Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-10-17


ton to the attack which the Du-
shore Revieso has made upon the
Republican candidate for county
commissioner as follows:
VIM. Cheney, the editor of the
Republican, said before the conven-
tion that he wanted to- be commits
sioner, that he might secure more
county patronage for his paper. We
question if that is proper motive
for seeking office, but let it pass, the
voters will decide on that. Enough
to say that, while it is acknowledged
by all to have the smallest circula-
ton of any paper in the county, the
Republican has been given fully as
much county printing as the other
two papers. Why should it want
more? Can't the child live unless
it gets more "pap."? Cheney is al
ready postmaster at LaPorte, posi-
ton yielding an income of between
five and six hundred dollars a year.
OF course if he is elected commits
sioner he must resign that office,
but we understand that his sister
is to be appointed in his place and
the office be kept in the family and
the family in Office. owe folks"
must be provided for.
The chief points in this article are
not true, but it is true that ''Cheney
is already postmaster at LaPorte. "
1t is not true that it yields an in
come of between five and six hun
dred dollars per year. The gross
compensation to the postmaster is
about three hundred and fifty dol
lars. Out of this we have to pay rent
for an office especially for the pur-
pose, and to pay the salary ola clerk
competent to attend it. The office
requires continuous attendance from
8 o'clock in the morning until 8
o'clock at night. To this expense
must be added cost of fuel and
lights. 1t can thus be seen that
there is no real profit to the post
master. "Cheney" expects to re-
sign this office if he is elected Com
missioner. Who will be appointed
in his place we do not know; that is
a question which will no doubt be
decided bya majority of the citizens
who obtain their mail at this post
office.
We recognize the fact that mere
political services do not entitle any
man to public office, but where
qualifications and all other things
are equal, it is not unusual for active
party workers to receive some rec.
ogEition from their party friends
and it has always been regarded as
becoming, for political party to
sustain Il newspaper which advo-
Gates their political faith. In this
small county, where there has been
continuous democratic majority
since the organization of the county,
it has been found difficult to sustain
a Republican newspaper. More
than once Republican newspapers
have been started and suspended for
want of sufficient support. The
publisher Of this paper has almost
entirely By his own labor as writer
compositor, pressman, mailing clerk
and "devil" kept up the REPUBLICAN
for eight years, until he was ap-
pointed postmaster about one year
ago, he has had nothing that the
editor Of the Reuiew could call "pap,''
and, as we have shown the LaPorte
post-oflice cannot be called very
nourishing "pap."
The Republican convention this
year was fully attended. Every
district was represented, and some
of the oldest and best men of the
county were delegates. W. M.
CHENEY was fairly nominated for
Commissioner. 1t would be re-
flection on the intelligence of the
convention to say they would nomi-
nate man who is not qualified for
the place; why then should any
fair minded Republican refuse to
support the editor of this paper ?
We are for the whole ticket. We
advocate the whole ticket in our
paper, and shall do SO at the polls,
and have reason to believe that the
Republican party will stand by us