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

no matter about that it is clear that
John hasn't caught the fact that the
crowd that are wOraing his great
OyershadOwing ability are doing
so, not so much for honest govern
ment, as TO have him '!shake the
plum treen for them. They each
want an Office plum. The plum
tree has no significance except to
drop an Office for henchman. Be
fore Quay and Wanamaker were
born the official plum tree was
shaken for henchmen. When Quay
tal-ed about shaking the plum tree
he was tai ing. about the old plum
tree of official plums, or offices
for political followers. The plums
are what the BOurse crowd want,
there are no hungrier official plum
seekers than they. They are hang
ing on to the coat tail of Mr.. Wan
amaker, because they think out of
it all in some way the plum tree
will be shaken for them. There
may be here and there one who
don't want "a plum. They think
if Mr.. Wanamaker can get on some
big plum tree they may get plum
in the scramble when the tree is
sha Ell. He isn't shaking the Nc
kinley patronage plum tree and
that is the reason they are mad at
Quay. Quay and Penrose shak e the
Mckinley patronage plum tree.
That's the reason they are barking
at Quay and PenrOse. If they
could get the Pennsylvania Legis-
lature to shake the legislative plum
tree, and drop the United States
Senatorial plum for Wanamaker,
then he could shake the official
patronage plum tree for them
Happy anticipation when the plum
tree OyercaSts the scene. He took
a tilt at PenrOse and said be NJ
two days at Harrisburg to iine g.
the members of the legiSlain.a
special legislation q" -a,e II Pm
delphia ban! Eiii,,ni making .
single saving prov -ior Cor depos,,
Ors AMI gene pa -cls Of the BAN
but ne Il Il ~ soG nat the mer
he W. ,e-c under the chir
here / = ~ t,fal will line up
their Ta.. - s"r even elect Il
schOo' ,.r.-'i, and a school house
janit"r. i'e implanted of the
elec IL - q me- - office who cannot
and vi I. p;g, Il store bill of one
huntr, ir> and yet are by
their --,.. ~ Du, in position
where me -anrroi he tax fund of
Valuable amenities and have
tie disu g.. e'aeHi of thousands of
the tax -. - money. Perhaps
he does no noH that such carry
lngs on are - alm"st every election
district in Juniata county. He eX-
planned that the charge agains;
him that he was paying only one
thousand dollars for doing millions
of dollars worth of business was all
the law required him to pay for doing
such business. He said if the goods
were taxed the price of goods would
be put up, the consumer would
have to pay the tax. He did not
but ne could just there have nicely
told that the corporation bonds
and stocks, and store goods go al
most beggared of taxation while the
real estate, the houses and farms
must bear the brunt of the tax bur
den. How truly he could have ex-
planned, but he didn't that here in
the business men pay
Dn their thousands of dollars of
goods, only a s. 80 tax or a Sl4 90
-aN, where as if they paid as the
zeal estate has to pay they would
pay two cents on the dollar. If a |
nan has a store worth $1,000 he
would pay at the rate of (S16O, one
and sixty dollars tax. the
,ame rate that he pays on his real |
state of that value. But Mr..
Nanamaker wasas Shy ofthat phase
If the tax question as Il wild tur-
Key. He denounced corporations.
le did not mention names, but it !
vas presumed he meant Quay and
he machine, for they W ere his text,
or getting a law passed through |
he Legislature to set aside the
right of trial by jury, |
~ giving the right to the Supreme
Jourt to set aside the verdict of a
Ury. He held the close attention
If the large audience for the period
If two hours. He didn't say Who'll
lie is for, but he was like the rebels
md rebel sympathizers during re-
,elliOn calling for any one to "whip
rant He closed with the men
ion of the charge of corporars
,uard up Missionary Ridge, but
eft his audience to draw its own
as to what he meant by
he charge. Some believed that he
wanted to crea,e the impression
hat he is the corporal making the
harge on Missionary Ridge.
)thers believe he meant it as a sop
or the soldier vote.
LEG.fL.