St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-31
KITTELSoN COULDN'T COME 1T
A Prominent Republican Who
Can't stomach Dunnell.

n PROMINENT hepuOlIcan VINO
Can't Stomach DunnelI.
Special 10 the Globe
ALBEIT LEA, Mimi, Oct. 30.-When
Dunnell began to speak here last night
half of the audience arose and left the
hall. Charley kittelSon, of the Com
mercial bank, st. Paul, was here with
him for the sole purpose of bringing
back into line one of the strongest Re-
publicans of Freeborn county, who has
refused to support Dunnell. The fol
lowing conversation took place between
KittelSon ana this gentleman:
KittelSOn-YOu must support Dun
nell: If he is defeated it will break his
heart and kill him. This is Repub-
lican district and he is as good a Repub-
lican as any. Don't go back on him.
The gentleman shook his head, at which
Kittelson said: Il tell you that Dun
nell is going to be elected, and that
right here in Freedom county through
means YOU know nothing about we are
going to get 500 majority. We are going
to carry WabaSha county, too, and in
WinOna we will hold Wilson even.
Come now. get into line and help the
old man along. 1t is his last fight"
| took the conversation just as it
came from the two, and when l say
that Mr.. KittelSOn did not convert this
man and that to-day he is thorn in
Dunnell'S side, every Albert Lea resi-
dent will know whom | mean. The
Dunnell men are scared and desperate.
They are telling everywhere that the
solid Democratic counties of WabaSha
and, Winona are going for Dunnell.
Then. too, there is this: Money is COM
/ inf tho diSfriat an6 hainn cnpnt
freely at Austin, Preston, Rochester
and here. 1t is impossible to fail to de-
tect its presence. Dunnell. Cushman
Davis. III. B. Cory, Ham Davidson, Mer-
RAM, Jim 0'Brien and other Republi-
cans held a secret meeting at Austin
this noon. At its conclusion O'Brien
took the first train for Oakland, where
there is large Irish settlement. The
following letter was received here this
afternoon by III. q. Day. leading Re-
publican:
Il feel like cOngratulating the Stand
ard for its opposition to the return of
Mark Ii. Dunncil to congress. When l
reflect upon the public career of that
man in all of its disgraceful phases, 1t
seems to me impossible that the intelli-
gent people of Freedom county should
desire to see him as their representative
in congress. | well remember his az
rival in this state in the winter of
where | then resided. As soon as he
was eligible, if not sooner, he was
elected to the legislature, and his first
act there was to secure the passage of a
law creating the office of state
superintendent of public instruction.
At the close of the session he
persuaded Gov. Marshall to appoint
him to the newly created office in vio-
latiOn of the constitution of the state,
under the solemn promise, and l have
Gov. MarShall'S word for this, that ne
would not use the Office as stepping
stone to seat in congress, but that he
would faithfully devote himself to the
educational interests of the state. No
sooner was he warm in his seat than he
commenced TO work the school teachers
for aid TO elect him to congress. AS
early as 1868 he was candidate, but
was defeated by Morton s. Wilkinson.
In 1870 he was nominated, and he held
the place until the people rebelled in
1882 and set him aside. In
all of that time what did
he do for his constituents? He
instituted and organized the most
corrupt and ill-Smelling political ma
chine that ever was seen in this state.
lie grabbed 5000 back pay, and to
crown his record of shame he took adj
vantage of the absence of the secretary
of the treasury in New York to secure
the passage through the house of his
bonded extension whisky bill, which
would have robbed the government of
millions had it not been defeated in the
senate. When he introduced that bill
he plainly intimated that it had been ap-
proved by the secretary of that treasury.
That officer, when his attention was
called TO this statement at once emphat-
icaily denounced it as false. No candid
man can read the record of that per-
Torrance of Mr.. Dunnell without
coming TO the conclusion that
there was money it contingent
tirement from congress he has
been the paid lobbyist of the Northern
Pacific railway at Washington. His
confession was not necessary in order
to establish this fact, for the proof ex-
lists in the sworn testimony, before an
investigating committee of the house, of
Hon. FL. l.. Sweet, of Portland, Me-, the
chief lobbyist of that company at Wash
ington, who testified that he employed
Mr.. Dunnell to assist him. Dunnell
knows this fact-hence his confession.
The election of Dunnell now means
that he will be saddled upon our dis
trict for years to come. 1t means the
reorganization OF the Potter-Flint ma
chinery. 1t means the dominance of
these men in Southern Minnesota poll
ties for years. 1t means the return to
congress Of the most INSCRIPTIONS wire
worker that ever represented, or, rather,
misrepresented this state. 1t is threat
ened calamity that l sincerely trust will
not fall upon the First district. Re-
specifully, w. W. Williams, Minneapo-
lis, Oct. %. III. L. G.