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

WinOna 24Cl 3}4l 3O3
1890
Total o1233 1902 7222G
SUMMING: Up.
The popular majority for Garfield is
about 20, 600. The electoral college will
stand 2l9 for Garfield to $50 for Ham
cock, provided California gives Gar
field Il solid vote, which is probable.
There will be no electoral commission
and no buying up returning boards this
time.
Nevada and New Jersey have gone
Democratic, so that the North is not
quite ''solid.' 1t is IL signal Republic
can victory, yet it turns on the one
state Of New York. Had that gone
the other way, Hancock would have
been the next President.
The next House of Congress will
stand: Republicans 140; Democrats l34;
Independent Democrats ); Greenback-
ers 5, Il Republican majority Of ) over
all.
Tie Senate will stand: Republicans
81; Democrats 81; independent l, with
one from Tennessee in doubt.
EEPl'CLIC.lN 1ENDENCI.
The WOrthillrton Advance is an in
dependent and Intelligent paper, and
it's editor is not 50 wrapped up in l,arty
but lit: can see the tendency Of affairs.
After declaring his opposition to the
Republican financial p 'licy. its high
protective policy, and its policy Of
thruSting people into prison for their
opinions on social aud religious 1urs-
lions, it gives it's adherence to the Re-
uolic;n party on the southern qu>s-
ton, but adds:
'When will this, everlasting sectional
question end? We hope before the Re-
public becomes II strong centralized
government ruled by an aristocracy
more dangerous to liberty than Il Euro
pean mOllarchy.|
This is urIlestionaNly the tendency
of events, and the ''southern question:"
has been and is being used to further
the progress toward u monarchy. Tie
danger is not with the soutI-tlat is a
mere prctence; but it serves the purpose
of those who are using the government
for their selfish PURPOSES Re-
view.
Still their is abundant room for diff
ference of opinion about the ''southern
question:" All through the campaign
we have assured our Democratic friends
that on that question our sympatlies
were with the Republican party and
hat ~, Il u
be met by ''solil North" It may be
half prejudice but the feeling exists i'll
over the North. and we believe the cry
of Il ''solid South'' was the main factor
in making the North so nearly solid for
the Republicans.
AS to the tendency Of the Republican
party toward Capitalization and an ar
istocracy, there is no doubt Of it, and
the leading Republicans do not attempt
to disguise it. 1t should he fought day
and night by men OF all parties who
care to maintain free government. Tie
old Fe'leralist party rearptars in the
Republican party and is fixing it's IDEAS
and policy upon tie Republic At one
time the people arose and stamped ont
the Old alien and seditior laws almost
the moment they were enacted. Now
the same kind Of laws, in worse form
and in worse hands, are snugylrd
through at the close Of Il congressional
session, and the people not only submit
bu; unbIushingly and with amazing in
difference approve. They see scores Of
men sent to prison for the mere ex-
preston Of opinions and they approve
because the infamy is perretrated by
the party with which they act on the
southern and other questions.
Moreover, ON the question Of State
rights the Republicans are sllamefully
ignorant or indi fferent. We do not
know Of il single Republican speaker or
prominent editor who during the re-
cent campaign made the distinction be-
tween state rights and state sortrciynty.
The people are being educated to be-
1ieve that the two are one and the same
thing, and that State rights are to be
condemned as a southern political here
sy. And gradually the aristocrats and
Federalsts are handing over to the
general government the functions and
duties which belong to the States.
What is the effect of this? That laws
for the punishment Of crime and laws
creating crime are being passed 10y Con-
gress, instead Of being left to the State
Legislatures where they belong. Ar
rests are made by u. 5. Marslaalls and
men are taken from their homes and
tried 10y foreign judges and juries. This
is the tendency of the Republican par
ty. One by one the people are surren-
dering to Il centralized power those
rights and those details Of government
which belong to themselves in their
own localities.
And we may safely predict that if
this tendency is not checked soon, tie
government of the United States will
be declared Il sectarian government. Il
State church will he established, tenn