The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-07
COLLINS TO MEET
CHARGESBY DUNN;
FIGHT IS BITTER
Dunn Has Apparently Been Stung
by Those Timber Trespass
Revelations.
Collins Will Verify His Oppo-
nent's Charges and Then
Reply Specifically.

Robert c. Dunn attacked his oppo-
pent, Judge L. w. Collins in a speech
made at q meeting of his eleventh
ward supporters last evening in the
Boston block
Mr.. Dunn's speech was full of vitu-
peration, and charged all sorts of Of
lenses against Judge Collins and his
supporters. His bitterness was evil
IDENTIFY inspired by the timber trespass
report now in the attorney generals
hands. His most sensational state
ment was as follows:
have 1t upon the authority of James j..
hin that when Judge Collins was running
against Judge Willis for the supreme
bench the Great Northern railroad contrib
uted between $4,000 and $4o,O 900 to his
campaign fund. have 1t on the same
authority that &. A. Nelson, state libra
rlan, went to the Great Northern railroad
to get $4,000 for Judge Collins In the
present campaign.
Judge Collins Is Indignant.
Judge Collins was seen by The
J o rn al this morning. He was
very indignant and said:
Il shall not have much to say until
learn whether Mr.. Dunn made the
statements attributed to him. The
stories in the newspapers disagree,
and I shall ask Mr.. Dunn to state
which, IL any, are correct, and Just
what he did say.
THE published statements T know
to be absolutely untrue. Mr.. Hill has
never, to my knowledge, contributed
a dollar to any Of my campaigns, di-
rectly or indirectly, nor to my knowl-
edge has he ever been solicited to do
SO. I do not think he has, and do not
see why he should have been. My
expenses in the campaign Of 1894, to
which he refers, were just $1,000,
outside of my contribution to the state
committee, and I paid it all out Of
my own pocket. Any other expendi-
lures in my interest by my friends
were much smaller in amount. I did
not and never have made a DOODLE
campaign
Just one question:" Judge Collins
added. How does it happen that MT.
Dunn Is on such intimate terms with
Mr.. Hill as to be told by the latter that
he has contributed to fund to be
used to defeat candidate for Justice
Of the supreme court?
Il do not believe that Mr.. Hill has
made any such statement"
Shortly after noon to-day Judge
Collins sent special messenger to
Mr.. Dunn with a letter, asking him
whether he had made the charges as
quoted in the morning papers.
Nelson Waits on Hill.
e. A. Nelson; state librarian, who is
accused by Mr.. Dunn Of soliciting a
$4,000 contribution for Judge Col
Inns from Mr.. Hill, went personally to
Mr.. Hills office this afternoon with
written note, asking Mr.. Hill tc
affirm or deny the charge. Mr.. Nelson
said:
IT have denied the story before
altho it was too absurd to need a de.
NAL. Unless I was a candidate fol
the insane asylum, would not go tc
Mr.. Hill with such request. The
only time I have communicated with
Mr.. Hill since Judge Collins became
a candidate was in the presence OF
several people and politics were mo-
mentioned.
Mr.. Dunn claims Mr.. Hill as au.
thority for his statement, and I an
sure that Mr.. Hill will deny any such
responsibility"
James A. Martin, manager of Judge
Collins campaign, said:
1.-THE man who made that Statement
knows 1t isn't true
Dunn Discusses Trespasses.
In his speech last evening Mr.. Dunn
took up some time with an explana,
ton of the trespass matter. He
claimed that two-thirds of the money
he collected for trespass wa son pure
bluff when he did not have evidence
on which to bring suits. 1.-THE state
of Minnesota he continued, ere
ceived every dollar that the stumpage
was worth when I settled for tres
pass" He did not explain why hi
made these settlements for less thar
double the value, which the law abso
lutely requires
Men employed by Mr.. Dunn have
been going over the records Of hi
successor, 8. G. Iverson, and a st. Pau
paper to-day devoted more space tt
cases settled by Mr.. Iverson than |
has to the eight years record of Mr.
Dunn. The public examiners de
partment has not yet brought its worl
down to the time of Mr.. Iverson.
appears, however, that Mr.. Iversol
has received considerably more from
trespass settlements, for each thou
sand feet than regular stumpag
prices, while Mr.. Dunn received con
siderably less.
In his speech last night Mr.. Dunn
said:
ct will withdraw from this race to
morrow If anybody can prove that
am a Great Northern man, as has bee,
charged, or that I have directly Or in
directly received any money from M,
TIill or the Great Northern road"
1t was remarked to-day that thi
statement was not a denial but
challenge to prove such state O
to do.
Mr.. Hill Doesn't Talk.
Several attempts were made to &c
he sent word to all newspaper me
that he had nothing to say"
DENIAL BY JOHNSON