St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-02
PAPERS GETTING AWAY.
REPUBLICANS BOLTING BOB
DUNN
And the State Central Committee
Is Unable to Hold Them
in Line.

During the past two or three days the
friends OF Bob Dunn have been making
life burden to the Republican state
central committee. because it has not
succeeded in keeping the Republican
press in line for the Red Handed Terror
of Rum River. They have alternately
stormed, and prayed. and threatened,
until Chairman Bixby is said to have
lost his temper. He tried to explain to
them that he couldn't buy all the Re-
publican papers in the state-not but
what he was willing to do what Was
right, but some of them refused to be
spite of the world, the flesh and the
state central committee.
A stormy scene occurred day or two
ago, when friends of Dunn reproached
member of the executive committee
in the statement that 1.-THE committee
was not doing its duty by Dunn. or there
papers getting away" The member
in question looked Mr.. Dunn's friend
square i'll the eye and replied: '1f you
will get lne the file of Dunn's paper and
show me that in single election he
ever supported the straight Republican
ticket, from top to bottom, then l will
talk to you. Until you do don't talk to
me about my duty to Dunn.'
Dunn the Weak Man.
AS a matter of fact, the Republican
committee is making harder fight for
Dunn than for any other man on the
ticket. rightly considering him the
weak spot, and the charge of the Dunn
men Is entirely baseless. Besides this,
certain railroad interests are putting
forth unusual eXertions in his behalf,
every station agent and section boss on
the line having his Instructions what
to do.
There is no such thing, however, as
satisfying the friends of such men as
eX-Gov. Hubbard and others, who were
bolted by Dunn, who at that time
couldn't see any reason why Repup-
lican paper shouldn't support Demo
Gratis if it chose to do So 1t is but
natural that Mr.. Dunn should be given
an opportunity to take copious draught
of his own medicine when there are
men all over the state who can testify
that he never was straight" Repub-
lIcan.
During the session of the last legfs-
lature, on vote being taken on some
measure, a Democratic member charged
that the measure was partisan one,
and that Republicans were supporting
it as such. Mr.. Dunn, who had voted
for the measure, rose in his seat and
resented the imputation of partisanship
by declaring that he was not partisan
Republican; that he had seldom, if ever,
supported straight Republican ticket,
and that in 1888 he had carried his
county for Adolph Biermann against
luc u, F. Hubbard. There are hundred
living witnesses to this statement, and
1t will never be denied.
Such spirit of independence would
be very commendable were it not tor
the fact that Mr.. Dunn is now going
about the land denouncing as traitors
and political outlaws the men who are
doing exactly what he dId-choosing
the best man and supporting him re.
gardless of party. Politicians have long
memories, and are ever ready to help
the chickens home to roost, and it is a
matter of some wonder that bolter of
SO varied an experience as Mr.. Dunn
should register such frightful kick
because the men who know him and
his record are following his example of
independence.