Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-10-07
B. F. SCH w EIER
EDITOR AND PRoPRIEroR.

ooIH IHe lepuDllcan and Demo
cratic conference of the 31st judicial
district, composed of the county OF
Juniata and Perry met in Newport
last week to nominate a President
Judge, and both failed to perform
the work that was assigned to them
by the primary election, and the re-
suit IS, two candidates in each party
are running for Office w. A. Spon-
sler, Esq,-republican-W. n. Sieb-
ert, Esq.,-democrat-are the Perry
county candidates. and jeremiah
Lyons, Esq, -republican, A. J.
Patterson, Esq. democrat-are the
candidates in Juniata county.
The republican conference met in
the parlor of the Central Hotel, and
directly across the street in the par
tor of the Miller house sat the demo
cratic conference.
Two days We're spent in trying to
reach nomination. A large dele
CATION OF Juniata republicans attend
ed the republican conference and
emphasized the fact that by all the
rules of political equity. Juniata
county Is entitled to the nomination.
and the republican sentiment in Jun
lata will not permit the withdrawal
OF MIR. Lyons as candidate because
OF the right of the county to the
nomination Mr.. Sponsler did not
dispute the Just claim of Juni-
alta, but he claimed that he had in
two former nominations, ten and
twenty years ago, stepped out of the
way for the nomination of Judge
Junkin aud that now if he steps
out Of the: way for MIR. LYONS
his chance for the judgeship is for
ever gone. Nothing that was said
moved Mr.. Sponsler to yield in favor
of the claim of Juniata, and after
two days sessions one of his confer.
ees-Mr. Scholl-moved an adjourn
ment. The motion was unanimous
ly adopted.
Meanwhile the democratic confer
ence with sharp ears and keen eyes,
was watching from across the street
the movements of the republicans,
and when an adjournment was
reached, the democrats speedily fol.
lowed suit, and everybody belonging
to the respective conferences walked
away to help strip and groom the four
respective candidates for the Judicial
race.
1t Is a source of regret that the
conferences closed their work in that
way, thus completely ignoring the
manner laid down by party rules for
the nomination of Judicial, senatorial,
and congressional candidates.
Perhaps it is all for the better for
it is confession that conferences
and nominating conventions are of
no account. to settle nominations,
when number of ardent candidates
are seeking nomination. 1t is a con
fession that the only way to settle
nomination is to submit it to a vote
OF the people and from preseut signs
1T will not be many years till all
nominations are made by direct vote.
If Messrs. Lyons and Messrs. Pat.
terson and Seibert had been voted
for directly by the people at the pri-
mary election the question would
have been settled to the satisfaction
OF everyone excepting perhaps the
defeated candidates and defeat or
victory then could not sting moro Sc
verely than In the days to come.
The failure of the conferences to
nominate candidates is creating O
general sentiment in favor Of nomi-
mating, senators, congressman and
Judges by popular vote. In that
way the people would settle the
question of nominating candidates,
and the occupation of conferences to
higgle for days and adjourn to hig-
gle and thresh over the old political
straw again and again would be
lost occupation.
As the case stands the people have
a picking choice for President Judge.
The republicans have Mr.. Lyons
with his righteous claim, and Mr..
Sponsler with his claim of large SER
vice to select from, and the demo
Gratis have Mr.. Patterson and MIR.
Seibert to select from. Vote for
Lyons. Thus far MIR. Lyons has
lived the life of first rate citizen,
and as he is just in the very prime
of middle life he gives promise of an
upright career that will add strength
and dignity to the bar in Central
Pennsylvania. OF the four candi-
dates in the field none had less to do
with the circumstances that occasion
ed the -four oornered" campaign
and no candidate for the office of
President Judge at this time has
such bright prospects as he has.
THERE is plan on foot to get
Bardsley to tell all he knows about
his corrupt methods and the people
with whom be swan in the pool of
= corruption. The plan is to offer him
ii less number of years Imprisonment
than those given to him by the court.
He made a statement, If he makes a
different one which can be believed,
and which one will be the true one.
W. H. Dill, of Clearfeld town is in
Jail for wrecking two banks one in
Clearield the other in Houtzdale.
The right thing to do is to ge straight
for rights sake, but if man can't
be honest for honesty's sake he
might get down to a lower stand