Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-07


Southern Minnesota-The White Men
Ashamed of their Candidate and Solici.
tous for Dunnell's Future-Democrats
Favorable to Giving Dunnell q Clear
Field.
Especial Correspondence of the Globe1
During the week 1 have been at several
points in the First congressional district,
more notably Austin and Lanesboro, and have
taken some pains to interview all classes of
Democrats, Dunnell, and White or anti. Dun.
nell men, and have been quite pleasantly en-
tertained at
OF course had to ''Sound JONES'" He was
at the rear end of his hardware store just in
the act of drinking glass of icewater as
came in. He reached out his hand as / ap-
preached, and in voice trembling with sup
pressed emotion faltered out the laconic ad-
mission, "We have met the enemy and we are
theirs. w. T. Wilkin has beaten me fair and
square and am not the man to squeal 1cas
for Dunnell, am for White" Ira is one of
those men who knows when he is whipped,
and is too thorough Republican to whimper
or rebel
/ also met the Ex-Hon. Judge Sherman
Page. He was feeling remarkably well over
the victory OF his friend Wilkin and
company and was fairly exultant over the de-
feat Of Dunnell. remarked that l did not
SO much care for the defeat of Mr.. Dunnell
as did for the poor stick they took to beat
him with. The Judge very sagely remarked
that it was not my pie and Gocosely) ought
to keep my fingers out. Nominate a Demo-
crat If you wish, but don't come to our ranks
and take up candidate. 1t would be sure po-
litical death to him, and / know Dunnell
won't run, which was very great mark of
disinterested concern for Mr.. Duunell's well
fare when he and his friends had just been
trying to kill him the best they could.
Finding that l could not bring
the Judge to admit that Mr..
Dunnell possessed ability for anything else
but dishonesty, turned to Mr.. A. <. Cox,
who, as usual, when a horse was in sight,
was admiring the fine points in the judges
colt, which, by the way, was very fine an
imal. My idea, when you can't manifestly
succeed yourself, is to raise as much mischief
as you can. What do you say 81 am in
favor of turning Dunnell and White loose, and
let them pick one another's eyes out" Mr.. |
Cox is Democrat.
met the redoubtable W. 7. Wilkin, too, but |
he, both times / met him, seemed in a great |
hurry-that is, as soon as we left the weather |
and the crops and came to g White" My |
judgment is that the astute Wilkin is as badly |
sold as the rest, and regrets his waste OF powder
and other things upon SO poor stick as the |
man he worked for proved to be. A sort OF dis |
appointed and CHASTITY smile visited his face as |
be turned to leave me when | spoke of Whites |
speech that Bassett wrote for him.
DR.. Styles met in company with Jones and |
Bassford of Winona, but as promised net to |
report a private conversation won't, but will |
only say that the doctor braced up enough to |
say that he was a "White" man, but being |
man of culture himself had a fancy he did |
not scarcely relish the idea OF so illlterate |
stick being selected to rattle around in Dun |
nell's shoes.
Bassford (of Winona) wanted me to distinctly |
understand that he was not out here to tir any |
thing and as / am sure that sickness brought /
him here, / believe him. II he has any leis- !
ure, however, and there is anything that he |
can fix, it is not the way he does in Winona |
county if he turns his back on it. Like all |
the rest, however, the noted lack of ability of |
the Window machine candidate was sore |
point with him and in his vehemence that |
DunnelI would not be a candidate, he finally /
offered to bet $50 with me that if candidat |
he DunnelD would be baaten. As, however, |
Mr.. B. said nothing about putting mp my $50,
and as | had had no access to political barrel
or a lucrative Office, the bet fell through.
AS entered the First National bank / met |
an ardent anti DunDell man who had no time /
to converse upon political topics, but did not
seem to be in very lchite heat on the subject
Of White. OF course, 10 go through the
whole list, none of the White men are at all
satisfied with their man, and regard him,
though honest and very good country mer-
chant, as totally unfit for the position to
which his ambition and the Window machine
have nominated him.
OF the Dunuell Republicans, need only say
that supreme disgust is the most fitting term
by which to measure their feelings. They are
very quiet, but are determined, nevertheless,
and when the time comes will assist
In making Rome howl. Privately they
acknowledge, as also do the White men,
in the majority OF instances, thatif Mr.. Dun
nell takes his speech on the tariff question as
platform, and the issue is between himself
and White, that the latter will still be contin-
ued in his present useful sphere at Chatfield,
while the people will still have an able and
fearless defender on the floors OF congress in
Mark Fl. Dunnell. "Why, Of course he
would beat White" is the universal reply.
At Lanesboro l found the feeling much the
same, but the "White" men are so indus
triously circulating the report that Mr.. Dun
nell is to go to the state senate from Steele
county that some are misled. / say here,
Let no friend of Mr.. Dunnell be in a hurry
to commit himself for Mr.. White, for he
may wish by the 10th of September he had not.
In my trip in the First district since the
convention / have not met one single Demo-
crat who has not been quick to see the wis
dom and approve the policy of a silent Demo-
cratic convention, and of allowing the Repub-
lican wolves to turn and rerd themselves. II
this wise course shall be pursued there will
will be one of the neatest states ever built by
a ring of corrupt rascals anywhere smashed |
all to smitherenes. Democrats need not vote
at all if they do not wish to, and certainly as
Mr.. Whites friends have notified them that
they do not want any Democratic votes, no
Democrat will be expected to vote for Milo
White.
Meanwhile during sil this talk and specula-
ton the naked fact remains clear and distinct
that the successful White politicians are sick
and disguised with their candidate and are
frightened out of their boots for fear that Mr..
Dunnell will run. Like the boy going through
the woods at night they whistle to keep up
their courage.
1t is amusing to see them look at one
another, the ghost of terrible fear shining
out of their eyes as they say, "Oh, no, Dun
nell won't run, we know he won't run; why,
It would be his political death to rum When |
say they, 1.-THE Window White gang,) are
thoroughly frightened at the possibility pre-
sented, state the exact truth. Just watch |
them kick and squirm for one week. TIE |