The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-11-19
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ter sealjpg sour article, injwAiQA hR fs&lgt
Fnredi extensively; and ! assured iusa that
the was not in an angry frame offnh1db
1--WE said wea5hoped' he wis III Better
temper than lie Mas 81 the soctasionn of
fhis PfeYiiods eall:, i e,9pbjsctsd, Ia Sqdd,,'
EtoiI bntzene thing iM,what we said conf
cerningi him, and wished JUS td'make the
correction, ass fliel did noteowish, this
was intimatedo inaKind Of isaranthesis,E
land with what appeared to is lofty
contempt for any pody MID s. Wou1d Wife,
"a reply to 3 newspaper, artlcle ,apd 7es7
}pecially such a. neWspapertas the Abr
vANCE)-as he did not wish. I'd. reply
I50ver his: !ownsohauie. oHhe nc0rrectioli,
which Tie wished lis to make tlisatlAs!'
He did not, iii what lie said, TAX; Us to
task for printing tile poster ;forr THE, Re- Re-;
form party. but he pronounced It q,
|'*'mean'' thing in that party. 17WeI give,
lin the: full benefit iof. the denial, ,anil
are really gladtto learn that We: misuns
derstood him and that lie is not quite So
foolish as we took him to be- i,'s:' >
Z Tie Major evidently lad himself np7;
Der. pretty good .contrloPon tins particu7
lar occasion, :and he meant to- come over
and have Il calm talk and make IL calm
and reasonable request; but that old
Adam was evidently ''biffhg''ih Him,
| and lust before he left he told us ITO
fire away With orr little pop!gtll, is Ne
hadn't amy. influence: anyhow, 3 {: ,Ne,
didn't want to- laugh ina the = Alajor,s
face, but we tear we did laugh::;t littlei
more thnn wis proper after lledwds
| gomez His lofty assumption Of intiu.
erce and::of our utter WANT ,,9f IT, wis,
Exceedingly amusing. THIS ,isapt be:
1tlle' spirit Of an .otlice seeker who; has.
I got On the ticket and been,run through
/ by tile grace.0f the politicians al i'll the
indifference Of the people: AS we'll
might a tramp Or q Iegg,aaff WHO his
been given a meal, pride III lnself al lis
''influenoe'' with the family in whose
]kiUches he has eaten. This assumption
LOT superior ''iiifluence'' reminds tbs fory
chilly Of the assumption Of Il Young fell
low whom we had occasioni to- rebuke
not long since for insolence aud roWqy;5:
ism. lie Immediately fell back upon his
| dignity and assured us OF his superior
position and 'popttlarity''zin the COM
munity, syet" tile young; scapegrace is
scarcely. admitted to il respeetaLle 'faan.s-
lily III the county. IL, ., ~ti.:
| Now, we wish to say afew words: Sc
riously about this matte r Of Influence"
AS to the ADy.\SGE We know and 'a;iiriea:
conteat With the .intlueqeei we :exett,
and we say to- Major'Belll and his sup
|porters III these attacks upon us, THAT
if the ADVANCE had been: atur6ed
lagainst them. in the recent caml5;tig ign,
there would not lave been Il grease pot
tleft, Of @theml, Men like Major Bill
think that because the people vote .foE
them, .tlatthey are influential, '>wllen
in nine cases out of" ten, the only infiit-
ence they exert is with the politicians,
Eand tie. pebble vote for them out Of
sympathy and becaNse they Wish to help
them gain a livelihood. :.:.:a =; ,r,4i,,,
:Inarecent conversation with: one of
the newlylelected county officers we
Fsait1 that the coiaph1iat Of Il large poi!
>tiop' Of the Repqbliiefann pity WaS. that
III the politics Of the county the brains
! and the representatiye:men,.as a2rnle,
were ignored. Every caucus and every
cohVentiofl was ruin ~ three Of fur
lotlice-holders and two Or three Office
seekers, and, in. fact. nobody else was
even consulted.> Being asked who were
representatives Republicans, we named
Prof Huniston. Elihu Smith, L: n.
Safer, Captain" Smith,; Dr.. Moore" 6. Y;
Sutton, Jonathan Ames, Allen Chimney,
j. g." Clarke. Charles Newton, b. r..
Prince, G. Klihgensmit1i, 81 joint; ALLEY, !;
Capt. Atkins, and Others, men 1of tlfe
same Substantial character ''W9lf,,'
said lie ;, 'they are :not CONSULTED 1ccause
they, haze no; :. infuence!'' These are
nearly his exact words, and if; they do
not make every reader-of' this article
who is at all acquainted' III the COM
munity, break out into roals of laugh
ter, then olr readers have little appre-
citation Of the lNdierous:: ,:,.n;,: H.. . ~,
We are; we'll aware, that there is a
difference. between political sinausnce
and business: Social, intellectual; mor;tl
and religious ihfluenbce!!,I Wekilowvery
web tf ~ frffquuenntlyl men, like Tweed,
/ have great political Influence and have
none jof the 9th En- influence named. But
1it is not ikelysthat men who have all
fthe1atterare without political influences
Wien they choose to exert it,, ''f* u
j. We do not care, however, to dwell
upon this: All we caretodotis toshow
the people OF. MOBILES County, the ,l.,di-
cfoiis assumption Of superior popularity
and Influence, which swells the little
bosoms, Of some Of Tie men whom THEY
have elected, to. little offices: Let, qy
havefourlaugh at them, and when ,betn
ter times come say to them, Snow, 1--WE
fhave' helped YOU enough. Step down
and gut, And taks e&fs Ct y6af:sts'ly't!s7:' y
The Temperancesticket'maile"alg good
run in w aseca' Cotnty.''sIn GAINESVILLE
IIdihiston RECEIVED IS votes, PillsDhry
T. III H.