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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26

In the second place, the Democra
has not discussed the matter of NOV
ing the county seat. We objected tt
building new court house and ]al
at present, for the reason that the PEG
pie of the county cannot afford t.
have their taxes doubled next year.
Adrian Democrat.
We could hardly believe that the
above was Kings exact size, until we
saw it in his paper. In the first place
if court house were built right away
taxes would not be doubled next year,
nor any other year. The truth is, no
man in Mobiles county would feel the
additional tax-Nobles county has
about $4,000 which will be available
when needed. Admitting that there
will be some slight increase in taxes
would no benefit accrue from
it? Benefit to the entire county? In
all seriousness, we ask: Is there an
individual in Mobiles county who
would risk as much valuable property
unsecured as there is in the court
house here? It is a serious matter,
and is not question of whether it
benefits Worthington, or is detri-
ment to Adrian, but is it in harmony
with good business principles to allow
thousands of dollars worth Of property
to remain in such an unsafe cOndi
ton
All admit that a court house must
be built sooner or later, why delay
such an important matter; what
benefit is to be derived from delay
The Democrat says these are too hard
times to exercise common business
prudence What a declaration! what
a himsy, gauzy excuse! The Demo
crat does not honor itself by taking
such stand. It subjects itself to the
ridicule of the people. If it cannot
adduce an argument in favor of not
building court house, it should at
least keep still.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26
of silver.

They have a court house fight down
in Mobiles county. To the Gazette
which has had county seat and court
house fights on hand the greater part
of it's existence the arguments pro and
con in Mobiles county now seem very
familiar as they were hashed and re-
hashed here for years. Unavoidably,
the newspapers there are the mouth
pieces for the contending towns and
have to bear the brunt of the hatred
of the opposition. From the way the
editors have begun to abuse each
other it would appear to an outside
observer that they are striving to
prove that the other editor is fraud
and shyster rather than that court
house is needed or not needed. Don't
abuse each other, boys, the people
will think just as much of you or more
after it is all over if you don't do so,
but carry your point by good, square
if you can.-Slayton Gazette
The Gazette might have went fur
ther and said that after the editors
get through throwing dead cats and
mud, the court house will be built,
and at Worthington, too. The people
outside of the village of Adrian take
little stock in the rantings of the
Adrian papers.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26

Mr.. Cleveland says Gin the Adrian
Democrat last week. that Democrats
can have no more offices until the
silver question is disposed Of. He
proposes to lash in the "hangers-o,t'
by withholding the much coveted
patronage. Grover generally has his
weather-eye pretty we'll peeled in
barely got under the fence before the
shutdown.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26

President Cleveland is buried, SO
to speak, with congratulatory tele-
grams. His stand for unconditional
repeal seems to have met with univer-
sal favor in ever section of the Union
It is claimed that 5000 of these mes
sages were received by the president
Wednesday.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26
MANNED FOR LIFE.
SIC, Lllm Meets with Fearful
Accident-HiS Foot Ampu-
tated.

Last Saturday evening, about 10
o'clock, SEE Lum, with some young
companions, were playing around the
railroad yards. Boy like, they were
getting on and off the moving freight
cars and in some way young Lum
slipped and got his foot under a
wheel. The member was terrib] y
crushed and mangled, necessitating
amputation, just above the ankel
which operation was performed very
successfully Saturday night by Drs.
Dolan and Gaugh, assisted by Ray
Humiston At this writing the patient
is getting along nicely. This is an
awful warning to young men who
persistently play around the cars. It
is dangerous place, and we hope
other boys will heed the admonition
this accident affords.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26

tine several shiploads of the cholera-
stricken, the water and food with
which they came in contact became
contaminated' What theni What
will pure water supply and strict,
sewerage regulations avail when the
water is poisoned with cholera after it
has passed through the purifying
fountains' May not the cholera
germs travel and fill the waterways
and poison the markets wherever the
cholera victim is allowed to got If
publication of the water supply and
improvement of the sewerage are SUI
ticient provisions against cholera, how
happens it that the cholera epidemic
always halls from its Asiatic home7
Pure water is doubtless an invalu-
able help in minimizing the disasters
which follow the visitation of Asiatic
cholera tramp, and SO is pure food.
But they cannot slap the gaunt
specter. 1t may be sign of coward
ice to corral the unwelcome visitor on
the country's threshold by quaran-
tine. 1t is possible, however, that
quarantine, like discretion, may in
such cases be the better part of valor.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26
vvo'rthington Advance
CARL 3. EASTWOOD.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF MOBILES COUNTY.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT WoRTHING
TON, MINNESOTA.

Terms Of subscription: Three months 20 90
six months 70 cts; one year 81 80. Invariably
in advance.
Rates for standing advertisements made
known on application.
Business cards Is. u year.
Local advertisements S cents per line eacf
insertion.
All accounts payable monthly.
The ADVANCE Office Is equipped with new
and first class type and machinery; second tc
none outside the large cities. We make
speciality of brief, pamphlet, poster and com
mercial printing.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26

The Fulton (Democratic) Club, Of
Richmond, in the good old free trade
state of Virginia, has passed series
of resolutions protesting against the
reduction of import duties below the
point which protects American manu-
facturers against foreign competition
Which reminds us that the Demo
cratic victory is less than year old
and there is not enough left of the
Chicago platform to wad a gun
Minneapolis Taibune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26

One week from next Tuesday there
will be an awful wreck in Ohio.
Mckinley is going to rub out the
democratic party in that state. Anx-
ious friends will no doubt visit the
political morgue in the vain hope of
identifying the remains.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26

The st. James Journal says the
editor of the Rock County Herald has
his ideas furnished him ready made
If, by chance, the Journal should live
a thousand years, it could not hope
to attain the high position now occu-
pied by Luverne's popular paper
the Herald. Miller is one of the ablest
editors in the state-if there is an
ADLER one, he has never been pointed
out to us. People who know Bert
Miller and read his paper will smile
at the Journals criticisms.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26

A dispatch this morning states that
John L. Sullivan is sober. The millen
ium must be within speaking dis
lance.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26
Additional Local.

Landlord Coughran is at Chicago
for few days.
Darwin Hurd of New Yark, is
here visiting his brother, r. S.. of
this city.
G.. S. Smallwood is in California
with his father-in law, Mr.. Moulton.
We are advised that Mr.. Moulton is
improving and the prospects for his
recovery are bright.
A dispatch to Wednesdays Min
neapolis Journal says: Last evening
Tom Levitt and r. w. Bevins, two
farmers living II miles south of here,
near Round Lake, got into fight
over a pair of whiffletrees Bevin had
borrowed of Levitt, and had not re-
turned when he promised to. Levitt
wishing to use the whiff1etrees, went
over to Bevine's and removed them
from the wagon and started home.
Bevins, seeing him go away, started in
pursuit and called for him to halt
and upon not doing so, let him have
the contents of gun. The charge,
which was No. shot, took effect in
his back and right arm. The distance
from which the shot was fired was
about three rods. Levitt was wearing
a fur coat, which accounted for the
wound not being Immediately fatal.
Physicians report that they are un-
able to predict the outcome as yet.
No warrants have been issued.
Late advices from Washington are
to the effect that President Cleveland
has put his foot down so firmly
against a compromise silver bill, that
a straight repeal bill is likely to pass,
and very soon.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26

mud, the court house will be built
and at Worthington, too. The people
outside of the village of Adrian take
little stock in the rantings of the
Adrian papers.
Some time ago we asked Bro.
Haislet why he did not ''boom Adrian
for the county seat" Foxy Sam
winked the other eye and said he was
''biding his time on the county seat
question" Since then kind neighbors.
democrats and republicans have
taken up a collection and paid off the
mortgage on his office. Behold ! The
last Guardian is loaded with county
seat matter. Samuel even goes
SO far as to charge the Ellsworth
News with being subsidized. The old
man isn't biding his time at present;
he is wildly waving his arms, beckon-
ing the people to come over to Adrian,
and live in a big town. Of couse, no
one would insinuate that the Guar
dian editor 'bided' his time for a
purpose. Oh, no, it's the other fellow
that is in that business. Sam knows
when the iron is hot, and when to
strike. Foxy Sam is something of a
county seat boomer just at present.
The editor of the British Journal,
says the Minneapolis Tribune, insists
that quarantine is an exploded fallacy.
More than that, he AYERS that it is
cowardly and cruel. In an address
before the New York Academy of
Medicine DR.. Hart, the editor of said
famous English publication, makes
this surprising statement: "Quaran-
tine is a cruel and unwarrantable pro-
ceeding, and English experience has
been such that quarantine has been
discarded for the last twenty seven
years. No quarantine is secure. The
only effective quarantine is a Chinese
wall which shall cut off all other
countries, but this is cruel. The mo-
ment you make cholera contraband
you induce it to come into the
country
Strict supervision of water supply
and sewage he believes ample to cope
with cholera. He atfirms that there
is nothing SO easy to keep out and
deal with as cholera. The fear of
cholera, by leading to the reform of
city water and sewerage, he
estimates has saved more lives than
SO years of cholera epidemics have
destroyed.
DR.. Hart then repeats the epigram
that you can cat cholera and drink
cholera, but you cannot catch cholera.
"You do not" he says, "quarantine
against cholera which is not catching.'
IF | wanted to go to safe place.
says the doctor, II would go to a we'll
conducted cholera hospital. Of all
diseases cholera is the least to be
feared.
"Quarantine is sign of cowardice,
and reproach. The purity of the
water supply, clean streets, not
quarantine, are the proper precau-
TONS"
But suppose, that by admitting to
tho oo,n%rv froo If d,,tv or rnaron.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26
Window.

Window.
Mr.. and Mrs. Foss spent Sun
day in Heron Lake.
Mr.. McMurtey is visiting his
daughter in Fairmont.
Miss Caldwe has returned from
a visit at her home, and to Chica-
go.
Some of WINDOWS young peo-
pie were serenading last Saturday
night.
Editor Huntington and daugh-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-27

was not from lack Of knowledge. Rep
resentative +. III. Wilson offered
an amendment exempting the saw.
ings banks deposits from other taxation
than that of the state. During the
discussion Of the amendment the atten.
ton of the house was called TO the de-
fects of the bill. But they were passed
by because it was feared that If amend
ments were made the bill might fail OF
passage in the senate, and the general
assembly preferred defective legislation
to none Mt all.
The argument advanced against ex-
empting the deposits from municipal
taxation because only a very small por-
tion OF the savings banks deposits
about $4,000, 900 out Of $72, 000, 900
were reached by the tax assessor is a
sample of the lack of logic and
knowledge that pervade the average
mind of the legislator. The fact
that many chose to dishonesty deny
their property, and thus escape taxation,
is not sufficient excuse for the states
action in taxing doubly the few who are
honest.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-27
THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME.


What a great country this Is to be
sure. Out in the state Of Washington
they have just opened up a gold mine
that surpasses anything in the world
for the richness Of it's yield.
This isn't one of your ordinary mines
that turn out two or three hundred
millions and then go out of business,
but a veritable mountain Of gold.
There will be no cradles, no rockers, no
pans, no %sluices, no long tons, no stamp
mills, no amalgam, no smelling fur
naces in this nothing, in fact, but
pure. unadulterated glittering and glis-
tening gold. That's what Washington
has got, and California, Colorado and
Nevada a now take a back seat.
What a glorious chance for President
Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle Let
them buy up this mine, and then all
talk about a bankrupt treasury can be
hurled back at the heads of their carp
ing critics. Now is the time to prove
that they knew all the time just where
they could lay their hands on more gold
then the men of Wall and Lombard
streets v e saw in their most extrava-
CANT dreams. Let's get that mountain
gentlemen and we can laugh at John
Bull and his gold grubbing tactics.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-27
TAXING SAVINGS BANKS.

The act passed by the general assem-
bly, in its closing hours for increasing
the tax on state bank deposits to one
half Of n per cent. can find no excuse
for its imperfect form in the states need
for revenue. The deficit caused by ex
travagant expenditures can be made
up by increased taxation. 1t could
readily have been made up by increased
taxation on a system that would have
been alike reasonable and just. But
the faults Of extravaganza can not be
atoned by such ill-advised acts as the
one in question.
The principle of taxing savings banks
and participation accounts of trust
companies is right because they are I'M
der the protection and Suspension of
the state. The amount of the tax has
been found equitable elsewhere and will
doubtless be found so here. But IL the
state taxes the deposits they ought not
to be subject to municipal taxation as
the personal property of individ-
uals; or at least the amount of
the state tax should DO deducted
from the municipal tax. They should
not be required to pay double tax, as
under the law just passed. BY its pro-
visions they pay a tax of so cents on
800. The honest depositor who makes
proper returns to the tax assessor also
pays a personal municipal tax on the
deposit Of 81. so on every 800. In all
he pays $500 on every 500. If he gets
5 per cent. interest his net interest after
deducting his taxes will be 81 per cent.
1t is customary in other states 10 exempt
savings bank deposits from municipal
taxation, to exempt that portion of the
deposits Of the banks from state tax
alton which being invested in mortgages.
stocks, and other securities Is taxable
elsewhere. In other states il is custom
airy TO take precautions against a double
or triple taxation. which is possible
under this bill. But the general AS
sembly saw fit 10 make no such proyi-
sions yesterday. And the negligence
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-27
STAND ny THE CONSTITUTION .

New York Press. Today.
The general assembly Of Rhode Island
will meet next week to elect state Off
GERS and transact other business. While
the grand committee of the legislature Is
a tie, so far as elected members are con-
cerned, the vote of the lieutenant gov
ernor, who is not the presiding officer Of
the senate. but ex-oficio a member of the
senate, over which the governor pre-
sides, gives control to the Republi-
cans, assuming that every m, mber
votes according to his recognized
political principles. 1t Is understood
that the Dem ocrats are sparing no
effort to win over a Republican mem
Der to their side by methods that have
not been fully defined. and that they also
propose to unseat a Republican in the
house of representatives, where the Dem.
ocrats ave a majority.
AS to this situation or aft hrs, the
Prsss has but one opinion to expresses and
but one course to advise. The constitu.
ton of the state. as IL stands, must be
obeyed and enforced. II the
Republicans are entitled, in the
orderly and lawful course of events, I'M
der the fundamental law. to elect their
STATE officers. then let them assert and
maintain their right, il necessary. un-
til the time arrives for another
e'ection. Let them not yield one
hairs breadth to menace o.
clamor, but stand for their rights reso-
lutely, firmly, unfiinchingly, as the Re-
publicans stood for their rights in Kan
sas, and. as in Kansas, victory will re.
ward their courage In the cause of order
and law.
Braggadocio and bluff are the main
weapons in the Democratic armory every
where; but the Repu olicans OF X ode Isl
and are of a different type from what we
take them to be IL they allow Democratic
buster to overcome ther fdel-
ity to the constitution OF their state.
Should the Democrats succeed in obtain.
ing the vote requisite under the constitu-
ton for the election OF their state officers,
then the state Off ces should be surren-
d, red TO them. Otherwise Rhode Island
should remain in Republican hands.
All the Republicans OF Rhode Island
have to do in the present crisis is to be
sure that their position is within con-
$ itutional lines, and then maintain
that position AT every hazard. In
Rhode Island, rs In New York, by
far the greater portion Of the intelligence
of the community Is on the Republican
side and In sympathy with the prin-
ciples and the rule of the Republi-
can party. The Democrats were a
minority party in the recent
Rhode Island election. the majority
OF the voters being opposed to Democ-
racy. even though all that majority did
not vote for the Republican candid ites.
Republican state officers would be far
more satisfactory to the maj rrity Of the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-27
AT NEWPORT NEXT WEEK.

There seems to be a question in the
minds of some people as to what will
happen at Newport next week, when
the new general assembly is organized
and the new state government elected
in grand committee and inaugurated.
There are two things that may hap
pen.
The Democrats may unseat Republic
can members of the house, and so force
the grand committee majority to their
side.
Some of the men elected as Republi-
can by Republicans may be induced to
abandon their allegiance and vote with
the Democrats.
In no way except through the work
ing of n or other Of these propositions
can the Democrats find ground for the
indulgence Of the slightest hope of OBJ
tanning control Of the state offices.
There has been but one Republican
suggested as likely to vote with the
Democrats, and all that has been said
respecting his attitude has emanated
from Democratic sources and has wholly
failed Of confirmation when traced.
The man himself has refused to lower
himself to contradict the stories that
have been circulated regarding his poll
teal honesty, except to say that lone
Of them were authorized by him.
Men who know the senator-elect
remain true to the Republican princi-
Piles that he has thus far adhered to
and been elected upon. The sugges-
ton that he will not is an unwarranted
reflection upon his honor, which, under
the circumstances, is peculiarly OBJ
n~oxious to the standard of fair dealing
and honor that prevails ever in politics.
AS to the proposition that the Demo-
Gratis in the house may unseat some of
the Republican members it can only be
said that if they do so they will do vio-
lence to the expressed will of the people
and obtain by burglarious methods that
which they failed to get legally and
honestly. If such desperate methods
are resorted to the Republican senate
will be fully justified in adopting
whatever methods the law allows to
checkmate the scheme.
As the case now stands the Repub-
licans have a majority in the new gen..
eral assembly, and they a only be
prevented from electing their state
ticket by %chicanery on the part of the
Democrats and weakness on their own
part.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-27

THERE seems to be something about
the Democratic office-holders Of today
which excites distrust, though as we all
known they are honorable men. The
only Adlai was turned down at the
Worlds fair for not having his ticket
with him, the gate-keeper refusing to
believe his statement that he is vice
president until he was identified, and
now Ambassador Eustis has a grievance
because at the the Academy reception
in Paris on Thursday evening the hall
porter refused to allow him to enter
until the committee came out and
vouched for him.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-27
JANUARY 60. 1soa

voters In the late election than a Demo-
cratic state government would be so
that, even from the popular standpoint,
the Republican candidates ought TO be
elected. But there is a higher ground
than this. and that's the ground that the
fundamental law of the state must be
enforced and obeyed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-27

THE general assembly has adjourned,
and its works are upon the heads of the
people. Next week a new legislative
body will make an attempt to organize
and begin business, with what success
there are almost as many varying opin-
ions as there are people who give the
matter thought.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-27

ALL that is necessary to entitle
women to vote at municipal elections
In Michigan is for the governor to sign
the bill which has passed both branches
OF the legislature. He will unquestion-
ably do this. and then the New England
states can, IL they choose, follow in the
wake of their Western sister.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-27

THE aldermen have taken the right
course in putting pressure upon the as
SCISSORS to raise property valuation to
meet the necessary increase of city ex-
p~enditures. There should be no all
a-long-the-line raise. but there is plenty
of property in the city now u~ndervaiued
that would yield sufficient revenu to
meet the needful increase of income If
it were rated as other property is rated.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-27
4 GOOD PAPER.
4 GOOD Article,
4 GOOD AD.-

These three combined bring good
results. But II any one OF these
three things Is more vitol 10 success
In advertising than either OF inc
other too, IL Is the Newspaper.
A poor article Weu advertised
may succeod-so long as you ddrer-
iise; and there are score Of cases,
uhere, soith an article Of merit ana
uniformly good newspapers, an IN
different dd. eUen has scored a sue
cess. But tcho euer heard Of an adj
rcrtiscr succeeding by dUofdtng at
the good newspapers and using
only the poor ones?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-27

THE tribute to Mr.. Capron as speaker
of the house of representatives was not
only graceful and usual but true and
richly deserved. Mr.. Capron is a model
presiding officer. He would shine re-
splendent in the chair Of any public
assembly in the country,