The Worthington advance., 1881-10-13

Terms a7.oo Year, $3.50 for Six MonSns'
THURSDAY, OCTOBER ls, 1881.
A correspondent In another column
considers the question of Guiteau's re-
lirion. 1t seems that the church peo'
ple began at once to shove him of and
saddle him on the Spiritualists and Lib
erals. Then the fact came out that he
had been one Of Moody's revivalists in
Chieago and a member of Plymouth
Church Sabbath School in Brooklyn.
lie was deyout, had lectured on relig-
ion. was a Bible student, and ended in
An out land out fanatic. When the
Free thinkers Convention met recent
lyat Hornelsvllle, the Chicago Tribune,
wishing to tickle its church readers.
said that Guiteau was Free Thinker
and called the Liberal Convention Gui-
tsau breeders. We suppose that when
the Adventists meet. some paper will
call Guiteau an Adventist and their
people Guiteau breeders. And when
the Normans get together. somebody
will call them Guiteau breeders. And
whom the Methodist Conference meets
TO try DR.. Thomas, some rival church
will tell them that Guiteau was one OF
your shouting. emotional, fanatical
Nsthedists aud call the Methodist con-
ference Guiteau breeders. Poor Gui-
teau is kicked about from church to
church, like q foot ball. Nobody wants
or owns him. Wherever he lands they
kick him off on to the next church.
II religion has anything at all to do
with him, it is plain enough that. he is
. fanatic of the Freeman stamp. Free
man sacrificed his daughter because he
thought that God required it of him as
he is said to have required Isaac. Gui.
teau may have worked himself into
the same religious frenzy and thought
that God required him to take the life
of Garfield. One thing is sure, that
Guiteau can never he saddled on any
class whose religion rests on reason.
Hence the Inlidels, Liberals, Free
Thinkers, Spiritualists, etc, are forever
free from him. If he belongs anywhere
religiously, child must know that he
Is the product of the emotional, fanati-
cal classes, whose religion rests on feel
ing and blood and sacrifice and all that.
Since the above was put in type,
Guiteau's confession has come to hand
and III singular confirmation of the
views which the ADVANCE has steadi-
" expressed concerning the assassina-
alton, he says:
My motive was political and patriot
ic, aud acted under divine pressure.
It was the same kind of pressure that
led abraham to sacrifice has son Isaac.
THE COMMISSIONERS and THE SHORT.
AGES.
EDITOR ADvANCE:-In your last pa
per there was 4 communication signed
"Republican'' wherein the writer
s. eaks Of temperance commissioners
granting license to sell spurious liquor
and hints at county matters which have
been covered up. The people are ad-
vised to examine the reports and rec
ords carefully. Will you infor M vot-
er to what lie refers?
ONE OF THE PEOPLE.
We suppose that our former CORES
pondent, "Republican" meant to call
attention to the loose manner of doing
business which has generally character
lied our County Board and County Of
fcers. On looking over our files for
more specific information as to the
matter referred to, we find the follow
ing in the report of proceedings of the
Board published April 27, 1878:
Report of Auditing Board presented
ut last meeting read and considered.
Aud whereas. the present Treasurer,
Peter Thompson, exhibited balance
as turned over to him by Ex-Treasnrer,
of S9l9.8 between the liabilities Of the
county and the amount OF funds in the
treasury on the 1st day of March, 1873,
AS turned over to him with which to
pay the same;
1t is therefore ordered that the a.
mount of $s19 So be charged up to the
General County Fund in order that the
accounts as per face Of Ledger and the
amount of funds in the Treasury on
the lst day of March, 1873, may bal
ance.
Aud upon further investigation it
was discovered that the bill of Ex
Treasurer, II. d. Humiston for his Off
cial fees was $173.67 in excess Of the le-
gal fees prescribed by law,
Therefore, we, the Board of County
Commissioners, authorize the County
Auditor to demand Of II. D. Humiston
the refunding of said amount Of $l73.-
81.
In other words, the Board ordered a
forced entry made in the county books
in order to cover the shortage discov-
cred and balance the books. The $l73.-
81 OF excessive fees was, we suppose, de-
manded, but, we learn, there is no rec
ord showing that it was ever paid over
70 the treasurer. The Financial State
ment made by Nessrs. Bloom and Shore,
after this transaction, does not show
this proceeding. Out of tenderness for
the feelings of Ex-Treasurer Humiston,
or for some other reason, the commiss-
toner's covered the matter up as much
rs possible. It ought to he said here,
that the general feeling among Mr..
1Iumiston's friends at the time was
that this was not an intentional short
age on his part but only bad book keep
ing.
When Ex-Auditor Walker was found
to have overdrawn something over $500,
the Commissioners, Messrs. Bloom,
Shore & Crosby, alias Peter Thompson
& Co., took a shorter cut out Of the
difficulty. They simply allowed the a.
mount overdrawn for extra clerk hire,
ETC., which Mr.. w. discovered he had
employed as soon as lie discovered
that lie had overJrawn.
Castle OF the St. Paul Dispatch,
speaks of the flood of special legisla-
tiOn which no human person can dam -