The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-05
COURT HOUSE QUESTION
The Ellsworth News Gives Some
Facts to Ponder On.

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Facts to Ponder On.
The Ellsworth News in it's last issue
diagnosis the Court House question
at length. 1t says: ttsI
For a number of years the majority
of the people of this county have stood
quietly by and heard the people Of
Worthington and Adrian talk about
the county seat, new court house, etc.
The people heretofore have taken
no part in the controversy because
they generally did not feel interested
in the question as to whether Adrian
or Worthington should be the county
seat, but the matter has recently as
sumed such shape that it is of inter
est to them universally. E&y .sss
It seems that for number of years
different grand juries of this county,
which are selected from, and represent
all parts of the county, have condem-
ned our county buildings on account
of the unsafe condition of the court
house and Jail, and the unsafe condi-
ton in which our county records are
kept. .=
Recently the county commissioners,
believing it to be their duty to pro:
vide for the people, what they have q
right to expect and demand of them,
viz, a safe place for all county records
to be kept and a convenient place for
holding court, and something besides
a fire-trap for JAIL; took the initia-
tive steps for the building of a court
house and Jail, by levying a tax
of $4,000, with which to commence
the erection of court house, and by
arranging to borrow $4,000 from the
state, at 5 per cent. interest, with
which to build a jail. They had the
matter started in proper shape, when
Mr.. Forbes, of Adrian, who, of course,
is acting for few people who live at
that place, commenced suit against
the county commissioners, to stop any
further proceedings looking toward
the building Of either the court house
or Jail, and in that suit they obtained q
temporary injunction, and Of course
work had to be stopped Until the mat
n ters 81; a ts e "a
Now it comes to a point where the tax
payers are interested, because the
contest of the question, whether or
not the court house and jail be built,
will cost the tax payers large
amount of money and, in the opinion
of the News, undoubtedly they will
have it to pay in addition to the build
ing of the court house and Jail at
Worthington.
We have been told that no tempor-
ary injunction could have been
granted had it not been for the miss
statement of the facts in the complaint
to the court; for it is alleged in the
complaint that Mr.. Palm was not a
member Of the county board; that the
county seat of this county was at Her.
sey and that the people of Worthing
ton forcibly took the records from
Hersy and brought them to Worth
ington years ago. The fact is, Palm
was sworn in as a member of the
county board; he was recognized, and
worked right along with the board in
all the county matters and the ques-
ton as to whether or not he was a
member of the board was not thought
of until it became necessary to OBJ
tain temporary injunction in court
house and Jail proceedings. 1t is also
fact that by an act of the Legislature
of 1873, the county seat of Mobiles
county was located at Worthington,
at which place the records were then
kept; and the same legislature passed
an act providing that the people Of
the county should vote upon the
question as to whether or not the
county seat should be changed to
Heasey, and the people of this county
did vote upon that question in the
fall of 1873 and, by an overwhelming
majority Worthington was declared
the county seat. The question of
Hersey being the county seat was not
thought of by the plaintiff until it