The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-30
McGILL SURE OFVICTORY.
GOOD FOR 5000 IFN04INAEED.
A REGIMENT TO TAKE THE FIELD IN
HIS BEHALF-THE SOLDIERS
AROUSED.

From the st. Peter Tribune, Aug 22.]
The old soldiers Harrison aud Nor
ton club, organized At Minneapolis, just
alter the Chicago convention now mum.
Ders about l ,2UO veterans. A commit.
tee from this club waited on Gov.
McGill ono day last week to inform him
they were his friends and ready to
make every honorable effort for his re-
They recognize the fact
that the governor is the old soldiers
friend aud that he has done everything
III his power to advance aud protect
their interests. They propose, in case
he is nominated, to organize u regiment
vi about 5UO, get special train, some
good speakers, aud brass band and
make y tour OF the state in his interest.
Ii their plans are carried ont, it will be
QUO Of the grandest demonstrations
ever witnessed in u political campaign.
Make way for the old soldiers and
victvryl All this talk about Gov.
AlcGill being q weak candidate is the
merest moOnshine. He is strong with
all the best elements Of the party, in
cluding the old soldiers, the laburing
men. aud all who believe in honorable
government. If nominated he will be
elected by 10000 majority. Even bets
are offered at Minneapolis that his
majOrity will Lot be less than "a, 900.
His administration has been clean and
upright. Had he not been 4 poor man,
no one would have entered the field
against him. The people have conf
dence il him. He is their candidate and
they will see to it that he is not over.
thrown because he is poor
OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM.
James Monroe, author of the "In.
terrreter aud Translator" and of Other
most valuable works of kindred
nature, writes rs under date of Aug
q, from Peoria:
write to thank you for papers con
tanning your 4th of July lecture. l,
contains many good suggestions III
reference to reforms which should be
adopted into our system Of govern
ment. You have suggested the abo-
l,tion of the Office of President of the
United States. That is one of my
hobbies and of course l think it q good
one. You should have also proposed
the abolition of the American house
of lords-the Senate of the United
States. The ideas of necessity for
both President and Senate were the
shells sticking to our forefathers when
they Matched and left the monarchical
nest. You should also have given a
heavy Whack at that expensive farce
styled 'Our Judicial System;" sys-
in which more monev is spent by it
than is collected by it; in which q
decision. either just or unjust, is often
not reached for years; and in which a
Guiteau may commit the greatest
crime conceivable without conceal
ment and enjoy the protection of the
United States for one whole year at 4
cost of one hundred thousand dollars
before he is made to suffer for it. Yes
and 4 Maxwell can cut Ills friend and
room -lnate into convenient size fO1
snug packing in trunk. shipping it
in good business style, walk off with
the cash belonging tO his victim and
succeed in enjoying it for more than
three years, while able council were
devising means to evade Justice rather
than to execute it. The farce was
again exhibited in all its defOrmity when
Frank James boldly walked about q
free and unpunished fiend, while the
! the victims of his cold blooded muir
ders were mouldering in graves In
half dozen different States. Such are
the common results of the law prac-
tice. and great criminals have discove-
ed that it is best for them to avoid the
frontier states where justice is speedy
and cheap, and gather themselves un
der the protection of the police
Truly it is by such practice that W.
breed anarchists. There is q better
way to reform abuses than by the ust
of Dynamite, but we fear that thos,
who have power to adopt the better
way will neglect to do 80 until forced
to do 80 through fear.
I feel like saying something about
the labor question and about the future
generally, but will defer it for th'
| present.