The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-09-08
OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER
PHILADELPHIA Pa. Sci

PHILADELPHIA Pa, Sept. A, 'SS
Politics, politics. in front, behind and all
around u.s. The blare and trumpet of marching
battalions banners and bunting; music and
hurrahing in every nook and corner of Phila-
delphla, is the order OF the night at this time.
This is but a forerunner ofwhat Is to come. The
closer the campaign draws toward the end the
more intensified and lurid the excitement be-
comes. Up to this time it was the organization
of clubs and preparation for the practical work
that is at hand The first big turnout was the
great tariff reform demonstration of Saturday
evening. This meeting was held right in the
heart of the great Republican textile district of
Philadelphia. During the past it would have
been worth Democrats life to openly advocate
his partys claims in this section. This is all
changed now, as Saturday nights demonstra-
tion testlies. Over 10000 textile workers were
present to attest their interest and concern in
the great question and principles that will be
the means of producing part of that emancipa-
tion for which these illpald and oppressed toll
ers are struggling. The interest they manifest
ed, the earnest enthusiasm contributed, and the
scoring Of every applicable point applauded,
plainly shows the bent of their purpose, which
clearly indicates large increase in the Demo
phla. 1t was an nprecedentedmeeti for that
section of the city. The orators of the evening
were Congressman O. r. Breckenridge, of Ar
kansas, member of the Ways and Means Com
mittee; ex-AttOrney General Lewis G. Cassidy,
and Frederick A. HerwIg, the workingman s
candidate for Congress in the Fifth Congresslon-
al District. The speeches were good, earnest,
practical and convincing. James Kitchenmen,
william NJ Singery was one of the active par
Elephants.
John Mccullough for years leading Philadel-
phia politician and for a long time the faithful
lieutenant of Boss W. r. Leeds, committed sui
eide Monday morning. The cause leading to
this result was domestic. Mccullough was a
good fellow, but independent in characteristics.
His wife, with an abominal mother-in-law thrown
in, wanted TO rule the rOost, but John would not
have 1t thus and as consequence multitude
of troubles. But the great mistake he made was
In signing over TO his wies control $50 600 worth
OF bonds, valuables, etc, at time when they
were on yum, yum, terms. No sooner did he do
this than the mOther-in-aw stepped in and Nc
Cullough had TO step out. These yexatious cir
cumstanees and things preyed upon his mind
until he committed the rash act.
The letter of Charles S. Ltehman, assistant
general secretary OF the X. Of l.. TO Boss Quay,
offering his services to take the stump for the
Republican monopoly party has caused a tre-
mendOus feeling of bitterness against him among
the knights. The result is he has been forced
TO resign. Since this suicidal step on his part he
has been denounced by official action and openly
by authoritative bodies of knights of Labor As
semblies and Individual members. The fact OF
the case is that the great body of these people
are against monopoly projection as typihed by
the party of TRUSTS which Blaine claims are pri-
vate property with which President Cleveland
has nothing whatever to DO. Litchman is being
openly repudiated and charged with having sold
his Influence for a "pot OF mess" Be this as II
may, he at all events transgressed the require
ments of his position and as consequence is
outside of the pale of fellowship. The influence
OF Litchman's move is not of much account, be-
cause he not over three months ago, In knights
OfI.abor Assemblies, declared thatthe tariff had
nothing to do with either raising or depressing
wages That If the tariff were like a Chinese
wall the mOnopOllsts would absorb all the bene-
fit of any artificial advantage, In view of his
later course, the charge that he sold his lnhu-
ence TO Quay is susceptible of demonstration.
Be this as IT may, he has only looked out for an
other employer
The Pennsylvania State Fair was opened on
Monday with very large attendance of sight
seers. The Fair Is going TO be n success. The
exhibits are multitudinOus; in short II is replete
in all the things that make up attractive features
RIALTo.