Daily globe., 1878-11-01
THE DONNELLY CLUB.
nousrva a1nEr1NG LAST EVENING

ROUSING MEETING LAST EVENING.
The Camp Fires Burn Brishtly-One of the
Best Meetings of the Canpaign-speeches
to tho Point and Cheers Enthusiastic
Signs of Rousing Majority for Donnel]y.
The Donnelly club held their regular weekly
meeting last night. It was regular strong
one in every respect The audience was large,
numbering at least 500. The speakers were
coed straightforward takers, with shoulder
hitting power Of argument. The enthusiasm
began with ripple, and soon became intensi-
fed to political fever heat. Every speaker
was greeted with cheers, ana
throughout the speech of each one
the assembly was apt in taking in every point,
and greeting it with enthusiastic applause. 1t
was a genuine, hearty Democratic meeting,
evincing the carnestness and intention OF the
party to be heard from November 9th, A. u.
1878.
At S o'clock the meeting was called to order
by President Oppenheim. He stated that the
Donnelly wave was rolling on ana gam
ering strength every day to do its work
overwhelmingly on election day. (Cheers.) ne
had attended during the week, meeting OF a
Donnelly club in Minneapolis. Ho had been
surprised at the enthusiasm shown Tor Dom
nelly Every mention Of his name had been
greeted with cheers. 1t clearly showed him
that MIR. Washburn's money bad not gone all
the way around in Minneapolis, and
that he had found men there
who could not be purchased (Cheers. }
Mr. Washburn had miscalcuiated his strength
there, as he would find when tho votes we
Il \ 4In refa ma IN
listened with great pleasure to Mr. HodsdOn
Of that club and he had the pleasure and honor
of presenting him to the st. Paul club.
(Cheers.)
Sln. HoDsDoN's SPEECH.
The gentleman came forward, and began
by saying he vas pretty well known
in st. Paul. That he lived on farm
between st. Paul and Minneapolis, and was
equally well acquainted in each place. This
being the case he concluded lie was fair judge
upon the subject upon which he intended
speaking: Knowing people OF both cities, the
speaker said he could not help but notice the
contrast. In st. Paul, coming III as u farmer
to do his trading and to dispose Of his produce,
he was met with q free OPEN
ness that he missed in minneapolis.
He knew the market price OF bis produce,
and so did the merchant. 1t 1t was wanted, C.
neapois there was always II dicker. The MAI
ket price stared both in the face, but the buyer
there always requested and urged the farmer to
come down little. In st. Paul there was an
absence of sectionalism, nar:ow-mindedness,
while in Minneapolis they were
prejudiccd and biased. And just
in the same respect does the Minneapolis
candidate for Congress in the Third district
represent their contracted views. lie is SO
small in his views, Contracted in his ideas
so wrapt up in self-aggraudizement that he can
hardly represent u city. let alone & district or
section OF country with such vast interests as
this district ccntains. The other candidate,
Hon. Ignatius Donnely (cheers) was broad
minded man. He was national in his views,
while the other sectional, and even that in
the most limited extent. ;Chcers.)
BY request, the speaker said he would recite
riece of poetry applicable to the issue at
hand He would preface it by saying it was
original, and apologize for it by saying he
seldom climbed the hill of Parnassus. There
upon the gentleman repeated the poem In an
impressive manner It's text was Labor and
Capital" and the moral which 1t taught was
the sclf-evident one OF the day:
The rich man is master Of the situation, unless
the poor man exercises his power to redee NJ
himself. 1t closed in rhythmic measure with
Down with Washburn and the swindling
brass kettle" (Checrs and prolonged ap-
plausc.) ihe speaker said he had sent the
fused to publish it.
Ho resumed by saying when the intereat of
labor and capital were combined that all
was harmonious But under the present sys-
tenn OF class legislation capital has usurped all
rights, and labor was depressed, scorned, nick
named and slurred. We had stood the unequal
contest for long time, and SO insiaeous had
the grasp been frightened that he was almost
becoming accustomed to the grasp. tighter
hold had aroused the people to the danger, and
now we had reached an age OF reform. just
here, the speaker wanted to state that all re-
forms originated from below, and like the
earthquake they came up from below with de-
Etructive power. Destruction to that
which rested its burdens upon
it. The people were power, and
the peoples leaders had ever proved faithful to
their trust, and equal to the emergency. Ages
ago despised child of a servile race had led
out of bondage his people across the Red Sea-
and had established them as a great and pow
erful nation i'll land running with milk and
honey. The son OF g carpenter had arisen
among the Jews and relieved the people
from oppression and given the world
Great Britain had defed the aristocracy and
defeated them on Marston Moor. And never
until that day, when q farmer was elected
Lord Protector, had England seen such prosper
GUS days. All these were revolts against a
money power. And it had always been So;
and made the land blossom like the rose. The
speaker called to mind tea party"
at Boston, the resulting seven years OF appal-
ling war. It was I. fight of capital against
labor or a revolt Of labor in the pursuit OF
life, liberty and happiness against tyranny;
and when victory perchea upon our banners,
the very shadow of our nation was a warm wei
come to the oppressed Of the world. (Cheers. }
Society, to-day, was passing through an
equiuoctial storm. It was divided into two
classes, capital and labo", and inharmonions
mingling of the two would eventuate in troub-
lie to the nation.
Touching upon the question of the candi-
dates for Congress, Mr. Hodsdon said Wa-h-
burn and Donnely should not be mentioned in
the same breath. A week should elapse before
Washburn's name should be whispered after
Donnelly's had been spoken out, Qmmensc
superior. (Cheers.) The speaker then took
up the candidates and explained the
claims each had for an election. Washburn's
were because his brother Eihu had saved Ger
man soldiers from French mobs when he was
in Paris. This put forward to capture the
German vote by Washburn orators. We had
fallen upon strange times if a mans recon-
mendation to Office reacted solely upon what
his brother or his great grandfather had done.
We want a man, one to do something for
himself to recommend him to the people. The
speaker illustrated with comical story about
a young man il New England who wanted to
be introduced into village society He was in
troduced as Nathaniel Perkins, and his father
had killed bear. He never heard the last of
such credentials for social notice, and had to
leave the village for home. But the
bear got home bef.;re Kim. (Laughter).
And we must elect Washburn because
a member of his numerous (laughter) family
had killed bear. cloud laughter.) When
one said Washburn had been the surveyor gen.
eral of the State of Minnesota, and had ac-
quired thousands of acres of pine land; when
it was said he owned q mil in Anoka and en-