Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-14
IGNATIUS DONNELLY
A Brief Rer;c,c nj Ills Public Career and
a Tribute to His laLOyS.

i0PSCcA OciiSeIeu ny hon. WIN. II. Dduu4uS
Before the Third District Conventional
1t is perhaps not we'll that should respond
t" your call. nor that anyone in these c!o-ing
moments of the convention should say one 9th
er word.
1t seems to me it is not best to call reflection
back from the mastery address we are now
thinking of. or break the spell with which its
ntterances have bound us. IT'S true we knew
these things before. it was because OF tnis,
twas because we felt the truth of what
We have just heard, that all said
amen, as, with dramatic force. our friend Don
nelly lllunined lis argument and facts with
his commanding eloquence.
Yes, for we. with most thinking men. fully
understand that the blind and wicked financial
policy of the administration, pressed on by
John Sherman. az IL almost seems with malice
and hatred toward his kind has laid in ashes
the prosperity of the country. put back Its pro-
gress for generation, damaged all its
future, filled the >marts of business wit
blights and bankruptcy and their eve, attend
ing fruits of enforced idleness. poverty suffer
ms, vagranry and rime, that has scarce par
allel II. modern history.
DoNNELLYs CHARACTER.
But do not intend to speak of this. My
purpose is 10 leave his argument and facts just
two directly personal to him. as our candidate
for Congress. This much feel should say
this much is due To the occasion, ia tn me a
matter IF personal qualification. and sec will
be welcome to- YOU.
have kn"wnmy friend Donnelly for the
last twenty five years. knew him school
hoy in Philadelphia, and recall the adverse cir
cumstances and many struggles through
which he acquired his early education. ] have
known him ever since he cam to Minnesota.
have known HMM his public and private life,
md although am not preudiced or so con-
-titnted az to expect anything like perfection
in any man. or so blind bnt that can see the
faults of a friend. this much ] can safely say.
D"nnelly has The qualities, the experience.
the bravery the independence. the tireless en-
"rgy. the mind and force of character sternlv
demanded in times like these. We want if
possible-and in this district have the chance
in part TO do the work-to end the corrupt
race of political imheciles in Minnesota. who
have heen dealing nf late with the grave and
,reat questions that are aeitatng the public
mind and which, for good or evil, must soon
be settled.
COMPARISON.
We have nominated to-day for this high
purpose, the stamp OF man that's wanted.
Pause u moment now, ses il yon can 40 ar
range, SO fix the action and machinery of yonr
brain. that yon can compare Donnely with his
opponent.
Isee you a bothered. and 1 will not thus
| aflict Won, for / know of whatever else you
| NAV he capable. this much you C. mot do.
| But it shall not he said that speak harshly
| of the nominee of the Republican convention.
blame for being deficient. fatally de-
| icient in brain. or natural endnwments. Were
| to do this, would impnsn the ways of that
| inscr,table Providence. that makes some men
| giants in intellect and Others imbeciles.
| may, however, suggest III passing, that if
| these two men should consent to meet each
| other on the stump. as is now the common
| practice with those who claim the support of
| their fellow citizens for Congressional hOnors.
| hat my friend Washburn will tnrn out to be
| very much like n slab of his own lumber in the
| eeth of u cilcular
AN la1rAroR.
| have said have known Mr.. Donnelly for
he last twenty-five years and have noted, as
YOU have done, how he has been pursued and
| ,landered.
1t is said hat he is restless; that he is an az
tatoT; that he is ambitious. We'll. he it So
he man who thinks and feels strongly is al
Ways restless. The man who impresses his fell
Ow men and sti, them to public action is al
vavs an agitator. The man who would 'waken
| md stir the thoughts oe his fellow men. that
,e may lift them to a higher plane and elevate
,is race. has a just warrant and NOTICE for am
oition. / grant. then, that he is restless, an
| ,gitator and ambitious, and so have heen the
| men that have illuminated the track of human
history and lifted civilization to ,nrer a
higher plane, and so honor him for these grand
| lu,'ites.
His enemies say that he is Inconsistent, that
| he has belonged to all parties that he mas fol-
| lowed the rule of none.
! Is this true? Should it not rather be said
that he has hut kept in advance of parties,
| ri ting to the future to do Justice to his mo
| tives and actions. when the cause and pr nci-
| nles he advocated should he tested by the ex-
animation and experience of his fellow-men.
| The man who adopts this course will often
he found alone, but if he respects himself and
| lis convictions b.. will be understood at last.
| md honesty and wisdom guiding his actions
| he is sure tn earn that recognition that comes
| from having done his dnty.
| l see men before me in this convention who
| vent aloe ont on these wide prairies. and
took their Places Alone firmly resolving to
work and walt the advancing tide of emigra-
! ton.
They knew the wealth OF the soil, the health
| f the climate. would bring neighhors.
| friends. and settlements around them but for
| the time they were alone.
| Thus it ever is with tic hold and brave On
he frontier Of human develnpment in the d. :
main of human progress. For time they are
| .lone. and the cold ana pitiless storm beats
iercely around them. hut thev bide their time
For they have learned from the history Of the
| ace, that the beacon light that ut last iIumes
| The world is often planted in the 70. and mist
| hat precedes the morning.
Thus it has been with Donnellv. in the past
| and thus trust it is in the present, and will
| We in the future. He has simply been in adj.
| vance. and now men of all parties are cor
| ending for the establishment { the PRINCIPLES
| md policies which he has sturdilv battled r.
10Th in and out of season, during all is,public
! life.
TREE PLANTING.
| While member of Congress- as you remen.
Ter, Mr.. Donnelly introduced the bill and by
IT'S mastery arguments inaugurated the policy
| # giving government lands to actual settlers t.
secure the planting of timber on our treeless
'rairies. Most of YOU now recall how his 20.
itical enemies met this movement with shonts
| It derision. and how they exerled all their in
| tnence to battle and retard its snccesR. 1t was
rot long. however, till the people of the Wes,
recognized the Importance If this beneficent
Measure. Zealons and able men Joined him in
| pressing it upon Congress and making il prac-
iical in this State. Now. as you know, this pol
| ~ has become part of the pulley of the
| government. aud thousands of settlers on our
| 'raire lands are reaping its grand results.
| Why. gentlemen. by this single act. he and
| hose who acc ed with him. have done work
| hat will diffnse such countless blessings on
NC H1uloWS WHO stail people tnese woe ana
fertile pr,iries, that it seems t, me. if justice
is to he done in this world these coming for
| ests will he living monuments to the men who
secured this achievement. more enduring than
| marble, and sweet and bright as the leaves and
blossoms of spring keeps their fame fresh and
| green forever.
TRANSPORTATION CHARGES.
| At a later period, we find him engaging and
battling in the cause of Inc despsed grangers
They. as you will remember, were struggling
20 put in practical force their determination to
.ednce the rates of Transportation over the
.reat railroad lines that were absorbing nearly
ahe entire profits of their production.
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