The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-11-15
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1883.
THE RESULT,

COuuty "1 ueS(lay. Was Il surprise 10
some, and yet when you come to look
ut the matter III its proper light, there
1srealIy nothing to be surprised at All
loud in their promises of fair play this
TALL. 1--WE are willing to cO,,cede you
OF the west end the Treasurer and
County Superintendent, and We will
stand s"ldly by you," was their theme
Ut conversation. and though few
doubted their good faith, the majority
trusted them, and we presented to the
convention the names of Capt. Nm.
Wigham and Miss Graves, both we'll
and favorably knewn. and pre.eminent-
ly competent, and both the choice of u
majority Of the west end, and what is
the result? With all their promises "f
good faith-right in the face Of every
day ASSURANCES that the east end was
all right-was solid f, our candidates"
"A quiet. und+rl,andSd. treachrr0us
current was at work TO- give even those
two Offices to WOrthngtnn, and it was
successful il the one case. aud but for
the popularity OF Capt. Wigham. who
received almost the entire vote of the
west end, they would have sacrificed
him too.
Leok at the vote of the village OF
WOtthingtOn. where three days before
the election the claim was made that
''FOrhes had no friends;" where he was
counted as \ ''cypher in the contest for
Treasurer" where ten or Il dozen was
the highest figure they could pos ssibly
make ont for him) and then tell Us
there was no treachery. There Can br
but one of two conclusions drawn
either the friends of the regular ticket
have lost much of their boasted intlu-
~ - H.,
the fence somewhere.
But the die is cast. Worthington, rs
usual. takes it AL Tor nearly SOY, and
we of the west end can suck our
thumbs and look on. Just how long
this is to go on lies wholly in your pow
er to say. gentl nf the west end.
and with yOn we leave the future
Adrian Guardian.
Our friend of the Guardian has un-
dOubtedly rushed hastily into print
without having posted himself as to
the facts. The whole tenor OF the
above article is to charge treachery t"
those who supported the regular Re-
publican ticket. There is not \ sllad
ow of fact to found the charge upon.
The whole matter originated with and
was worked by Mills, Bennett Il Co..
and we understand that while they
were busy all day before the election.
on the day OF election and for days bt.
fore the election, cutting and slashing
Wigl,a:E and the west end, they had
the lying etfrontery to send word t"
Adrian the day before the election was
l,<.l = r. rtr ,i,vl,t
ticket were playing off on Wiyham.-
Never was il mranev or more Infamous
lie sent out for campaign etfrct. They
were cutting Wigham aud the west
end right and left and charged their
own treAchery to the straights. We
assert that Wilson, Bloom, Town, II.
Il. Miller, the ADVANCE, aud every
distinct worker for our ticket worked
faithfully all the time for the ticket
with Wiyi.a!n at the head Of It. j. y.
Town worked for days for WiSham,
Bloom and Miss Graves. ANA AID
nothing about himself, although ht
was il candidate.
We charged in last weeks ADVANCE
that Mills, Craft, & Co.. had formed ii
coalition of Mills. Craft and Forbes t"
beat Tie west eud. They worked for it
openly before the election and on the
day of election II you have ANY doubts
Just look at the vote:
Worthing,on township, Mills 13.
Forbes 13.
Indian Lake, Mills SO, Forbes SO,
Craft SO.
Lorain, Mills 5, Forbes 8, Craft ..
Worthington village, Mills Gl.
Forbes u, Craft 1O2.
These are majoritirs and they prove
the coalition to cut Wigham and the
west end. And now Mills, Craft, Ben
nett & Co., who lnauyurate! the worst
compaign of lies and dirt ever iuangu-
rated in this county, coolly wipe their
dirty mouths and charge their own
treacl,ery to the other side.
While the Guardian is charging
treacl,ery to this end, we wish to know
how it was with the west end as to
Miss Graves? We were assured that
the west end would be practically solid
for her. Why did the west end 60
back on its own c;.nd date? Who WAS
the traitor here, the straights or the
independents? If the west end had
stood by Miss Graves rs it did 10y Wig
ham. she would have been elected. No.
the west end has deceived us in this
matter, much more than WorthingtOu
deceived the west end rs to Wig|'am.-
1Ionors are easy, and all we care about
is to have the blame put where it be-
belongs. We say distinctly and have
no end Of proof of the fact, that Mills,
Craft, Bennett & Go. slaslled Wigham
right and left in this end.
And now as TO the ADVANCE. Of
course our enemies chuckle and cry
beat" because Mills and Craft are
elected. But the Guardian knows, and
every man at all prominent on our side
knows, that if the cou'sels of the AD
VANCE had prevailed. our ticket would
have been handsomely elected. They
all know that up to within All hour or
two Of the convention we labor+d to
have u good man put on from the west
end for superintendent of Schools and
have Jim Gavin nominated for Com
missioner. Not that we have any Oh
lection to u woman for Superintendent,
hut we opposed her nomination il the
conference at the WOrthington Hotel
on the morning of the convention, III
the presence of her brothers, and of
Crosby, Ingraham, and Il number Of
others, because we knew the foreign el-
ement of the county would not support
woman for office. If we had prevail
ed, we would have saved Miss Graves
the humiliation of defeat and would