The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-10-21
The Adrian Convention
and Ticket.

iu the field. For several weeks before
the recent Republican Convention ru-
mors kept coming from Adrian that
the "west end would have its own
ticket" that the "West end would bolt
no matter who was nominated by the
Republicans" etc., etc.
We hardly knew whether to believe
it or not. We knew that there were
men ut Adrian Of both parties who
were working such Il movement, but
we did not think they were numerous
enough to succeed in getting u conven-
ton called for that purpose.
Our effort for years has been, as ev-
cry reader of the ADVANCE is aware,
to know no north nor south, no east
nor west," and our work has all been
to harmonic east and west ends in our
political matters. This the Adrian
Guardian publicly acknowledged three
years ago when it mentioned our name,
along with that of r. r. Miller aud
others, as men who had done yOeman
service for Capt. Wigham and other
west end men.
We still occupy that position. We
are supporting Moberly and Campbell,
| two "west end'' men, for county Of
! fees. And whatever we may say in
this campaign about Adrian's schemes,
is said with regret. and said only be-
cause it can no longer be avoided and
because the facts ought to be given to
the people of the whole county.
The call for the Adrian Convention
to put Il ticket of Adrian's choosing in
the field was in part shreWd trick,
and in part an assanine blunder. The
first part of the call was shrewdlv
worded as call for ''people's conven-
tiOn." The latter part gave it all away
as an Adrian scheme. The first part
read:
''PEoPLE's CONVENTION.
A delegate convention of the inde
pendent voters of Mobiles county,
Minn., is hereby called to meet at
Adrian, Minn., Thursday, October q,
for the purpose of placing in nomina'
tion full county ticket in harmony
with the wishes OF the votersand tax
payers, and not for the purpose OF fur
nishing fat places for professional Of
flee seekers
This sounds we'll. But the meeting
which got up the call Was composed OF
Adrian men, the convention Of the
whole county was called at Adrian, an
out of-the- way place. and the basis of
representation was about ) to 5 dele,
gates for every town supposed to be
for Adrian ard to 3 delegates for
every town supposed to be unfriend'y
or neutral. In short, the delegates
! we're nearly all located in the west
end.''
Here is Il ''People's Convention' Of
the whole county called, OF all parties.
and yet the basis OF representation is
figured from the Democratic vote and
even changed from this 50 as to lower
the east end and raise the west end.
The eight west eud townships are thus
mentioned:
Leota Adrian Vi............5 5
Willmont ............3 Olney .:.:.........l
Larkin. ................2 2 Gram, Pra 3
Lismore ..............3 Little Rock. ...........4
| NeStsldc ........4
In all 80. The eight east end towns
have:
Graham Lakes. Worthiegton IT,; i
Sew.t" ', 1;.n M1;.,te.Hn tei!n "
| Elk ..................1 BiselOw. ...............:
Lor.in. ..............
In all Is. Here they made mistake.
They should have figured it so that the
west end would have had a majority
without calling on the middle district
The middle townships get: Bloom 2
DewAId 8, Summit Lake l, Ransom |.
In ALT
These shrewd politicians figured ii
on {: sure basis. They said IF the
middle district should be with the eas,
end, we'll still fix 'em.'' So they took
80 delegates in the eight western town
ships and gave p to the other II. This
gives Adrian her supposed majority.
Was this call for general ''people's
convention' based on population:
Why then does Adrian get and Wor.
thington only delegates, when Wor-
thington has more than double the
population of Adrian? Was it based
on the Democratic vote? No, for the
regular Democratic convention, with z
basis on Cleveland's vote, gave W0r-
thington 4 and Adrian S.
The hope of these few Adrian
schemers is that the east end will have
u lot of candidates running against
each other and dividing the vote, anG
that the west end will pull together
and pack the court house and tht
board of commissioners with "Adriar
men, )" or men chosen by Adrian men
We do not believe that the bulk o.
the people of Adrian take stock in this
scheme. Especially are we unwilling
to believe that anything like a majority
of the people of the west end take
stock in it. It is cooked up by few
Adrian county-seat schemers. Tht
call itself which gives so few delegates
to the east and middle districts is al
insult to these districts. Grand Prai.
rie, Little Rock, LeOta and Willmont
are counted as ''west end" townships
but they will not endorse this Adrian
scheme.
II the Republicans of this county dt
not want all their nominations, all th'
politics of the county, all the railroads
and development projects, to turn OF
this pivot of Adrian's county-sea
schemes, let them vote their ticket il
and rebuke these schemers. If Adrian
wants the county-seat, let her so at i
and get up her petition and bring on ;
} vote in the regular way. Let us no
have our politics, our "religiOn," Ou
''morals." our ''soul's salvation," ou
railroad development, and everything
); else buzzed by the county-seat bee il
, Adrian 8 bonnet.
The Fulda Republican, speaking o
Of the Democratic Senatorial conven
tion at Fulda, asks:
"How about the Mobiles county dele
; gate not being allowed to vote in tn
, convention and the threat of the RocI
and Pipestone delegates to bolt if h
was admitted?''
, We give it up. We only know tina
the Democrats are not ''unimuss" bu
multi. muss. this fall. In this county
the west end Democrats have kicke'
the east enders clear out of their coun
sells, If not out of the party, and
seems the Democrats of the othe
. counties are kicking out the Noble
: Democrats. Just the time for the Re
, publicans to stick together.