The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-11-01
SIX REASONS FOR OPPOSING THE

SIX REASONS FOR OPPOSING THE
RING.
We are opposed to the Worthington
Ring for the following reasons:
l. Because it is Ring and part of a
gigantic Ring system, as we showed
last week.
2. Because it is 4 town ring and was
organized TO keep the county offices cir
culating among Worthington me,,.
8. Because it is intolerant and un-
scrupulous, and has labored as the let
ter of Three Farmers, published in the
ADVANCE, declared, to destroy every
man who has any influence against it.
4. Because a large majority of the
men who compose it are inferior men
and a number of them are positively
bad and dangerous mea in any commu-
nifty.
S. Because a majority of the men
who compose it are not entitled to any
thing ut the hands Of the people, as
they have done nothing but seek and
hold office and make war upon the re-
spectacle and substantial men Of the
county.
6. Because by ending the Ring, we
purify the politics of the county and
give peace to the community.
"A FEW EARNEST WORDS 70 rorERs
This is the last opportunity we shall
have to speak to our readers, through
the ADVANCE, before the election.
We wish therefore to say few earnest
words to the voters of Mobiles county.
We have been here from the first set
Element of this county and have taken
IN active part, more or less, in every
general enterprise for the Development
of the county. We have also taken Il
hand in nearly every political campaign.
We know every man connected with
the Worthington Ring and have been
an observer of and prorestor against
their schemes from the first. Had we
been so disposed We might have fallen
in with their schemes and thus avoided
two OF three years OF warfare and pre-
vented the starting of a ring organ.
But We could not do this. We prefer
red to stand with the honest people a.
2ainst the oflice-seekers and against po-
titical Rings Our motto has been,
"I.et the Office seek tho man, and not
the man the cffice.''
Finding they could not use us, nor
the large number'of respectable citizens
whom the ADVANCE represents, the
ring began q system of warfare which
has embroiled Worthington and good
portion Of the county in continual
strife. No SANDER has been too vile,
no insult too great, no trick too mean
for part Of this Ring to perpetrate.
They made it business to hound and
prosecute every man who took any &C
tive part against them They marshall
ed their rowdies and set them OH the
ADVANCE Office and they deliberately
proposed to mob: the ADVANCE as the
shortest way to get rid. of it. The
three farmers who spoke through the
ADVANCE last Summer, land they were
three genuine f;.rmers,) expressed the
truth when they said that it was the
purpose of. the W orthington, Ring tc
ruin:eyer man who had. any influence
against Them: ;'1'. ...:f,
And, now, whatnwe want to say is
this; that the, complete overthrow Of
the ,Worthingfon ring at the coming e
lectioni will restore. harmony to this
community and end ringism in MOBILES
county, II the people willset; the sea-
of their condemnation upon the ring
and rinqgism by defeating every ring
man who is on the ticket, we believe
the WOrthingtone ring will not be able
to hold together hereafter, and that,
being disOrganized and Hiding the peo.
pie will not sustain them, they will
cease to ~ W pay! war ip the community.
Tie ring have, been claiming every.
where that: Thompson would carry the
Scandinavian vote for Walker. This
shows the, estimate the Ring set put
upon our. Scandinavian citizens. Meth:
or Thompson nor any other man can
control their votes. We have convers.
ed with a number OF Scandinavians dn-
ring the past ten days who assure us
that they will support Mills.