Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-08-28

Senatorial dis,rict in the Constitutional
Convention.
THERE is political coterie of Demo.
cratic doctor. in this county. Of them
as pby bysicians. nothing of an unfavorable
character can be said. They are all good
doctors. But sitter Get of ring men
cannot be found anywhere in the State
They ride whip and doctor their party
till it fairly groans under the weight OF
their infection. This coterie or ring had
VIM. Jsckman, who is brother-in law
to one of the doctors, placed at the head
of the County Committee as chairman.
Mr.. Jackman. almost every week,
has something to say about Grant placing
some of his family in Office, and hereto
fore he has always held that to place
relatives in Office is wrong. Tha: was
one of his strong points against Grant.
Why he has allowed his brother in law
to so work upon his convictions as to be
pursuaded to take all Office from his rela
tive, he does not explain.
1t is presumed that the Register here
after will be silent on the question: of rela
tives giving and taking Office. 1t will
be nicer under present circumstances to
talk about something else. AS President
Grants relations in Office formerly bore
heavily on Mr.. Jackman, so now Mr..
Jackman bears heavily on the Demo
cratic party in this county outside of the
ring. and loud and long were the pro-
tests that were uttered when he got that
place.
Those dissatisfied are not the riffraff
of the party, for in their ranks are men
who, morally. socially. financially. and
intellectually are the equals of the best
people in the county. These dissatisfied
people issued a call for the Committee to
re assemble at the Court House, on Sat
urdsy the Gath inst The ring thought
it best to go into that arrangement, too,
and get possession of the meeting that
was called. Riders were coursing in all
directions throughout the county on Wed-
nesday night-the nigh. of the day on
which the call was issued-to post the
ting committeeman.
When Saturday came, all was "cut
and dry" The ring leaders were in
town. and the meeting was set up before
the tap of the Court House bell called
the Committee What woull any man
but a ring man do in such crowd
What!
Dr. Banks was the orator of the oc:a
sion. His subject was the osteterics of
Mr.. Jackman, whom he delivered over
to the anxiously awaiting nursing ring in
such nice quiet tone of voice that it
require great stretch of the attention
to catch the words as they fell from his
lips.
Mr. Jackmans enforcement being
completed, committee offered series of
resolutions on rings, during the reading of
which the author was the object of an
innumerable number Of cross eyed looks.
such as a hereto gets when he happens
into Catholic pow vow. But the last of
the series nearly took the breath out of
the ring. 1t was nothing short of a res
olution that the proceedings of the meet
ing should be also published in the In
dependent. That Journal had never been
recognized hy these gentlemen. aud that
it should be brought before them in sucn
a manner was perfectly shocking.
One mana doctOr-moved that the
resolutions be reconsidered. The chair
man tugged him by the coat sleeve
Then silence reigned briefly. Then the
same man broke out in resolve that
the resolutions be adopted.
The chairman stated that the Commit
tee had business of a private character to
transact. and requested the audience to
Withdraw. The reporter of the SENTI-
MEL. not having received an invitation to
remain, of course Withdrew, and thus ends
the chapter.
A Philadelphia paper says, an impor-
tant move has just been made by the