The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-09
CHAMPION OF MILLER.
John Dwan Defends the Railroad
COmmfssiOnership Candidate.

CommfssiOnership Candidate.
To the Editor of the Globe:
L am regular subscriber to your
paper and have been continuously for
nearly nine years last past, bat, notwith-
standing such continuous support, l can
not fail to take exception to certain por-
tons of an editorial which appeared In
the issue of the G 0 b of Saturday,
June 20, 1900 I refer to that portion OF
your review Of the work of the Repub-
llcan state convention which referred 10
and sought to belfttle the candidacy of
Joseph q. Miller for railroad and ware
mouse commissioner. One would almost
think from q perusal of said article that
had A. N. Dare been successful in secur-
ing the nomination, your paper would DE
FOUND supporting him. Whence this
bleeding of the Democratic heart because
OF Dare's defeat? Does not the G l e
see in Miller with his great non-pa rti:an
following, a man inmeasurably harder
to defeat at the polls than any of his
competitors would have proven?
1t is true that Mr.. Miller is a COMPARE
lively new man in state politics, but has
he not proven himself winner? Is he
necessarily any the less competent be
cause, perchance, he comes from a
spatsely populated county? A county
with but seven delegates at the state con-
vention, while Dare's county had nine?
In metropolis or at Elk River?
You assert that Miller was backed by
cohorts Of mammon, and placed in norui-
nation by the Rockefeller and allied in
terests, and cite the fact that several
were shouting and working for him in
proof of this ridiculous statement SUCH
Is not the fact, nor has 1t the slightest
senblance of truth. Mr.. Miller was
brought out as a candidate BIZ the sew
era1 railroad orders, and the members of
such orders aided by organized labor In
other branches, succeeded in placing Mr.
Miller in nomination, and the same forces,
without regard 10 party, Will elect him Isl
November. All persons who attended the
convention in his behalf, were either
members Of organized labor or indie
pendent citizens Of Lake county, IL no
way connected with or subject to the in
I1uence of any railroad or other corpora
ton, and each individual SO going, includ-
Ing Mr.. Miller himself, paid all his own
expenses, including railroad and sleeping
car fare, and l know whereof speak, as
was one Of the party myself, and can
furnish afiidavits to same effect froal
each member OF his party. including dele
gates and shouters
Atr. Miller has had sixteen years ex-
pe11ence IN railroad service in all its
branches, and has held many Important
positions in all departments thereof. en-
pidcblS transportation. passenger,
freight, auditing and mechanical depart
ments, and Is possessed of a thorough
knowledge Of all phases of railroading
and he Is a courteous gentleman, emil
,nentIy FAIR, possessing a broad intelli.
gence which pre-eminently fits him for
the position to which he aspires, and pos
sessing, as he does, the love and esteem
OF his fellow men with whom he comes in
contact, bespeak for him a rousing vic
tory and an honorable career as q mem
Der Of the railroad and warehouse oom-
mission. 1 am willing to believe that you
are DESTROYS OF placing things (even DO
iitical matters), before the public in their
true light, and that you have been mis-
led and deceived in this matter, and in
this spirit I respectfully request that you
give this article space in your valued
paper. John DWan.
Two Harbors, MINI, July 5, $780,