St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-19
ALL FAIRLY SEVERED.
Mr.. Wilson Tells the People of
His District just Where He
Stands.

Special to the Globe.
WABAsHA, Oct. 1S.-In requesting
Mr.. Dunnell to meet him in Joint de-
pate, Judge Wilson insisted on one con-
ditiOn. namely, that the public records
of each should be discussed before their
audiences. The palpaDle reason for
this was that even before Mr.. Wilson
commenced his campaign, Mr.. Dunnell,
from the stump, had charged him with
official acts false to the interests of his
constituents. These Mr.. Wilson de-
sired to refute in Dunnell's presence
and before the public, and at the same
time to give Dunnell an opportunity
to meet the charges he had to make
against him. In every speech that Judge
Wilson has made he has courted queS-
tiOning as to his official career and has
answered fully all questions put to him.
As to Mr.. Dunnell he has answered
none of the questions put to him except
to admit that he was lobbyist. Judge
Wilson's position OH his official career
is best Illustrated by the following
EXTRACTS FROM HIS SPEECHES.
On the bill to pension Mrs. Logan and
Mrs. Blair he says:
Il have voted against all this class of
pensions and | intend to do so. | am il
favor of LITERALLY penSiOning soldiers
for injuries or disabilities resulting
from service in the war; but l am not
in favor of pensiOning any one or his
successors merely for the reason that he
was illustriOuS either in civil or mill
tary life. Every such bounty as a re-
ward of recognition of eminence is I'M
democratic and as l believe a precedent
that our government should not adopt
or follow.
PENSIONS.
''UnleSS we call halt we shall soon
have as large a list of pensioners-pen-
stoned simply because the pensioners
are renowned in military or civil life
as any old country monarchy. Where
is this to stop? Are these not the in
cipient steps toward the building up of
a mOneyed aristOcracy? l cannot be-
lieve that this course is wise, or that it
accordS with the spirit or genius of our
government. This Is question of
what is wise public policy; of our duty
as legislators of a government of the
people, for the peOple-A GOVERNMENT
THAT SHOULD REGARD AND TREAT
THE RICH AND THE POOR, THE FAMOUS
AND TIE HUMBLE ALIKE"
FREE LUMBER.
He gives his reasons for placing lum-
Der on the free list as follows:
81 have amongst my constituents q
good many slumber manufacturers, as
well as very great number of lumber
consumers. and | admit that the lumber
manufacturers and other persons in
terested i'll this business have invested
in it an immense amount of capital. l
live in the midst of the most extensive
lumber interest in America, and | am
not unacQuainted with 1t, and have
never known an industry that has
grown rich so fast. | can point to more
men within my own knowledge that
have become milliOnaires in this indus
try within twenty-five years, | am
satisfied, than can be pointed
out in any other similar industry III
this country. The property invested i'll
the lumber interest in my locality
within the last fifteen years has risen
in value to an extent, am sure, of not
less than 800 to 500 per cent; whereas
the property of the agricultural COM
munity, who are compelled to pay 81
per thousand feet to support and enrich
this lumber interest, has not risen l
per cent. These are facts for our con-
sideration. And yet this tariff law
cOmpelS the agriculturistS, men who
purchase from the lumber men, to pay
a heavy tribute to them; and
repeat that within the last fifteen years
this agricultural property has not risen
per cent to match the increase of 800 TO 500
per cent which this protection has af-
forded to the lumber men. 1t is time
that this condition of things was
brought to an end. 1t is time that we
stopped making these poor men sup
port the miIlionaires. To keep up any
longer this state of things is simply to
legaliZe injustice. aud. although some
OF my best friends in the world aIe