The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-04-04

character Of the measure. If Mr.:
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as it is, he owes his present fe-
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he did himself. But we cannot al
low him to claim victory where
he and his allies at Slayton suffer-
ed most manifest and notifying
defeat.
The Slayton Gazette, and it's echo
the Adrian Guardian insult the
people of Worthington by the utter
ance Of the following falsehoods,
which we cannot allow to pass un-
noticed:
"Someof their the W orthington
capitalists made a bitter fight
against the bill, but it passed just
the same" The Gazette lies-un-
der a great mistake. The Worth
ington people claim the law as it
is as their work. The bill which
they fought was stealthily pushed
through the House, but never got
=. back to it,: Worthington, aided by
gallant and able men from all parts
of the State, fought that mischiev-
:. GUS and unfairdevice to "put coun-
ty seats Oh Wheels That infa-
nous bill could not bear one hours
scrutiny in the light Of free debate
in either house. It got through the
House only because it was not de-
:hated:: The-Senate did debate the
:. bill and amended it in accordance
with the suggestions of the oppo-
nents of the House bill. It was
xexp6ct6d thata law would pass re-
placing the act declared void by
the Supreme Court But the ori-
-ginal a5ncobs6n bi1f did not pass
the Senate. It was melted in the
crucible of hot and searching
discussion of four hours duration,
and the amendments, which were
made as fast as they could be Of
fered and explained, made very
different measure of it. When it
got back to the House with some
decency of fairness on it's face, the
friends of the original jacobson"
knew better than to fight the work
done on it in the Senate. After
debate like that in the Senate the
proposition to restore the original
bill would have been ingloriously
routed. It seems to US that the
"gall''- whatever that slang term
may mean-applies to those who,
too cowardly to ask for a disagree
ment by the House, and a commit
tee of conference, submitted to
stinging, humiliating, utter defeat,
now try to elude their shame by
shouting over victory they did
not win.
The Gazette hopes the county
seat may be ''wrested away from
the ringsters who have SO long at
tempted to control the politics of
this district" If Worthington
had had such "ringsters'' the Of
fees of the 'district' would show
some of her citizens as incumbents.
The "ring" we now propose to
have will be of large circumfer-
ence, embracing all her citizens,
and all her friends. This t'ring''
will not work in the dark, nor do
aught to be ashamed of.
The Gazette says "A town that
has the gall to telegraph over the
country that $1,000 had been raised
by its citizens to buy up senators
to vote against so fair a bill as
Jacobson's oughtn't to be a county
seat" etc.
To this wanton insult we make
reply, in the words of Horace Gree
Icy addressed to man of like char
acter, ''You lie, you little villain,
you ie!' We adopt these words
because they fit and describe the
case exactly. No such telegram
ever went out from Worthington,
and no money was ever raised for
such a purpose, and the editor
knew, as we'll as we know, that he
was publishing lie and slander:
The money raised by Worthington
was for an honorable and lawful
use, and so far as it has gone has
been used effectively, and to the
satisfaction of those contributing.
The Worthington Mills make
report of extensive repairs and
improvements. Mr.. E. A. Pynch,
an experienced Miller, takes the
charge of the business. See adver-
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