The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-11-15
SUDDENLY THE DOOR OPENED.

just happened to strike the keynote OF
popular sentiment. Ifthere is any one
word in the vocabulary that the people
are sick to death of seeing and hearing
and having thrown at them, it's that
hachneyed, threadbare, meaningless
dissyllable, Reform Now, while
we mean reform all right
enough, we haven't paraded it before
the public during this campaign; but it
has been the tail-piece of every other
political kite that has been set flying
for years past. There's old Wymers
party, for instance, going to revolution
ize the world by it's reforms in the labor
and capital middle. Nobody knows by
what peculiar handling of problem
that is and always must remain simply
a question of mutual forbearance be-
tween the two classes they propose to
adjust matters so as to benefit the hui
man race in general, and the working
men of Y in particular. Didn't go
to their meeting last night, did you?
Well, went, and got enough of it.
Fairly siclened me to hear Rochester
spouting about the accumulation OF
wealth by the few as a direct robbery
of the masses, and so on, and advocat-
ing a system of division that would give
the worthless loafer, who was too lazy
70 earn crust of bread, the same
amount of this worlds goods that was
allotted to the Industrious hardwork-
ing man. That wasn't the way he put
it, of course, but it's just what the con-
founded rubbish amounts to. And,
what with holding up working mems
unions, and organized strikes, and all
that sort of business as a legitimate
means of resisting the tyranny of CAPT
tai the world over, and lauding the
Socialists of Germany and the Nihilists
of Russia, and the whole crew of
rampaging law-defying anarchists
the world over, he succeeded in
stirring up spirit Of dissatisfac-
ton and lawlessness that needed
only the provocation to develop into
riot and bloodshed. Now, I am by no
means alarmed for the results in this
present contest, for foresee that Roch-
ester, Bingham ct al. are going to be
pretty thoroughly extinguished; but
can it be that such doctrines as they are
promulgating are gaining ground
among the lower classes? If SO, there
will be bitter fruit in the future. We
must look to our free school system and
the liberal education of the masses to
deliver us from the threatened danger.
Our children must be taught from their
youth up that in this republican coun-
try the higher order of intelligence and
morals must rule and ignorance and
vice keep their proper subordinate
places. heard a rumor this morning
that Tom Chelsea was going to flop
Know anything about it, North? Don't,
eh? Then perhaps it isn't true. sent
W,-'ner around to sit down on him if it
Was. The doctor has been around all
morning" -
"The doctor?''
eyes, Warner" explained the colonel,
with an inquiring stare.
ooh, to be sure! Warner, of coursew
and North made a hasty effort to re-
deem himself by this animated assent
''Out on his professional rounds as
healer of political discussions and so on
feeling the pulse of the public, you
know" - WI,
AAu WAdU uOcS Ac IcpOTGS
"Well, he makes cautious diagnosis,
but I've given you the substance OF 1t
already. He reports your popularity
on the increase, but he doesn't claim
much for Halleck. Between you and
me, North, suspect that Warner would
about as lief see Halleck get left! Has
he said anything of the sort to you?"
and the colonel looked sharply at
North.
The latter had confused recollec-
ton of Warmers remarks on this sub
ject in their conversation of the pre-
vious evening. His cautiousness, how
ever, prevented him from repeating
them; he merely answered indifferently:
"No, he hasn't spoken of it, exceptto
repeat in a general way what he had
already said to you about his objection
to Halleclx's nomination. I didn't
gather at all that he felt any personal
disaffection toward Halleck; on the
contrary, I inferred that he intended
to work for the straight ticket, and felt
very cordially toward all the candi-
dates"
"Oh, he'll work all right enough! I've
no fear about that. Warmers square
man, and all that, you KNOW" the
colonel fastened to rejoin, with the air Of
retreating in good order. s'By the way,
North, do you ever hear anything about
Gus Thompson nowadaysq'
"Gus Thompson? Why, no, not a
SYLLABLE said North, with an air of
lively interest. what has become of
him?"
"Must be prospecting the Salt river
region, to see how his party friends are
going to fare by-and-by," suggested
Clipper dryly. cts odd how that fell
low has dropped out of this campaign.
Why, along the first, when we he'd our
primaries, really thought his chances
were a. good a. Browns; but ell at