St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-30


evening. Not like the Republican meeting
of few nights ago. when only about half OF
the seats were filed, but tonight every seat
in the large court room was filed and hun
dreds of people were standing in the aisles
and along the sides of the room. The meet
ing was Democratic, and was addressed by
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly, candidate from
this the Third congressional district
The meeting was called to order by Ara
Barton, sheriff Of this county, and on mo-
ton I. p Spencer, Esq, was chosen chair
nan, who made ten minutes speech that
Tor eloGuence has no equal. His remarks
received loud applause. lie introduced the
speaker Mr.. Donnelly, who was greeted with
cheers. He spoke for over two hours, his
speech being repeatedly applauled Tae first
half OF his speech was devoted TO refuting in
a gcnteman!y manner the many disgrace
ful ana slanderous lies that's Major Strait has
circulated in his answer to Mr. Donnelly's
Glencoe speech, and also those made on the
stump by Major Straits excellent ca and
brilliant % orators. The latter half was de-
voted to the discussion of civil service re-
form, opposition to monopolies aud rings,
important questions in our politics of to-day.
and each vc;er present paid the closest at
tention and showed by their continued APP
plause that they were all in sympathy with
him and that they would support him with
their votes next Tuesday.
y large delegation, s;Nty-three in number,
OF the most prominent citizens OF
Mortified and DUMAS were present, and all
of them claim that the Dounelly boom at
Mortified still continues, that each dav new
converts are made. and that next Tuesday
Northfeld will speak loud for the people 5
candidate.
The same story is told here of Maj. Straits
saloon electioneering policy inauguratcd at
the opening of the campaign. 1t has been
truthfully said: ''Donnelly opened the cam
paign with a speech, and Strait opened it
with corkscrew. The people are disguised
with that kind OF work ana the major will
tind it out to his sorrow on next Tuesday
learn that one of Maj. Straits speakers,
who Is an honest man, after travelling and
speaking all over the district admits in con-
yersat.on with his friends that Donnelly will
be elected by over 500 majority. He says he
found no enthusiasm for Strait anywhere,
while the farmers everywhere were whooping
it up for nonnelly. 1t is the same story
here.
Mr.. DonneIly received letter Yesterday
from Mortevideo telling him that a man
named Charles Mason, at that place, claimed
that he had worked two months for Dounelly
as farm hand and that DouneIly had not
paid him. Mr.. Donnelly telegraphed back
that no such man had ever worked for him {;
that he did not owe him one cent, and that
be did not owe cent to any farm hand or
IL
This illustrates the vile character of the
charges made against Mr.. Donnelly in the
closing hours of the campaign by Strait and
his satellites.
Mr. Donnelly has found out that he was
right when he supposed that Strait had
told his speakers 10 deny that he had ever in
troduced the grasshopper bill referred to in
his Donnellys) speeches. Mr. Pattee, of
Mortified, SAYS that Strait so represented the
matter to him, and that he made his state
ment in his speeches in full confidence that
Strait had told the truth. Mr.. Donnelly has
proved that in this, as in many other in
stances, Strait was an infamous liar, and if
Strait don watch the disguised Pattee be
viii vote for Donnelly.
TIE decent part of the Republican popula-
ton in this vicinity are ashamed of Straits
course in the campaign. He has proven
himself not only falsifier and slanderer,
but a corruptonist and promoter of drunk
enness. In his visits TO town he goes
from saloon TO saloon and his path is marked
by line of drunken men. He is busy put
ting out bis money to hire agents to travel
over the county, drinking and carousing
and buying up the corrupt, and returning
home themselves notoriously drunk, keeping
it up even on the Sabbath. In Shakopee, two
weeks or so ago, he led funeral procession
on Sunday, from the graveyard direct to a
saloon; marching two and two abreast as If
they still had the corpse with them they
wet from the bier to the beer.
If Straits campaign was to be continued
month longer it would demoralize the
whole district. And this is the man who
claims the votes of the decent and moral
elements of the grand old party"
Set down Rice county for a handsome ma
iority for Donnelly, and his majority in the
district not less than 1000.