Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-06
A RINGING SPEECH.
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly at Market Hal
Saturday Night.
OF THE CAMPAIGN.
And Telling Points Against the Arch
CerruptiOnist w. ID. Washburn.
EXTRACTS OF CONGRESS- RECORD.
Showing Sworn Evidence That Wash
burn is Bride. Giver.


photographic Report for St. Paul Globe
Fellow Citizens: am glad to see that
you recognize merit. Men that will rec
ognize true merit the way you do
deserve to be able to build up great city.
They have a saying in Europe
that every good American hopes to
90 to Paris when he dies,
Laughter Nearly every good Minneso-
tian lives in the hope that he will be able
to go and live in st. Paul before he dies,
and participate in that hope and that
sentiment. Applause. II can never forget,
my friends, the cordial, the honest and gen
erous support have always received at
the hands Of the people of St Paul. Ap-
plause. Gentlemen, the pioneers that laid
the foundation of this city, some of whom
are here On this platform, were
men indeed of exemplary charac-
tets and they gave the
tinge of their characteristics to this new
city which has grown up here and they
made it the most liberal and the most cos
mopolitan city on the continent ap
plausel and I hope some day, when I
make money enough out of my books
[great applauseI to come and build a
shanty here somewhere and live among
you applause and leave my bones among
you. And that, by the way, reminds me of
the story of Scotch girl; a smart, pretty
girl that had been courted for about ten
years by a poor innocent
minded and very modest and bashful fell
low, and despite all her encouragements
his timidity was SO great she could never
get him up to the popping point. Laugh
ter. He came one night, and after sit
ting for some time in profound silence, he
says, "Mary, have been thinking" swell,
says she, "JohI," in an encouraging way,
''what have you been thinking about?" II
have been thinking, Mary" said he, "of
buying lot" "Oh,' says
she, with great encouragement, thinking
at last John was coming to the point.
eyes, I have been thinking of buying lot
in the cemetery I'm the cemetery! what
for?' THAT we may lay our bones to-
gether when we die Said she: John,
don't you think We had better lay our
bones together before we die?" Great
laughter.
Now, my friends, I have
NO PERSONAL INTEREST
in this contest. I am not candidate for
any Office. never expect to be. dc not
live in this district. You can never
vote for me. / think l hear
a low hollow moan 60 up. Laughter.
Cold anguish at that announcement. Let
me tell you little story, my friends, of a
case that was on trial in one of our
counties where the parties were all farmers,
and the witnesses were all farmers and
farmers boys, and the case was protracted
to several days, and they had farmers
boy on the stand and the lawyer to get some
points out of him cross-questioned and
s-questioned him until he was COM
pletely exhausted. Late in the after
noon of the third day the lawyers
said to him-(he was Gaping terribly y
the lawyer says to him. 'What we're they
doing them" He said "they was making
hay.'' "Where was this:" says the lawyer.
s'In the blacksmith shop" Laughter.
s'What time of the year was this? says the
lawyer. "About Christmas time" Laugh
ter. "Whyy' says the lawyer, ''what on
earth are you talking about? making hay
in blacksmith shop, and at Christmas
timer" WELL" says he. "Mister l amt
got no interest in this case: any how
[Great laughter !.
Now, I had intended, my
friends. to permanently retire
from politics and public life.
did not suppose you would ever hear my
musical voice again. Laughter made
up my mind to devote myself to literature.
wanted to study back to some period of
the earth's history anterior to the time
when the Washburn family began to run
fer Office; Great laughter. and the result
was, my friends, wrote a book that dated
back before the deluge. Continued laugh
ter. Well, I have written another book,
which Will shortly appear, the object of
which is to demonstrate that long ages ago
this earth of ours was struck by
comets tail Laughter. and I would
say to You, conddentially, my friends, that
clude that that
COMET HAs COME BACK
again and hit the world another whack-
[Great laughter.
Now, have, az say, no interest in this
struggle, but my old, long honored and
esteemed friend, Dr.. Ames, loud cheering ]
came down to me at my home and asked
me as a favor to come out and make some
speeches in this canvass. I had
known Dr. Ames from his boy
hood. Twenty-Five years ago published
a newspaper in Dakota county and this
Mr. Ames was then a printers devil in the
establishment. And there is a good deal
of the devil in him yet. Great laughter.
What 1 shall say to you tonight (Gen.
Bragg has ably and most Iucidly covered
all the great issues of our national politics
and it would be superhuous work to follow
him upon that track. What shall say
to you tonight shall be more in the ma
ture of details and criticism
of Mr.. Washburn's acts
and some reasons why he should not have
your support, and hope You will hear.
without trespassing upon the province of