The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-10-01

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ter Co.. has for practical purposes neu-
tralised this law. 50 that It Is now aim n1
lect more than actual damages.
! MIR. Dunn's Great Work.
Trespassing on the state timber has been
going on, more or less. for the last one
third Of a century-ever since lumber1ng
began in the northern part Of our state.
It was more prolific and more easily car
r1ed on twenty, twenty-five and thirty
years ago than in recent years, Ior less
vogue. It is to Mr.. Dunn's great credit
that. while state. auditor. during a period
OF eight years, he collected ten times as
been collected during the thirty years
next preceding. It may be- that some
trespassers were sharp enough to escape
who must have escaped in former years
was scant indeed. And even il the rise
in the value Of timber be taken into ac-
count, it will be found that Mr.. Dunn set
tied at a much higher rate for the timber
taken than any Of his predecessors:
A large number Of unauthorized timber
upon mere nominal, wholly unreliable ana
utterly insufficient estimates or tlmper'
and at price far below the real Valge'
men who had secured the permits to set;
tie, not on the basis of the quantity ana
price specified in the permit, put on the
OASIS OF the CllNDor aCludlly Cul VI
ing on the ground covered by the permie.
and it's full market value. Cases OF TINS
kind are too numerous to specify IN oe-
tail on this occasion: Whiie agove n,l1H
came under my observation, and l Know
of my own knowledge that Mr.. Dunn
when he became auditor disposed or them
in the way have indicated. to the great
advantage and profit of the state.
Friend of tho. Settler.
Mr.. Dunn has the gratitude Of many
poor settlers in the state who. IN tunes
ments OF interest. Wherever ne was SAY
isded that the state would sustain no
loss, and that in more propitious times
the settler living upon and improving MS
little claim would without a doubt meet
all payments of principal and interest, ne
never declared forfeiture, never resolo
gave the settler a chance to preserve and
retain his little home.
Mr.. Dunn also deserves great credit FOR
Ting and adjusting the many disputed
and controverted railroad land grants. he
got one company to accept conVeyance
Of rather inferior lands, selected e,t py NJ IT,
accept during my term as governor IN
one case he secured from a company t ono
REIMBURSEMENT to the state OF 7o,oo9
a part OF which through inadVertence
had been conveyed to the company. IN
another case he procured the correction a;aS,n
recouping and saving to the state AZ, oOo
acres Of land on which are located three
most valuable iron mines.
Gross Earnings Tax.
Mr.. Dunn has, for years, favored and
advocated, and stu favors ana ear anvo,
tax from per cent to per cent. Inc
great iron companies had for years es.
capped the payment Of their due e. share OF
tai in getting the law amended so as TO
make them pay their just share: Before
the amendment they paid $4,000 per
strumental in securing legislation giving
our state board Of equalization ampler
power to adjust inequalities and dlscrep-
ancies in assessments.
this occasion. Mr.. Dunn has not only
been an efficient and vigilant adminis-
trative officer, but has also brought ms
OF the state to bear on the legislative
department to secure the laws that were
necessary for the public good and the
welfare Of our stats Inc d state m mas of nee
in him. He was ever alert and vlgil a1a
ON behalf of the state and its interests
both as legislator and auditor: ,,o,,
ooh" say some who never mlngle much
with the rank and file Of our common
humanity and who are, at least IN th 1e
own minds, on a loftier pedestal. M
take TAX an oath. and on that account o. ought 1a
not to be governor" That a man Of o. re- re-
fnement IT, IN more af3,c tas''o'ous nia'A "
40'A ' Not a Dignifled Mummy. sEi
1t is true that Mr., Dunn is not Ches-
terrified in his ways. In the ceaseless
strenuousness Of or m9dsfn ne a ing
Chssterflalde have beco.ste SDsolete an9
m msre S'f II fhe e2e e cha v29ld ~
doubt be fine to look upon, bQl not OF
and action. 81 vigilance and a1erynrSA Is
keep v1gilant eye on all the varied in
terests of the state. He must be In
touch with the legislature and NOW how
to secure the necessary legislation: 5S
must be able to meet, contend with, apo
not be over-reached by, all KINDS o.
sp6l1snlen. He must possess an encyclo,
pedia Of knowledge of state affairs and
pr 691 the sests h s9 asf s. Hd aa
argue, and implore, and at other tunes
he must almost assume the attitude OF
pugst to fsnd of Hnd such
man. in his texture and makeup ana oy
training, is Mr.. Dunn
Like most men of action, he ~ pos.
sessed of much nervous energy. He IL
quick to see, measure and crush WRONG.
He has no mercy for quacks of any kind.
He has no patience with a falsehood or
all all for the sake Of profanity, but it may
be that. like many good and great men Of
the past, when his ire has been aroused
at a wrong or a falsehood, IN ms
righteous indignation he may have pro-.
nouiiced an anathenia on the wrong and
the falsehood, the wrong-doer and the
faIsifier His strong sense Of justice
may. on such occasions, make him very
emphatic and sometimes there is no en-
phasis that seems to do such justice to
the subject as an oath. Andrew jack
son-Old HicK >ry-of the same race and
blood as Mr.. Dunn, was 50 indignant at
nullification and the nulliiers that he
swore at them. The American people
have long ago justified him that oath.
Jackson was not a Chesterfield; he was
not a man of much refinement: He was
a. plain, blunt fearless man, but meas
ured up in executive energy and ability
with more than the average OF our early
presidents. Such man. in his chief char
acteristics, is our candidate, Mr.. Dunn
The United States were safe. grew, and
e,prospered under Andrew Jackson; and
minnesota will be safe grow, and prosper
,nder the administration of Robert Z.
Dunn.
: r. C. Dunn on Gross Earnings Tax.
: In my biennial report as state
auditor to the legislature Of 1899 l.
ss I-3 per cent Of the taxes paid by rail-
roads After hard fight the bill pro-
1Nf1 +1l IL,