St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-02
THREE DISTRICT HURRAHs.
Winona Gets a Big Dose of Politics
-.-Dunneli Is as Good as Dead.

Special to the GLOBE.
WINoNA, Mimi, Nov. lone Repub-
lican and two Democratic rallies made
the evening quite replete with political
attractions. Politics may be said to
have arrived at fever heat, and both
parties are putting forth every energy
to secure the floating votes of the
county. At Beyerstedt's hall, in the
First ward, and at Strehl0w's hall, in
Fourth ward, the Democrats held large
ly attended meetings addressed by Dan
Lawler, K. H. Shadrick, the great labor
organizer, and Judge McCafferty, of st.
Paul. Both meetings were marked by
degree of enthusiasm not usually seen
IN either the First OF Fourth wards. To
those who have taken any stock in the
Republican claims that they would
carry the Fourth ward this fall, to-
nights meeting would have been Suffi
cient to quickly dispell any such claim
and drive away any doubts that might
have existed that the polls of the Fourth
ward would not give the accustomed
majority to the Democratic ticket this
fall. The Republicans had the opera
house and of course the center attrac-
ton of the evening with Merriam,
Dunnell and Minnehan as speakers.
The Republican parade promised
to be quite an immense affair, but
the rainstorm dampened considerably
the ardor OF many who otherwise
might have marched. However, some
of the nnterritied ventured out in the
drizzlfng rain, and, escorted by two
brass bands, marched to the opera
duced. Mr.. Merriam evidently is not
fond of speech-making. Ten or fifteen
minutes sufficed for all he cared to say
to the people of Winona county oh the
issues of the day, but Mr.. Dunnell was
wound up and spoke for one hour and
a half. Those who have heard Dunnell
in years past recalled fragments OF the
same old speeches he was wont tOmake to
the people in times past on all the Re
publican party had done for the cOun-
try. His bitter denunciation of the solid
South and his intense hatred of every
thing Southern were all Characteristic
ally Mr.. DunnelFS. He arraiened the
administration of President Cleveland
for its failures, its sins of omission and
commission, for its treatment of Da-
skOta, for the veto of the dependent pen
sion bill and the treatment of old sol
diers. He declared that the admins
tration had yielded to the demands and
control of the solid South, and that
the Mills bill was Southern
scheme. Mr.. Dunnell then de-
MED that the tariff system had
been robbery, but it had been a gov
eminent development. His tariff talk
occupied about twenty minutes, during
which time Mr.. Dunnell said we were
getting too much revenue for govern
ment purposes, and he favored a reduc-
tion such as the senate tariff bill proEid-
ed for. In concluding, he said that for
twelve years he had represented this
district in congress and had sought to
represent it well. Since his nomination
in July some of the Democratic papers
had followed him around with charges
long since exploded or forgotten. He
said he was too old to commence mud
singing. The charges that while in
congress he had been the paid attorney
and lobbyist of corporations were false.
and he did not believe. it necessary to
deny them individually. He appealed
for votes by promising to faithfully rep
resent the growing interests OF the city
of Winona if elected to congress, and
said he should uphold the principles OF
the Republican party and be distinct
lively Republican. Altogether Dun
nell'S speech was fiat. 1t dealt too spar
ingIy on the issues Of the present cam
paign to satisfy the voters of the First
district, and his efforts of tonight will
not turn the vote of single thinking
man. Mr.. DunnelPs time has gone by,
and no thoughtful politician can see
anything but defeat staring the OWa-
tOnna statesman in the face.