St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-13
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LOVELY AND WHITE
Do Not Believe Dunnell Can Beat
Judge Wilson.

Judge Wilson.
Special to the Globe.
WNONA, July 12.-In an interview
this morning Hon. Milo White said: 81
warned them before the convention
that Mr.. Dunnell could not be elected.
l believe this was time when old
sores should be healed, and factional
fights forgotten, and the Republican
party in the district once more united
and with such united party and a
clean, new man, Republicans could
elect their man this fall. was not the
only one that gave them this warning.
What did they do? They nominated
Mr.. Dunnell. In place of healing
wounds and securing harmony and vic
tory they have opened all the old sores.
Pm good Republican, of course, but 1
don't owe these people anything. How
did they treat me? Mr.. Dunnell
says he voted for me, and / suppose
he did, but he and But Kelly drove up
to the polls together, and Kelly got out
and worked all day distributing Bier
mann tickets. Dunnell's friends knitted
me all over the district. Can Dunnell
be elected? Well, just show me how.
L don't see how he can possibly get
enough to overcome Wilson's majoritieS
in Winona and Wabasha counties, which
will be little, if any, reduced from two
years ago. Dodge county used to be
good for big majority. Lovely carried
it by 200. The Prohibition vote there is
growing rapidly. If they nominate Bob
Taylor as the Prohibitionist candidate
for congress he will poll 500 votes in
Dodge. Dunnell can't get any more than
Lovely did land, with the Prohibition vote
doubled, the chances are he will get less.
Fillmore was good for 1000 or 1000 for
me, and Conkey, Edwards, Gray or
Farmer could have got as large major
ity, but Mr.. Dunnell cannot. The Pr
oneer Press says Milo Whites influence
doesn't amount to anything. They said
that before and Fillmore county gave
Wilson 300 majority. / think Bob Tay-
lor can poll 500 votes, and they will not
come from the Democrats. Mower will
not go very heavy for Dunnell. The
FreebOrn county men seem to think
Dunnell can't carry the county. haid-
ly believe that, but he certainly can't
get more than small majority. Houston
was once good Republican county, but
l understand they don't expect to more
than hold even. OlmSted will not go over
200 and l don't know that Dunnell can
AIRY it at all. He ought to get 500 in
his own county, which is liberal eSti-
mate. These figures would not give
Dunnell enough to counterbalance the
Democratic majorities in WinOna and
WabaSha counties, and can't see how
he can be elected. Dunnell is in the
didate. If Merriam is nominated, as he
probably will be, for they are spending
money right and left for him, there will
be plenty of Doodle spent to elect Dun
nell. One thing in his favor, perhaps
the Northwestern road will favor
him.
The Heard tonight publishes an in
terview with John A. Lovely, in which
he says: sit does not look well for me
to kick about the candidate, or
say he cannot be elected, still to your
question, What think of Dunnell'S
chance" l cannot answer honestly
unless | say my opinion has not changed.
l told them before the convention that
Dunnell could not carry Freeborn and
would be so bitterly opposed as to be
opinion. l see the Pioneer Press says
that l have no business to interfere, as
l am about to remove to st. Paul. L
go there next month. l did not
come here to fight Dunnell for
my own sake. My friends in Free
born county insisted on my coming be-
cause they don't want Dunnell. l can't
see how he can be elected. tits useless
to take a man from the extreme west of
the district for the river counties will
give such a tremendous Democratic
majority as to swallow him up. My
opinion was that Capt. Mullen was the
strongest man, lis he would carry Wa
basha and thus cut down a majority of
500 now probable for Wilson. l was
also very much i'll favor of nominating
Sinclair, because l believe we could
have elected him. But Winona county
refused to unite and that killed
the Sinclair movement. believe the
Prohibition vote will be largely in
creased in Dodge and Freedom counties
and probably all over the district A
good many Republicans will not vote
for Mr.. Dunnell and the way his friends
forced his nomination has revived all
old feuds. We came here for harmony,
but they would have no harmony except
for Dunnell. am not bolter. l think
Freedom Republicans. a good many,
will stay at home and attend to their
own business. [ cannot see by studying
these figures of two years ago-which l
don't enjoy very much how DunneH
can be elected"