St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-21
STATE POLITICS.


Mr.. Donnelly's HUI Crimson Meeting.
Especial Correspondence of the Globe.
HUTCHINSON, Oct II. Hon. Ignatius
Donnelly filled another of his political ap-
pointments in this place this evening. The
meeting was held in the Methodist church,
every seat being filed and some standing
around the sides of the building. Mr.. DON
nelly was introduced by the Hon. W. T.
Bonniwell with a few most excellent re-
marks. Mr.. Donnelly was greeted with loud
applause; he spoke for over two hours, his
speech receiving repeated applause.
1t had been talked on the street this after
noon that certain party was going to have
something to say to Mr.. Donnelly dur
ing the evening, so, before the Hon.
W. T. Bonniwel introduced Mr..
Donnelly he asked the audience if they
wished a fair discussion between Mr.. Don
nelly and any one that wished to discuss
with him. That good old gentleman, Asa
Hutchinson, whom we had the pleasure Of
hearing sing to large audience in southern
Minnesota twenty years ago, arose to his feet
and said, this is Mr.. Donnelly's meeting and
that he had come to hear him talk, and would
like to hear him for an hour or two, where
upon Mr. Donnelly was introduced.
Farmers from all parts of the country,
some coming fifteen miles, were present,
and some were present who had attended
Mr.. Donnelly's meetings at Greenleaf,
Kingston, and other places, still anxious to
hear the truths told.
The village of Hutchison is one of the
cfr CT
that is, the village, but it is reliably stated
by Mr.. Donnelly's friends that he will get
large majority in this township. Some of the
business men in the village are vindictive
and viperish in their extreme partisanship.
Mr.. Donnelly commenced his speech this
evening as follows:
''Fellow citizens, am glad to see so large
an attendance here this evening; aud yet, in
some sense, am sorry for it, for 1 under
stand that one Of your prominent Republic
cans (Mr. Ives), said to-day that mo honest
man would come out to hear me speak, 1
am forced, therefore, 10 conclude that you
who are present represent the dishonest por-
ton of this community (great laughter and
applause), and, knowing the size of your
town, l Judge there can't be many honest
men left in Hutchison.'' (Great laughter
Mr.. Dounelly then took up Capt.
Sencerbox's denial of his charge
that he (Sencerbox), had, upon
Straits recommendation, taken charge of
pension cases and mulcted the pensioner
out of large amounts Of money, in some
cases as much as one-half of the whole claim
Does sencerboxs deny that Strait did refer
applicants for pensions to him! Not bit
of It. He denies that he ever entered into
writte1t contract to divide the amount re-
ceiyed by pensioner; but he does not deny
that he ever entered intoa verbal contract
for that purpose. He denies that Strait has
bank in Shakopee--a fact known to the
whole state. I am surprised that he did not
go farther, when he was about il, and denv
that there is or ever was such a man as
Strait. And he denies that Straits bank has
back room to 1t. What kind Of a shaving
shop is it that has no directors rooms He de-
nies that back pay is granted under special
acts; but he forgets TO say that special acts
are passed to let soldier file his claim after
the expiration of the time fixed by law, and
that the pension Office then allows back
pay. He does not deny that he has received
one-balf of the back pay so paid pensioner
under such acts, or gotten through the pen
sion Office by Straits influence. He adroitly
lodges that question. But he says that the
draft for back pay is always sent directly to
the pensioner and that it is impossible for
any agent to get hold Of it and ROB him of
one-half. / answer this statement by the
following extract from the Pioneer Press of
| nof u, II
''The jury in the United States district
court yesterday brought i'll verdict of guilty
against Frank Tousley, charged with retain
ing $500 as compensation for obtaining a
pension of $1,000. Motion in arrest Of
Judgment will be heard on November 9th.
Tousley was admitted to bail in the sum of
81, ,0O0."
This proves concIusively that a PEN
sioner can be bled Of one-half
his claim, and that in some
caess the draft can get into the hands Of the
agent and that all Sencerbox's pretty talk
to the contrary amounts to nothing. Tousiev
has been convicted OF doing just what l
charged Sencerbox with doing, and it is not
i'm probable that Sencerbox may yet have to
account for some OF his undenied transac-
tons before the United States district court
And it is curious fact, as l have been in
formed. that Strait was in some way mixed
up with this Tousley case, and trGs one Of tie
lritseSses called.
This thing is not ended yet In making
the charge did l but repeated the current
talk OF Scott county, and | was applauded In
Jordan, Scott county, when referred to it,
and men came TO me at the close Of the meet
ing and thanked me for ventiating the
iniquity, which seemed to be current topic
OF conversation. The truth cannot be sup
pressed by any artfuIIy drawn denials.
Mr.. DonnellE then referred 70 a letter
which he had just received from a friend in
Montevideo, dated October 16, in which his
friend SAYS: major Strait is here and is
making quite handle OF what you said in
reference TO his introducing bill about the
grasshoppers. He says he did not introduce any
slsch oil; therefore, If you would lie about
him TO make capital in a small matter you
are not 70 be trusted in more important
matters" Mr.. Donnelly said:
The same broad denial has been made by
W. S. Pattee, Of Mortified, and other speak
ers sent out by Major Strait, and they un-
questionsbly made the denial on the strength
Of what Major Strait told them, for they could
not of their own knowledge, speak positively
Of what bills Major Strait did or did not in
troduce eight years ago in congress But
Major Strait knew what the facts were; be
could not forget what measures be fathered
in congress, and propose 10 convict him Of
deliberate and mendacious felsifcation. not
ONLY through his own mouth, but through the
mouths of his hired attnrners The major