The Worthington advance., 1880-10-07
THE PIONEER PRESS ON d LINNELL.
Pinnper Press Anv 9th

IucttA N'Vii'DVi VI Co'iSlVco. 'ic ifso u ID.
appointed the expectations and delied
most defiant aud aggressive fashion.
lie has used the position and influence
gained in the house Of representatives
to obstruct, in the interest of protected
monopolies. in the east, the passage OF
measures of vital Importance to the
producing classes of the west. lie has
used the political influence gained at
home to organize local machine of the
most offensive kind and made himself
All autocrat OF a little empire within the
| organization of his party. lie has been
needlessly arrogant even in the eassump-
ton of his petty party autOcracy. and
has made himself the center of repul-
sion for u yearly growing system of an
tagonisms that has finally involved the
Republican party in his district in the
present tliSgraceful tangie. He has
djSregartled with the same cool indiffer-
ence the appeals of thoughtful OXpon-
entS of public opinion in his district for
i fair reflection of the wishes and inter
ests Of his constituents in his course
upon public questions, and he demands
Of individual Republicans fo: a respect
full consid rations Of their claims in his
conduct Of the political affairs Of the
district. lie has acted as though he
We're the irresponsible autncrat instead
of the servant Of the people. lie has
perhaps Justly forfeited his personal
claims upon the continued support Of
his constituents.
Here the Pi'neer Press. in general
terms, lays at Mr.. Dunnell's door all
that the anti-Dunnel! men Of the First
District have charged upon him. Yet
the Pioneer Press, to the tune Ola COL
umn or two i week, is urging. threat
ening, pleading. III d arguing to secure
the reelection of the candidate against
whom it makes the above charges
Why ? Because the Pioneer-Press
thinks the issue is, Dunnell or Il Demo-
crat. Party success before everything
else, is the demand of the Pioneer-Press.
first. last and all the time. Objection
able us Dunnell is he must be elected,
says the Pionear-PresS to save the pOr-
| ty in the First District. The Rtpulli-
cans of this District. who have been
groaning und(r the Dunnpll ''machint"
for years, must again pocket their
consciences and their interests, too,
and vote for Dunnell to save the por-
ty.
Now, we, in common with losts Of
other Republic ms, while oljccting to
Dunnell's methods and hating the in-
| fernal political ''macl,ine' which has
been organized in every county in his
interest, have heretofore supported him
rather than to support Democrat.
But now we are relieved from this nee
essity. Another Republican has been
nominated, and duty, inclination and
years OF warfare upon the "macline"
all demand that we should support Mr..
| Ward, who is the regular nominee Of
the party if amy man is.
We therefore call upon the Pioneer
Press, if it will persist in putting its
finger into the First District pie, to
join with us and help elect the only man
who can now save the District to the
Republicans. 1t is either, Ward or a
Democrat. Ward is gaining ground
every day. lie is Il popular peoples
man, has no tarnislled political record
! to defend. las no bitter personal enc
mics III the district, is loved ana sup
| ported with enthusiasm Ey hundreds Of
working men OF both parties whom he
has bcfriend:d 4 in various ways, and
is All able, Gle r-headtd, Witle-avake, j.,
lifelong Republican.
The vionetr-press must either sup
! port Ward or rest under the Charge Of
attempting to force a Democratic mem-
! Der of Congress upon the First Ni:-
| trict. Every land officer, postmaster,
collector, census enumerator and 9TH
er appointee Of Dunnell's, past, pres
ent or prospective, who is working for
| Dunnell. is doing the same thing. It's
practical treason to the Republican
party to oppose Ward.
a Chicago religious paper severely
condemn the Republican party for per
mltting Bob 1ngtrSnll to defend GAR
field. 1t tshouldn't be too fast diors, fort .
ven B"b'S help may be necessary before
the close Of the ca npaign. Garfield
can't :tfort to despse help even from
an infidel.-St. Paul Globe.
It is just such internal nonsense as
this wllc:' is killing the Republican
party. 1ngersoll has done S; |. ndih ser
vice in every Republican campaign. lie
stumped the country for the namby.
pamby, goodey cooley Hayes, and when
lngersoll was booked for ii foreign mis-
sion, the church bigots stepped in and
said 1T would never do to send IN inf
del.' Hayes succumbed to the bigots
us he did in the Bennett case. Yet the
noble Bob is ont again doing yoeman
service for the party which treats Lib
erals thus.
The Liberals, WHO poll hundreds of
thousands of votes, assert that the Re
publican party has sold out to the
churches, Young Mems Christian AS
sociations, Comstock societies, etc. The
Labor Reformers. who polled hereto
fore about $50. 600 votes in the co,,n-
try, assert that the Republican party
has sold out to the monopolists, capi-
talists, and various aristocricies. They
keep asserting this and the people look
up the facts and find it is only too true.
We sincerely wish it were otherwise.
The Republican PARTY has splendid
record on the slavery and kindred ques-
tions but it is not now the grand OLD
party Of former days. 1t is no. the par.
ty OF Garrison, Lincoln and Sunni
but the degenerate offspring of noble
sires. It is dead party unless it breaks
away from the control of relie ious big.
OTIS and monieG aristocrats.
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