St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-24
DUNNELL's MACHINE.
How 1t Is Working In Fillmore
COuntv--.A Democratic Paper

How 1t Is Working In Fillmore
COuntv--.A Democratic Paper
Gobbled.
To the Editor of the Globe.
The sale of the Chatfield Democrat to
F. L. Dubert, late of the Owatonna
Journal, leaves the Democrats of Fill
more county without a paper within the
county limits to represent their princi-
Piles or defend their interests. This
may seem to them and many outside
this county matter of no very great
importance, but there is reason to be-
lieve that it is regarded by the Repub-
can managers in the First congressional
district as of sufficient consequence to
warrant the outlay of the money neces-
sary to buy the only remaining Demo.
cratic sheet, and leave to M. FL. Dunnell
and his political friends and supporters
clear field, so far as concerns local
journalism. for the next congressional
canvass. While the facts suggested
may be amongst the things past hndlng
out to legal certainty, it is positively
asserted by those in position TO Know eS v
in regard to the inside workings OF the
Dunnell machine, that the purchase OF
the Democrat. and its consequent
change of politics to ReDublicanism,. is
a part of the plan of Dunnell and the
district committee to control the party
in interest of his return to congress-. and
incidentally, to favor the ambition
of the local "heeler," who is very
anXiously looking for place in the state
senate from the Fillmore senatorial dis
trict. The new editor is. and has here
tOfOre been an ardent supporter OF the
present congressman from the First dis
trict, a townsman for several years. and
one likely to be selected for the position
for these reasons amongst others. MI.
DunneIl's cause needs strengthening
here. He is both personally and polit-
ically obnoxious to the members OF MS
party who accepted his nomination with
bad grace and supported it with re-
luctance, vOWing vengeance herea1tef.
The course pursued by him and his
friends is the one necessity dictates,
and the agents selected to follow out the
plan are the ones he would be more
likely to make. This is the second at
tempt by Dunnell's local fugleman to
put a Republican Of the Dunnell stripe
in the editorial charge of the Chatfield
Democrat; this time it would seem to be
a success and the fugleman will get his
reward when he gets his noml-
nation. The new departure Will
from present appearances find
our Jordan hard road to travel. Not
only Democrats, but Republicans, are
kicking vigorously. Prominent mem
bers Of the latter party are offering
money to establish another paper, and
no matter if it is Democratic in politics.
Whether the publication OF one be conf
menced here or not is present ques-
ton; but if it should it will receive
hearty material support, not only by the
Democrats, but by lots of Republicans,
who rebel against being run over by the
party machine. The Democrats owe it
as duty to their principles to establish
and sustain a good Democratic paper
here, and right now is very opportune
moment to do 1t. They have a majority
of the voting population in the town,
ship, and they will feel sOrely the need
of some one to champion their cause
when the campaign again opens. And
really the masses of the Republican
voters are in accord with them upon the
main questions at issue, and certainly
the voice of tariff reform ought not to be
completely silenced throughout the
county at the bidding of Dunnell and
his machine. l. b. w.
Chatfeld, MIMI, June 20.