Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-08-19


Row end Besmirch ..,e stars an: Stripes.
heard an interesting conversation last
| night, tho subject OF which was the silver
| question. y company OF wor!linP-nen
| were seated in ii little restaurant attached
a. the establishment with which they are
| connected One Of tho number led up 20
| tits conversation by delivering Il free silver
l:cranEuc, which, in its subsistence, wac
! just like one of Candidate Bcyan's
| Speeches.
| He began i.y exhibiting Il wretcAed car
| toon which tc lad cut cut of ne.rsra-
| per. The cagtcon showed something that
was meant 20 look likc& wooden bowl. On
thc side Of this object appeared the words
| National prosperity Standing oTer
this bowl was a rude picture of = big dog
| with the face Of = man. This dog was L.
bcled "Ths PEOPLE" The other side Of the
| bowl w,~ small dog with his tall Eo-
tween his legs. cnyvcd and miserable. The
| small dog WIS labeled ''HanIa." Un,.c--
rosth the cut was the line, The Big
| EcllOw-!icrc. youl Ours OF your kind
| have stCica my food long enough. Now,
g!t!''
THAT tells the story said tLs silver
! Ihau. That little picture shows the is
| sue in this campaign. There a:n't no use
| trying 20 l-5 round 1.-THE fight thi. year
| i. between the Se"uis and few ours hat
have been stealing the fruits of our labor.
| TIL workin .,i1an makes the wealth CI the
| country. Why shouldn't IA. Sc: Il share
| OF the wealth lie produces; Here / work
SIX days in ?; wecI and get ny Ia3S. Eown
tners, in Wall street, three Or four u;eu
| e,et together and make Z. corner IN sait;
and make l'r.6ty re:i- as nnEy millions
jaS, out " Cnc little transaction with Tie
govcrnnie:,t. Anything right about THAR
guess rot.
who pays these ,0il,iOG52 Where do
tiie.;e Wall street fellows ret their ''roftsf
| Labor pays tta NIL. Thare ain aIytt,ing
produced III this 5-orif except syiaa= i:sbo.
produces. II Il fo.v men MAKE l5.9'G go
or slG, G,00D.ooo o;it ot benz. deal, you ana
l EId all the rast OF the laboring u.cr
have 10 pay our ,h.rcs.
Talk i.bout rapu!i.tion tion't scare r:ic.
That's just what ! want. 1 want to turn
the tables on those fe,lOw<-eet ,rn with
them. J.,sy s1..lcei W. %!f,G9j. So IN uns
bcI.d tie:.l bc"aGtS. ti..y.:. C!cvel:ia;l S;o,;i
In with them :sni borrowed : IptU Ui liDncy
when the government diln't need il.
Nov want t. go t. these follows ;sitd sry
.Its =. pretty i,.n; ro;,t; hat hasn't 60. any
tcrI. IN It Wee ,o.i,s 20 the turn in tiii.,
road. Tho peoples going 20 haze .;a:..e-
thins; 20 say :,pw. Il yoa want >iivcs ,1r
these bonds take Vt. We've got through
r;.y.u2 g"'e.'
~ toll you ~hot thint think shis
Itself. don't ic.icv,, i. h;:vin, England
| run tiii, country We ,Iont have to have
| England goI;: AIner.c:iI silver ia auo!
enough .o1 Us. II they dons wan. to t.r.;ie
with us va can get along without s,u.
| We cau &C, along without bosroyri,ly
/ thn!r gold or ,;!y!n; tasir stu:T gUss;
We can get along without them better than
! they crG get ;:!nng without -. We dDlt
! have 20 have their silks and brralcicths,
| bat tEey'V. c.: - have or wiisa. and
cattle. ihaEN Goa, I've got patricti.ln
enough To stcGd up for NY own country.
You fellows that want 20 khucfle Down
to England can DO il, bat In. an A2.eri-
can What sc want il tl:i: c.inu..i.,n i n
little ,norc f.t.;oti.s;n."
! The silve:i:c was going on to say iuorc.
but y iittis man DOWN at 'ko end Of the
;nbie stoPred !,:ri.
This is {. sort ot iroe parliament, -, I
II, Jiia:" NJ asked.
"I suppose 60 the siiyeritc replied
al right. tfeH. II its free for ell. I've
get word 20 say or tai; silver question.
! II I'm nat mistaken, you are about my
rge. SUw | want 20 ask yGu question.
You are advertising Yourself .ls :, grea.
patriot. y here were you III tbs Last v,gr2
| What regiment were you in2'
The s.lvcTito acknowledged that re was
one Of the stay-a;-hcIncs.
THAT'S fuunyl" tho other I,iar re-
marked. II don't suppose I'm half SO
good "a patriot Us yol. but / was there.
That's why l wear this squeelling old
wooden leg nowadays. don't know that
syeT ted II before in this shop, that l
| was an old soldier. but you rolled me mp y
N:tlo, Jim, with your talk about your
patriotism. Funny, isn't il, that gov pa
triot.c gentlemen lett Us common plugs Do
do the ilghtingl
We fought for the old flag, .Iin. We
fought to preserve the Union. l guess it
was mistake. We'd have saved money
and good many lives il we'd 10; the old
| thing go to smash. When hear patriots
| like you talking, say to myself: Jenkins,
! old boy. wish You had that old leg OF
! yours back. You just threw il away
| Good God, MANI exclaimed the old
soldier, his feelings getting a,ittlc the bet
! ter OF him. DO you suppose 1 want to
| live under flag that has dishonor and re
| pudiat;on written all over it2 Was it
| worth ny whiio to make Il wreck of my
| life to give patriots like you chance TO
besmear that old flag? Have got to pass
the balance OF my days In a country de-
! spised by ali the decent people of the
| world2 l: 4 have. what fool I made of
/ myself when l shouidered Iny musket apd
wen. TO the front. not for thirty days,
Jim, not for ninety days. but for the whole
! period Of the war.
"Wl,en came hobbiing home at the end
of three years with an empty trousers leg,
I didn't mind that bit, and ever since
then I've been proud to think did my
| part when the nation was threatened with
| disunion. They offered me E pension. No,
thank you!' 1 said L feel good enough
| without q pension Why did feel good?
Because there was glory written all over
the Stars and Stripes, and I'd hsd share
In writing it there. And now you patriots
| propose to blot out that word glory and
PUT repudiation in its place. 1 don't be-
| lieve you can do il. You won't get much
help from tbs old soldiers, I can tell you
! that.
And now, Il word about the merits Of
the case. To start with, I'll bet you $40
you haven't a nickel in savings bank,
another SO you've not IL dollar of life in
sHrance, another 80 that you're living in
a miserable fiat somewhere, instead of try
| ing to get homo of your own.