The Worthington advance., 1880-10-28
POINTED LETTER FROM 4
SOLDIER.
Why lie opposes Kniss and D,nneU.


BIGELow, Oct. %, 1880.
EDITOR ADVANCE: I believe it is
nearly three years since l wrote the
first letter that appeared in your Free
Column" since which time l have read
the letters that haye appeared from
time to time, with much interest and
pleasure. l think it one of the best COL
umns in your paper. 1 there wrote to
urge you to be Greenbacker. Two
years ago you almost came to the point.
You said ''go in boys and see what you
can do" Now. il you will say ''c"ne
on boys, let's see what we can do" l
think we can do considerable. Four
years ago the Greenback party cast less
than one hundred thousand votes.
They then had less than dozen papers
advocating the cause. Two years ago
we cast one million two hundred thous-
and votes. This year we expect to cast
10000 votes. We now have one
thousand news papers and thousands
of able speakers advocating our cause,
Notwithstanding the old bunker press,
both Democrat and Republican, have
utterly ignored and persistently tried
to hoot US off the track, and declared
that we were dead party. It don't
look much like 1t does it? No, sir, our
cause is just and must and will prevail.
Thirty three years ago cast my mai
den vote to help build up the Republi-
can rarity by driving the free soil
wedge between the old Wing and Dem
ocratic parties. I supported that party
until 1873, when President Grant, with
one hand, vetoed the soldiers equaliz;l-
tion bounty bill, because 1t would take
too much money out IF the treasury and
the other thrust into the United States
Treasury drawing his little extra hum
dred thousand back salary grab. Since
that time I have not voted for Presi-
dent. The party was {; noble party
when led by Lincoln, Seward, Sumner,
Stevens and Chase and their co-work-
ers. But like all successful parties, the
leeches and blood suckers have fasten-
ed themselves on to it until it has out
lived it's usefulness. Let it too pass a.
way and let us build another noble par
ty on it's ruins, which is the National
Greenback Labor Reform Party, with
Gen. J. B. Weaver and B. J. Chambers
bearing our banner on to victory.
But sit down more than anything
else to write upon local matters.
thought it strange at the time Of our
county and district conventions that
the people could find nothing but a
Rail Road Agent to represent us in our
Legislature. If the people want to
continue to pay the r. r. taxes, let
them continue to send r. r. Agents to
make our laws, I, for one, do not. I
was glad to see the Peoples ticket
come out. I shall support it.
And now for Mark II. Dunnell. I
wish to make public my most emphatic
condemnation of that eminent mis-
representative. And Soldiers, appeal
to you for help. Let every soldier, ev~
cry soldiers father, every soldiers
brother and every soldiers friend spot
Mark II. Dunnell. lie voted against
Gen. Weaver's Bill, introduced in Con-
gress last winter, to make up the dis
count on soldiers pay during their
three years service. lie has voted for
every Bill in favor Of Wall st. Bankers
and Bond holders, and against every
Bill that was in the interest of his con
stituents. Now, if Mark II. Dunnell
prefers to represent the interests of
Wall street let him look to Wall street
for his votes, and let every voter in the
district vote for him 10 stay at home,
and l think it will be Il long time before
he will mis-represent us again. Poll
ticians have got to learn that the st.
Paul Press and papers of kindred ilk
do not represent the will of the people
and that the time is not far distant
when the people are going to learn to
think ana act for themselves.
II. B. TRIP.
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