The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-11-18

Maud Merrill, aged twenty, was
killed on Tuesday night, and Oh Thurs
day her body was carried to Greenwood
Cemetery from the undertaker's shop
ut the corner of Carmine and Bedford
streets. Mr.. Benedict spent much Of
the morning looking for clergyman
to otlciate 1T the funeral. lie exper-
fenced great difficulty. May to whom
he applied positively refused. when they
learned the character Of the girl. 1t
was not until noon that Rev. J. J.
Brouner, of the North Baptist Church,
at Bedford and OpIler streets, WAS
secured. Mr. Benedict refused to dis
close the names of the clergymen who
had declined to attend the funeral-N.
Y. Sun.
OF course it looks bad for these cleri-
Cal Pharisees who preach Christ and
dishoner him by their pride and ire
spectability'' to refuse to of1iciate at the
funeral Of the poor girl. But what pos
sible good could they have done either
to her or to any one else by their SER
vices. A wreath Of flowers laid on her
coffin Ivy any plying hand or tear
dropped from amy plying eye would
have been worth all the mummery aud
tomfoolery of all the clergy.
The comment of the Winona Repub-
lican upon the naivcly ferocious de-
mand Of the Minneapolis Tribune that
Mr.. Dunnell shall at once proceed to
roll the head of Mr.. Simeon L. Child
into the basket, is timely and to the
mint Rilt cnn1nf 1i,,r O,irht
properly be said about this sort of nd
vice to Mr. Dunnell. 1t might lie said,
for instance, that if Mr.. Dunnell We're
ever SO we'll disposed to wreak his ven-
geance with the executive guillotine
upon the heads of such Republican Of
ficeholders as had the tamerity to oppose
him in the late election, he might have
some difficulty in accomplishing his
purpose.
There are 10000 Republicans in that
district, who, if he should attempt any
nonsense of that sort, would rise up to
vindicate the right of Mr.. Child or of
any other ofticeholler to the free and
independent expression 10y voice and
vote Of his political opinions. 1t does
not seem to have occurred to the Min
neapolis Tribune that this is free
cOuntry.-Pioneer Press.
The Pioneer Press is either ''naively''
ignorant OF methods in the First Dis.
trict, or it assumes to be so in order to
repeat it's admonition to Mr.. Dunnell.
We desire now to 60 upon the record as
predicting that every federal office
holder and every newspaper having any
federal patronage will he punished" in
due time. OF course there are few
office holders who do not owe their pos
ition to Mr.. Dnnnall and have held on
in spite Of him, having the support OF
Senator Window, but the bulk of them
wear Mr.. Dunneli's collar and are his
servants rs much rs any clerk is the
servant of his employees.
This is true of the federal office.
holders in this vicinity. Already the
Worthington Land Office has punish
ed' the ADVANCE by withdrawing the
Land Office printing, which before the
election was published in both papers
This was done the moment it was
known that Dunnell WAS elected, and
without any notice to the publisher OF
the ADVANCE.
We can stand this cheerfully in the
Interest Of ''civil service'' reform and
we need no better yindication of oul
position.