St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-23
Donnelly's Mastery Canvass.

Especial correspondence OF the Globe
WACoNIA, Oct 2O.-Hon. Ignatius Dom
nelly, candidate for congress from this dis
trict, spoke to a large crowd in this place
tls evening, upon Civil service reform.'
''Opposition to rings and monopolies," and
the tariff" Mr.. Donnelly was introduced
by Hon. j. Wessbecher hard listed farmer,
in a short and eloquent speech. Mr..
Donnelly spoke for two hours, his speech re-
ceiving loud and continued applause.
Notwithstanding the inclemency of the
weather large number of farmers came
from a long distance to hear their candidate
speak 10 them on subjects that interests
each and every farmer in the district.
In talking with many of the citizens this
afternoon about the congressional question
in this district, and in asking them what
Major Straits chances were for votes in this
town, they replied: "He'll get the postmas-
ter's vote and perhaps about six of his i'm
mediate friends.'' They also say that Mr..
Dounelly will carry this county by a large
majority.
met travelling man on the train this
morning on his way from Aberdeen, Oak.
to Minneapolis, and he said the people all
along the line of the Hastings IL Dakota rail-
road, clear out into Dakota were all inter
ested in seeing Mr.. Donnelly elected for he
is a farmer, and viii look after the interests
of the farmer
In his speech tonight Mr. Donnelly no.
| ticed the last brand new scandal of the Pio-
'lee1 FTeSS, that he had sold property to Gov.
! Miller in 1857 to which he had no title be-
cause it was under mortgage, and that he
was now pursuing Miller IN his grave for the
amount claimed on notes for which no con-
sideration had been given. Mr. Donnellv
said it was sufficient to refer to the fact,
proved by the records of Ramsey county.
that that mortgage had been paid off by him
in 1859, before Miller had been sued upon
the notes; that the existence of the mortgage
was known to Miller when he bought, aud in
| fact was rccited in the deed from Ninnger
to Miller; that Donnelly had sold the notes
| given him by Miller in good faith and had
endorsed the same; that Miller had failed to-
| pay one cent upon them, had become utterly
| bankrupt, while he (Donnelly), had been
sued as endorser, his printing office levied
upon for Miiler's debt and he compelled to
pay over 81, 200 for the same; that he had
| put i'll claim against Miller's estate
as any other man would have done under
like circumstances; and now he is charged
| Will SNluuliuB AlIlcT ny giving MIN no Jltie-
The purchasers of Miller's notes and mort
gage not only got 81, 200 out of Donnelly, but
now own the property mortgaged by Miller,
worth about 5000, and they think they
have perfect title to it.
Mr.. Donnelly said he had written to his at
torney in st. Paul to begin another libel suit
against the Pioneer Press for charging him
with swindling. He would see which would
end first-their lies or their pocketbook He
! expected to own their establishment before
he got through, and when he did he would
wash it out by turning the Mississippi river
through it, and deOdorize it by burning q
million tons Of disnfectants in it. At the
end of few years of such cleansing he.
thought it might be brought to compare ia
vorably in the purity Of its atmosphere with
any cloIcd in the country.
Just think of the number of speakers en-
ployed by Strait to counteract DonnellyI
/ can remember that crank of cranks s. L.
Pierce, Gen. (?) LIE Due, another crank.
Archtander, Of Chicago; Patty pronounced
with the sound Of az, Of Mortified; Keve,
of Faribault; Gov. Austin, land officer of
DJkota, who ought to be in better business
VIM Pendergast, Of the state department Of
Education; Harrison Pendergast, his brother.
eX-niiler of Collingwood, who, they say, used
to swap ground screenings to the farmers for
their wheat; the infnitesmal Nordin of the
state house ring, st. Paul; Jim Baker. rail-.
road commissioner; Bill Window, ex-sena-
tor; Severance, who is so ashamed of Strait
that he denies that he is his clerk; Swans
from, Osborn, Judge Rea, of Minneapolis,
and horde OF smaller creatures, if anything
could be smaller than some OF these. All
these are making war on one solitary man,
who without speakers, organization. com
mittee or money, is fighting all alone against
immense odds, with the fou-mouthed Pio,iees
Press making the air blue with lies. AMI
yet Mr. Donnelly is going to win despite ali
these influences. The farmers are for him.
and they constitute three-fourths of the voters
of the district.