St. Paul daily globe., 1884-09-25
Mr.. DonneIly's LitchfieId Meeting.
Especial Correspondence of the Globe

lSpeClal correspondence Oh tue GlODe
L1TCHF1ELD, Mimi, Sept. 23.-There was
lively time last night at Dassell, in this
county, Hon. Ignatius Donnelly was adver-
tised to speak there. A great crowd assem-
bled, the farmers coming in for ten and ff-
teen miles, and many citizens OF Litchfeld
and Wright county being present. Mr. Don
nelly made his campaign address, which was
well received and loudly applauded, although
the audience was three-fourths Republican.
He closed about half past 9 O'Clock, and a
crank named Pendergas, of Collingwood,
rose up to annihilate him.. He spoke until
after IL o'clock, evidently intending to talk
the audience out of the house,
and deprive Mr.. Donnelly of an
opportunity to reply. Mr.. d. rose at last
and appealed to the sense of fairness of the
Republican crowd, and the result was that
they stamped and yelled until Pendergas
was forced to sit down. Mr.. Donnelly then
then replied in half hours speech, in which
he mopped the floor with his assailant, and
left him so crushed and so riddled that when
he arose to reply, the audience, amid jeers,
and shouts for Donnelly, left the hall in a
| body.
Mr.. D. showed that every statement that
Pendergas had made was false. The latter
had tauntingly said that Mr.. Donnelly told
stories. ''Yes," replied Mr.. D., ''the differ
ence between US is, l tell stories and you tell
lies.n The crowd shouted their appreciation
of this hit Mr. D. said that such a collec-
ton Of falsehoods as were contained in Pen
dergas' speech Had never been crowded
into like space since 10. Smith wrote the
Mormon Bible. Every old lie told against
me by the Pioneer Press during the past
/ twenty years, had been revamped for this
OCCASION"
The result Of the meeting was to make
hundreds of votes for Donnelly. That be
would carry Meeker county has been all
along regarded as certainty, but the meet
ing last night, in the strong Republican town
of Dassell, cliuched the thing.
Pendergas (be begins and ends in gds) is
a prospective candidate for the Republican
nomination for the legislature, but last
nights work finished his chances, if he ever
had any. The Republicans are disguised
withhim, and the scars of the blows DON
nelly gave him he will carry to his grave.
Among other things Pendergss, as re-
Fiction on Mr.. D., told a silly story to show
that the Irish filed the prisons and the aims
houses of>this country. Mr.. Donnelly re-
Piled eioquently to this attack He said
'Ths insult is meant for me, because
! l am of Irish blood and descent.
am proud of belonging to that great race,
the most oppressed and the most brilliant
race in the world, race full Of sorrows and
full of genius. (Applause.) l fling back
the dirty tauht in the face of this creature.
The Irish viii compare favorably in industry,
morality, enterprise, sobriety and virtue
with any people on earth. tApplause.) Who
| is the commander-in-chief Of the armies Of
the United States to-day! That fiery thun-
derbolt of war, Phil Sheridan, an Irishman' e
son fGreat applause.) Who is this animal
supporting for presidents James G. Blaine,
the grandson Of an Irish woman. (Grest
laughter and spplsuse.) Who is he support
! ing for vice presidentl John A. Logan, the
/ son Of an Irisbman and an Irish woman.
Continued laughter and applause.) And
yet he would come here, and because there
are few or no Irishmen in this audience,
and be thinks he can safely Go so, he would
fling out his dirty insinuations about the
Irish filing the prisons and poor houses Of
| America"
The only pity is that the empty headed
! PeDdergas had not sense enough to appreci-
ate the castigation he received. But the
audience did Yours,
NoxoporTzr