Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-11
DUNNELL'S GRAB,
Ho,o He DodGed on the Salary Grad ana
Lied about 1T.
ALBERT Lea Standard. |

Albert Lea Standard.
MIR. Dunnell, in his speeches around the dis
trict, solemnly places his hand upon his heart
and declares that our assertion that ne voted
for the back pay ia an unmitigated lie. Well,
now, LET us see about that. On the LIST day of
March, 1878, the first distinct effort was made
by those favorable to increased and back pay.
On that day Benjamin F. Butler had made a
motion to reconsider vote by which increase
of salaries had been defeated. This
brought all the real friends of the measure for
the first time to the front. motion was then
made by MIR. Farnsworth of Illinois to lay the
motion to reconsider on the table. This would
have killed the bill on the spot, but it was de.
feated. Ayes &C, nays los. Dunnell voted no.
which was for the measure. (See GLOBE V.
March l, page q. This vote gave the measure
its first life and made its after existence posi-
Bile. Here was the happy opportunity for the
real enemies of the bill to kill the back pay in
the very hour OF its birth; but Dunnell voted
to let it live. On the Sd day of March, 1873,
the bill was put upon it final passage and was
passed, Mr.. Dunnell being recorded as not
voting. Shortly afterwards the following cor
respondence took place.
OwAroNNA, Mimi, March 29, 1873.
Messrs. Rivers & Bailey.
GENTS: In the pamphlet edition of the
Globe containing the proceedings of March
I'd, you have put me down mot voting"
on the final vote on the salary increase, while
in the DGilu Globe of that day YOU have me
recorded as voting nay" which / did. The
Daily Globe is right and the pamphlet is
wrong. Now, that was an exceedingly import
aut vote, and very much regret the error. Is
it too late to remedy? l certainly hope not.
WOULD MEET THE EXPENSE IF NOT TOO LARGE.
Shall hear from you on the subject?
III. 81. DUNNELL.
ANSWER.
CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, D. O., April 8, 1873.
Hon. Fl. NJ. Dunnell, Owatonna MINI.
DEAR SIR-Your note of the 29th ultimo, re-
lating to the vote on the passage of the bill
providing for the increase of salaries came to
hand this morning and has been read with
care. You will remember that you GAME TO
DUB OFFICE after the Daily Globe had been
made ready for the press, and INSISTED that the
foreman should CHANGE YOUR NAME from the
place where the reporters had put it, that is,
An oNG THOSE NOT VOTING to those VOTING NAY.
The foreman, transcending any authority
possessed by him, ACCEDED TO YOUR REQUEST,
AND MADE THE ALTERATION. This change at
tracted the notice of the reporters, one of
whom, Mr.. Lord, wrote US as follows:
THE REPORTER LETTER.
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 9, 1873.
Major Lewis: In the Globe of this morning,
page 4, first column, the list of yeas and nays
on adopting the report of the committee on
conference on the legislative appropriation
bill, contains the name of Dunnell among the
nays. That Is aDronq. 1t aUas not in the list
furnished you. I am certain. It is
not in the list of the clerk, and
the clerk Mould not put it in, though DunnelI
insisted upon it. His name belongs to the ''not
voting, and must be put there, if you want
your list to correspond with tbeiHouse journal.
did not Duunell call at the Globe and have
his manae put among the nays? Yours &c..
WEI. BLAIR LORD.
Investigation proved the correctness of the
main fact in Mr.. Lords letter, your name was
returned to the place it originally occupied in
the Globe, and the edition has been SO
printed.
In this matter we have followed the only
course open to US, and we regret that there has
been any misunderstanding about it.
Very respectfully,
f. d J. RIyEs & GEO. A. BAILEY.
Let us summarize: On the preliminary vote
Dunnell voted for the salary grab. On the final
vote he lodged and tried to have the record fall
sifed. Then he took the money. Now he goes
around the district declaring that the charge
that he voted for the steal lis an uumitigated
lie.