Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-03-03

The Greek question lemains IN
settled.
To MORROW, Thursday, Mckinley
will be inausuraed.
TIE pins OF National and State pol
itics are most frequently set up in
Pullman cars as they spin along on
the railroads.
BRYAsis quietly swinging around
the circle, and here and here making
a speech on the csin question to keep
the silver lines together for the next
presidential contest.
TURKEY has an army Of 10000
troops ready for the Greek war if it
is to take ploce The Greeks are
game bat what can they do with the
politics af ell Europe and Turkish
politics against thsm backed by sev
eral millions Of armed men, and the
naval force of six nations. Noble but
unso tuna.e Greece.
SOME of these times the ques
question of evil service will becom e
: an issue Ia national campaigns, and
then the unamerican civil service
rules that are being forced upon the
people will be wiped Off the books.
The American idfa of civil service
is like all other Things truly Ameri-
can, short AID comprehensive, and is
Capability and Integrity.
MCkINLEY was too III to see any
enc last week. The wicked d democrats
said he was not sick but had pulled
himself into his shell now that he is
about fixed in Office. They say he
will not see many Of the office seekers
at Washington but will let everything
to L,s lieutensnts. The democratic
brethren are wicked enough to say
he'll get up high on stills.
LAST Sunday afternoon the United
States Senate held an open session
and considered the sundry appropri-
alton bill. The Senate has put itself
1T variance with tie religious senti-
n-nt of the country, and people who
are esuperstitious believe that frustra-
ton of all the plars of Senators who
participated in that meeting Of the
Senate Will follow. Many religious
people 60 further, they declare that
the Sunday work of The Senate will
bring down misfortune on the people
that the Senate fayCrs
EACH of the State Normal School
The $4,000 state appropriation
70 S15,s0O, A law to that ef.
ow before the Legislature.
bill is before the Legislature
ides that no teachers salary
blic schools shall be less
dollars a month. There
before the Legislature 10
candidates for county super
aLts for paying the expenses
directors while attending conven-
ri that elect directors the same
-ovldes to pay the direc.or .$2
and expenses while attending
gentlon andimposes fine Of SIS
ot attending a convention.
DR.. SWALLOW of H.:rrisbure
5Ssd With having hhelea c:r-
Ain State \ofice holstrs at Harris.
purg IL bis Newspaper. 1t is Of tic
highest Importance 10 the people OF
this commonwealth to know whether
he is correct or not in his charges,
and it is presumed when the trial
takes place, he will produce tes,i-
nopy that will clear the case as to
whether he was correct or not in his
charges. People will talk and pub.
lish, but they should not be So dis
bonest and so low-toned to tell or
publish what is not true. If DR..
Swallow has the truth let him tell it.
Ii he has been imposed upon by gos
sips and scandal mopgsrs let him
tell it. Tell the TRUTH
President Cleveland will retire
from office o-morrow, THURSDAY,
March 4th, 1897. He has been re-
marksbly fortunate in tho acquisition
OF wealth and office, and has display.
ed IN some of the affairs of govern.
ment craftsmanship; in other affairs
OF government his policy hes been of
the wrscklng kind. When he became
president the first time, according to
Democratic statement there was a
surplus of four hundred million dol
lars IN the treasury, when he went
out of office the surplus was reduced
to one hundred million dollars and
aarrisons administration was en-
barrassed by the reduced legacy that
Mr.. Cleveland left him. When Mr..
Cleveland went into office the second
tlmc the surplus of one hundred mil
lions dollars was still there and Har
rlson had paid millions of the nation.
al debt. Cleveland goes out If Of
tice not with the debt decreased but
he WAS compelled to borrow between
three and four hundred million doll
srs to keep up therupning expenses of
the government. So that instead of
= reduction of tho national debt as
was the case with the republican ad.
mlnlstrations, bis two admiuistra
tions spent over seven hundred mill.
ION mole dollars than they made, and
nothing to show for it and that SUM
is more than one fourth of the cost