Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-27
swEET-sCENTED DUNNELL.
HO,c He Promised to Pay His HencItn.e,
and Didn't
[Freeborn County STANDARDIZED

ana Oid3Et.
[FreebOrn County Standard-Rep.]
Last fall during the campaign we pub
lished statement given to us by r. G..
Reynolds of Winnebago City that M w.
Greene of Wells had said that he was paid
five dollars per day for canvassing for
Dunnell. Mr.. Greene promptly denied
the charge in somewhat acrimonious
card. 1t seems that instead of receiving
money for his services, Greene had the
promise of the Wells postoffice, now held
by w. w. Woodland of the Mankato Free
Press, the office being in charge of Mr..
Woodlands brother. Our informant, an
old and well-known citizen of this coun-
ty, whose word is as good as that of any
man in it, says that Greene said DunnelI
promised him the office, that he had sent
in a petition, but that the
gentlemen now in charge of the
office, by going outside of Wells,
had procured more signers to counter
petition than he (Greene) had on his, and
that he did not know how the matter was
coming out; "but,n he added, elf Dun
nell don't give me the Office, d-n him,
L have documents in my possession which
prove that he is unworthy to hold any
political position whatever There is
no mistake about the truth of this nara
tive, for we have it from reliable man.
who has no interest whatever in misrepre-
senting the matter. Furthermore, it i:
entirely characteristic of Dunnell's dis
graceful and corrupting methods. He
promised offices to men all over this dis
trict last fall, in some instances agreeing
to give the same position to different per-
sons, well-knowing his inability to fulfill
his lying promises, and fully sustaining
the charge made by his opponents that he
is disgrace to this district.
Trouble has also arisen between this
sweet-scented Congressman and that
magnificent dead-beat at Alden, who
sails under the name of Grew Dr. Rob
ertson. The latter was delegate from
this county to the convention which NOM
mated H. r. Wells for Congress. When
he came back he pretended to be Ward
man. He informed us that he was Of
fered one thousand dollars to make
speeches for Dunnell, but that he re-
garded that individual as corrupt man,
and intended to support Ward With
this was gentle hint that he was one of
the best stump speakers in the land, and
that he would like to make some speech
es for Ward, but must have pay for the
work. We did not ''take,' and then
he went to work to get employment
from Hon. H. W. Holley, chairman of
the Ward committee, in which he failed.
Then he took the stump for Dunnell, and
was transferred to the extreme western
portion of the district where his ell
oquence is supposed to have rolled up
magnificent majorities for Dunnell A
dispute has now arisen between Robert
son and Dunnell in regard to the pay of
the former. Robertson has exhibited a
letter from Dunnell in which he says {:
Enclosed send you twenty dollars l
will send you twenty-five more at Pipe
stone" Dunnell claims that he has paid
the "Rev." DIR. forty-tive dollars, and the
latter insists that he has received but
twenty from the s'ideal" Congressman. A
voluminous correspondence is in progress
between the two statesmen, and the re-
suit is awaited with breathless interest
by the ''Rev." DR.. Robertson's hungry
creditors