The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-10-04


COUNTY POLITICS..
A hand bill or circular issued by E.
8. Mills. says:
A. p. Miller is said to be making up
an lndep. .ndent convention to fOrmu.
late county ticket. intended to act rs
q ''counter irritant" on the body poll
tique.
We have understood for some days
that certain Republicans who assume
to run the party and who have read us
out, or rather blackguarded US out,
were giving us the credit of getting up
the Independent movement. We have
to d decline the honor, however, this time.
All we had to DO with it was to ter
der to 4 committee of Alliance men,
Knights of Labor, ETC., our editorial
rooms in which to hold u conference.
They had no place to meet and did not
wish to pay from So to SIS for the use
of hall. So the ADVANCE, with its
usual generosity, liberality, courtesy,
humanity, friendliness to the people,
aid 'meanness' generally. gave the use
of the office free gratis for nothing. "
See!
We have said right and left that we
are not making ticket this year. Our
sympathies and our words are for the
Republican National ticket. and also
with the State ticket, except as to Mer-
riam. We do not like the way he was
nominated, we do not like to see the
wishes of the people defeated by money
and the politicians, as was certainly
done in this case, and we cannot give
Merriam any hearty support. though
we should regret to see the Republican
ticket defeated.
Az to county matters, we feel friend
~, in the main, to the Republican
ticket, and W. feel personally friendly
t" part of the Democratic ticket. There
are men on both tickets whom we
s'onld b. pleased to see elected, for
personal and general reasons.
The man whom we wish to see de-
fe.atetl is E. S: Mills, but even in his
case We are inclined to think that a
fight is not necessary. That he is a
d"mogogue OF the worst kind in Il small
way; that he is Il vile slanderer and
bIackyuard Of the very blackest and
m-anest kind aud not the mice" tenn
per.nce man and Methodist whom lots
Of goody, goody people think he is. we
know. If any doubt IL, come to our
office and see the evidence in black and
white. We would print it. but it is too
vile to publish. That he is incompe-
tent for the details and clerkly work Of
the office, we have known to our sor
row for years, for we have had to dea]
with his manuscript. But all this was
known. before, and the majority Of the
people were against him at the last cleo
ton, but he has still managed by some
''devil luck" to get enough votes to &c
in by plurality.
This time, however, we see on al
sides that he has lost his grip. Hi!
hold upon the people is surely gone
Public sentiment and circumstance
haye combined to consolidate him out
OF the old friends who used to be act
lively at work for him, we cannot fint
one who is 50 engaged now. Two year,
ago a good many said we do not wan
Mills, but we cannot 60 Miller no.
Ryan, 80 they were forced to eat crow
bitter and loathsome as it was, an;
support Mills for another term. Thi
time, they tell US, they have no sucl
reason for supporting him.
II the election should be held to.mor
row, Mills would be 50 badly beatel
that his votes would hardly make gu,
wad. We see no particular need there
fore of making any fight upon him
We need not pound him after he il
dead, as tue fellow did the polecat, t.
show him that there is ''punishmen
after DEATH"
As to those assumed Republican
leaders who have read US out of tn
party and are making such a vile fgh
upon US, we can only say that We ma.
see fit to turn on them before the cam
paigu is over and give them some no
shot. Friends have Informed US VIII
overhear their remarks on the hote
porches and the street corners, that
ii a shame aud IN outrage that an
man should be so vilely traduced be
hind his back, because he dares to hav
views of his own about who should b
governor.
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