St. Paul daily globe., 1884-10-21
Loud in their Praises for DonnelIy.

Especial Correspondence of the Globe.
GRANITE FALLS, Oct. 1S.-Hon. Ignatius
Donnelly, candidate for congress in the
Third congressional district, made one Of his
campaign speeches hete this evening. This
city is just across the river from East Gran
ite Falls and is outside OF his district but
there not being hall large enough to hold
the crowd in East Granite Falls he was COM
PEELED to speak on this side of the river.
Mr.. Donnelly was introduced by the Hon.
A. j. Luce, and spoke for two hours to the
largest audience ever gathered together to
listen to a campaign speech in this city.
! The hall was completely filed by people from
his own district and by citizens from this
side, and al were loud in their applause dur
ing the entire evening Many farmers came
a distance of from eight to ten miles, and q
number of the citizens from Montevideo
came down to again hear Mr. Donnelly, and
they also brought good news with them.
| They said that Major Strait had visited their
| city this week and that he said as follows:
| 81 only found three Strait men in Watson;
didn't find anyin Wilson Chippewa county
looks dark; think will get eleven hundred
majority in the district; claim eleven hun
! dred majority in GoodhUe county.'' The
above looks encouraging for Mr.. Donnelly.
| ! claim he can Il find but one Strait man in
| Watson, and that is the postmaster. l also
! claim he won't get five hundred majority in
! Goodhue county, and the chances are
that Donnelly will carry the county. 1t seems
that Strait and General Baker don't figure
/ very closely together. Gen. Baker said in
the P. P. few days ago Strait would get
three thousand majority in the district, and
now Strait claims but eleven hundred. l say
Donnelly will carry the district by at least
two thousand majority.
a Republican in East Granite Falls told
me this afternoon that nearly every voter in
that town will vote for Mr. Dounelly, and that
from what he could learn more than half Of
the Republicans in Montevideo were also
supporting Mr.. Donnclly, and that there is
scarcely Scandinavian but that is support
ing him in this part of the district. l under
stard that the major has got so badly fright
ened that he has engaged some half dozen of
his friends in Montyideo to go out next week
and stump Chippewa county for him. But
it will not avail him anything. The major
has already come down from 1000 majority,
by which he beat Col. Allen two years ago, to
! l, 100, and Mr.. Donnelly has about twenty
speeches more to make before election day.
The majors goose is cooked. He met a lead
ing Republican OF Granite Falls yesterday, and
said, in his usual way, that Mr.. Donnelly's g
attack on that good man, Judge Brown, had
lost Mr.. d. great many votes. swell, ,,
said his friend, 81 don't know how it is in
other sections, but here Mr.. Donnelly's de-
nuncations OF Brown and ArctanGer have
made him hundreds of votes" Brown is sc
despised here that two years ago the Repub-
licans OF this valley put up Republican
against him and gave him $50 votes, although
the Democrats had nominated no one against
Brown. There will be strong effort made
next winter TO abolish Arctander's office and
reconstruct Browns district. The disgust
with them both is universal in the whole Min
nesota valley.
Mr.. Donnelly received letter to-day from
n friend at Stewart. He says that Keyes and
lie Due spoke there October IA; that lie Due
did not in his speech say anything about the
exploded charge OF Mr. Donnelly having re-
ceived 50, 500 of stock of the Hastings & Da
liota Railway company, but that he whisper:
it in private conversation. Mr.. DIS cores.
pondent, who had talk with lie Due, asked
him if there was anything corrupt in the
transaction. lie Due replied that there was
not; that the stock had been voted TO Mr. d.
without any solicitation for him, years after
the bill passed congress giving the company
its land grant. This gentleman then asked
lie Due if Mr.. Donneily had ever received
that stock. lie Due replied that he did no
know that he had.
What must be thought of a man who wheI
driven from making charge publicly il
sneak enough 10 make 1t privately.