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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-01

SIXTEEN weeks is a very short time
for the completion of great reforms in
national matters. But President Nc
kinley and his administration have
in that time more nearly accomplish
ed in their platform than any previ-
Gus administration ever did in double
the time. The chief pledges OF the
platform We're a protective tariff,
international bimetalism if this could
be had. the annexation of Hawaii q
reform of the currency, and a better
state of affairs in Cuba. The protec-
tive tariff pledge is now 50 nearly
carried out that there is good reason
to believe that the bill will be upon
the statute books early i'll July; d
currency commission which shall
devise plans for the reform of the
currency system is to be recommended
to Congress, ana the proposition will
doubtless meet with favor in that
body: q cOmissiOn has been sent
abroad to negotiate for international
bimetaIliSm; an annexation treaty
with Hawaii has been signed; the
doors OF Cuban prisons opened to cit
liens Of the United States who were
imprisoned, and other reforms in
Cuban matters are about ready for
definite consideration and action.
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Hurt by Il Train.

At noon to-day Norrell Jamison,
aged = years, son OF the late Charles
Jamison, was very seriously injured
by the west-bound way freight The
lad was on a car and jumped from it
to the platform, but slipped and fell
down between the walk and the
track. The wounds he received are
very serious and consist of badly
fractured thigh, broken leg below the
knee and q badly lacerated knee. He
is being given surgical treatment by
Dr. McComas.
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u Is nt'edHies t6' say r'ffaifs the coun.
try participates in the hope enter
tanned by the Republican manager,
that the debate over the tariff in the
| Senate will be concluded this week.
All Of the schedules have been con
sidered, and all that remains to talk
over before final vote is reached is
the various paragraphs passed when
they were reached in their regular
order the differences regarding which
have since been harmOnized to a
great extent The bill was introduc-
ed into the Senate on May I. and the
progress made by that body has been
more rapid than the public had rea-
son to expect, considering the lack OF
rules for the eXpediting of business.
The action of the House in refusing
to proceed with other legislation I'M
til the tariff bill is disposed of has I'M
dOubtedly had the effect of accelerat
ing the progress OF the bill. The pres
ent intention is to make every effort
to get final vote by the end Of the
week, and get the measure before the
conference committee as speedily as
possible. There is reason to believe
that the delay in conference will be
shorter than usual. The principal
changes made in the House bill have
been the elimination of the retro
active clause and a general reduction
III rates. The only schedules which
provoked prolonged debate were
those relating TO sugar and wool. 1t
IS stated that the senators and rep
resentatives who will compose the
conference committee were chosen
and informally notified of the fact
some time ago, that they have been
closely following the changes made in
the bill, and that they have prac-
ticaily agreed upon the compromise
measure which will intimately re
ceive the Presidents signature. 1t
IS, therefore, possible that the new
duties will take effect with the begin
ming of the new fiscal year on July I.
or few days thereafter at fartherest.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-01


To the Editor of The Republican.
While the people of this and other
places are celebrating the 121st ami
versary Of American independence,
let them not forget that almost under
the shadow of our llag a brave band
Of patriots are engaged in q life and
death struggle with one of the most
cruel and merciless powers that curses
christendom to-day.
Only as far away from our shores as
Oakland is from H&rper's Ferry lies
an island where the luurderOus fangs
Of the Spaniard bloodhound have
dripped with the blood of the inno-
cent for three long years unsatiated
by their hideous feast, unchallenged
by the American government.
On the lee Of the freest land upon
earth stands two millions OF human
creatures stretching out their hands
for freedom, suffering frightful wrong
and outrage, because they long to be
free from their cruel oppressors, and
while we are engaged in celebrating
the PRONUNCIATION Of that great docu-
ment which declared "all men were
created free and equal and have an
equal right to life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness" let us remem-
Der with bitter shame that our gov
eminent to-day is giving aid and
comfort to Spain and using our newly
created navy to hunt down and cap
ture vessels sent to Cuba laden with
supplies contributed by friends in
America. Far better to send the last
cruiser to the bottom than 10 thus
crush freedom and aid tyranny.
While remembering this, let US not
forget that there are men in high
places to-day 50 dead to generous
emotions, so lost to the promptings of
patriotism, that they have fixed their
faces like flint, to oppose the will
OF the American people. and thus
defeat every effort fol the recognition
OF Cuban Independence. Let them
be marked by the indellibe finger of
scorn and handed down to the imfamy
they deserve, and relegated to the
obscurity they are so we'll fitted TO
adorn.
The Upper House, in spite of q few
sugar-coated Senators, has passed a
joint resolution recognizing the bel
ligerent rights of the Cuban republic
but in some diabolically mystic
rious manner it is "held up" in the
Lower House, while Wevler with his
murderous Myrmidons pursues his
carnival of crime, rivaling Nero and
Caligula in his tiendish atrocity, per
hitting his officers to sell young girls
to the brutal troopers, burning hos
pitfalls, numbering the wounded,
decapitating nurses, slicing young
babes to death, and INDUCING in the
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middle-of-the-road followers, seems
likely to control the convention, in a
recent issue of his paper denounces
the semi-tiat silver-dollar proposition
and says: I'VE genuine Pops contend
that tiatism which is good for 40 cents
is good for 100 cents. If the principle
of tiatism is sound it is sound all the
way. 1t cannot be just sound enough
to make up the 40 cents difference be
tween silver and gold. If the Gov
eminent stamp can make 40 cents out
of nothing, it can make 100 cents out
OF the same material
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-01

To-day's REPUBLICAN contains the
announcement of Mr.. p. f. Finzel as
Il candidate for the nomination for
House of Delegates. Mr. Finzel is a
young and enterprising citizen of Dis
trict No. 0 and has always resided in
the county. He has been a public
school teacher, farmer and miner.
Mr.. tinzel, in his announcement so
licits the support of his friends
throughout the county. Should Mr..
Finzel receive the nomination he will
no doubt be elected and will make a
creditable representative.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-01

most fiendish cruelties that devilish
malignancy can suggest.
SPANS tenderest mercies have ever
been cruel. She is cruel even in her
recreations What could be more
bloody and revolving to refined
nature than their favorite pastime-
bull fighting
She destroyed 10000 people in the
Netherlands because they desired
freedom TO worship God according to
the dictates of their own cOnsciences.
One hundred thousand were given
over to the inquisition in Spain.
Twenty millions of Indians tasted
Spanish death in Mexico, Peru and
Central America during the conquests
of Cortez, Pizarro and others. Fifty
thousand CUbaus gave up life for
what they deemed dearer than life
from 1868 to 1875 Even in time OF
so-called peace in Cuba, Moro Castle
has always been full of political pris-
oners If its frowning walls could
speak they would tell of more diaboI-
zeal deeds of blood and cruelty than
/ the Bastile of Paris or the Tower of
London. Not one-haIf Of them will
ever be known, for if a Cuban ever
incurred the suspicion Of the Cover
nor General he disappeared and his
friends dared not inquire into his fate
lest they too share the same.
Since 1924 the island has practically
been under martial law, and the Gov
ernor General has been Judge, jury
and eXecutioner, holding the lives,
liberty and property Of the people
subject to his will to a most danger
GUS extent. For seVenty-tiVe years
past the political inQuisition exercised
there by Spain has been more diabOl-
zeal than that of the Jesuit organi2a-
ton, because more secret in its muir
derous deeds.
Spain never yet kept faith with
friend or foe. She has discovered
only to spoil and colomized only to
Cypress. and God viii not hold this
country guiltless if it continues to aid
and abet Spain in her bloody work of
determination now going on in down
trodden Cuba.
Let every American whose soul is
uncankered by Spanish gold, and
whose pockets are not lined with
Spanish bonds organize without re
gard 10 political affiliations, and rise
, in his might and denounce the amaz-
ing apathy of the House Of Represent
, atives and the executive branch OF
this government concerning the bat
, tie for freedom now being wased III
Cuba, and let them arraign all officials
. and legislators of whatever rank,
before the bar Of public opinion, who
shall make the honor OF the nation
| subservient to Spain and to the pur
2 poses of the bond holder and sugar
trust and let them pledge their votes
and their influence to the political
! destruction of all such persons,
t Let such meetings be called all over
the country, and copies of such reso-
lutions be sent to the President of the
/ United States and the House Of Rep
resentatiyes, and We would soon see
which was the stronger, a regard for
, public opinion or a love Of public
. plumber
N 4 N0~gr
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-01

SENATOR VEST, having failed by
argument to convince his Democrat
ic associates of error in their support
Of protection doctrines, has fallen to
making faces at them. His latest ef-
forts in that line are an attempt to
create merriment against them by
labelling them 'cotton-tail Demo
Gratis, a species of cheap wit which is
not likely to be effective in dignifed
body like the United States Senate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-01

NEWSPAPERS of all classes are rec
ognizing and announcing an improve
ment in business matters generally.
These announcements come from all
sections of the country and from
newspapers of all political parties. A
concise summarization of conditions
as pictured by information from all
parts of the country is presented in
Dun's Recie1O of June 18th. which
says: There is evidence of a gradu-
ally charging business in every i'm
portant department. More establish
ments have been set at work and
more hands employed. Reports from
the various cities show a very general
progress and continuing large dis
tribution through retail trade
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-01

ONE of the numerous evidences of
prosperity since the inauguration of
the new administration and prospec-
tive enactment of q protective tariff
law is the announcement from New
England that the cotton mills, which
have been accustomed under the Viii
son law to close during the summer
season, will this year run steadily
without reference to times of season.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-01

THE Mortified shrieks of Senators
Vest, Jones, and Mills over the sugar
schedules OF the pending tariff bill
have given place to stolid silence on
their part since newspapers called
public attention to the fact that dur
ing their manipulations of the Wilson
bill sugar-trust stock advanced 60 per
cent, while the change in its value
was but slight under the consideration
of the pending bill.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-01

that next year a Normal of far greater
proportions and a longer term may
be held in Oakland. Never in our
experience has there been gathered
together company of young ladies
and gentlemen that has done greater
credit and elected warmer praise for
their splendid department and earn
est effort to improve their OppOrtuni-
ties than has characterized the
students of this school. We wish
them, enc and all, a successful and
prosperous school year, larger salaries
and longer school terms, and antici-
pate their return to Oakland for the
next Normal with feelings Of friend
ship and pleasure.
TO Professors Sanner and Frazee
we voice the universal sentiment of
both citizens and students that they
have shown themselves to be educa-
tors Of wide experience, competent
and capable and deserving Of all the
success which we feel is their due
With instructors of such eminent
ability it will not be long before Gar
rett county's educational status will be
second to 10 county in the State. If
we can, as a people, secure distribu-
ton of the State school funds upon a
basis to which we are justly entitled,
next year we ought to have at least
seven and one-half months Of school,
with salaries to our teachers common
surate with the labor they perform.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-01

THE fusion between the Populists
and the silver Democrats seems likely
to suffer an abrupt termination when
the national convention of the Popu-
list party meets in Memphis next
month. Tom Watson, who, with his
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-01
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GEN. FELIX AGNUs, publisher of
the Baltimore Amsrj~o21, is very ear
nestly engaged in the lugubrious
pastime OF driving nails into his own
political coffin and at the same time
laboring under the hallucination that
he is injuring Senator Wellington
Observation-Disclosures Standard
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-01

l hereby announce myscDfa candidate for
the nomination of OUntN Treasurer for Gar
Tett county, subject TO the decision Of the
Republican Nominating Convention and
solicit tha support ofnly many lends.
HORACE r. DEWITT.
Hoyes, District No.6.
At the solicitation Of my many friends |
hereby announce myselfa candidate for the
office of County Treasurer for Garrett county,
subject to the decision of the Republican
Nominating Convention, and respectfully
solicit the support of the party.
MAHLDN GLOTFELTY.
District No. 6. McHenry. Nd.
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Following upon the heels of the re
ception given at the Oakland Friday
night the last literary program for
| the Normal school was rendered at
STARTERS Opera House on Tuesday
night when the building was literally
packed to the doors, and standing
room was at Il premium. The opera
house accommodates very readily over
| four hundred persons. The meeting
was presided over by Mr.. \. /. Lee
and the secretary was Miss Grim,
! The audience was quite enthusiasts
tic throughout the evening and
evinced by its hearty applause its
sympathy with the teacher and his
work. .-..--.....-..-
Il, ae- exercises were opened by sing
ing class song, followed by compau-
ion recitation by Misses Percy Brady
and Grace WOtring Mr.. J. S. Gnegy
next entertained the audience with
an essay entitled "Teaching'' Mr..
Gnegy handled his subject in mas
terly way and his paper was brim full
of excellent thoughts upon the Ques-
ton he discussed.
Miss Eppler, of Piedmont, added
much to the interest of the occasion
by her recitation OF the "POlish Boy. -
Miss Eppler displayed dramatic abil-
ity and histrionic power rarely wit
messed in an amatuer.
Mr.. John f. Legge rendered a cor
net tripletOngue solo with pleasing
| effect and no number on the pro
gram was more thoroughly enjoyed.
Mr.. Titus Delawder followed with
an essay entitled, In the Same Boat. ."
Miss Nancy Hamill gave a select
reading which was very interesting
and humorous, and marked her as an
adept in that style of rectations.
Miss Julia \. Drum, of Philadel-
phia, recited the murder scene from
Macbeth, which was highly appreci-
ated by the older persons present.
Miss Drum is certainly superb and
finished elocutionist and no word of
ours could add to her national repu-
tatiOn
Misses Maud and Olivet Shartzer
gave a very fine exhibition of piano
and vocal solos.
Mr.. John ShartZer followed with an
address entertaining and instructive,
full Of hope for the teachers of Gar
rett county.
Ms. Edward II. Sincell spoke upon
the universally of education.
Messrs. j. S. Meyers and g. $. Ham
i'll followed with addresses respecting
the school interests of the county,
which were well received.
Mr.. U. q. Palmer gave a statistical
account of the school affairs Of the
county, and intertwined it with re
marks upon education in general that
held the close attention of the audi
ence.
brought to a close with the valedic-
tory by Mr. j. b. Emory His effort
was one worthy of a college graduate
and his dictum was perfect. There is
no better example of what Normal
training can do and is doing for the
educational interests of Garrett coun-
ty than this address. The sentiments
expressed and advice given were
fitting prelude to his eloquent preora-
ton.
The entire entertainment reflected |
a degree of credit upon Prof Sanner
and his able assistant, Mr.. George b. |
Frazee, which must be exceedingly |
gratifying after the arduous labors
they have put forth to bring the
school to a successful issue. We hope
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Money spent in ADVERTISING in a
paper without circulation is as chafl
before tine storm-it amounts to
nothing.
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FnR STATE SENATOR.

OAKLAND. Nd, june 3, 1877.
To the Republicans of Garrett County:
| hereby announce mYSclfa candidate for
the nomination of state Senator. subject to
the decision of the Republican Nominating
Convention, and respectfully solicit the sup
port ofall members Ofthe Republican party.
JOHN SHARTIER
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Vim, vigor and victory:-these are
the charistics of DeWitt's Little Early
Risers, the famous little pills for con
stipation, billiousness and all stomach
and liver troubles. Oakland Phar-
macV
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THE Republican war IN Ohio is over,
and both factions are going to york
OcratS.
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-21
MuRDERER's QUEER CONTRACT.
lie Is to Serve the Evil one Until
Next january.
FROM the Philadelphia Record.

from the Phllauelphla RECORD.
Dover, N. H., Nov. Arrangements ara
being rapidly completed for the trial of
Joseph e. Kelley, the young somersworth
murderer and bank robber, which will DO
begun here next Monday. From present
indications 1t will prove one of the most
interesting trials in the history of START
ford county.
The defense will be insanity. During the
past three months both the prosecution
and the defense have subjected the pris-
oner to examination
Kelley himself says that he Is not in
sane that he never has been, and that
he was In perfectly sound mental condi-
ton when he killed Cashier Joseph Stick
ney behind the counter of the Great Falls
National Bank, April 10 last.
Kelley says he committed the deed
and expects to pay the penalty for 1t. He
asks, however, that the death penalty be-
not carried out until later than Jan. is,
1898.
lie says he is under a personal compact
made several years ago to serve the devil
without reservation until his twenty Fifth
birthday which is Jan. Is.
He says that if he should die before the
time referred to the compact would be
binding forever, whereas, if he lives until
the day after, the agreement win have
been fulfilled and the devil will have no
further control over him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-21
wALLA ToNEHI1A MAY 40 rnEr.
Indian Ball Player Gets a Reprieye
and VIII Have n New TrIaI,
From the Chicago Chronicle.

De Queen Ark, Nov. 5.-Walia Toneh-
ka, the famous Indian ball player. who
was convicted of murder, was to have
been shot at Alikchi, Wolfe county. yes
terday, but still lives. Hundreds Of whites
and Indians had gathered to witness the
execution, which was to have been a
double one, as Wallace Crosby another
Choctaw, was to have shared Wala To-
nehka's fate.
Last Wednesday night, as they were all
camped around the sulphur springs in the
center Of the settlement courier arrived
from Tuskahoma, the capital Of the Choc-
taw nation with stay of execution pend
ing new trial, which was ordered by the
judge Of the supreme court of the Choc-
taw nation. The condemned men, who.
instead Of being "unrestrained by aught
save Choctaw honor" have been In Jail
at Alikchi for the last four weeks. receiv-
ed the news with true Indian stoicism.
Walla Tonehka was almost absolutely I'M
moved merely saying: Maybe me play
more ball now" and then turning over
and going to sleep. Crosby did not even
emit a grunt when he learned that he was
TO have another chance for his life.
The execution had originally been set
for Nov. 6, but recently the friends of the
condemned Indian have been putting forth
such strenuous efforts to secure a stay OF
execution that presumably for this rea-
son, the date of the shooting was set two
days ahead.
Walla Tonehla, whose other name-the
one under which he draws rations from
the governments William Going, and
Crosby will be tried again in the Decem-
Der term of the Choctaw court, and Ii is
probable that they win be acquitted.