St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-18
cussed; but owing to the nearness of election
it was voted down.
STATE POLITICS.
Important and Interesting Speech by MIR.
Donnelly at Kingston.

Important and Interesting Speech by MIR.
Donnelly at Kingston.
Special Correspondence of the Globe
KINGSTON, Oct. 15.-The largest and most
enthusiastic political meeting ever held in
this place was held this evening in the vii
lage school house. The meeting was ad-
dressed by the Hon. Ignatus Donnelly, can
didate for congress from this district. Mr..
Donnelly was introduced by Joseph Wey-
mar, Esq. ,and who made few well selected
remarks. Mr.. Donnelly spoke for over two
hours, his words of truth being repeatedly
applauded by the audience throughout the
entire evening.
While sitting in the hotel this afternoon
band of martial music was heard; going to
the door we saw the band heading a column
of farmers in wagons coming from North
Kingston. They carried a banner which
read: ''Donuelly and Reform" The ban
ner had attached to it wheat, onions, pota-
toes and corn, all of mammoth growth The
wheat was crinkled, no doubt meant to in
dicate that wheat was not worth but little.
The onions were large and no doubt indi-
Gated that in onions there is strength The
| potatoes and corn indicated that the far
mers will soon have to live on potatoes and
mush unless the grip of the miller's associa-
ton is soon taken from their throats, and
that they were in favor of Donnelly to do
their work for them.
At $3.50 p. m, an hour before the time Of
meeting, every seat in the school house was
filled, and at 7:30 every conceivable nook in
the house contained voter. When Mr.
Donnelly entered the house, escorted by the
band, loud yell and hurrah greeted him.
Every few minutes load of farmers from a
distance arrived but could not get in, so they
crowded around the windows on the outside
trying to hear what Mr.. Donnelly had to
say.
1t Is estimated that there are about 27O
votes in this township, and that it is impos-
sible for Major Strait to get over ten of them
The farmers are nearly all Green hackers and
Ben Butler will get most of their votes; they
have previously been Republican. There
can be no doubt that Mr.. Donnelly will carry
Meeker county by 400 or 500 majority. He
carried it against Washburn in 1876
by 121 majority, and there is ten times the
feeling in his favor now that there
was then. He has already spoken in FIVE
places in the county, Dassell, Litchfeld, Grove
City, Manannah and Kingston and is to
speak tomorrow at Forrest City and Green
leaf. He will be listened to by three-fourths
of the people of the whole county, and the
readers of the GLOBE can form some concep-
ton of the feelings of the farmers when they
get up banners and turn out in such multi
tudes with bands of music to greet him
many, not satisfied with hearing him speak
once, following him from place to place to
hear him again.
| In replying to the SANDERS of the Pioneer
Press, Mr.. Donnelly stated that he had COM
menced proceedings against them for libel,
laying his damages in three different suits at
$40, 600 each. The first is for falsely charg-
| ing him with perjury in their issue of Sept.
20; the second for reprinting Elihu Wash
| burns exploded charge, made in 1868, and
which was the subject Of J, congressional in
vestigation, that he, Dor. ely, left Philadel-
| phia 'between two days meaning that he
was fugitive from justice in 1856; and the
third for charging that he, Donnelly, was
joint anthor with Finley, of the anonymous
letter to Springer offering him s5, 900 to keep
! Washburn in his seat. He has written to
Hon. John B. Brisbin TO prepare the neces-
sary papers, and will let jury of Ramsey
county decide whether or not a man, simply
because he Is a candidate for office, is to be
the subject Of such criminal charges, made
without the slightest particle of proof to sus-
tain them.
In his speech this evening Mr.. Donnelly
said: Gan attempt has been made to show
that l am personally dishonest / recognize
the full gravity of the charge. A man who
owes money which he cannot pay is not
necessarily dishonest man. His poverty
and not his will consents. He only is dis
honest who can pay and will not l have
not only emptied my pockets to pay my
debts, but / have persuaded my wife to sell,
from time to time, about fifty lots in Ninn-
ger & Donnelly's addition to st. Paul, worth
to-day 50,000, which was her separate estate,
owned by her for twenty-five years past, and
l have used three-fourths of the proceeds of
these sales in paying my personal debts, for
which she was not in any wise holden
Surely dishonest man would not have done
this. If still owe few thousand dollars il
is because after selling every lot in that addi-
ton TO st. Paul l have not the means to paw
| them.
When 1 have been striving to sell this
property to pay my debts, and when credi-
tors were pressing, l have, to gain time in
order to obtain means to pay them, put in
dilatory pleas, but these pleas were only
temporary expedients and abandoned as
soon as could realize money from the sale
Of lots to pay the claims.
regret to have to drag these private mat
tiers before the public, but am compelled to
do so in defence of my character as an hon.
est man. l recognize, however, that the
debtor has the same right to use the ma
chinery Of the law to delay being sold out,
that the creditor has to use it to sell him
out; provided always it is the purpose of the
debtor to obtain delay simply to enable him
TO finally pay his debt, and not with intent
to defraud his creditors. 1 can refer you TO
instances where some technicality OF the law
! had fully released m from all legal obliga-
ton to paw debt, as in the case of non-pro-
test of note of which was endorser and
where have, notwithstanding, subsequently,
paid the debt, recognizing my moral liabil-
ity. A very unfair attack has been made
upon me in connection with certain suits
had with the Mccormick Harvesting com
pany. 1 bought three selfbinders from
them. paid enough to cover the purchase
money of one Of these. L proved, by the
admissions Of one Of their own experts, that
the other two machines had been sent out of
the shop with part of the binding machinery
hisplaceu; anu tnaS Ha1 lOSI Tue greater
part Of two harVests tinkering with
them and trying to make them
work, my men stood idle and while
my grain sheled and fell upon
the ground. The jury heard the sworn tes-
! timOny and decided in my favor to the ex-
tent Of the balance due on the machines.
The district court, following the supreme
court, ruled that / could not claim any dam
| ages for loss of the time of men and teams
and the shelling Of grain If that testimony