St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-17
MORE QUESTIONS.
DunnelI's Record Still Haunts
Him Like Ghost.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
LAKE CITY, Mimi, Oct. TO-
"Oh, my Antonio, do know of those,
That therefore only are reputed wise
For saying nothing"
There is a minority class of Republic
ans in the First district to whom the
silence of Mark Ii. Dunnell on his own
public record is an evidence of wisdom;
not such wisd m as might be construed
by Democrat Silence gives cOnSenD,
but the wiSeness of a ponderOus body
that, seeing no evil in itself, recks little
of what others may think.
For six weeks the earnest and intelli-
gent Republicans and Democrats of this
district have demanded some reply from
Dunnel as to the reiterated charges
against him of being unfit to represent
them in congress again, owing to his
public actions during the period
bounded by 1870 and 1882. From Lake
City these demands came in this form,
and were addressed to Dunnell through
the Graphic-Sentinel of Oct. 9:
will Mr.. Dunnell please answer these
questions?
Explain what you know about the salary
grab.
what revenue did you derive from the an
nual assessments levied upon your various
apDointees while member of congress from
the old First district!
'Why did you take the postoffice from the
Widow Smith. of Austin. when a petition
with 600 signatures prayed Tor her reten-
ton?
'sWhy were you in favor of reducing the
bond of the whisky holders several millions
OF dollars in 1882?
viii you please explain your sehool-book
deal?
Also vour life insurance speculation?
why did not you or your party introduce
a bill to refund to the states the direct tax
paid.
why did you crawfish out of meeting
Thomas Wilson in debate in some of the
larger towns like WnOna, Rochester. our
own city, or your own city of Owatonna?
by what means did you secure your large
landed interests in Dakotas
why did you not assist i'll the election OF
Milo ,Vhite who defeated you in the nomi-
mating convention of 1892:
why did you materially assist in the de-
feat of John 4. Lovely two years ago simply
because he was the Republican nominee Tor
congress instead of yourself?
What object had you in helping defeat
William Window for reelection as United
States senator in the legislature of 1SS2T'
These questions, prepared by Re
publican and an eX-poStmaSter. were
submitted to Mr.. Dunnell, to be an
swered by him during his speech here
on the 18th inst.
DUNNELI. MADE NO REPLY TO THEM.
THEY WERE NOT REFERRED TO AT ANY
TIME DURING HIS SPEECH.
The effect of his failure to do so has
been to ALLEVIATE from him a class of
Republicans to whom principle is
higher than party. The character of
the campaign is in no point better IL
Illustrated than IN the surprise and dis
may exhibited by intelligent Repub-
lieans at the deliberate failure OF their
candidate to meet and reply to a chal-
lenge as to his past official purity.
At this same meeting it was hoped by
his friends that he would reply to the
following charge made by Congressman
Wilton.
Since MARK H. DUNNELL was mus
tered out of congress he has been In
Washington EVERY SESSION as the
PAID LOBBYIST of the NORTHERN
PACIFIC RAILROAD"
He did reply to the charge by admit
! ting that it was true i'll the following
"WHAT III WAS? THE ONLY DIFF
FERENCE WAS THAT 1 WAS ON THE
IN contrast to his admission of the
truth of this charge and his failure to
reply to the series of fair questions pro-
bounded to him when he was here,
| stands the course of Congressman Will
son. which is to meet every question
with a reply; every charge with ref
! utatiOn.
| He meets the people on the same
| platform that he enuheiated in congress
when, explaining his vote to seat Re-
publican in a contested election case,
he said:
I'VE sit here as judges, and we are
not honest men if we DO NOT VOTE AS
| WE BELIEVE, IRRESPECTIVE OF ANY
! PARTY TIES WHATEVER"
Still again, in manifeSting his sympa-
thy with the interests of the common
people as against the corporations, he
said:
1--WE SHOULD TAKE CARE THAT THE
RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE BE REGARDED
! INSTEAD OF TIE INTEREST OF CAP
ITAL."
The Republicans of Lake City hardly
expected such answers as these to the
following inquiries which they pro-
pounded to him this evening:
Why did you vote to put wool on the free
| list:
| Why did you vote against returning the
war tax to the loyal states:
| Why did you vote 10 keep the tax on sugar?
| Why did YOU leave your seat in congress
| while the same was IN session 10 come nome
| and work for a reelection
You stated here in Lake City before the last