The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-09-04
THE RAILROAD NORTH

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tbington house. Mr.. Dows, as is we'll
known, has charge Of the construction
Of the B. g. r. & N. lines. and we rs-
gret that we cannot; mnounce that his
visit was directly in the interest of the
extension north from Worthington.
This much, however, can be said, viz:
that the situation is unchanged and
that the extension north is Il fixed fact
50 far as the plans and purposes of the
company are concerned. This year
they have their hands full to build from
. Lake Park to Watertown by the south
ern route, and from Merton to Water
town by the northern route, with sew.
eral minor lines.
The mortgage recorded III our county
mortgages a road from WortbinRton to
some point in eastern or northeastern
Dakota. The maps show the road OK.
tended northward and northwestward
from Worthington, first, to a connec-
tlon with the road now building to
Watertown, and, second, to a connec-
ton with the Fargo Southern at OF near
Ortonville.
This extension will be made next
year unless some financial or other
earthquake ''breaks the country up"
The plan evidently is for the Worth
ington route to tap the Northern Paci-
tic country at or near Fargo. and for
the Lake Park and Sbley route to tap
it 1t Bismarck.
The Worthington route, however,
will tap the Minneapolis & st. Louis
about 65 miles north of here, aud thus
give us a northern route to Watertown
and Bismarck.
PROHIBI7ION MEAN 4 UNION OF
CHURCH and STATE
The ADVANCE last week announced
tasaS Pomer"y, the candidate OF the A.
Eeric;.n Prohibition or God in the, Con-
sst'tution lssrty, had declared his inten-
zion Of withdrawing from the field and
allowing his party to unite with. the
regular Prohibition party. We also
pointed out that the two parties, that
is the Pomeroy party and the st. John
party, were one and the same in de. all
ding Prohibition and il. favuri,:y il un-
ion Of Church ami State. In other
words, both are working to max. this
a Christian Government by formal To-.
xal enactment.
This position Of the st. John Prchi-
bition party has been questioned by
SOME, but they have evidently not read
their own platform. They desire pro-
hibitiOn aud favor st. john on that is
sue, but are not ready to be used as
tools and fools to unite Church aud
State and put America back among the
European monarchies. Let US see now
where the Prohibition party stands on
the religious question:
The very first plank in the platform
adopted at Pittsburg, July oath, reads:
The Prohibition Home Protection
-Aed, acknowledge Almighty God as
the rightful sovereign of all men, from
whom the just powers of government
are derived, to whose laws human en-
Actments should conform, and that
peace, prosperity and happiness only
can come to the people whose laws Of
national and state government are in
accord with the divine will.
The God d.in-the. Constitution party,
who are working to connect Church
and State, declare as follows in the pro.
posed amendment:
" Humbly acknowledging Almighty
G0d as the source of all authority and
power in civil government, the Lord
Jesus Christ as the Ruler among the
nations, and His revealed will as of
supreme authrity. in order to cOnsti-
q Christian government"
A school boy cannot fail to see that
The Prohibitionists declare first for this
amendment, using almost the same
words, declaring their particular God
AS the source of all authority and the
''divine will," which is the same as the
revealed will," or the Bible. as the
basis for all state and national gov
.ernments.
The declaration Of independence de-
,clares that governments ''derive their
just powers from the consent of the
governed.' And this is the theory of
all governments, local and general.
The Prohibitionists declare for their
God, "from whom the just powers of
government are derived.n
The Declaration of independence
says that governments derive their just
powers from the people. The Prohibi-
.tionists say governments derive their
gust powers from God. And they all
agree that God means their particular
God, the "Christian God, "and that his
will and his wishes are revealed in their
particular Bible, and that the meaning
OF this book is to be interpreted by their
clergy and their church.
Prohibition is simply blind. 1t is
"a movement to deprive men not only of
personal liberty but of religious liberty
Complimentary ticket received to the
sSioux Valley Fair, to be- held at Sioux
Falls, Sept. oath to 26th inclusive.
Thanks.
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