Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-07-17
HASTINGS IN HOT WATER
The Governor Denounced for Head
ing the Jobbors' Combine.
HTS RECORD TORN TO PIECES.

Tho Conservative Public Ledger Says the
Chic: Executive Has Used Ills High
Office for the Purpose OF Creating 80
New Political Machine In Opposition to
that OF Senator Quay"
PHILADELPHIA. July l5.-FroIn careful
advices received from all sections OF the
state 1t is evident that Governor Hastings
made the mistake q: his life when he con-
scntcd to stand as the Ggurehcad OF the
yelfisil and corrupt combination organized
Tor plumber and the defeat of Senator
Quay. Quay's record has been filed with
so many things advantn zcous to the state
Of Pennsylvania that any attempt to I'M
horse him would be resented by the peo-
pie. But even were his record otherwise
the character OF the men who are Il ,htin 2
him would be sufficient to drive all hon
nrable and fair minded men to the stand
arl of n tor Quay. Philadelphia AMI
Pittsbury having been looted these puliti-
cnl freebootcr3 no want to turn their dc
vastating crew on the rural districts.
Their own sel.ishncss, however, is likely 10
defeat the object.
The real friends OF Governor Hastings
are Cricved TO see him in such company.
They say he has already seriously i'm
paired his popularity with the people and
endan :arci al prospects of future politi-
cal advan cement. The press of the state,
outside OF IL few of the hog combine organs.
has been unit in dcuouncing him l he
North American, of this citv, dyed-!n-
the-wool Republican paper, takes up the
Governor vctocs and his record, and says:
Offices lave been multiplied, and the
emolumcnts arising from them have been
augmented; brt schools and hospitals and
non political institutions dependent In
par, upon the state for support. and while
not ASSISTING the politicians, doing the
public u valuable service have suffered all
along the line. In the meanwhile tho
oificeholders ana politicians are all right"
THE LEDGER SCORES HASTINGS.
An editorial in the Ledger, scoring
the gQyernor most numerically, caused n
sensation. II says in part:
His alarm about the condition OF tho
treasury is probably not well founded, but
if it is he should have kept down the e.
pcnses OF the executive department in
stead of increasing il more than $3.50 0o0.
The governors course IN this matter must
be regarded IN the light Of practical poll
tics. The schools that his economy may
have wrecked wiz have no voice for either
Quay or Hastings. but the politicians
whom he has appointed TO new offices, or
whose salaries have been increased, will
all be for Hastings
Republican State Chairman Gi.keson,
for whom the fight against Quay is being
M adc was the first beneficiary Of eNtrava-
! sance, the salary of the commissioner of
banking being increased from t4,OO0 to
! e6. O00 before he was appointed, and the ex-
/ pcnses of the office increased about 800,
( GO0 per annum. 1t is said In excuse that
| increased taxes on the institutions to be
| examined will cover the increased oz-
| pense, but it Is very doubtful whether the
/ state will get five cents In value on tho
! dollar for the increase in expenses. The
I Farr educational bill and the bill creating
! inspectors of weights and measures pro
! vide almost unlimited opportunities for
| bribina the workers at the expense OF
I the taxpayer. and thus creating a new
! political machine in opposition to that OF
J Senator Quay.
| But the governor who sanctioned all
| those measures and more like them-in-
! cluding the superior court bill, which,
whatever its merits, was used for political
effect-found it necessary to be very eco
noIlical when no came to the appropria.
! tions for educational institutions and q
few minor charities.