The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-10-30
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/ tuesday, November 2nl. As usua
those who have launched their shin
and sail on the uncertain seas OF polite
mnst be prepared for the treachery o
I friends and the fallacy of mythica
promises. The present campaign ha
been one of more than average politica
warfare. In every county in the Stat
1t has ragged with incessent enthusiasm
And whilst the rank and file of tn
various parties have been shaken b.
disruptions usual at a time like thi
when the antiCipations of disappointe,
office seekers have not been realized, a
the day of election approaches tn,
breech gradually heals and all along tn,
line ii is sublimely serene. This yea
has produced i'm politics a faction or al
offspring of the two old parties. calle,
Prohibtionists, who have placed ful
State ticket, and in many instances,
county ticket in the political meadow >
The growth of ,his party is fully recog
nlzcd, but what effect it will have upor
the two older parties is beyond tho
power of the ablest politician to say.
large number of votes may be polled b,
the Prohibitionists and again they may
poll only few. The present campaign
is a theatre to them in which the can.
didates are the actors. the voters the
audience. the platform the programme
and there is hardly a doubt but that
when the curtain rolls down next Tues
day night, both actors and audience
will vote the whole thing "genuint
farce" To the two older parties the
campaign has been one Of hard wurl;
with a certain mixture of enthusiasm
that has lent to the issue an aspect OF
genuine earnestness and aggressiyeness
on the part of all the candlltes, who
have been placed upon the party plat.
forms so strong in construction, that il
it depended at all upon the relative
strength of the planks of promises all
The candidates must necessarily be
elected. However, we have reached a
political aye when party platforms
amount to naught in the estimation OF
the majority OF voters and the candidate
himself must needs stand MP and out in
view of the people. to be judged accord
ing to his past actions and the party he
represents. The candidates on the sew
eral tickets are men strongest in their
respective parties, no doubt, and as
such are supposed to poll the full vote
of that party with a certain number OF
complimentary votes which will swell
up their maJorities into the hundreds OF
thousands; however, this may prove
itself an "oif year in point of MAORI
ties as the men most interested in our
political government are awake to the
issues at stake. They recognize to a
certain extent the extreme foolishness
of the protective tariff issue, when men
foremost in monOpolistic enterprises
furnish the cash to keep he political
cauldIon seelhing. They begin TO re-
alize too, as it were. that 1T has been
under the present high tariff ''progres-
siveness of our country that the mil
they are fully aware that ''protection
protects" not the interests of the day
laborer but tie bonded and corporate
interests of the monopoliSt. They
recognize the fact hat they have been
made the victims of delusive policy.
pursued by the Republican party at
town, county and State elections, and
their awakening 10 the true condition
of affairs porteads what? That the ad-
ministratiun of state affairs win he left
in the hands of the Democratic rarty9
1t seems so. And why should it not be?
Has not business generally prosperel
under Democratic rule? Has not the af-
fairs of State been conducted on A per
teclly honest and legitimate basis since
the chief executive has been of Demo.
cratic an,ecedenls? The prosperilv I'm
business circles under Deinocra,ir rtla
proves ronclu,iveIy that thr Dnn,ncr,I,c
bawv is the party for the neopln. aud as
such the Gu:v of the voter is SiIniiront
On Tuesday morning the rolls omen. il
is the duty of every voter to nb,eryn the
right Of suffrage. # is also hi, bonndnn
dulv to vote 10 his hest Interests rs-
rar,Uess of former ro!itirol antocnio,ts
Now then. what are van rnin,, ~ dn
about itP
-Wbile walling nm R,rl,,ov To.
biahtou. last S,,rrlav pi,,i,t ~, s,,i, ~ +,
rather slim oa,hsring of probihi,in,is,'
i'm front of rhe oil En,,a ,'1 i;,,
and rcmembpring tLot rn hai ''',,,"a sa,,' : :
notirn in vnur l9st isS,a y, w., Gi ocf,'n' .
tbat RowI5nj onI -, ~ ''T ,II.'',, y'.oJ,
ChupI, wara to a51rass ti,, n''u,'i
forces we c,H,in3''j 80 ~, ,, ''iI' i,
selves nndar he fr, ''''I,. oiI tli''li',