The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-11-03
FEY EARNEST WORDS.

llCaNS that NepuDllcaIIS "eIe ia "o'o'
bound to support the ticket placed III
nomination by the party convention
aud further, that none but those WHO
had been in every respect true to the
party and to party candidates should
bei,laced in nominations; and that can
didates so selected should be supported
ut the election without regard to per-
sOnal preferences.
Then. after helping to place men in
nomination who had according to Their
own record, swindled this county out
of thousands of dollars, could they con
sis,ently 90 into church the same day
and rejoice that political corruption was
being done away with, and men here
after were only to he supported for their
integrity. and for their fitness for posi-
ton? According to their own logic
and teachings on the street, II the devlI
himself had been placed in nomination
in party convention land he was, under
different names) they would be IN honor
aud in duty bound to support him.
They publicly endorsed the lron'ciad
rule which requires men to sacrlllce
their own convictions Of rlyht III support
of party and of party interests. They
have only to go step further IN the
same direction to require men to sacri-
fee their integrity, their manhood and
their own self respect at the same
shrine. The men whom they placed III
nomination seem already to have done
So, and that apparently is their only
recommendation.
The support of candidates who have
previously held positions of public trust
is an endorsement of their former Otli
cial acts, and gives them license to pur-
sue III the future, if elected: the same
course. Can Intelligent Christian peo-
pie afford to endorse official crookedness
and corruption at the dictation of
party? They cannot plead lgnoranct
when the public record, within stones
throw. open to their inspection, fully
establishes the facts.
Can Christian people support as
candidate for office i man who has
within the year granted license to sell
Intoxicating drinks as beverage! Can
they afford to unite their influences
with those obtained by the sale and use
of such beverages to swell the majority
of Il candidate who has licensed, for
party purposes, such an institution:
Can they 50 mingle their efforts and
their prayers with the fumes and the
influences Of Il grog shop, and retain
their own self-respect and that Of. the
community?
While we are willing to concede that
place in nomination may be eIcused.
there is not the slightest reason why
they should lie rewarded, or even coun-
ten:lnced in what they have done.
Christian people, under the leader
ship of the Journal, have been led.
blindly or otherwise. into the support
Of crookedneSs and vicious habits.
When they look on the public record of
men whom they have ''delighted to
honor" like the peacock when he looks
ut his own feet, their feathers droop-
CroOkedneSs and corruption is stamped
hpOn the two-sided, vacilating faces
and character of their candidates. The
reflection comes back, as frOma mirror,
and fastens upon themselves. They re-
sort to scandal and to false statements
and affidavits to fortify their position
it only makes it more ridiculous and
untenable. They hang their heads in
very shame when they attempt to ana
lyze, to describe or to justify their posi-
tion. They are supporting principles
(say nothing Of men) which are re-
proach and a disgrace to the civilization
Of the age.
The only way they can get out Of it
honorably and retain their own self
respect, and their influence in the com
munity, is to back square out of the
entire business. reputliate the crooked
Republican county ticket, take back
their ,cronq stnries before the election.
and support men whose integrity, either
in public or in private life, has never
hoon nuosf iOno6 nor f4O,htp6
THE JOURNAL TAX.
We showed last week that the Jour
nal. the organ of the straight ring
ticket, had never paid any taxes but
one year, thus cheating the county ont
Of nearly $500. Some of the Journal
gang have the effrontery to say that
Treasurer Shepard is to blame for not
collecting 1t. Shepard could collect the
tux only which has accrued under the
Ogles. We inquired of Mr.. Shepard
why it was not collected. lie informs
US that he endeavored to collect it and
Rev. O3le told him that he had an
order coming due from the county and
that when he received it he would pay
the tax, if Shepard would not force COL
lection. Shepard waited, and finding
that Ogle WAS not doing rs he promised,
inquired the cause. Ogle said there
was not enough Of the order to pay the
tax and some other bills and therefore
he had paid the other bills.
AS to the tax of former years, the
facts are about these: Thompson was
one IF the owners of the Journal, it was
his organ, he had promised Gruelle to
stand Ivy him and see him through, and
lie preferred to let the county lose the
tax rather than force collection.
WhereveI we look into the TRANSACT
tions of this Journal gang we see Il
sicke"ing record Of county defalcations,
tax defraudings, burning of buildings
to get the insurance, church stealings,
misrepresentation of funds, etc. Yet
the gang claim ''respectability' ''regu-
lar.ty," ''social position,' ''picty,"
ETC., which they have only in their own
eyes. and they are traducing men who
are their s,DeriOrs by u hundred per
cent in all the virtues which they claim
for themselves.
WHY NOT BEFORE:
The supporters OF the Thompson
Bloom-Crosby Ring are asking why
these shortages and steals were not
published before, if they are true?
This is the most amazing assumption
Of innocent ignorance we have ever
encountered in the gang. The facts
have been published before. The pro-
ceedings Of the board were regularly
published in the ADVANCE and all we
have done now is to collate them and
call the attention of the people to them
again. We give page Of record. dates
and exact words. The whole county is
invited to come to the Auditors Office
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