Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-10-05
DEMOCRATIC MEETING Oh
TUESDAY EVENING,

'evening-last evening-Mr jerks,
their candidate for Governor, was
present he had with him a num-
Der of the democratic OratOrical
erring brethren and they busted
t hings quite lively according to
their way of belief, but it was a
blundering affair all the way
through, and their criticisms fit
democratic work a great deal bet
ter than republican management.
Ex-COngressm1n SnOwden and
Stale Chsirmsn Carmen sbly sec
Onded the speech of Mr.. jerks.
If one had been blind folded and
taken in as hearer, and after the
meeting had been asked who were
the speakers giving Hail Columbia
to, he would have said they were
giving it hot to the democrats. 1t
was a democratic blunder. But
democratic leaders have done 80
many blundering things that the
word Democrat has almost come to
mean the same as the word blum
der. They met in State cOnven-
tiOn at Altoona and determined to
run this campaign against the ex-
penditures of the late Legislature
and State taxation. Now they see
the blunder, and if the Altoona
work could be done over, the con
ventiOn would not say one word
about the expenditures for the
truth is being brought out in lines
of living fire, so to speak, that it
is not the expenditures of the
Legislature and the State tax that
is burdening the people. 1t is the
city, the borough, township and
county taxes that are burdenirg
the people.
THE TANES THAT AFFLICT.
The taxes that are affecting
The people are the home taxes that
of town, city, township, and county
that the people piled upon them
selves. The late Legislature was
bad enough, it was too eXtraya-
CANT, but my dear reader, don't
forget it, it was not the Demo
cratic members of the Legislature
that called a halt in the eXtrava-
giant work.
TO A HALT.
1t was the Republican news
papers that called the Legis-
lature to IA halt, and that call
was seconded by Republican mem
bers of the Legislature. The
Democrats in the Legislature sat
silent as bump on a log, and
some of them voted for the Objec-
tionable features of Legislation
that was enacted. So then, the
are not in the least ell
titled to the credit for bringing the
around to it's sober sense
of economy in its last hours. But
with all that looking them in the
face the Democratic party orators
and writer's are talking and writing.
WHAT ABOUT!
Well they are telling their hear
ers about costly printing, about
a book that cost $4,000
dollars. The book treats ON the
of the enemies and diseases
of poultry, chickens, geese, ducks,
and pea cocks. They talk sbous
the cost of pictures of fish, crows
M d skunl S in he BOOK. They don't
tell that the people Ofthe respective
counties have paid thousands up
on thousands of dollars in scalp
premiums to get rid of the enemies
of poultry. Premiums on foxes,
wild cats, hawks, and so
forth. They talk to the people
about IS dollar desks for
the State house. They talk
about the burning of the State
capitol building and blame it on
the Republicans. One of the speak
ers on Tuesday night expressed the
that it was The pictures of
naked men and women on the walls
that made the place SO hot that
it took fire. They talk about
Grace church, and the 10000 dol
lars profit that the contractors are
said to have made. They talk
about clerk hire for committees.
They talk about 10000 dollars
that was expended upon the old
capitol building before it was de-,
stroyed by fire. They talk about
some Harrisburg people having
stolen furniture from the public
buildings. They talk ABOUT two
or three clerks to do one mans
work in certain offices at Harris
burg. They call that the padded
pay roll which is as old as the
democratic $40, 900, 900 state debt,
where the democrats not only pad
ded every mud BOss's pay roll but
padded the cord wood along the
canals, and charged three and
four times for one cord of wood
They talk about State treaSur,