The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-26
MINNESOTA POLITICS

MINNESOTA POLITICS
Senators and Other Heavyweights Pound
Ing Hard on Localities Where Greatest
Opposition Is Found to Dunn-John E.
King Denies Dunns Claim to Credit for
Increased Assessments-Dunn Leaders
in sherburne Put Up independent
Ticket-Dunn and the Merger.
If fervid oratory in large doses
avails anything at this late stage of a
political campaign, the managers of the
Dunn campaign are making a tremendous
bid for the party vote. With particular
attention to the weak spots, pressure is
being brought to bear on the anti-Dunn
republicans by Senators Nelson and Clapp,
six republican congressman and host Of
other speakers, like William H. Eustis,
General H. W. Chids, George B. Edger-
ton, Oar Reese, James A. Peterson, w. H.
Gr1mshaw, Frank M, Wilson and T. J.
Cation. Especially effective use is being
made of the. senator's, Congressman Stew
ems and Mr.. Eusts The plea is being
made for the republican state ticket, with
especial s.resss~on- the calamities that
might ensue from democratic state ad-
mlnistration, The hopes of the commit
tee are built up on the personality of their
speakers, rather than on the candidate
The high character of the orators is made
guarantee for the candidate.
Both state committees are complaining
OF lack of funds, but: the democratic
committee is. apparently in the worse
plight. There are few speakers out for
the democratic state ticket. Grant coun-
ty for instance, has not been touched by
johnson, Lind Or any Of the democratic
big guns. Finding a great deal of disaf-
lection there against Dunn, the republic
can committee has arranged meetings in
the county for both senator's, and is
pounding hard to get the workers in line
Senator Capp talks. tonight at Tyler,
Thursday night at Tracy Friday night at
Granite Falls and Saturday night at Nor
ton. Senator Nelson speaks tonight, at
irwin Valley, Thursday night at Detroit,
Friday night at Long Prairie and Satur-
day night at Wadena. R. c. Dunn began
tour of the eighth district today with
J. Adam Bede
Some questions having been raised re-
Gently as to Mr.. Dunn's attitude toward
the merger and the destruction of rail-
, road competition in this state, perhaps no
other evidence may be necessary than
the following two interviews. neither of
which has ever been denied:
Pioneer Press. JAN 3, 1902.
Interview with r. G. Dunn on his return from
York, where he met James j. Hill.
- believe that the fight against Mr.. Hill is
inspired by railway companies" said Mr.. Dunn
and l am heartily out of sympathy with it
because of that belief. It's a fight between the
great southern railway syndicate and Mr.. Hill.
As between the two, am for Mr.. HILL"
= Closing the interview, Mr.. Dunn said;
Il do not like to discuss my personal business
In the public press, but the statement that I
was summoned to New York by Mr. Hill is false.
went to New York to negotiate the sale Of
some copper lands in Alaska. My meeting with
Mr. Hill was largely accidental and purely So
cal.
An interesting fact noted at the time
was that Mr. Dunn had been decidedly
| antimerger before taking that trip to New
York, having been one of the first to as
! sure the governor of his approval when
the governor announced his intention to
resist the merger.
The other interview. bearing upon this
| matter, was the following prior to the
convention:
st. Paul Dispatch, May g. 1904.
Interview with r. G. Dunn:
| Mr. Dunn said that while down town Sunday
April IT. he met ]. J. Hill and his son Louis
Oh the street. Mr.. Dunn related their CONVEX
saton follows:
| Louis Hill greeted me- and said to his
| father. who did not seem to recognize me, Faith
or. don't you know Mr. Dunn?
+, Why, hello, Bob he answered. 4 did not
know YOU at first. How is your campaignY
II told him was getting along nicely. and he
said: We'll, Bob. 1 am out of politics now, but
you have my best wishes !"
Louis Hill pulled out of his pocket of
Judge Collins circulars taking up the merger
issue. and showed it to his father.
1.-The old man was mad clean thru" said Mr..
Dunn. describing Mr.. Hills reading of the circu-
lar and turned to Louis. Say, Louie, when
you get down to the office look up and see what
! ! gave Judge Collins for his campaign in 's4.
Seems to me it between $50 OO3 and $40, 900
Inc Information might help Bob -
! On demand from Judge Collins, Mr..
Hill first refused to affirm or deny the
kstatement attributed to him. On q sec
ond demand he replied: mo contribution
was personally solicited by you or made
| to you by me. By whom contributions
were sonclted and to whom paid is
proper subject fer personal interview,
rather than of correspondence
John A. Johnson and F. G. Winston
are in the extreme northern part of the
state today. They speak this evening at
l1allock, Kittson county, and then come
southwark making several other ninth
district towns.
The atmosphere at the republican head
quarters is more cheerful during the past
week. and the Dunn managers claim that
they are now out of the woods. Beyond
a doubt they have the campaisn fairly
organized now, for the first time, and
| have number of leading republicans at
work who have been in their tents until
frecently. They have number of speak.
ers out who have no use for Dunn per-
sonally, but are talking 'for~the good of
the party"
AS to public sentiment, that is a Diff
ferent thing The republican committee
does not know, nor does anybody know,
the extent of the disaffection against
Dunn. The antiDunn republicans in
Minneapolis and elsewhere are not saying
much, and 1T is impossible to tell how
many Of them are going 10 cut the head
OF the state ticket. There will be many
| surprises when the votes are counted.
John E. King, the democratic candidate
for secretary Of state, made a speech last
evening at the Lind meeting in Red Lake
Falls, where Mr.. King publishes a news
paper. AS a member Of the state board
| OF equalization in 1899 Mr.. King spoke
from personal knowledge, and he took I'D
the claims made in behalf of Dunn The
| latter's friends claim that he alone is en-
| titled to credit for the increased taxation
| of the iron mines, for the increased as
sessments on lumber, and on the public
| service corporations Mr.. King showed
from the records Of the board that these
! questions were taken up on John Lind's
| Initiative, and the raises made at his in
! stance without any assistance from Mr..
Dunn - Later on after Lind's retirement