The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-11-22
LETTER FROM L. b. BENNETT.
WORTHINGTON. Nov. 20. 1888.

WORTHINGTON. Nov. 70, 1883.
EDITOR ADvANcE:-As you did, in
the last issue. Of the ADVANCE,
charge me with ''slashing Wigham
right and left" in the late election,
desire to inform your readers of the
facts in the case, which are these: 1
So Far as am concerned there is no
trnti. ia that article. was for Capt.
Wigham first, last. aud all the time.
and IL proof of this refer to tllt. many
voters whom l cWlI,seled tO vote fOi
him. also refer you ar others inter-
estt.,, to Mr.. Forbes himself, who I
think knows that was working il. the
interest of Capt. .Wigl,am and tie. whole
independent ticket rs nominated. I
would also refer to- Mr.. Kimdlumd and
all other known workers ut the polls in
this village on the day Of elrctiuu.-l
You undoubtedly fell into the error
which you we're in at the time you
wrote the article. from the fact that
Mr.. Forbes polled Il large vOtr in this
end of athe county, and the statements 8
Of some QUE who claimed to llaye, ,scfil.s
tinized tht-bHll..ts rs they We're taken
cut: of the ballet b,x Il, this vilag..
who Informed you that on MANY If
them Capt. WjyhAln's name was erase d
aud Mr.. Forbes suESt itut+d: aud that
the name Of Mr.. Forbes WAS in my
handwriting. assert that wlrever
told you this uttered u fal$pI.t,ud, or
was mistaken in the andwriting. for
the fact is that there are not tO exceed
FIVE ballots in the box If that kind
written by me. and those were written
by me- upon the expressed wish of the
individual voter.
Hoping you. Mr.. Editor, and all
others interested will investigate the
matter thoroughly. and make the
d7nende honorable when convinced of
your error, remain.
Very respectfully,
l. b BENNETT.
We did. as Mr.. Bennett says. charge
him with having been in the coalition,
to heat Wiglam and the west end. We
did 8" ~ on the fact that we saw four
tickets with Wigham's name scratched
and the name Of Forbes substituted; {;
| (2) OH the assurance of Il reliable party
that Bennett had supplied one man
with seyen or eight tickets to be given
out, with the same scratching and the
same handwriting us in the above four
and (3) on the assurance of Il gentle
| man who watched the count and in
formed us that lie saw Il large number
Of these tickets counted where the
name of Forbes WAS written in 4 hand
which is So much like L. BIS. that no.
bmiy doubt ed it.
Now, it is possible that we are all
mistaken and that an injustice has
been done Mr.. Bennett to the extent of
this charge. We give him the full ben.
Eft of our columns to make the denial
and no one will be- more ready to make
the ampnde honorable than we when
satisfied of our error.
AS to the coalition charged, there is
no doubt Of it. And the whole cam
:aign proves 1t. Not only did they d"
this bnt they endeayored to change the
ticket no minated 1T their convention.
1t is fact. patent and known to all
who paid any attention to politics dur
ing the campaign. that they tried a
number Of men to get their consent to
run for Sheriff against Il. r. Miller
Among the men whom they endeavored
to pursuade into this were Major Thur
ber, 4. +. Baker and G.. r. Lovrless.
and we learn that they also approached
Il. J.. Taylor and two or three others.
Mills was reported as working to change
the ticket af.er the convention had
nominated it and we never heard it
denied until recently.
| This may be thought of no import.
ance after the election is over. Emt
when men d" Il thing and then endeavol
to lie out Of it. we think it is important
to give the facts for future reference il
nothing else.
As to Forbes. he stood between the
two tickets, aud made the run on his
own hook. and hr surprised even his
best friends. So far AS he is imiivid
ually concerned. W. believe he did the
square thing and acted the gentleman,
throughout.