Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-22
PANIC STRICKEN.

Bill Iyask0rsra Harmed By DonneNy's
Candidacy, and the "Pioneer Press"
Sounds the Harm, Note.
Pioneer Press, July 81
The Democrats of the Second district hav-
ing treated Ignatius Donnelly with such dis
tinguished lack of consideration, and in fact
ignored MIN so entirely as to amount to an
emphatic intimation that they had no furth-
er use for him in that district, that eminent
statesman, it is said, is about to transfer his
aspirations to what he supposes to be a more
promising field in this district. At any rate
the Democrats are talking with apparent Sc
rionsness Of nominating him as their candi-
date for congress, just for the fun of pitting
him against his old enemy, Washburn. The
idea seems to be that as Washburn was largely
responsible for his defeat in 1868, both for
denomination and reelection, it would be g
good joke on Wahsburn to run Donnelly
against him on his old and favorite field of
battle. 1t seems to be thought that the
McGregor, his foot thus transplanted to his
native heath, would be in position to take
a deep, dark, dire revenge on his ancient foe
and that his old Republican clans who gath
cred at his summons for the fierce fight of
| 1868, would remember their old injuries, and
| respond again to the pibroch Of their apos-
| tate chief; that the Democrats would support
their candidate anyhow; that the green
hackers, what there is Of them, would be
enthusiastic for him, and that, with the re-
| Inducements it is supposed he might receive
from his old Republican phalanx, he would
| stand some chance of an election. At any
rate, even if these prospects should prove
| illusory, the advocates of this scheme recon-
mend it on the independent ground that it
would make some "fun for the boys 1t
would be worth while. they think, to put Don
nelly at the head of their legions just for the
amusement of witnessing his oratorical tilt
against the Washburn family. 1t is sup
posed that he would improve the opportu-
nifty to play some exhilarating variations on
| that old joke of his about the congenital
| mark of M. @. which he discovered to have
been stamped on the base of the physiologi-
| cal structure Of each of the Washburns,
Whether the amount of enjoyment which
could be extracted from this venerable Jest
and from Mr.. Donnelly's other flights of elo-
quence and humor, would compensate for
the obvious disadvantages to the Democratic
| party of turning their campaign
into a ridiculous burlesque, they, of
course will be the best judges
If they expect that Mr.. Donnelly will
draw any votes from the Republican party
| by virtue of any lingering attachment TIC
him among his old friends of 1863 or of
any disposition on their part to revenge
| upon Washburn the reputation OF Don
i nelly, at that time by the Republicans of the
| district who understood him. they will, we
think, be mistaken. His friends at that
time differ now from those opposed to him
only in that they found him out little later
We do not believe the Democrats of the dis
trict would consent to belittle and insul
their party by nominating him; but if they
should we will promise in advance to dc
what we conveniently can to aid him in full
filling their expectation, that his canvass vii
make ssfun for the boys"