Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-01-24
Letter from n Oh Jsekssnian Dene0nt
u Grssawssd TeWlship.
NEAR SKvYN-STAR TAvRRy,
Jsnnary 40, 1883,

was something stronger. 1t was pro
. hibition and politics. To be sure
= something WAS said about the boys
sleighing around these nights with
4 their sweethearte, but there WAS lit
d tie said about women, aside from one
old Andy Jackson fellow who said the
r grandest shedding that he ever did,
t was OF board, OF small sled with a
girl seated before him, sliding down
hill He said that in his time he had
|, danced in cotillion, polka and waltz,
and taken hand in the social kiss
ing parties, but none OF them came
up to the delight Of sliding down
hill Oh little sled, or on . board
with q woman seated in front, and
in his arms. He said that hs would
like to slide into paradise in that way.
We took a smoker all around over
that, and resolved th-t the tee-totsl
. question shall be left out till the time
: comes to vote on it. The smoker
5 WAS good, but guess the resolution
was better.
II Some CT our cid Hickory friends
: we're down to the Inauguration of
, Pattison, and they came home full
of politics. They thought it is a
grand thing to get rid Of a soldier
Governor They said that We have
had military revolution that chang
ed the whole system of government,
and now after q rule of military men
we are to have q rule by civilians.
thought that was queer Jacksonian-
! ism, for wasn't old Hickory military
developement. They thought it was
grand TO sec Democrat inaugural
T ed, after being out in the cold near
~ a s1arter Vf a century. They
couldn't tell us enough about the
plain ways of Psttison. How they
talked about him not riding in car
riage with bands footing his approach.
They thought it was sign of great
ness that lie walked without a pro
cession to the house Of friend, and
from there to the Capitol where he
WIS sworn in by one of the Judges
of the Supreme Court. We all
thought that was sign OF big man
and were about to give three cheers
for PattisOn, when the same old An
dy jackson fellow, that talked about
sliding down hill with a woman in
his arms, said, hold on boys. That
d, walk Of Psttison was sham, gotten |
! up to catch greenhorns. That's asy- i
ing good deal, but don't you forget |
ii, that last fall when he was swing |
inS around the circle, out IN Clarion !
he got III carriage and the wild |
Democrats OF that town unhitched |
the horses and hauled Pattison
through the streets by hand. I tell
you the man that will allow a crowd |
to DO that, and then on Inauguration
day, refuse carriage snd all process
ion courtesies, is playing of on US
people. That little speech settled
the cheers; il came down like a wei
blanket
Pattison administration can't be
ike old Hickorys. Old Andy was
the boss himself, but Pattison's boss
is Cassidy. Don't you pick me wrong.
| AM not abusing the Governor, or
Cassidy. 1 am only stating facts,
and II they are not what you would
like to have them l can't help it.
know that away last summer, you
said in the Sentinel that Cassidy
would be the head of Pat,ison's ad-
ministration, should hs be elected,
YOU we're correct, we all seq ii now.
It is a good thing for Pattison if he
has boss. 1t IS some thing that the
average Inan needs though they don't
want to believe it. About 50 per
cent of all the men and women that
come and go through this world are
failures, morally, POLITICALLY, and finan-
cially, such people all should have
bosses. Fortunate indeed is the
man Or WOMAN that has a competent
boss. Some times men want to boss
that are ID need OF boss themselves.
Old Andy was a competent boss In
many things. In something's he was
q poor boss. ! am not going to say
that Cassidy can boss Pattisson IN
the right way to run this State for
the people. L have serious doubts
about it for his inaugural address
forshadows an effort to create q
movement against the corporations
1t seems 10 me that Cassidy lost his
better judgement when he allowed
that address to go before the coun-
try, perhaps. he is blinded with the
desire to 90 to the Q. 5. Senate, and
hopes to start a policy that will be I
popular with the people. People are .
frequently taken off on wrong scent {
when they want to do what is right. q
Perhaps he wants to play Old Andy, 9
VINO you know ust as soon as be got &
into Office went Tor the U. 5. Bank,
and uprooted the concern and kept
the crowd yelling on that scent, un
till the wild cat banks of the states
were set up. That was plan of
systematic robbery of the means Of
the people, by leaving them without
proper Legislative protection 1t ,
was a regular confidence game legal ,
lied by State legislative enactment.
The banks were allowed to issue
money, and receive deposits, with
out being required to give proper
security. Nearly all the scoundreis
IN the country took advantage of the
wild Cat banking enactlnents and
went into banking and robbed the
people, who had confidence in them.
That was one of the iniqmrous
things that followed Old Andys boss
rule Ii Cassidy, and Pattison, can
start such wreckIng movement
against corporations, as Hickory
started IN the finances Of the country,
it VIII De a calamity for the country.
Pattisons deliverance against
the corporations, may be the
deliverance, or gush of fresh man