The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-11-02
REPUBLICANS Will
STAND BY MEINLEY
The Presidents Patriotic Speeches
Have Aroused Feelings of 10y
atty and Party Fervor.
WARPROBLEMS NOT SETTLED
Over a Hundred Thousand Of the Enemy's
Troops Shll in Cuba, and the Crafty
Spaniards in the Paris Confer
enee Show No Signs
of Yielding.

within the borders OF the keystone
State in attendance at the peace jubi-
lee celebration in Philadelphia, cannot
but be an inspiration TO every Repuo- .
Hcan in Pennsylvania. The magnificent .
speeches Of the president on hts tour
TO the Omaha exposition teemed with .
patriotic sentiments and aroused feel I
ings Of admiration and pride in the I.
breast Of every Republican and sound 1
money Democrat who in any way
aided in his election and the over
throw OF Organism in 1896. While In
no instance did the president make any
direct allJsion 10 politics. while on
his travels west, in his private talks
with friends whom he met in the sew
eraI states 1t was made quite appar-
ent that he is exceedingly anxious that
there shall be nothing in the returns
of next months election which viii in
any way Indicate lack Of interest on the
part Of the people. and particularly
among his fellow Republicans. in the
grave situation which now eonfronts
his. administration The president has
received assurances from the Republi-
can leaders in all the doubtful states
that his rIecent public Utterances have
had a wonderful effect upon the voters
viii be presented in a few days for
them to go to the polls and give b.
their ballots. in the most direct way
possible. a vote Of confidence and aD-
provaI Of the national administration
The lining up Of the Republicans in
such states as Iowa. New York. New
Jersey. Massachusetts, and the others
in which there are debatable congress
sionai districts. within the last week
has been the subject Of general CON-
Iaent.
THE WAR NOT OVER.
No one knows better than the presi-
Gent the serious nature OF the problems
yet 10 be solved in connection with the
Spanish war. Great peace jubilees. in
the minds Of many. while calculated 10
keep alive the spirit Of patriotism, are
in fact. misnCnlers- The war Is not
over by any means. A special dis
patch from Washington to the New
York Tribune on this subject is inter
esting. II directs attention to the fact
that there are stili 10000 soldiers Of the
Spanish army in Cuba. with all their
accoutrements cf wa. While Il was
thought that he Spanish government
would have had the greater portion OF
this army ont ~ the island by this time.
it is now stated that no efforts viii be
made 20 send these troops home before
Dec. I. The municipal affairs Of Ha-
vana are stuI in the hands OF the
Spanish officials The reports from
Paris regarding the peace commits
sioners all show that little il any
progress has been made toward reach
ing settlement Of the many questions
de- am
pl0ying every known trick OF European
diplomacy to thwart the efforts OF the
American commissioners and the best
advised correspondents Of the great
newsnauers cable their editors that
they are unable to give any assurances
that the commissioners will reach an
early agreement They declare that
shere is nothing to indicate that the
commissioners are any nearer a settle
rnent than they were the first day they
met.
A WARNING TO REPUBLICANS
Congressman James Rankin Young
gave a timely warning 10 Republicans
of Pennsylvania a few days ago. when
he publicly declared. As yet there Is
no peace. Let US cherish no such IL
fusion. There will be no peace until
the Paris commissioners sign and seal
the bond The presidents wishes VIII
only be regarded when they are en-
phasized by your votes as the viii OF
the American people. These gentlemen
Of Spain. now in Paris as commission
ers. are well Informed as to this cam
paign. They are as anxious for the de-
feat Of Mr. Mckinley as Jefferson
Davis was for the defeat Of Lincoln.
Every blow aimed at the president
every vote thrown against him, every
fntemperate speech, every morsel OF
scandal swept out Of the cutters OF a
polluted journalism. weakens the hands
Of the president. and tends TO ham
string our commissioners in Paris IL
there should be such & calamity as the
defeat CT the administration in No
Tember. II viii invite a renewal Of the
war. II will give premium upon dis
loyalty. and invite a contingency IN
which the blood and treasure spent at
Santiago and Manila will be as water
spilled upon the ground
We cannot take too high ground in
support of the president More than
AZ any time since Lincoln proclaimed
emancipation. il is our duty to be With
our leader in these glorious wars Not
in a dubious. uncertain. half hearted
fashion. as mere expression OF party
zeal. but firm. Outspoken. incIndescent-
Auxiliary questions viii be met in
due time. UpCn these there VIII be
legitimate. welcome differences OF Opin
Jon. Before we arrange the household
let the fire go down a war Is not over
in a day The sea throbs and sobs
long after a hurricane. and We are now
in the throbbing and sobblng OF the
war with Spain. which can be settled
promptly only by the American peo-
pie standing Loyalty by their president
at the coming election"