The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-09-18


ers, merchants and people in other pro-
fessions think themselves fortunate If
they can get a couple of weeks. Edi-
tors and newspaper men never get
day. Mechanics shut up in close fac
tories ten hours day, summer and
winter-never even think of it, or 10
they do, they see the holiday as Moses
saw the Promised Land, long way off.
1t will take many weeks of industrious
teaching to undo with the children the
evils of this summer holiday
The Labor parade was the strongest
that has yet been witnessed in either
city. In the two cities they aggregated
not far from $4,000. There was one
thing that could not fail to strike the
most casual observer, and That was the
manner in which the MEN were clad.
The poorest man to be seen on the line
of march was better clad than laborers
or citizens Of the same condition in any
other part of the world. l did not see
a man that did not have good shoes on
his feet, a good hat on his head and
good coat on his back, and not man of
them but looked as If he had eaten a
good breakfast. 1t certainly did not
look as If they were slaves, down
trodden and oppressed, for more indie
pendent army l never laid my eyes on.
Every man in the procession looked
| abundantly able to take care of himself.
and no doubt he was. One thing is very
certain, and that is that the labor ele-
ment is going to be a very important
factor in our future elections. In New
York the strength of the labor element
will be tested in our election for mayor.
Mr.. Henry George. whose startling
propositions onsthe land question have
set all Europe ablaze, and whose theories
find hundreds Of thousands of advocates
in this country, is to be the Labor can
didate for mayor-and it is very gener-
ally conceded, that if labor is to have a
candidate, no man can be found in the
ranks of the laboring men worthier to
bear their standard to victory or defeat,
than Henry George. There is no ques-
ton about the mans honesty, but as yet
the world only knows him as a writer
and speaker; he has never had any ex-
perience in public life, and has never
been in any position that required any
exercise whatever of executive ability.
There is not an Office in the United
States which exercises the despotc power
exercised by the Mayors of New York
and Brooklyn. The President of the
United States is compelled to submit to
the Senate the list of his most trusted
advisers. Not consul, not postmas-
ter, above a certain degree, can he ap-
point without their sanction; but the
Mayor of New York, under our new
charter, is as much of despot as the
Emperor of Russia. He appoints whom
he likes, without question or advice.
Under the old system, all appointments
had to be confirmed by the Board of
Aldermen; but when we reached point
where the Aldermen were mostly can
didates for the penitentiary or States
prison, we thought it much safer to lodge
the power in the hands of one rascal
than dozen.
The experiment is a hazardous one,
and one that will test the supremest
power of Mr.. George, if elected.
After the labor review was finished. a
nice lunch was served up in the little
cottage on Union Square. 1t is evident
that the labor reformers are not Pro-
hibitionists, for champagne flowed like
water; paid for, l suppose out OF the
labor fund. At night the festivities
wound up with general jubilee at the
uptown Parks; everybody appeared to
have plenty of money, and everybody
had jolly good time. AS sort of labor
jubilee and jollification it was grand
success, but if it was intended as pro-
test OF starving labor, -trodden and
oppressed, against the tyranny of capi-
tai, 1t was most conspicuous failure.
oh, what week we have had with
our yachtsmen. The city has been alive
with them, and aside from the yachts
men, who are generally gentlemen, the
town has swarmed with gamblers. 1t
seemed to be foregone conclusion that
the Galatea was going to be beaten.
Among yachting men, never before
saw such unanimity of opinion; l could
not find out on what theory they founded
their belief, but every man and woman
met Sald, a week before the race, that
the Galatea was going to be beaten, and
the first race on Tuesday was walk
over
The gathering was tremendous. All
the crack sailers and steamers were
there, with the single exception of the |
famous Atlantic, on which Brooklyn |
built such mighty hopes, and she lay
dismantled like an old hulk alongside
the dock-while her companions, of
which she was supposed to be the pride
were scudding down to see the great
trial between the International cham
pions. Every courtesy was shown Lieut.. |
HEM and his beautiful boat-but fate
was against him, and that is all there is
about it. He returns to his country |
without the cup, but with the good
wishes and respect of every one who has
been brought in contact with him.
We often read in modern novels of |
women in love, diving of broken heart
when they have been disappointed; but
the boldest romance seldom attempts to
place a man in the role of broken
hearted lover; yet case occurred here
this week which lacks no element of