The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-03-17
Another Lie Nailed.

Anent the remarks made by r. C.
Dunn before the Union Veterans and
Sons league in Minneapolis. recently
the following signed statement ap-
peared in the Minneapolis Journal
last Saturday:
''We, the undersigned, who we're
present at the. meeting of the Union
Veterans and Sons league at Alexan-
der's hall in this city on Saturday
evening, March 5, most emphatically
deny that Mr.. Dunn made use of the
remarks attributed to him by The
Minneapolis Journal of March 7. We
refer especially to the paragraph in
closed in quotation marks, which
reads as follows: Let the old soldier
get drunk. If he can enjoy himself
that way, let him do it. If he wants
to spend his pension money that way,
let him. He has only a few years to
live, and he might as we'll enjoy him
self that way as any other while he
can Mr.. Dunn said, in answer to
the interrogatory, DO you believe
that inmates of the Soldiers Home
are entitled to all their pensions:'
"Most emphatically, I do. When
Hon. Jas. A. Peterson introduced a
bill in the legislature in 1901 requiring
the board of trustees of the Soldiers
Home to pay to the old soldier inmates
of the home their full pensions. fur
nished him all the data obtainable in
the auditors Office, and gave him all
the: assistance in my power in his
efforts to pass the measure. [ know
the argument that is advanced by
those who favor the retention of the
rule that the old soldier shall receive
not to exceed 81 per month of his pen
sion. 1t is claimed that some of the
old boys drink to excess. There may
be few who drink to excess, but
there is commandment at the home
who is paid a large salary to look
after the interests of the inmates, and
he should see to it that the inmates
who are addicted to the use of intoxi-
eating liquors should not receive all
of their pension money at once, but
give it to them gradually. But be-
cause a few inmates of the home may
drink to excess is no reason why all
the inmates should be penalized. In
my home town of Princeton there are
many old soldiers. I know of seventy
or eighty, and never knew of but two
or three who drank to excess. The
leading citizens, the most influential,
and most prosperous business men of
my home town of Princeton are old
soldiers.'' ~
Mr.. Dunn then related the story .,of
the Buffalo judge, who, when an old
soldier was brought before him on a
charge of drunkenness, discharged
him and told him that he had earned
the right to get drunk if he saw fit.
Mr.. Dunn further stated that he did
not believe in intemperance, and made
no apology for it. Mr.. Dunn also
showed that for every dollar of pen
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the United States government SUBJ
stracted fifty cents from the amount
allowed for the support of the home.
In other words, that the State did not
save the $4,000 of pension money re-
tanned last year, but only $1,000. By
no stretch Of language could Mr..
Dunn's remarks be construed as fav-
oring intemperance.
.'The foregoing is a fair statement
of what was said by Mr.. Dunn on this
subject on that occasion.
A: F. Mcdonald,
A. E. Allen,
DR.. J. L. Crist,
Geo. M. McGregor,
Chas. G. Horton,
.....>..: Levi Lamson,
A. B. Robbins.