The Worthington advance., 1880-10-21


any good candidate would have alway,
beer elected without thu use of this vas
sum of money. But DumneIl wante(
money for his personal e"ds: At Al
b TT Lea recently, I learned the amoun
taxed upon II men. Calculating from
this basis, Dunnell had levied $50, ,W'
to $75. 900 "n Office-lOlderS. Why? L.
win Republican victories? No. 1t wa
to organize the machine for Dunnell
III one case $500 were given. He ha!
levied this tax to organize caucuse'
and conventions in his interest. Yol
have been sacrificed on the altar Of hi!
ambition and controlled by postnast
ers and route agents.
SIMON SAYS 'wIG WAC"
At every Convention Dunnell sits be
hind the scenes and pulls the wires
and rs he pulls, so the puppets work
It is the old rlav of .:Simon says, wiz
WA! ."and us Dunnell wags, so tht
thumbs =" up or down. Aren't yot
proud of your man? This is 4 rebellion
against the machine and we intend tt
smash it into Thousand pieces.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
We inscribe on our banners, "Clvi
Service Reform" Have you read the
articles of your faith? Read from the
Republican Platform the plank which
demands civil service reform, Dnnnell
is outside OF this. He has spit upon it
in Congress and has spit upon it III this
district. He laughs it to scorn. Ifyot
are il true Republican, holding to this
civil service refor n plank OF your plat
II a
demands loyalty to him III person and
not loyalty to the party. The office
holders must he true to him personal.
ly.
THE MEIGS LETTERS.
have seen the Meig's letters in Dun.
nell's own hand writing and they prove
every word ] have said. If anything
will disgrace 4 man these letters will.
Their genl,ineness cannot be denied.
The language Of these letters should
bring Il blush of shame to the cheek Of
any man. Harper's weekly calls atten.
tiOn to it and we are disgraced abroad.
AFORGED RESIGNATION.
Another example. In Kasson last
week, met Mr.. Shaver, fcrmer post
master. He is a gentleman and Il MA
Of truth. Dunnell removed him because
lie refused to comply with Dunoell's $ de
mand for personal service. Dunnell
told him he had not done rs he wanted
him to. lie had not attended to the
caucnses and conventions. Mr.. Shaver
replied that the civil service rules Were
in force and asked "Have I not done
my duty?" The civil service rules for.
bid his taking part i'll caucuses and con.
ventions. Dnnnell told him that was
nothing. ''Shaver,'' said he, "that is
too thin," and Dunnell laughed him to
sc rn. Shaver defied him. Dunnell re.
turned to Washington. Suddenly a
commission came appointing another
man postmaster. Shaver wrote tn
Washington. The department answer.
ed that they had his resignation on file.
Shaver never sent in his resignation.
Behold the machine! How beautifully
the heads go into the basket! Let any
one rebel against Dunnell ard off goes
his head. This is why there is such
trepidation among Office holders.
THE OUTRAGE AGAINST AN AUSTIN
WOMAN.
AT Austin HarwOod was postmaster,
lie WAS twice Il defaulter yet DnnmeIl
retained him. Finally Major Smith was
appointed because he had served Dun.
mel faithfully. lie took charge of the
office and expended what little money
he had in repairs and fixing up the office.
Two weeks after taking charge, Major
Smith died. was there and know the
facts. That whole community, irrespec.
tive of party, joined in recommending
that Major Smiths widow be appointed.
$50 persons signed a petition recon-.
mending her. Dunnell sent A. G.
Smith. Of Rochester, down to look after
the matter. There was the widow and
the people on the one hand, and Smith
and Dunnell Oh the other. Smith found
an editor who in 1876 supported Tilhen
lie offered the support Of his newspaper
for the p postoflice. The widow was sac.
rificed and the politician was appointed.
How do you like your member of Con.
gresS? It seems to me that the women
Of this district should arise and on elec.
tion dav take their husbands by the ear
and lead them to the polls to vote a.
gainot Dnnnell.
DCNNELL IN CONGRESS.
Now let us see how Dunnell appears
in the larger arel.a OF Congress. l cl,al.
lrnge Ills usefulness in Congress and his
fidelity to your interests. II postmas.
ter is to be appointed, he will be there.
But how is it on broader questions?
TALKS ONE WAY AND VOTES ANOTHER.
Take his record on the tariff question.
The tariff as it now stands is a monop.
oily. 1t IS not i party question, but Il
question OF local interest. Dunnell has
Il district of consumers and not manu-.
factur+rs. Take the item Of salt. lie
is pledged to vote with the interests OF
his constituents. When it was propos.
ed to place salt on the free list, Dunnell
in his speech said, Il in. ist that this ar.
ticle shall be placed on the free list
Eight days after he voted to retain the
tariff on salt. (See Cong. Globe.) There
he is on record as DuDnell against Dun.
nell. He talks for you and votes against
yon.
Take his record next on the lumber
tariff. We are Il lumDer-consuming
district. DunnelI in his speech said
Il cannot vote to give one cent to
them" the lumber manufacturers. Ten
days afterwards, (this was III 1879 lie
voted for the tariff on lumber which
raised the price $50 per thousand on
all the lumber the farmer uses. He
spoke against it and voted for it. Ev.
cry man who uses board pays $2.N
per thousand more than he ought to pay
because Of DuMnell's vote. Now who
are interested in the manufacture ol
lumber in this district? A few men in
Winona. can count them all on the
fingers of one hand. Mr.. Youmans, the
chairman of Dunnell's rump conven
ton. is the heaviest of the lumber man
ufacturers. When asked at one time
to run for Congress himself he said
''No. sir, I hire my member of Con
gress rs do my clerk" Put all this
together and you have your Dunnel
machine.
The only way to save this district tt
the Republicans is to wipe out Dunnell
Our shame is published to the world a:
machine district. am here to plead
with you to return to the Republican
fold. He is running on his own hook
Come back, and rally to the Republi
can flag.
WHO IS wARnp