The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-10-25
Dunning'S Treachery.

man Baltimore paper deslgnateS Mr.. Dun
ming of the Watchman, has made the
effort of his life to injure and if possible
break up the Peoples party of Maryland.
The Baltimore SIN of Friday, 18th inst,
says:
"Mr. N. A. Dunning is chairman of
the Peoples party committee which en-
tered protest against the socialist labor
party's nominees being placed on the
official ballot Frank H. Jones, of Fed
eralsbug, Caroline county, has issued
circular saying:
The populist party of Maryland has
no State ticket i'll the field. Henry +,
Andrew, for Governor, B. w. Monet, for
attorney-general, and S. H. Gibson, for
comptroller, were nominated i'll July by
the socialist labor party of Baltimore as
their candidates, and by some sort
of h0cnS b0cnS the populist convention,
held in Baltimore in August, was fooled
into indorsing the socialists nominations.
So the populists have no State ticket, but
an effort is being made to gull them into
voting the socialist ticket"
This Frank Jones is scalawag of Fed
eralsbug who Mr.. Dunning picked up
and put in his hands for circulation, the
lying circular above quoted.
Mr.. Dunning is not the chairman of
any Peoples party committee" as above
stated, but self-appointed committee,
composed of himself and scalawag Jones'
The three candidates named as the
Peoples party State ticket in the above
dispatch were as fairly and legally NOM
mated by called convention as any Pro-
hib;tion or Peoples party State ticket in
the State of Maryland ever was. Mr..
Dunning called the convention as chair
man of the State Central or executive
committee of the Peoples party, attended
the convention and took part in its pro.
ceedings. The nominations were made in
open convention, and all candidates
placed in nomination that any delegate
desired to >minate, and the vote taken
by ballot, tellers appointed to count the
vote and all proceedings the most fair,
open and above board possible, and yet
Mr.. Cunning in his scalawag Jones cir
cular says the nomination was made "by
some sort of hocus pocus," and the "Pop-
ulists of Maryland have no State ticket in
the field"
The secret of this Dunniug attempted
fraud and farce is, that Mr.. Dunning was
opposed to making any nominations and
came to the convention fully intending to
carry out his plans, which the Peninsula
Farmer, published at Federalsbug, throws
some very clear light upon.
"Mr. Dunning," says the Farmer, "has
tried te induce certain Populists i'll the
State to join him in weakening the party;
In towns where he has gone printed
copies of his interview published in the
Heraldl have gone with him and been
freely distributed. A populist told Con
gresham Howard that Mr.. Dunning had
told him that he had received $50 from a
Virginia Populist to use against the Pop
ulist State ticket of Maryland. He
acknowledges therefore that I've has re-
ceived money from some source witt.
which to fight the Peoples party OF
Maryland.
''The evidence is clear that he has re-
ceived more than $50 A man named
Jones of fredericksburg has joined Dun.
ming. He is spending money for car fare
lavishly of late and is having thousands OF
circulars printed and hires horses and
carriages to drive over the country dis
tributing these circulars while the fact is
positively known to the writer that before
he took s trip with Mr.. Dunning over a
week ago to Salisbury he was almost
penniless.
"The fact is to be remembered that the
daily paper baltimore Morning Herald
which treats Mr.. Dunning with so much
consideration and calls his paper the
leading Populist paper in the country
is the German ring paper.
Since Mr.. Cummings action towards
the Peoples party in Maryland he Is sus-
pected by many of being the unknown
editor of The critic recently revived in
Baltimore for Germans campaign pur-
poses. This paper is apparently one of
the most radical labor papers ever pub
lished. Whoever its editor he is as thor
oughly posted on all reform questions as
Dunning himself Some people think
that Dunning is alone able to edit it so
well. But the central theme of this
hypocritica1, cold blooded and dare devil
sheet is to urge every workman ill the
city OF Baltimore to support the German
ticket"
Mr. Dunning is OF was a Knight of
Labor and thoroughly conversant with all
the tricks of the fakir leaders who sell out
the labor unions to the old parties. II
Mr.. Dunning has received money to
carry on this business against the Peo-
pies party, under any pretense whatever,
it is the first step In the down hill road of
bride taking, and $50 will soon grow into
$500 or IS, 900. We are loath to believe
this circumstantial evidence. but it
is almost overwhelming There are
enough facts made public by himself to
show that he has gone into the German
ring who enters here leaves hope be-
hind" 1t Is the domain of bribery and
political corruption.
We noticed year or so ago that brother
Dunning had begun gradually to move in
circle like one lost in the dark. He
wasn't altogether satisfied with the Peo-
pies party. This dissatisfaction gradually
grew. Finally the party and Omaha
platform had too much "flotsom and
jetsum," too many "frills, bangles and
moonshine' in them which must be got rid
of. Finally there was little left in them
worth preserving but "I6 TO I. And now