The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-07-14
THE POLITICUSOCLAL OUTLOOK IN
ss. :. MOBILES COUNTY, <. >

THE POLIT1COSOCIAL OUTLOOK IN
70 MOBILES COUNTY,
S EDITOR ADVANCE: Since matters
political and social have been stirred in
this county and the bitterness has float-
ed to the surface, one may be pardoned
for trying to skim while the pot boils.
When people stop to think just what
it is that is causing our wrang,ing, we
shall have it swept out; the object of
this is to find the dirt aud then to help
sweep it. :..z- ..-.:s..G:
It is useless to assert that Mr.. So has
been guilty Of misdemeanor, but if he
should be found there when the fabric
tumbles, let him squirm in tho debris.
That fellow "County," who, IL in
earnest, is fearfully foolish, has let
swim to the surface facts enough to
furnish clew by which we may find
the spirit that has prompted, in part,
our wrangling. OF course, his exagger-
ated style would not be owned by any
one, yet it may easily be seen that he
sounds the key-notes of the political
songs,viz: desire to show ones ability
to administer the affairs Of office, to
have the ''honor'' that attaches to
the office, and. as all .outgrowth of
the others, to aspire to be the leaders
in the political or the social field. This
of itself tells of weakness, yet some are
too weak to make Roadway even in this
without practicing downright dishones-
ty. Social matters, neighborhood feel
lngs and religious tenetS are all rung
in to help the political puppet who u.s.
pires to dance; even money matters haY-
ing no connection will be used to per-
suade the opinion or coerce the will of
one having a vote. This. the sure re-
suit Of the others, has it's fms only in
bankruptcy; for when money is once
used here, a continuance is necessary
and the continuation implies growth:
so the end will not be until the county
is sloughed in debt or honest folks wake
to the needs Of the occasion.
That our political machine, not of
this county particularly, grossly mis-
represents the will of the majority, can
be the fault of none other than the ma
jority itself, and until the order-loying
honest ones of the community take up
the burdens and do the duties OF gov
eminent, the political song will be a
dirge and the social cry will be ''mis-
erere."
Many all honest mind, through a Pu-
ritanic inclination to keep itself "un-
spotted from the world" neglects du-
ty it is we'll calculated to do, and which
urgently requires doing; many a good
man hearing the cry of ''ftness'' or as
County" hath it, ''Brains,' modestly
thinks himself incompetent to fill Il pO-
sition, when he has just the require
ments most lacked by the inveterate
ottice-seeker: Energy and Integrity.
In another way we often miss, and
that is continuing one in Office too many
terms, which offers temptation to cor
roption, and also has in it ''heredita-
ry" leaning which is antagonistic to
our form of government. Arguing a
continuation of terms OH account of fit
ness implies unfitness in the rest, and
1.-The many are more than the few"
We also sometimes misapply sympa-
thy in this connection which should
never find Il place here, for county Of
flee is neither family circle nor the
county poor honse. It is due to each
copartner in our government that he
Tor she) be urged to bear the burdens
OF share the pleasures, provided he Tor
she) is fit. SCRUT1NOR.