Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-22
DUNNELL'S STRIKERS
Burlngame Waves the Front Side of the
Bloody Shirt. and Seymour Waves the

Bur1ingame Waves the Front Side of the
Bloody Shirt. and Seymour Waves the
Rear Part of it-An Exciting Time-Your
Correspondent not Secretary but Equally
as Well Posted.
Correspondence of the Globe.
RUsHroRD, Sept. 1S.-With many posters
and much advertising by the Star man that
Mr.. Dunnell's friends were coming on Friday
night last to give the reasons why the Repub-
lican party should vote for him, and not his
twin Republican brother, everybody was
made aware of time and place, and as every
body had been intensely excited upon the
question of "Who is to be the next Congress
man from the First district?" it was expected
that every odywould go. The day came clear and
bright, and on the afternoon train came Sew
mour and Burlingame, which fact was also
thoroughly advertised; besides, the .Star"
man, who leads the Dunnell hosts, sent his good
looking foreman round among the ladies' with
special invitation to grace the new Opera
hall with their presence, and hear Mr.. Sey-
mour make speech. The Star man also
tried to secure the band to give Mr.. Dunnelts
friends an ovation; but it wouldn't toot toot
without the stamps, SO the money was paid and
probably In due course of time, draft will be
made on Dunnell, AS his postmaster here think
ing the feast which he has had for twelve years
about over, concludes to gather up the fray
ments, that nothing be had for future use.
At 7:30 there.was little show of any body be-
ing present, and so the band had 10 promenade
the streets blowing with might and main for an
hour, when at $3.50, with all this effort,
just thirty voters, eight ladies and fifteen boys,
by actual count. We're present when the meet
Jog was called to order, and the Star man
made chairman, who introduced Mr.. Burlin'
game the man he has in training to succeed
Jim Child-if everything is lovely.
He began by promising to tell why the DEM
ocrats we're unfit to be trusted with power; why
the Republicans were fit, and what policy they
proposed to pursue if continued in power.
Then came the old yarn. that. although the
Democratic party was seventy-fve years old.
and true to their traditions of the past, :"
and if elected would pay the rebel war debt,
pension the soldiers, reconstruct the Alabama.
Shenandoah and other sunken rebel caaft, to
prey on Northern commerce, etc,
This was as far as he got and it took him an
hour and quarter to tell this. He forgot to
mention that the Democratic party had never
paid the rebel war dabt, and if true to the
traditions of the past" never would.
The Star chairman then introduced the
postmaster of La Crosse, who arose and acted
in such manner as to convince all that he
was drunk. He began by putting himself
in front, and styling himself as a pot
bellied old cuss of a postmaster from
La Crosse, that the feed was fiIst-rate at the
public crib. and if he grew fat on it he
couldn't help it. He wasn't going to abuse
any of the candidates in the First district as
three of them were on exhibition at he State
fair, and were all husky looking fellows, but
he had been imported into this district to speak
for the Republican cause, to pay up for the
vast services of Window and Dunnell, when
they came over to Wisconsin and helped him
out Of tight place.
He then went in on the tradition part" OF
the Democratic platform, and went over pre-
cisely the same ground as the first speaker
excepting while Burlingame used decent lam
guage Seymour took up the filthy end of the
ensanguined government, and waved it as
follows.
The Democrats were in powe,
half century ago. and then
the thieves, robbers. cut-throsts and black
legs under the lead of John O. Calhoun, multi
fed an act of Congress, and thi;ty, years later
rebelled against the incoming republican ad.
ministrati0n, and the harm the democratic
party proposed doing was as destructive as
that of the rattle-snake, of which they had
given the people due notice in this tradition
plank, as the rattle-snake did by shaking his
tail, and to let in the rebel brigadiers now
after wasting his substance with harlots and
riotous living, kicking the day-lights out OF
his father, knocking the elder brother into
kingdom come. turning his mother out to the
cold charities of the world, and then bringing
in all his old cronies in the neighborhood tc
have q high old time with The servant girls.
He then took up the clause of the democratic
platform, which declares the party as friend
to labor, and denied it because the democratic
party was in the past opposed to tariff, in
favor of slavery, homestead BILL and 80 on,
and after comptmenting Hancock as q
good and brave soldier, styled English ssa low
lived son of gun," who was worth $5, 000, 00(
and the largest bank-stock owner in America
and to hitch Hancock up with him was like
hftehing thoroughbred horse up beside q
mule or jackass, whose soul would rattle
around in mosquitoes bladder like pea in 8
tin pail.
Then he turned to Dunnell as the greatest
statesman of the Northwest. and he must be
kept in Congress, and he wanted every Repub-
lican to declare at once for him. If there was
anybody low, mean and contemplate in this
world it was the man who wore out the seat OF
his breeches sitting on the fence.
The disgusting, dirty language is mostly
admitted. In fact, he had spoken but short
time before the Star mans wife and sister
arose and indignantly left the hall. followed
shortly after by the Rev. Mr.. Wright, the new
Lutheran minister here with his wife and
daughters. Mr.. Wright is man of very
great influence here and he has been con-
sidered very strong Dunnell man.
So disgusting became his profanity, can't and
blackguardism that only three ladies stayed to
hear it through and they were compelled to OF
go home without escort, as the Star mans
wife aud sister.
Thus ended the visit of this La Crosse post
master. The Star man was very glad to See
the last of him, but says he wasn't drunk, as he
had him in change from 8 P. NJ. until he spoke,
yet, if he wasn't he had all the symptoms and
it is reported that he had bottle in his pocket.
The next day Mr.. Nelson called for $40, for
the use of the hall, but didn't get it, but says
he is out so for cleaning it, and hence,
he is no longer Dunnell man. It is
worth very much to the anti-Dunnell cause
here, IS four-fifths of the voters are Repnbli-
cans, and many of his original supporters
declare now they will vote for Wells, if not for
Ward.
Mr.. Wells will lead Dunnell 8, 900 in the five
eastern counties of the district, which he may
possibly overcome In the western, but very
doubtful.
Ward, however. will get an immense vote in
Houston and Fillmore, and in the five east
counties will run nearly up to Wells, whose
chances of being Congressman are good.
The election of Dunnell, think, is already
out of the question. He is losing ground
every day, and his opponent gaining. The
selfshness of the man is now apparent to all,
and the more work done the more it is de-
veloped. This is the worst fear of Mr.. Wells,
for if the mine is worked until the Republic
cans can all gee it, there will he sI1ch atam-