St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-22
DUNN Is DONE Up.
The Biermann Tide Sweeping
Everywhere Through
the State.
A WEAK REPUBLICAN VAIL.
All the Large Pine Ringsters
in Minnesota Are Promi-
nent Republicans.
LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATION
Spicy Inside History Relative
to the Bob Dunn In
quiry.
LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATION
From The Sunday Globe.l

The Republican state central commit
tee has seen the handwriting on the
wall and already comedies the defeat of
Bob Dunn unless it can scare every cor
poration in the state into contribution
to head off the landslide. 1t also sees
that Knute Nelson's standing on very
unsafe ground, and unless lie can be
bolstered up in some way he. too, vii
be due to walk the plank Nov. 6.
Yesterdays issue of the Republican
morning organ came ont with sensa-
tional attack on Auditor Bitrmann, and
in a fit of madness, which is singular
even for the Pioneer Press. hitched
Auditor Biermann up with S. NJ. Owen
as the two men upon whom the Repub-
lican guns must be turned if the party
is to be saved. Hoping to ALLEVIATE part
of the Democratic vote from Mr.. Bier
mann, it charges him with entering into
conspiracy with Owen to turn over"
the democratic vote to the Popullst
candidate for governor in consideration
of Populist support for himself Having
ton that Mr.. Biermann Can do just as
he pleases with the Democratic party
it proceeds 10 show that
Mr.. Hermann
and Mr.. Owen will, when elected, favor
1.-The pine land ring" 1t neglects to
mention in this connection, or in any
other, for that matter, that nine out of
-, l.,
ators i'll the state are Republicans and
supporters of Bob Dunn and Gov. Nell
son. Who are the pine land barons of
Minneapolis, for instance? ". ID. WASH
burn, John S. and c. A. Pillsbury, Henry
+. Brown. Loren Fletcher, David NJ.
Clough and nearly every other Repnb-
lican politician of prominence in Mime
apolis. Does Mr.. Dunn and the Pioneer
Press accuse these gentlemen of desert
ing the Republican party or its candi-
dates? If so, why are they afraid to say
it publicly? Who are the pine land
barons of Saltwater? Jacob Bean, John
g. Nelson. Otis Staples and other equally
prominent Republicans. Are they, too,
i'll a combination to defeat his royal
Knutelets and his serene BobletS? If
SO. why did Jake Bean contribute the
usual 5000 TO The Republican campaign
fund, ard why has john &. Nelson
been promised the appointment as sur
veyor general of the Saltwater district?
Let us know about these things, Mr..
Dunn. for the people are really getting
curious, don't YOU know. But, not con-
tent with telling about BOU'S personal
affairs, his organ undertakes to make it
appear that Bob had something 10 do
with the
1t is true that after making an unsuc-
cessfu attempt to "swipe' a school
section in Mile Laos county, John
Gross, Len Pratt and Bob Dunn did put
up a job TO set aside the sale of said
section, and succeeded. The state
auditor, acting on the precedent estab-
lighed by former Republican auditors,
by the advice of the Republican attor-
ney general, and upon the estimates
and records OF the office, left there by
Republican officials. sold this section at
private sale for 60 per thousand feet.
MIR. Dunn'S personal witness, who made
the first estimate of The timber. and
swore that there were only
100000 feet of it. and only
worth 81 rs per 1000, Swore with equal
tirmness when called upon by Dunn to
do so. that there were 100000 feet of it
worth 81 per LOCO. This was the only
investigation set OH foot" by Mr..
Dunn, and when he had accomplished
his object. namely, avenged the affront
to himself and friends, consisting of
Biermann'S refusal to sell them a school
section of valuable timber at the price
of ordinary agricultural land, he quit.
When a member of the senate intro
duced resolution to 20 into an invests
CATION looking back into the mlsdeeds
of Republican auditors, Bob Dunn, in
common with many other
Good Republicans,
did all he could i'll quiet way to defeat
1t. 1t was carried, however, and 1t was
through the efforts of this commission
that all the suits for recovery on tres
pass have been made. Gov. Nelson
only did what the legislature compelled
him TO do in the matter of suing G. A .
Smith IL Co., and the net proceeds of
that sale, as previously stated by the
GLOBE, were So, 100. instead of $4,000
as stated by Gov. Nelson, and anywhere
from $4,000 10 100000 as stated by Bob
Dunn.
But the Pioneer Press has rushed in
where angels feared to tread, and cites
some alleged facts regarding Bob's re-