The Saint Paul globe., 1904-11-01

county and had paid for them! This
was rank treason in the mind of the
Dunn manager in Hennepin county.
The crowd hooted him. Then the
speaker became angry.
Peterson Gets Mad
Il Wish you Democrats would behave
yourselves when in the company of
Republicans he shouted, and the au-
dfence gave him the "horse laugh" and
few more boots.
He told of the Duluth & Iron Range
land grant matter to the extent of an
hour, and asserted that in the closing
of that matter Bob Dunn was only
John Lind's errand boy" although the
candidate claims he was the man who
brought things to focus.
He devoted a portion of his remarks
to Congressman Lind and seemed to
be inclined to make a personal attack
upon the other debater, who, he said,
had tried to ride into office on Bob
Dunn's band wagon.
When he referred to Bob Dunn as
the Theodore Roosevelt of Minnesota"
the crowd took fright, and when he
said he would be elected by a plurality
of $4,000 he was greeted with cat-calls
i
speaker did not accord with those of
majority of the audience and there
were fully as many Republicans pres
, ent as there were Democrats. The
audience was disappointed, for it had
expected to hear a discussion of the
merits of the two candidates, but moth
ing of the sort materialized, as far as
the Republican advocate was con-
cerned.
When Mr.. Lind spoke in rebuttal he
occupied only a few moments, and
closed with the declaration:
'T do not care whether you vote for
Robert G. Dunn or John A. Johnson.
l have done my duty" and he struck
the table with all his might, "and I
hope you will do yours" he concluded.
Mr.. Peterson's address was a disap-
pointment to his friends, who thought
he would make a better appearance
than he did. He seemed to be afflicted
with bad case of stage fright and
confined himself to a discussion of Mr..
Lind's record rather than that of Mr..
Dunn, his principal.
When Mr. Lind was introduced he
was greeted with great applause. He
unrolled a quantity of notes, and after
apologizing because he was suffering
from cold he said itwas gratifying
to see so large an audience of honest
and sincere men present for the pur-
pose of qualifying themselves for the
duty they will perform at the polls
next week.
81 am not opposing Mr.. Dunn for
personal reasons. | have received many
courtesies at his hands and have ex-
tended such as 1 could extend with
propriety.
&c /,
continued Mr.. Lind, ito discuss the
record of every public Official" Then
he took up the first pamphlet issued
by the Dunn managers, "The Record
of Robert C. Dunn"
Goes After Dunn's Record
The first point he touched upon was
the Little Falls & Dakota land grant
and cited the assertion of the Dunn
people that he had saved 100000
worth worth Of land for the university and
school funds, in spite Of the bluffing
of the railroads. This the auditor
called the capsheaf of his record.
Then he called attention to the audi
tors repart of 1896, where he cited the
act granting the land to the road and
showed that the state had conveyed
more land to the road than it was en-
titled to and the legislature, said Mr.
Lind, appropriated $4,000 for the pros
ecution Of a suit to secure the recon-
veyance of the land enormously decided
to the road
In 1898, said Mr.. Lind, the auditor
quoted the report of the special coun-
sci to the effect that the conveyance of
the unearned grant was illegal. He
read from Mr.. Dunn's report of 1900
where the auditor said that all swamp
land grants to railroad companies, with
the exception of the Little Falls grant,
had been filled.
Mr. ind caid f1,of xr-I,a,, he rr,,-
ernor litigation for 1900 acres of land
enormously decided to the road was
under way and the railroad company,
which is now merged with the North
ern Pacific, sought to compromise the
suit.
Mr. Lind declared himself as fol-
Nothing to Compromise
81 told the attorneys there was moth
nesota has courts and has confidence
In them" told the attorneys, and held
the land belonged to the railroads or
to the state. There was nothing to be
compromised. (Applause.) A week
after l left Office the case was COM
promised.
What was the compromise? The
state gave the Little Falls & Dakota
the $4,000 acres in controversy, and
enough more to make a total of 35, 900
acres"
Mr.. Lind said he found some things
by accident, and "since this eontro-
yersy has arisen have looked up some
others
Then he called attention to some of
the conveyances of the lands decided to
the road by c. III. Warner D. NJ. w.
Hill and G. A. Finn, former clerks In
the state auditors office The land in
yolved was located in Aitkin.
Touches Up Finn
Then he touched up George A. Finn,
the state land agent, and read a letter
from III. D. Haugan, comptroller OF the
Southern Minnesota road, under date
of Jan. z 1902, in which the officer of
the road complained that some land
selected by his road had been awarded
to the Northern Pacific under the Lit
tie Falls grant, and later had been
transferred to Mr.. Finn, the land
clerk.
This" said the writer, 81 consider a
bare-faced deal, because for three
years / have furnished Mr.. Finn trans
portation for the purpose of keeping
me posted"
What would you have called
transaction like this under the late
Ames administration? asked Mr..
Lind.
Graft! Craft! Graft!!!" yelled the
crowd.
Then touching upon the Biermann