Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-28

The kicking and growing Taxpayers
say we can't afford the luxury of pub
lie electric light. The electric light
boomers say, "die dog or eat the
hatchet." Now I'd like to know why
the boomers talk that way to the tax
payers. There is q suspicion that
they want to water the stock and
make big money. Who would kicl
and growl over paying a company q
decent percentage for their work such
as is gained in honest business trans
action Who wouldn't kick and
growl when they believe that set OF
men have q scheme to capitalize q
concern many times more than il
cost and make the taxpayers pay
the interest on the watered capital
The people everywhere are just
Catching onto the methods whereby
schemers make themselves rich IN a
few years at the expense OF the pub
lie. We growl at Philadelphia for
allowing schemers there to run their
traction roads and light plants and
railroads on watered Capital, and
grow rich on the rates that the
schemers pocketed on the watered
stsck. Are we not to kick and growl
when men propose to do the same
thing here.
There is a fierce kick and growl in
the community over the manner in
which some people behave themselves
| on the river bridge in the evening
The bridge is the grand promenade
between the two towns, and is place
to catch pleasant, fresh water breeze
from the river and mountain on a
warm evening, but the loud conduct
and profanity and side remarks Of
young men, who should know better,
has led to many complaints. The
bridge is public highway, and it is
every mans and every woman's right
to have protection from insulting
GESTURE or speech from those who for
get their own self respect to make
themselves offensive to other people.
If the Register kicker keeps on kick
ing, I'll keep on growing
don't know whether it is true
that we had better be out of the
world than out of fashion, I rather
guess that depends on how one looks
at things, but no matter about that,
it is always fashionable to kick and
growl when the Democrats hold a
convention. The kickers and reor-
garized democracy thought they had
the democratic county convention on
Monday, but they hadn't. The reg
ulars claim that they have 2l of the
36. and in the growing and kicking
that took place the committee on
resolutions got lost and failed to get
in report to the convention, but no
matter to the general public whether
the lost bs found, a set Of resolutions
were adopted that made some one
smile instead of kick and growl.
It would not be honest to say that
all of the kicking and growing is
among the democrats. A one sided
statement is not any more pleasant
than a one sided kicker and growler.
The republicans are kicking and
growing more than their political
hoalth requires. A dose OF two Of
harmony would help them amazing
ly. At Harrisburg on Monday Gilke-
sor, the chairman of last years state
committee refused to meet with a
majority of the state committee that
they bad called to meet on Monday.
When he refused to meet with them
they elected ex Senator Cooper in his
place as temporary chairman.
Gilkeson kicked and growled, and
denied the right of majority to cali
the committee without his consent.
He said the committee had come to-
gether day earlier than he wanted
them to meet, he had called them to
meet on Tuesday. Governor Hast
ings was kicking and growing the
same as Gilkeson.
The Qnay people were busy at
work, trying to organize. Occasion
ally when they stopped to take a
breath, they indulged IN kick and
growl. The roll of delegates to the
convention numbered 2S9, and both
the Governor and Senator Quay snd
their respective friends on the ground
were doing their best to secure ma
jority of the delegates. Each side
claimed majority, and amidst the
dust Of the kickers and the feeling
stirred up by the GROWERS, it requir
ed level headed man to keep his
bearing and not get confused.
On Tuesday night, the Hastings,
Gilkeson, Magee, Porter, Martin COM
bine took possession of the Opera
House, where the State Convention
was announced to be held. and plac
ed guard of 200 men in and around
it to keep out all who had not receiv-
ed a ticket of admission from Gilke-
son, aud he issued tickets to no one
but to the combine. A saint would
not have been criticised for kicking
and growing over such proceedings.
True Americans could not afford to
90 there and by their presence, incite
violence and riot, if any other place
could be found in which to hold the
Convention. The Quay people
growled over the way they were
treated. Who could blame them.
Seeing the situation and feeling
the force of the sober second thought,
the Hastings combine listened to the
Quay people and opened the Opera
House for them after Withdrawing
tho 200 guards. Gilkeson called the
Convention to erder. Robson, a
Quay delegate was elected temporary
| Chairman over Hall a combine dele.