The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01


luth & Iron Range road had been
uecreed to the company, signed a deed
transferring $4,000 acres more land
than the road ever claimed. This is
the deed over which John Lind shed
tears In the Peoples church, ST Paul,
last week, when he spoke Of the refusal
OF the railroad officials to accept it.s
shouted Mr.. Peterson, as he continued
10 discuss John Lind when the crowd
asked him if the congressman was a
candidate for governor.
1t was not Dunn who was reckless
n the Iron Range matter, said Mr.
PETERSON, but the man who occupied
the Office After Mr. Lind retired from
cf1ce Mr.. Durn discovered that 47.OoO
acres OF state institution lands were
ihciuded In the decree. BY the cancel
lation or the deed to the road Mr..
Dunn, said the advocate. secured for
the state $4,000 acres of land which
Mr. Lind was ready to and had given
away.
Declares Dunn Saved the Land
Mr. Peterson said that all but nine
townships had been surveyed and these
nave been contracted for survey. The
iron Range grant. he asserted would
De nlled in five years, but" said he
mad Gov. Lind had his way not mar.
woman or child now living would have
seen that grant filled. 1t was Bob Dunn
VINO saved the land to the state"
AFTER speaking for fifty-five minutes
on the IRON Range grant, Mr.. Peter
son started TO read some speeches de-
liVered on this subject by John LIND
FOUR Years ago, when he was a candi-
date for governor. The crowd was i'm
patient and wanted him to take up
sonle olher topic, but the speaker per-
sisted. and after appeals from Chair
man Macmillan and Mr.. Lind the
crowd subsidized and Mr.. Peterson was
permitted TO proceed and demonstrate
to his satisfaction that Mr.. Lind did
not know what he was talking about"
He read a letter which Mr.. Lind
wrote about that time, in which ne
gave a cordial indorsment of State
Auditor Dunn
Talked at Lind
Mr. Peterson at times addressed his
remarks to Mr.. Lind and not to the
chairman or the audience, but the con-
gresham never cracked a smile
Nnen referring to an alleged incon-
sistency in some of Mr.. Lind's state
ments. Mr.. Peterson asked:
when are we to believe him?"
He'll tell you'll" cried man in the
audience. Give us something about
Dunn"
Then came some more extracts from
speeches Mr.. Lind delivered in 1909,
when he spoke kindly of Mr.. Dunn.
then state auditor.
In speech by Gov. Lind in 1900"
Wow!" yelled the crowd
Finally Mr.. Peterson got awav from,
the iron Range grant. He declared in
stentorian tones:
During his eight years of office
ROBERT c. Dunn collected six times as
much for timber as all of his prede-
cessors.'
And gave away twenty-five times
as much." shouted a man in the audi
Mr.. Dunn, he said, was the first state
official who ever dared to raise 'its'
voice in favor of increasing the rail-
road gross earnings tax.
Sounds Dumas Praises
No public official, shouted Mr.. Peter
SON had done SO much for the people of
Minnesota as Mr.. Dunn.
In 1884 Bob Dunn voted for James
G. Blaine as candidate for president
and John A Johnson for Grover Cleve-
land and free trade and free soup
housesi"
Wow, Wow!l"
In 1885," persisted Mr.. Peterson,
Mr.. Dunn voted for William McKin-
ley, and John A. Johnson for Bryan"
and there was a torrent of cheers and
yells.
Il hope you Democrats will behave
yourselves while in the presence OF
Republicans. When we get through
you can hold one of your own" cried
the speaker, who concluded with a
peroration, in which he prophesied a
majority of $4,000 for Bob Dunn, the
Theodore Roosevelt of Minnesota"
Mr.. Lind Rebuts
Il came here to discuss the record of
Mr.. Dunn, and not that of Mr.. Lind"
said Mr.. Lind in rebuttal. Mr. Peter
son has said / purchased some school
land at public sale. 1 did and paid
for it,
Mr.. Lind admitted signing the deed
granting the Iron Range road $4,000
acres more than ii was entitled to, but
he said the deed was prepared in the
auditors office, and ] was not running
the auditors office. The error was
made in the Office Of Mr.. Dunn" said
the congressman.
Mr.. Lind says that in 1900 he had
spoken we'll of Mr.. Dunn, but the mat
tiers he had criticised OF late had arisen
since then.
Il have been friend of Mr.. Dunn"
said the congressman, but Il do not
apologize for him."
Lind Not on Trial
'1 did not come here to be tried for
misdemeanors or crimes" said Mr..
Lind. Il am ready to appear before a
proper tribunal for that purpose. /
came here to discuss the record of
Robert G. Dunn, and not my own
Il do not care whether you elect
Robert c. Dunn or John A Johnson
governor. have done my duty and 1
hope you viii do yours
Mr.. Peterson attempted a rejoinder,
but the audience was tired and drifted
out of the hall as soon as he attempted
TO speak.
The vast crowd surged out of the
hall. and the comments made by the
auditors were varied, but the majority
opinion. was that Mr. Lind had con-
fined himself to the subject of debate
and Mr.. Peterson discussed John Lind
to the almost complete exclusion of
the record Of his principal, for whom
he has labored so Loyalty.
MANKATO IS WILD
WITH ENTHUSIASM