The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-12
.TANNEY AND THE LUMBER BAROVS
The First District Congressman Did Attend a
Meeting at the West Hotel
He Was Also Active in Passing the High Lum-
Der Tariffs and Here Are the Proofs.

congressman James A. TaWney Is up
against the hardest game of his life. He
has been deyoting his time to the Porto
Rico outrage" to the lumber trust and
the other trusts and to Republican poll
tics, and the people of the First district
of Minnesota know it. They are willing
he should act as Republican whip or
anything else that flatters him. but they
expect him to stand fairly for whatever
he does. They do not like for him to at
tend melting of lumbermen in Mime
apolis and when he is going around ask
ing for their votes for re-eleSlion few
months later, to hear him say ne never at
tended the Minneapolis meeting. Tawney
has always been regarded as friend to
lumber barons, but according to reports
received from his district, he is telling
the people that he has not been interest
ed in the affairs of the lumber men. He
spoke at Lanesboro the other night and
Vehemently denied that he was RESPONSE
BILE for the people OF Southern Minnesota
having to pay the high prices they do
because of the traffic which he helped
ITO impose. Here is report of Tawaey's
campaigning received by wire by the
G o yesterday:
IAWNEY'S s DENlALS.
WINONA, Mimi. Oct. IA letter re-
ceIved here today from a LaneSboro cor
respondent who reported Tawney's meet
ing says:
Congressman Tawney in his speech
here tonight declared it to be absolutely
and unqualifiedly false, that he met with
the lumber barons at the West hotel in
Minneapolis and he defied the Democratic
congressional committee to prove the
charge. He also declared that the lumber
tariff duty only increased the price per
thousand
INQUIRY over the telephone confirms
to the West hotel conference, denied
having met the lumber bal ons and dSI4ied
having taken hand in fixing the lumber
tariff according to their demands.
Postmaster Henry, Tawney's appointee
of Mckinley administra tion,s says editor
tally, in his paper, The GAINESVILLE Argus,
Oct. 10, the same day as Tawpey's speech:
THE Statements made, both at a Taeet-
ing in Browns Valley Saturday, and in
circular which was distributed; are alb
solutely and unqualifiedly false Prior
to the enactment of the Dingley tariff
schedule, Mr.. FaWney never met With
the lumber men of this or any other
state TO discuss lumber tariff schedule,
That Tawney left his home at Washing
ton and went to Quebec as a representa-
tive of the lumber syndicates was an un-
; blushing- -falsehood, as a matter of fact,
Mr. nPaEFney had no more to do With the
preparation OF q lumber schedule than
| did any other member, from the North
west
Postmaster Henry's statement was be-
ieYed to have been dictated by Tawney.
HERE'S THE RECORD.
For the benefit of the people of the
First district as we'll as Mr.. Tawney
himself and the GAINESVILLE Argus, a
G lob e reporter looked over the files
of the Mississippi Valley Lurnbereman
yesterday afternoon This is the official
spokesman of the lumber interests and
reports all matters of interest to them.
In its issue of Jan. /, 1897, it contains
full and complete account of the meet
ing which was held at the West hotel.
Minneapolis. The article states that Con-
gresslual: Tawnoy was pres ant; also Con-
I gressnan Loren Fletcher and then Con-
gressman-elect Page Norris The Lum-
herman says:
AFTER CONGRESSMAN FLETCHER
OPENED THE MELTING CONGRESS
MAN TAWNEY WAS INTRODUCED
AS THE FIRST SPEAKER HE En-
PRESSED PLEASURE AT BEING
ABLE TO MEET WITH THE I4UM-
BERMEN. OWING TO THE EXIST
ING DEFICIT AND THE EXIGENC3ES
WHICH MIGHT ARISE, THE BILL
WAS NOW BEING FORMULATED
AND WOULD BE READY IN THE
EVENT OF TIE SPECIAL SESSION
OF CONGRESS"
Further on the article states:
CONGRESSMAN TAWNFY CALLED