Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-10-26
wANAMAKER SPOKE.

to hear Hon. John Wanamaker
make Speech. People of all
shades of politics and religion were
there. Women were there in
large numbers. Their curiosity to
see and hear the merchant from
whom they Lad sometime or other
in their lives bought dress goods
and other finery, was almost
bOundless. The McAlisterville
band made the music. Squire
Adam II. Weidman named Squire
George w. Wilson president of
the meeting Edward Hines read
the following names as vice presi-
dents W. G. Pomeroy, Ezra
Montgomery, James Kidd, j. II.
Landis, VIM. McGill, T. II. Mem
minger, w. II. Groninger, John
Porter, j. w. Replogle, VIM.
Fisher, Wilson lines, Albert GrOn-
niger, William Guss, Joseph Pen
nell, John Bowers, G. NJ. Funk,
j. &. Schaffer, W. III. Rodgers,
A. II. Weidman, r. W. Auker,
Samuel Lapp, A. 5. Adams. George
Kerchner, Samuel Sieber, Enoch
Shellenberger, Michael COldron,
George Herr, W. q. Smith, VIM.
lines, Joseph G. Long, Jr., Edwin
Davis, j. G.. Haldeman, Irwin Me
Knight, Theodore s. Thompson,
w. $. Switzer, Noah Keister, Levi
Light, Menno S. Graybill, Jacob
.ohellenberger, Banks Ferster,
Z. \. Smith, X. X. Moore
w. II. Kinzer, l.. &. McAlister.
J. b. Wilson, b. G. Roush, j. O..
Smith, Francis Hover, Solomon
Beashor, Henry Sieber, and for
secretaries, George l.. Hover, II.
II. KIose. $. $. Beaver.
Squire Wilson made speech in
which he discussed the republican
party, its kickers, the plum tree.
md the Quay machine, and then
Introduced Mr.. Wanamaker. The
ex-Post Master General looks IA
good deal like his pictures
and in speaking reminds one some
what, of preacher David Beale,
who is well known to many Juniata
county people, particularly, those
on the west side of the river. His
tpeech was one of the ablest off
the many able speeches that people
OF this community have from time
to time listened to, and barring
the politics that was in it, was
pitched on the plain of higher
manhood and sound business prin-
cipleS. At one time it seemed as
if he was going to land in the
NIillennial Dawn period but he
didn't. The wicked people in his
audience would have been glad if
he could have given them IL ticket
OF leave for better place, and the
others were content to say We'll re
main in this vale of tears and bat
tie on for honest government, as
others did before John Wanamaker
was born, and as they will do after
he has passed in through the gates
-ajar, not into the Senate to vOtet
on tariff on goods that he imports
for his own business, but long after
he has passed in and is walking
the golden streets of the new Jeru-
salem. But no matter how sound
ly he stated proposition, and
how nicely and interestingly he
talked of men, and how he enlarg-
Ell upon events, past and present,
he wound up every paragraph with
tilt at the Quay machine. He
was like the sausage maker who
was first rate cOnverSatiOnaliStl
and was fond of talking, for the
sake of hearing himself talk, but
he closed every conversation that
'Ae engaged in by the inquiry,
"Where can | find good place to
sell sausage! Squire Wilson had
set him talking on the kickers and
he indirectly glOrified George and
the other kickers by running over
the apostolic list of kickers against
the Jews and wound up with Gar
field. His advice to be honest and
have a good inside-gOOd heart
was splendid advice and if put in
to practice doubtless would result
in public and private good govern
ment. In his statement of the
true way to financial success he
said one Wust spend less than they
make, he thus doubtless sounded
the keynote of his own financial
success. His statement that the
yielding to the temptation to use
trust funds, in banks, and treasur
les, has been the cause of the ruin
and wreck of many men, and has
driven many to insanity, and some
to suicide. He declared that he