The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-10-30
CHOOSE YE THIS DAY WHO SHALL BE

CHOOSE YE THIS DAY WHO SHALL BE
lOUR SERVANTS
This is the last issue of the AD-
VANCE before the election and the
proper time to say a final word about
candidates.
AS to the National Ticket Is. hey
have been daily ia every voters m,nu
and mouth IT,: mnnths. Nearly every.
thing that couid b. said pro aud cn,,
has been said. N"t!ing remains M.'
tU urge voters to turm out and cas-,
their ballots fnr-B!ainr and I.r. az .
The ADVANCE SAID weeks h. fore
Blaine's nomination that. if minated,
he would arouse ~, enthusiasm such
rs has not been WITNESSED for years.
This was good guess. if not u prophe-
cy. The present campaign has been,
in the older States ut least, the must
enthusiastic one since he war.
Two questions have been at the bot
to n Of every Republicans 8 mind, under
lying all other questions: a. Shall we
turn the country over I" ''S"lid
South?" (2.) Shall We abandon the
magnificent development policy of the
Republican party? So far as the States
have spoken at State elections, they
have said "no' with big n and a big
Republ can majority. We believe the
country Will say SO on Tuesday next.
AS to the State Ticket. there is but
one ca didate to elect, an associate
justice of the Supreme Court. and both
parties have placed Judge Berry in
nomination SO as to avoid Il party con-
tiict.
FOR CONGRESS.
Hon. J. b. Wakefield, the Republic
Can nominee for Congress. was SAID to
have "a walk over.'' Virtually. We
suppose, he has. OF course, attorney
Thornt' n, of St. James. was nominated
by the Democrats to fill out their tick
1T, but there is 40 hope of his reaching
more than the half mile post. Elder
C"pp, u Methodist preacher. was nnni
mated Ivy the Prrhi!,tinniStS, hut this
was done merely to give I I,A i'!.hih
ti",Sts il cil;,nre 10 vote aS III s:,.",t
their mouths off.
Mr.. Wak+.ti;,' ha :,', >in:nl.rly
fN tunatr IN bis tnhS'c.sh,. 1T career.
lie WAS elected Mlurr without bitter
opposition, and will ~ SO again. Ills
record in Congress has been character-
il Il Ivy good judgment aud ability. and
the knack Of serving his constituents
80 AZ To secure the good will Of men
of a!l parties.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
Peter Peterson, of Murray county,
IS the Republican nominee for Repre-
sentative, and II. G.. Shepard, OF No.
bles. is the Democratic nominee. Mr..
Peterson is Il man Of excellent cl.arac-
ter and good practical ability. lie
served nine years on the County Board
which attests his popularity 1T home,
and the fact that hn was selected as tie
man to harmOnize the conflicting fac.
tions in his own county, proves that
his standing is high among his own
heighbors.
Mr.. Shepard is we'll known in this
county us Il sound business man and II
mighty sound Democrat. a good many
Republicans are inclined tO vote for
him because the county seat hnyab"
has been injected int" the c,,n,,nirr,
but We see no good l.. as ~ WY ''r, Re-
publicans should turr t;..E L"ai>:;.
ture over t" the Dm"c,a,s nn mi"r
issues. We !.av" helped >h-p.,:i twice.
to u county office aud ,m". dos n!a'".
but We MIiryr that Rrpub'iran> S!,""lh
send a RrpubIica" I" the I4rgisla' "r".
COUNTY TICKET.
The Republicans have in nomination
L. NJ. Lange for County Att"rney. /.
p. Durfee for Court Commission. u.
Shell for Com Missioner in tile Fifth
District and VIM. Parry for Co,nmis-
sioner in the Fourth. These n",niI,a.
tions were 50 satisfactory to the Demo.
Gratis that they did not nominate Il
County ticket.
Not so the Prohibtionists. They
have nominated G. c. Christ jansnn for
Court Commissioner. Peter Thompson
for Commissioner in tlr Fifth Distric:
and A. W. Ferrin for Commissioner in
the Fourth.
The only man who would stand a
ghost of a chance for rlection, would
be Peter Thompson, and that only by
polling the full Democratic and Prol,i-
bition vote, with some Republican
votes thrown il. Here again we see
reason to turn our county legisl:t ure
over to il Democratic Re.
publican. Gro.>J. Day is running the
Prohibition campaign and there is evi-
dently u good deal of selfish method in
his prohibition "madnpss - He has Sc.
cured the nomination OF his partner in
the banking business, with the hope of
having him Chairman of the County
Board. Mr.. Day is Aaron to the
Thompson Moses. Moses says, ''go
thou and speak to the people for Am
slow of speech, and We will virtually
divide this Office up among our bank
We have n"thing to say against Mr..
Thompson's private character. hnt we
do object to electine n man t" smch AT
important position ~ that vt Chair
man of the Board, W." is so full Of his
private business rs not tO lie able to at.
tend to public duties, who has i,ever