Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-14

convince Item that - the moon Is made OF
green cheese" Ii they believe the one,
they ought to believe the other. And if
they believe both, then We believe that
Schweier and his readers are ft subjects
for the Insane Asylum.
The Democrat and Register of last
week published the above. 1t is moth
ing but string of Ifs" If the ed
itor of the Sentinel and Republican
has done so and so, it will be so and
so. We are charitable enough in this
case to believe that the Democrat and
Register used the little handy If, so
as not to make the direct charge that
the Sentinel and Republican said that
S13,016.53 is greater amount than
S14,41L07.
The editor of the Sentinel and Re
publican never even intimated such a
thing as that. We can agree with
the Democrat and Register, and Use the
III, )" and say, if he had, if, If, If, if
he had said SO and so, it would be so
and so. But the IF does not cover
the point that the Democrat and Regis
fer expects to make by its attack on
the editor of the Sentinef and Repu6li-
can. The object of the IF alta :
is to cover a retreat, or withdraw the
charges that it made against the
present Board of County Commis-
sioners. Such people as have mem
ory that can be relied on, remember
that the Democrat and Register charged
the present Board of County Com
missioners with having made certain
promises, and charged them with not
fulfilling their promises and there
fore it was a mistake that they were
elected. That was the charge of the
Democrat and Register. II it had
made the charge in a court of justice
it would have been asked for bill of
particulars, and then its humiliation
would have been greater than it is;
for the bill of particulars would have
revealed the fact that the present
Board has reduced the expenditures
of a number OF departments-all
such departments wherein the Board
has direct control. The bin of par
ticulars would reveal the fact that if
any promise was made, it was IN re
gard to the reduction of salary
wherein the Board has control that
it was in regard TO the reduction of
the percentage that had been paid for
the annual re-conversion of the coun-
ty bonds. Tie Democrat and Register
charged that general promise was
made The bill OF particulars would
reveal that no general promise could
be made, for, among the expenses of
n county there are always a number
of contingent, or chance expenses, or
expenses that cannot be foreseen,
that one time are large, and at an
other time small For example, cit
zens may quarrel one year more than
other year, and get into court, and
produce more business at one time
than at another time, and their quar-
rels would increase the expenses of the
county, and the Commissioners would
have to provide to meet that expense
No Board of Commissioners can
count against such accidental ex-
penses, and the man who believes
That promises were made to cover
sueh expenses, could easily be made
TO believe that the moon Is made Of
green cheese" Again, for example,
the elements. the weather, storm.
may SO damage bridges that they
have to be repaired, so that the com
mon right to travel on tie highway
may be kept up, which repairs would
increase the expenses of the county,
and the Commissioners will have to
provide the funds to pay the eI
penses arising from the repairs. A
Board of County Commissioners can
not count against such accidental ex-
penses, and the man who believes
that promises were made to cover
such accidental expenses could easily
be made to believe that the ''moon is
made of green cheese, and yet our
pugnacious Democratic eotemporary
counts in the accidental expenses,
and that is where they have SO
grievousiy blundered
The bill of particulars in court
of justice would demonstrate that on
everything that Board of Commis-
sioners could make a promised re
duction of expenses, reduction was
made. 1t would reveal the fact that
the additional expenses, that put the
figures up from 13 to IA Was among
such things as those over which the
Commissioners had no controi-such
things as hunters and justices of the
peace, fighting citizens in court, and
old bridges. The Democrat and Reg
lister does wrong in charging the
things to the Commissioners itc,cat
they could net control,
II the bill of particulars would be
sweeping in lis inquiry, and would
demand to know why it is that such
a heavy tax is laid upon the county,
the naked fact would have to be re-
yealed that Board OF Democratic
County Commissioners yielded to the
extravagance of the times and butt
a sixty thousand dollar court house
when thirty thousand dollar house
would have done as well, and would
not have burdened the people for
many long years to pay the debt.
The Democratic Commissioners did
Just what has been done In many
other places - saddled the county
with a debt for an extravagant house
Extravaganza is the poison of Amer
lean society. 1t blights the family
circle; it sends discomfort into all
circles, among the rich and poor.
The poor want to live beyond their
means the people not so poor want
to live in such style that they must
live beyond their means, to live as
they want to live, and if they cannot
live that way they are miserable in
mind, wretchedly discontented. Their