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

They talk about the State not
being apportioned, and they talk
about boss Quay that's what they
call Senator Quay. They say he
has his hand in everything, and
that wing of the Democratic party
that were against the nomination
of jerks for Governor say, Quay
was in favor of the nomination OF
Jenks. But Jents out Heroded
Herod agair st ",he old man" ss he
called Quay, and repudia.ed the
Quay collsr. They haven'tyet said,
that Quay caused the Spanish war
and camp fever and the prObabil-
ity is they will not say that, but
the latest yet heard is, that Quay
has been selling his influence to
office seekers. To those charges
they have another charge against
Quay and that is he is selling post
offices and other Offices for political
influence, ard that he h. beea er-
rested for usi,g Sale fucds
in bank for speculate Ia
stocks. They charge that he
provides post offices for political
delegates in the various offices OF
the State. Now reader, those are
the chief points of their speeches.
The expenditures of the Legislature
were in many instances eXtraya-
giant, and the eytravagances when
committed were more denounced
by Republicans than Democrats.
A SNARE A DELUSION.
The Democrats are denouncing
them now to throw dust in the
ewes of the voter. 1t is snare and
a delusion, a cheat on the part of
the leaders of the Democracy to
talk such stuff as that to an intel
ligent people, and try and make
them believe that they are suffer
ing under State extravaganza and
State taxation when the truth is
the state is paying more money
into every county in the State ex-
cept Philadelphia than it gets out
of the counties.
FOR AN EXAMPLE
Take Juniata Co., ,fOran example,
Juniata Co, pays into the State treas
ury not quite four thousand dollars,
then the State treasury turns and
paws Juniata county eighteen
thousand dollars in school tax.
That is over four dollars for every
dollar that Juniata county pays
into the State treasury. Instead
of the State being an Oppressor OF
Juniata county it is real financial
benefactor. Reader, if you were
to invest in 81 farm, for four thoUs-
and dollars and get eighteen thous-
and dollars for the farm could you
be made to believe that You were
oppressed by that transaction !
What would you think of the man
or men who would argue with you,
and tell you that the man who had
paid You eighteen thousand dollars
for your four thousand dollars had
done YOU a great harm. You
would likely say, the man who
talks such stuff to you, is a knave
or a fool, or a combination of both.
No it is not the expenditures Of
the Legislature and the State tax
that is depressing the people. 1t
is ;the town, the township, the
county, the poor, the road, the
school taxes that are eating the
revenues of the people.
TASK TAX MASTERS.
people in the respective towns
and townships are their own task tax
masters. Juniata county last year
assessed and collected off herself
SS3, ,SS3.51. That is more money
than William Penn paid Great
Britain for all Pennsylvania. Jun
iata county paid last year, s2O,-
3S5 90 road and bridge tax. She
paid S,37S.99 school tax. She
paid s33 ,545.71 personal property,
occupation, license and real estate
corporation tax she paid s11,-
533.72 poor tax. To a greater
or less degree such is the case in
every county in Pennsylvania.
The Democratic leaders did not
think of the facts as they are or
they would have avoided the issues
that they have raised as they
would avoid the plague.
WHEN SNOWDEN.
When SnOwden and other Dem
ocratic speakers talk about post Of
fees, just think of the fact that when
he was Congressman and was WELD
ing the patronage of his district that
he always recommended Snowden
men for the post offices, and if he