St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-03
D0NNELLY VS.STRAIT
Ignatius Meets the Major at
a Dakota County
Town
And Wipes Up the Floor With
the Remnant that Re-
manned.
Senator McMilIan's Faribault Effort,
with Postscript by Carpet
Bagger Pease.
A Wonderful Demonstration at Hast
ings Saturday Night.
Dear, Dear, Dear Mr.. Fisher-Burn, Burn,
Burn this Letter.
A Wonderful Demonstration at Hast
ingS Saturday Night.
Dear, Dear, Dear Mr. Fisher-Burn, Burn,
Burn this Letter.
Lie.Iy Times in Dakota County.


bers on feast days at their church. Saturday
was All Saints Day." and despite the bad
roads the people all turned out, men, women
and children. The district committee had
made an appointment for Mr.. Donnelly TO
speak there al one O'Clock. Strait heard OF
j, and thought that it would not do TO let his
rival have complete possession OF the
ned. and so, accompanied by the
L. S. revenue collector Bickel and
ii banker from Hastings, named Barbaras,
be went out there. Mr.. Donnelly at o'clock
commenced to address a large audience
gathered in the hall. There were no seats
for the crowd ana Mr.. Donnellys spoke
from bench. lie opened his speech as
follows:
''Fcliow citizens: This being All Saints
Day, All the sinners il The Third con
grcss;onal district have assembled here.
[Laughtcr.
We read in the book Of job:
Now there was day when the sons of
God came 10 present themselves before the
Lord ana satan came also among Them
Major Strait is in q saloon across the street
[Grcat laughter aud applause.
have sent delegation, with Mr.. Rip
linger at its head, to invite him here, and
either by himself or some friends. to discuss
the questions Of the day with me. l under
stand that be has brought Mr.. Barbaras, Of
Hastings, with him 10 assure you farmers
that if l am elected TO congress wheat will
nut De worth ten cents bushel more the
next day. Think Of the insult that
this barbarouS 4--nan puts upon you
farmers. Lau, -yer. You are all pack
OF fools, this banker thinks, and you believe
that the election Of a congressman in Mime
sofa viii Immediately affect the price of wheat
all over the world; and it is
necessary for this wseacre TO
come out from Hastings to assure you that
such is not the fact! applause. But you
d0 understand that in politics there are al
ways two courses Of action, one that tends,
in the long run, to Cypress and impoverish
the people and endanger free Institutions;
and another that tends, in the long run, to
enrich and lift up the people and render free
institutions secure"
Mr.. Donnelly then proceeded 10 compare
these two courses Of action and to tell what
they are. While he was speaking Major
Strait, finding the saloons all empty, en-
tered the hall accompanied by his hackers.
Mr.. Donnelly said:
Il see Major Strait is present. I propose
to talk of him and to him. This is the first
time he has faced me in this campaign. He
has lodged me like twill o. the wisp,'
while his horde of hired blackguards have
followed in my train covering
me with lies. I want TO say
right to Major Straits face just
what I have said about him, behind his
back"
Mr.. Donnelly here proceeded to excoriate
Straghts record in congress, in a sledge-
hammer style, while the crowd cheered and
laughed.
Mr.. Donnelly said:
'Maior Strait has made a most base and
dishonOrable campaign. He has not only
hired men and newspapers TO lie about me
in shameful manner, but he is trying tc
buy his way back into congress with beer
and greenbacks. He knows that YOU people
are nearly all Democrats, yet he is here
after betraying your Interest in congress
seeking to get Your votes with a few glasses
Of beer. applause an cheers,) ut he il
going further, he is pouring fourth his own
money, or the money of the Mnnneapoli,
milers' association (applause) all over this
district 10 corrupt the voters. There is q
poor man in MorristOwn, Rice coun ty,
named Levi Morris. | have Just come from
there This Levi placed three dollars in the
hands Of a friend Of mine to purshase his
vote; the money was refused. He then pro
duced a roll of bank bills My friend said t,
him as that Straits money!" He replied
''not by a id sight. 1t may have beer
Straits money once, but it is my none
now; and propose to save enough out of
70 buy me a suit of clothes after the elec
ton" Laughter and applause.) This i
the way Major Strait proposes to win.
After Mr.. Donuolly had gone for the majo
for about an hour after this fashion, Their
were loud cries for 'Strait'' and the majo
advanced, white as a sheet and tremblin
and looking like baited badger, to reply.
mild and pensive way be proceeded TO den
number of Mr. Dopnelly's statements
amid a perfectly silent audience, not chez
greeting him.
Mr.. Donnelly replied in about half al
hours speech, and lac bore down so heavil
on the major that he at one time sprang (
the bench and advanced as il about TO striB
his competitor, but Mr.. Donnelly faced hiI
without finching, and the major went bac
TO his seat. The major had denied that h
gave any money to Levi Morris. Mr.. Dor
nelly replied that he had not stated tina
Strait gave Morris the none
directly-it probably came through on
of Straits strikers in Faribault. Then NJ
Donnelly said, ''Major Strait, did yo
not furnish a large sum of money to Sal
Durham Of Faribault.''
Major Strait replied:
Il never paid one cent to Sam Durham
any other man in the district for polite
purposes"
Mr.. Donnelly replied:
''AIay the Lord have mercy on your soul.
(Great laughter and applause.) "Why," l
added, ''the Republicans of Faribault a
complaining that you have put all the can
paign money into Sam Dunham's hands an
that Sam is working for you alone, .eitho
regard to the success Of the county ticke
and Sam is rushing all over the county pou
ing out the money for you. If it is not yo
money whose money is itp' applause
Strait denied that he was working at b
mill in combination with the Minneapol
Millers' association, but Mr.. Donnelly eros
examined him and forced him to admit th
the millers did not dare TO buy within t
territory assigned to him.
Said Donnelly:
''You rob the farmers on one side of I
line and the millers' ring robs them on {
other side of the line and you agree to Ike
down the price of wheat to t
same standard. If this is not working
combination with the Minneapolis miller
ring, what is itr'
Mr.. Donneliy charged that Strait and q
Minneapolis ring had hired the Pioneer Pr
TO BLACKBOARD him. Said Strait, "Hav1
you been hackguarded before2n ''Yes
said Mr. Donnely but never to the exte
have been in this canvass; and it is not
the nature OF things that l should be
abused unless the papers had been paid !
doing so One would think to read /
papers that was running for president