St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-11
SPLENDID RECORD:
He Has Saved the State Of
Minnesota Many Millions
of Dollars. 80
DUNN's BITTER WARFARE!
The Corporation Candidate IS
Making a Malicious Fight
Against Biermann.

Press association. which met in st,
Paul last week. Bob Dunn. the Repub-
lican candidate for state a udltors made
an earnest plea to his ''brerhren OF the
country press" urging them to make a
special target Of Auditor BiernIann.
On the day Of the Democratic conven-
ton and the evening preceding it Mr..
Dunn and strong following Of his
Democratic. Republican and hait-breed,
friends pxraded the lobby of the Mer-
chants hotel and the Auditorium, NOV.
Ing heaven and earth. or SO much Of Il
as they could. to encompass the defeat
OF Biermann for the Democratic nomi-
nation. To the Republican editors as
sembied in the committee headquarters
Mr.. Dunn stated that Mr.. Biermann
was the first Democrat elected to state
office in twenty-five years, and was the
first official in that time to disgrace the
office. keep pounding that at 'em. !"
was lis advice to the Republican ed
itors.
And vet. twenty-four hours before
that Mr.. Dunn would have given
E- A Years Salary
to have defeated Biermann for the nom.
nation. Why? MIR. Dunn knows very
we'll that any disgrace" attaching to
the auditors Office was fastened there,
before Mr.. Biermann took his seat; that
the estimate made on the very tract of
land upon which the Dunn iRvestiga-
ton was based was an estimate made
by a Republican administration of the
same Office; that he Dunn has stood
for fifteen years in the geographical.
business and social center OF the
the state, and never raised a fin
ger to stop it until self-inter-
est prompted him TO do so;
that Adolph Bic rmann. in common with
every other man who is posted OH the
operations of the Mile Lacs timber
thieves for the past dozen years or
more. knows Dunn's connection. active
and passive. with these operations. and
he dreaded the exposures which would
necessarily follow when the truth ca me
out relative to the respective parts talk en-
by Biernrann and himself.
With Biermann defeated for the nom
ination the buncombe Dunn investIga-
ton could be worked as a mine, and
there would be comparatively little
danger of his own course being exposed
Before the Republican editors. Dunn
protested to believe that the Populists
we're to be feared more than the Demo.
Gratis. Why. then. did he advise. them
to pound away at Biermann?" 80 (.
:: A reporter of the GLOBE ) i.Iy. ~ {.
..,-t Called ON Mr. Biermann,s0@ I;
yesterday, and asked him what he, had
to say concerning Dunn's appeal to the
Republican editors. RI. {.
II don't know that there is anything
to be said," was tho commentof the
imperturbable official who, in his quiet
way, is keeping Mr.. Dunn awake o.
nights. at is NATURAL" he said, .'for
Republican papers to support Repub-
lican candidates. and we all have more
respect for the party paper which sup
ports straight party ticket, even if it
is an opposition party ticket, than for
the hybrid sheets that prey upon the
candidates Of both parties. I think,
however, that Mr.. Dunn has placed a
needless odium on the country press by
declaring that it made him what he
Isl That seems to me to be drawing it.
little strong. L can't see how the.
press could have done that. My expe-
rience of newspaper men is that as a
rule they are courteous, honorable gen.
tlemen. and do not think they would.
by their influence, make man what
Mr.. Dunn has shown himself to be-. l
never in my life, up to this time, have
said discourteous or unkind word
about political opponent, and it is not
a pleasant thing to do. even when my
character has been so wantonlY aud
Falsely Attack ed
as it has been by Mr.. Dunn. Yet feel
that it is due myself ana my friends
that should say something in reply to
the charges. destinations and innuendoes
of this man. l may be excused in the
face of all that has been said of me for
remarking that have been employed in
various capacities during my residence
in this state, from a farm hand to the
position l now occupy, and l am willing
that my record in any Of these positions
shall be compared with that of Mr..
Dunn in the legislature, the only posi-
ton of trust know Of his having occu-
pied aside from that he has held with
the pine land operators of Mile
Laos county. He has missed no oppor-
tunity to vilify and abuse me in the
most shameless manner. My natural
inclination would be to pass it all over
N lint
candidate for office his private and pub
lie life are public property, his every
transaction becomes matter of legiti-
mate inquiry, and he must stand or fall
by the result. l am willing that this
shall apply to me. and l have taken in
good part, and without complaining, all
except the ruffianIy abuse that Mr..
Dunn has seen fit to heap upon me. /
am willing that
Every Dollar
OF my possessions should be accounted
for, item by item, and l should be
pleased to see the same accounting
made by the gentleman whose shirt
front sparkles with a practical demon.
stration of the esteem In which he was
held by certain corporate interests
when his light was just beginning
to feebly shine as a reform legis!
fator. L would even admit testimony
Oh the subject Of the anti-scaIper bill, Oh
the anti-pOot bill of 1898. l have never
before been betrayed into making dis
play of temper in political campaign.
and | will probably regret having said
anything harsh. even, in che face of
what have endured from Mr.. Dunn.
but when think of the way in which i
was bullied and browbeaten during the
investigation of 1898; how MIR. Dunn.
against the protests of his own COL
leagues, refused to extend to- me the
comnonest c0urtesies and the right to
be heard In my own defense; how |
WAS harassed and bedeviled by him out
OF pure wautUihIess, when there was no
end to be served except to. crafty his