The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-08-05

tee created by the same State Convcn-
ton will also decide that it was bogus.
To an outside guerrilla, it looks as tho
the proposition to refer to the State
Committee we're sort Of a bet Oh a
sure thing.
RAILROAD RI CKET.
Among so many proposed roads from
the southeast we ought to secure one
before long.
!. We called attention few months
since to the fact that the Burlington &
Cedar Rapids proposed building North
west. The proposed line is already
built from Vinton to Grundy Centre
and is heading in this direction. 1t is
favorable to " orthingtCn as The point
at which to intersect the st. Paul &
Sioux City road.
2. The Toledo & Northwestern, with
a view probably to head off the above
road, has jumped in and is actively at
work now building in this direction.
The contract has been let to build from
Webster City, Iowa, to Blue Earth,
MINI. This side Of Algona a branch is
to start and run to Spirit Lake and
thence either to Worthington or Sibley.
8. These movements on the part Of
the Northwestern have aroused the Mil
waukee Il st. Paul folks TO revive the
old project of building a branch from
Spencer to Spirit Lake. This may be
done to defeat the bonus which Dickin-
son county is voting to the Northwest
ern. But it seems that among So many
projects and SO much rivalry, we ought
to he struck by at least one streak Of
railroad lightning coming from the
southeast.
Our preference would be for the
Milwaukee 4 St. Paul. This would
give us competition The two big rail
road giants of the Northwest would
both haye roads into Wortllington and
they are always likely to remain rivals.
Either of these lines, however, would
give us another eastern outlet and, bet
ter still, direct road to tie Iowa coal
fields.
Worthington will probably be a rail-
road town yet.
on THE FENCE.
Our good friend, and usually fair,
Miller, Of the Worthington Advance,
is for the first time pretty we'll astride
the fence, and is laboring very hard to
stay there, but with some INCLINATION to
fall off on the Wald side, but he isn't
gong to fall till he finds a place to a.
light where there is 10 danger of bruis-
ing himself.-Nindom Reporter.
You know, Huntington, the AD-
VANCE is a ''highbird," a rooster that
stands high on his legs, and if there is
any place in the world from which a
rooster can survey the field to adyan-
tage before going into the barnyard me-
lee, or ''engagement," it is from the
top of the fence. And you know an
other thing, that when that rooster
does get down, he'll make the feathers
fly. He won't ''fail' off but will ;,light
square on his feet.
Now, Huntington, put yourself in
his place" for a moment and then see
where you would stand. Suppose you
were advertised to edit all Independent
Republican paper and not an ''organ, -
claiming and exercising the rig lit to
criticize your own party a little more
than the other fellows; suppose you
knew nothing personally about the
dOuble-headed duplex convention and
that both were DANGEROUSLY claiming
to be the regular Convention and to
have a majority Of the delegates, while
you couldn't decide for the life of YOU
which was the ''regular' convention;
suppose you SAW q number Of things
whic'1 looked tricley and irregular in
the DunnelI men just as you had seen
among them /, score Of times at county
conventions; suppose you had always
heartily supported DunHcll and every
National, State and Legislative RepuE-
lican ticket, and had got nothing for so
doing but kicks, and curses, aud bitter
personal, political, social aud business
opposition from Duuncll's friends; sup
pose all this, and then ask yourself
whether yon would he ''consumed"f fool
enough: tojump off on the Dunnell side
and ''whoop it up'' for lot of office.
holders and office seekers who will only
fight you aud curse you after you hive
helped them once more to stay in Office.
We respect Dunhell us man and as
a representative. but we do not care q
continental shinp!aster how soon the
district ''machine' is smashed into CIV
erlasting splithereens. 1t has had its
hand Oh all our local affairs long enough
If Dunnell's appointees had had sense
enough to attend to their district :,nG
r federal business and not assume to ru1
everything, down to village caucus
and all agricultural meeting, or if they
had even allowed IL difference of opin
ion about county matters without try
ing to destroy those who could not al
ways see it us they did, then this split
would not have been.
sDnnnelll,as :heen slaughtered in thu
house Of ldSt frieuds. cf-.
The First Congressional District
Democratic EConyention is called tt
meet ut 0 watonnaon "Wednesday, Sept
Z 80 SaO5.NOhIeS county is EFT it|t,l. r.