Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-03

EVERY i:ueiiigeut fei!fi> ylV2n.1n Will
do his part in voting this year tn i.r-
mote renewal of the prosperity thai ex
listed before the free traders came I'M o
power. The way to do it is to vote them
cu..
"Our choice has not been made unad-
visedly or without thorough investiga-
tion, and in recommending General d. II.
Hastings to the wage earners Of this state
as the candidate for governor for whom
they should cast their ballots we have
pursued the same line we have in former
campaigns-we are giving our support to
the man whom we believe will prove the
best friend, and will do the most, for the
grand body of workingmen in this grand
old commonwealth, and to no class Of
workingmen more SO than to the miners"
A history of General Hastings life fol-
lows, after which The Record concludes
as follows:
Summing it all up, then, what are the
special features in connection with the
career of the Republican candidate for
governor as an employer of labor, and a.
a man, that should commend his candi-
dacy to the favorable consideration Of the
wage earners of this state, and especially
the miners, and more particularly the
members Of labor orh hanizations?
We take them to be as follows:
First-That he was not reared in the
lap of luxury. being born of parents oc-
.cupying the most humble position in life.
Second-That his boyhood and early
manhood days were spent in heroic
struggle with circumstances and condi-
tions less favorable than is that of thou
sands of miners today.
Third-That in overcoming adverse cir
H. LII kcI
the spirit that should possess every Ameri-
can boy-his success furnishing a COM
mendable example to thousands who will
vote for him because of the fact that he
has made himself what he is.
Fourth-Because Of his pronounced and
we'll known sympathy for those who are
struggling to better their condition in
life, and his disposition to aid them when
ever possible.
Fifth-Because of his apprOachableness
his readiness to grasp the hand of the
toiler just as cordially as that of the most
wealthy-a habit not affected, but natural,
and which has made him so popular with
all classes.
Sixth-Because of his position rs to the
semi-monthly payment of wages, always
having paid promptly and in cash, and in
accordance with a law the adoption of
wnlCn lie favored.
Seventh-Because of his opposition to
the pluck-me store system of paying
wages. at present as well as at a time
when there was no law in the state to
prohibit corporations from running pluck
me stores, and not only his opposition to
paving in store truck but objecting as
well to countenancing the giving of store
orders on otheristores-neither owning a
store or making profit out of orders given
on other stores.
Nintb-Iiis recognition Of check weigh
man law, of check weighmen and the col
lection through the Office of check weigh
mans pay, as well as other monies the
miners expressed n desire to have col
lected, and without charging the men n
percentage.
T.nth-Because of his refusal to recog-
niZe any blacklist, giving employment to
every miner applying for work-provided
there was "a vacant place in the mine-re
gardIess of the applicants reputation as
az upholder of labor organizations.
observation-disclosures of his position as to
immigration until the country has alb
sorbed its Surplus labor. to the end that
labor should not only be better paid, but
in order, also. that American labor
should not have to compete with pauper
labor either at home or abroad.
Tweliti:-Because OF his known opposi-
ton ia unnecessary reductions in wages
and his equally we'll known practice of
always paying as high, and in some in
stances higher, wages than was paid by
many of his competitors in tho coal bust