The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-12-16
THURS Jay. DECEd33:s l6. 1885.

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CLEVELAND AND THE DEMOCRACY.
Henry WattersOD. in u double.leaded
editorial in the Louisville Courier
Journal, declares that President Cleve-
lands administration has reached a
crisis, and three things are laid down
rs imprratlvely necessary to its saliva
ton:
/. That the president reverse his silver
policy. acknowledge it as a bluDder,
and cut loose from the money sharpers
of the east. 2. That he forthwith repu-'
diate mugwumps and mugwumpism.
3. That he should ''lay down the COS.
pei and the law of the party touching
the reform of our revenue laws in such
terms that the protectionists in con-
gress who masquerade as democrats.
may know in advance that they will
have to choose between obedience to
their own party. or desertiOn outright
to the republicans.
AuCJ0 tblO OCVCl0A SiNso ~ = ~
''imperatiyely" plain to US. viz:
l. Cleveland will not cut loose from
the money sharpers of the east. He
could not have been elected without an
understanding with the railroads, the
wall street and monopoly interests of
the east. They elected him. He is es-
sentially 4 New Yorker, not a western
or a Southern man in ideas and sympa
thies. His education and training have
turned on one pivot, and that one is
the commercial and financial greatness
of New York and the east.
2. lie is not q statesman. He told
US when he went in that lie was simply
a lawyer whom the people had hired
for four years to attend to their busi-
ness and he would do the best he could
for his client. But his "client" is
mostly New York and her heavy Capt.
talisls.
3. He is Il Democrat in this for the
Democracy has its head in New York
city, mainly in Tam"any. Every Pres
idential candidate selected by the Dem
ocracy since the breaking out of the ci'
vii war, has been a New Yorker, nearly
all IF them New York city men to all
intents and purposes. Mcclellan, Sey-
mour, Ti!den, Hancock and Cleveland
were and are New Workers, selected in
the main through Tammany. The De-
mocracy ceased long ago to be Il great
national peoples party. And it cannot
be again until it cuts loose from the
New York monopolists. takes its Pres
idential candidate from the great west,
and gets up a new platform based. on
the new demands of the people.
Let the Courier journal heed these
suggestions though they come from a
'country' paper.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS
Several of our exchanges have init
mated that Ex-Speaker John l.. Gibbs
will probably take Gen. Bakers place
as railroad commissioner under Nc
Gill's administration. We do not know
as to this, but it would be just rlike
Minnesota to do it. It is one of the
''foOlest'' states in the whole sister
hood IN this respect, for the moment a
man gains any decided prominence, or
develops any special aptitude or fitness
for u particular position, that moment
he begins to lose ground with the Min
nesota politicians who want him out
Of the way.
Gen. Baker has raised the Office of
railroad commissioner from a nominal
Office and virtual sinecure to one Of
great power and importance, and if
any man in the state ought to be con-
tinued he should be.
This is not said with any disparage-
ment whatever of Mr.. Gibbs. We fa-
vored him for governor, but we do not
favor any other mali for Gen. Baker 8
place.
THE MILL AGAIN.
We are informed that one day last
week there were from half dozen to a
dozen teams on our streets going to
mill at Adrian. These farmers came
from the country east of ,thington.
A farmer from Bigelow township ill.,
forms US that from that vicinity, and
even from the county south of him in
Iowa. farmers are driving to Adrian
to have their grinding done.
This is of course an exceptional
year, as the drouth has closed the water
mills and farmers are compelled to &c
to points where there are steam mills.
Now if Worthington had her steam
mill running. her barrel would be right
side up to catch the shower. Farmers
from Jackson county, from part Of
Dickinson and Osceola counties. Iowa
from part of Murray county and thu
north part of our own county, woul(
come to Worthington to have thei1
grain ground. Our hotels and mer
chants meanwhile would reap largel
harvest than the miller. A mill il
more benefit to the other business mel
Of the town than it is to the mile
himself. 1t would pay the business
men of Worthington to combine an,
run q mill Of their own just to drav
trade. They could certainly add thi
winter 25 per cent to their business
Now they get no increase and are il
danger of losing quite = per cent o
what they have.
We repeat that it would be q goo
winters work for our people, if it too
them all winter, to secure gocd Gus
tom mill and get it on good grindin
basis by next summer.