Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-06
The Last Public Act of E1-Presi-
dent Hayes Denounced by the
Democrat and Register, The
Tribune, and The Herald.


The Juniafa Sentinel and Republican
the Only Paper in Juniata County
TINT Sustained President Hayes and
the Republicans in Congress.
The Sentinel and Republican Defends
the Republican Party from the Kear-
neyism of the Herald, uhich ,ras
Founded on the Credit of Democrats
-.dbused for the Defense At Made.
Who They are that Obtained the Money
TO Start the Herald.
The last great act for the good OF
the whole country that ex-President
HAYES did, was that of the vetoing
of the Democratic three per cent re-
funding bill. President Garfield in
his inaugural speech sustained the
veto message of Mr.. Hayes, and thus
there was harmony between the out
going and the incoming Republican
administrations on the question
There are four papers published
in this town The Sentinel and Re
publican was the only one of the four
papers that gave support to the out
going and incoming administrations
on the vital question of the finance.
The Democrat and Register, the Tn
6une and the Herald all denounced
Mr. HAYES for vetoing the bill, and
the Republican members of Congress
for having done what they could to
prevent its passage 1t was to be ex-
pected that the Democrat and Register
and the Tribune would voice. to a
limited degree at least, the action OF
the revolutionary Democratic Con
gress ON the question of the finance,
and attack Mr.. Hayes and the Re
publicans in Congress, for their Ell
forts to prevent the Democratic ma
jority from uprooting the present
financial system. But it was scarce
" to be expected that the Herald
would side with the Democrats and
take issue with the Republicans on
one of the most vital points of the
political financial creed of the Re
publican party, for the Herald was
making some pretensions to being a
Republican journal. 1t, however,
showed its colors nicely, and revealed
itself as much the .he,o Era as when
it was conducted in Hendersonville,
North Carolina. The Herald may by
the right of its choosing denounce
the Republican administration on
such vital points, but it has no right
to do so and claim to be Republi
can journal at the same time. 1t has
the right to side with Kearney, and
teach that the Republicans In Con
yress and a Republican President are
putting into practice an anti-Ameri-
an system OF finance that is intend
d to make the erich richer, and the
DOOR poorer but the responsibility
If such outrageous teaching cannot
,e covered over by abusing people |
hat expose the outrageous teach |
ng. It has TIE same right that
learney has to teach doctrines,
iut it has no right to do so under
coiors, and yet that is
1st what it did. 1t made preten-
ions to Repubiicanism, and taught
that was in direct antagonism to its
lost important political doctrines.
. not only proclaimed the boldest of
views, out-doing both the
'emOera and Register and the Tribune,
ut it took upon itself to champion
ne Kearney crowd by melting the
oor against the rich by declaring
nat certain principles of the Repub-
can party are intended to make the
rich richer and the poor poorer
The Herald was not content to de-
ounce the Republican administra-
ion, but it must needs turn and de-
ounce the Sentinel and Republican,
he only paper in Juniata county that
as given support to the Republican
administration on the question at is
ue. The Sentinel and Republican
ould 90 only one of two things,
namely, allow Mr. Allison to 90 on
lenouncing the Republican system of |
nance, declaring it to be kept up to |
lestroy the interests of the great |
majority Of the people. We had
either to remain silent and allow an
Uninterrupted flow of his Kearney
doctrine, or take issue with him. We
never shrink from plain duty. We
exposed his false teaching. In doing
so it became necessary to mention
certain OF h;s personal acts that were
with other certain public
acts. HIS answer last week is Just
what was expected-simply a string
of abusive language that proclaims
the quality of the man that wrote it,
and does no harm to the parry against
whom it was directed 1t is the Ian
guage of the common ruffian. In
this country such language is of no
use, and has no force excepting to
proclaim the character of the man
that employs it. 1t is Il pity that AIr.
Allison has lived fifty years, and has
not learned to Enow that fact. There
may be isolated cases of men fifty
years of age changing from the bad
to the better; but Mr. Allison has
lived almost fifty years, and is yet
unable to discuss a public question
without becoming personally abusive
He has not the discrimination. or
ability necessary to stay by the cues
tion ard discuss 1t. His inability in
leads him to private abuse.
and where there is nothing to abuse
in the private character, his language
reaches the low plain of ribaldry.
His answer is characteristic of the
man that knows no better than to
publish that the Republican system,
or Northern system of government is
to make the ''rich richer and
the poor poorer" The individual
l,sctDr-x- of men ~ ax-a,.x- t,,-,, o-,l