Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-30

uf q coward, assault on u little BOY
and fined him. Mr.. Allen was
prosecuting attorney and this mar
told the same story on him when ht
was running for mayor ana Mr.
Allen. although now supporting Mr.
Towne, hns made an affidavit thai
this story was first told ON him uno
that it il false. ~.
Question number three. "I,ldn
you, when G.. A. TOwne returned
from Washington!thiss spring .eulog'zt
him in public speech and then say
that he was in line for the pres''
dency?
did eulogize Mr. Towne, but did
not ray he was in line for the pres'-
dency. Mr.. Towne at that time had
announced hin intention OF standing
on a platform favoring internati"nAl
bimetalism such as was adopted nv
the st. Louis convention and we
had every assurance that he would
come into line. but he afterward
proved false to his pledge and to
those who had elected him.
Didn't You, before you cosented
to run frr congress. make arrange
ments with Republican voters so
that you wouldn't lose anything
financially by leaving the bench?
Answer. did not. expect after
next March to receive salary as
congressman and between Nov. Attn
and March 4th to make a living for
myself and family by practicing law.
I always was able to make a living.
1 never needed any Office to do that.
Question. Do you know that Mr..
Butler, engineer for the new Duluth
bridge, specified that hemlock lum-
Der should be used in it. and that
none suitable could be found except
in Canada? lido not know what the
specifications were, but l do know
from Mr.. Frederick Weyerhaeuser's
son, who is in this audience, that
Mr.. Weyerhaeuser has mill In Wis.,
consjn which manufactures hemlOck
lumber perfectly suitable for this
bridge, and which he would have
been glad to have furnished for that
purpose.
Question. Do you know that Du-
luth. Superior. Brainerd and Little
Falls ga W mills ship great quantities
of lumber co Canada? Do they do 1t
because prices are lower or higher?
II higher. then why should Canadian
umbernen ship lumber here, where
prices are low? II prices are lower
in Canada, why should American
lum5ermen ship lumber there?
Answer. do not believe that
Dnluth's mills ship any lumber to
Canada. 1 do know that Little
Falls ships asmall amount III lumber
to some parts of Manitoba. which
are not readily accessible to Cana
dian lumber mills. do not know
anything about the prices or profits
but do know that during the past
year Canada has shipped ,OOo, 09o, OoO
feet of lumber, One.fourth more than
the combined product OF all the mills
in Minnesota, lumber n,anufac-
tured by cheap labor in Canada
when the better paid labor of this
should have done the work.
I know that the cut Of the mills OF
this state is reduced enormously and
that many mills closed two months
earlier than they otherwise would
have done by reason Of this very
Question. Did not C. A. Towne
secure more appropriations for Du-
luthxharbor than any congressman
ever elected from this district?
Answer. He did. Congress de-
termlned instead iof making appro-
priations simpl for a year to make
them continuing. and 1 think any
congressman, even Kittle Halverson,
would have secured the same.
Question. IDO you think, If elected,
Won would be made member OF the
Rivers and Harbors committee?
Answer. l believe under the cir
of this campaign that
when l am elected can be appointed
a member of any committee Tchoose.
Yes. of any two committees, and !
think I shall select the drivers and
committee for the Dulu IN
harbor, and the ways and means to
help the lumber industry.
This paper next says: Answer
these questions and we will ask
more.:::I am ready for the others.
Needless to say no one asked any.
We have merely given an outline of
the answers to tthese questions. 1t
would! he impossible to reproduce
the whole text, or to give any idea
of the inimitable manner of the
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