment is, at all
events. worth trial. and in my opinion,
it can but prove beneficial to the entire
country.
The question OF international Bimetal.
lism will have curly and earnest atten-
ton. II will he my constant endeavor to
secure il by cooperation with the other
great commercial Powers of the world.
Until that condition Is realized when the
parity between our gold aud silver mon
ey springs from and is supported by the
relative value of the two metals. the val
ne of the silver already coined, and OF
that which may hereafter be coined,
must be kept constantly at par with gold
by every resource at our command. The
credit of the Government, the integrity of
its currency, and the inviolability of its
obligations must be preserved. This was
the commanding verdict of the people,
and it will not be unheeded.
Economy is demanded in every branch
of the Government at all times, but espe-
eially in periods like the present of de-
preston ip business aud distress among
the people. The severest economy must
be observed ip al public expenditures,
aud extravaganza stopped wherever it is
foaGd, aud prevented wherever in the
future il may be developed. If the rev.
enuss are tq remain as pow, the only re-
lief that can come must be from decreas-
ell expenditures. But the present must
not BECOME the permanent condition OF
ths GOvernment. IL has been our uni
form practice 10 retire, not increase, our
oatsi In1ing oblig CATIONS. and this policy
m1st again bs resumed aud vigorously
enforced Oar revenues should always
be large enough to meet with ease and
promptness. not only our current needs
aud the principal and interest of the pub.
lie debts, but to make proper and liberal
provision for that most deserving body of
public ereiitOrs-the soldiers and sailors
and the widows and orphtus who are the
pensioners OF the United States.
The Government should not be permit
ted to run behind, or increase its debt, in
tim - like the present. Suitably to pro-
vide against this is the mandate of duty:
the certain and elsy remedy for most of
our financial difficulties A deficiency is
inevitable - long "a the expenditures of
the Government exceed its receipts. II
can only be met by loans or an increased
revenue. While large annual surplus
OF revenue may invite waste and extrav-
agance, inadequate revenue creates dis
trust and undermines pablic and private
credit. Neither should be encouraged.
Il Re.ween more loans aud more revenue,
there ought to be but one opinion. We
$ s1Ould have more revenue, and that
" thcut delay, hindrance or postpone
ment. A surplus i'm the Treasury, Great
ed by loans, is not permanent or safe
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10

Now the Kansas legislature has
passed a bill fOrbidding high hats in
public places of amusement. Flushed
with success, the Legislators will soon
begin attacking big sleeves, and per-
haps the dawning of the next century
will see the fashions regulated alto
gether by law. Fashion-plates will
then be issued with statute book at
tachments, and dressmakers will be
obliged to take out police licenses.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10

THE splendid new Congressional
library at Washington, with its ac-
cOmmodations for over 1000, 600 books
and its beautiful architecture, ought 10
be an example to those who construct
buildings at public expense all over
this country. The structure was CON-
pleted on contract time, and s., 400 less
chan the appropriation was expended.
Fhe library at Washington will stand
for al time a. an illustrious monu-
snent to the fact that contractors on
public works can be honest and can be
prOmpt
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10
HON. WILLIAM M'KlNlEY.

our foreign trade in new and advanta-
| geOus markets of our surplus agricultur-
ai and manufactured products. The
brief trial given this legislation amply
| justifies further experiment and sddi-
tional discretionary power in the making
of commercial treaties, the end in view
always to be the opening up Of new mar.
kets for the products of our country by
| granting concessions to the products of
other lands that We need aud can not
produce ourselves, and which do not in
yolye any loss Of labor to our people, but
tend to increase their employ ment.
The depression of ths past four years
has fallen with especial severity upon the
great body of toilers of the country, and
upon none more than the holders of
small farms. Agriculture has languish-
ed and labor suffered. The revival of
manufacturing will be relief 20 both.
No portion of our population is more de-
voted to the institutions of free govern
ment. nor more loyal in their support,
while none bears more cheerfnlly or full
ly its proper share in the maintenance of
the Government, or is better entitled to
its wise and liberal care and protection.
Legislation helpful 20 the producer is
beneficial to all. The depressed condi-
ton Of industry on the farm and in the
mine and factory has lessened the ability
of the people 10 meet the demands upon
them, and they rightfully expec. that not
only system of revenue shall be estab-
lishe Il that will secure the largest income
with the least burden, bat thIt every
m alns will be taken to decrease, rather
than increase, our public expenditures.
Business conditions are not the most
promising. II will take time TO restore
the prosperity of former years. IL we
can not promptly attain IL. we can reso-
lutely turn our faces in that direction.
and aid its return by friendly legislation.
However troublesome the situation may
appear, Congress will not, am sure, be
found lacking in disposition or ability to
Feiieye it, as far as legislation can do so.
Fhe restoration of c9nii iegce and the re.
vival of business, which men of all par
ties SO much desire, depend more largely
tfS-i TIC PiOsitPN. -GllG, lultlll-
gent action of Congress, than upon any
other single agency affecting the situa-
tion.
IL is inspiring. too. to remember that
no great emergency In the one hundred
and eight years of our eventful National
life, has ever arisen that has not been
met with wisdom and courage by the
American people. with fidelity to their
best interests and highest destiny. and to
the honor of the American name. These
years of glorious history have exalted
mankind and advanced the cause of free
dom throughout the world, and immeas-
urably strengthened the precious free in
siitutions which we enjoy. The people |
love and will sustain these institutions. |
The great essential to our happiness and |
pr isperity is that we adhere to the prin- l
ciples upon which the Government was
established and insist upon their faithful 4
observance.
Fiuali;y of rights must prevail and our
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10

OK all the reform issues President
Mckinley is sound to the core. He Is
a civil service reformer, but not the
kind of a reformer who begins his re-
form at the close of his administra-
ton, after he has got all his party
friends in office.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10

CORNELIUS y. Bliss did his very
best to keep out of the Cabinet, but he
did not succeed. He was the one man
i'm New York who fitted the necessities
of the case completely and satisfactor-
lily to everyone, and at the last me-
ment his consent was obtained.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10

weSnerons Hundred Dollar Reward for
any ease of Cssssrb that cannot be cured by
Halfs Catssrh CSre
r. J. CHENEY & Co. Props. Toledo, o.
Ne the undersigned. have known F. J. Che
usS Cor the last Is years. and selleve him per
feetlF honorable 5n all business Transactions
and financially able to carry out any obIiga-
fions made 6F their firm
HHsIa TRAUx. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o
UALDSSG. KISxAS MARvIN, Wholesale
Druggists Toledo. O.
Halls Cstarrh cere Is taken internally. act
Sng directly upon the blood and mucous sur
fsaces OF the system Price, 75c. per bottle
Sold by all D;nggisis- re- timoniais 1ree.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10
FURNITURE

also, including a splendid line Of Iron
and Brass Beds at very low prices.
We have a special Child's Crib
which we call the ''Dreamland" made
of iron and heavily white enameled,
moi splinter of wood in il, which we
sell at $500 with a woven wire spring
bottom.
Our new Catalogue will give descrip-
tions and pictures Of everything.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10
A GOOD Business for SAFE.

have good general line of merchan-
disc for sale ~ 3 bargain. a good chance
sor the right as&Ss First-class location
Expense low. Eesso.s for selling, being
in business IL years, wisis 70 retire. For
further information address,
B. Y. srULL,
52s Bedfoza 81. Johnstown. Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10

THE fact that Washington is still
crowded is prybably explained 10y the
further fact that the original Mckinley
man has remained over for few days.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10

STRANGE things have happened, but
il is hard to guess what Use the Amer
can peopIe can ever have for another
Democratic administration.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10

MARCH 1, 1897, will long be remem-
bered as one of the greatest days in
the history of the greatest nation OF
the world.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10

If your dealer tells you that somsthiug
else is 'Just as GOOD as Dams Ointment
for Hives, Pin Worms, Itching Piles, or
other itchiness of the skin, tell him you
want the original. II is s3se; never-fail-
ng.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10

Now that we are in the White
House, let Us stay there.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10
MCKINLEY AND HOBART,
Now for -Four Years Of Peace, Plenty and
Prosperity.

Secretary, of State, John Sherman, of
Ohio.
Secretary of the Treasury, Lyman J.
Gage, OF illinois,
Secretary of War. Russell A. Alger, of
Michigan.
Secretary of the Navy, John j.. Long. of
Massachusetts,
Secretary of the Interior, Cornelius \.
Bliss. of New York.
Postmaster-Gener James A. Gary, of
Maryland.
Attoruey-General, Jos. M'Kenna, of
California.
Secretary of Agriculture, James Will
son, of Iowa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10
You Make a Mistake
Good Window Shades

which We sell complete with spring
roller and brackets at 35 cents each.
1t Is a good, firm material, oil
finished and Opaque.
Sash Curtain Materials in light and
dainty fabrics at 5 cents yard.
Excellent Sash Curtain Muslin at
II I-e cents q yard, worth good deal
more.
The finest line of Lace Curtains at
$500 pair ever seen in this region,
and from that at all prices up To as
high a. you care TO 90.
We sell
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10

Ir is a case of go-out as well as of
goIIt
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10
Jos. Horne & Co.
GETTING ALONG

EzzAA4AA
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-03-10

All are invited to call aud ex-
anime our stock before making
their Spring purchases.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-17
MANY NOW IN ITS CLUTCHES.
Serious Epidemic Of Grip Raging All
Oyer the City.
DOCTORS AND DRUGGISTS OH THE GO.
The Disease Believed 70 &c tho Tail End
of Russian Innuenza-Dr. Taylor Says
It Does Not Spring From Germ.
Symptoms Of tho Nalady.

when the sweeping epidemic OF the grip,
which now has thousands OF Richmond
people tight ia IT'S clutches. shall have
run Us course and gone elsewhere, It IS
no fault OF anybody else but the Rich
mond doctors themselves II they haven't
fcatr1rcd their nests for some time to
come.
Ever since the unusually warm and
depressing spell Of weather that settled
over this part Of the country three or
four weeks ago, the number Of cases
of the grip has been increasing. until now
30 ls estimated by some of the physicians
that there are nearly five thousand cases
I'm Richmond What is worse still. the
number Of casese appears TO BE- on the
increase. The warm. sticky spell en-
cOuragod people 10 throw of their wraps.
and many went so far as TO discard their
winter underwear. and put on a lighter
weight. that helped TO promote the
disease. The effect 0f an this was clear
ly seen when tho colder srason followed
closely the warm spell. Colds ard coughs,
tonsiiItis. and phayneifis. bronchitis. and
various forms Of throat affections ana
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-17

CHATTANOOGA. TENN. Jan. lc-
Rugby. Tenn, ON tho Cumberland rla-
teau ninety miles from Chattanooga.
Benjamin Davies proprietor of the Ta-
bard Inn and his wife were yesterday
morning found dead in bed, tho former
with bullet hole in the temple. The
womans head bad been almost severed
by butchers knife The children oc-
cupicd the next room. They were not
disturbed during the night however. ana
I'm the morning. went Co their parents
chamber ass usual as was their custom 90
dress. but found the door locked ia
alarm thcy ran down stairs. The hotel
clerk climbed over the trausom and enc
tered the room. Man and wife lay sido
by side ON tho he'd. They had been dead
for some hours. a pistol and bloody
knife were found near.
AT the Coronor's inquest. the post NOR
ter discovered traces OF poison in Davies
stomach. The drug which Davies took
mny have caused him TO take his wife'5
life then end his own Tie was native
Of Bd0alo. ~ s.. and WAS recently q
head clerk at the Gibson House in Gin
cinnati