Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-30


The British troops are about r
miles from Pretoria the Capital o
Boerland. The Beers must sool
strike a strong blow for themselves
or their cause will be lost.
The men who are against expan
sion were among the foremost Span.
ish war shouters. If they were righ
then they are wrong DOW. All tha
they complain of came through The
war they advocated.
The State Supreme Court has Sc,
aside Governor Stones veto of the
proposed amendments to tie State
ballot reform. - The
court says the question shall! be sub
mitted to q vote of the people at the
election in November 1900.
DEMOCRATIC leaders are hard push.
ed for an issue on which to run the
coming campaign. The silver issue
for the present is not to tho front.
The tariff issue was proven a mistake
by the failure of Cleveland to man.
age the government under low tar.
if. So then, the leaders will raise
the cry against the occupancy of the
PHILIPPINE islands. They will shout
against expansion unless they can
find some ether issue that will suit
their purpose better. They are
hard up for an Issue.
The administration has been un-
fortunate in its appointment of some
officers for Cuba, if reports from that
island be true. A number OF the ap.
pointees have been profigate in the
expenditure of government appro-
priation for Cuban affairs. The prof
ligacy seems to be as now UNDER
stood in the construction of a six
mile long railroad. An investigation
will follow. Without e1cusing the
sppointees in Cuba for their profit.
gacy, it is not necessary to go to Gu
ba to find profligate expenditure of
money il the organization of rail
roads and their management.
The U. s Supreme Court has de-
cided the Kentucky Governorship
question which was carried up to the
Court in favor of Mr. Beckham, who
is Goebels successor. The people
had elected Taylor by large major
ity, but by state law the question
of election can be carried into the
Legislature for review and revision.
The Legislature was democratic and
revised the vote, ruled out Taylor
and was preparing to inaugurate
Goebel when he was shot. Sir. Beck
ham became the successor of Goebel
The contest was carried up to the
Supreme court to decide whether the
act OF Legislature making Beckham
Governor is the Supreme law of the
state. The court says it is and Beck
ham will be inaugurated. The Tay-
lor men will have to grin and bear
AID carry their grievance into the
next election and correct their griev-
ance by a majority vote of the peo
pie.
The eclipse of tae Sun last Monday
was grand and awe inspiring 1t is
little wonder that 10 the unlearned
such a spectacle is terrifying. To
those who knew of its coming and
know that it is caused by the moon
coming between the earth and sun it
was startling. It's appearance start
led them into a realization of how
much man has learned of such thing.
How he has learned that the eclipse
is only the shadow of the moon. 1t
startled them to know that they had
learned the path of the moon to such
a degree that they can count to the
minute where it is, Just AS railroad
men know where their trains are to
the time OF q minute It startled
them to realize how little they know
Of the source of the power that moves
such ponderous machinery in space.
What power to move the floating
globes in space and hold each one
firmly in it's track that their is not
the variation Of a second of time in
their movement How much man
has learned! How much there is yet
to learn. Men felt the GOODNESS of
the shadow of the moon, but what is
the cold of the shadow? What's the
death Of the darknessi and what's the
warm and life of the SUD? and whence
the power all comes from. The
eclipse made man feel his own abili.
ty as discoverer and made him feel
his ignorance OF first principles and
causes.
ADMIRAL DEWEY is reported to
have said, "Bryan is certain to re-
ceive the nomination of the demOc-
racy for the Presidency" Bryan
will have something to talk about
that he did not have the first time
he ran for the Presidency, and that
is the result of the Spanish war.
When he ran for the Presidency in
1896 such a thing as war with
Spain was not thought of. Since
Bryan's defeat a war with Spain
has been picked and fought and
Spain has been whipped, and her
large island possessions have be-
come the property of the United
1t appears now as if the
Democratic party intends to try
and make an issue against the
United States holding the trophies
of the Spanish war. If the leaders
of the democracy had spoken at
the right time before war was made
on Spain, it would have been of
some account, but to help shout for
war and then denOunce its results
we'll reader you know how it looks.