St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-10
tand. 1t was the largest meeting over held in

Stand. 1t was the largest meeting over held in
Jordan.
On the arrival of Mr. Donnelly in the hall three
cheers were given him and then the band played
another piece. Mr. Donnely was introduced by
Hon. Mr.. Calender, and when he stepped to tae
front loud applause greeted him. Mr.. Donnelly
spoke for over two hours and half his speech
being repeatedly applaudcd. Mr.. Donnclly re-
viewed the paragraph that appeared in the
Pioneer Press this morning and exploded the
charges made by Mai Strait therein to the salts
faction of the audience, who expressed their sat
isfactoE by loud and continued applause The
business men OF Jordan whom talked with say
that Mr.. Donney will carry thi. (Scott) county,
Maj. Strait Own home, by from 500 to 1000
majority. the Republican Germans arc leaving
their party ca masse.
Nick Eckert, q business man of this city, n
German, INC: 1T the Cleveland and Hendricks
club roora last night with the members of the
club, and after the meeting was called TO order
he said: ~ have voted the Republican ticket
never even scratching il, for the last twenty
three years, but am this fan going TO vote for
Cleveland and Hendricks and Donnelly;' and
said he: s'That is from the bottom
of my heart
The good work is going on all over the dis
trict in the same way. Major Straits newspaper
supplements that he is sending out all over the
district, are making votes for Mr.. Donnelly in all
ulTeCt!oEs MI DOIDciiy repileu 10 IL ana gave
the history OF the Bill King letter contained in
it, and showed up Dill as the champion corrup-
ZIONIST, liar and pcrarer OF the United States and
asked whether his lDonnelly' s)good name was to
be taken away from him upon the bare, unsup-
ported assertions Of L man who was hiding in the
depths OF Canada, as fugitive from justice when
he ought to have been i'll his seat in congress,
representing thcRepublicans OF his district Mr.
Donnelly said II had charitabiy sup
oscd, when the little creatures who
are following in my track were
pouring out deluge Of lies and ISLANDERS against
me, that they were doing ii upon their own in-
spiration that their zeal outran their discretion,
but see that Major Strait was the real fountain
and source of all this abuse, and that he has
forced his hirclings 10 do this dirty work. just as
he constrains his postmasters to work for him
TO degree that no other congressman would
attempt. find that Strait feels that they are
not pouring forth filth enough and he drops all
disguise and proceeds as the Pioneer Press OF to-
day shows to lie about me in his own proper per-
son. This shows how terribly the poor wretch
is alarmed and exercised at the course of the
canvass. He proceeds to quote from the as
sault made upon me sixteen years ago by Elihu
Washburn. Does not Strait know that l asked
for committee Of investigation TO enquire into
the truth of these charges; that the house of
representatives appointed such q committee that
| the committee called on Washburn to prove his
charges; that Washburn employed detectives
and for three months they secured the country
from Washington and Philadelphia to Minnesota
| TO find something to sustain Washburns brutal
assaults? They could find nothing and Wdsh6urH
did not attempt to sustain his charges
1 then at my own expense, called witnesses and
disproved them. And now Strait is base enough
to revamp Washburn's old ISLANDERS when he well
knows that Washburn was compelled to abandon
them.
The dog goes back to his vomit, but who ever
heard of dog that went back to another dogs
yomit? And then he proceeds out of his own
mouth to charge that when the committee of in
vestigation were at work to ascertain who wrote
the letter offering Springer $4,000 to defeat me
and keep Washburn in his seat, that an attempt
was made by me to bribe that committee. Good
heavens Where are these lies to end! No such
attempt was ever made, or ever charged by any
one. You will search the various reports of the
committee in vain for such insinuation.
defy Strait to produce even q newspaper para
graph to sustain his statement. It is lie COM
plete and absolute. And the idea that /, who
had scarcely money enough to pay my Washing
ton hotel BILL would attempt to buy up a COM
mlttee OF thirteen members of congress!
Now this out-sWash OF defamation has got to
end or propose to ''carry the war into Africa"
1 have treated Major Strait like a gentle
man. have not said one
word against his private record or
his personal character though both are most vuI-
nerable. have confined myself in this canvass to
i
his whole private history, and I have only to
touch it to make the pus flow forth; the mans
moral nature perished long ago by the blood
poison OF corruption.
STRAITS PENSION BUSINESS
He is posing before the district as the friend of
the poor soldier, and he points to the numerous
pension bills he has passed through congress es
proof Of the fact. He has done q land office bus
iness in pensions. He mas grown rich out of
pensions. How does be work it! 1 state now
facts that are notorious in this county:
poor soldier has q pension claim. He ap-
plies TO the pension bureau and his claim is re-
jected for some informaity for the lack of
some item Of proof. He goes to Strait to have
him secure him pension by special act of
congress. Strait tells him to go to Capt. SEN
cerbox. Capt. Sencerbox enters into a written
contract with the soldier that he 4. to give him
one-haf of all that is collected. Then, and not
till then. Strait takes hold of the case. What
does Sencerbox do! He is no lawyer: but he
prepares the papers: ten or twenty dollars would
be a reasonable compensation for such services;
or perhaps Strait gets the papers or copies OF
them from the pension Office and Sencerbox does
nothing. Strait introduces the bill, does all the
work, carries 1t through the committee and the
house and senate. A draft is sent to Straits
bank at Shdk0pee for the back pay. The old
soldier is taken into the back room of Straits
bank and there he ID compelled to give one-haf
OF Ill MS clall, oe lt SoUOt S,OOO or Si,UDO, TO
SencerbCI. Sencerbox would, OF course, swear
that the yirtuous Strait never received cent OF
this money; but il he did not, what did Sencer-
box do to earn it; And why should Strait refer
the applicant TO SencerboI and then work 20
hard to put money into Sencerbox's pocket? 1t
is too thin. The soldier goes away swearing at
the fraud practiced upon him, and Strait points
to the act for the relief Of the old soldier as proof
OF his patriotism and industry. Long continued
applsuse.l
l see you people know all about it. Let Major
Strait demand committee OF investigation n
the hands Of congress next December. and will
call the witnesses and prove these charges; and
We shall see why the Majors wealth has in
creased 30 rapidly during his service in congress
until his friends claim that he is now worth
S2O0,O0O
II this campaign Is to be fought on the basis
of personal character let the battle go on. am
ready for it. Cheers. The man who will rob
an old soldier. through the disguise OF q 60
between, is mean enough to lie about 4 political
opponent. But before this campaign is over
will leave him riddled that he will not only be
defeated but obliterated. Applause.
VIII Utmost Poll the Entire Vote.
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