The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-10-20

the past two years; of general desire
to endorse so able All officer by second
term, and also of the fact, that, like
Mills, lie was put to 4 large expense in
a legal contest to secure AL Office to
which he had been fairly elected. That
contest alone, working III the memory
of the voters of this county, ought to
give Mills and Miller u second term,
since they have acquitted themselves so
well and with such general SATISFACTION
to the public.
Mr.. Miller's opponent is James Thorn,
q farmer Of Olney township, generally
conceded to he a good, upright man,
but man with neither the taste nor
the adaptability to gill the Office of Sher-
if. And his own friends in the west
end say that he does not desire the Office
for himself, but will do tho busir ess
through deputy who will he no other
than j. A. Town. This will be stoutly
denied in some quarters during the CAM
paiRn, hut we assure our readers that
we have it from good authority inside
Of the machine.
FOR CLERK OF COURT.
l.. B. Bennett, who was already in
the field as al Independent candidate,
was nominated for Clerk of Court. And
outside OF the legal profession, we do
not know Of a man III the county so we'll
adapted to the place. In fact, Mr.. Ben
nett has quite 4 good knowledge of the
law, acquired by long service asJustice
Of the Peace and in the transaction Of
Ill kinds Of legal business. Although
a Democrat, he is universally respected
by men Of both parties, and has several
times been elected Justice Of the Peace
by Republicans. III case If his election,
Mr.. Bennett intends to employ clerk
and l,aye the books and records kept in
excellent shape as to clevAly duty IT,
so.
His opponent is II. y. 1Iumiston,
who is well known to ourpeop!e. AS u
friend and neiglbor he is al excellent
man, but his service us county treasur.
er did not rebound to his credit, and
the shortage Of $500 during Ills term
has never been accounted for and was
forgiven and overlooked by the commits
sioners. AS public officer, he is not
u success, and we seeno aspect in which
Mr.. II. has amy special I'D ptabiliiy ivr
the Office Of clerk of court.
FOR REGISTER CT DEEDS.
B. +. Johnson, Of Seward, a crippled
soldier, was nominated for Register Of
Deeds. Mr.. Johnson has been u life
long Republican, al curly follower of
Greedy; served us a soldier and received
wounds which render him unable to
perform hard labor with any facility;
writes a good hand, ana is every way
competent for tire office. lie served
two terms us deputy sheriff in W,scon-
sin and is well posted in county bust
ness.
His opponent is JOSEPH, Chadwick,
nominated for his third term. We
helped Mr.. &. to office twice and rs he
has had two terms and is Ii, " well sit
uated with a nice home and has means
enough to set up in some bnsin 81 and
help enough i'll his family to carry it on,
we think lie ought to step aside and let
the office pass to another man who is
crippled and who obtained his wounds
in the service of his country. while
Chadwick did not. Mr.. johnson needs
the Office much more than Chadwick
and if this particular office is to go to
those WHO especially need 1t, MI. John
son has the better right to it now. We
know that Chadwick S friends put in
the plea that if he loses the Office, the
county will haye to carry him anyhow,
but this plea is an insult to Joe Chad
wick and his sprightly family. 1t is
not true. Another reason why we, in
dividually, Shall not support Chadwick
we did our best to elect him twice, and
he became an enemy to our party. when
there WAS no earthly use i'll it. liz sim
ply chose to So back on Ills friends AID
make war Oh them when there Was no
reason whatever for 50 doing. We have
not cared thus far to publish the numer.
Gus complaints which have reached us
from other county officers about his IT,
feasibility and cavalier treatment, nor
the complaints about the way he has
are numerous. Ii amy event, Chadwick
has had his second term and should re.
tire.
sUpER1NTEN DENT OF SCHOOLS.
IL. A. Doane, Of Elk, WAS nominated
for this tflice. Mr.. ID. is !. born school
teacher and practical educator, who has
tried farming for some years in this
county, with limited success. lie is (,
thoroughly honest man and competent
TO: the position, aud ii elected wnnl'l
infusc new life into our public
schools.
His opponent is Ira X. Cole. Of Jersey,
Il thoroughly upright man SO far as we
know. lie has been Il teacher aud his
friends say is competent for the Office,
but we do not know as to that, and
prefer to take their word for it ard let
him pass 1T that.
FOR PROBATE JUDGE: AND COURT
COMNISsIONrr
Attorney l.. :. Nelson, of Adrian, re.
ceived the nomination for these Offices
lie is known to the ;ople Of the coul,'
ty us an able, active, rising attorney
and Gndoubt, dly thoroughly competent
for the Sc positions. The law requires
tina: Judge of Probate ''slall he Il MAJ,
learned in the law,'' 4 requirement
which has So far been disregarded in
this county. The Peoples Convention
present 4 man who Cal; legally hold the
Office and who is known to be we'll y.
dapttd to the place.
|, =, Durfce is his ODuOnent. Mr.