The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-10-20
MAJ. BOWLER FOR DUNN.
Declares Head of Democratic Ticket Is a
Tool of Party Bosses and Is Backed by
Railroad Corporations and Lumber

declares H6aO democratic IlCk0t Is a
Tool of Party Bosses and Is Backed by
Railroad Corporations and Lumber
Barons.
Mai. j. M. Bowler of Minneapolis,
leader of the Hearst and Bryan Dem
ocrats in Minnesota has issued a
statement, announcing his intention
to support R. G. Dunn and advising
all Democrats who favor the reforms
advocated by progressive Democrats
to do likewise.
He charges that Johnson is the tool
of the Democratic bosses, that he is
backed by railroads and lumber inter
ests and that he accomplished during
his only term in the senate nothing
that entities him to position of trust
at the State capitol. The position of
Major Bowler, it is reported, is open
ly or secretly held by thousands of
Democrats who believe that Johnson
is the tool of the same interests that
control Judge Parker and that it is
the duty Of all who believe in good
government to vote for r. G.. Dunn.
Major Bowler says: "Ln this State
the will of the Democratic rank and
file has been overridden by the auda-
cious leadership of the re-organizers
and the surrender Of formerly trusted
Bryan leaders-men who in 1896 were
wont to roll their eyes heavenward
and proclaim that Providence has
wrought overtime to furnish William
j. Bryan, the greatest. man since
Abraham Lincoln, for that great cri-
sis. But now the clouds have passed;
they see new light.
THE friends of Bryan and Hearst
who still believe in the principles they
battled for in 1896 and 1900 are ab-
solved from further allegiance to a
party that is here to-day and there
tomorrow and forever nowhere but
in the soup. Like the darkey's crab
when yo' find dat fellah yo' doan
can tell whudder yo' met him or whud-
der yo' obertook him.
minnesota Democrats don't men
ton Parker. For obvious reasons
they are running ROOSEVELT Ohm
son-People's campaign and their only
excuse for making a campaign is the
claim that some of the Republicans
are dissatisfied with the Republican
nominee.
Thomson, the Democratic candi-
date for governor, is an original gold
standard candidate and Parker man.
Elected to the senate as Democrat in
1898, he antagonized Governor Lind
and his party upon nearly every i'm
portant measure which they stood for
and proved himself to be absolutely
unreliable.
"Backed as he now is by certain
railroad and lumber interests. who are
financing his campaign, what could
the people expect of him if elected?
What claim has he upon the friends OF
Bryan and Hearst? None whatever.
':On the other hand, r. G.. Dunn as
State auditor, stood manfully by Gov
ernor Lind in his attempts to compel
the street railway companies and other
public service corporations to pay
their fair share of the taxes: to in
crease the railroad gross earnings tax
from three to four per cent. and to
secure other important measures for
the public good. He and Governor
Lind were in unison in opposition to
taking money out of the people IS
pockets and paying it over to manu-
facturers Of beet sugar.
To Governor Lind's appointees in
the capitol, Mr.. Dunn was most cor
dial and helpful at all times. Casting
aside partisanship he did everything
in his power to aid Governor Lind in
his administration of affairs. Many
Democrats cannot forget these things
and will vote for Dunn at the coming
election.
"R. c. Dunn is in every essential
man OF the people, the common
everyday people whom God loves, be-
cause He makes so many more of
them than the other kind. He is a
strong, sterling, generous character,
without false note in his whole make
up. His record as legislator and
State auditor was good enough to
save Van SAINT from defeat in 1900.
If it could accomplish that against
such candidate as Governor Lind,
it surely ought to be sufficient to elect
Dunn in 1904 over man who has &C.
complished nothing to entitle him to
the governorship and whose only ex-
cuse for being a candidate is the belief
OF the Democratic managers that some
Republicans are not for Dunn. ANY
man who was willing to head the
Democratic ticket would answer the
same purpose.
"Dunn stands for sOnethinU ond