The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-02-25
BFOadbFinS New YOTl Letter.
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election. Though one was Free Trader
and the other Prctectionist, Though one
believed in barring the national doors
against unrestricted immigration, and the
other believed in opening our portals wide
to welcome all the nations of the earth, -
for the time being all minor differences
were sunk for the purpose of demonstrating
the power of Labor as factor in our ma
tional politics. The whole State was in a
violent fever, for it was publicly announced
that the author of Progress and Poverty"
borne on the shoulders of the workingmen
to the Chief Magistrates chair of the city,
would soon find his way to the capitol at
Albany, and everybody knows It is but
step from there to the White House. On
that day the three gentlemen named above
were fast friends, looking towards grand
consolidation of all the working elements
and the formation of great national par
ty. Anti-Poverty was started as sort
of religious political annex. Everybody
was going to be employed; every fellow
was going to get everything he wanted.
The millennium would not be very far off
afterAnti-Poverty got in its fine work. And
to show how the gospel of Anti-Povertv
was to be given to the children of toll,
without money and without price, they
hired the most expensive house in the city
at $3.50 night, and commenced the new
crusade at ten cents, twenty-five cents,
fifty cents and one dollar head, and final
ly they tumbled to the low dodge of the
theatres, and hawkers on the sidewalk sold
tickets at premium, the profits of which
were DIVIDED with the box-office. The
trinity that rode down Broadway on that
election mission, which was to revolution
ize the world, are divided now; from this
time forth their paths diverge. DR.. Nc
Glynn intimates that Powderly was moth
ing better than papal puppet, and Pow
dely says without hesitation that DR.. Nc
Glynn is liar. Henry George and Nc
Glynn parted company some time ago, and
now DR.. McGlynn and Henry George are
at outs.
"The play is ended, and these the players
into air, thin air, and like an unsubstantial
pageant faded, leaves not wrack behind" :"
The hopes of the two have melted away.
The tax on land that was going to be a
panacea for every i'll is now regarded as a
delusion and a snare; Anti-Poverty, the
dream of fools; United Labor, Utopia, as
long as grass grows and water runs and
men are what they are, Henry George,
that men roared themselves hoarse for a
few months ago, now passes through our
streets unnoticed DIR. McGlynn, whose
name shook the State In October, in Feb
ruary requests his followers to disband, to
humbly return to their allegiance with the
! Church of Rome, while he pmsues his
solitary pathway alone. Last week might
be called the elimination of his contumacy,
for besides his usual bitter abuse of the
Pope, he intimated that if he were perse-
cuted any further he would make some
revelations of the doings of the church that
would shake it from turret to foundation
stone. What did he mean by thatp Did
he mean that the church was given to un,
lawful practices, that he would hide it not il
are DR.. McGlynn's principles, it strikes
me they are exceedingly poor ones. The
plain facts appear to be that the man is
daft; little ephemeral success, much fool
added his brains, till at last he finds the
whole world wrong and DR.. Edward Nc.
Glynn right. He acknowledges no tribun.
al, he will submit to no authority; in'short
he wants 10 make Pope of himself, with
this difference, that the Roman Pontiff
great as his power is, has certain limita,
tions and restrictions beyond which he dare
not go; Dr. McGlynn has none. In short
time he will pass from further public con.
sideration and be unnoticed even by the
newsboys in the street, and if pointed oul
at all, it will be as man who attempted
much and accomplished nothing save his
own religious and social ruin.
Mr. Powderly, the third of the trio, is q
physical and mental wreck, stricken dowr
in the house of his friends, maligned and
blackened by the men for whom he has
sacrificed the very best years of his life
and whose conservative course has giver
the Knights of Labor whatever considera
ton they enjoy at the present time. Eli,
enemies may succeed in hunting him tC
his death, but woe unto him who succeed!
him.
Our sister Brooklyn is having another
lively religious ruction which, before i
gets through may involve one-half of thu
Methodist churches in the district. Th'
Washington St. Methodist Episcopa
church was presided over by the Rev. Mr.
Millen, who on investigation turned ont t
be very unsavory character. The cas-
was brought to focus by his behavior t.
to respectable lady of his congregation
She very properly informed her husband
and In very short time there was red no
war in the church. The congregation wa
split in two. One-half defended the pas
tor, who they declared, was worthy O
canonization, and vowed that the woman
who would asperse so sanity man wa
nothing better than dirty huzzy. TIL
rival faction swore by the Four Evangelist
that such case of moral turpitule an,
: spiritual defalcation was never heard of il
history, religious or profane, since Juda
betrayed his Master Old friends becam
bitter enemies, households were divided
E Christian brothers, deaf and blind to tn
] gospel ofpeace, punched each others head
! and called each other names which do NO
look we'll in cold prirt, and sound most OF
fensiYely when tintanabulatea on the of tn
ear. Brother Frank E. Parshley, might
pillar of the church, undertook the prose
cution of the delinquent pastor. 1t is no
necessary to go into the unsavory details
The Rev. NJ. Millen was disgraceful
kicked out. The tria! lasted several weeks
and the nrorurinp of witnesses fronn a hrOad