The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-10-25
[FrOm the Adrian Guardian. I

+. D AAALS AS Az ACOlION-xl1lRD TERN.
They say (his friends) that lie has
made a good auditor. Perhaps he has
let us see. The law requires that
full and detailed statement be prepared
and published annually. Has this been
done during Mr.. Mills four years as
auditor? Certainly not. Can any
farmer tell Except in a general way)
where dollar of the funds has gone?
lie simply says: Poor Fund, 50 much;
Road and Bridge, so much; and Com
missioner OF lst district, 50 much: and
IN this manner sends it for publication.
We would ask the voters generally,
what they know moIe after looking
over his annual statement, AS to how
their money has been spent, than be-
fore? Can you tell whether your com
missioner has drawn mileage for 20, 40,
6O OF 50 miles? or who the poor are,
and what roads or bridges lave been
repaired or built? The statements he
has caused to be published, all look
like labored effort to cover up some-
thing that the taxpayers and public are
entitled to know. The law cohtem.
plates that every order drawn by the
auditor, should lie published, giving
date and amount, for what issued and
to whom. Such Il statement would re-
quire some work, but the $500 allowed
for clerk hire, ought to cover all such
expense. We feel confident that the
intelligent voters of Mobiles county will
see that a new man is elected, and we
are fully satisfied that their choice in
convention Erred BlOom) was a good
one-in fact, the entire ticket, made up
rs it was by full expression of the
people-and by selecting good men
from the different parties, giving each
fair representation, there is no feel
ing Except that one or two men want
office that did not get nominated) other
than that all pull together tor the best
interests Of the county. We say, hur-
rah for the straight ticket
We have published Mills tables and
commended them as valuable in giving
information to town and district clerks,
but we have always insisted to both
Auditor and Comm issieners that they
were not legal. They are not author,
lied by law and the requirements of
the law that each order, with date,
amount, ETC., should be given sepa-
rately, has not been complied with.
We always suspected that Mills was
simply working for his own glory in
this matter. He has made Il show of
valuable tabular work, giving infor-
nation to the people, but it is not
legal. The commissioners should have
sat down OIL him, but they have, for
some reason, allo we'd him to work for
his own glory rather than to comply
with the law.
Still, while we have frequently taken
issue with Mills upon this matter, we
are not disposed to quarrel with him
about that.
We have walked up to the realization
that Mills is utterly without gratitude
or anything but seliSlnless. lie is de-
neunclng the men who made him as
traitors, while lie is himself Il traitor
to nearly all his old friends. lie has
recently endorsed the most infamous
attacks upon his old friends that were
ever heard of and ali because they hap
pen this time to support another cam
didale. Mills idea is that everything
is fair in politics, no matter how in
famous the methods may be.
For years We have helped carry Mills
Financially as well as politically. For
all this we have.now only ingratitude
aud infamous attack.
E. 5. Mills agreed to pay his share of
the election contest i few years ago.
Il. Il. Miller went down into his own
pocket and paid the expenses of botl,
contests, on both Auditor and Sheriff.
Mills has never made this good to Il.
Il. Miller. Instead of this he has snub.
bed Miller, treated him cavalierly and
refused to grant him favors which lie
was granting to his political opponents.
favors, too, which involved no viola
tiOn of law
Everything in his record stamps him
as self-seeking, ungrateful man. If
we said this alone, people might say it
was simply for campaign effect. But
every one of his former independent
friends Say the same thing.
| 1AHOVuCA lH1u6. We hlc doStIcu Dv
numbers Of men that two years age
when Mills went out to work for a
reelection he worked nearly altogether
for himself. He said little about the
ticket, while the other boys worked for
the whole ticket. Mills pointed to his
old hat, his old coat, his old boots, and
begged for votes to save himself. Ii
he denies this, we will give names and
places and prove it,
No, gentlemen, we say it in sorrow
and not in wrath. We have found E.
5. Mills out. He has no personal
friends but looks on all men to be used
as political friends. The moment you
do not support him and his schemes
he becomes Il personal enemy and will
stab you in the dark in the tenderes,
and most vital part.
COMMISSIONER BLAINE.
The adrian Guardian of last week
speaking of Auditor Mills method Of
making up financial statements, says
He simply says: Poor Fund. 81
much; Road and Bridge, so much: ant
Commissioner Of 1st District, so much
We learn that Commissioner Blaine
infers from this that the Guardian
meant to insinuate something wrong
against him. We are satisfied tha
such is not the case. The Guardia,
simply meant to say, commissioner o
such district, so much.''
Nobody has ever intimated anything
wrong against Commissioner Blaine
SO far as We have heard. He has beer
prompt in attending to the business
has labored to have salaries reduced
and to save expense to the county, III
worked also to have all the lands take,
in order to tighten the burdens Of til,
people by dividing the burdens among