The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-02-21
BTOalbPin'S New York Letter.

Exchange. No man Of his ago in the city 4
seemed to have more promising future /
When the warning factions Of the County /
Democracy, Tammany, aud Irving Hall |
seemed TO end it impossible to agree upon
any man, Mr.. Edison beamsd upon them |
like q gleam Of sunshine through wintiy
storm cloud, and with one voice they ex-
claimed, "Eurekal" We'll, they did fnd il
and they found more than they were
looking for; for Mr.. Edison was NJ sooner
iu his seat than he proved most serious
disappointment, even TO his most intimate
friends; and alt PARTIES without distinction,
came to one conclusion, and that was, that
whoever suffered during Mr.. Edson's ad-
minlstration il would not be Mr.. Edison.
Two years have passed, and the man wlo
went into the greatest municipal Office in
the United States with the acclamations
Of thousands, to day walks from the
Mayors Office to a prisoners cell. That Is
70 say IA meLaphoric cell, for l don't sup
pose that he will feed on bread and water,
or sleep on the soft side of plank; but
nevertheless the fact of Mayors having
to go to jail at all 10 bitter humiliation,
and one which is very uncomfortable for
Mr.. Elson, although his ofleuco is only
technical contemp! Of court.
The case is peculiar one, and may pos
sibly be the means OF reforming our courts
altogether. In the time of the Ring
Judges the wrts Of injunction and manda-
mus were potent instruments Of power. In
nocent men were struck down and ruined,
while rogues and thieves nourished, backed
by the Tremendous power Of the courts.
Jim Fisk with their aid was enabled to
break open the safes Of the Union Pacific
Railroad and force the directors to fly the
cily-to which in their Official capacity
they meyer again returned. There was
race for the spoils, just as Mayor Elson was
going out and Mayor Grace was going in
The County Democracy was afraid that
TammaDy Hail might get the largest share
of the city's plunder. The Board Of alder.
men were about to confirm a Commissioner
OF Public Works, and other officials; the
courts were invoked by the County Demo-
cracy to prevent the Board Of Aldermen
from acting in official capacity, aud doing
what they conceived they had perfect
right to do; but, right or wrong, all tle
| County Democracy wanted was lew
hours tme,and if they could by any means
irighten the Aldermen, the Viatory was
theira. Well the Aldermen showed their
utter contempt for the Court by voting on
the Mayors nominations, and for the helm
GUS offence the Mayor and Aldermen must
go to Jail, the Mayor to pay in addition a
fine Of $3.50. Ptrhars, ss far as the Alder
men are concerned, they arc getting moth
ing more than their deserts. Ifthey had
their full deserts some of them would have
been in the penitentiary long ago. Blu
before he entered politics Mayor E!sor
was high toned business man. Mr.. Ed
son goes out of Office unlameuted and ont
of the most unpopular mon in the city, Il,
will not so back to his old position in The
T Produce Exchange, for lie is quite as un
that tho shoemaker had better stick to BIZ
last.
The new Mayor has started in like I
business man; worthless drones who Lave
been feeding at the public crib for year
have been suddenly bounced, and feel a.
il Lightning had struck them; in all the de
rartmenIS sinecures haye beOn provided foi
faithful "heelers," whose most oneroui
duty waa to draw their salaries at the end
OF every month"; this class OF patriots Mayol
Grace ia merciIesSly slaughterng, and il i.
to be hoped, if the reform goes on, that toe
City's budget may be reduced to something
less than thirty.iuur millions Cl dollars.
II we examine tho results Of the a tempt.
ed assassinstions Of Cant. Phclan and o..
Dohoyon Rosa, New York is not such a
dangerous place to live in after oll. In tho
case OF Capt. PGelan, here was a man at d.
tackled by ruftian, and when the rufIiau
had finished his job Capt. Phelan looked
like man who had been inspecting the
inside Of sausage machine which was sud.
denly set in motion. Only three or four
weeks have passed away, and, while Ca;t
Phelan may not be quits as sound in wind
and limb as he was when be left Kausas
City, he is as good as dozen dead dyua-
miters, and under fayorabe circumstances.
with reliable Smith & Wesson or Colt.
would be on unccmIorable person to meet
in scnmmage. O'Donovan Rossa had
daylight let INTO him, and considering the
number Of shots, he might have had mum.
Der OF dsglighIs let into him. Last week
they sald lie was dying, and, while lie
may carry trlhe of Miss Dudley's lead
with him till be finally balances his ledg
err he is quite as formidable us be ever was,
and the trihng Inconvenience Of being in
led for few days, and Of having hoe in
his back, is more than compensated for by
the extra subscriptions to the Emergency
Fund, the increased circulation of the
tnded I'tshmea, and the pleasure Of being
the lion OF the hour.
Reports are conflicting -some say o.
Donovan wall not prosecute Miss Dudley,
aud man need not be able to see very
deep into a mill stone to flthom the reason
why Now, ODunoyaE eau deuounce her
as the hired emissary Of the hated Saxon.
prlmed for the decd Of blood with British
go!di whereas, if she is placed on trial,
twelve men could not be found in the
United States to couYict her-aud O'Dono
yam Rosa knows it, The woman has been
crank and a luuatc all her life. A
wretchod waif born in misfortune, de.
pTivei Of mothers care almost in her ir-
fancy deserted in her childhood by tho
only living being to whom she could look
ior projections growing to girlhood the
child OF charity, then betrayed and robbed
OF all that made life worth having, what
wonder, IN her misery-homeless, friend.
les, ,Childless-that her renson t,,.r,l T.,