The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-01-31
THURSDAY, JANUARY 81, 1884.
THE LAND CONVENTIOy

Elsewhere we present report of the
Land Convention held at Heron Lake
on Friday last. Although, as usual,
the convention was not largely attend
ed, it will be seen that an association
was formed, and if the officers and
committees appointed will serve and
do the work expected of them much
good will result.
We confess that we have not much
faith III such an organization beyond
the making of one or two points. The
six Southwestern counties, for instance.
might unite heartily in issuing gen.
eral document descriptive of the six
counties and each have q supply for
circulation. Secondly, the meetings of
the association would be very useful in
bringing parties together from the sew
eral counties and eliciting suggestions
rs to methods Of attracting settlers and
developing the Southwestern part of
the State.
This, at least, will result from the
Heron Lake convention. Many valu-
able suggestions were drawn out dur
ing the discussions, and we know that
several members of our Board of Trade
came home determined to carry out
some the of hints and set on foot sew
eral methods which will tell to our
advantage.
, 4
James G. Clark is we'll known us the
sweetest singer in our American is
rael" and as one Of our finest poets,
but he is not 50 we'll known us a writer
of vigorous prose. We have frequently
sad that we believed Mr.. Clark to be
among the ablest, clearest and most
vigorous writer's upon all topics con-
cerning human welfare who is now
welding the pen. His contributions
to the Minneapolis Spectator are the
best prose articles published in the
Northwest.
In Il recent letter to that journal he
has this to say Of the gigantic monop-
oily and wealth evil Of our day:
AS unequal distribution Of blood in
the human system tends to congestion
and death, SO, likewise, unequal dstri-
button of the necessaries and comforts
OF life, resulting in extreme poverty
and attendant crime on the one hand,
and extreme wealth and attendant vice
on the ether, tends to corruption and
death in the social and political sys-
TEN. He must be Il moral idiot who
sees nothing wrong in a condition of
society which permits the abject pow
erty Of a multitude of men, women and
children in Il city where one man holds
and draws interest on $5O.O0O,O0O of
untaxable bonds, and spends money
enough, on a single party or bail to feed
and ciothe comfortably five hundred
families for whole year if not for a
lifetime.
He must be a coward and fool who
denies that somewhere in the human
economy there lies Il remedial force
THAT caa and will right the wrong.
No error WAS ev3r born into the
world without its antidote.
He cwho shall first put in practical
political and social operation the anti
dote which is to dethrOne and destroy
our present lord and master-be he
nationalist or be he Christian will prove
himself the most faithful and useful
agent t;,At God has ever had on earth.
THE INFA NOUS RUSSELL Law.
DR.. Dent, of Coshocton. Ohio. writes
to the Banner of Light that when the
Ohio Legislature convened both Repnb
licans and Democrats Wed with each
other in taking steps toward the repeal
o; the odious Russell law. Mr. Bargar
q Democratic leader, was the first tc
get a bill before that body for the repea
of the law.
The readers of the ADVANCE were
kept we'll posted last year as to the
character and effect of this law and
were also informed that the Repub
icans lost the State ut the last election
in consequence of this Infamous meas
ure. 1t was concocted by a bigote(
religious element and was direct blow
at the ministers of Spiritualism,
thus striking class Of people wht
polled about 10000 Republican votes il
licans were held responsible for tn
passage of the bill, this class voted
against the party and thus elected
IIoadleF.
This example is we'll worth empha
sizing as warning to all partie
against passing laws in the interest o
any one class, religious or otherwise
and striking at the rights of othe
classes.
We are much pleased to see that bot
parties in the Ohio Legislature ar
making haste to wipe the disgracefu
aof from tho ofof,,fo booi-s