The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-04-20
THE PEOPLE %. THE POLITE
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THE PEOPLE %. THE POLl11-|
The recent uprising Of the people
Of Chicago:to, free themselves from
what the Pioneer-P Press calls the
"bummerocracy" will Be ! y w.arning}
to ballotbox suffers and greedy OF.
hce-holders throughout the country.
The hummer element, with Mayor
Colvin at their head, refused to sur
render the city government, after
having been defeated at the polls, and
after having stuffed the ballot.boxes
and counted themselves in. IT. go.
The people held q series Of mass
meetings which have had no parallel
since the daystof the vigilance COM
mittee Of San Francisco. They said
to this ring Of hummer politicians,
"Surrender or Hang!" The Times
raised the cry Of Emigration or Elk
termination
The Pioneer-Press, speaking of this
state Of affairs, says: "Such is the
dreadful predicament which Chicago
has got itself into simply because the
taxpayers allowed party caucuses,
run by ward bummers, to control
their nominations and elections" Ger
tainly. This is only the old story
over again. The people ,oiu not at
tend to their political duties, and SO
the bummers, politicians, wlre-work-
ers, etc., control caucuses and conven-
tions, elect bad men or persistent Of
fice-seekers, and, frequently, as. in
Chicago, resort to frauds to gain or
retain control Of public offices.
In these times of Investigations and
Of calling all public servants to a
strict account, the people ought to be
awake and taking high stand in pol
itics. Establish the rule that you
will seek the office-holder instead of
the office-seeker seeking you out for
your vote. Let the Office seek the
man. Set your feet down, as these
Chicago taxpayers have done, upon
ofiice-seckers and wire-workers; and
let us have pure politics and honest
and efficient otfice-holdcrs.
THE PEOPLE AND THE AID.
VANCE.
The following letter is from a No.
bles county farmer. 1t has the true
ring. Nothing has gratifed us more
than to see how exactly the people
appreciate, understand, see through
and estimate the motives and animus
of the halt dozen politicians and the
half dozen men whom they can intlt
cnce, who are endeavoring to cry
down the ADVANCE and start an0the,
paper. The resolutions adopted by
the Hersey meeting hit the nail on
the head exactly. The farmers Of
Mobiles county have their eyes and
ears open and can see through an of
fice-seeker a good deal better than al
oface-seeker can see through them.
The letter given below is anothe,
striking proof of the fact that the far
mers are keen in their perception ant
just in their Judgment of the real is
sue between the ADVANCE and a few
politicians and malcontents. Will
more farmers speak out through ou]
columns?
EDITOR ADvLNcE: The time ha!
come when every lover of peace, or
der, prosperity and good will among
our people, should let their thoughts
be known in regard to the course tn,
WoRTH1NGToN ADVANCE has taken a!
q local journal. I have converset
with many good and substantial far
mers ON the subject of late, and W
are all unanimous in the opinion tina
the ADVANCE is the paper Of the PEG
pie and for the people that it is tn,
neatest, the ablest edited and the hes
local newspaper that it has ever beef
eur good fortune to possess. 1t il
said that movement is on foot t.
start another paper in Worthington
and that few business men and .
few political demagogues, oftioe-seek
ers and promoters, abettors and up
holders of rowdyism, are the instiga
tors, and that the head of it is to b.
a bell. Who are the business mel
that would interfere with our affairs
suppress, orr newspaper and dictate
our politics. Give us their Names
Let US know our enemies. BY whom
are they supported, and from whenc,
their bread and butter? / answer
from the patrons of the ADVANCE
II there are business men in Wor
Ellington who would injurc, discour
age, suppress, or in any n,annef de
priye us Of the ADVANCE, we vii
withdraw f.om them our. support
We, the farmers, can, live withon
them. We are a free aud independ
ent people. We are not beholden t,
any other class lfneed be, We ca,
have orr own stores mills work