The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-12-29
and that he will go into The retail shoe
business in washineton next spring. He
is a great favorite in this city. ri


4egnlRr't0 the CARBON ADVOCATE.
~ WAsHINofoNg d. O., Dec. %. 's3
A large audience interested in the fal
Of Ireland--an TJSdience made-up largel
Of enthusiastic Irfsh-American citizens
with sprinkling Of members Of Cor
gress, was assembled at Ford's OpeI
House last night to tako action concerr
ing the execution of Patrick O'Donnel
in England, last Monday, for the KILN
of Carey, the informer. The assembl
was OF men mostly. but a number {
ladies occupied seats in the orchestI
chairs. Mr.. Robinson Of New York d,
manded the recall of Lord ]. Russo
Lowell. MIR. Calkins, of Indiana, mair
tanned that oDonnell had been illegal
convicted. and Mr., Finnerty declare
that the President ought to have demand
ed the respite of 0Donnell for ninet
days, and in default Of it, have suspend
ed the diplomatic relations. He pre-
dicted that If, in consequence of thi
stern course, England had sent her flee
out here, she would have got the wors
of it, as in the war of 1912. Mr. Belfor,
of Colorado. maintained the right O
every man to kill "sneak," and de
clared that had O'Donnell been tried il
Colorado he would have been promptl,
acquitted. The bitterest rebuke, how
ever, called forth by O'Donnell's execu
into, is the formal resignation by Mr.
John Joseph RyaL, Of his American citi
zsnship and the return by him of hi,
naturalization papers to the judges o.
the Court of Common Pleas. He scorn,
to be any longer the citizen Of a republic
which allows American citizens to b,
hanged abroad when they commit mur
der, or allows them to be imprisoned
when they blow buildings up, unde,
sentences which have not been approved
by Irishmen in this country.
Congress INDUCED yesterday in its an.
nual comedy. entitled The Christmas
Recess. The plot of this amusing farce
is we'll known, but it is always produced
with great laughter and delight The
curtail: rises about a fortnight before the
holidays, when Congressman are found
solemnly assuring reporters that this
yeo.r they propose to sit right along, and
keep Christmas by transactipg the public
business. AS December advances, how.
ever, these gentl,'men relent towards
themselves, and say hat perhaps they
will take the simple holi'Hy week, on
the ground that qlorum Of members
could not be found in the city. Bat
further than that they object most posi-
lively to vacation.
The Republican side of the House yes.
terday repudiated very decisively the as.
sumed leadership of Mr.. John Keifer.
To-day the newspaper correspondents
indicated their opinion of Mr.. Keifer 10y
leaving the correspondents gallery in a
body when lie started out on set speech
fayoring the appointment of a special
committee on woman's suffrage, and re.
naming out until he had completed it.
They then filed into the gallery and took
their places. It was the first time such
a spectacle was eyer witnessed, repre-.
sentatives of all the Republican as well
as Democratic papers joining in it.
Whether the country will hail with
profound satisfaction the advent of an,
other Nationa bankrupt law, depends
some upon what sort of law it is; The
principal bill now before Congress. sim,
ply revives the law which was repealed
by act of June'7, 1878, the emily modifi,
cation being that the compensation Of
the assistants in the district courts shall
be fixed salaries instead of by fees. This
is good amendment, provided the salar
les are not too high. 1t will be remember.
ed that the fees paid to the court officers
under the old law, constructive and
otherwise, generally absorbed the pocl
debtors estate, leaving nothing to bt
DIVIDED up between the creditors. Il
we are to have a bankrupt law, this bill
is as likely to go through as any othcl
because it has been subjected to th,
scrutiny OF the courts in all its parts, ant
has been the instrument by which NOR,
than one millions of dollars has beer
saved 10 the debit side of the business
men of the country.
The Democrats in Congress are very
playful. and there is a good deal more o.
the atmosphere of relaxation about theil
cloak-rooms than is to be breathed in th,
retiring-rooms on the Republican side
When Republican Senator gets tired o
business he goes over to the Democrati,
side to have some fun. The Democratic
Senators play practical jokes on one an
other, and perhaps the most persisten
joker of that body is Senator Garland
Not long ago Senator who owed Gar
land one for previous pTanks. got holC
of some april fool caramels and plac
ed them oarelessly on his desk. GarlanC
spied the deceptive chocolates, and care
lesslY sauntering by, picked up one o
them, aud said: "What are these, Sen
ator?' They are caramels. Take one.
Thank you. will" and he took one
Now, the caramel was filed with soap
and the jokers expected TO see GarlanC
spit out the nauseous stuff. But GarlanC
disappointed them. He ate mp the whole
thing, soap and all, aud never made Q
sign. The perpetrator became frighreu-
ed and ran out into the cloak room, ex
claiming, Good Lord, I'm afraid tn,
man is poisoned" "Oh, you needn't
be alarmed. said Butler, of South Car
olina, "Garland's got an Arkansas stom,
ach." To this day no one knows wheth.
er Garland tasted the soap or not.
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