The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-13
Gnst Of The Political Mil

That there was deliberate attempt to
wipe out the primary election law, which
mas proved inimical to the interests of
the local machine manipulators of Re
publican politics is beyond question.
Representative w. w Dunn says the
plan was not alone to wipe out the law,
but that he, as it's father was to go with
the fragments. The Republicans who are
responsible for the bill passed by the
senate are now busy explaining what
they did not do and what the real pur-
port Of the bill was; but the emasculated
bill speaks for itself and Dunn, who was
to be the scapegoat of the Republican
trick, has it backed up with affidavits,
and IS ready for the fray, which the ma
chine leaders have promised will result
in his political annihilation
The elusive Mr. Gr1ggs, assistant cor
poration attorney, has at last run into a
little game of characteristic party poll
| tics for which his Gus tomary reference
Ito my CHER is entirely inadequate as
a cloak. Indeed, his reference to his
chief is especially unfortunate in view of
the generally recognized ambition of Mr.
Markham to leave the corporation at
torneys office to become a shining light
on the district bench. So far Mr. Griggs
has denied only one of the statements
made by Dunn. Griggs claims he never
| told Dunn that his opinion holding that
| a residence of thirty days was a prerequf-
site to registration was "a bluff" Dunn
insists that those were the identical terms
employed by Griggs, and says that an
| attempt was made to make him the vic
| tim Of a dirty political trick, intended to
| defeat the primary election law and again
| put the gang in the saddle
| The bill which was passed by the SEN
! ate after Dunn refused to introduce it,
reached the house with four lines strick-
| en- out. The effect of the bill if passed.
| would be to render the primary law void.
| The gentlemen behind the bill have dis.
covered that Dunn has these facts 50
| Substantiated by affidavits of members
| and employees of the house that they
have abandoned the attempt to charge
| linn with the emasculation Their latest
claim is that the bill was doctored by a
senate clerk. and that it's passage in
| that form was not intended. This claim
might be plausible if it We're not for the
| well known hostility to the primary law
| entertained by the men behind the bill
| Representative Dunn yesterday said
| AS a Republican, l would feel that
| was bound by party confidence if it were
! not for the despicabe attacks made uDon
me by the men behind the bill. after their
! 9oI"0 was SpoIitu- Ihe intent of the
| Dill was to emasculate and XIII the pri-
| mary election law and me at the same
Time 1 knew the men had to deal with.
| and took the precaution to provide proofs
! OF the condition Of the bill when II
| reached the house, and to procure the
| Dill itself. The origin of the bill is suf1i-
clent IN itself to condemn it. Those men
are openly opposed to the law, as is every
machine man in the party. Under the
primary law the boss has just one vote
| and, II he is sober enough to use his
FRANCHISE, he is in just the same posi-.
tlon occupied by any other elector. They
ald not come to me with the bill as {
| republican measure Their chief con
Germ seemed to be about the Democrats
of the Fourth and Eighth wards. where