Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-03-05
COMMUNICATION.


INEAtIp. haECu L, 1919.
Elder SeafiRel and RepE5l;eaz-Dear sir,
We nave heard how greatly you people in
she Capital town of the county are pleased
over the course of lectures thI: the enter
prise Sl a couple of your Young men in
dGced TO get up. We all hope the patron
ass that was extended at tae Viiiers and
Kellogg lectures was sufficient 20 pay those
handsomely who We're instrumental in get
ting it up. We are led to an expression
OF this hope by the manifestation of the
seenest financial ability of the musical tai
ent of this place As combined in the baud
that played for the school exhibition that
was held in This town last Friday evening,
while your people at the same time were
enjoying the reGiing Of pieces BY Miss Kels
logg. The financial talent, of our musical
talent here is hrst-rate, and by and by, per-
haps, thov'n ali be millionaires The man.
sgement Of the exhibition was vested in
the scholars, and the mere p;ttaace of five
cents admission fee was taken at the door
for ,he purpose G. paying expenses for such
little matters as are necessary for such an
occasion; but, 10, and behold - presto
chlnge-Defore the management got the
funds appropriated, the band got their hand
ia St the rate of 50 cents 4 tune. The en-
tertAinnent was success, aad if the dia-
iosues and declama.ions Serc not delivered
= As IN artistic manner, as the pieces de-
liverod IN your place on the same evening
b. Miss keilog, we We're just as happy, and
happiness, You know, IS the thing that
e.-lyOody longs Tor. This occasion left Us
dovn from the matter OF the late local cleo
ton. We are tod that ia ycur town you
have not yet got done with it. We are told
that YOU 7-s 10 have 4 contest as to who
shall be Justice of the Peace. as the ques-
tion IS lett undecided by tie vote. All
kinds Ot reports have got aEoat about it.
The story Is that the vote of Sheriff Walls
is to Le challenged on the ground thl;
his place OF residence is not in Mitiiin-
toEn. Then, IS 1 counter movement,
II is said taat the vote of David Iialler,
who is one CT the ccntesting candidates,
Will be challenged .nd rejected becarse he
had Ec right 10 vote, on account of not
having paid tax in two years, and that last
year ,ha tax collector in the borough got
the Commissioners 10 eXOuerate him oi
the ins gnificsrt sum that eas levied against
hm. Would il not save the washing ol
s.dirty linen TO decide the question by a
new election instead Of By contest of cleo
ton.
II the Legislators could hear the people
IN these parts TAX about the bill that pro
poses 10 steal 1000, 600 Of the earnings of
the State to pay for the cussedness that was
hatcheG out by the Seht between the bosses
of the corporations and The common men
of the corporations, ihst are bossed, the
81 900, GEO Jili would never again be heard
Of. Nine in every ten Of the members who
vote for that bill will never be sent olck 70
Harrisburg or any other place to hold office. .
Then there Is the proposal to abandon
the Juniata c. nal. We are salty on that. |
We'd Ike 20 know whether the canal. that
the State sCld in good faith, has been paid |
for. We would like our oeRsber to oher a
resolution Of inquiry in the Legislature on
that point. Let hun raise the inquiry as
20 how much OF the money that WAS due
the Stlte on the sale of the canals has
been paid. Such an inquiry is net a
local question that affects the JuniIta val
l-y alone, but it is as compr ehensive as the
Commonwealth, and at this time, when the
expenses Of the State exceed the income,
it is a grave question TO know whether the
people, who are still paving the debt that
was incurred in building the canals, are get
ting VIVA: vas agreed on When they sold the
rrb!Ic Ncsks. There is report that the
Newport folks have the promise that the
canal from the Milierstown dam shall not b.
disturbed, ard that is why they are SO quiet
about il. If they are green enough to be-
lieve that tie whole Of the upper Juniata
-egiou may Ie aband oncd and the little
stretch Of canal from the Millerstown dam
TO the Susquehanna river kept mp for their
especial benefit, they are of the greenest
green, and easily stuffed.
We have quite lot of candidates already
locking out for the Office OF Sheriff, which
is TO be re-iilled by the election next fall l
could mention number Of Democrats IN
this township that are laying their plans to
get the nomination. Some of them think
they have promises that will put them on
the track for the November electiOn. IL
the Democracy aOmlndfed by a fair square
vote of their party, as We Republicans do,
q promise from their leaders would not 60
far to secure a domination. The Dem"c-
racy can never again be harmonious until
they have the fair way of nominating can
didates, which is to let every man VII"
wishes TO be a candidate, be a candidate
before he PEOPLE Of his party at the pri- I!
mary election, and the man who gets the /
highest number of votes is to be the c.iBdi- !
date for the November election. There is
little room for golgiag or cheating in such !
& system, and il the voters watch the men |
they elect judge and clerks, or elect men !
who are above the neanncss of cheating, |
they can have the fairest possible express !
sion. hear good man spoken Of in this
township for the office Of Sheriff, also one
in Port Royal, also one in Milford township, !
among Republicans, but cannot vouch for
the truth Of the report.
But my letter is already too long. I'll
write You soon again.
Yours, respectfully,
WALKER.
All subscribers in arrears. more than IL /
months, on the LIST day of Anil 1a1a rr,lI