The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-06-21

newspaper, every pulpit, every county
political Convention, every State Con-
vention, every religious assembly,
should go on demanding the payment
of these bonds until they are paid.
h,WORD 70 .EARMERS
The Worthington journal came out
last week with another column in de-
fence Of Worthington Ringism. It
lays It IS willing now to have the coun-
ty Offices divided equally between the
town and the country. So much then
for the attacks of the ADVANCE on
Ringism. Before the ADVANCE show
ed up the Ring and its organ, their pol
icy was to concentrate all the offices on
Worthington men. Now, they are
willing to give half the Offices to the
farmers. The ADVANCE has done
good service, then, so far.
We ask the farmers to keep steadily
in mind the one and only issue in the
controversy between the two papers.
Tic ADVANCE is opposed to Ringism;
the Journal is an advocate of Ringism.
The ADVANCE is the Peoples and the
Farmers Paper; the Journal is the
organ Of a political Ring composed of a
half dozen men. The ADVANCE is de-
voted to the best interests of the whole
county; the journal is devoted to the
interests Ola little town clique. The
ADVANCE is the old, established coun-
ty paper; the Journal is an upstart got
ten up to keep the county in the hands
Of a half dozen men. The ADVANCE
was started to give the people a legiti-
mate newspaper; the Journal was start
, ed to run the ADVANCE out and to per-
'petuate the power of the Ring.
The personal spats between the edi-
tors have nothing to do with the real
issue. On our part these personal
thrusts are nearly always jokes; on the
part of the Journal, they are nearly al
ways malignant attacks, indicating Bit
terspite and hate, and made up in many
cases of infamous falsel.oods.
The bitterness and rage of the Journ-
al indicates how completely the Journal
set are dhcomfitted. Farmers, put
down. Ringisn,, and there will Ike peace
In the community.
Tie Journal comes out in favor of
reducing the wages Of the teachers in
our schools but opposes voluntary re-
d'ction in the salaries of county Off
GERS. SO completely is it controlled by
three or four Of the Ring officers that
1t Is compelled to justify the taking of
every cent which can be legally squeez-
cd out of the county, hut it comes out
''bravely'' and deiiantly in favor of re.
ducing the wages Of the lady teachers.
Here would he a good picture for Mast;
A county official circulating peti.
ton to cut down the wages of female
teactters to reduce taxes. A citizen
circulating petition asking the coun.
ty Officers t" aljate portion of their
salaries H. order to reduce the taxes.
!: CONSERVATION among tile Ring officials
and marks, THAT aint in our ]ine!''
"Tint's a horse of another color!''
I'VE can't encourage that kind of
thing!' TOO thin!' '''Not if we
know ourselves!'' ''Wln.t's the use to
:: hold Office if we can't get I'LL the law al.
!. lows asf',.!, ~ : o., -. -. -.
r-,i.
y CIia intolerable bigotry.-Journal.
There it is again. Because we do
not agroe' with the Journal set that re.
ligioal ~ \ mere matter of expediency
and policy; because We do not agree
with them that business men may cheat
,tA3if creditors and rob e:,cl, other Of
their property; because we have insist.
ed that church Trustees should at leas,
lie g 'aonest'as non protesting business
men; BECAUSE we have insisted upo,
elevating tile standard in county poll
tics and taking the political machine
out Of the hands Of political rings. the
Journal '',,rl,s ,,po,' that one string con
tinually, and it is ''bigot!' "bigotr
:'plgotl' 1t is the truth that hurts
them. !" . :',.
'l''No rogue e'cr felt the halter draw.
With gOo<lopinion Of the law"
r. The Journal repeats the story about
!'sshiftless mepdicants aud beggars'
which We settled last winter. The on
lyfoundstion for this story was in on,
remark TINT certain of the Journal set
WHO undertook TO-: distribute relief t.
the suffering settlers, had taken all the
best dried apples md clothing home
Another 'tling!ajWe can prove tia,
sohe5 6t the editors OF the Journal pre-.
vented wofthy:ahd suffering farmers
from gstting 'itiief because lie. had a
grudga' against them growing out Of
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