St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-28

ton about as nearly as 1t could be done
in a whole column of comment. Mr..
Dunn insists that he would make a most
excellent. reliable. and in every way
capable official, and in this position he
is supported by several personal friends,
who are a%nxiously awaiting his cleo
tion, so thai they may 'l0Osen up" the
claims to public lands, which claims are
at this time hung high and dry In the
AUDITORS Office, awaiting the magic 20.
X" that tears them loose from the
domain of the state of Minnesota, ad-
ding some SOC. 900 acres to the holdings
OF the Great Northern road. Is it any
wonder that "HOnest" Bob has plenty
Of soap for his campaign?
Owing to the excitement of congress
si0hal and other conventions for the
past few days there have been no start
ling developments in the railway VS..
Biermann controversy. The present
and future auditor sits serenely in his
quarters, attending to his official duties
and daily receiving hundreds OF letters
from personal friends containing prom
lses OF support. The GLOBE. however.
has taken nOts of the fact that Gov. Mel
sOE has taken more kindly to the hon
est fellow from Mile Laos county than
he did a few months back when he
pledged himself to Mcclure as the can.
didate for auditor in response t0 a
request from a friend with whom he
dined on tine day of his nomination two
years ago. The governor of Minnesota.
supposed 10 be mounted on a pedestal
far above the common herd and carrying
with it more dignity than an ordi nary
man could be expected to bear, has been
well, talking about MIR. Biermann. In
one of these TRADES he hugs himself and
says. II" had the ono of Turning into
the treasury of the state the sum of
$4,000 as The direct result of; Bob Dunn's
honest efforts to protect the lands of the
state.
Let us see: The exact amount of the
draft turned in was SS,662.4S. (Why
viii the governor be so louse in his fig
ures?) Without any lawsuit OF investi-
CATION or BObdun or any of those other
trities G. A. Smith IL Co. would have to
pay. at the contract price. 81, SIG. 02, INC
that leaves a balance of SO. ll6. AZ as the
met gum" which II" had the pleasure
OF turning in. Governors won't lie, so
the figures must nave Lied, notwith-
standing a provtrb TO the contrary, for
those are the figures On record in the
treasurer's office.
J Now when Boz tells tina story to a
crowd Of adiniring but unsophisticated
friends Instead OF making 1t a nasty
little $4,000 he re fers 10 the amount as
SltO.00O, which shows that he is just
S9l.0OO bigger a man than the COVE rn0r;
and this is all there ever was or ever
J Will be to Bobdun'S famous investiga-
ton Of section So.
CuriouSly nough Mr.. Biermann de-
citleS TO make the retOrtd iScuurteOuS 10
the unusual language OF Gov. Nelson, his
only remark being 1.-THE governor is at
liberty to use such language and make
Such false charges as he pleaSes.
Neither OF these practices nave ever
been a taVorite pasLime OF mine" AS
to Dunn's interview Nj. Blermann only
regrets that the would-be auditor OF
the Great Northern road can't find
something besides that poor old worm
out, catered ana torn section So to pre-
sent as a claim for public consideration.
There are others, however, who fai
to understand how it is that Mr. Dunn
should have lived for sixteen years in
the very heart OF the great pine-stealing
belt and never discovered what was
going on until the timber was all stolen
and lie wanted 10 run for Office. Based
on the percentage table of the average
Republican congressman, fully 1850
per cent of this pine was stolen lorg
before MIR. Biermann had any voice in
the matter. Who is MI. Bobuun going
to lay this on, and who will Gov. Nelson
have the pleasure of drawing Oh when
il is paid for?
These are a few of the queries that
occur to the man of ordinary intelli-
gence when he has nothing more profit
abfe to do than 10 think of Bubdun at
all.
There seem to he very strong indica-
tons that MIR. Dunn will never have
any more Intimate personal knowledge
of the affairs OF the auditors Office than
he has this day.