The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-02-15

we're to be put IN the new Municipal Build
ings, and one Of the go.betweens went 10
a reputable manufacturer aud asked him
his price. The manufacturer gave him his
figure, and then the boOd er asked him 70
add twenty-five per cent, 10 the bill. This
the manufacturer refused 10 dot 50 the
order was carried TO a house with an easier
conscience, and the thieves got there ell
the same. When the new Asylum Build
ings we're put up at St. JOhnsland, which
was purchased by a system Of robbery, the
Board Of Supervisors resolved to put up
four buildings. al alike. The supervising
architect drew up plans for one building,
and charged for four, his charges for work,
that took MIN less than a week, being over
Twelve thousand dollars The President OF
the Board, a high minded gentleman,
vetoed the bi !, but the combine passed II
over his veto, and are supposed To have
shared the plumber Shortly after there
was a large contract to be given out, and a
man named cCann was the Owest bid Ter.
The chairman Of the Board. one o Brien,
approached Mccain and asked hi II, How
much there was in IL for the b'yesT Nc
Cam said there was nothing In It "for the
b'yes" SO McCanu was thrown out and
some one else got the Job. Now, the
| President Of the Board says that this same
dollars not TO veto some bills. The case
has found its wa, TO the courts, and IL
looks rs though Brooklyn might furnish
some Supervisors to the State Prison to
/ keep company with the Doodle Aldermen
from this side of the river.
The Republicans, too, have had livelv
shaking uD. At the recent County Con-
ventioE, when a chali man Of the County
Republican Committee was 10 be elected,
there were two candidates, one named
| Woodruff and the other Baldwin. A
fellow OF unsavOry reputation named
Daggett, at one time Sheriff Of King;
County. undertook to manage Mr.. Bald
wins election. He gave one Greenleal
smith his note, endorsed by a person
named Birkett, to the amount of three
thousand dollars, to deliver him votes from
his ward, which il appears, Mr., Sniitl
carried in his breeches pocket. In the
mean tim the rival faction had not beer
idle, and az soon as the' ascerained The
story of the notes, the sent for Smith ant
offered him Two Thousand two hundred
and tifty dollars cash for them, the cor
sideratiOn being that Smith should deliver
the votes for Woodruff and not TO Baldwin
Smith took the notes out of his pocket ex
peciing the cash, when Woodruff snaicheC
The notes out Of ms hand and ordered The
prostitution of the franchise has aroused
he homes er portion of the entire com
nunty, and they are now debating th'
question whether IL is not possible TO star
a Lew parry for municipal purposes, which
shall drive all ringsters, bOOdlers anC
thieves from public life, This state o.
affairs Is due not to the inherent vice d
either party, but TO the criminal negligence
of the better men Of both parties, {
have allowed these rascals to come to thu
front, grab all the offices and plunder al
The city Eternal vigilance is the price o.
liberty" and for the present, II the two
cities are going to be saved, al mere party
affiliations must be sunk for the common
| good
Weare still rejocingin in summer weather
and the grip still holds on.
am, yours truly,
BROADBRIM.