Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-10-22

session of Congress SO remarkable
for good Its work has bssn done
quickly, quietly, resolutely. and in
the face of an opposition which has
been bitter and unscrupulous in an
equal degree.
A hundred issues might be present
ed as a result of the differences be-
tween the two parties developed dur
ing this session of Congress. These
ara the paramount ones:
Shall Congress be . dslibsrative
assembly wherein public measures
may be properly considered, duly
debated, and then, without waste Of
time, actually voted upon and where
in the American principle Of major
ity rule" shall be respected, or shall
1t be q mob, Incompetent to act,
powerle,s to carry out the public will,
with a majority so overcome by its
own rules that it is dependent upon
the minority for its authority and
powerf
Shall We allow the Capitol to be
filed up with men who obtain seats
In Congress not AS the result of q
free ballot and fair count, but by
the forcible suppression of franchise
rights, by Wholesale frauds, by murd-
er, arson, brutality and other crimes I
Shall we abandon the policy of
Protection, after all it has done for
US, to enter upon a policy which Wa
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diste, unfalling and treme epdous loss Z
Shall We again rob ourselves Of the
rewards which have SO richly como
from the restoration of silver, and
once more play into the hands of
foreigners who have been for years
buying our silver at low prices and
using 1t against US In the grain
markets Of the world:
Shall We pay our money, 81 sc, 900,
600 a year, to build up the merchant
marine of England, to increase her
strength upon the sea and her hold
upon the foreign markets Of the
world, when We might As well ss not
be paying 1t for our own advantage
IN all respectful
Shall We keep our plightsd faith
to the loyal men who offered their
lives IN defense of freedom and union
and to the protection of whose fsmi.
lies from want and misery we gave
our word as a nation.
These are the chief and the most
sharply defined issues upon which
the country is asked to east a decid
ing ballot this fall Every effort is
beng made to side-track them, To
envelope them In clouds and to carry
the people away from them here and
there on false pretenses. The Demo
Gratis start off in the next Congress,
as usual, with thirty-ons stolen seats.
From the south they have that numb
er Of seats to their credit without q
campaign BY infamous gerrymand
ers, especially in Ohio, Maryland,
Kentucky and Indiana, they expect
10 secure twenty-one ether seats
This gives them an immense advsnt-
age. To the Republicans 1t is an
awful handicap. But If the intelli-
gent, thoughtful and patriotic people
Of the land will do their duty as cit
liens, if they will stand sturdily by
their guns, If they VIII vote as they
wish and think, the result will be a
glorious Republican victory and s
prompt and happy compilation of the
work which President Harrison and
this Congress have carried forward
so wisely and SO well.
The Republicans of Pennsyl'ania
should stand shoulder to shoulder for
Delamster and the entire State and
county tickets. This is the best and
the only way to maintain the issues
involved. This measures are too i'm
portant, Congress Is too close and
the crisis too serious to permit any
wsvsrlns In the lines.