The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-08-13

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pieces Of the Grant and Colfax Club, mo.
Of Minnesota, VAS presided over, in tn
absence Of the President, by Hon. II. G
Wait, tho first Vice Prssidsnt-Capt. L. "
Collins, tho Secretary Of tho Club, acting
- the Secretary Of the meeting. Mr.. Don
nelly upon bsing introduced: WAS greeted
with loud and long continued applause
He eloquently reviewed the causes which
led to The organization Of The Republican
party, its history during the rebellion, and
the principles upon which the war VA
conducted. Passing to reconstruction mat
tiers, he sketohsd tho present condition Of
affairs, and with the forecast ofa statesman
cad and portrayed the. future peace and
prosperity which awaited the country under
the administration Of Gen. Grant. We re-
gret that our hour for going to press com.
pels Us to pass briefly. over this portion Of
his speech, Is indeed We shall DO required
to over al. 90 '-.-
Coming to matters in which Minnesota
is more directly interested, he referred to
his efforts in behalf Of the Bureau of Inmi-
grafton; the Department Of Education !;
the bill limiting the amount Of scrip which
could be located in any one township; the
Montana Post Coach Bill; tho Alexandra
Land District; the Taylor's Falls and st..
Cloud railroad the Northern Pacific Rail-
road, and many other matters. We wish
every man in the District could have heard
bis history Of the beginning and progress
Of tho Northern Pacific Railroad movement.
Every statement was substantiated by un-
deniable proofs. It was complete through
out and that the men who lift that hall
and said that Mr.. Donnelly had not been
the warm and consistent friend Of the road
was either too ignorant to understand plain
facts Or too callous to truth to recognize
the difference between that and falsshood.
He continued BY referring to his personal
assailants, and by continued sallies Of wit
and . host Of pertinent anecdotes he kept
tho audience in constant roar oflaughter,
with shouts Of applause. The meeting was
heartily with Mr.. Donnelly. An at-
tempt to get up little Washburn applause
fell fat on the floor.
But some of Mr.. Donnelly's villi6ers did
not escape with mere thrusts Of wit. The
editors Of the St. Paul Pres he took as up
ON gridlron OF irony and bitter sarcasm,
and turning their poor, blistered. sputter-
ing bodies from side to side did not drop
them until they were mere cracklings, and
with them he laid the mighty 3. B. Wash
burn, similarly fried, and apparently
peppered and saltsd to the taste Of the au-
dience. Kesner invective was seldom ever
honred upon men, Or more relished by .
meeting.
Mr.. Donnelly closed by asking the sup
port Of the people for . denomination and
reelection to Congress, basing his request
upon fair examination Of his record. He
requested that if there was any point upon
which further information was desired he
would cheerfully and courteously answer
oil questions. None were asked, though
repeated opportunities were given.
The following resolutions, offered from
the hall and read BY the Secretary, were
unanimously adopted: r. .~.. :. -. ~. +
Reset.sd, That the thanks Of this meeting b
earnest and eonnSt0nt mAnnne IN vhieh h IN edv