The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-27
THURSDAY, MAY q, 1880.

m;ic ~ ~ Cmrress to represent said district.
The basis Of representation will be one deleeaGf
RemibIican votes cast at the last gubernatoria
e,ectiom. and one for each major part Of no.
ef fNobles county is entitled to delegates.]
CONVENTIONS
NATIONAL.
Republican, May 2, Chicago.
Democratic. June %, Cincinnati.
Greenback- Labor, May 9, Chicago.
MINNESOTA REPUBLICAN.
First District, Waseca, July 7.
Second District, Pennington, July 8.
Third District, Minnear oils, July z.
Grant before the Conventions: I in
tend to light it out on this line if it
takes all summer. My enemies cannot
drive me from the field.
Grant to the Convention: 1 propose
to move Immediately on your works.
Nothing but immediate and uncondi'
tional surrender.
Grant after the Convention: Let us
have peace. Let no guilty man escape.
PRINTERS EXEMPTION:
The Supreme Court of Iowa has re-
Gently rendered decision Of great i'll
terest to the printers OF that State, viz:
that printers are mechanics and that
therefore their tools to the amount OF
$500 are exempt from taxation under
section 797 of the Code. The case was
that of Smith & Funk, of the Spirit
Lake Beacon VS.. Osborne, treasurer OF
Dickinson County.
RECEPTION Old. H. BENNETT.
D. NJ. Bennett was released from the
Albany Penitentlary on the 29th of A
pril. was received by committee of his
friends and escorted to New York. On
the evening of May I'd he was given an
enthusiastic reception at Chickering
Hall.
As We have often said we do not agree
with Mr.. Bennett in his religious views
nor with the views Of Cupid's Yokes,
but we condemn with every energy we
can command, the infamous outrage a.
gainst free speech and free thought
which was committed when he was sent
to prison.
Bennett is to-day purer in personal
character than nine-tenths of the clargy
of the United States, and in devotion
to human liberty and human advance
ment he is far in advance of any clergy
man we know Of. But he has been the
victim of the clergy. They have had
their revenge and Benefits cause has
been strengthened Il hundred fold by
their persecution.
AsoUND CANDIDATE
A bulletin has been issued announc-
ing that our old bachelor friend Sammy
J. Tilden is perfectly sound in wind and
limb. This has become necessary be-
cause of the custom which has obt lined
IF declaring Presidential racers ''off''
on account Of some physical defect.
Thus Chase was considered out on &C
count of an attack of vertigo or paraly-
sis, or something Of that sort, and an
attempt was made to GUST Blaine by
sunstroke.
If we might be so bold we would pre-
sent Col. Bob. Ingersoll as a specimen
candidate who is physically perfect,
though a little ''off lin his theology. lie
could stand the race. lie is not troub-
led with sunstroke and has never been
afflicted with railroad accident. lie
never contracted Il tornado and has
never been laid up with ali earthquake.
AS for snake bites he is as free from
them as the babe unborn. lie is never
troubled with tootll-ache as lie keeps
his teeth in splendid order by ''chaw-
ing up" sleek clergymeh and fat mis-
sionaries. Gout has never got within
a mile of him rs he keeps on the move
featuring to mighty audiences of 5000
and his head is so cool and level that
the headache never could get chance
to sprout.
THE THIRD TERN PARTY.
Murat Halstead, Of the Cincinnati
Commercial says:
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