Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-16
REFO RIM I
The Spcer, &engsr, and Tribune Con-
gressionai Conference = What Mr..
.NaRee says.

The Tribune complains that the Sen
tinei sad Republican wroneed its CAN
didate for Congress. 1t saye that We
charged him With using money to buy
q conteree away from Mr.. Magee. The
Tribune did not have its specks on
when it read our brief article relative
to the Democratic Congressional Con-
ference. We did not charge that Mr..
Singer bought a conferee, but We did
publish . report that was current on
the streets of this town when the con
ference vas in session here, which was,
,ha, Snyder county conferee had
told that he had been offered money, =,
to leave Magee, aud vote for Singer,
and that when he was brought to face
the report be denied it, but afterwards
said be had told it in jest or joke
Such was the common report, and at
the time it was made we treated it as
a street report and published nothing
regarding it, but when the result of
the Conference was reached. which was
many days after the report had got
ont, and it was clearly revealed that
the man tba. was pointed out 10 days
before as weak 10 feality to his in-
structions. had actually yielded to
certain influences, just as report point
ed out he would do, the case at once
took rank among the remarkable cases
or condolences that always do arouse
the closest attention and become sub
jects for newspaper articles, and rec
ords.
At the time of the first report it did
not seem as q ''coming event that
cast its shadow BEFORE" but such it
was. The Tribune can readily see
both the shadow and substance, now
that the result of the conference has
been reached. it can readily see the
remarkable coincidence between the
report and the result, and it can see
the force Of the joke, as it was called,
on Mr.. Magee.
Remarkable condolences have al
ways been considered proper subjects
for newspaper articles, and that is why
the Sentinel and Republican published
the reform performances of Mr.. Steng-
er's conference. The work of the r--
/ formers worked like a charm on the
/ Snyder county delegation.
History reveals many strange coin
cidences. 1t reveals many events that
were foreshadowed but, of course, il
is not to be expected that the acute re
form gentlemen of the Tribune will call
on US for such historical data, as they
are we'll versed in matters of such pro-
fame record, of the past and modern
times, but lest an important foreshad-
owing, as recorded In the Sacred Book,
has escaped their memory, We beg leave
to refresh their minds with an il!ustra-
ton of how events were foreshsdowed
among the chosen people See Matt.
XVIII chapter, 23rd verse, which
reads,
He that d,ppeih his hand ,cih me in the
dish, the same shall bstrsy me-"
If the gentlemen of the Tribune re-
form organ of Hon Milton Speer, back
salary grsb6er to the amount of nearly
five thousand dollars, and three term
Congressman Hon. w. S. Sterger, read
on, they may learn that the quotation
just used, foreshadowed the betrayal,
Just as the report about the conference
foreshadOwed what the certain Snyder
county man would do.
The man referred to in the qu)tation,
who dipped bis hahd IN the dish, was
holding consultations with certain men
high in authority in the organization of
the orthodox church Of the Jews 1900
years ago, and the Snyder county man
was holding consultations with men who
stood close to such men as MIR. Stenger
. and Mr.. Speer, both men who stand
high in the politics of the Democracy
of this State. VI hen We publish such
remarkable coincidence, such wonder
full analogy between the acts of men of
centuries ago, anG the acts Of men OF
to-day, the Tribune gentlemen should
not be so fussy about it.
As TO the other phase of the ques'
tion or report, that which relates to the
thirty or more pieces of silver, the
Tribune is referred to what Mr.. Magee
said in the Perry county Democrat last
week. Mr.. Msgee published 80 His
tory Of the Conference" 10 last week 8
Perry county Democrat, and on the very
point that the Reform Speer Stenger-
Tribune seeks TO condemn the Sentinel
and Republican, says:
ave then deemed it to be our duty
before leaving the room, to say TO the
conferees that We had learned that one
of their nun Der had said that be could
get $500 for lis vote. This raised 4
a storm and Mr.. Mckibben, Of Franklin
became much excited and demands
were loudly made to name the man.
give our author. &c We frankly
stated that no oonferee had made such
admission to us, tut that one of their
number had so said, in the presence of
three or four reputable gentlemen,
whom We would bring forward If the
conference would permit. But MIR.
Parker, of Fulton, protested against
bearing any "out.ide testimony" and
insisted that lre must name the conferee
who had said be was offered, or be
could get, $500 for his vote. Again
and again We proposed to furnish the
proof of such assertion having been
made by couferee, but the friends of
Mr.. Stenger refused to let US do so.
We we're then impelled to ask them
whether we we're to have the Electoral
Commission business repeated here
At length the old man Swineford rose
and said that some such talk about him
had been heard and asked us whether