St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-17
SPEAK UP, DUNNELL.
An Open Letter to the Silent
Dodger.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe
LAKE CITY, Oct. 16.-The following
open letter to Mark H. Dunnell, written
here to-day. contains a mine of rich
reading for the voters of the First dis
triet. The letter reads:
Lake City, Mimi, Oct IT, 1SSS.-Hon.
Marx III. Dunnel. OWatOnna, Minn.-Sir:
In your speech at Lake City the llth inst.
you went out of your way to refer to the local
Democratic press as mud singers" We
would not at this time make the comments
we here intend TO upon your ungenllemanly
reference II 1t were not for the fact that the
voters OF the district. who through their own
intelligence must decide the contest now
pending, are most vitality interested in know
Ing whether the press oryou are most to be
trusted Candidly, then, we ask you to reply
10 these statements, which have been made
by US directly or published in our editorial
department, or have been addressed 10 you
innumerable times by reputable citizens
since the campaign opened:
Have you not been the PAID LOBBYIST of
the NoRTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD since you
left congress?
Did you not as a congressman VOTE FOR the
payment of the SOUTHERN WAR CLAIMS?
Dld you not VOTE AGAINST the EXCLUSION Of
the CHINESE from this country?
lille you were congressman were not
FEDERAL oFFIcEHoLDERs in this district
ASSESSED as high as 20 per cent on their sal
Did you not as a congressman REMOVE
many Republicans from Office because they
WOULD NOT do what you ordered them to do?
Did you potwhile in congress VOTE AGAINST
the eight-hour law for labor?
Did you ever publicly or privately DO ANY
WORK FOR THE ELECTION of Milo White or
John A. Lovely to congress, and if so, when
and where?
Did you not LEAVE CONGRESS in 1888 when
1t was IN FULL SESSION AND IMPORTANT BUsI-
NESS BEING TRANSACTED to come back to Min
neSota TO DEFEAT BROTHER REPUBLICAN
(Windom) for United States senator?
Did you not RECEIVE THF LANDS which
you own in NORTH DAKOTA from the
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD for SERVICES
RENDERED IN LEGISLATION?
Do you not travel on RAILROAD PASS, and
if not now, did you not when congress
man?
Did you not pay IS, 900 for the SUPPORT OF
THE POLISH PAPER AT WINoNA?
Were you not a radical tariff reformer until
the Chicago platform was adopted by your
party last Juney
If you are elected, will you not be a cANDI.
DATE FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR next
winter?
Is not GEoRE F. POTTER. of La Crescent,
and one OF YOUR CAMPAIGN MANAGERS, at
present on the PAY ROLLS OF TIE UNITED
STATES SENATE, and does he not RECEIVE
$1,000 PER YEAR FROM THAT BODY WHILE HE
HAS NOT BEEN NEAR 1T TO PERFORM ANY
WORK SINCE LAST WINTER, although the
senate has been i'll session all summer!
Do you consider it FAIR OR HONORABLE to
the TAXPAYERS for a CANDIDATE FOR CON
GREss to have in HIS EMPLOY GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS who are supposed TO be DOING THE
TAXPAYERS BUSINESS AND NOT POLITICAL
WORK?
Did you not ACCEPT from the government
BACK PAY?
These are some of the things that reputable
papers and voters are saying of you. If they
are not true it is YOUR DUTY TO PROVE IT and
to remove from the minds of many honest
men the impression that YOU ARE NOT ONLY
UNFIT FOR CONGRESS, BUT AFRAID OF YOUR
OWN RECORD. Iy you DECLINE OR NEGLECT to
reply to these questions we shall consider it
AMPLE EvIDENCR that we are exonerated from
the charge of being '.mud-slingers' and have
not departed from the strict line of the truth.
Respectfully, MCKINNEY d. LINNEN.
Office of Graphic Sentinel, Lake City, MINI.
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