The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-11-10
MAUCH CHUNK Nov.


The battle is fought, and the victory
won. And while we shall hail with joy
the advent TO power of q time honored
Democracy, let US indulge the hope
that they will use the power conferred
prudently, and that by their every ac-
ton they will prove themselves worthy
of the confidence reposed in them.
Taught as they have been,in the school
of adversely, their unprecedented sue.
cess encourages us to hope for the best;
and if they will only heed the lessons
of the past it may be long while be-
fore the tide of popular sentiment will
turn against them.
A quiet canvass was followed by
quieter election. There was neither
extra stir nor unusual excitement. Peo-
pie resorted to the polls the Democrats
sanguine of success, the Republicans
with presentiment of coming disaster
Hence it was that neither party were
surprised when the result became
know, since it was but I" as all had ex-
pected."
Up to midnight all was comparatively
quiet about town, but no sooner had the
result Of the days contest been annOun.
ced than the most staid of the Demos
cratic persuaton grew boisterous The
members of the Puenix Cornet Band
were aroused from their slumbers and
ere the hour of two had arrived, hun.
dreds were parading the streets to the
merry strains of Sherman 5 March"
And this was kept up until dawn had
suspended darkness, and the former
been followed by the light OF day. At
about O'Clock the hllarous crowds of
boisterOus Democrats dispersed.
Give me the man who will bear de-
feat philosophicalIy, it shows the met
tie of the man, if no more. That the |
Republican aSpirant for the District At.
torney ship should have felt badly on
learning the result was but to be eX>
pected, but he really took it hard, and |
the hundred and one reasons which he |
assigned for his defeat were whimsical |
indeed. The trouble with our friend |
had evidently been an over confidence
OF success. He never for moment |
doubted the ability of a certain element |
TO elect him and here is Just where he |
missed II, as any one may find on peru.
sal of the returns. He simply hadn't
votes enough. Brother Boyle's little
game, to array the lower end against
Slewers didn't work, and with this q
failure, what else was there to avert de.
feat
For the wise course pursued by them,
the Democracy of the lower end are
certainly entitled to praise. 1t also
shows that the Dutch are not so easily
gulIed as Brother Boyle and Jos. Kalb.
fus. Esq, thought they could be.
The glorious account which your own
thorough gave of itself, is commended
by all of the Democratic household. IL
was, in fact, more than the most san.
gulEe would have dared to expect.
Hence all honor to LehightOn.,'
ITEMS.
EAn accident to an oil freight train on the
1enVer Meadow division, Ii mile or so this side
ot Black CIeHS Junction cadsed the entire De
s'rucuOu OF "a oil tDnks The ucrIdept was Oc.
caslOned by the breaking OF a car wheel in r0n.
sequence OF OVeFheamg. The burning Of some
oi the tanks,hnu subsequent explosion of others,
was spectacle grand TO behold, and for quite
a distance the creek was In mass of iery
liquid When the file had subsidized and the
tanks SumClently cooled the wreck was remny. |
ed The loss TO the l.. V. H. r. Co., is said TO be
quite heavy. W ~
Tine election returns clearly defines the
strongholus of Molly Maguireism
SO well pleased with the davis result was
Mrs bernard Phillips, that on the evening of
ths bth she presented her husband with an ad.
altionGl member of the Philips family IL Geng
The seventh little Philips OF tue feminine gen.
der thus presented.
Hay Is selling at from sl2 to SIS per ton in
this market.
Top heavy was the rule and sober the ex.
eepuOn among the professional Is on the morning
after election
District Attorney slewers bears his victory
most becOmingy