The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-24

and supporter and when Mr. Grant was
fairly seated ia the Mayors chair he made
his friend Dick Croker city chamberlain,
with a salary Of twenty thousand dollars /
per annum, and large possibilities besides.
But trouble was brewing in the camp, |
and the cloud which at first had been no
bigger than n mans hand, in a short time
whole party with destruction. Dick |
Croker had a brother.in.aw by the name
of McCann, and as McCann had helped
Croker when he was poor, Croker was
bound TO look out for Mccain now that he
was in power. So he was given the
restaurant in Central Park, one of the con.
ditions being that portion of the profits
should be paid to the city. But no profits
ever came, so an investigation was ordered
by Board of Aldermen; but, when the
proper officers came to Mccain he bounced
them into the street, informed them that
he was Dick Crokers brother-in- law, "and
that he shouldn't stand no Investigations
Then he went TO brother Dick, but brother
Dick gave him no satisfaction. McCann
swore vengeance and Croker intimated
that McCann didn't keep respectable
house in the Park; McCann grew furious
and threatened to exposeCroker and Grant.
Croker was taken Suddenly IN, so i'll. in
fact that atmosphere of the United States
grew very unhealthy and he thought IL
best 10 put the Atlantic Ocean between
q himself and New York. Then came the
{ music. McCann swears that Honest Dick
Croker five years ago attempted to buy
= enough of Aldermen to make Hugh Grant
o Superintendent of Public Works, where he
o would have control of the new Aqueduct
T. funds to the amount of fifty millions, and
o he saw the bag with a hundred and eighty
II thousand dollars of the Doodle, that was tC
e do the job. Il is feared in some quarters
that If Croker's wife is put upon the stand
l.. that she will indorse McCann's testimony
= and so there is every appearance of an ugly
row ahead.
= | should not be surprised at any momen
. to hear of the death of one or both of tn
principal actors in this drama. Politician
"iN ohbbpooh w bC lth-ahlllllCNl
:, but they do not seem To be able to stan,
defeat. 1t appears to affect them quicke
than morphine or strychnine. Tweed di
,e not live long after his disgrace. Poor oil,
"a Jake Sharpe went TO pieces right away
b Harry Genet and Mike Norton soon CAV
q. out Hubert o. Thompson died In a mont
after he realized his ruin. John Kel
collapsed inside of year, Mike Crogan
I the great Republican heeler, died In a wee
1, after be was kicked out of the Republca
party. and Johnny O'Brein, who fo
r. twenty years carried the Eighth Assembl
el District in his pocket, died IN mont
to after he was deprived of the lucrative ofiic
at which he had held for twelve years, an
ed was banished from the Republican cour
ly ellis forever. Probably death is the bes
e. thing can happen to them, bad Republ
MS cans or bad Democrats-and here we hay
an lots of both kinds. But besides these W
II. have far greater number of good Demo
IN Gratis and good Republicans, who desir
ic pure elections and good government
10 perhaps when we haye killed the heelers o
lis both sides we may once more tread o
* solid ground but at present the Promise
a Land looks afar Off
in BROADBRIM