The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-10-18
ABOUT HhRMONY./

on the war path" it was the custom
to blame us for AL the strife and all
the calamities of the community, even
TO the grasshoppers and blizzards The
ADVANCE was fought and cursed,
month in aud month out and year after
year, as Il breeder of strife.
Finally the time came, as we thought
and as the bulk of the independent
party thought, for harmony. The two
wings Of the Republican party united
OH the Senatorial question last year
and this year united ona county ticket.
But there is no ''peace" yet for the
ADVANCE. AS we We're cursed for
merly for not harmonlzing, SO we are
cursed now for I,armoniZing.
IT we could see Il principle at stake
demanding warfare, we should still be
on the war path. Or if we could see
that it was for the best interests OF the
town and county to make fight on
the regular ticket. we should stand
ready to make 1t. But we do not see it,
When harmony was agreed to 10y nearly
every leading independent Republican
in the county except +. $. Mills, we
said to the ''strai ghts' that the ele-
ments which had provoked Il fight were
Withdrawn. |. The Dunlell question,
over which we had disagreed, was set
tied by the redistricting of the
State which, left Dunnrll in another
district. ,. The journal, whose very
lite depended on strife, was then dead,
having died of bad management and
starvation. 9. The ADVANCE party as
it was always called, or the Indepeld-
ent Party, waS'then in power in the
county, and the ADVANCE was ad-
mitted on all sides to have been the
chief instrument in making up the
ticket and working it through. 1t was
admitted, too, by all parties, that we
had given the county the best adminis-
tratiOn, and the best set of officers
taken rs whole, that had ever came
inte Office in the county.
These were. then, the conditions and
this was the situation. To have con-
tinuei strife under such circumstances
would have been to trump up charges
and conditions simply for the sake of
strife. The great bulk Of the indie
pendents were with us, even including
Anumhrr of Democrats, and last year
united III supporting home man for
the State Senate lbout the only eX-
ception among independent Republi-
cans was Capt. Mills, as above stated.
lie kicked then and is kicking this year
and the ADVANCE is freely charged
with being Il ''traitor' tO-Capt. Mills
and his political fortunes. Certainly
Mills ought I" show some gratitude to
the ADVANCE for doing 50 much to
help him into two terms Of office.
But we are told that the ADVANCE
Is insincerr because it is now support
ing IL ticket which has ON it men whom
we opposed formerly. This is true eX-
cept us to the inSincerlty. There are
just two men on the ticket whom we
opposed formerly. All The rest we have
supported heretofore save one or two
who are II? for the first time.
Now lock at it. The two wings have
agreed to harmonic. The independent
or ADVANCE wing gets about all the
men on til" ticket except two, and the
stragl'ts are perfectly satisfied and
cont-nt with that Yet we are called
''traitnr'' and ''insinctre'' fer not ne
IN III, II.
the ticket for oar political friends. If
there is to !M' union or harmony 1T alt,
both wings should certainly bt repre-
sented on the ticket.
Every posted reader Of the ADVANCE
KIN Ows that the above is IL true and a
fair statement Of the case, and now if
you believe the interests Of the county
will be best Subserveu by allaying strife
and harmoniz;ng old political and per
sonal feuhS, then vote the ticket right
through. We blame no man I've do
not Gail him 'traitor') who feels under
some personal or other obligation to
Mills or Craft for voting for one or
bot, of them. BIT VIZ do object to al
lowing them To create the impression
that they have "mnvrment' back el
them or that they are leading an IN
dep .n'en party.' T:ry are simply
individuals running ~, their own ":t
cOgniZluct.'
Auditor Mills says the conduct ri lie
ADVANCE is "di>guSting and iniam-
ous." Now. if the ADVANCE were
supporting Mills lie wouldn't say that
Not n bit OF it. The ADVANCE is
"disgusting' t. Mills only when it
don't support him When it does the
ADVANCE is lovely. Mills IS one Of
onr polite Il children and our child
has turned upon us to bring our gray
hairs down in sorrow We have fought,
bled and dice, for Mills in a good many
campagns we have done more for him
than any man in the county, We have
given him more space in the ADVANCE
''free gratis for nothing' than we ever
gave TO amy man, and ROW he turns on
us like a "wiper." For all this, Mills
has mudc less return than any other
public man Il, the county,! He is essen
tally and in all respects eJ-seeking
man, and we appeal to every independ-
ent who has worked for Mills during
the past four years to confirm this
They will say the same. Dnn't take
our word for it, but ask all those who
have been independents whether this
il not true.
Mills has been so stubborn and so
self-seeking that he has broken with
nearly all his brother independents.
just inquire about this and see
whether it is not true.
He has gone back on the men that