Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-10-12

duct this campaign on local issues.
And yet they have not a single
local issue. 1t is not an issue
whether my friend DIR. Swallow
should or should not reverse the
decision of the court that convict
ed him of slander. Neither is the
manner in which the State Capitol
was burned an Issue. These are
not issues.
HIDE REAL ISSUES.
"The real issues of this campaign
they seek TO keep from your sight :;
they are afraid to submit them to
you. The most Important issue of
all is whether we shall maintain
the supremacy of the Republican
party in Pennsylvania. They
somehow seek to persuade the
people that the way to be IA good
Republican is to vote for Demo
Gratis. Don't be misled Why,
we are Just beginning to see the
return of prosperity. The people
were persuaded to elect Demo
cratic President and Congress in
1892. Not since the discovery of
America has this country exper-
fenced such period of distress
that followed. Then the cry went
up from the hills and valleys:
{" 'Oh, Lord, forgive us this
mistake and we will never do SO
any more y
"As the Lord raised the golden
serpent in ancient days to save his
chosen people, so he lifted up
William McKinly in 1896 to cut
the burden from the backs of the
American people.
~ won't thresh over old history.
The Dingley bill was passed at
special session of Congress, against
the protest of the Democratic mem
bers, and although it has only been
a law a little over a year, we are
making rapid strides back to the
good old times of President Harri-
son, although we had to stop just
a little while to whip Spain.
REPUBLICANISM AND PROSPERITY.
'When the Republican party
again came into power we had to
borrow S69, 200, 900 in one year to
pay the expenses of the govern
ment. Under a Democratic ad-
ministratiOn the government bOr-
rowed 1862 900, 900 through the
instrumentality of Il syndicate in
time of peace Mines and factories
were shut down, idle men were
tramping your streets. and thous-
ands were fed by charity in the
big cities. Every day the news
papers chrOnicled the rapid dimin-
utiOn of the gold reserve.
"Since the day that William
Mckinley signed the Dingley tar
if bill you have not heard "a
whisper about the gold reserve.
Yet to-day it amounts to more
than 100000. 900.
1.-The revenues pay the expenses
of the government, and when it
was necessary to raise money to
carry on the war with Spain the
people bought the bonds without
the aid of Il syndicate and sub
Scribed to them six times over.
''Now we are told that this State
has no further use for the Repub-
lean party and we are invited to
elect Democrats to office, and why.
Not because they say there is any
mistake in the policy of sound
money and protection. but because
some individual in the Republican
party has fallen out with another
in the Republican party.
Is that any reason why you should
elect Democratic Congressman or
Democratic members of the Legis-
lature who will vote for a Demo
cratic United States Senator
This Congressman and this Senator
will vote for free silver and free
trade if they get Il chance.
"Behind all their false issues is
the purpose to run Bryan in 1900
on free silver platform.
'.The last Democratic State Con
rention at Altoona adopted plat
form which said very little about
free coinage and nothing about
free trade.
"But in a brief paragraph they
affirmed their adherence to the
of the Democratic party
as enunciated in the Chicago plat
form.
The man who pins the Lords
Prayer over his bed and SAYS,
Lord, them's my sentiments
commits himself to every declara-