Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-20

The Contradictions Of the Demo-
crat and Register Its Condem-
nations for Declaring Against
the Dishonoring Of County Pa
per, Against the Shaving of
County Orders.
More than four columns of The Democrat
and Register, last week We're devoted to the
bolstering up of the Democratic cause in
this county. A fresh corps of writers were
put on it, aud all their arts were employed
to bring forward the thrcad-bcar pleas that
it has published in past campaigns. These
new editors dressed and redrcssed the ques-
tions until the harmony Of all was entirely
dressed ont Of them. Their productions
stood up one against another, fearful speci-
mems OF contradictions. They did right
well rs specimens Of composition, but far
ihor than that they were complete failures.
BY way of illustration, they remind one Of
the story of that animal so much talked of
in sacred history, and respectfully mem
toned by profanc writers-thc ass. 1t is
told of thai historical beast that once upon
a time, while browsing in his native pasture
his ears were greeted by the sweetest strains
of music. s.Ah n, said the ass to him.
sell, s.that is truly delicious music. Music
is nothing more than noise can make a
greater noise than that" and straightway
he set up most dreadful braying. 1t was
noise, but it was not music. So precisely
with the Democrat and Register last Y eek.
1t was composition that it published, but
there was nothing in 1t that can he, p their
cause. There was no Argument in it that is
calculated to benefit the Democratic party
in this county. The series Of articles that
II published are bat series of condemna-
enter INTO consideration of the masses Of
contradictions they contain. We can only
direct attention to one, trusting to the in
telligence of the reader TO see the others
with this guide.
Take, for instance, the article headed,
90 Importance of the Campaign" 1t is a
vigorous denunciation of State Treasurcrs
for using, for their own purposes, the inter-
est on State funds that had accumulated
while the funds lay in bank on deposit =
That is the ..gist'' or s'pith' of the article.
One would think from the tone Of it that
the Democratic State Treasurers OF the past
did no such thing. Their condemnation
goes no further back than to Republican
State Trcasurers, ard TO read the Regisfer's
article one would incline to the opinion
that the management of that paper stood in
holy horror CT the taking of interest of
tate funds on deposit, but the effect of the
whole article is spoiled and rendered con-
iemptible by the very next one below it in
the same column, headed, ssThe Laiest-.7
Scurry TrIok." The last named article is
n bitter denunciation of Mr.. Stambaugh for
having posted bills throughout the county,
in which he stated that il he is elected
County Treasurer he will not shave County
Orders To be consistent with the first ar
tic!e of the Register we have mentioned,
that paper should have praised Stanbaugh
for the declaration on these posters. The
two articles cut each other through and
through. The one is a condemnation of
the other. Ii the State Tressurrrs shall
pot use the interest on State funds on de-
posit, how dare a County Treasurer think
of shaving county orders To shave eoun-
" paper is infinitely worse than to take the
interest accrring from State or county
funds on deposit. The taking Of the Inter-
est is simply taking what the money earns
while il is living idle, or when it is not IN
the service Of the State or cOaaty, but TO
shave il is not only to cut off its interest,
but il is an actual cutting down of the val
lie of the face of the paper 1t is an act OF
actual dishonoring of the paper. 1t is
giving the lie TO its promise pay it face
promise. The Democrat and Register con-
deInus Stambaush for publishing that the