Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-06-28

readers of the Reyisfer: We say thai
what you have just read is what our op.
ponents will offer as Indirect or circum.
stantial evidence that an unscrupnlous
and proscriptive ring exists in the Dem.
ocratic party in this county" The arti.
Gle was intended for disclaimer or denial
Of our charge of the existence of the
ring, but the editor got il 80 mixed that il
is more Of an admission than a denial.
1t is not becoming FOR the Register to in
dulge in long original articles. 1t inva-
riably confuses itself. and loses both head
and tail of the subject. Its fort lies in
one. two. three. four and tive line para
graphs. and the words fool, crazy, in
sane. liar. etc, are the only words in
them that attract attention. But we
would be glad if the Register would tell
us and the public who is the Democrat
that it has used unintentionally as evil
dence against itself Is it the man who.
time and again, contributed to your col
umns editorially, for the writing of which
you got the credit, bat to which you were
not entitled ? Is it the man who penned
your editorial ship through the troubles
of the times of Breckinridge and Dou-
glass Do you remember how he was
the brains of your paperl Is he the
man If he is. how grateful you are.
If he is not. tell us who is
/ We, for the present. drop the would be
denial of the masters organ. and take a
hasty look at what it says of the Repub-
lican party nominations in this county
1t says that they are under the control of
ring. and have already been made. If
its defence for the masters ring was a
blunder. this latter assertion is a greater
one. The facts in the case disprove it
all. The editor, when he wrote the arti-
Gle, must have been in fearful muddle,
or how else could he have produced
charge that the situation of the party
and the rules that have been adopted for
its government, go clearly disprove The
Republican party does not make its nomi-
nations through convention composed
of two delegates from each election dis
trict, as the Democratic party does, but
it nominates lis candidate through what
ia commonly called the Crawford County
System. This system places those who
aspire to party nom nations directly be.
fore the people for their votes, instead of
submitting their claims to convention of
delegates. And just here Is where the
smart editor of the Register failed to
note the difference. He doubtless was
thinking. as he wrote. of how the master
and few other ring men in town seat
themselves IN a store-room, or a trea-
surer room. or doctors office, or print
ing office, or some other room or office.
and decide that Tom shall be Judge. that
Dick shall be treasurer, and that Harry
shall be commissioner, and that John
shall be legislator and that the balance
Of the ticket the fellows that don't
belong to the ring may have; it will be
bone for them, and will please them -
The programme, thus blocked out, is for
warded TO the members of the ring in each
township, who are to see that delegates
in the interest of Tom, Dick. Harry and
John are elected to the county nomina-
ting convention. The Register has made
the blunder of charging that same kind
of ring work upon the Republican party,
when it is apparent to the dullest intel.
iect that such work cannot be success
fully conducted under the Crawford |
County System. Under this systsm no
ring can be formed that can nominate
men against the wish of the party. Every
member has vote in the selection of
and any man can be caudi-
date for Office, regardless of all rings and
other opposition that may be made against
him, and if majority of the party vote
for him, he is the nominee of the party.
If the Democratic party in this county
would adopt it, the prcscriptive and un-
ring that rules it would col
lapse as completely as bursted air-ball.
Ok the goth of last July the following
article appeared in the Register. Com
ment is unnecessary
Close readiur of opr oxoL,n~o, c.;1, /