The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-10-26

SG CVUUSy Wallis lIs VI WAA yOu SVt0
for home man when your county is
fairly entitled to 1t?
NR. .J0HNSOvS NOMINATION..
I'VE xra in receipt Of letter from W.
II. Johnson, our nominee for Repre-
sentative, contradict the statements
made in the article published int last
weeks ADVANCE co lcerning the state
Of affairs in Murray county. Mr.. J.
says: &c.,.
TIE true situation in regard to the
convention is this:
Every town in the county held its eau
'e%as, which was attended by nearly every
>vo&er III each respective town, and the
:sAm. nlen who now cry fraud were
very sctive for several weeks visiting
tNe several towns in their own inter-
rst. And to my knowledge there was
no unfair slseans taken to secure the
delegation from amy town in my inter-
est. My name WaesS usesl f.r tive weeks
by my friends (as a candidate for Rep.
rvsentxtive) while l said repeatedly,
NO." took no part whatever in
any effort t0 secure the nomination
before the convention, and you will see
that their assertions in regard to me
are wholly false.
This statement corresponds. fully
with all we hear from Mr.. .Jolnson's
friends in Murray. so far as lie ia
concerned, he was not party to any
suoiairness charged.
We have l1een gradually gathering in
fthe situation, for several weeks and We
'ss@< tl.at it is just about this:
.Ne~x:y every man in Murray county
tison ~spirant for Office and they are in
;anVtay local contest. Against tins we
Hia~a. asothing to say. Let them war
ever their county matters. But We
lw0sest against their attempting to
carry the Murray county local fight in
<o the Representative CANVASS and ask
ang Mobiles to help them in their local
9q"abbles.
THE whole thing resolves itself into
,4,is: There is an element in each
= county dong its best tn take both the
:*Sesa:or and Representative from No
!: bles and the only wss to defeat this
selfisl, scheme is to stick Rglt up to
the regular nominees, Crosby and
johnson. l.... -.
THE IxSUXs.
Two issues are being injected into the
Legislative caml.sign. neither Of
which are really mp. or rather. the op-
posing candidates are not divided on
these issues. -.
These are
1. The prohibition issue. This ruay
le up ~ the future but is not up now.
Tile question Of submission 10 up
Mr.. (;.totlnow claims to Ike in favor Oi
submitting an amendment to the PEG.
rle. Mr.. Crosby privately does the
same, though he refuses tn make
pledges to prohibition and fanatical
commuters. -...- * .....
2. Tie r*iiroad issue. TIE railroads, it
ID claimed. are having their agents and
friends nominated for the Legislature
In order to secure repeal Of the law
requiring them to pay the 3 to Z per
cent. tax ~, their gross earnings. The
SoLtlIern Mimi .ss'ta has SOLD its lands
and the st. Paul Il Sioux City has con-
tractel TO sell nearly all it's lands.
Hence the question At taxing railroad
lands 10 nearly settled. Now, it is
aaitl. they are moving to get rid Of the
tax on gross earnings.
This 10 certainly an important mat.
Ter and one on which the people are
united. Tie general verdict will be
that the law must remain and the tax
be collected.
Both, or all, the candidates for the
Senate, aud also for the House. from
the 7tl' district, are or must be agreed
~, this.
ISL II Mr.. Goo.lnow raises this issue, and
cl,srgrs Dir. Crosby will, being 4 rail-
Js'ssal man aud favoring the repeal, Dir.
Crosby must simply follow him around,
ar announce through the papers, that
lse e opposed to such repeal.
Il ws were a candidate in this cam
pei9n re should meet the people
sqaarely and say
I. That II u large number Of the peo-
pie at Minnesota want q prohibition
amendment submitted, ne should vote
Tor sucl, submission. The people have
the right to take = vote on anything
ana TO cut their own throats or tie
themselves l,snd and il,ot, II they wish,
4 and they should not be prevented from
laakinG fonls Q! themselves II they.
eject g d, %.