Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-04-02
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IN the SENTINEL AND REPUB-
LIcAN:
Read the Mercantile Appraisers
list. It tells who the dealers are in
Juniata. The list is published for
the information of the readers of the
SENTINEL AND REPUBLICAN, and has not
been paid for by the political hybrid
court house party rats.
And 10, and behold, forsooth, be
cause the editor of the Tribune is a
Court House rat, he squeals thus:
.Gal You don't say so! Well now,
who would have 'thunk it" MIR
Bear knew that if Franks vote had
been successful Wilson and McMeen
would not have been the Commission
ers, and hence could not have ap-
pointed him. Taxes then would have
been more than six mills, as they al
ways were when Frank had his way.
It was consciousness of being a rat
that thus caused the Tribune writ
er to squeal, and set up a shout
for Wilson and McMeen- He
tickles Wilson and McMeen, Tor
the county pap, and at the same time
takes pap from the Democratic State
department, at Harrisburg, rat-lke-
1t was no wonder that he squealed
when ray of light was thrown into
his hole. The only merit In his
squeal is, his intimatlon that he ia
vors a low tax, while at the same
time he would free all the rlver
bridges, and build a new Iah'
and run the Indebtedness of the
county to, perhaps, ons hundred
thousand dollars. His eloquent gen
tlemanly ex-Confederate associate ed
itor may be put down, as ditto. They
do not desire to own property, keep
it up and pay taxes on it, if they do
they have never purchased taxable
property and thereby assisted to bear
the general expenses of the commun-
ity, they prefer, rather not to econo-
mize to buy property, to be taxed,
thev prefer to spend their earnings
where it will do the most good for
themselves and the least for the gen.
eral good, by spending it to CRAFTY
the desires and whims of their
senses. and if it were not for the fact
that their boss owns the Tribune and
is a heavy tax payer, coupled with
the fact that they desire to make po-
litical stock out of the low tax talk,
there is no telling what schemes they
would propose so that they might get
more public pap. They rank as a.
mong the most eager public pap
suckers. They believe too, that
by talking about the present tax,
and past higher tax, to incline peo-
pie to believe there is something un-
commonly more wise in present man
agement than in past management
of county affairs. They thus make
reflection upon all the past Com
missioners and indirectly charge
I them with mismanagement or crook
ways. If they know of dishonest
! transaction why do they not tell it
| He is n coward who will Indulge in
| insinuation. Come, gentlemen, point
out the crookedness that you insinu-
ate, and the SENTINEL AND REPUBLICAN
will give you hearty support In ex-
posing it. Wilson and McMeen have
done nothing that honest men should
fail to do.
The circumstances of the times OF
their administration are most favor
able to the reduction Of taxes, indeed
they would have been false to their
trust had they done otherwise. They
have the Tribune ring stripe, and
feed that organ county pap, and that
is the reason that they have their
backs scratched by the Tribune for
simply doing what common honesty
points out for them to do. There
has been no uncommon occasions to
add increase expense for repairs to
public property. The general ten
dency OF the public has been toward
economy since the extravagant gen
eral experience of war times, and vii
son, and McMeen, and Partner, must
needs drift with the tide Probably
had they been in Office during the in
flated times of the war, they would
hase done as did those that the Trib
une insinuates, did crooked things
Tell us who the crooked men were
1t is the consciousness of rat com
binations. that causes the Tribune to
squeal. 1t squeals because it is be.
ginning to realize that its methods
are beginning to be understood. /;
is understood, that it's methods are
to recognize the popular election sys
tenn for the nomination of candidates
provided, the candidates will provide
it with regular installments of pap,
if the pap is not forthcoming, then
its method IS to ignore the result oi
the Primary Election. and combine
with whomsoever it can, and run a
ticket that it can twist around its
finger" at will. By its methods il
has Conn, Hench, Shivery, CaEeny
Wilson, McMeen, and the smiling
Clerk, every one of them political by.
brids, twisted around its finger, and
well.liked as Judge Junkin was, able
as he was, he was defeated, only be
cause of the methods that were en-
ployed to get him into leash. If the
reader will take the political move
ments and combinations of the men
just named and tell honestly to what
particular political flesh, fish, or fowl
they belong, he should be rewarded
for his discernment. Give him a
chrome. Certainly no man with a
discriminating mind could call the
above assembly of office holders an
aggregation of Republicans, it would
be improper to call them an aggre-
cation of Democrats Hybrids
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