The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-22
FOR E.SS.

VOL. XIV.
FOR CONGRESS-.
We are Informed that our friend,
Hon. e. IL. Smith, of Worthington,
will allow his name to be used as 4
candidate for congress from this dis
trict. Mr.. Smith has as many friends
rs any man in the state; has had legis
lative experience and would be a credit
to the district.-Fulda Republican.
Hon. G. II. Smith of Worthington,
is prominently spoken of as Wake
fields successor in congress. 1nas-
much AS Blue Earth county, for in
stance. has not less than six candidates
for this position, We see no reason why
the four counties comprising this sen
atorial district should not unite on
some good man, instead of sending a
split delegation to the congressional
convention. That Mr.. Smith would
make good congressman, all who
know him will concede. AS far as the
Gazette is concerned, it has no farther
interest in the matter than to see the
counties in southwestern Minnesota
send a united delegation to the state
and congressional conventions. Let
US unite on some good men and thus
show that the delegates to these con-
ventiOns are not simply sent to fur
ther and aid the schemes of such willy
politicians AS Jim Baker, Charley Gil
man and others whom we might men.
tion.-Slayton Gazette.
Hon. g. II. Smith of Worthington,
is a candidate for congress to succeed
.,lrn nEfl1 ~r,in
candidate, being we'll and favorably
scta.-Edgerton Enterprise.
The Currie Minnesotian has for
some time urged Hon. John Lind for
|: congress. 1t now says: We now have
the authority to announce that he is
in the field, and in to stay, and know
ing as we dc of his popularity in the
district, we have the audacity to say
he; will be elected. We will also pre-
dict that when Congressman Wake
field finds that Lind is candidate he
will decline to allow his name used
for reelection.
We have authority to say that Mr.
g. II. Smith, late receiver of the Wor-
thington land office, is candidate for
congressman of this district. Mr..
Smith is Il highly respected man where
he is known and would make u good
officer, should he be fortunate enough
to be elected. We think the Worthing-
ton people have made a mistake in not
putting the name of Hon. Mons Grin
ager in the field. as we believe he is
the only second man to Hon. John
Lind.-Currie Minnesotian.
hoo 1e
good timber for congress. Besides
Freeman there is Collester, Baker and
Shissler-all able men and we'll quail
fled to wear the congressional toga. 1t
is thought that Mr.. Collester will be
an active candidate, in which case he
will no doubt be specially urged hy
Waseca county, where he resided pre-
vious to moving to Mankato. What
Baker are in the premises we have
not been advised.
We are informed that since the decli
nation of Mr.. wakefield to stand for Il
denomination, Hon. John Lind has de-
termincd to enter the lists us a full
tlpdgpd candidate for congress- Mr..
Li,id is Il young man Of unusual prom
ise and has the ability to fill the posi-.
tion with credit to himself and the
d!strict.-St. Peter Tribune.
The Pioneer Press can't get out Of
the notion that Judge Perkins is Il can
dldatc for congress, and on Sunday
published his portrait as that of one OF
the congressional asiirants. The
judge is not, ard under no circum
stances will he become, Il candidate
for congress- indom Reporter.
We have pretty reliable information
that Hon. &. II. Smith. for long years
II resident Of this county, is All actual
candidate for congress. The booming
southwest is entitled to recognition.
G.. II. is among the best of her citi
zpns and has Il big host Of friends who
will pull hard for his success. If this
report is true the Reporter extends
congratulations and wishes him we'll.
Window Reporter.
THE Worthington Advance." say,
an exchange. "is getting to be the rec
ognized western organ OF Spiritual
ism.' The Advances patrons are
mostly disseminated spirits and they
are generally pretty hard up.-Luverne
Herald.
The ADVANCE is not an 'organ" at
all, except in the sense of advocating,
advertising, pushing, working and de-
Tending the interests of Worthington
and Mobiles county. In that sense it
is double bank Mason & Hamlin,
Estey and Beattie "organ" all in one,
! capable of sounding any note known
from the deep bass of thunder storm
to the shrill scream of an engine on a
new railroad.
AS to Spiritualism, it says ten times
as much for other religions and philo-
sophies as it does for Spiritualism, but
it has the independence and the moral
courage to praise the good and con-
denim the bad in Spiritualism, just as
it praises the good and condemns the
bad il Orthodoxy or III anything else.
| A mere partiZan, of course, cannot un-
derstand this. A mere partizan cannot
understand how we can consistently
praise Beecher, Tallmage, Swing. Swe
denborg, Andrew Jackson Davis. D.
NJ Bennett, Elizur Wright and Col
Ingersoll all in the same breath. Sen
sible men can see how and why it is
done and done consistently.
AS to our patrons, they are good
substantial, well.to-do "materialiZed
spirlts," numbering a regiment of well
toward a thousand, scores of whom
kick the beam at over two hundred
pounds avoirdupois. Instead of being
'hard up" they are we'll off, live in
good houses, and have contributed
enough to build up the "big AID
VANCE" with brick block and a lot
of side dishes and condiments thrown
in. May their peace be like river an(
their purse like wheat sack.
This article is written for them an<
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