St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-18
No Fillmore County Man Need
Apply, Say the Dunnell
Men.
Ex-RailrOad Commissioner j.
L. Gibbs Has Been Found
by Frien ds.
Republican Organs Wasting
q Great Deal or Valu-
able Time.

A. D. Gray John L. Gibbs.
j. N. Diment. A. II. Steooins
The Republicans of the First district
of this state have not been very happy
and harmonious lot for great many
years. The district was originally very
strongly Republican, and remained so
until the people of the district found
that they were unable to unload ex-
Congressman Dunnell. or course the
! first people to take exception 10 Mr.
| Dunnell us representative in congress
| were found among the aspiring polti-
| clans who desired 10 succeed him IN the
| house. This led 10 the formation OF two
| factions known as Dunnell and anti
| Dunnell. For time all went well, and
| there seemed prospect that with Fill
| more and Waseca at tire head number
| or the counties would be able 10 down
| tie great "Sand hauier." But Mr.. Dun
nell had all the feeeral officials, and coll
| testing delegations were produced
wherever needed. and the convention
| split sluarely III twain. One wing nOm-
mated Hon. w. G.. Ward, OF Waseca. and
| the other Mr.. Dunnel. The Democrats
nominated Judge ii. X. Wells, OF Fill.
more, ana a triangular fight ensued, in
| which Mr.. Ward devoted himself SO ar
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| Democratic votes. that Mr.. Dunnell
| came out with more votes than his OPP
! ponents combined.
| The district was divided later. and Mr..
| Dunnell was finally retired for time.
| but he was determined To get back TO
| Washington, and his supporters were a
! power in each succeeding convention
until he was finally given another nom
| inatlou in 1885. The old antl-Dunnell
men protested. but finally helped elect
! him. Two years ago he was renomi-
| mated, although not without pro-
| test from the Fillmore delegation.
and defeated by Capt. Harries, the
! popular soldier representative now at
! Washington. That defeat, all coHcede.
ended the political career OF Mr.. Dun
| nell III the First district. He cannot
| yet another nomination for congress,
| but IL Is mistake 10 suppose that the
| ieuds and factiOnal hghIS OF thirty
| years were buried with the defeat OF
Mr. Dunnell His supporters and adj
nirers are still numerous, and they will
| settle a few old scores If they are given
| The opportunity.
Among the E.any candidates for the
J Republican congressional nomination IA
| tile district are two who hail from Fill
| more county. One of these, Judge j.
| W. Il lSCIO bHNb AlO hbAaih INV "
| round out his political career rs state
legislator and judge with a term in
| congress, and his friends are AT work for
| him. The other candidate in that erst-
/ while stronghold OF RepubicanSm is
| Hon a. ID. Gray. formerly clerk OF the
district court. MIR. Gray was the oppo-
nent OF Mr. Dunnrll two years ago. and
his friends, after making vigorous
protest against INSTRUMENTATION OF sMr.
! Dunnell, refused to make the laIters
| nomination unanimous. The Fillmore
county Republican convention will. of
course, settle the question as 10 the
choicee of the county, but 1t will make
| no difference.
! No Fillmore county man will be al
| lowed the congressional nomination If
| the friends of Mark IL. Dunnell can pre-
| vent it,"
The statementQuoted above was made
| by a Houston county friend and sup
| porter of Mr.. DunneIl, who claims that
| the Fillmore comfy Republicans were
! responsible for the defeat of Mr.. Dun
| nell two years ago, as well as in large
measure for the defeat of Hon. John A.
| Lovely, of Albert Lea, in 1886. This
! settles the question SO far as Fillmore
| county is concerned, for this feeling is
widespread among the Republicans OF
Representative j. Arnold Keyes, of
| WinOna. has congressional aspirations,
| but his county will declare for Senator
| Tawney. if he is DESTROYS To make the
| race. Senator Tawney stands we'll with
| both the friends and enemies of the
| OwatOnua man, not having mixed in
| the old fight. Nathan Kingsley, of
Mower, will be side-tracked for attOr-
ney general, the probabilities being
| that Senator Tawney will support him
| for that position in return for Mr..
Kingsley's influence in Mower county.
Judge James OBrlen. now in New
Mexico, is being pushed by friends
in his home county, Houston,
but it is hardly likely that he will con-
sent to return and give up good posi-
ton for an uncertainty. John l.. Gibbs,
ex-railroad commissioner, who has not
been heard of for some time, can get the
support of his county but nothing more,
and can hardly be said to be in the race.
Hon. A. L. Stebbins will have Ohm
sted's delegation, Hon. A. j. Greer that
of Wabasha, and Gen. Jim" Diment
will be voted for by oteele's representa-
tiyeS.
The three men between whom the
prize lies are: Greer, of Wabasha;
Tawney, of Winona, and Stebbns, of
Rochester; and OF these three Senator
Tawney is probably in the lead.