The Worthington advance., 1882-03-16

eO Oy l.. II. IaISOIlS, Will Dc III " VI I'LL
ington soon, and we hope then that the
time for voting bonus can be definitely
fixed.
1HATD UNNELL LETTER.
The papers Of this State, and a good
many outside of the State, have been
in spasms for several weeks past over a
letter written by Congressman Dun"
nell to Postmaster Davidson, Of Aus
tin. It was published in the Albert
Lea Standard of February 23d, and its
authenticity vigorously denied by Mr..
Dunnell. Following is the letter:
lIOUsE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
WASHINGTON, ID. e., Dec. 29, 'S1.
MY DEAR SIR: DO the leading Re
pmblicahs begin to talk at all about po-
litical action tor next year? You un-
tlerstand my plans and that of my
friends. shall make Il good square
fight for the Senate, and friends believe
/ had better run for the House. l do
not wish you to announce this to all,
but I should 6e very glad to hear from
you, and indicate what they say. Cen
eral EdgertOn is now out Of the way,
and do not know who will be in the
field. do not think the Farmers will
be. Possibly it will be Governor Arm
strong. This is enough to indicate.
Wakefield is in the End. So is Generel
Baker. Jas. O'Brien is thought to as.
piro for the House. Yours.
NJ. II. DUNNELL.
P.S. Sound Jones. Had | better
write him friendly?
Postmaster Davidson is out in the
following letter acknowledging that he
did receive the Dunnell letter:
AUSTIN, March Elm response to
the requests OF the editors Of the Min
neapolis Tribune and Winona Republi-
Can that should state whether I did
Or did net receive from Mr.. Dunnell
substantially such a letter as that pub
lished February "a, by the Albert Lea
Standard, make the following reply:
did receive substantially such a letter,
probably about the 1st of January,
and since that time-some one has stol-
en- it from my pocket. had not felt
chat had lost much, or that the party
who purloined it had gained much, AS
everybody knew that Dunnell was a
candidate for reelection to the House,
if his friends deemed best to run him
for that position to strengthen him for
the senatorship, and under all circum-
stances is to be 4 candidate for the
United States senate us the successor
of Senator Window. So long a time
has elapsed since the date of the letter
that it is natural that Dunnell, who,
like all men in public positions, write 8
10 many letters, should have forgotten
it. l will add that am in receipt of a
communication from Mr.. Dunnell ask
ing if he ever wrote such 4 letter us
that published III the Albert Lea Stan.
dard, which is the best of evidence that
he had forgotten it.
G. II. DAVIDSON.
This reveals several things pretty
definitely, viz:
l. Dunnell is a candidate for the L.
S. Senate to succeed Window.
2. He is a candidate for reelection to
the House.
8. He either forgot writing the letter
to Davidson or he played Ananias.
DANCING
EDITOR ADVANCE: The New York
Journal of Education makes the fol-
lowing assertions about dancing, from
its point of view: l. The Chief Of Po-
lice of New York City says that three
fourths of the Abandoned girls in that
city were ruined by dancing; ?. Young
ladies allow gentlemen privileges in
dancing which, under other circum-
stances, would be considered improper:
3. 1t requires neither brains nor good
morals to be = good dancer; i. It asks
how many OF the best men and women
are skillfnl dancers; 5. In ancient
times the sex danced separately. AL
cehol is the spirit of beverages; so Sex
is the spirit of the dance. Take it
away and let the sexes dance separate-
ly. and dancing would 90 out of fash
ion very soon; 6. Parler dancing is
dangerous; Tipping leads to drunken
ness and parlor dancing leads to un-
Rodly balls. Tipping and parlor dane
ing SOW to the wind and both reap the
whirlwind; 7. Put dancing in the cru
chile. apply the acids, weigh it. and the
verdict of morality and reason and re-
liglon is, weighed in the balance and
found wanting. If the secular press
speaks out so strongly what may we
expect of the religious press?
Rev. G. BROWN.
There is undoubtedly great deal of
truth in the above. People who are
inclined to be "wicked'' avail them.
selves Of the dance to exercise thei,
propensity, but dancing is in itself nc
more wrong than praying. Every
thing depends on the surroundings and
the use made of it. So of church So
cials and religious revivals. We have
heard, i'll our life time, as much scan
dial connected with church gathering:
as with dances. "Wicked" people ust
both to crafty their evil propensities
We hope Mr.. Brown will write us :
letter OH the evils of the church social
Several ladies have told US recentl,
that the most uncomfortable, disorder
ly place they can attend is church 50
cia1. They have their dresses torn
daubed with candy and grease, an,
breathe the feulest kind of air. will
the disorder is loo per cent. create
than at any dance ever held in Wort':
ington. 1t has come to sucl, a PAS
that only those ladies who are wi!!in.
to "sulfer for the good Of the church,
willing to st,nach anything in IL
way Of bad order and filth for a SUB
posed good cause can attend ch,,rcl
sOcials. IN all the dances we have at