Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-03-29
PUBLIC OPINION.
OF the Dunneil. Davidson Letter.
Thief and hia Accessories.

supplement last week. It was prepared by
editor Sinclair Of the Winona Repu5H
can, and contains a limited supply Of
extracts from state papers on the "Dun.
nell.Davidson" letter as 1t is called. As
the Standard editor enjoys the question.
able honor Of publishing private letter,
furnished him by one who had stolen it
from the editor Of paper in neighbor-
ing town, and as he has overlooked the
most important "opinions," and by far
the greater in number, we believe it to
be our duty to publish them. They will
show the different editorial opinions-of
the thief, of the very neighborly act of
the professional brother who first pub.
lished the stolen letter, ard of Mr.. Dun.
nell, his qualifications and bis prospects.
We trust our readers will not bcgrudge
US the space which we this week devote
to tins subject, and that the thief and his
accessories will be able to extract much
pleasure and satisfaction from the edi.
,orial honeycomb here presented:
Mr.. WINDOWS saddle.seat is not so
firm that he can leave his visor up and
smile cOn,emptunusly on Mr.. Dunnell's
lance.-Caledonia Argus.
The editor of the Winona Repu blican
announces that Dunnell's stolen letter Is
now in his possession. 1t is not usual
for men TO advertise that they have stol-
on pO0ds -OwatOnna JOnrnal
If had the letter it is my own business,
and does not concern any one else.-Page.
1t appears that Judge Page was the in
teresting thief who stole Dunnell's diabol.
ical letter. Chops! Gracious heavens!-
Pioneer Press.
There is nothing bad in the letter, but
the man who stole or found it is sneak.
Had he been an hoh orable man he would
have given back the letter whe n he found
II. 1t looks very much like he stole It,
Cannon Falls Beacon.
"Sound Jones is the slogan that will
lead the Dunnell forces to such victory
rs was never known in the first district.
Page. Williams, Sinclair & Co, managers
af The district mud singing association,
will be buried under mountf ms of their
own Observation-Disclosures Tribune.
c. H. Davidson of Austin, to whom the
letter was written, writes to the Minneap-
oils Tribune that Dunneli wrote the letter
to him-that it must have been stolen
from his pocket. The fact is. Dunnell
forgot that he had written it.-St. Peter
Tribune.
BY the way, has no other politician
done The disgraceful by writing politi-
Cal ally to Sound Jones" This "soun'i-
ing" business is the unseen 'ife.blood of
politics, and it isn't plain why Mr.. Dun.
nell is so overwhelmingly wicked for in
dulging iE it.-Moorhead News.
Jones of Austin. has been sounded"
and says that Dunne]l is so honest,
strong and popular that any other man
would b. q fool 10 attempt to run against
him. Whether Jones is sound or not we
cannot tell, but he doesn't give forth any
uncertain nolse.-Mlnneapolis Journal.
Our Congress man Dunnell, how could
he, one Ut the conscript Fathers, b ave
ever written so terribly vulgar q thing al
the bottom Of q letter as "Sound JONES'"
Why couldn't he say, in the classical
language Of the society in which he
moves, "SouDd McGilligau," or "Solid
Muldoon !'-Pine Island News.
Dunnell has been working member
Of congress, and there Is a deal of truth
in the claim of his friends that he has
secured more legislation tor his state than
all its other representatives together.
Dunnell is no spring chicken. aud Win.
dom's friends will find that out ii they try
to pluck his feathers. Tribune.
Tho ono~of9 nrnno11 1o,,os :, .,:.:n. -
commotion in the first district. All the
aspiring politicians in that district are
after the "astute politician" with a sharp
stick. Nevertheless it may be safely
put down." that Dunnell will be his
own successor He is sharper politi.
clan than the whole lot put together
Chaska Herald.
The Davidson letter which was pub.
lished against Dunnell fails 10 crush as
badly as the crushers expected. Dun
nell brushes it away with "Shoo fly.
don't bodder me" remark, and announces
that he has encountered such things AS
This before and been reelected, and init
mates that such thing is possible again.
jackson Republic.
There was nothing bad nor disgraceful
in the letter, and anything it contains
cannot reflect one half as much upon
Mr.. Duunell as the cewardly scamp who
picked the letter up where it Was dropped
by its recipient, read it, and instead of
returning it 10 its owner, passed it into
the hands Of the slippery rogue Bub
Wllliams.-Jackson Republic.
Editor Williams exploded his bomb
shell too early. 1t will loose its force
long before DunDell will hold his con-
venlion, and Williams will be buried he.
meath cloud Of Indignation for pub
llshing private letters stolen from taeir
owner. In the end the tactics will hurt
the worst among The anilDunnell and
Window crowd.-Windom Reporter.
Tie first district IS all "broke up" over
the DuDne|l letter recently published IN
the Albert Lea Standard. We are put
ting up that DunneIl can carry the con.
vent;On and secure the election IN that
district II he wrote fifty similar letters Il,
postmasters. He has had experience IN
that line before, aud is a bad man to
bea,, aud don't you forget it-Winneba-
go CITY News.
We have read carefully the two letters
which have for some days produced such
deep commotlon in political circles, Dun.
nell's to Davidson aud 9arfield's to Chase.
There Is nothing reprehensible, inlrig.
ueing, hypocrilical or censura bleIin eilhe
Of them. They are frank and honest ex.
presslOns of opinions and plans, confiden.
TALLY written 10 friends and never should
have been made public.-Alexandria Pos,
E. 8. Youmans stated that he was dis
gusted with the manner of publishing
private correspondence, AMI was very de.
mandatory of the act, which he com pared
in Its enormi,y 10 Dunnell's denial az
honey to gall. He thought instead OF
harlning Dunne:l it would be If infinite
service 'n.arousing public indignation a,
the dastardly act. He believed Dunnell
had forgotten about the letter when he
wrote the denial--Wlnona interview.
The Maukato Reoiew has no sympa.
|lhy for Mr.. Dunnell's ''nefarious'' prac.
tices. NOW won't Bro Wise tell US VIVA,
those ''nefarious'' practices are. Mr..
DuDnell is nothing to Us, being IN another
district, but we do grow sick and tired of
SO much senseless, foolish talk. Mr..
Dunne)l has made The most able and
efficient and attentive representative
Minnesota ever had and his practices
would compare favorably with those of