The Redwood gazette., 1904-09-28

ter Co, has for practical purposes neu-
tralized this law, 50 that It Is now din
cult, IL not Well-nigh impossible to COLI
iect more than actual damages.
MIR. Dunn's Great work.
Trespassing on the state timber has been
going on, more or less, for the last one
third OF q century-ever since numbering
began in the northern part OF our state.
Il was more prolific and more easily car
ried on twenty twenty-five and thirty
years ago than in recent years, for less
watchfulness and less care was then IN
vogue II IL to Mr.. Dunn's great credit
that while state auditor, during period
OF eight years. he collected ten times as
much money for timber treSpass as had
been collected during the thirty years
trespassers were sharp enough to escape
him. but the number compared with those
who must have escaped in former years
in the value Of timber be taken into ac-
count, it will be found that Mr.. Dunn set
tied at a much higher rate for the timber
taken than any OF his predecessors.
A large number Of unauthorized timber
permits, issued by his predecessor, based
upon mere nominal, wholly unreliable and
utterly insufficient estimates OF timber,
and at price far below the real value
he either entirely cancelled or forced the
men who had secured the permits TO set
tie, not on the basis of the quantity and
price specified in the permit, but on the
basis OF the timber actually cut or stand
ing on the ground covered by the permit,
and its full market value. Cases or this
kind are too numerous to specify in de-
tail on this occasion. While governor
several OF these unauthorized permits
came under my observation, and i know
Of my own knowledge that Mr.. Dunn
when he became auditor disposed of them
in the way have indicated, to the great
advantage and profit of the state.
Friend of the Settler.
Mr. Dunn has the gratitude of many
poor settlers in the state who, in times
Of distress, were in default on their pay
ments Of interest. Wherever he was sat
isfied that the state would sustain no
loss, and that in more propitlouS times
the settler living upon and improving his
little claim would without doubt meet
all payments or prlnclpai and interest, ne
never declared a forfeiture, never reSold
the land to some hungry speculator, but
gave the settler chance to preserve and
retain his little home.
Mr.. Dunn also deserves great credit for
the manner in which he succeeded in set
| ting and adjusting the many disputed
and controverIed railroad land grants. He
| got one company TO accept conveyance
| Of rather inferior lands, selected by Mr.
| Bierman, which the company refused to
accept during my term as governor. In
4 one case he secured from a company the
| REIMBURSEMENT to the state of 10000
acres OF land to which it laid claim, and
a part of which through inadyertence
had been conveyed to the company In
/ another case he procured the correction
of an erroneous decree of court, thereby
recouping and saving to the state 1900
acres of land on which are located three
most valuable iron mines.
Gross Earnings Tax.
Mr.. Dunn has, for years, favored and
| advocated and still favorS and adyo-
Gates. an increase in the gross earnings
/ great iron companies had for years eS-
capped the payment OF their due share OF
taxes. Mr.. Dunn was largely instrument
i tai in getting the law amended SO as to
i ma ka paV Before
the amendment they paid $4,000 per
year; last year $3000Oo. He was also in
strumental in securing legislation giving
our state board of equalization ampler
i power to adjust inequalities and diSerep-
/ ancies in assessments.
j But cannot go into further details on
i this occasion. Mr.. Dunn has not only
/ been an efficient and vigilant admins
/ trative officer, but has also brought his
i energy and knowledge of the interests
/ of the state to bear on the legislative
i department to secure the laws that were
necessary for the public good and the
welfare of our state. The state has had
no listless or Indifferent drone IN once
in him. He WAS ever alert and yigllant
on behalf of the state and its interests,
| both as legislator and auditor
rOh,' say some who never mingle much
i with the rank and file OF our common
/ humanity and who are, at least In their
Town minds, on a loftier pedestal, Mr.
i Dunn Is not refined; he is rather coarse,
i and has been known on occasion TO
take an oath. and on that account ought
/ not to be governor. That a man OF re-
flnement. more fastidious man. is re-
quired for this office. "a
Not q Dignified Mummy. fe
It Is true that Mr.. Dunn is not Ches-
4 terfield in his ways. In the ceaseless
i strenuousness of our modern life the
iChesterfelds have become obsolete and
mere academic quantities. "A dignifed
mummy in the executive chair would no
i doubt be fine to IGOR upon, but not Of
much practical use. A man OF energy
ana action, Of vigilance and alertness f$
required in the executive chair. He must
| iter1ests u the State. He must be IN
4 touch with the legislature and know how
to secure the necessary legislation. He
must be able to meet, contend WITH an1
4 spoilsmen. He must possess an eHcyclo-
pedia of knowledge of state affairs and
public men. Sometimes for the good
Il OF the state, he must be mild-mannered,
i argue and implore, and at other times
i he must almost assume the attitude OF
pugilist. to fend Off unconscionable and
i over-persistent spOilsmen. And such
man. in his texture and makeup, and by
4 training. Is Mr.. Dunn
Like most men of action, he w pos
sessed Of much nervous. energy lie IS
quick to see measure and crush a wrong.
II He has no mercy for quacks of any kind.
/ He has no patience with falsehood or
/ the falsifer. He Is not profane, If at
all, for the sake Of profanity but 1t may
i be that, like many good and great men OF
the past when his ire has been aroused
at q wrong or a falsehood. In his
righteous Indignation he may have pro-
lnounced an anathema on the wrong and
1.-THE faisehoo5, the Wrong-doer and tha
falsifer. His strong sense of Justice
may on such occasions, make him very
emphatic, and sometimes there is no enl-
lphasis that seems TO do such justice to
the subject as an oath. Andrew Jack
son-Old Hickory-of the same race and
blood as Mr.. Dunn, was 50 indignant at
4 nullifcation and the nulliffers that he
swore at them. The American people
| have long ago justified him that oath.
4 jackson was not Chesterfield; he was
not a man OF much refinement. He was
4 plain blunt FEARLESS man, but meas
lured up I'm executive energy and ability
4 with more than the average of our early
presidents. Such man. in his chief char
lacteristics, is our candidate. Mr.. Dunn.
4 The United States were safe, grew. and
prospered under Andrew Jackson: and
| Minnesota will be safe. grow, and prosper
under the administration Of Robert G.
Dunn