The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-10-04

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THURSDAY OCTOBER l. lsss.
THAT OTHER CONVENTION.
The mass convention called for Sat-
ursiay last met at the Court House and
placed ticket In the field. It was
mostly made up Of Worthington men
but there was . fair sprinkling Of farm.
srs II attendance. enough to give char
setsr and rsspectability to tho gather
iAG.
T. b. Loveless was made chairman
and l.. B. Bennett secretary.
e. s. Mills was nominated for Audi.
tor By scclamation.
Treasurer. Al Informal ballot was
taken for Treasurer, resulting-Wm.
Wighxn II. q. G. Grundstsn 7, Azom
Forbes s; total 2e. Wigham was de-
olsred nominated.
Rs1isteg ol Deeds. Informal vote
sh~wed, d F Johosou3a, II Mcmillan 1,
Azoa Forbrs l. johnson made unxn.
inouS.
Superintendent Of Schools. Infor-
NAL ballot, DR.. J Craft 70, Geo W Gale
I, n . Merris 5. Total 50. Craft
made unanimous.
Sheriff. r r Miller nominated by
acclamatien.
Judge Of Prstate. Emery Clark
nominated by acclamatioB.
Court Commissioner. Emory Clark
nominated by reclamation. Mr.. Clark
objected ~ it would interfere with lis
practice. l. NJ Lange was then nomi-
natad by acclamation.
Surveyor. WA Peterson Was nom-
mated by acclamatien.
Coroner. DR.. l. w Warren was nom.
mated by reclamation.
Commissioner. Emil Graf was nom
mated for the Second District; James
Gown for the Third, aud Henry Mel
son fer the Fourth.
So far ~ the ADVANCE is concerned
this is eminently satisfactory. If there
was to b. second ticket, We don't see
how the Convention could possibly
have done better. In fact, they did
exactly what We have SAID for week
they would do. said 1t to every man on
the street., proving that our foresight
was about as coed as our hiadsight.
Look at it
They have put up Wigham, Miller,
Johnson, Peterson and Warren, men
whom We are already committed to
support, 50 that We couldn't get up q
fight on them, even If we wanted to-,
and you may depend we don't want to.
E. 5. Mills and Emory Clark have
been warm friends for years and have
pulled with US in many campaign
and we do not care to make any per-
senal fight on them. although We feel
bound by the action Of the other con.
vention and shall abide by its decision.
Mr.. Mills of his own motion parted
political company with us last year
this year. lie could not therefore ex.
l%ct us to support him this time. What
we shall have t. say about him, there
fore. during the campaign, will be
about his politics and not about his
personal record.
The trouble with the independent
ticket above is that it is another Re.
publican ticket in the field and is a
Warrington ticket. The ADVANCE
has always fought concentrating the
Offices upon Wortl'ington men and will
do - still. The ADVANCE has always
insisted that IN Peoples Ticket both
tion. We think so yet.
New look at tho ticket above named
Mills-Republican. Worthingten.
WiRham-ltepublicsn, Adrian.
Johnson-Republicxn, Werthington.
Cr*ft-Rrpublican, Worthington.
Miller-Republican, Worthington.
Clark-Rrpublican, Warrington.
Lange-Republicsn, Worti,ingten.
Peterson-Democrat, Worthington.
neutrality-suspicious.. Worthingtos.
The Commissioners necessarily live
outside where their districts are, and
they are all Republicans.
We have therefore two Republican
tickets in the field. Will Petersen j,
the only man in the lot who owns nr
to being 4 D-mecrat and he is on botI
tickets. The straight ticket therefore
has as many Democrats on it as the
Independent.
What's the use. then, of 4 split and
two tickets? What do the Democrats
gain by it? What d" the farmers and
voters outside Of W"rthington gain by
voting for the Independent ticket all
wcrtl,ingto" men except Wigham2
But they say they want to run Mills
and Craft in. Why not let them run
independently then, and make it il
they can? What is the use OF all ti.is
fuss and parade to get up Peoples
Ticket which is not made up of Demo
Gratis and Republicans in about equx
proportion and where only about one
tentl, is conceded to the country and
all the rest to Worthington?
AS a political movement it is no,
worth u continental. It is in no sense
4 representative independent move
ment. 1t is another Republican ticket
eottes up in Wsrthington. 1t is sim
DIV q personal movement to rim In
Mills and Craft.
We know that some of our Demo.
cratic friends are blamin: US for ou,
present position and saying We have
gone back on them. Well, when thu
ADVANCE figured in independent move