Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-27

faithful TO nc men or measures. Un-
cover the fellow or set of fellows,
and let us see who he, or they, aSe.
l. We had not been for either Wilson
or l.cMaen, there would have been
no concea.nent about it; that is not
our way of treating public men and
pubic measures.
As TO the Republicanism of the
Sentinel and RepuJiican, its utterances
during the campaign are a matter OF
record, end its files are open to all.
As a journalist, We hold that 1t is not
the province of an editor to abuse
political opponents. We did no.
write disparagingly of McWilliams
and Van-Ormer We did not issue a
paper that would cause McMeen and
Wilson to feel ashamed when they
meet their neighbor opponents,
and we feel confident that had the
campaign been conducted in such a
spirit, the Republican party would
not now have the pleasure of real
izlng that two of their most worthy
citizens have been elected as Com
missioners, for abuse and unfair dis
paragement has natural tendency
to unite people, and would have
united the Democracy in this county,
in which it is in a considerable ma
jority.
There is one truthful statement
that the Tribune man made. and that
is In regard to bill that we sent to
Mr.. Nourse, Chairman of the Repub
hcan County Committee. He says it
Was 16 dollars. and that is true. We
pronounce the bill an exceedingly
low one for the kind of work it was
rendered for. 1t was work that re-
quired 9 different forms, each of
which had to be "set up separately,
and worked of separately y" We be
lieve that if the bill were passed into
any printing office, the management
of which pays all honest obligations,
It would be pronounced an exceed
ingly moderate bill.
Again, the hbelous charge is made
that We made false denials to a chris
tan minister. In that statement, as
in all preceding ones, excepting the
16 dollar bill, the Tribune man fails
of correct statement. We had been
''billed' for the Mexico meeting, but
some time before it took place, the
question of the meetings came up in
DIR. Atkinson's office, when the Doc
tor remarked that he had been
'-billed" for the Waterford meeting.
and that he had received an invita-
ton to the marriage of a friend, to
tate place On the evening of the
meeh.og under consideration, that he
felt like I. .ttending the wedding, and
that he wished We would go to
Waterford in us place. We agreed
to do so, if the day would not turn
out to be a rainy one, and if he would
go to Mexico in our place, and that
is how We came to be at Waterford
and not at Mexico.
After the meeting at Waterford,
and before the audience had dis
persed, Rev Mr.. Ross arose and
stated IN substance that he had read
in a newspaper that the Sheriff S
Proclamation, as printed, would cost
100 dollars, and he trusted that if
any person present could say whether
that was true or not true, that i.c
would DO so. We arose and told the
Reverend gentleman that we believed
hat what he had read was not cor
'ect, that we believed that the charge
,ouid not be near 400 dollars, that if |
.he bill would be squared By our bill
t could not near reach that amount. |
Such is the substance of the inquiry. |
nd such is tine substance OF the an
'wer. Citizens from this place were
and a large audience of Wa
people, and people living in
he vicinity were present, and heard
he inquiry, and the answer.