The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-02-16
ONE CENT.
THAT MAN FINNBY.
A Letter From One VINO Knows Som
thing of Him.

Ihing OF him.
EDITOR HERALD:-Considea stress has
been aid by our own Billy, ycleped the
| Republican correspondent and his ally, Den
ME, that little Finney should dare TO presume
to aspire for Councilman in the Second ward
If the aforesaid Finncy has ever made a
political move, whether good or evil, that has
not been opposed by these popninys have
failed TO discover it. Their unalterable
hatred of Finney warps their judgments
| (may the Lord forgive me- and blinds their
| egotistica intellects What has this man
| Finney done to arouse this enmity. The
only positive thing in sight is that he has
succeeded in most, if not all, of his under.
takinPs. 1t appears to an outsider, yet
| friend, Mr.. Flnney has accomplished with
/ the assistance Of course, Of others, several
| public benefits.
He was the originator, and schemer (Which
| is the sweet morsel that salivates their jaws
Of the following public benefits which have
cone undermy personal observations;
lie was the originator of our electric road
and having faith in its success he labored
assiduOusly to make it a town corporation.
| the town and its people to receive all the ben
efts. He was met with sneers and cries, lit
is the gang and was forced to engage out
side capital, with the result that the road is a
complete success, a great convenience, and
yet still better is Of great profit to the mer-
chants Of town.
Mr.. Finney while still an officer, or clerk
in one of the departments at Harrisburg, was
very active and assisted materially in having
appropriated the sum of 5000 900 annually
for the public schools of the state, whereby
the appropriation for this town was ncr ased,
in round figures from $1,000 to $4,000. I
do not expect these over good people to ad-
nit that this is true, but it is fact never-
theless. Yet Archie and his gang after max.
ing bargain with part of the Democrats
to elect his man Stout, thereby disgusting
number of Republicans who absented them
selves from the polls which elected a Dems.
cratic school director, charges and reiterates
the charge that Finney is hostile to the
public schools. The fact speaks for them
selves.
Who ScheDled and worked and obtained the
free delivery Of the mail here Why Finney
We were entitled to it of course under the
rules of the postal department, yet it re.
quired some energy and more than that, it
- required personal acquaintance with those
in authority. At his own expense for the
benefit of the whole people, he labored and
accomplished this public good.
One other fact which establishes Finneys
farsightedness and public spirit is the fact
! that he proposed and had unanimously
adopted in the Republican State League Con
yention in Philadelphia in September, 1890,
a resolution urging the Pennsylvania Legis-
lature to pension volunteer fremen who
were disabled in service. Finney is not an
active fireman himself, but the reasonablencss
and justice, the public good to be accom-
plished forc,d itself upon his mind and with
progressive spirit and go aheadativeness, he
had great body of intellectual representa-
tive Republicans from all parts of the state,
adopt his ideas The same ideas are now
before the Legislature with excellent pros
poets of becoming laws
Who, whether Republican or Democrat,
B has asked and not obtained any reasonable
favor either personal or poirtcal Of Fiuney ?
We have moi word to shy against Mr..
Broughan He is an excellent, moral young
man, but without amy special political tact
or knowledge What public good has he
accomplished None Whatever. While
, Finuey is politician, yet has all the ele-
muls 10 good active and sensible council
a.tu and 81 the people Of the Second ward
a,li elect him. not only they, but the whole
borough will benefit thereby. Yours
CITIZEN.