The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-11-13
Lehaghtsa Republicans under the
Lash Of the Coal Gazette.v


OF this borough see proper, (as do the
Democrats when occasion require). in
times OF political contest, to cast q lib
erai per eentage Of their vote for a fell
low townsman Of opposite politics, the
blgotted writer Of the Coal Gazette thus
shows his non.appre recitation and threat
ems those of them who have political
aspirations with total humiliation !
Listen to bis awful bray,
.,.Ial ,LEHloHToN Republicans do not OCCUPY IN on,
many Of them voted for The femocratic capd,t
psue Dises ioT If cU1nsy That pride for one
as 50 aT eS 70 e Il wGSe %sS
over,step TIN mark. The action Of the Repn6
ncans Of Lehtghton has been severely comfnen.
ten 70 op lp private OF iate years aud we feel cali
| s,ster horougn who have political aspirations
tle langer Of q course which IL seems natural
Tor them 70 pursue.
In reply to the above, W. M. Rap
sher, ESQ.,, one of the leading, as be is
one of the most intelligent, Republicans
OF this borough, handed US the follow
ing letter, addressed "To the editor Of
the Coal Gazette" with the request
that we pubilsh it. A careful perusal
OF this letter will show to the writer OF
the Gazette article and those who have
commented upon the conduct of LIE.
highton Republicans in private OF late
years." that Lehighton Republicans
don't scare worth cent " under the
Gazette's threats Of annihilation. Read
the letter:
[ooPr.J
LEHIeHToN, Pa, Nov, sth. 1875.
To the Editor OF ne COAL GAZETTE;
find In your Issue OF the 5th inst an editorial
concerning the position OF Lehlg htop RepuDi.
c.ns and The dangers which threaten them, &C
~ aaot lof a short article, 1t saysa great aeai,
| nave met lumber Uf easy takers who hail
from the same town whei Q your paper is pub,
hsnea, who talk pie, ty much the same thing on
me street 1 presume Mr. Editor, YOU would
not iptentiOnady do any one an Injustice, nor
would thOse other gentlemen who talk 30 freely,
y LINE ne p9in,s IN questioh were Understood by
| tnemi snail, thei efore, ask you 10 CAL parJi-
culsr attention 10 this letter in your paper.
l wish TO address myself TO a cia OF persons,
who entertain the Views OF your SAID editotIal..
and IN doing this. | shall represent q large p0r.
''qn 2, m sne % Votes and ci ize1s Of Carbon coany
dlspasslonate lignt and see wht ther there is
ANYTHING IN IT, the p incipal crime charged
many Of tnem voted Tor the Democratic Gao.
-Maate LOT county treasurer" aid because the
right q suffrage was exercised by them in tnaG
way, the srucle seems to presume that they
mere not triRGt-nindee, and ai . singled OiI from
she whole county as objects for diRrespecsfui in.
say the article is not just-that the sternest
taC's @ are AGAINST II. ana was entirety uncalled
bon county since 1871, and propose TO show by
the ofhcal figures that LehiR Rh ton ia not and has
not been ss liberal as some other places IN Car.
pon county IN regard TO volihg Tor candidates
from their own election districts, and tharetOre,
cannot see why the action Of the Republicans
so severely commented Oil in private Of Tate ATE
years" or IN pubic or anywhere else. Those
parties whu nave done Ihs commenting OF Ia 10
years will NO doubt be thankful II 1 set th,m
In 1871, Nj essrs Twining and clauss were the
CLAUSE run ahead oi the STATE tictet isI IN Le.
highton when the t9ai vote polied was 49,. or
round numbers, " per gent. Of tis whole yo.s 70
polied. Al the same election, In East NJ auch
v,hHax Ar, Twlnlns run anead Of the slate
he gained on the state ticxet, III ronnd numbers.
a per pent; Of the whole yot,, This shows that
hast Maueh Chunk voted for its resdenl cau,ii.
date on that Oceasion stronger than LehigntOn
alu W one per cent That was four years ago,
and gever hoard that the acyon of East Mauch
|
injured the political aspirations Of any one. In
TACT. MT. Twlning was renominated N 1873, and
show, not only h East Msaoi aS ch,ink' bas
tmoughout the county-eyen LehighJOn gave
nun z IN more votes than 1t did 4, 1871.
| IN 1871 0lher officers W, ro yO. cd for, and Il
VIII Dc sptncient for me II ] Gail the attention
OF those parties who have done 81 much com.
they can see then how summit Hill volod-aVw
Lower Towamensing voted for Judge Wentz
snd hsSch Ganaa for J1dte Lelsenrig giving
Craig Gesidts other Interesting ngares when
! have not the space to dwell upon. In $40 L.
CEBDNGLY STRONG. and 30 uid some other aces
not necessary to enumei ale.-but that was his
Votes s ou9 e s EdTn IN ASres sos ony
summit HUI, Mr.. Kennedy, for county commits.
slpner. received tls votes and Mr. Lafay yetts
! East Maueh ChunE, and kehighion is nowhere
tait, There are other csses, but these suffice
70 show oopclusiyely, that II LehiRhtOn has sin.
NED a httle-pol ltioally-0t places have am.
ned much mole ana escaped censure
lt may be that the reply viii be. that 1t all
ing that one-sided view Of il, there ia absolute
nothing In t. Look at the Tetprns Of the e.eo
Rouse poled 2es OF total vote OF s0I' gIving
nun majority OF 223 or therealopta. or IN othrl
Wnrs wUras ne canned on the staee ucSet IN ioynd
see Lehight1p l. again behind.-she never yO, 90
Tor Lqms candidate 40 strongly as tnat the
Efforts. gain cd ~ per cent Of the whole vote.
Lower Towamensing also voted very largely
} for MI, Ash. and he vicinity OF Mauoh Chunk
! Meatherly and other places for Twinipg and
] Whittlngham. rhe more this question of lOr a
D Young Is examined. the more c,early II show
now grocnuless and empty have been thoss
severe comments" TO which You aIlude n
your editorial concerning LeulRhtpn.
6 The Repub' loans OF LehighEon done all they
. could for the county ticket. and the cause,
2 which gave Mr. Clauss large local majority
) were legitimate and well known mere. Ar Y
would have been elected u Lehightop had no
voted AZ al, as tne returns ahow.
7 in general the Republicans OF Lohightop hay,
always Wafked earnestly, faiGhfuily and success
} fully for the Republican cause. TneY have, b,
: hard and etloient work, 1lced the Democrat
10 msjority since ls7l from a. down 70 "a IN 1875
Hartranft.
Figures which cannot be contradjcted SHOW
that t,ehiRhtop qpes not support It's residen
, canaldates a. strongly AZ other places In thi
, county 90 aud hence, conclude, that the edi
! torial and oommepN about Lehightnn amoun
7 70 nothing In point Of fact The whole cry re
: minds me OF GER Rin old gentleman who 10 re
1 ported 70 have made the attempt st one time 3
shear . hog when he mad finis he'd tho she earinI
I he sand, Ihe result Of It WAS q big noise ana n
wool Very respectfully yours,
, w. N. RAPSHRR.