The Worthington advance., 1880-10-14

COurt t.COWmlSSlOnef, Is TOO well knOWl
! to need any introduction from us. III
! is fair, square. independent man. an(
never did and never will wear the col
lar of amy man or any ring. Tom ha:
always been Republican and claims
to he now although he has il tendenc,
to vote for the man he fought under.
J. T. Greene, the candidate for Com
missioner in the Third District. is alst
Republican and al intelligent, active
competent man. lie is honest and ca
pable and will occupy seat III the
county legislature with credit to lin
self and with an eye single to the inter,
ests of the county.
Before the convention adjourned. Mr..
Nelson was called out and gave the con.
vention a chance to judge Of his sl.eak.
ing qualities. lie made a good impress
sion, speaking with force and ease. lie
said he was not Il politician III the ortli
nary sense but believed it was the duty
of every man to take in interest in pol.
itics. lie WAS Republican but approx.
ed of the independent movement, be.
cause it showed that the people under.
stood their right to 4 free ballot and
their independence OF machine politics.
Il DECLARATION or FINDEpENDENcE
The st. Paul pioneer-P Press, on the
9Th Of August last, presented i number
Of reasons why the Republicans Of the
Firs, District should not vote again for
Mr.. Dunnell. Tl' spirit of Thomas
jefferson controlling and the editor of
the Pioneer-Press being the medium,
the article naturally fell somewhat into
the form of the original Declaration OF
Independence. We give below the ex-
act words Of the Fioneer.P Press, ;lrrang.
ing it, however, into numbered para.
graphs for greater convenience in read.
ing and reference:
1t is not necessary to affect that Dun.
nell is an ideal candidate. tie is not
ing of the kind. lie IS merely a prac
ticable candidate. lie has not been all
1iCt&l VI t'ii
!. lie has disappointed the eXpecta.
tlons and uttieu the wishes Of his con.
stituents in The most defiant and az.
gressive fashion.
2. lie has used the POSITION andintill.
ence gained in the house OF representa-.
tives to obstruct, in the interest ot pr. .
tecttd monopnli 5, IN the east. the l'.S
sage Of measures of vital Importance t.
the producing CLASSES oi the west.
3. lie has used the political influence
gained 1T home to organize Il local M,
chine of the most offensive kind and
made himself an autocrat of little en-.
pire within the Orynn.Z ton Of lis par.
ty.
i. lie has been needlcss'y arrogant
even in the assumption OF his pet. par
ty autocracy, and h made himself the
center of repuls,on for ii yearly urn .ine
system Of antagonisms that has finally
involve d the Republican ,a'tv in |.is
district in the present disgrac. full tan
gle.
5. lie has disrega;ded with tie 81 M
cool il difference the appeals of tI1onght
full exroEents of public opinion in Iii:
district for Il fair rejection nf the wish
es and interests of his constituents i,
his course upon public quest innS, ant
the demands Of individual Rep: hic"l,s
for u respectful consideration of t|riI
claims in his conduct of the political
affairs of the district.
&. lie has acted as though he were
the irresponsible aut ocrat instead of TIE
servant Of the people.
!. lie has perhaps justly forfeited
his personal claim upon the continued
support of his constituents.
The one defect il this declaration was
that it did not conclude in proper form
The Republicans of tie First Distri :,
propose to supply this omission Of the
Pioneer-Press and declare
We, therefore, the Republicans Of the
First Congressional District IF Mi, np
sofa, at the polls assembled, appealing =
to the world for the rectitutle Of our in
tentions, do, in the name and hy The
authority of the good people Of these
nineteen counties, solemnly pul liSI, ant
, declare, that these united counties arr
and of right ought to be free ant
independent from the rule Of the ''m.,
chine;;" that they are nbso'ved from al
allegiance to the same, Il I'd that all pol
itical come c:ion between them and IT,,
sand ':machine" is and ought to b. to
tally dissolved. And for the support q
this declaration, with firm relia, c,
upon the sovereign penple, we nut uall,
pledge to each other our support, UuI
| efforts oNf1 Onr vnfpS
THE ENGINEER WHO OWNS TIE
TRAIN.
| When the split &c, urred in the Wa
SEGA Convention the ADVANCE prompt
! ty informed those outsiders who w~rt
vainly and otlicionSly en,ltavori,.g tt
account for it, that it was Il ''revol
| against the machne' This it was ant
| nothing else. The machine seized til,
Waseca convention, as it has seized ev
cry county convention in the district
and determined that it should be r,,,
in the interest Of Mr.. Dunnrll. Henc,
the people aie in revolt. The contest
lies letwren the people on the one sl;!t
and Dunnell and the office holders OF
the other side.
Gen. Baker, in the N1anE;,to Free
Press, tells the exact truth in the fol.
lowing:
lie has come to think this district his
personal property, and the Republican,
voters, as his Va>SalS. Ii Grant was
beaten ut Chicago by reason of l1,s lden
titication with ''macaine' politics, the,
by parity Of even handed Justice, Mr.
Dunnell should be dtthroI1ed. for the
worst form Of ''machine" political dev
iItry ever yet invented, has sprung up
this district under his fostering hand
Those outside of this district do not fee
tile force q: this statement. In il meas
IRE they look upon it as Il battle betwre,
the ''ins and outs" Never was there {;
| greater mistake. 1t is Il revolt uf the
people themselves who neither hold OF
expect official favor, against the ':n,a
chine' III its most shameless form