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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-01

He then said:
"Each one of these clerks is an off,
Ger Of the state, and they are paid out
of the state treasury.
cit is true that Mr.: Dunn did not
figure in this. I do not charge that he
is corruptly connected, for I DO not
former speech that he had made an apol:.
ogy, but I said that did not know it Of
my own knowledge. I only charge it
upon statements made to me by others.
He now comes out with an offer OF 5000
that ]. prove it. / never sald could
any any Inference Of mine, he would come
out with another $500 offer if could
prove it.
II will not put myself in that predic-
ament because [ cannot prove 1t: But
this I will say, and the record justifies
State sta tI official " would permit his assist
ants, his land clerks, month in and
month out, year after year, to traffic in
the most valuable property of the state
to the detriment of all good citizens.
| (Applause.) If he did not know it, it
was his business to know it, cloud
applause.)
JAMES A. PETERSON.
James A. Peterson was then intro
duced for his reply.
| Mr.. Peterson said:
| Makes Clerks Scapegoats.
"To one not acquainted with the
question before this audience, one would
think it was Finn or Patterson running
for governor and not Mr.. Dunn.
"Let us take the first proposition, the
Little Falls & Dakota grant. AS the
company had not completed it's last
thirty miles, Mr.. Dunn claimed its al
lowance for this section was not
Legal
MIR. Peterson then read the legislative
esolution-whereas the Little Falls &
Dakota company had not finished its
final 2.3 miles, for which it made no
claim for land, and whereas there is no
Question as to the legality Of the grant
that the grant be finally settled by the
conveyance Of 35,456 acres to the road
"Mr. Lind says Mr.. Dunn settled this
case. It was not Mr.. Dunn, but the at
! torney general. H. W. Childs, and the
Legislature Of Minnesota. Had not Mr.
Dunn had the legislature appropriate
money to contest the case, the railroad
would have secured 10000 acres more
than it did. I myself introduced the
bill in the house to secure this settle
ment. Mr.. Dunn was the prime mover
: and not the final settler of this case.
!. HWhen Mr.. Lind wired me about
, this debate it was that / do not pro
4 pose to let MIR. Peterson substitute bluff
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paid but per cent tax. Until his time
no state official dared recommend an
increase to a. ner cent
Compares Political Records.

"Bob Dunn has political record as
well as an official record. In 1902, Bob
Dunn sat in this hall as a member of
the Minnesota delegation in the national
republican convention, and voted for
James G. Blaine for president of the
ntsa State Fiat "a YEAR Nhen Bob
Dunn voted for James g. Blaine, John
A. johnson voted for free trade and
hard times. Bob Dunn voted for Benja-
min Harrison for president-f protec-
ton and good times. John A. johnson
voted for Cleveland-calamity and poor
wages; (LaughteF) Bob Pump RunH voted ded
eAppiause.) Bob Dunn today is sup
porting the greatest republican presi-
dent we have ever had since LINCOLN,
Theodore Roosevelt. (Applause:) Now
the Hon. John Lind is doing all he can
presidency Of the United States. (Hisses
and groans.)
ct know it is difficult for you demo
Gratis to hear these things. I appre
ciate that fact. I realize that. But
if you will just wait for few moments
I will excuse you. Then you can have
meeting s!4 e. Of your our own, and raise al
ct say to you, friends, that Bob Dunr
is the Theodore Roosevelt Of Minnesota
(Hisses and groans.) Bob Dunn will be
indicated on the eighth day of Novem
Der. Bob Dunn 8 record has been as
sailed, but it has not been proven faulty
Now with great ability, Governor L i {
Dunn ,n ' ever aid. (Cries "7es:'D Ha,
anybody ever been able to put finger
upon one act that Bob Dunn ever com
mitted while in public office in th1
state9 (Cries t'Yes'' and "No':) Thu
charges brought against him are innuen
dos; statements that :. the ex-governor
says he is not prepared to prove. Thos!
are arguments which are against Boil
Dunn. I want to say on the eighth O.
November next, the people Of this stat
will rise to the occasion. They will
vindicate Bob Dunn. Bob Dunn will
| be elected by over 50,000.'
Lind Sums It Up.
Mr.. Lind then rose to reply. AS 500
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-01
az ha conld oct silence he said:

as he could get silence he said:
shall only occupy five minutes. Will
let you off in three minutes. I have fif-
teen, but I will occupy less than half.
came here to discuss the record of Mr..
Dunn. not that Of Mr.. Lind. My friend
Peterson has said that bought some
school land when I was governor. I did
buy some at public sale and paid for it.
Now, I will just call attention to two
errors of fact that my friend has fallen
into. I would not have him 60 down in
the record as having made mistate-
ment of fact for anything In the world.
He said that the state auditor prepared a
deed for me to sign to fill the Duluth &
Iron Range grant, that contained $685. 0(
acres, when the company was only en-
titled to 100000 acres. " @]5. :.@-"
Now Mr.. Dunn did not make such :
mistake as that (Laughter). Not at all
The company had received 100000 acres
| that had been decided by previous govern
ors. 1t had been decreed by Judge Loeb
rem that it should have a deed for $4,000
acres more. The list which was prepared
| by Mr.. Dunn included these $4,000 acres
q assume did not run his oftice) and HI
inserted enough more to make the dec
| 400, 900, the amount necessary to com
plete the grant
These are the facts. You can verif
| them. I was surprised that Mr.. Dunn
made a similar mistake at Duluth tn
other day. He quoted some Of my letters
They were accurate copies. They wer
as good as anything he read, if may sa;
so myself. Laughter.)
Judge Lochren decided that the &C
passed in 1895, I think, Of 1894, linaitin
the time for railroad companies to selec
their lands to two years, was unconsti
tutional, on the ground that 1t did no
give them enough time. But every &C
that that legislature prescribes to be don
the common law of the land says shall
done In a reasonable time, and whethe
the selection Of lands is left to the stat
or to the railroad companies, it must b
done in a reasonable time.
That same letter which he read cite
the fact that to no one Of the congress
sional grants had the time been limited
It was open. In 1887 congress passed a
act limiting the time in which the Ian
grant should be settled. And so I de
cided the two years limit set aside b
Judge Lochren was wholly unfair an
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unreasonably short. That did not pre-
vent future legislatures, future legisla- !
tive officers from filing the grant when
the time had elapsed. And seven years y
had elapsed. read it with my eyes open.
and utilized such knowledge Of law as I
had to bear. He also suggests that had
not read Judge Lochren's decree. Well,
my solicitude Is shown to you in the let
ter which Mr.. Peterson read, and will
enable you to form an estimate as to
whether I read that decree and knew its
contents. (Applause.)
He says that spoke we'll Of Dunn I
did. But I do not apologize for It, (Laugh-
ter.) At that time, SO far as knew, he
had been guilty Of no act that an honest
man should censure, beyond correcting err
| rors, as I had done in a friendly way.
(Laughter.) What criticize tonight has
transpired since that time-every one.
(Applause.)
| Now, just one word more. He said that.
| 1t was the legal duty Of the state au-
ditor's office to certify thist list to the
court. So it was. But I tell you that it
was the legal duty of the auditors office
to certify to those lists truly and ac-
curately.
Let read this certificate that he put
on those lists. I have a copy Of the
] lists, too. (Here Mr.. Lind read the certifl-#
cate as originally printed in h e ] o r.
n a from the court records)
Now, notice how carefully he has ham
died that certificate. He calls attention
to the fact that some Of the lands included
in the list had been held not to be swamp
lands; that some had not been certified
Why didn't he also certify that $4,000
acres Of those lands had been selected for
state institutions? He made all these
other exceptions. Why didn't he make
that exception? If he didn't want to
make it at all. why didn't he send an
accurate and supplementary list for lands
selected for state institutions, SO that
the court. or counsel, some one con-
nected with the case, might have
known it2
Now, my friends, do not come here to
be tried for any misdemeanors. / shall
not discuss my own case. If have sinned
and must come before jury OF twelve
men, there are plenty Of good men who
will come to the rescue. .-..
Just one word more. care not whether
you elect John A. Johnson or r. 9. Dunn
? governor Of this state. I have done my
duty. You do yours. (Applause.)
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Reads from Lind's Speeches.

"Four years ago John Lind was a
read some extracts from speeches he
made at that time. Early in Septem-
Der, 1900, at the St. Paul auditorium,
he referred to this Duluth & Iron Range
grant and said then that the roads in
sisted on having the grant left open in
defnitely.oand this he, said after the
decision Of the court had settled the
whole question. His speech ended with
communication Of Dunn's action in
w 'That is the time, my friends, when
office on Bob Dunn s bandwagon.
Whenever there was anything good done
wanted the credit for it every time. But
when there was anything that he had
done that was not right then he blamed
it on the land Office (Voice: "Let
us hear something about Dummy
"Several other campaign speeches OF
Lind s, in 1900, were quoted to show
where Lind Endorsed the work Of R. G
the state school lands, and in increasing
the school funds. II Mr.. Peterson con
tinued: .srss@ v.@AYJt. s:,s.s H.
"In speech given&by Governor Lind
Oct. 2, 1900. he said, sSWe have great
! =
ulOucy W Gdho up Gllo municipal ucU
Of ali our cities if not practically care
for it, It is now more than $4,000,
900. Wehave added more than 81 900, 00(
millions'' (Avoice, "Iind'' CProionget
laughter.l
After Peterson had quoted hal
dozen Of Lind 8 speeches, in which Dunn
was commended, the audience began t.
boot and cheer, and call for "somethin'
about Dunn '.'
He went on:
What Dunn Claims.
"During Dunn s. terms as auditor, h
collected six times more money for tim
Der trespass than had ever been col
8 lected before. He increased the schoo
, been In all time before. During hi
} time as auditor the railroad companie
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A public officer who is author
lied to sell or lease any property or
to make any contract, in his Off
cial capacity, or to take any part
in such sale or lease or contract,
and voluntarily becomes Interested,
individually, in such SALE, Lease es,se or g..
guilty Of misdemeanor.
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Grant Will Soon Be Closed.

"Now, my friends, there is a fixed
time. Six months for the unsurveyed
swamp lands certified in the state; they
must be selected land. Did Governor
Lind tell you that only nine of the I'M
surveyed townships remained, and all
but 10000 of these lands had been Sc
lected9 Did he tell you that the nine
townships are under contract for sur
vey now9 Did he tell you that the
state land grant would be settled up in
the next five years9 All, no. If that
decree Of Judge Lochren had stated
that, the land grant would probably not
have been filed in the next fifty years.
If Governor Lind had his way about it,
there would have been no man, woman
or child in this audience that would
have lived to see that land grant filled.
1T think the record shows that Bob
Dunn is the one who saved the state
the $4,000 acres Of school lands as
claimed.
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only entitled to 6o7,7eS, John Lind be-
ing ignorant of the fact that $4,000
acres had passed from the state of
Minnesota to the Duluth & Iron Range
being ignorant Of the fact that no
further deed of the state of Minnesota
on the top Of that, in addition to that,
because they had 404,56 acres, which
is $4,000 acres more than the railroad
company ever was entitled to. That is
the deed, my friends, that John Lind
shed tears over because it was can
celed when he made his speech in the
Peoples church in st. Paul. Laugh
'|There's been a lot Of talk about
the list certified in this case by Mr..
Dunn. When the suit came to trial, to
get it into evidence and removed from
the state department., the Endorsement
was put on the instrument by Mr.. Dunn
as required by law telling what it was,
over which SO much false capital has
been made by the Dunn opposition.
CHOW the scenes shift. Governor
Lind has passed out of office Bob
Dunn now takes hold Of the litigation.
| Let 8 see what he does.
Mr.. Peterson then read the agree
ment entered into between Dunn and
the railroad, which contained the fol.
lowing points: "
| "First, the railroad to release to the
state institution lands either by deed
or modified DEGREES so that the state
may be vested with the title.
| "Second, the state to make no selec-
tion for state institution lands until the
time had expired for selecting the lands.
Third, the state auditor and gov
ernor to list all lands, the railroad Sc
Letting clear lands making this grant.
Fourth, the railroad to proceed with
reasonable promptness to file it's grants,
and having six months after the survey
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-04
WINS SILVER BAT
Ames Again Holds Much Coveted Tro-
phy and Will Work Hard to Retain
II This Year-GrinneIi Goes Down to
Overwhelming Defeat.

Special to Times Republican
Ames, May 4.-Grinnell, went down
to defeat before the Ames base oaii
nine here yesterday afternoon, oeins
shut out entirely, the score resulting IN
III to O. Altho the Ames team We're
confident of victory. they did not eN-
meet such an overwhelming triumph
and so easy a one. This decides the
winner of the silver bat for 1903. Ames
again holds the much coveted trophy.
and will put forth her best licks to re-
tain it this year. Grinnell only got two
hits off OF "Yank" Brown during the
nine innings three-bagger and SIM
gle, while Ames succeeded IN iandlng
on Weisbrod's balls freely. Ames got
ten hits, one home run. three two
baggers and Six singles. Ames made
but two errors. while Grinnell made
seven, mufiing the ball several times at
critical periods. The game was fast
one from start to finish. the nine In
nings lasting an hour and half. The
bleachers were crowded to overtiowins
with spectators and "rooters," who
helped to cheer the Ames team on to
victory, there being at least 1000 peo-
-ple in attendance. The old-time Grin
nell spirit certainly was not in evidence
to any great extent, as there were only
three or four in attendance from that
city outside of the ball nine. The next
game will be here Saturday with the
State University.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-04
Eurin 9arstun, 1edmdp 31ap 1904

service examination for chief engineer
III the chicago sanitary department
with thirty-four other contestants ana
vas second on the eligible list 1t seems
here was some crooked work on the
part OF the examiners, who attempted
10 give the office TO a New York man
and Hedrlck was also opposed by the
attorneys office. Mayor
Harrison and other officials insisted
chat a Chicago resident should b.glNen
the position, and Mr. Hearick carmel
bhe matter to the courts, With the re-
suit thai Bal, the recently appointed
nc1sr nent was discharged and Heaiick
was inauested into the office.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-04
FROM ALL OVER IOWA.

leadin ass for business by the latter
part of this week or the first of the
week following.
Missouri Valley.
Mrs. James Fox. Of New California
Junction, nearly lost her life Saturday
by peculiar accident. In company
fifth her mother. Mrs. James Coleun.
she was going to California Junction
from her home and about mile south
Of town the team became frightened at
some object in the road and backed off
the grade into big slough. Mrs. FOX
was thrown from the buggy into eight
feet of water and would have drowned
had not her mother been able to reach
out and grasp her clothing just as she
was sinking the second time.
keokuk.
Deeds to the amount of $4,000 on In
side keokuk real estate We're filed with
the county recorder Joseph Swlete
bought OF George Hassall eleven ares
of unplated ground for $4,000 'I'his
property has frontage of some seven
ty-five feet on Orleans street. and runs
back to Twenty-first street John
Peirson bought OF Addte C. kelley of
Chicago, the residence property at No
Ss07 North Fourteenth for $500 and will
occupy same as home. c. j. Carlson
purchased No. S13 North Fourteenth
street for $500 from Mrs. Kelley, will
remove 10 keokuk and use same AS a
home.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-04
LAUREL

.
May 4.--Peter, Albers was called to
Newhall, Iowa, Thursday by the death
of his brotheri n-law. Jerry koopman.
Mrs Fred Paul was summoned to
Neville, Iowa, Friday on account Of the
severe illness Of her sister.
The young son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. E..
Ross has been very ill for several days
past and is still in critical condition.
q Cecil Rogers went to Kansas City on
Wednesday on business.
Gus A. Smith returned Monday from
his trip to Portland. Ore, and reports
success in his mission. which was the
purchase tor Laurel syndicate OF the
patents covering the right to manu-
facture the Anderson heater, and it is
now talked that factory will be start
ed here for it's manufacture.
Our town council having failed to
elect a street commissioner at the
April meeting on account of a tie vote,
again took up the question at the regu-
lar meeting Monday night. John Fehr-
man and H. A. Weissenburger were
placed in nomination for the position,
and the vote resulted in the choice of
Fehrmann.
Rev. o. r. Newell was taken sick on
Tuesday morning and his wife, who
was visiting with her son In Marshall
town. was called home by telephone.
His sickness. while quite painful. is not
considered dangerous.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-04
Dennison Never Lett sher-
cliffe's Side During
the Trial
SHAW THREATENS NEWSPAPER
His Telegram Supposed to Have caus-
cd Register and Leaders Editorial
Apology - Reporter Who Dug UP
Sensational News Quits His Job -
Judge Van Wasennen Take
specia, to Times Republican

Specia, to Times Republican
Des Moines. May despite the in
terest awakened by the prospect OF
desperate fight in today's democratic
convention the Shercliffe case contin-
ued a chief topic of conversation among
newspaper men and politicians yester>
day. The case keeps on making news
and in the face of all the efforts TO put
it aside insists on rising up with fresh
facts and new developments. One OF
the stories that leaked out yesterday is
explanatory of the apologize editorial
attitude assumed by the leading Des
Moines paper toward the excel
lent work of it's news department. Its
publication of the facts and the corre-
spondence in the matter. of the Sher-
cliffe parole brought a protest from
Secretary Shaw which evoked manly
rejoinder from the news department OF
the paper in its own justification. This
was followed by an editorial highly
apologize in character, which in
fashion stultified the news department.
The reason for the editorial oozed out
yesterday when it was reported that the
chief owner OF the paper had received
u telegram from Secretary Shaw asking
whether the paper intended to insinu-
ate that he had accepted a bride and
stating that an explanation was due
and II not forthcoming might be asked
for in the courts. While 1t is denied at
the newspaper Office that the telegram
carried the threat of court proceedings
the fact that the reporter who dug up
the news story left the employ Of the
newspaper directly following the re-
ceipt of the telegram Joined to the
editorial mentioned are taken here as
indicative Of the veherhence of the sec
retary.s Geographic protest.
The statement attributed to County
Attorney Fallon of Harrison county,
In an interview published in yestsr-
days Capital does not entirely agree
with statements made yesterday after
noon by Judge Van Wagenen, who tried
the case, to newspaper men who saw
him at the state house where the judge
was in attendance on the supreme
co, TT. The Capital makes Mr.. Fallon
say that the assertion that "Dennison
sat back OF Shercliffe during the trial
here and talked with him, is wrong.
He did not talk with Sflercliffe once
during the trial though he was very
attentive listener and advised Sher-
eliffes attorneys From Judge Van
Wagenen's story Dennison fairly herded
Shercliffe from the time he was put on
trial until he was taken to the. peni-
;entiary. The judge stated that Dem,
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Of the baby wolves and 50 foretheir
mother. Mr. Thompson found the
family of seven on Wednesday near
the Crescent township line. On Thurs
day night Mr.. harrison heard the be-
reayed mother mourning all night long,
and on Friday night he set a trap for
her, using the body of one of the dead
puppies to lure her to destruction. The
next morning he found her In the trap.
Cambridge.
over 800 acres of sweet corn has
been pledged by the tanners In TINS
vicinity to the new canning factory. and
II is thought that before the canvass is
finished that over 500 acres can be Sc
cured. The contract for the building
of the corn canning factory was let to
the Industrial Construction Company
of Chicago. The building material has
been purchased and is hauled to the
site and the work of erecting the build
ing will commence at once.
Washington.
Edward Swift has placed an order
for dry press machine, which with
the attachments, will cost about five
thousand dollars. The machine Will
turn out pressed brick. The process
will be the drying of the clay instead
of the brick, The new machine Will be
Installed about July !. Mr.. Swift has
secured a patent on hack transfer
barrow which he has been using at MS
factory the past year. The new barrow
saves two men in handling 1850 brick
per day.
centerville.
The work on the court house and
postoffice buildings is progressing well,
but there is much TO be done on both,
and neither is likely to be finished by
July, as had been hoped. Mr.. Cook, of
Minneapolis, Minn has the contract for
the plastering and now has force of
ten men at work. The stone cutters
still have some work to do in the way
of steps, and ornamental work, and
there is also great deal of work to be
done inside on the floors, castings, stair
ways, etc.
Denison.
Work on the new $4,000 court house
has been begun in earnest and will nov
be pushed as fast as tho weather will
permit. The concrete wall is fast near
ing completion and the heavy stone will
be put in place this week The long
delay had caused some anxiety among
the members of the board but now
everything has been Strengthened out in
satisfactory manner in regard to
every detail. Architect Berlinghoff will
be on the ground at all times during
the construction of the building.
Spencer.
Work on the Spencer creamery is
progressing satisfactorily. Substantial
foundation walls have been laid the old
floor removed and the span below the
floor filled in. and cement floor is now
going in. Mr.. Cory, the proprietor, has
ordered an entirely new outfit of the
best creamery equipment, which is ex-
pected to be here ready for installment
by the time the building is ready to re-
ceiye 1t. The work OF overhauling and
putting it in shape has taken longer
than was expected, but it is now
thought that everything will be in