Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-14
G|LKESONTS bad PLIGHT
The Examiner Of Shaky Banks
Also Deep in Politics.
ORPHANS AND WIDOWS PROTEST.

| This Man Running Around the State on
Pot House Politics Instead OF Protect
ing the HeIpiess aud FathcrIcss by
Looking On. for Rotten Financial In
stitutious-Causing Scandal by Holding
| Two Incompatible Positions.
| HARRIsBUHa Aug. 12.-It has grad-
| ualiy dawned upon the people of Penn
sylvania, especially tho Republican voters
of the rural DISTRICTS that the offices of
state chairman and bank kin g commissioner
arc incompatible. 1t is now asserted that
no man with sense of delicacy would
prccipitatc a scandal by attempting to
combine the two places. A cry of protest
has gone up from one end Of the state to
the other, and if Mr.. Gilkeson is wise in
his day and generation he will heed this
! cry. A banking commissioner who is
presumed to protect the money Of the Or
phans and widows has no business run
ming q political machine. If Gilkeson
persists In this he will ondanger tho suo-
cess OF the party at the polls.
sHAKY BANKS AND POLITICS
II ono thing is more necessary than an
other it is that our banking institutions,
which contain the hard earned savings of
the poor and of the fatherless, should be
kept out of politics. This Is the view
taken by all sincere men. The Republi-
cans in all of the counties are taking 1t
up. At n tremendous Republican demon
stration in Philadelphia the other day
Congressman John Robinson. in the
course of speech, said;
II want a state chairman who will set
an example to the rank and file, and not
be guilty Of that gross indclicacy Of rush
ing after the best plum for himself, as he
did, whining and rncwlhg around after
the appointment of banking commits
sioner. Yhe two positions are incompati-
bic. Imagine state chairman one day
sending around requests for contributions
&c q bank thai may not tD soo steady On
Its legs and the next day sending one of
his examiners to that bank to examine as-
counts not perhaps kept with perfect reg
ularity. Could he do his duty as honestly
rs though he were Eot looking for that
little contribution"
SEGLECrING EIs DUTIES
Iustoed of neslecting his duties moving
around The state Looking after delegates
GAkeson should Be in his <J cOe Office In
Harrisburg looking after shaky banks. 1t
Il nos1ks1s thai he has abscnscA hlsnsea
iyom his Office fec wesss at . time. The
following dispatch was sent out from
Harrisburg - few weeks asa:
Deputy Eank ExsHduer o. y. Cochran, Of
PttEbarz. Is hore reSaTkia: n buSd Ssy and
loan association IN FEts5ur2 which i. thought
tJ'he sbaky. A f-=ar,n: - SEC MISTER may
take place hefGrc the xatrEnay general this
atternsssp oxtlisS y y sssgf - 70 pyosesd
neaiHst. ths xtsys;s:ksa. Ha.l rtLs IS de-
terIaiasd Nc .aso-'zk, ;iSu sc.a ss s$rru at tie
bhHklas. s.ee2nrtIhciH aoaa!ssc e,,s. hyas
learned In FttsourE that several 0iher build
ing and loan s.:9r.a .on5 OF :haky character
are under esa:nLG.t tioa. aai thst the osic.a!s
OF a, ieas, ts'o have bean sxr!.nonei to Har.
risbura, where they viii hsN hearing.
Why was not Gllkeson in Harrisburg
looking after such ca.ss? Oi course no
information Will To given at the bank
ing department about financial institu-
tons" But II you want to know any
thing about factional politics apply at tho
banking department.