The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-10-07
Editorial Mention.

The total debt less cash in the Treas
ury October LIST, was Sl,6l4, l20 223. n
decrease during September of Sl4, $685.
94S.
Our local politics are down to "hard.
pan"-crimination and recriminatlon is
the order of the day with the leading Or
gans of the two parties.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS has written a
letter advising the Republicans in New
York State not to vote for the nominees
of the Saratoga Convention.
SECRETARY FoLGER has sent in his let.
ter of acceptance of the Republican nomi.
nation for Governor of New York. He
fears the party would be ruined should
he decline t. run. Pity the poor party!
The State election in Georgia was held
Wednesday. The election of Alexander
H. Stephens for Governor was conceded
by all parties, and the returns indicltC
that his majority is nearly 10000 in Q
very light vote.
THE State Committee of the Anti
Monopoly League of New York met Tues
day in Albany, and, with only two oi
three dissenting votes, adopted an ad
dress to the people, recommending then
to vote for the entire Democratic Statt
ticket.
In four years Controller Pattisont
vigilance made it possible for the city o
Philadelphia to reduce its city debt iron
$73 6l5, ,36l.7O to SGS, 639, 4O3 70. Ii
the same time the tax rate has been rt
duced from 81. 35 to $l.S5. These ar,
figures which do not lie. They shov
what Mr.. Pattison has done, AMI are
fair indication of what he will do if elect
ed Governor of Pennsylvania.
In the U. S. Court at Utica, N. Y.
Monday afternoon, Judges Wallace ant
Cox refused to grant writ of habea
corpus in Sergeant Mason's case. Th
Court held that they were procluded b,
the opinion of Chief Justice Waite, givei
at the October tenn of 1881, from de
termining any question in the case *
cept the power of the Judge Alvoca;
General TO reverse n court martial's de
oision. The Court held that Judg
Advocate General was simply an advis
OrY official of the War Department, an,
that Congress never intended to give hir
power to reverse the findings ofn couI
martial.
IN speech delivered in Lock Haven
September l2.h, by Mortimer + Elliott
democratic candidate for congressman
at-large, he said, THE democratic part
has declared in its platform that it is i
favor of protecting American industrie,
aud l say it from my heart-aLd 10y thi
expect to stand that am in favor {
such a tariff as will eff ct the employe
and employee. As Pennsylvauiau
am in favor of protecting Pennsylvania
Industries, not for the benefit of tn
manufacturer alone, but for the benef
Of the ldborer as well aud the people i
general. don't want Simon Camera
20 say, aud be can not tru'Lfully sa,
tLat one man on the democratic ticket
Hv,Ise H. protecting the industries of Ii
STATE. Thee are my convictions; l haS
always expressed them and expect to r.
taiu them.
A WASHINGTON correspondent to u
NV York 'Snn, tins sums up the pre-
rnt political outlook: Eothn is mol
frequently heard at the carital now thO
the eIpres m by veterans in politics Gu
pubic lie, in both of the great rarlie
Of the belief that ga general break NJ
in parties is near at baud. So iutole
able have become the abuses in the pm
lie service, no corIupting the practices
publ.c life, and so uubearaLle the bu
6eus consequent thereto, that ieG indeu
81 lar as can be ascertained, outside
the circle of those who profit immediat
ly by the present state OF things, appe
to be disturbed in the least In geuer
it is safe to say, it is most welcor
prospect. A Republican who ofliciat
at the birth of tie party as e conspic
Gus Clay WAis said: "Disiutogra,ion
j rapid process. The Impending ovt
throw of the Republicans in a lumber
the great States and the prob ,ble loss
Them Of Congress, SO far from trans,
ring the reins Of GoyeT-m,ui - ;