The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-04
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Mr.. Dunn, by a vote of seven to five.
was Endorsed by the German Veterans
association of st. Paul Sunday after
noon. This outcome of the good fight
made, by that worthy old soldier and
stout partisan, Capt. Joseph Burger,
appears to be a source of profound sat
isfaction to Mr. Dunn, and we extend
TO the candidate and the captain the
congratulations that seem to be due.
The members of Mr.. Dunn's committee
appear to have experienced also some
sense of satisfaction from the event,
and the personally conducted organ Of
the Republican candidate rose fully to
the occasion yesterday morning when
it announced in type some three-quar-
tiers of an inch high and spread across
two columns of first page space that
members of the c. A. R. stood valiantly
to their guns in spite of the opposition
of former Communicating Chief Tor
rance, Department Commander Mahan
and the 1898 old soldiers who go to
make the roster of the G. A. r. in the
state
We protest that the Endorsement Civ
en- Mr. Dunn by The Seven is not to
be discredited because Of the COMPARE
tive insignifcance of their number. If
it comes to question of personal
strength-and it may well take on that
aspect before the matter is settled
Mr.. Dunn's statistician might very
properly invite the attention of the peo-
pie to the imposing figure of Capt. Bur-
ger when the enemy puts Judge Tor
rance in the forefront, and inquire
about the finish of the former COM
mander- chief if he attempted to or
ganize kitchen meeting in the pur-
lieus of the Second ward in opposition
to Capt Burger.
We freely admit that Mr. Dunn came
fairly by the victory that Capt Burger
won for him in the serried ranks of the
Veterans association. 1t is a matter of
record that there were fifteen old SOL
diers present at the meeting. One of
| these, j. R. Blackwell, is an honorary
member and not entitled to vote.
| Therefore. while honoring him for the
spirit which prompted him to register
his voice with that of the majority, his
vote is useless for statistical purposes.
| 1t is quite enough to say that of the
| fourteen active members present at the
meeting Messrs. Burger, Chafron, AL
| bright Schaaf, femme, Caldwell and
Ludwig did cast their votes in favor of
| the resolution indorsing Mr.. Dunn. 1t
| is not to be doubted that they voted
enthusiastically for their chosen leader
and standard Observation-Disclosures, we
hold, Mr.. Dunn's newspaper organ was
| justified in setting it forth as fact
that Mr.. Dunn was enthusiastically
Endorsed by the German Veterans as
ISOLATION. OF the other gentlemen
present at the meeting, Messrs. Haub,
| Sudheimer, Ascmann, Kohler and Bob
land represented the minority and were
crushed to earth by the weight of num-
bers Of the proponents of the indorse-
ment resolution. Two others were pres
ent. and of these one contended that the
resolution was out of place in the or
ganization; the other declared that he
could not hear what it was all about,
did not care and would not vote.
Here we have numbers, enthusiasm,
oratory and eulogistic resolutions ar
rayed on behalf of Mr.. Dunn. To those
carping critics and pestiferous parti-
| sans who would seek to cheaper the res
olutions and belittle the victory of the
| valerous Burger by pointing to the
comparative insignificance of the af-
firmatixe vote, we would reply that a
majority is d majority, and that if the
one hundred and fifty ODD members OF
the association who were absent from
the meeting are opposed to the spirit
of the resolutions, they do not count
because they did not vote. Upon one
momentous occasion a limited number
of gentlemen engaged in the honorable
trade of tailoring declared themselves
the people of England. With this dis
tinguished precedent upon which te
stand it may as well be admitted now
that Capt. Joseph Burger and his fell
low enthusiasts have delivered the G
A. R. horse and foot over to Mr. Dunn
and that the candidate must forever be
regarded as friend of all old soldiers.
! In view Of the attitude Of The Seven