The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-10-10
MIUKEY WANTS no GET on TOP.

N1CKEY WANTS no GET on TOP.
EDITOR Carbon Advocate:
Quite number of Democrats i'm this
place are pronounced in their approval
of the position the ADVOCATE takes i'm
the Esser and Anti-Essor political
fight or course the factional disturb
ance is the result of a determined effort
TO eliminate politically, Prothonotary
Esser. Upon the surface it appears
that the only objections TO his candi-
dacy, is the fifth term, but underneath
this is the true reason and the leading
-Esserites know just what it is.
Four weeks more and the voters will
decide the ISSUE A very large number
of Democrats realize that If the Anti
! Esser ticket wins, the party viii con-
| tinue under the Cassidy banner, i'm
other words, the Cassidy contingent
will direct the movements of the Demo
cratic forces, in this county 1t is no
use for any OF the Auti-Esser adherents
attempting to hoodwink any voter, 10y
saying that Cassidy will be relegated 10
the rear, after Esser's defeat. Mickey,
though it is true that q goodly number
of honest Democrats, now training
under his command, secretely denounce
him yet the getting rid of him is out
of the question and 1t is sheer nonsense
to thus talk, in order to win Anti-EsseI
votes. If the Esser ticket is beaten
and the Anti-Esser ticket wins, Gas
sidy, and he alone, will claim, anc
rightly deserve the credit, this will bC
his position, and any effort to dislodgc
him, will precipitate another factiona
fight. No one realizes what is at stake
better than he. Even if the Republi
can ticket is successful Cassidy will
continue in command, because Essei
will be denounced, for causing the de
feat, either of these results viii caus,
the Cassidy contingent to fairly tumbl,
over each other in their joy at the de
feat of Esser. This is just the position
of the Cassidy combine, and the aver
age Democrat though a little dull now
will before the day of election make M
his mind not too err, in tho casting o
his ballot. But if Esser is elected
What then? Where will Cassidy and hi
active "aids" in the present canvass bc
win not the very ones who arc nov
moving to the wave of his hand. deser
and denounce him, md charge him ant
his immediate contingent with beinl
the cause of the present division in tn
party, and viii not the honest Demo
Gratis of the county respond with
hearty amen to this judgement? Will
it is true that the candidacy of Esse
for the fifth term was repuguant TO
large number of the Democratic voters
yet it is still true, he had o large mum
Der of friends who know him to be
Democrat. A good citizen, a thorough
ly honest and efficient official, with
pleasant and agreeable manner to al
3 who meet him either as citizen or Off
! cial If the effort to defeat his nomi
nation had been conducted in an opel
! fair way, following closely that whicl
l is known as honest politics it is pos
: sible Esser would have been defeate,
at the primaries, if such had been tn
case he would have retired. But tn
ineXcusable blunder, of chairman Gas
sly in endorsinga a parliamentary tricl
e at the county meeting. So incensedal
1 fair minded Democrats as 20 max
r Esser the formidable nominee he noy
S is. There is no beating about the busl
t for any other reason, that meeting en-
e tered the wedge, and the Harrisbur
4 Mallet welded by the same combina
ton completed the split in the party
Very many believe and will emphasis
{ the belief at the polls that if the Esse
0 ticket is elected there will be an entir
= new deal, new leaders will be selected
S and the party yreorganized. It will talk
q some time to recover from the presen
j Shock concessions will have to be made
j individual claims severely modified
t but the party can be made stronger
purer, and more effective in County
State and National affairs
f Packerton. A Democrat