The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-10-25

they may belong, who are entirely free,
clear and independent of the political
machine management. >:.,>'
AN OPEN. LETTER TO JAMES
. =: >*:.~r WALKER.
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TO JAMES 1FALKER, ESQ.,, RING GIN
f.: DIDA TIE FOR co UNITY UDIToR:
:SIR-Your open letter of October 4tl,
is received and contents noted. AS
elsewhere explained, it came into our
hands too late for publication in our
last issue, even had we been inclined to
publish it. That it did not reach us in
time, was due to tie fact that the sneak
to whom you sent it Held it back until.
rs he knew, we had not time to put it
in type, and then he came out in his
Ring sheet and announced that we had
refused to publish the letter.
Having had time to consider vour let
ter, we decline to publish it, ~ because
1t IS Il rule with us not to allow any one
to malign us through our own columns.
and ~, because your letter has already
appeared in the Ring organ. and those
who have any curiosity to read it can do
so.
I our tlrst charge against us is in the
following words: Lies, false represent
tatlons ana deceit, to control caucuses
and conventions" 1t is evident to us.
Sir, that you are Il regular reader of the
Ring organ. We know you are not a
reader OF the ADVANCE, save when
like a number of the Wort}Iington
Ring, you borrow it of some neigltbor.
Your language indicates that you are
rapidly graduating under the influence
OF the infamous Ring organ, whose on
ly strength lies in slandering the best
men III the county and in using fish
market epithets toward political oppo-
nents.
| Now, sir, we repeat again what we
have several times said through the AID
VANCE, viz: that we did not do one
stroke Of work directly against YOU,
We worked directly for Mr.. Chadwick
who was the People S choice, and whose
nomination, we knew weeks before the
c0nven ION, WAS Il foreyOne conclusion.
We said and still say that, so far us we
KNOW, You are man Of good character
and competent for the office of Register
or Deeds. AS to the charge Of Lies.
false representations and deceit.'' Won
learned that from the Ring organ Which
yoll have the misfortune to read. and
| which would attack you in the same in
famous manner it attacks others. had
you not, through some moral affinity.
or umbilical attraction. got on it's side
You next intimate that we published
u malicious falsehood,n 1--WE use your
own words, when we said we were in
formed by number of the best men in
the western part of the county that You
could not carry your own township.
| we can only repent what every reader
of the ADVANCE will believe, (excert-
ing always the free lunchers'' who
will not subscribe for our paper because
they belong to the Ring, but who will
walk a mile to borrow it OF neighbor. !
that we have been Informed by II num-
Der OF the best men from the west end
| that you could not carry your own town
ship. You ask for the names of orr in
formants. Should we give them. this
would only expose them To the infa-
nous attacks of your Ring organ and
to such persecution as you might I've a.
bic to stir up against them.
But, sir, you claim that you can car
ny your own township, and you give the
names of 81 persons who, YOU claim.
will vote for you. Now, sir, we cannot
publish the names of these persons. be-
cause we have only your word that they
will vote for you. If they had signed :,
paper and sent it to us for publication
we should publish it cheerfully. But
sir, as you have charged us with Lies.
deceit and false representations. and
with ''malicious falselood," we must
say that we very much doubt your
claim that the gentlemen you name in
tend to vote for you. When you call
us "liar'' it may not lie gentlelnanly to
say ''you're another" but we will say
that we suspect you of having used the
names sent as Il political scheme to Sc
cure support in other parts of the coun-
ty. ;" -
| Besides, should we publish the names
sent, we might raise II hornet S nest a.
bout our ears which would be anything
but agreeable. Some of the gentlemel
whose names you give might not wish
to be published to the world as sup
porting you for office. however much
tthey may desire to avoid trouble with
you and the malicious Ring which
brought you out as their sorehead can
didate for Auditor.
Your next intimation is that il i've
are the farmers FRIEND" we will pub
lish your letter. This is singular log
ic and entirely worthy of the Ring
clique into whose hands you have had
the misfortune to fall. You are an apt
scholar and learn their methods and
their epitl'ets readily. 1t is certainly
not necessary to allow you to malign
us thr>> ugh our own columns in order
to he the farmers friend" BY the
same logic, we would have to publish
all the billingsgate and blasphemy
Which. any one might choose to send,
or be charged with not being II friend
of the human race! Neither is it nee
essa,'y to support You for Auditor in Or
der to be the farmers friend. Captain
Mills the Peoples caYdidate for Audi
tor: is also !. farmer, and Judging from
your letter, he is much the greater gen.
tleman Of the two, and besides, lie has
had much more experience in public
business than you have had. is alleady
familiar with tile business and the needs
Of, the county, and is therefore the more
competent man for the place.
In conclusion, Mr.. Walker, you have
our sympathy. You have fallen into.
bad hands and you are being led astray
by designing men. The people Of this
county do not feel like passing by a
f,.inI MI t,,,r l.