The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-09-20
HOW THE RING WORKED ITIN
OSCEOLA.

A WARMING TO THE PEOPLE ONO
BLES.
The following letter is from a Mobiles
county farmer who was called to Sib-
ley the other day on business. He hap
pened there on the day of the County
Convention and inquired into the state
of affairs with the result given below.
Through the Indifference of the people,
and the desperation and shrewdness of
the Ring of Office holders, the Ring car
ried the Convention. So it will be in
this county, if the people do not attend
to the matter and send delegates who
cannot be wheedled and controlled by
the office-seekirg Ring.
Tie Anti-Ring people in Osceola are
about starting another paper, and there
will no doubt be an independent ticket
put in the field. Let our people be on
the alert and we shall this fall sweep
the Worthington Ring from the con-
troll Of the county offices:
S1BLEY, Iowa, Sept. Is, 1877.
EDITOR ADVANCE: struck this
town on Saturday, the 18th. Found
the town alive with delegates to the
County Convention and was not long
in learning the true state of affairs.
This county, although Republican in
politics, is divided into two factions.
The county officers have had large sal
aries In addition to their fees. This
the tax-paying portion have become
tired of paying and consequently have
resolved themselves into I'M Anti-Sala-
ry party. Consequently there were two
sets of candidates for county offices.
but the old Ring labored too hard.
They had too fat a thing to lie. beaten
out without a desperate stru0kle and
all the political lodges that ever were
heard of were played to carry their
point. They packed every caucus
through the county with two excep-
tions. In one township a party of Sal
airy grabbers went from Sibley to Gil
man to attend the caucus, armed with
a box of cigars which they flung" out
freely and got the anti-salary part Of
the caucus engaged in smoking and
yarn-telling in one of the stores, while
u few of the Ring slipped out and call
Ell their caucus to order. There were
six delegates to be chosen and there
were but three or four present. They
had to use il lad of 10 years. for one of
the tellers. The job was but a short
one, as one man wrote out tile tickets
with six names Oh each ticket and pass
ed them around. Each man voted once
and the meeting adjourned before the
anti-salary men had finished their IIa-
yanas. In another town there were
but three men at the caucus, two sala-
ny and but one anti-salary. Of course
the a1tl-salary man was elected Chair
man and the other two voted them
selves in as delegates. So it was run
throughout nearly the entire county.
and when Convention day came. it was
very amusing to see how affectionate
the salary grabbers were to the poor
hOmesteatlers. Some of the candidates
furnished dinner for as high as IL poor
hOmesteaders. How strange that men
will he so blind to their own interests.
But the Anti-Salary and Anti-Ring
men say, Thank God the end is not VET.
There will be an independent ticket to
see whether 4 majority Of the people
will say, ''Go in; salary: All I have I
freely give unto thee in the way of tax
es. ," Or whether they wilt say 1--WE
have suffered long enough and now we
can get better men for less money, or
Now, the object, of this. little outside
history is. to give our town men a little
hint of what to look out for; hope
that the county will turn out en- masse
and attend their caucuses, and see, to
it: that they; select good and true men
tor their delegates, for am. convinced
that the ,Worthington Ring will leave
no stone unturned, and will even 20
further and say they will resort to trick
cry to gain their ends. Sibley is to
:t'v9 another paper. ::f.4 =. QU1LP.
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