Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-07-17
Communication.
PoRr ROYAL, July l3. lS72.

Communication.
PoRr ROYAL, July l3. lS72.
Mr.. Editor There seems to be some
doubt as to who the doctors swere who
hatched, or rather nursed after it had
been Matched by others. the printing bill
for Juniata county, passed at the last ses
sion of the Legislature. One was d. NJ
Crawford, our Senator, who always looks
wise but Gays little. except on occasions
when appropriation bills are to be passed
when he is said to grow eloquent,
especially if there has been little fire
to kindle up his imagination. Whether
the passage of the printing bill required
the aid of eloquent speeches is not known
to me. There were none reported in the
record that know of. The other is DIR.
Jacob V. Mitchell, who halls from the
neighboring county of Mifflin, whom the
people of Miifiin and Juniata coun-
ties were unfortunate enough to have to
misrepresent them in the Legislature.-
He is a genial fellow, and can tell some
stale yarns when around electioneering
very well, and himself smile largely
when done, if nobody else sees the joke.
He is a smart fellow and an able legis
lator. He doses it on the Allopalhic
plan. He did not succeed, however, as
well as his professional brother and CO.
laborer in the work of reforming the
laws to govern his constituents. An OBJ
noxious-some call it worse name
Bridge BiIl' had been passed for Milf.
fin county, which this distinguished rep
resentative had, as rumor has it, promis-
ed the good people Of his county to have
repealed But they were doomed to
disappointment. Like Rorher with the
printing bill somebody went to see him,
aud the bill didn't pass-that is it was
not repealed, and see by the papers
that the Commissioners have been fined
s5 90 head for not building the bridge
another allopathic dose. Homeopathy
is not popular nowa-d days, it seems. This
much for the parties who passed the bill.
Now cannot some man be selected to
represent us who will repeal this bill, and
either let the law be as it was in former
times, or have the county printing let by
contract and other legal advertisements
to be published where the parties may
desire them to be published Juniata
county las been doubly taxed. Enough
money has been squandered in the last
ten years-together with what the citi-
zens of Mifflin promised 10 raise-to
build a new Court House, and have no
doubt that if the law was so changed as
to have all tie county printing done by
contract by lowest bidder that in the
course Of ten years more Juniata County
could boast of a new and comfortable
Court House, and the Treasury be not
one cent poorer, provided your citizens
would raise the sum promised when the
question was before the people Let
the people act in this matter. Let our
County Conventions take action in regard
TO it. 1t should be. discussed there. 1t
will not do to say, as no doubt some viii
say, that it will enianger the success of
Candidates. and that they should not be
trammelled by any such questions
Such arguments are too thin. The is
sue should be fairly brought before the
people, and if the majority are willing to
be thus taxed, then of course the minor
ity must stand it.
ARGITS