Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-08-18

uUts8SS year. AuSy AHoW tuSs Wn-o
the investigation closed few weeks
ago the Treasury was sil right, and
THEN own Auditor General, Mr.. Ten
pie, Was compelled to 90 subscribe, and
thereby give the lie to his own party
friends.
Ii the Independent has been lying
about its own political household it
should be made to lake it back. While
it is source Of regret that people tell
what is hot true, it is infinitely prefer
able TO have them tell about their own
affairs, and thar is just what We enjoin
ed on the Democrat s. Reg,ster, and Inde
pendent. We said quit lying about Re-
publicans talk about yourselves; look
al your OWE house. We die not, how
ever, tell them 10 tell falsehoods but
they surely have a big lie oct now
among them. The Commissioners say
we give Mr.. Dean $500; the Indepen
dent, Democratic paper, a paper that
never yet did anything else but support
Democratic measures, say that it
is not correct, Mr.. Dean gets $500, and
you want to make it 81 900.
1t exhausts itself on Dean. He
is made the scape- goat for all of
the shortcomings in the manage
ment Of the county. How christian
like to pile it all on one man. Let Us
pray little now for Dean, take few
large fees from clients who cannot help
themselves, aud shave a few notes of
poor devils who are N tight papers.
A salary of $500 the clerk gets, and
it alleges that the Commissioners ale
about to raise it to 81 600. 1t enters
a protest to that, and that is what il
might have done long ago, instead of
pounding Republicans outside of the
county for doug things that are done
by Democrats in this county.
The Independent ought to thank us
for pointing out IFS Inconsistency. We
are not able to say bow homes; it is in
ats professions, but We mistrust it. dis
cernment or the discernment of any
man who will claim, and bring suit for
Si50.Q0, for which there is not even a
sha low of law, TO base the claim or
suit on. How much it desires &c re-
ouce the clerks salary Is Lot stated,
but it says it ''has in its minds eye d
gentleman, highly respected in this COM
muni,y, who has repeatedly offered to
perform the duties of the Office for less
than one half" the amount paid to the
present officer. To whom did be make
the offer! Ii be is competent man,
and made it to the Commissioners, be
should have been accepted OF the pres
ent clerk informed of the proposed re-
duction and his salary shaped accord
ingly. 1t is wrong to pay $500 when
1t can be as satisfactorily done for S400
Why don't you bring out your man
Tell US who be is. But, then, we have
nothing to do with the management ol
the affairs of the county it is all in
the keeping of the Iadependsnt's party.
They are all Democrats. The Repub-
licaus have no voice in its management
whatever. If the people will put the
management of the comfy affairs IL
the bands of board of Republican
Commissioners, We believe that a com.
petent man can be found or will come
forward, who will perform the duties OF
the Office for less than is paid now
Let the people attend the polls and
make the desired change.
But we did hear Democrat the Other
day say land be is the only one We ever
heard say it, to our recoilection) that
lie would serve for less money thar
that paid now. Ii ne is the nan thai
is in the minds eye of the Indepen'
dent, We enter our earnest protest, a:
a taxpayer. Ii that paper will
mention their minds eye man, We
will know. The man we mean would
be like the goods Ben Franklin called
dear at nothing, or no price. Ht
| belongs 70 class who are ready to take
favors, or places off the County Com
missioners without giving as much as a
"thank you" IN return. Say, for in
stance, such thing as holding al Of
fee in public building without being
county official, such as Office rem
free in tue house bailt on the north
east corner Of the court house square
which has been declared a nuisance b,
the grand jury aud directed to be re
moved. Men who do such things be-
long to class of 'roosters' that are deal
at any price, and it would be far NOR,
profitable to employ an honest man a
salary of $500 than such leech
The man who will, by hook or crook
sneak his Office for doing business of
the county as long as be possibly can
and then curse the Commissioners fol
extravaganza, is not the kind Of MAI
to entrust with office. That man, too
has the collar of the ring that be il
constantly grumbling at on his neck 81
! tightly that he will work with the Inie
pendent for the nominees of the Demo
cratic NCONeutiOu. ne duu Tue mae
pendent do not want any change fur
ther than 10 get those out who are in
if, by so doing, they get helped them
selves. 1t is not reform that they ar,
after. He and others of his kind, Will
the Independent, will not vote for th'
two Republicans candidates who viii
be nominated--not by rotten delegat,
system, but by the mass of the Repub
lican party ON the 25th Of next montl
but they will support the nominees
Of the Democratic Convention. TIE,
do not want change, though they kno,
that il Republican board of Commits
sioners are chosen, all contracts an,
salaries will be adjusted to correspont
to the sbrinkage that has narurall,
taken place since the collapse of tn
Democratic Rebellion. Let the people
who have these things in their hands
come forward and vote for the Repub