The Worthington advance., 1880-10-28

stump for the gallant Ma jor, which at
one time had expected to do.
l am free to say, that rs between Mr..
Dunnell and a Democrat, my loyalty to
that party to whose principles l have
adhered since its form ,tiOn, would COM
pei the surrender Of my individual judg-
ment and preferences to the terrible ne
cessity of the situation, that believing
as honestly and firmly do, that success
to the Republican party of this district
can only be secured through an earnest
support Of Mr.. Ward. find both nv
preferences and my Judgment in harmo-
ny upon this question.
Instead Of permitting the cry ''Dun-
nell or Il Democrat. - to mislead and ter
rify, il the Republicans of Faribault
county who are honestly opposed to the
reelection of Mr.. Duunell. will unite.
and taking as their motto ''Neithe,
DunneIl or 4 DemOcrat,' will cote as
they talk and think. Major Ward will 60
out Of the comfy with the majority
that is justly his. Yours for Ward,
j. B. WAKEFIELD.
QUESTIONS FOR DUNNELL'S FRIENDS
-PLEASE ANS WEIR.
l. AS member of tile Minnesota
Legislature did he not push through
bill creating the office Of State Superin-
tendent OF Public Instruction?
=. After the adjournment of the Leg
,slature did he not seek the office creat-
ed under said bill and obtain it, not
withstan!ing the constitutional provis-
ions prohibiting him or any m mber of
that Legislature holding said office?
(See constitution Of the State.)
Hi1 hp nNt cnonro lo of M
act at another session of the Legisl;l-
ture creating the school book commits
sion of which he us State Superintend-
ent was one? (See Journal cf House
and Senate and Session Laws contain
ing said act.)
1. AS one of such commission did he
not advertise to all the book publishers
of tn country that said commission
would meet in st. Paul on Il day fixed
to pass upon the merits of such books,
which decision when made was to re-
main binding UPON the State for five
years.
5. When the book publishers came to
st. Paul did he not, instead of orgauiz-
ing his commission and listening to II
fair presentation of the merits of their
respective publications. by the represent
atlves of the different publishing hous-
es-tell said representatives that he was
very busy himself but that Judge l!ar-
wood represented him-that lie had
great confidence in the Judges knuWl-
edge in such matters; and did he not yr-
fer the agents Of the publishers to him
and was not 11arWOOd's treatment of
various publishers such that they then
and there said thar it was evidently fix
ed. that they could get no fair hearing
before the commission as a body, and
that they might as well leave because of
such fact. and did not many of them
leave charging Dunnell with trickery?
6. Did not A. s. Barnes & co. get the
lions share Of the contract. their agent
being one Liberty Hall, and was not
Liberty Hall the same man who was eX-
posed only two years ago 5y i member
as having tried to bribe him with fifty
dollars to vote down the Merrill law?
7. Has not this contract with A. 5.
Barnes 4 Co. cost the tax payers Of
this State who buy school books during
the five years it was in force at least
two hundred thousand dollars more
than it should and could have been
made for. and did not the commission
fix a price at 10 per cent. above the pri-
ces at which other books could have
been bought Of other publishers at the
time. and in fact were not good b oks
at said reduced prices so offered?
s. Did not Liberty Hall afterwards
in the city of Chicago boast Of his vic
tory over the other publishers and ad-
NIT that it cost his house about $4,000
to get the books through?-Mower
County Mercury.
DUNNELL ON SALT
On the sth day of May, 1872, Mr..
Dunnell is quoted in the Congressional
Globe, Part 4, 42d Congress, page 3,2l7,
as saying:
There are certain things herein e,,um-
Grated which are Of interest to my con-
stituents. believe with the gentleman
from Illinois that salt should be on the
free list. l have ever believed that the
necessaries of life should be, all of them
OH the free list, and he put on that list
as promptly us possible. do not be-
should go Oh the free list any quicker
it is of prime necessity. Mr.. Chair
man, it should he recollected that tnis
article in the farming district which I
Gle needed at every freside, on every t;t-
ble, on every farm. 1t cannot be got H.
long without.
Now. it should be reccollected by the
gentlemen III the house that this article
The high cost Of transportation we have
to submit to brings salt to a high figure
in the State have the honor in part to
H~hArAfnro inc Sct
stituents ask of me this article be plac-
ed on the free list.
do not believe for moment, Mr..
Chairman that salt needs protection.
1t does not need any bonus; it calls for
no protection; it does not need it; it can
live alone; it is an industry which does
not call for it. What we should do is to
make the tariff in the interest of the
masses. Whatever we may say about
statistics, the wealth of the nation is in
the strong arms and hands of the labor
ing masses Of the country. and our sta
tistics for years to come will witness,
not as to our splendid diplomacy and
legislation, but to the strong men who
work upon soil and III the workshops
of the country.
Eight days after expressing the above
correct sentiments Mr.. DunneIl voted
to impose Il tariff of twelve cents per
hundred pounds on salt i'm bulk. See
Cong. Globe, Part S, 42d Congress, page
1862.
On Monday, April 5tl,, 1850, Mr..
Townsend of Illinois moved to suspend
the rules so as to dismiss the ways and
means committee of the House from the
consideration Of the bill placing Salt,
printing type. printing paper and mate
rial used in the manufacture OF print
ing paper on the free list and put it on
its passage. The motion was defeated,
ayes IL, noes 80. not the necessary two
thirds voting in the affirmative. On
this motion Mr.. Dunnell voted No! Mr..
Dunnell gave as a reason for this vote
that it would be discourteous to take
the matter out Of the hands Of the COM