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

The Register has a kicker and I
would like to be admitted as growl-
er. 1t is an admitted fact that it IS q
good thing to kick and growl some
times. It all depends at what you
kick and growl at. If you kick and
growl at good thing, the kick and
growl goes for nothing, but the only
way to get rid of bad thing is to
kick and growl, till the bad is kicked
and growled out.
There was q kick and growl in the
Democratic party in town on Satur-
day at the primary, over the electric
light question. Captain Hinkle was
on the ticket for Return Judge when
the electric light boomers said: ''kick
him out, he's against electric light.
They put up John Gushard, Jr., to
kick at the Captain, but the kick was
not strong enough, and the Captain
became the Judge. There is good
deal of growing over the whole bust
ness. The electric light boomers
S en- to be such kickers that they
have kicked themselves into politics,
and there got kicksd, and have kick
ed themselves into law, where the
kicking result is yet in embryo.
Now if they kick themselves into the
church, what will be the result. Why
can't growler say the whole method
is wrong and only fit to kick the
good feelings out Of community.
What does the electric light concern
want to kick the good feeling out OF
this little community for9 SO that
they can make money What does
the community want to kick the
electric light boomers for? To keep
from being taxed beyond their means.
Now isn't that enough to make the
most amiable man growl. There
isn't anyone kicking or growing at
the electric boomers for offering to
furnish electric light. We all-kick-
er and growler-are Americans aud
want to live up to our idea Of Gov.
ernment, that the majority of people
who are interested directly in ques
ton, in its expenses, &c, shall deter
mine whether they will have it or not
have it. The majority of the real estate
owners; those who have the majority
of the assessed wealth of the town,
say they do not want the borough to
pay for public electric lights. That
there are not enough people in the
town to engage in the luxury. That
with the limited means of the tax
payers, tax for such luxury will
become burden. That is why there
is kick and growl, They are moi
against the light because it is electric
light. You can't find one kicker OF
growler against electric light, but
they believe they can't pay for ii
without burdening themselves Like
the man hauling rails, it Is the last
rail that stalls the wagon. No on'
kicks or growls at the electric boom
e~s for putting in plant, if they vii
be satisfied to let the people alone
and leave everyone who wants ligh'
TO take it or not, just as every Amer
lean ought to be allowed to do. Blu
that doesn't seem to suit the electric
boomers. They are kicking ane
growing at everyone who will no
agree to force the light upon every
one who has saved few dollars ant
invested it in property, who will no
agree to allow the boomers to ia!
that property to pay for street ligh
at night. 1t is admitted on al
sides, that it is luxury to 60 out o
your house at any time in the nigh
and find the streets bathed in lgh
brighter than moonlight, everyone
would enjoy that, just as every mai
enjoys the luxury of driving fin'
team, Just as every woman enjoys tn
luxury of being clothed in fine liner
and being waited on at every turn