The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-05-10


by that time he will come very soon af-
ter the Presidential ticket shall have been
His friends in Pennsylvania
are we'll advised ~ TO his wishes in the
Chicago contest and he and they are
quite confident that they will support the
winning man,
BOUNTY LANDS TO SOLDIERS,
A subcommittee of the House Com
mittee on Public Lands has decided to
iavOrabiy report TO the full committee
Representative Townsend's bill grant
ing bounty lands to soldiers of the late
war. Tue bill provides that every per-
son who served iD the late war not less
than IA days, and was hOnorably dis
charged, shall be entitled TO eighty acres
Of public land; these who served not less
than one year to 100 acres, and those
who served not less than two years shall
be entitled to 100 acres. In the event of
the death of such person during service
or after honorable discharge the patent
shall issue TO the surviving wife, child
or children, if there be any, and if none
to the father, aud if no father TO the
mother.
THE STATUE OF CHIRP JUSTICE MARSHALL
The statue Of Chief Justice Marshall
will be unvailed on May 10th, in the
presence OF the President and Cabinet,
the two Houses OF Congress, the Supreme
Court of the United States and other
officials of the Government, and large
number of invited guests. Mr.. William
Rawle, of the Philadelphia Bar Associa.
tion, will deliver the address upon the
occasion. The statue is now being
erected at the foot of the steps leading to
the main western entrance to the rotunda
of the Capitol, and will be completed
this week. The pedestal is of Italian
marble, of bluish-gray color, eight and
one-half feet high, and bears the follow
ing inscription cut in large Roman
letters:
JOHN MARSHALL,
Chief Justice of the United States.
Erected by the Bar and Congress of the
United States, 1884.
Shortly after the death of Chief JUS
tice Marshall the Bar Association OF
Philadelphia commenced to raise fund
to erect this monument. and for this
purpose succeeded in collecting a sum
which, with accrued interest, now
amounts to $40 900 To this like sum of
20,000 was appropriated by Congress a
few years ago. The work was assigned
to W. W. Story, who has produced a
bronze figure in q sitting posture, draped
with the robe of Office worn by the
Chief Justice of the United States. The
figure is twelve feet high, and the like
ness is said to be good.
When the new marble Stairways, lead
ing to the western entrance of the Capt.
tol are completed, Marshall's statue will
be on the plateau midway between them,
facing west, with about fifty feet space
intervening between the statue AMI the
marble wall, which is to take the place
of the present dirt terrace. The site was
selected by committee of the Bar As
sociation of Philadelphia, and when the
contemplated improvements to the Capt.
tol are completed, the selection cannot
fail to meet popular approval.
THE EDMUNDs. BLAINE PHELPS EPISODE.
The Edmunds. Blaine. Phelps episode
has become a topic of thrilling interest
to the politicians who are weary of the
sluggish calms of n dull political cam
paign. Underneath all this preliminary
fencing there is something seen of a
deadly purpose of the two principals,
Blaine and Edmunds.
THE BLAINE VIEW OF IT.
A friend OF Blaine's said to night: '1t
amuses me to see Edmunds stirred up
at last. He finds that the road Of a
Presidential candidate is not q pleasant
one. He is now down in the arena
where he will have to take the buffetings,
abuse and Misrepresentation that comes
to man with Presidential aspirations.
1t may teach him some charity for
Blaine after he has been knocked about
for few weeks and made TO suffer from
the howls of prejudice over perfectly
proper act. When be has gnawed the
file of making defense which his enc
mies will call n confession, then he will
realize that perhaps after all life upon a
pedestal is not comfortable. Once down,
though, he will meyer get back to the
imaginary plane where the truly good
Independents have so long gazed upon
him as their patron saint, floating in a
realm too pure and high for earthly poll
ticiaps to ever erapproach."