The Worthington advance., 1880-10-28
WHO Is WI RID?
[FrOm the Farihauit County journal

III point Of ability III all respects, Mr.
ward is fully the equal Of ,Ir. Dunnell.
lie Is Il man Of education and refine.
Iient, possessing fine business qualitie-
;!:a is Il successful business man, ans
rot the ''urulll<en Sul' some of the Dun
TX II organs and strikers would make the
p Oplt believe. lie is u gentleman of
'lgI Standing in refined society and a
III )ng the business men Of the country,
and vii! do credit to the district as it's
representative III Congress. The vile
mud Singing rtSorted to by many Of
lis opponents VIII fall back upon them
selves eve the canVaSs is over, and leave
ITS stain upon them, while he will he
l.n harmed.
[From the Wnnebago City Times.1
Mr.. Ward began when poor boy as
;ln ;1Xunan on Il canal survey in New
y 'rk. lie applied himself to his chos-
en- calling rising ly successive steps un-
til he became chief engineer Of an inI-
portaht railway and confessedly stands
1T the head of his profession in this
State. lie found time during his busy
life to read law and was entering on a
successful practice when the war broke
out, wlltreupon he enlisted and made Il
good recntd as /, soldier Returning
from the war lie resumed the practice
Of his profession Of civil engineer and
superintrndtd the construction of thu
Wilona Il st. Peter Hallway. Locating
ut Waspca he entered enthusiastically
int o all plans and PROJECTS tending toas-
si~t the material interests Of the town,
and it's remarkable growth and prosper
ity can he attributed to no one more
than to him. He WAS elected to the
State Senat" from Waseca county, and
was 4 member Of that body when the
resolution WAS introduced looking to
an examination and overIlau]ing Of the
transactions of the State Treasury.
THIS resolution. lacking to an investi-
CATION, was defeated at first in this
body. when Ward moved for the ap-
pointment Of special committee. car
ried it through the Senate. was himself
appointed chairman. and through his
persistent energy against large lobby
of plunderers. exposed the corrupt
practices If the Treasurer ank saved
the State ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS!
THEY FIT AND FIT AND FIT
From thA following, which we clip
from the Globe correspondence at Kas-
son, it will be seen that our friend and
former Worthingtonian, Mr.. Shuck,
has b ZEN getting INTO ''fout." If Mr..
S. did say that "aIl the brains and cul-
ture supported Mr.. Dunnell," he W 8
mistaken. We could name scores Of
Brains an Culture who are supporting
Ward. But here is the account of the
''engagement:"
"A day or two since, ye 'editor Of the
Mantorville and kasson Express,
made the remark that "al the brain
supported Mr.. Dunnell, while only the
and being taken to task about it to day
denied the whole thing, Wlereupon the
| pa: ties repaired to Mr. Grinnell's, in
| whose presence the remark Was made.
Mr.. Grnnell confirmed the statement.
and was Immediately called Il liar. which
Mr.. &. took quite coolly, and proceeded
| to explain, which only eXasperated We
editor, clerk OF the court, etc. who EN-
| phasiZed the first remark with, ''you are
| Il ID liar" This was IL little tnore
| than human nature could bear, and i
! tussel ensued. resulting in no damage
except a few broken lamps.
But "out of the mou@h hs of two or
more witnesses Shall W be condemned"
and getting outside Of the door was met
by a young sprig of the law" who con
| tirned the statement, and also the cred
| ibility of the first witness. and was met
with the more emphatic remark ''you
are Cd d. d little rrevarcatOr," or
| words to that effect. Whereupon the
disciple of Blackstone and Kent "lpt fly
with his right Tanler." intending to
| ''cljnch the argument" on ye editors
nasal prot uber,nce, but fell short. A
clinch followed. when both fell to the
| sidewalk and into the gutter. ending in
the editor on top. The bystanders, in.
cluding clergvmen, lawyers and bnsi-
ness men. now interfered. and after a
a careful examination. the unanimous
| verdict was ''nO damage done" The
''brains Of the r publican party" soon
after took his departure. and peace and
quiet once more reigned,
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