The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-11-22
CAN WE STAND IT?

Bro. Parker. of the MahGnoy JEG-
WEEKLY RECORD, very scnsibly discours-
es, on the result Of the late election, as
follows: "If Democratic President has
been elected it is 10 reason that the ma
ton should 60 into sackcloth and ashes
because Of it. Mr.. Cleveland is by no
means so bad man as his opponents
painted him two or three weeks ago, nor
is the Democratic party bali so bad as
their enemies sey 1t is, We are not all
going to be starved TO death notwiih-
standing the Munchausen predictions of
disappointed partisans. II our Rspubli-
can friends arc cut of power that is TO
reason they should be out of work there
is plenty tor them to DO, and maybe they
can be OF moro benefit 10 The people out
Of power fer the next four years than if
they we're in. There are q great number
Of reforms which tGey can help along,
far instance there is the Eight'hour law,
although they sadly neglected il when
they were in power, yet they made it a
plank Of their platform. 1t is not ne
cagsary that that platform should be o
dead letter il their Presidential candidate
is q dead duck. Our Democratic friends
promised that it should have their atten
tion il they were elected, let our Repub-
lican friends look after them and urge
them up to the scratch, and make them
live up to their promise, and give US o
National Eight hour law. Then there is
theAnti-Cheap Labor bill our Democratic
friends rGssed i. through the House Of
Representatives last session, but our Re-
publican friends, iu tbo Senate, wanted
to use il as M Issue this last campaign
and therefore it vasL't deemed advisable
10 let it become law Just at that time.
and so they quietly put tLoir foot upon
it, II can be made n good Issue still in
the way Of trying whether our Democratic
friends are rs well disposed towards tie
%orkingmcn now that they are in power
rs hey were when out of It. Then there
Is The question of land reform. Our
| Republican friends while III The heyday
Of their glory became SO liberal and
generous with the peoples land tha,
they gave it away by the millions ofncrcs
to the railroad corporations and others,
but seeing their mistake they made it q
part Of their platform this fall TO declare
against al. such open banded generosity
in the future, Now We want them to help
our Democratic friends to pass law pre-.
venting such Ligh-hauded extravaganza
from heuceforth, hereafter, and also to
redeem the land already in the hands OF
corporations who have failed to fulfill the
easy conditions on which they received
their magnificent gifts, We want law
whereby the land of the people shall be
reserved to actual settlers for all coming
time. This can easily be done if the
Democratic party is honest and our r..
/ publican friends do their duty. Oh, yes,
as nation We have much to live for yet
with man tlected for President who
PROCESSES TO be reformer, backed up by
a party full of pretentions as to the great
and good things they intend 10 do Tor US,
and better still with our Republican
friends so ready 20 help us and watching
cur Democratic friends and keeping
them up to the mark, With q Demo
cratic President to advise, and o Demo
cratic House Of Representatives to enacr
reform laws, and Republican Senate Il
complete The passage Of all the good laws
the House may make AID kill of all TIT
bad ones they may chance to enact, anC
also curb our Democratic friends if the,
should presume to imagine that becRus,
they Laye elected a President they ar,
therefore going to 60 back on thei
f promises and 90 rs they please, All thi
our Republican friends may DO and keel
toe fires Of their patriotism burnin,
bright and clear fer the next four year
, and thus Lelp the people to endure thi
terrible ilhlciion Of Democratic rule
I which We are told will be such q misfor
time 10 the COnutrv >