The Worthington advance., 1882-10-12

1AD REPRESENTATIVE QOES1AON'
A gentleman in Murray county, with
whom we have had some correspon'
dence, writes US as follows i'll q recent
letter touching the Representative
question:
It is a fight that has been brewing
for a long time and must be fought now
that it has commenced. 1t is to deter
mine whether the people or the Bosses
shall rule. 1t is principally on the kep:
reaentatiye question but it cannot stop
at that. l had thought to stay out OF
the fight. but the Bosses gave me mole
abuse than can stand and hereafter l
am to he fonnd with my war pant on,
and il we can't whip them this fall with
the start they have on US, we Viii fol-
low them to the end of time. we are
aware of the fact that If A. T. Miller
takes sides with them that he can take
the Representative away from Is and
give it to johnson, and, as the matter
stands, we cannot ask you to go against
him. as h. is the regular nominee, So
called. I'VE call it irregular.) We, OF
course. must submit to the decisi on OF
Mobiles but we will not do 1t until we
have asked them to allow us to settle 1t
ut home.
Our friend is correct in saying that
Murray county cannot ask us to "p-
pose Mr. johnson after he was fairly
and squarely nominated by acclama'
t,cn by the District Convention. Ii
We knew anything against his charac'
ter ~ a private citizen or a public OIL
CIR which unfitts d him, for the position
or il we knew him to be wrong on any
important issue, We should claim the
right. as we always do, to bolt. But
We know of nothing Of the kind. If
there was dissatisfaction in Murray, or
II the delegates who came down to
Worthington so unanimous for Mr..
johnson, were not fairly chosen, that
fact should have appeared at the Con-
vention by contesting delegation But
the Convention was perfectly harmon
ious. No contestants appeared, and
Mobiles was informed that Johnson was
che choice of Murray. There was ab
selutely nothing else for the Mobiles
delegation to do but to support him,
unless we chose to act the Pork and
claim both the Representative and SEN
ator.
Our friend will see, and no doubt
does see if we understand his letter,
that the ADVANCE cannot ask the peo-
pie Of Mobiles to cut Mr.. Johnson,
without breaking faith with its friends
and going back On itself. We admit
shat there might be circumstances
where, even after having helped nomi'
nate him and having promised him sup
port. it would he justiiiable to with.
draw and oppose him. But no such vi
client circumstances have arisen OF are
at all likely to arise. Something very
damaging to the nominee, Or something
very unsupportabie in the designs Of
himself and his party, would have to
appear to justify the ADVANCE in op-
posing him.
Our friend will please remember that
the ADVANCE, which has been a''reg
ular" bolter in county affairs, has been
u consistent supporter of the National,
State, Congressional and Legislative
Republican tickets, with one exception
only, and is now entirely consistent in
supporting the regular nominees.
II there is fight i'll Murray county
over county affairs we Of course have
nothing to say. If we said anything it
would be that there is probably good
ground for it, as there is in most coun-
ties. But we cannot possibly assist III
carrying the Murray county local Ii ght
iuto the Legislative campaign.