The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-04
Dunn IS SILENT
ON WITHDRAW L
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE ADDRESS
Els MINNEAPOLIS AUDIENCES.
He Admits Writing the Heatwole Let
ter, but Says Conditions Have
Changed Since It Was Written His
Addresses Make Elaborate Explana-
tions of Numerous Charges Against
Him.

At two out of three Minneapolis
meetings Robert G. Dunn addressed last
evening, he fully admitted the writing
of the letter to Joel P. Heatwole which
al, and which told Of his agreement
to defeat Moses E. Clapp for the senate.
81 wrote that letter to Joel Heat
wole which has been published in The
Minneapolis Journal" he said, "and
I IN not ashamed Of it. I do not deny
it in the least. That was before the
state convention, and | had not pledged
myself to support anybody for the
senate. The letter does not show 1
had entered into any agreement to
elect Heatwole as senator and defeat
Clapp. But I had said right along
was going to stand on the platform
| adopted by the state convention. The
state convention declared in resolutions
for Clapp, and ever since | have stood
by the thus expressed desire of the re-
publican party of. this state, for Moses
p: Clapp for reelection to the United
| States senate.'
Mr.. Dunn then rubbed it into Mr.. Heat
for publication, asserting that such an
act "might be sign of good breeding
down among the hoosiers,~ but it is not
| in Minnesota ="ts
In the tent at Franklin and Seven
teenth avenues, where he first spoke, in
the eighth ward wigwam, 1850 Nicollet,
and at the fifth ward house, $40 Elev-
of the twin city papers were opposing
him. "Never has such a campaign of
villifcation been waged against a gu
bernattorial candidate in Minnesota, -
he said. Emissaries are in every
part Of the state abusing me. In the
IN an A. P. A., in the Scandinavian
wards they tell that I IN an Irish Catho-
lie, in the German districts I am cited
as a Hamline prohibitionist, and among
the best Of people the tale is told that
I IN a drunkard.'
Lind in, the new famous .Lind-Peterson
debate in which some of Dunn s land
clerks are charged with taking mineral
leases out for themselves and relatives.
II did not know any clerk of mine
had taken out any mineral leases he
jected if I had. There is nothing in the
state law. governing to whom Leases
shall be given, nor saying who shall not
be. privileged to take them out.
John Lind in buying state lands
beter Tan ce2ks was nS
mineral leases. If he had paid fo1
these lands in full at the time, he would
have had to issue a patent by himself
as governor, to himself as purchaser
buC l. say mere ana now, as was Jne
case with the clerks that took out miner
al leases, John Lind had a perfect right
to buy that land if he wanted to-
He then administered a roast to Johr
Lind for having SO frequently changed
his opinions; first being a rabid republi
can, one of the Sbitterest in his speech
against democrats. Then he became 3
democrat, finally going to the extreme
of the Bryan silver faction Vow he
has switched back to being Cleveland
Parker gold democrat. "And the Lore
only knows,' said Dunn, "what he will
be another four years from now"
Dunn recited to prove that he was not
a corporation candidate, the lack OF
funds on the part Of his state commit
tee.
Never was a state campaign run or
such small capital as mine,' he said
cup to 2 o'clock Monday afternoon
the exact amount Of money in the hands
Of the state committee was but $14,7OO
this including all candidates. contribu
tions. In the Eustis campaign, $39,
900 was spent. In the campaign whe1
Van SAINT was first elected governor
100000 was spent, and in his SECOND
campaign over $4,000. The demo
ocratic state committee is now putting
out literature cosing more thon our en-
tire campaign fund.-