The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-02-26

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,ommon.headed man IL IL the State, outside |
The present g lime sota Legislature, q
will 6 once admit that lhe Hos more
brains than Ill ofyou. q So xtendine, to
Donnelly my synpathy that Ae could
notshave been favored with 8 moro reput-
able. class of supporters, l proceed IS Re.
mark that, after IL, your mutual relations
are. beyond doubt, the most &c and prop.
Ell that could have been ablished..1 For
Do2nelly s political ,ss.kite''' no more tasty
and becoming 4''tail,' = h With tfty.three
joints, could possibly have been constrnc.
ted, even down to. the very last little j
Crooks 1t the end. The combination
ofmaterials and character Is most happi-
~ blended from extreme to extreme, and
l do not wonder that you, arc somewhat
vain and even pomPous in view, Of the
very satisfactory and happy relations you
sustsin in your distinguished head and
leader. For Donnclly 5 kite is, fortunate.
" for your ambition, different from other
rrticles Of that kind. inasmuch a. he can
always furnish wind enough to 6y it in
any kind of political weather. This close:
Of political attachment, between your
selves and Donnelly, gentlemen, is also,
very fortunate for you in another respect;
that it enables you to reach . political
attitude which you could otherwise never
have hoped to attain. y, i.-....s .,,.;~
But, gentlemen. interesting to YOU as
know this somewhat aggressive branch of
the subject must be, proud Is know you
must be at the exalted position which
your attachment to .Donnelly enables
,yeu to reach, l must pass on to the more
important points of this subject. And As
Mr.. Donnelly is 4 member 81 your s.ioint'
body, and as he, too, doubtless consid-
rred nv case lin no partisan spirit" but
Gather las friend" I feel myself bound
to make proper recognition Of the fact.
As the sturdy foe of "political corrup-
tion' and the degrading influence of the
s1obbies," as the eloquent champion.
both by pen and voice. Of .spoliticai re.
form,' to say nothing of his having en-
joyed the somewhat questionable honor
of having so recently been voted by you
"a man after your own hearts," / come
to pay my tribute to his public worth.
In entering upon this task, you will not,
of course. expect me to do it ANYTHING
like full or complete Justice. Neither
time nor space will admit OF that and so
l must, of necessity, omit much which
would, if disclosed to YOU, exalt MIR. Don.
nelly still more in vonr est;mat;on. Rut
~. H., .he,o o....t:-,o,.. tn;a;,,.
PAss ny 'noso ccm s:"t,se.y tt'1ine
matters connected with his thrifty Trans
nj - & - T IL. D.
field'' Indian agencies; the 'smeat-y" lit.
roads, when = member Of the railroad
committee of the House of Representa-.
tiyes the bold and dashinp "business''
PROPOSITIONS made bv him during the Sen.
a;orial contest of six wears ago: and pro-
coed to call vour attention to the follow.
ing .hiph test;moniar' AZ to Mr.. Donnel-
Iva honesty and virtue those two nrom.
inent traits If Character which % STRONG.
" commended him to vour svmnathies.
vonr votes. and vonr :.moral snnnort. ,;
Th;s testimonial e d.ted At The ronm. II
tho eracntivc comm;ttaa If Tho ri p.so
and Pacific railroad COMPANY. Ami, 1Oth
1880. and ia an extr,ct from the nroceed.
ines Of that committee, as follows:
s:The committee also approve Of transfer o,
by W: schmoele to lgnadus Donnelly, and
authorize ". Schmoele to Ply 70 said Donneily
nroceeSs Of the o.n n Psls a. st . a 81 cons
yenient. said due bill being siened bv ]. C.
Fremont and B. II, Epperson. and dated Feb
ruary, 1859, and to be considered as retaining
tee tor the sald Donnelly as counsel for thu
" til;e .utlG . :" . nt coa1 6e:eu
Railroad Comnsny. Tor united sction to obtsin
subsidies"
It will be observed. gentlemen. tina,
while these proceedings bear date Of
April 10th, 1859, the transaction with
your candidate and leader, Mr.. Donnel.
", seems to have been completed some
two months previous, the 'tfifty thousand
due bill being dated February, 1869, 81
while, you will remember, Mr.. Donnelly
was = member of the House of Represen.
tativcs, and guarding so vigilantly then,
as he is now, the 'shonor'' and the '.es.
cutcheon' Of Minnesota.
Gentlemen of the Minnesota Legisla.
ture, Mr.. Donnelly is with you, and Of
you still. He 'smoves, breathes, and has
his being'' within your highly virtuous
body. he is subject to your call
and to your jurisdiction.
But he is, also II do not say this
to flatter him, but simply ''as = friend
the principal part, the "butt.end''
of the present very pretentious Sc Legisla.
ture Of Minnesota lie rules and
''runs'' two of the three parties which
make up your distinguished body, and
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