The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-11-11
THE PEOPLE ARE WINNERS.
The Result Is Salts
factory.

The greatest political fight ever
waged in the 43rd Judicial District
ended with the closing of the polls on
the night of election day and when the
votes we're counted Hon. Allen Craig,
Of Mauch Chunk, Carbon county, had
very decisive plurality over John
b. Storm, OF Monroe county, and Hor-
ace Heydt, of Lehighton, his opponents
for President Judge in this district.
The fight can well be described as the
most heated political battle ever fought
in any district in the Keystone state
There we're twoDemocratic candidates.
One represented honor, morality, pur-
itv and the highest standard Of manli
ness combined with splendid ability
and unquestioned integrity, while the
other forgetting everything but the
greed Of personal aggrandizemeAt sunk
to the lower degree of political huck-
ster. One refused to sanction any act
that the people might condemn or that
might cast a shadow over the Benchi
the other permitted, and apparently as
sisted in the preparation Of any trick
that might tend to his election. One
made the contest deoently, but deter
mindely, appealing to the intelligence
Of the people; the other fought with
bitterness, vindictiveness and assisted
by the most corrupt political element
in the county. The first, the man Of
the people, the able, brilliant, learned
lawyer, the pure, chilvaric man, Allen
Craig, Esq, was honored with election;
the second, John B. Storm, the pet of
the debauched element Of his party,
rebuked and terribly condemned goes
to the rear by the mighty verdict OF the
people. OF Horace Heydt, Esq, gent
leman, lawyer, scholar and respected
citizen, the Republican candidate, we
have nothing to say, further than this
that the election OF Mr. Heydt would
have been more unanimously prefer
able to our people than would have
been the election OF John Storm.
The election of Hon. Allen Craig to
the President Judgship is a most em-
/ phatic rebuke delivered by the people
to unworthy aud dishonorabls politi-
cal heelers. Mr.. Craig was the clear
choice of the majority OF the people Of
Carbon county, and Democratic coun-
" convention gave him a unanimous
nomination. lie did not seek for the
honor; he did not force himself upon
his party nor did he make himself OBJ
noxious bY efforts or actions unworthy
Of his high character aud ability. The
district conference TO nominate a can
didate met aud adjourned without re
suit, and the common feeling was that
the candidate from each county should
have his name placed upon his own
county ticket and with this end in view
the necessary papers we're filed with
the Secretary of State. At the last
moment, however, John b. Storm came
out in his true colors as champion
peanut politician, aud along with that
disreputable political scayenger, Mick
Cassidy, served notice of objections be
ing filed upon the right Of Mr. Craig's
name 10 20 on the Carbon county
ticket. In the Dauphin county court
Judge Simonton decided that Mr. Craig
not having been nominated as pre-
soribed by the rules aud usagss Of the
party in the district his name should
not 20 on the regular county ticket,
John b, Storm Was in precisely the
same position but the Secretary Of
/ State, a Mr.Wiliam I. F.Harrity, reVersss
the decision Of the court and puts the
name Of Mr. Storm on the regular tick
ct in both counties san unprecedented
) and diabolieal action. This was ap ac