The Worthington advance., 1880-09-30
REASONS WHY DUNNELL SHO ULD BE
DEFEATED

REASONS WHY DUNNELL SHO ULD BE
| DEFEATED
EDITOR ADVANCES: While the tone OF
your paper on the Dunnell question is
generally approved, there are very many
Republicans who do not concede the
point that lie is the Republican candi-
date in any proper sense of the term.
True, he is so called by the ";avored
few" who run the machine because their
own interests require it. lie is simply
the candidate of tie Dunnell official
ring, nothing more.
When, with the combined personal
and political influence of his organized
cor ps Of Brigadiers. judiciously distrib-
uted throughout every county and in
every town in the Congressional Dis
trict, he was only able to get an even
number Of votes (and that.a matter of
doubt, with his opponent, it is ridicu
lous to claim that he is the candidate Of
the party.
While we are in favor Of strict Oh:
servance of reasonable party discipline
and party rules, we are not i'll favor of
supporting those who carry their points
by unfair and improper management,
by jockeying at the start, ut every turn,
AMI ut the coming ont of every politi-
cal race. This is what the Dunnel
men have been doing, are doing, and is
what they intend doing to the bitter
end.
After all the skillfull engineering
which has been done by them, first L.
mong the people, fixing up the primary
meetings and selecting delegates to
county conventions, secured the Sc
lection of delegates at said County Con-
ventions;-with all these advantages in
their favor, and without organized op-
position, they were unable to get clear
and decided majority in the Congress
sional Convention, their candidate
should have been withdrawn. If they
felt such deep interest in the success
of tile party they would have done so,
| and would have united cheerfully in The
selection Of standard bearer who
| would have been satisfactory to all the
| parties interested. The fundamental
principles of Republican,sm, the interest
OF tie party, party rules and party usag-
es. all required them to do this. Clear
ly and undoubtedly, this nomination
has been forced on the party against the
wishes and earnest protests Of Il large
and respectable portion, and by parties
who are actuated only by selfish motives,
i'y parties who have been betting on II
certain pool. They have position, they
have money ut stake, and the extra
weight must be carried at all hazards
or the party must be defeated.
These managing I}rigadiers have be-
come accustomed to debating and con-
trolling every movement and every
measure Of the party in their respective
localitie les. They have been led to be-
leve that with their united strength,
and Influence they could uomineer over
the people Of this entire Congressional
District. There is no way to rebuke or
to punish their i,solence except to dis
card an'! defeat their candidate at the
polls. \ reelection of Dunntll is an
extension of time during another term
Of these UNANIMOUSLY unfair political
managers who assume to control the
conSclences and the political doings of
every man III the party; men who claim
the right. and exercise it. to defame and
to ruin politically every man who is
not suhsprvient to their wishes and
commands. Their influence is felt in
! le election Of every Office from that of
Il school director to the highest in the
| gift Of the people. Also in every Fed
erll appointment within the Congress
sional District. Political vengence is
unsl'a-ingly dealt out to every luckless
wight who is even suspected Of having
an idea Of his own which runs counter
to their ideas Of political propriety.
Even the most humble citjZ II living in
| the remOteSt corner Of Il country town,
is hunted ont and punished through
t!:eir influence, if he tlares to question
the propriety Of their behests.
Petitions for their removal, CON-
|. plants Of their neglect of official duty.
Charges Of corruption and malfeasance
in office, eXacting of illegal fees, &c.,
| &C., made to Dunnell are consigned in-
discriminatory to the waste paper bask-
ct. Petitions for the appointment of
good and competent men even to the
most trivial positions, share the same
fate unless endorsed and approved 10y
the local magnateS.' Republicans have
endured and for tie sake Of harmony
have supported under protest this kind
Of management, hoping ut each success.
Sive election that these matters would
be improved. Instead of that they are
continually growing worse until it has
become Il reproach, a living stencil in
the nostrils of decent people everywhere
Il N litical malaria, fl ON which is ema-
mating p denies and contagious dis,
e sses, bIighting. withering, fatal in
their effects to the best interests of the
rarty. What do they care for the real
interests Of the party? Their only OBJ
ject is to secure to themselves another
term of liberal feeding ut the public
crib, all extension Of time during two
years more in which to execute politi-
Cal vengeance on those who oppose them.
Two years more iii which to complete
the dis'ntegration Of the party so au-
spiciouSly commenced.
". IL. Dunuell, us the author and the
supporter of their official existence, has
pat ell himself i'll such u position that
ne is responsible for and must carry the
weight Of tl:eir imperfectons and their